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iridesenescence) wrote2021-09-25 04:33 pm
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Neverland - The Lost Boys Fly In The Sky 1
Writer: Akira
Season: Summer
Location: Neverland Stage
Mika translated byyoroshikilled, Nagisa, Shu and Wataru translated by iridesenescence
[A week later, in the middle of September, on the day of JNLC.]
Mika: ......
Shu: Come now, Kagehira. Don’t go freezing like a toy drained of battery — summon some vitality!
If you are a creator, the mere completion of your work should not suffice to satiate you.
Only once you have presented it in all its perfection and basked in the resulting thunderous applause — only then is it truly a complete work of art.
And because we of Valkyrie are not just artists, but also idols...
For our works to be deemed as valuable, we must be recognised not just by a select group of aesthetes, but by the merciless masses... We must bring smiles to their faces.
Fufu. With both of us being reserved and awkward, even we/ would recognise that we have chosen an onerous path.
But this is a common occurrence in the world — for the talents bequeathed to us at birth to be in discordance with the things we wish to do.
Overcoming all manner of unfavourable conditions and deficits to produce a splendid artwork is precisely what makes one an artist, kakaka ♪
Mika: ......
Oshi-san, where're ya pullin' all that energy from?
'Specially 'cause it feels like we've been to hell n' back this whole week...
An' just when I was gettin' all excited at the thought of bein' able t'spend so much time with ya too, Oshi-san...
A whole week of chitchattin' about nothin' at all, eatin' together, and sleepin' in the same room at night...
We'd get up an' go shoppin' fer what we needed, an' if we had had time to spare we could go someplace fun...
That's the kinda happy, chummy daily life I was imaginin' livin' with you, y'know? I was really lookin' forward to it, y'knoooow? But instead, all that was waitin' fer me was a life micromanaged t'hell an' back.
Ya took one look at my apartment, said it wasn't fit fer humans to live in, an' moved me to a room in ES' Starmony Hall 'cause it has everythin' an idol could need...
An' then ya confined me completely just so I could work on the plan fer the JNLC without thinkin' of anythin' else...
Ya gathered everything I might need, force-fed me even when I didn't ask for it, forced me t' sleep at night...
Ya made me live a totally regulated life while forcin' me to devote myself to creatin'...
S'all thanks to you that I managed t'finalize our plan an' make the outfits we needed an' all... But 'm a dead man walkin'.
Shu: Are you perhaps dissatisfied? I simply deemed that maintenance would not suffice in this situation, and chose to thoroughly rework you instead.
I consulted with the manager assigned to you by CosPro as well, seeking to remould you and vanquish your deficiencies as an idol.
However, a week is hardly enough time — at present, these changes are merely superficial. Whenever time permits, I shall continue to retrain you.
First, we shall finish settling the termination of your apartment and officially have you move into Starmony Hall. After all, I have been forced to realise that it’s about ten years too early for you to attempt living alone.
In the dorms, others’ eyes will watch you. Before you end up in a state as sorry as before, I believe someone will take notice and handle things appropriately.
Is that not splendid, Kagehira? Going forwards, you'll be spared from bothering yourself with trifling matters, allowing you to focus solely on creating art.
Mika: Ugh~... I guess you'd be happy about somethin' like that, but I ain't a machine meant to just churn out artworks, Oshi-san...
An' that's why yer so needlessly full of energy, even after livin' through a whole week of that...
Shu: On the contrary. I have come to understand that stamina is essential to art as well, and ensure that I am not lacking in physical training.
Of course, it is true that I was merely acting as your advisor this time, and thus shouldered a lighter burden both mentally and physically.
Mika: Nnah~... Well, whatever, s'fine 'long as yer healthy an' havin' fun, I guess.
I really screwed up. Just a week ago, when I told ya frankly that I couldn't think of a single thing fer the JNLC...
The old Oshi-san woulda probably snapped "Then I'll simply finish it myself!" an' torn the job right outta my hands.
Shu: “Torn” is a brash way to put it. But I don’t deny that I would have judged you as unfit to handle this, and would have seized control of the planning for this performance.
It would undoubtedly be more efficient, and the product, of a higher standard.
However. It was I who declared that the conceptualisation of the JNLC performance would be left entirely in your hands.
I decided to prioritise keeping my word over the returns before us at the moment.
Of course, I’m sure our agency, CosPro, wishes for us to continuously perform well.
The other agencies are no different — because of their immaturity and inexperience, everyone appears to be jumping to conclusions.
However. I have my eyes set on far further sights. I choose to trust in humans’ innate potential — in their ability to turn even failures and agony into nourishment for growth.
I have no objections even if this performance ends in utter failure and we receive an abysmal appraisal.
Besides, a trophy earned from this JNLC is nothing the world itself would give a second glance.
It goes without saying that failure is terrifying. After all, I’ve experienced for myself just how merciless and brutal the world is to any who fail.
However. As we are now, we will be able to withstand that.
Shu: Valkyrie is no castle of sand — we will not see everything we have accumulated till this day crumble upon a single failure.
Mika: Nnah~, that ain't a very Oshi-san kinda thing to say. Yer the kinda person who'd never let the littlest mistake go, a real perfectionist to the core, ain't ya?
Well, if I say somethin' like that, then you'll get angry an' go off on me fer puttin' a label on ya like I understand ya at all...
But I got it~, humans are livin' creatures that keep on growin' an' changin'.
Shu: Indeed, you are learning. That is precisely what makes you human ♪
Mika: Mmm~. Maybe I'm just some kinda AI that's programmed to respond a certain kinda way when you say stuff like that.
Shu: Hm. I wonder what exactly sets artificial intelligence apart from the human personality?
Mankind’s disproportionate reverence and acclaim for “hearts” and “souls” may be nothing more than the desire to believe that one’s own faction is superior — an action born from our animalistic instincts.
Mika: Mm? What d'ya mean?
Season: Summer
Location: Neverland Stage
Mika translated by
yoroshikilled, Nagisa, Shu and Wataru translated by iridesenescence[A week later, in the middle of September, on the day of JNLC.]
Mika: ......
Shu: Come now, Kagehira. Don’t go freezing like a toy drained of battery — summon some vitality!
If you are a creator, the mere completion of your work should not suffice to satiate you.
Only once you have presented it in all its perfection and basked in the resulting thunderous applause — only then is it truly a complete work of art.
And because we of Valkyrie are not just artists, but also idols...
For our works to be deemed as valuable, we must be recognised not just by a select group of aesthetes, but by the merciless masses... We must bring smiles to their faces.
Fufu. With both of us being reserved and awkward, even we/ would recognise that we have chosen an onerous path.
But this is a common occurrence in the world — for the talents bequeathed to us at birth to be in discordance with the things we wish to do.
Overcoming all manner of unfavourable conditions and deficits to produce a splendid artwork is precisely what makes one an artist, kakaka ♪
Mika: ......
Oshi-san, where're ya pullin' all that energy from?
'Specially 'cause it feels like we've been to hell n' back this whole week...
An' just when I was gettin' all excited at the thought of bein' able t'spend so much time with ya too, Oshi-san...
A whole week of chitchattin' about nothin' at all, eatin' together, and sleepin' in the same room at night...
We'd get up an' go shoppin' fer what we needed, an' if we had had time to spare we could go someplace fun...
That's the kinda happy, chummy daily life I was imaginin' livin' with you, y'know? I was really lookin' forward to it, y'knoooow? But instead, all that was waitin' fer me was a life micromanaged t'hell an' back.
Ya took one look at my apartment, said it wasn't fit fer humans to live in, an' moved me to a room in ES' Starmony Hall 'cause it has everythin' an idol could need...
An' then ya confined me completely just so I could work on the plan fer the JNLC without thinkin' of anythin' else...
Ya gathered everything I might need, force-fed me even when I didn't ask for it, forced me t' sleep at night...
Ya made me live a totally regulated life while forcin' me to devote myself to creatin'...
S'all thanks to you that I managed t'finalize our plan an' make the outfits we needed an' all... But 'm a dead man walkin'.
Shu: Are you perhaps dissatisfied? I simply deemed that maintenance would not suffice in this situation, and chose to thoroughly rework you instead.
I consulted with the manager assigned to you by CosPro as well, seeking to remould you and vanquish your deficiencies as an idol.
However, a week is hardly enough time — at present, these changes are merely superficial. Whenever time permits, I shall continue to retrain you.
First, we shall finish settling the termination of your apartment and officially have you move into Starmony Hall. After all, I have been forced to realise that it’s about ten years too early for you to attempt living alone.
In the dorms, others’ eyes will watch you. Before you end up in a state as sorry as before, I believe someone will take notice and handle things appropriately.
Is that not splendid, Kagehira? Going forwards, you'll be spared from bothering yourself with trifling matters, allowing you to focus solely on creating art.
Mika: Ugh~... I guess you'd be happy about somethin' like that, but I ain't a machine meant to just churn out artworks, Oshi-san...
An' that's why yer so needlessly full of energy, even after livin' through a whole week of that...
Shu: On the contrary. I have come to understand that stamina is essential to art as well, and ensure that I am not lacking in physical training.
Of course, it is true that I was merely acting as your advisor this time, and thus shouldered a lighter burden both mentally and physically.
Mika: Nnah~... Well, whatever, s'fine 'long as yer healthy an' havin' fun, I guess.
I really screwed up. Just a week ago, when I told ya frankly that I couldn't think of a single thing fer the JNLC...
The old Oshi-san woulda probably snapped "Then I'll simply finish it myself!" an' torn the job right outta my hands.
Shu: “Torn” is a brash way to put it. But I don’t deny that I would have judged you as unfit to handle this, and would have seized control of the planning for this performance.
It would undoubtedly be more efficient, and the product, of a higher standard.
However. It was I who declared that the conceptualisation of the JNLC performance would be left entirely in your hands.
I decided to prioritise keeping my word over the returns before us at the moment.
Of course, I’m sure our agency, CosPro, wishes for us to continuously perform well.
The other agencies are no different — because of their immaturity and inexperience, everyone appears to be jumping to conclusions.
However. I have my eyes set on far further sights. I choose to trust in humans’ innate potential — in their ability to turn even failures and agony into nourishment for growth.
I have no objections even if this performance ends in utter failure and we receive an abysmal appraisal.
Besides, a trophy earned from this JNLC is nothing the world itself would give a second glance.
It goes without saying that failure is terrifying. After all, I’ve experienced for myself just how merciless and brutal the world is to any who fail.
However. As we are now, we will be able to withstand that.
Shu: Valkyrie is no castle of sand — we will not see everything we have accumulated till this day crumble upon a single failure.
Mika: Nnah~, that ain't a very Oshi-san kinda thing to say. Yer the kinda person who'd never let the littlest mistake go, a real perfectionist to the core, ain't ya?
Well, if I say somethin' like that, then you'll get angry an' go off on me fer puttin' a label on ya like I understand ya at all...
But I got it~, humans are livin' creatures that keep on growin' an' changin'.
Shu: Indeed, you are learning. That is precisely what makes you human ♪
Mika: Mmm~. Maybe I'm just some kinda AI that's programmed to respond a certain kinda way when you say stuff like that.
Shu: Hm. I wonder what exactly sets artificial intelligence apart from the human personality?
Mankind’s disproportionate reverence and acclaim for “hearts” and “souls” may be nothing more than the desire to believe that one’s own faction is superior — an action born from our animalistic instincts.
Mika: Mm? What d'ya mean?