Floyd Leech Birthday SSR Story Translation
I am still studying Japanese so I do not 100% guarantee accuracy in this translation. The gist should be there.
NRC Newspaper interview Birthday interview feature
~Floyd edition~
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Part 1
Option: Happy birthday
Floyd: Ah, Koebi-chan came to celebrate too. Thanks~
Screen: Please let us know how you feel about everyone congratulating you.
Floyd: It’s festive so it’s fun.
Floyd: We’d have parties at home, but they weren’t this rowdy.
Floyd: It’s not stiff or formal, so I like this.
Screen: I heard you have candy reserves in your room, is that true?
Floyd: Huh? You don’t know, Koebi-chan? How even when you eat dinner, before sleepin’ you get hungry?
Floyd: Me and Jade are still growin’ ya know~
Screen: Are there certain treats you like?
Floyd: Hmm… It changes depending on the day… Lately it’s been peppermint candy…
Floyd: Last week it was melon-flavored gummies… Yesterday I ate biscuits with almond in ‘em.
Floyd: I think I prefer the chewy stuff over the flavor. Also, stuff you can only eat on land.
Floyd: Koebi-chan, if you find any rare treats make sure to share with me, okay?
Screen: Okay. By the way, what kind of food do you like?
Floyd: That is… Takoyaki! Ah, do you know what Takoyaki is?
Floyd: Huh, you know, Koebi-chan? Even though there’s not many at school who know, you do?
Floyd: The other day, after closing Monstro Lounge for the day, Jade and I had some with other dorm members.
Floyd: Flippin’ em over was pretty tricky but after some practice they were really good.
Floyd: It’s named Takoyaki but, you can put in stuff besides octopus in case you get bored.
Screen: When the time comes, what ingredients would you like to try?
Floyd: First shrimp and cheese! Then sausage, and oysters…
Floyd: Tomatoes, broccoli, strawberries, fresh cream, chocolate, anchovies, potato chips, konjac jelly…
Screen: There’s a lot you’d like to try out.
Floyd: Yeah yeah. In the end we’ll test who can make it the strangest…. It’s laughable how disgusting it is!
Floyd: Azul is a stickler about wastin’ food so we gotta make sure to eat it all.
Floyd: Next time, you should join us, Koebi-chan. It’s a promise.
Part 2
Screen: You usually have your collar open, is it uncomfortable to have it buttoned?
Floyd: Not uncomfy, more like too irritating. I may be good at stranglin’ but it’s not exactly my taste.
Floyd: When I came to shore, I didn’t like the clothes. It’s like always havin’ seaweed clingin’ to your body.
Floyd: Plus, you know how ya gotta wash your clothes right after wearin’ them?
Floyd: I was thinkin’ why humans gotta do something that’s such a pain.
Floyd: But now I like pickin’ out my clothes. It’s fun wearin’ different colors.
Floyd: Koebi-chan did ya know? The In the sea you can see a bunch of different dark colors.
Floyd: Besides clothes, you can wear shoes and accessories… It’s fun dressin’ up differently on land~
Floyd: But, after buyin’ so much, storin’ it in my room’s getting troublesome.
Floyd: Jade’s room’s always clean and got some spare room so I ask him to leave some of my stuff there.
Floyd: But he always says, “No.”
Floyd: Ahhh, I wonder if they’d let me use another dorm room for storage.
Screen: You collect anything you like?
Floyd: Ehh? Jade and Azul’s got their plant’s ‘n’ coins they like to collect…
Floyd: I get bored easily, so I don’t care much for any collectin’… Oh, that’s right.
Floyd: I wasn’t trying to collect ‘em for anythin’, but the other day I bought some moray eel goods.
Screen: What sort of stuff did you buy?
Floyd: A loose fittin’ graphic T-shirt, a mascot keyholder with a funny face.
Floyd: Since there’s a legend about the Sea Witch’s capable moray eel underlings,
Floyd: At sea, moray eels have a pretty tough image. Plus, we’re carnivorous.
Floyd: But on land, the moray eel goods they sell up here are weirdly cute so it’s interestin’.
Floyd: Makes you think about how humans see moray eels.
Floyd: I bought the T-shirt and gave one to Jade and he happily wore it. Aha~
Floyd: Azul said not to go out wearin’ it but it’s so cute. Isn’t that terrible~?
Part 3
Screen: Between your mermaid form and human form, which one do you like?
Floyd: When I was human form, I didn’t know how to walk, and my body was so heavy…
Floyd: I felt like turnin’ back to my mermaid form right away and headin’ back to sea.
Floyd: But recently, I’ve been thinkin’ this form ain’t too bad.
Floyd: At Coral Sea, there’s nothin’ but other merfolk but at this school there’s so many different people.
Floyd: So, I’m never left bored.
Floyd: Also… I can do fun things I can only do at sea like basketball and dancin’.
Floyd: Lately I’ve gotten into parkour~
Screen: What’s parkour?
Floyd: Oh, you don’t know? You kick off handrails or walls, and climb up buildings~
Floyd: It’s a sport where ya gotta move around any obstacles as much as ya can to get to the goal.
Screen: Seems difficult.
Floyd: I don’t think about whether it’s hard or easy.
Floyd: Since I was a kid, I liked playing around things like obstacle courses.
Screen: Obstacle courses at sea…?
Floyd: Yeah. You decide the goal, then swim through the planned route in the sunken ship.
Floyd: Sunken ships have a lot of broken places here and there, so ya gotta swim around a lot of obstacles~
Floyd: To not let your swimmin’ speed drop, ya wanna avoid the obstacles with the minimum movement possible.
Floyd: Then, the first one to reach the goal wins!
Floyd: …Come on, isn’t that like parkour? So that’s why I like it.
Floyd: It’s fun pickin’ up a new skill, plus it’s like swimmin’ up on land.
Floyd: There’s no right or wrong way to avoid ‘em or any strategy, so it’s kinda more…freeing?
Floyd: For me, I hate havin’ any strict rules…
Floyd: Oh, but the other day I overslept and used parkour to enter the classroom through the window. The teacher was pissed.
Floyd: Aren’t I impressive for workin’ so hard to not be late? Next time I’ll try not to get caught. Aha~
Screen: Thank you for letting me listen to your stories.
Screen: Once again, happy birthday.
