It's On! Wonder Halloween! - 3: Unexpected Pitfall

Wonder Stage

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1

Rui

We lift on three.
One... Two... Three!

2

Tsukasa

Oof!

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3

Nene

Oh...!

4

Emu

Whoa! Is that a trap door in the middle?!

5

Tsukasa

Hack! Cough! It's so dusty...!
How did you know there was this space?

6

Rui

I found it by chance when tidying up.

7

Rui

It was probably used as storage for stage equipment.

8

Rui

A lucky find, wouldn't you say?
We can use it as a trap room.

9

Emu

What's that?

10

Nene

A room beneath the stage that actors can use as an entrance or exit.

11

Rui

For example, I can hide one of my zombie robots here for when the play starts.

12

Rui

That can be where the story will reach its first climax as the zombie robot rise and make their appearance.

13

Rui

It'll be like they dug themselves out of the ground up, see?

14

Rui

The protagonist, Tsukasa, will fly into a panic and try to run away, but more zombie robots will appear from the seats to surround him...

15

Rui

There is no escape... And Tsukasa will be dragged into the trap room.

16

Rui

That's how I envision it. What do you think?

17

Emu

Ooh! That sounds awesome!!

18

Tsukasa

Hmm... Not bad. The more hair-raising the scene is, the more dramatic the plot twist will be!

19

Tsukasa

But you have to build the robots by yourself, Rui. Are you sure you can make them in time...?

20

Rui

Ah, but I already finished one.

21

Tsukasa

Already?!

22

Rui

I started building it as soon as I got this idea yesterday.

23

Nene

That explains the huge suitcase I saw you hauling around this morning.

24

Emu

So, we can start rehearsing right away?! Yay! Let's do it!

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25

Rui

We can do a test run with my zombie robot while going over the main points of the play.

26

Tsukasa

Okay. For this one, your robot drags me away to the trap room, right?

27

Rui

Yes. I put a mat down there so you'll have a soft landing. The robot has built-in safety features, so there's no need to worry.

28

Emu

Good luck, Tsukasa!!

29

Zombie Robot

Augh... Augh...

30

Tsukasa

Yikes... I know it's just a robot but I'm still a bit creeped out...

31

Rui

Are you ready?

32

Tsukasa

Yeah! Here I go!

33

Tsukasa

Stop! I'm the director! You cannot treat me like this!

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34

Zombie Robot

Augh... Augh...

35

Tsukasa

Stop... No... NOOO!

36

Nene

Hehe... Nice.

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37

Rui

Yes. It went very smoothly.

38

Rui

Thanks, Tsukasa!
That was perfect.

39

Tsukasa

You think so?
A top performance from a top star!

40

Tsukasa

Okay, I'm going to climb back out.
Heave-ho!

41

Zombie Robot

Augh... Augh...

42

Rui

Hm? Why is my robot still moving...?

43

Tsukasa

Argh! Let go of my clothes!
No, I'm gonna...

44

Tsukasa

Aaargh!!

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45

Emu

Tsukasa?!
He fell back in!

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46

Rui

...!!

47

Nene

There's a mat on the floor, but... Are you okay?!

48

Emu

Tsukasaaa! He's not waking up! What do we do?

49

Rui

This is bad... Tsukasa!

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50

Tsukasa

Gasp!

51

Nene

He's awake!

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52

Emu

Thank goodness!
Are you okay, Tsukasa?

53

Tsukasa

What... What happened?

54

Nene

The robot grabbed your clothes and you fell back into the trap room. Thankfully, you landed on the mat...

55

Rui

I'm sorry, Tsukasa.
My robot seems to have malfunctioned...

56

Rui

I was convinced my safety features were foolproof but... It's all my fault.

57

Tsukasa

That could've ended really badly for me, you know!

58

Rui

...

59

Tsukasa

But accidents happen...

60

Tsukasa

Next time, I'll make sure to be more careful too. I'd never forgive myself if an incident like this happened during a show and terrified our audience.

61

Tsukasa

To be clear, I think this dramatic scene is great! This is the kind of stuff I want to see more from you, Rui!

62

Rui

Yeah...

63

Tsukasa

You okay...?

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