Sablier Chapter 35 Epilogue/Chapter 35-1

	One week later...
Producer:	Okay, that's the last of our stuff...
Onimaru:	Producer, I can carry anything heavy.
Producer:	Oh, there's not much, so I'm fine. Thank you, though.
Mashiro:	yo Onimaru ww wanna take mine for me ww
Onimaru:	Carry it yourself!
Mashiro:	fffff ww
Onimaru:	Stop that. Well, we got all of the big things out yesterday, so all that's left is stuff we can carry by hand anyway.
Onimaru:	...
Producer:	Takara-san...? What's wrong?
Onimaru:	...All we did was move our stuff out, but it feels way bigger now.
Producer:	You're right...
Mashiro:	welcome to moving ww I mean yeah but ww
Mashiro:	anyway, Producer, anything else we need to do?
Producer:	Right... I think we're just about ready to lock the doors behind us, so can I ask you to call everyone down to gather in front of the gates?
Go:	Oh dear, is it that time already? I'll announce it over the speakers!
Mashiro:	kk ww ...oh wait
Mashiro:	shit, I took out all the power cords from the broadcasting room already ww
Onimaru:	Hey! Does that mean we need to run around looking for everyone ourselves?!
Christopher:	Fufu, we could do that one last time, but...I have a better idea.
Christopher:	Airu-san, will you do the honors?
Airu:	Got it. [takes out megaphone]
Airu:	Everyone...gather in front of the gates...
Onimaru:	Ooh! That megaphone can definitely be heard from anywhere!
Mashiro:	my ears hurt ww
Producer:	Haha, Utakata-san's megaphone is as useful as always.
Airu:	Yeah...I'm glad to use it one last time here.
Producer:	You were using it when you all first arrived at the school, weren't you? It really brings me back...
Producer:	(Well, we're done cleaning...)
Producer:	We're really saying goodbye to this school today, huh...
	***
Kuma:	Listen up, everyone.
Kuma:	As I agreed to, we have one week to leave this school.
Kuma:	Before then, we have to pack and clean up-
Satsuki:	T- This isn't right!
Leon:	Yeah! We won the viewer prize, didn't we?! That's pretty impressive too!
Go:	We know how you feel, but a promise is a promise.
Go:	And if we resist now, that man may try to hurt you directly.
Go:	We want to avoid that at all costs. Please understand...
Satsuki & Leon:	...
Producer:	I'm really sorr-
Kuma:	Wait, Producer-chan. I'm the one who should be saying that.
Kuma:	I-Chu. This was a bet between me and Usami-kun, and we decided it without asking anyone else.
Kuma:	I'm very sorry for getting you all tangled up in this.
Kuma:	I take full responsibility for this. Producer-chan, managers...I apologize to you all as well.
Producer:	President...
I-Chu:	...
Seiya:	...Got it. I don't want anyone to get hurt either.
Seiya:	But we're not going to be splitting up once we lose the school, right?
Kuma:	Of course not. We already have a potential new location in mind. Right, Producer-chan?
Producer:	Yes. It's not set in stone yet, but once we've finalized things, we'll let everyone know.
Producer:	Until then, you'll all be working separately. But...
Producer:	Either way, we will absolutely not be breaking up the I-Chu.
Seiya:	That's a big relief!
Seiya:	Come on, guys. We can sing and dance anywhere! Right?
Kanata:	Right...!
Akira:	Yeah. I know we'll be fine.
	***
Producer:	...
Onimaru:	Hey, Producer!
Producer:	!! Yes?
Onimaru:	Everyone's gathered outside. Let's get going!
Producer:	Okay!
	***
Torahiko:	This is goodbye to the school, huh... That was really fast, huh?
Kokoro:	Yeah... One week to say goodbye is way too short...
Tsubaki:	Well, the longer we stay, the harder it is to leave. Might have been for the best.
Toya:	Right... But I'm glad we were able to clean up the school building together one last time.
Toya:	Going through and cleaning it again made me realize just how big it is.
Futami:	Yeah. I was thanking the building for all the memories it gave us as I wiped it down~
Issei:	I'm surprised you didn't skip out on the cleaning like usual.
Futami:	Of course! I owe so much to this place. I can get my act together when it really counts!
Futami:	And we can't exactly slack off from now on, right?
Noah:	Exactly. We can't sit around mourning the school forever.
Eva:	We must keep moving forward. We shall grow and come back here like a phoenix rising from the ashes.
Eva:	...By the way, I do not see Messiah or Star Night-
Producer:	Sorry I'm late...!
Kuro:	Finally.
Producer:	Sorry. I was just cleaning up the office a bit.
Producer:	Everyone here?
Kuro:	No, Seiya Aido's missing.
Producer:	Seiya-kun? Where could he have gone...
Kanata:	He was with us before... Should we all go and look for him?
Producer:	No, I'll go look for him. I need to do one last check of the building anyway.
Producer:	Wait here.
Producer:	(Where could Seiya-kun be... Probably there, huh?)
	***
	[door opens]
Producer:	...I thought you might be here, Seiya-kun.
Seiya:	Oh, Producer!
Producer:	Everyone's waiting for you.
Seiya:	Huh? What do you mean?
Producer:	Didn't you hear Utakata-san saying that we'll be locking the doors soon, so gather in front of the gates?
Seiya:	What?! Oh no! I wasn't listening!
Producer:	You weren't listening...? Were you thinking about something?
Seiya:	Yeah. I was just thinking about stuff while walking around the school one last time...
Producer:	The school...?
Seiya:	Yeah. The classrooms we all studied in! The rehearsal rooms I practiced dancing with Kokoro and the others in!
Seiya:	The music rooms where Kanata and Akira and I practiced singing, and sometimes I♥B or Lancelot would play instruments accompanying us...
Seiya:	ArS's studio, the cafeteria where Ban and the others always stuffed their faces at lunch...
Seiya:	The tatami rooms where I always talked with Tsubaki-san and the others...the nurse's office where Mutsuki always napped...
Seiya:	The gym where we first met the managers...
Seiya:	And here, the roof where Producer always listened in on my singing!
Producer:	Y- You knew?!
Seiya:	Hehe! You were so obvious even I could tell!
Producer:	Oh...
Seiya:	This entire school is full of precious memories for me!!
Seiya:	So I wanted to say thank you, one last time!
Producer:	I see... Did you?
Seiya:	Yeah! ...Hey, Producer?
Seiya:	I'm sorry I couldn't protect the school.
Producer:	!! No, it's not your fault at all!
Producer:	I should be the one apologizing for letting this school that's so important to everyone fall into Usami's hands...
Seiya:	No, don't apologize!
Seiya:	Maybe we have to leave this school, but that doesn't mean anything about us will change.
Seiya:	Usami may have taken our school, but he couldn't destroy our bonds! Right?
Producer:	Yeah... You're right.
Seiya:	I just know our bond with Rintaro isn't destroyed, either... I want to bring Rintaro back no matter what.
Seiya:	Then we'll make him work even more for F∞F to make up for the fact that he left!
Producer:	...Yeah.
Seiya:	...You can't forgive him, can you?
Producer:	I...can't forgive the things he did to us.
Producer:	Because that put you all in danger.
Producer:	But if Kizaki-san truly wanted to save you, I think we may be able to understand each other again someday.
Producer:	Though it might take some time.
Seiya:	...Thank you.
Producer:	No, I didn't do anything to be thanked for...
Producer:	Anyway, everyone's waiting, so let's go.
Seiya:	Okay... Oh, Producer! One more thing!
Producer:	Hmm?
Producer:	(Seiya-kun looks really serious... What's up...?)
Seiya:	Will you take me...no, all of us...to the top of the idol world?
Producer:	Huh...?
Seiya:	The day we met, I said I wanted to be the number one samurai idol in Japan! Since then, I met a lot of different people.
Seiya:	And I started thinking that I want to shine more, even more than I thought back then! So, Producer!
Seiya:	Please support us until we reach the top of the idol world, shining as bright as the stars in the night sky.
Producer:	(Seiya-kun...!)
Producer:	Y- Yes...! Of course!
Producer:	I'll turn all 32 of you into the top of the idol world! That's my dream!
Seiya:	Ahaha! I'm happy to hear it! I'm glad I'm one of your I-Chu!
Producer:	And I'm glad I'm the I-Chu producer!
Seiya:	Yeah! We'll be counting on you, Producer!