Yukikaze's BD 2025 SSR Card Story 1

"Our Sequence"

Characters: Yukikaze, Chief, Nagi, Kafka, Liguang, Renga, Ten, & Yachiyo

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Yukikaze: ……
 

Nagi: (… Yukikaze-san? Is he worried about something? He’s staring a hole into his tablet.)

(Wait…! On the family advice segment the other day, they brought up that all-too-typical noontime problem. Could it be…?!)

How about chanko nabe? With some ginger, too, so we can warm up our body and soul from the cold.

Yukikaze: Hm?

Nagi: Oh. So you’re… not worried about what to make for dinner.

Sorry. Now I look like a weird chanko advertisement that popped out of nowhere.

Yukikaze: Don’t worry about it, Nagi. Feel free to give me requests for dinner anytime. We can have chanko tonight.

I’m trying to work on my BD event in mahorova right now…

Nagi: Hm. You were gonna make it a rink, right?

Yukikaze: Yeah. I plan on letting everyone skate to their heart’s content, and then doing my own performance at the end.

Nagi: I’m always slipping up my jokes and on bananas and stuff, so I’m glad I’ll get a chance to try my hand on actual ice this time.¹

And I’ll get to watch one of your ice shows without putting my life on the line to get a ticket. I’m seriously blessed.

So… were you worried about what you’re doing for the show?

Yukikaze: Ah, actually… I’m trying to think of what light setup I want to do.

I have a specific vision for it, but it’d probably be hard to pull off in real life, so I’m not sure where to start…

Nagi: You’re shooting for the stars, huh.

I like it. You can weed out every obstacle on any weedy path if you start small.

You can do basically anything in mahorova anyway, so why don’t you try sketching out your idea first?

Yukikaze: I’ll give it a shot. I’m thinking of…

… Something like this.

Nagi: It reminds me of… a Nebuta festival, kinda? But these, uh… beams? The way you drew them reminds me of the violent ebb and flow of life…²

You should definitely see this through, Yukikaze-san. Not realizing this would be a great loss for all mankind.

Yukikaze: I see… Thanks, Nagi. I’m a little more confident in this now.

I’ll ask Nayuki to stick this in the center of the rink and have it emit some light.

Nagi: Light… ah, then how about you give all the guests penlights in the same shape?

I saw Toi using one before. They may be small, but a whole bunch of them together is incredibly bright. It might reach the level of light you’re aiming for then.

Yukikaze: That’s a great idea, Nagi. I was trying to think of ways to have the guests be involved in the performance already, too, so I’d like to use it, if you don’t mind.

We should be able to mimic a fraction of the Chief’s brilliance this way.

Nagi: Huh? The Chief…?
 

Kafka: Hey, Yukikaze! What does the Chief have to do with any of that?!

Yukikaze: Kafka, Liguang, welcome back. Did your meeting go alright?

Liguang: Yeah. We managed to reach an agreement.

But it sounded like you’re talking about your BD event…

Kafka: You cannot be serious, Yukikaze. How is that bipedal blob of algae supposed to be Chief?!

Yukikaze: I was trying to evoke the Chief’s overwhelming brilliance. This is what I ended up with.

Nagi: I think it looks fine… It gives me the same happy feeling Chief does.

Kafka: … Well, you do get that sorta feeling from the Chief, true…

But more importantly! How is anyone supposed to skate with this giant thing smack dab in the center of the rink burning everyone's eyes?

Yukikaze & Nagi: True…

Yukikaze: The rink has to be kept at a certain brightness, or else it’s not safe to skate on. What was I thinking…

Liguang: Were you distracted by your own desires? That’s not like you.

If you want that thing to mirror… “the Chief’s image”, then you can just have it emit less light.

There’s nothing particularly wrong with the illumination idea on its own. That might be one way to pull it off.

Yukikaze: Liguang…

… I want to make this event as good as I possibly can.

(I want the guests, the Chief… everyone who’ll go out of their way for me to enjoy it.)

Would you guys mind lending your inept big brother a hand?

Nagi: Of course. I’d be more then glad to help you. Properly, this time.

Liguang: I don’t have any plans after this.

Nagi: What about you, Kafka…?

Kafka: … I’d rather you not be doing weird stuff in the name of the Chief, and since the company’s backing it, I do want the event to go well.

I’ll give you some advice, as your president.

Yukikaze: Thank you guys. I’m so lucky to have so many kind little brothers.

I’m sure we’ll figure something out if we all put our heads together. I think the chanko nabe will turn out extra tasty tonight.
 

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1. Nagi is making a pun using the word 滑る (suberu), which can mean to skate, to slip, or to flub a joke. There was an attempt… ↑

2. The Nebuta festival is a festival in Aomori that involves fantastical illuminated floats. ↑

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