Scenario:Catura - The Summer Soft Serve Plan
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The Summer Soft Serve Plan
While dreaming of going on beach dates with (Captain), Catura overhears talk of the great expenses involved in the crew's summer vacations and decides to forgo hers to make money instead. Kumbhira offers to help, and the two open a food stall they call "Moo-Moo Soft Serve". However, they find that no customers are showing up.
On an Auguste beach, under the blazing summer sun...
Catura and Kumbhira are busy preparing to open their food shop.
Catura: The soft serve machine is ready to go...
Kumbhira: Our ingredients and permits are all in order too. We can start any time!
Catura: Thank you for helping me so much, Kumbhira...
Kumbhira: No, I haven't really done all that much. It's your passion that made this happen.
Kumbhira: How about we try a cone before starting? I want to see how today's milk tastes.
Catura: I thought you might say that... So I already made some!
Milky: ...!
Catura: Moohoohoo... This summer, I'm going to show you one or two new sides of me!
Catura: Here you are, Kumbhira. One Moo-Moo Soft Serve cone!
Kumbhira: Thanks! Now, let's see...
Kumbhira: Mmm! It's so rich and refreshing!
Kumbhira: Your ice cream really is the best, Catura!
Catura: Hehe... It's the Ox Temple's special recipe that Mama and Papa taught me...
Kumbhira: They're going to sell great! Don't you agree, boss?
Catura: Yeah... We're going to make this a success!
Catura: We have to do it for (Captain)... To save the crew...
Some time earlier, when the days had just become hot enough for the crew members to start wearing summer clothes...
Several of them gather in the Grandcypher to excitedly talk about their upcoming vacation.
Among them, one Divine Cow is imagining her near future with a particularly blissful expression.
Catura: Seaheehee... I'm going to think of my 97th plan for going on a beach date with (Captain) today...
Moomoo: Mooo?
Catura: Of course... I have to prepare a lot so that I have a plan for whatever happens...
Catura: We could draw our names next to each other in the sand... The waves would wash them away, but our love would still be eternal...
Catura: If we went to a festival, I could get chafed by the sandals and then (Captain) would princess-carry me...
Catura: Even if I suddenly became a zombie, we could chase each other up and down the beach as we watched the world end...
Catura: Moo... I just can't wait for our vacation to...
Vyrn's Voice: Wow, that's crazy!
Catura: Ah, (Captain) and...
Vyrn's Voice: I had no idea going on vacation every year costs so much money!
Catura: ...!
Catura, who had been approaching the source of the voices, suddenly freezes.
Lyria: Ahaha... We have a lot of crew members, after all. It's gotten so lively around here.
Vyrn: I just happened to see the account books, and the total cost is nuts! You could buy a skyskimmer with that much money, right?
Vyrn: I thought so. I know there's a lot of us, but that was still a shock...
Choose: I don't think it's that much.
Vyrn: Yeah? It seems like enough to me...
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Catura: ...
After hearing the trio's conversation, Catura quietly leaves.
Vyrn: Well, all those new crew members mean we can take on a lot more jobs, so our earnings have gone up just as much!
Lyria: That's right! And everyone can work harder because they have the vacation to look forward to!
Vyrn: All right! Let's get to work, (Captain)!
These last lines of their conversation never reach the Divine General's ears.
Catura: Sigh...
Kumbhira: Hm? Catura?
Kumbhira: What's wrong? You were so excited about making date plans when I saw you yesterday.
Catura: Kumbhira... Well, you see...
Kumbhira: What! Our vacations are causing problems for the crew's finances?
Catura: Yeah... I heard (Captain) talking about it with Lyria and Vyrn...
Hamward: Squee-squee!
Moomoo: Moo...
Kumbhira: I see... But still, you seem awfully down about it, Catura.
Catura: I'm just no good at all...
Catura: I wasn't thinking about anything but enjoying my vacation with (Captain)...
Kumbhira: Hmm... Well, that's how everyone...
Catura: Even though (Captain) is supposed to be the person I love...
Kumbhira: ...!
Catura: And that means I need to be concerned about this crew, since it's so important to (Captain).
Kumbhira: Catura...
Catura: ...
Okay, no more moping. I know what I'm going to do.
Okay, no more moping. I know what I'm going to do.
Catura: I'm... not going on vacation!
Milky: ...!
Catura: Instead, I'm going to earn a lot of money while everyone else is away!
Catura: I'm going to spend this summer working hard... to support (Captain) and everyone else's time off!
Kumbhira: I see... You're really something, Catura.
Kumbhira: All right, where do we start?
Kumbhira: Even if we're not taking a vacation, Siero told me that there are lots of opportunities in Auguste during the summer...
Catura: W-wait a second! You don't have to join me, you know?
Kumbhira: No, let me help! I, well... I have an interest in business!
Catura: Really?
Catura: Thank you... I'm sure it will go wonderfully with you helping!
Kumbhira: ...
I want to do my best too.
I want to do my best too.
Catura: Huh?
Kumbhira: Oh, nothing!
Kumbhira: What do you think we can do? Just work at a beach house?
Catura: You know, opening up a food stand on the beach is a classic plot in illustrated stories...
Kumbhira: Catura running a food stand on the beach... During summer...
Kumbhira: Hey, Catura. What do you think about running a soft serve stand?
Catura: A soft serve stand? Why?
Kumbhira: Well...
After that, Catura and Kumbhira start getting ready to open their stall.
They acquire milk from the Ox Temple, secure a spot on the beach, and get the necessary equipment and decorations, until finally...
The day that they can open their business, Moo-Moo Soft Serve, arrives.
Catura: I can't believe we managed to open such a proper stall all by ourselves... I'm so proud!
Kumbhira: Me too! But what comes next is going to be the hard part.
Catura: (Captain) and the others who went to Venera Beach don't know about this, right?
Kumbhira: Yes, don't worry! I told them that our temples had to jointly run an event.
Kumbhira: Anyway, we sure were lucky to find a vacant beach house we could use.
Catura: Actually, isn't it a little quiet around here? It looks like the other beach houses are closed...
Kumbhira: They are? I wonder why...
Kumbhira: Maybe because we're far away from Venera Beach?
Catura: But there are plenty of people swimming nearby...
Kumbhira: Hm? Well, let's just open for business!
???: ...
Some time passes after Catura and Kumbhira open their stand.
As the sun reaches its zenith in the sky and everyone starts yearning for something to help them cool off...
Catura: But why?
Not a single customer is lined up before Moo-Moo Soft Serve.