001 A Star is Born! (video)

[dekochan]

[ A video feed clicks on to show a very angry girl. Despite being fairly young and holding a stuffed animal of all things, she looks incredibly frustrated. ]

L-Look here, whovever's listening! You can't just throw me in some kind of weird world and expect me to participate! You'll all pay! I'll call the police, they won't stand for this! Kidnapping an idol is way worse than just kidnapping some ordinary girl! I'm sure of that!

[ Her gaze shifts downwards for a minute or so, and another voice can be heard, though it's face cannot. ]

My Lady, please calm down. You aren't in any danger and you haven't been kidnapped by a person...

[ She scoffs at it, and turns back to the feed, refusing to respond. ]

While I'm at it, why won't this thing stop following me? It's not cute at all! It'll ruin my image! Is it supposed to be some kind of weird pet or something? It keeps on telling me that I have to stay here to save something, but I'm not a hero! I just want to go home... Ryuugu Komachi needs me.

Comments

[video]

[lastnerv]

Well, no, but there's a lot of things I can't do.

[Whoops don't want to make her mad again]

But you're right. That doesn't sound easy at all.

[video]

[dekochan]

Of course it's not easy!

But you know, there has to be at least one thing you're good at.

[video]

[lastnerv]

[Just hearing that makes Shinji think about the only time he's felt like had something he was good at, and it involved dismembering giant monsters.]


...Nothing I know of yet. Some people just don't have talents.

[video]

[dekochan]

Are you sure? It could be something little. Like doing well in school or taking care of pets.

[video]

[lastnerv]

I...guess I'm not bad at housework, but that's not really an accomplishment.

[video]

[dekochan]

I think it is. I'm not much good at that kind of stuff myself.

[video]

[lastnerv]

Mm. It's still nothing I'd call a talent.

[video]

[dekochan]

Shouldn't you be a bit more confident than that?

[video]

[lastnerv]

Not the first time I've heard that, and it's not that easy.

[video]

[dekochan]

Of course, but it's not impossible either.