Study Trip on an Uninhabited Island part 1 — 2

[gyaxa]

Drone Sensei: Okay everyone, we’re almost there~

Did anyone fall behind? Let’s do attendance right now~

Kiroku: This… guide drone… is kind of like… the teachers at school.

Ushio: It’s like those models they use to lead grade school kids around at camp.

Drone Sensei: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5…

6, 7, 8… Oh dear.

Toi: Since we’re in two teams of ten…

Kafka: We’re two people short.

Ten: Uh, Kuguri-san’s perched on top of Nagi over there.

Tao: Woah, Kuguri-san! What the heck are you doing?

Kuguri: Is it not clear as day? I’m taking a little break.

Nagi: Kuguri-san was smiling at me with all these imaginary lilies around him, and then I found myself doing the imaginary chair…

He’s just as beautiful as a fragrant flower, so having him so close is easy on the eyes, but… I’m… reaching my limit…

Kiroku: Ah… A-Are… you okay?

Ushio: I guess you don’t need common sense to be a grown-up.

Ryui: Oi, stop screwin’ around already. Team Air’s gonna beat us like this.

Kafka: C’mon, relax. They never said whoever reached the base first would win.

Liguang: However, since this is a battle, I figure winning should grant some sort of advantage. We shouldn’t push our luck.

Nagi: Sorry for the trouble. My legs are still trembling like a little fawn, but I can walk I think.

Tao: Well, we’re all accounted for, so let’s…

Toi: Oh! Wait, Tao-kun, right in front of you!

Tao: H-Huh?

Drone Sensei: There’s some little shore crabs crossing the path. Let’s watch them go~

Tao: Woah, you’re right… They’ve got some seaweed with them. I guess they just came from the ocean.

Toi: They’re sooo cute~!

Kiroku: So… peaceful…

Ushio: *sigh*...
 

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Drone Sensei: This is the base for Team Ocean.

Ten: So did we win, Teach~?

Liguang: I recall them saying they’d bring up additional conditions later.

Drone Sensei: Good memory, Lu-san! You get a gold star!

We’ll go over that right now, so listen closely, everyone. Criss cross apple sauce!

Ryui: I ain’t doing that.

Toi: Hup.
 

 

Nayuki: 『Can you see me, everyone? Good job on making it.』

『Both teams have reached their bases, so I’ll be covering the additional rules now.』

Kafka: So here’s the real challenge.

Nayuki: 『A starter item has been left for each mayor near both bases. Once you find them all and figure out which item belongs to who, report back to us.』

『Whichever team reports back first will be the winner. There will be a reward for the winning team, so try your best.』

Tao: So it’s a treasure hunt, and we got 10 treasures to find.

Ten: Why don’t ya break down all these suspicious mounds in the sand for starters?

Kuguri: Since you suggested it, why don’t you do the honors?

Toi: I’ve always wanted to build a sand castle. Won’t you help me, Ani-sama?

Ryui: Alright.

Toi: Ah…! We found something!

Kiroku: It’s… a treasure box.

Ryui: I’ll open it up.

Tao: There’s… one knife inside. I don’t know whose it’s supposed to be, though.

Liguang: Maybe we’ll figure it out once we find the other items. Let’s split up and search.

Nagi: I’ll look in the shallow part over here…

*SNAP*

Toi: ? What was that?

Nagi: Oh, sorry. That was me.

Ushio: Wha…?! A stupidly big shell is stuck to Hachinoya-san’s foot!!

Kafka: That’s a giant clam! It’s the biggest species of bivalve in the world…!

Nagi: Relax. There’s no need to panic over this.

Liguang: Pass me the knife. I’ll cut its adductor muscle.

Ten: Don’t go gettin’ your arm pinched~

Nagi: Phew… You saved me again, Liguang-san. Once we get back, I’ll make you miso soup and a main course and dessert for every meal—

Liguang: I already told you, I don’t need that.

Toi: It seems your lower half isn’t so lucky today, Nagi-kun, so you shouldn’t push yourself.

Tao: Yo, there’s a treasure chest in the shell…!

Ryui: Why the hell would it be there?

Kafka: Wait, Sakujiro…?!

Kiroku: … It’s… a plushie… of him.

Kuguri: Is it Kafka’s, perhaps? Do you also have the adorable habit of cuddling with a lump of cotton to sleep?

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Nanaki: Achoo!
 

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Kafka: No, I’ve never seen it before.

Ushio: Karigane-san’s our conductor, so it could be me or Golem’s item… I hope it’s not, though.

Liguang: All we can do for now is find all the items and sort them later.

Ryui: Go out and move some more, Hachinoya. I’ll collect your bones for you.

Nagi: Oh, ‘kay. Maybe my bad luck will come in handy…!

Here I go.

Ten: Have fun~

Toi: B-Be careful…!

Drone Sensei: Hachinoya-san went on to enter the forest and proceeded to have a bunch of coconuts fall on him, one of them hitting his knee and breaking to reveal a treasure chest…

He then got stuck in quicksand up to his waist, and the vine he grabbed onto then was attached to another treasure chest…

And when he found yet another treasure chest among the seaweed while in the rocky part of shore, his lower half was assailed by shore crabs…
 

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Liguang: Good work, Hachinoya.

Tao: You got all 10 of ‘em. Thanks for the hard work, seriously…

Nagi: *tremble tremble tremble*

Kiroku: Hachinoya-san’s legs… are all floppy… like the mantle tissue… of a scallop.

Kuguri: Here, I’ll let you use my lap as a pillow as a reward. For 1.8 seconds.

Kafka: Let’s start sorting the items…

We’ve got a knife, a Sakujiro plush, a bundle of seaweed, a Smitch console, a radio, a sketchbook and pencil, two pieces of paper that say “already distributed”, and one empty treasure chest.

Toi: And another plushie. It’s… a robot?

Ushio: I think that’s mine.

(A plush of Mamarobo…? I’ve never seen this before… but there’s no way it’s anyone else’s.)

Liguang: Wait… I remember all these items from somewhere.

Kafka: Mm, I do too.

Do you guys remember those PR videos we took back when we first started working at HAMA Tours?

Toi: Ah… The 18 Questions one…?¹

Liguang: One of the questions was “what would you bring to an uninhabited island?”, which must be what these are based off of. They went with a rather involved concept.

Tao: Then… I said I’d like a gaming console, so the Smitch is mine.

Ten: The knife’s probably mine.

Kafka: I said Sakujiro, so the plush must be a substitute. I’m guessing it’s the same for Ushio’s?

Ushio: So this is what Karigane-san was making… Why was he getting so hyped over something like this?

Kiroku: The sketchbook… and pencil… are mine…

Kuguri: I suppose the empty chest is for me.

Toi: The “already distributed” papers are probably for Ani-sama and me!

Nagi: The radio’s mine. I wonder if there’s any signal here.

Tao: So then the seaweed bundle is for Lu-san…?

Liguang: … My answer was hair ties.

Ten: Haha, the hair ties holding it all together, then. Should we use the seaweed for dinner tonight?

Kiroku: (The box we found it in… was already cracked open a little… Maybe the crabs were using it… to hold their seaweed together…)

Kafka: Let’s report back to Mr. Drone!

Toi: Mr. Drooone! We did it!

Drone Sensei: … I’m disappointed in you, class.

Ushio: Wha?

Drone Sensei: It took you 35 minutes and 23 seconds to report back to me.
 

Kinari: 『We only required 24 minutes and 8 seconds to complete the assignment.』

Raito: 『Haha, looks like we were a little faster!』

Kuguri: ……

Ten: Damn, that’s too bad. Well, I guess we did have to spend time saving Nagi.

Renga: 『Suck it, Liguang!』

Netaro: 『It must be ouchy ouchy not having a genius in your midsts. This must be what they mean by the laws of nature! Too bad, so sad ♪』

Liguang: … Tch.

Ryui: Goddammnit…

Muneuji: 『Pray tell you weren’t slacking off were you, Uu-chan?』

Ushio: I wasn’t…

Nayuki: 『Congratulations, Team Air. You’ve won yourselves an item that will make surviving out here a little easier.』

『Well, then let’s all meet at tomorrow’s battle, everyone.』

Kiroku: We… lost.

Ushio: It kinda pissed me off, seeing the other team gloating…

Liguang: It certainly was frustrating.

Kafka: Mhm. Now I’m extra motivated.

Toi: I-It’s still only the first day… let’s try even harder tomorrow!

Tao: Right with you on that. So we gotta make sure we get our base set up before nightfall.

Nagi: There’s no fire, ingredients, or anywhere to sleep… Is this that minimalist lifestyle everyone’s been talking about…?

Ryui: Like hell we’re doing that.

Kafka: Let’s give it our all getting through tonight, guys!

Ten: (Ah… now he’s all excited.)
 

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Sakujiro: So Team Air came out victorious today.

Yachiyo: Everyone on Team Ocean looked really disappointed…

Daniel: Who knows, maybe it’ll light a fire under ‘em.

Nayuki: Let’s hope. Team Ocean has its fair share of unmotivated members, after all.

Chief: I’m sure they’ll be more invested tomorrow…!

Shumai: Woof!

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