Citron/Rehearsal

Idle Gas Sip

Backstage Stories

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Citron	Very good work handing out flyers, Director!
Izumi	Thanks, Citron! We managed to give out a whole bunch today. I'm glad people have been taking them.
Citron	Surely you have me to thank! My skills at wooing are very good.
Izumi	Not sure if 'wooing' is the right word to use for handing out flyers.
Citron	Oh, my mistake.
Izumi	But you've got a point. You have a really cheerful approach and I feel like that is convincing more people to take them.
Citron	I shall call the technique Citron's Smirking Flyer Flash then!
Izumi	Sounds like something out of a video game.
Citron	Surely Itaru will be glad to hear of it.
Izumi	Though, "smirking" doesn't make you sound very friendly. Maybe you should go with "smiling" instead?
Citron	Oh, very sorry. Smiling, then!
Izumi	Anyway, why don't we head back to the dorm? Who was on dinner duty again today?
Citron	It is Omi, I believe! I saw him setting up shop earlier.
Izumi	Setting up, you mean.
Grocer	Oh! Citron!
Izumi	Huh?
Citron	Oh! The grocery store owner!
Grocer	I really owe you for that favor you did me! Here, help yourself to some green onions as a thank you!
Citron	Green onions! Thank you so much!
Izumi	Citron, since when did you become friends with the owner of the grocery store?
Citron	We met recently when I assisted him with unloading boxes of cabbage.
Fruit Seller	Hey, Citron! Working hard or hardly working?
Citron	I am working hard! And you?
Fruit Seller	You know it! I got some spectacular oranges in today, why don't you take a couple for yourself?
Citron	Hooray! They look most delicious. Thank you.
Boy	Heya, Citron! What are you up to?
Citron	Oh, Mr. Tanaka's son! I am handing out flyers. Please take one if you like.
Boy	What's a frier? Does it make french fries?
Citron	No, it doesn't make fries! This is a leaflet, good leafy greens!
Izumi	There's nothing leafy about this leaflet!...Great, now I'm getting confused.
Izumi	(This is amazing, though. Citron seems to have made a lot of friends... All sorts of people are saying hi to him.)
Baker	Oh, if it isn't Citron. Out shopping? Why not drop in if you have a moment.
Shoe Cobbler	Ooh, Citron! Are you out on a date? I'm so jealous.
Citron	Hello! Oh, I suppose this is a date of sorts!
Izumi	No, it's not.
Citron	Now, now, there is no need to be picky!

Fruit Seller	Hope to see you again soon, Citron.
Citron	Ciao!
Citron	Thank you for waiting, Director.
Izumi	How did you manage to make so many friends around town, Citron? You haven't been here that long.
Citron	I like to visit all the shops while I go for strolls. I help people and talk to them.
Izumi	Wow, you were really doing all that? I had no idea.
Citron	I take my strolls when no one is at the dorm. They even allow me to participate in their gas sip!
Izumi	Excuse me, gas...what?
Citron	Gas sip!
Izumi	Nothing about the words gas and sip being used in the same sentence make me feel good. Should you be involved in that? Sounds dangerous.
Citron	No, no, it is not dangerous at all. It's a meeting between the ladies.
Izumi	A meeting? Oh! Did you mean "gossip"?
Citron	Oh, perhaps that is it! This language is so difficult.
Izumi	I really feel like I need a translator today...
Old Lady A	Oh, hello Citron!
Old Lady B	Hello! Out for another stroll today?
Citron	Hello, madams! You look beautiful as ever today.
Izumi	Example
Old Lady A	Oh, Citron, even if you don't mean it, you've really made this old woman's day.
Citron	But I do mean it! It is the truth!
Izumi	(Look at him go. He's a total natural at flirting with older women...)
Old Lady B	Talking with you is always a pleasure, Citron. Which reminds me, I just bought these cookies--please, help yourself!
Citron	Thank you! Your beauty is only outmatched by your kindness.
Old Lady B	I can hardly compare to you though, Citron!
Izumi	(He's so popular! Citron really is a power to be reckoned with...)
Izumi	I know I keep saying this, but you really have friends all over!
Citron	Indeed. And I have a large collection of gifts today as well.
Izumi	No joke. Green Onions, oranges, chocolate, cookies... It's almost like you went shopping.
Citron	Omi is on dinner duty today, surely he will rejoice if I give them to him!
Izumi	You're probably right--Wait, I just got an amazing idea! If I take you down to the shops to hand out flyers next time, we'll be done in a snap!
Citron	I would be happy to help hand things out! Friers, fried fish, or even tempura!
Izumi	Ha ha, very funny! I'm onto you, Citron.
Citron	You caught me, I am sorry. Just a little joke!

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