Card Story: [Sentimental Snapshot] Rui Kamishiro

Part 1

Rui's Room
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Rui
These drones... No, I'll have to leave them behind. And my maintenance toolkit...
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Rui
I won't need that either since it's not like Robo-Nene will be going with us...
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Rui
(It's good that I've started packing for the school trip, but I can't quite seem to decide what to take...)
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Rui
Maybe I should look over that list again.
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Rui
Let's see... My phone's a must, of course.
The guidebook with our schedule, cash, my student ID...
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Rui
A few changes of clothes, toiletries, writing utensils and some basic medicines just in case...
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Rui
Along similar lines, some wrenches, a screwdriver, wire cutters, solder, circuit boards and...
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Rui
Come to think of it, I haven't finished reading these books... They're not on the list, but it may be nice to have some books to read while on the bullet train.
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Rui
My ideas notebooks too, just in case I see or think of something interesting...
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Rui
*Sigh*
My bag won't close...
No, what if I pressed harder?
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Tsukasa
Rui, we're here!
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Emu
Hi!
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KAITO
<Hello, Rui.>
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Miku, Rin & Len
<Thanks for having us☆>
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Nene
You left your door open.
What are you...?
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Nene & Tsukasa
Huh...?!
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Luka
<Oh, your floor's completely covered in all these different things.>
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Len
<I've never seen some of these parts before.>
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KAITO
<Were you doing something, or have these always been here...?>
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Rin
<Oh, I know♪
You asked us all to gather to help you clean☆ Right?>
21
Rui
Not quite...
I was packing for our school trip.
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Tsukasa
You were packing? That doesn't exactly explain why we can't see the floor. Keeping things tidy has never been your strong point, has it?
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Nene
There's no room for us in here.
How are we gonna watch the video of the 30th Anniversary Show...?
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Rui
Sorry, I'll clean this up now.
Let me move these out of the way first so you can all enter...
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Tsukasa
No, wait, stop! Don't move a muscle!
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Tsukasa
There, now we can enter!
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KAITO
<Ah, much better. Nice work.>
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Nene
But there's this pile still left.
You said you were packing for the school trip, but...
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Rui
Those are all things I was thinking about taking with me.
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Rui
This is actually much less compared to what I originally had. When we went over to the United States, I took quite a few things that I didn't end up using.
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Nene
But this pile's huge... I mean, do you really need to bring all these tools along? It's not like you're gonna be doing maintenance on Robo-Nene while you're over there.
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Rui
I know, but I was thinking, “What if I need them just in case?”
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Miku
<Just in case?>
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Rui
Ah, for example, if the bullet train were to break down...
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Tsukasa
Even if that were to happen, the rail company's repair crew should be handling that.
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Rui
Then, what if the emergency sprinklers where we're staying malfunction and—
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Nene
The teachers and staff will do something about that. Why are you under the impression that you have to fix everything yourself...?
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Rui
Because it would cause everyone a lot of trouble if I didn't.
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Luka
<Oh, Rui's our knight in shining armor.>
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Emu
Yeah, that's so nice of you☆
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Tsukasa
Yes, that is kind of him...
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Tsukasa
But you won't have room for souvenirs and such if your bag is this full from the start.
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Rin
<What?! You've gotta make room for memories!>
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Len
<Yeah, Rui, you should try to have as much fun as you can on this trip...>
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Rui
Thank you both very much...
I agree...
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Miyake
H-Haha. Sorry, I know this is all happening really suddenly... It's also probably pretty obvious that I'm not exactly the outgoing type, so... I-If you don't want to join us, we'll understand!
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Miyake
But it would be nice to have you in our group, Kamishiro...!
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Rui
(Yes, this trip may finally give me a chance to...)
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Rui
As worried as I am about certain unfortunate occurrences, it's probably best for me to leave some of these behind...
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Rui
If possible, would you all mind advising me on what I should or should not take...?
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Tsukasa
Of course! First, we're taking out all of these tools!
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Rui
What...?! All of them? But...
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Nene
You're not gonna use this soldering iron or these circuit boards. Emu, can you put these on that shelf for me?
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Emu
Okay♪
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Rui
Wait, but...!
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MEIKO
<Now take out all these notebooks...
Um... You have one for directing and one for story writing?>
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Luka
<You have so many different notebooks, Rui.>
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KAITO
<I understand your reasoning, but you could bring just one for this trip. You could also cut and paste your notes into the right book when you get home. How does that sound?>
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Rui
Yes, KAITO, you're right...
One would make things quite a bit easier.
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Tsukasa
Alright, these too!
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Nene
Huh? Books...?
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Rui
...!
I was going to read those on the bullet train.
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Nene
You were? Then, that seems fine.
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Rui
Thank goodness.
I was worried that you were also going to toss those out.
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Tsukasa
You give us far too little credit.
All we're trying to do is whittle this down to the bare essentials for your trip.
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Tsukasa
Okay, that should do it.
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Emu
Wow! Your bag feels so much lighter now☆
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Rui
I don't believe it...
Just this for three days and two nights?
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Rui
I really think I should take some tools—
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Nene
Nope!
You'll just have to do with the ones you keep hidden in your pockets.
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Tsukasa
I agree!
So, put that wrench down!
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Rui
Okay...
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Miku & Co.
Haha!
Hehe.
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Miku
<I hope you have lots and lots of fun on this trip, Rui☆>
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MEIKO
<We'll be looking forward to seeing what you bring back♪>
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KAITO
<Now now...>
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Rui
Hehe. Thank you all very much...
I promise to have as much fun as I can.
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Rui
But it's getting late, so why don't we start watching the video of the anniversary show?
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Rin & Len
<Woohoo!>
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Rui
Thank you all for helping me with this.
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Tsukasa
It was our pleasure.
Now, let's get that projector we set aside back out.
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Rui
Yes, let's!