[Loulou*di S3V2 L 3-8] Hana-Doll 3rd Season THINK OF ME:ARK Translation
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Rui: Your fever’s a little high. A whole day’s rest for you seems to be in order.
Toki: But it’s boring.
Rui: Toki-bou.
Toki: Why did this have to happen when we just earned ourselves a special break…
Rui: The environment here is optimal for you to rest both your body and mind. It’s one of the luxuries we are afforded.
Toki: I get it, but still…
Rui: Is there anything you would like?
Toki: Something I’d like?
Rui: I can stop by town and pick it up for you.
Toki: Rui-san, you’re not going to stay here with me?
Rui: Would you rather I be here?
Toki: I mean, being all by myself is kinda…
Rui: Mm.
Toki: … it’s lonely.
Rui: I see.
Toki: Just a little! Just only about this much.
Rui: Then I’ll do my best to finish the task while you’re asleep.
Toki: What if I wake up?
Rui: Have PLANTs contact me. I’ll immediately return.
Toki: Something I want… Can I ask for anything?
Rui: As long as it’s something within my abilities.
Toki: I want… to have something sweet.
Rui: Something sweet? Like what?
Toki: Pudding, cake, and… macaroons, maybe.
Rui: (hums)
Toki: … is that a no?
Rui: I will do my best.
Toki: Yay!
Rui: Ageha, I’ll be out for a while.
Ageha: Out? For what?
Rui: I’m getting some things requested by Toki-bou.
Ageha: How diligent.
Rui: What Louloud*di’s Toki-bou truly needs to make a full recovery is you, Ageha.
Ageha: And here I thought you finally have some feelings like a real person.
Rui: I also have a place I’d like to go to.
Ageha: You? Have a place you want to go?
Rui: I will be back in two to three hours. If anything happens, just contact me–
Ageha: Wait. It just so happens the place I need to be at is rather remote, so I’ll come along with you.
Ageha: An art museum… I couldn’t have guessed at all that this is where you wanted to go.
Rui: You can wait in the car if you’re bored. I don’t mind.
Ageha: Who said I was bored? It’s a nice exhibition. This line map… is a scene?
Rui: So it seems. According to the leaflet, this permanent exhibition has been laid out quite systematically. Most of these pieces were donated by the bereaved families of the artists who passed away while staying in the sanatorium.
Ageha: I see. Anyway, it’s even a stretch to say that artists are creatures sound in both body and mind.
Rui: Don’t you think that’s a little too far a leap of logic?
Ageha: Willfully setting their own engine ablaze to the point of destruction, doing things that contribute nothing to the essence of existence and survival… it’s enough to make one puke. Art is that sort of thing. Every work created a reverent piece of excrement, paraded in grotesque shows called museums… It’s unfair for me to say that about them.
Rui: Unfair?
Ageha: We aren’t the exception. Loulou*di, too, is just a glorified fetish, dancing on top of a chopping block. On top of that, no matter how much you carve a piece of your soul to put into it, it doesn’t necessarily give it any meaning. When you place the value of a work on the majority vote of thousands of self-centered laymen, it becomes impossible to control the audience. On the contrary, if the true intention of the work is communicated fully, it would be considered the pinnacle of foolishness. Ha, perfection? Setting our ambitions with nobility? That’s just nothing more than crap’s worth of ego. Even bearing that in mind, you can’t stop yourself from creating something, from spewing something out. Whether the flower’s there or not makes no difference in the fact that I can’t go on with it with a peace of mind. It’s a sickness imprisoned in my body that I can’t be cured of.
Rui: …
Ageha: Hm?
Rui: No, it’s nothing.
Ageha: You’re not really one for words these days, are you?
Rui: The same can be said about you.
Ageha: Me? What is it?
Rui: The look on your face is different than usual.
Ageha: … I don’t think that’s the case, but my head’s been clear since we’ve been at the dual-use facility. As if a part of mind just left the eye of a typhoon. I’ve been able to remember that there are in fact sounds in silence as well.
Rui: Sounds in silence?
Ageha: For the longest time, there’s been a siren in my head that’s ringing like it will split my skull in half. It’s like a constant premonition, always keeping me on my toes. I’ve been grasping at straws, desperately trying to kill that sound. The fact that the world has an overflowing abundance of sounds… feels like something I forgot about a long time ago.
(Ageha and Rui get back into the car)
Ageha: The change of pace wasn’t a bad idea. Visiting art museums is a good choice of hobby for you.
Rui: Visiting art museums was a suggestion from my doctor.
Ageha: You continue to heed orders without fail… just like the obedient mutt you proclaim yourself to be.
Rui: But I understand that there’s no meaning behind it. I suppose it’s just another one of my attempts at pretending to be human.
Ageha: Hmm?
Rui: Up until now, not a single exhibit I’ve laid my eyes on have stoked any sort of emotion in me. It’s more like I’ve been imagining myself becoming more disillusioned.
Ageha: The moment you step into the world of the arts, there’s not just one type of scenery that welcomes you. Didn’t I mention it earlier? You can’t control how other people feel about it. You’re not me. It’s clear that our opinions won’t be the same.
Rui: I see.
Ageha: Besides, it’s not like I want to talk your ear off about it.
Rui: I guess you’re right.
(An interface lights up)
Rui: Continue the route. Arrange for a pick-up at a shop that sells western-style desserts.
(Interface sounds off as it processes the task)
Ageha: Western-style desserts?
Rui: Is it alright if we make a few detours?
Ageha: Do whatever you like. …Hm? (rolls down the window) Looks like a shower is going to come down.
(The car pulls to a stop)
Rui: Get indoors first. I’ll get the car to the garage.
Ageha: Wait. That person…
Rui: Hm?
Setsuna: You’re finally back. Rui. And Ageha, too.
Ageha: Yashiro Setsuna?
Setsuna: I have an umbrella. Coming in?
Rui: It’s been a while.
Setsuna: Has it?
Rui: I wonder when was the last time I saw you.
Setsuna: I forgot. Nobody else is here?
Rui: Just the members.
Setsuna: Hmm…
Rui: Do you have business with us?
Setsuna: It’s not business. I heard you all are here, so I wanted to see you.
Rui: In the first place, why all the way here?
Setsuna: Maintenance. But not in this building. Somewhere further away.
Rui: Do you come often?
Setsuna: About once every three months.
Rui: I had no idea. What about the other Anthos* members?
Setsuna: I don’t think everyone’s been here before. Are you curious about Anthos*?
Rui: Not really. But Ageha is, a little.
Setsuna: Really. Can’t blame him. Ageha always talks to me about Anthos*. About Mahiro.
Rui: Have you been in contact with Ageha?
Setsuna: Just a bit. Anyway…
Rui: Hm?
Setsuna: Isn’t Loulou*di going to die soon?
Rui: Why ask?
Setsuna: Aren’t you all here because of that?
Rui: The dual-use facility is a place to recuperate. We completed our tour live and are having a vacation here. All of us are in prime condition because of it.
Setsuna: Hmm…
(Ageha enters the room)
Ageha: Huh. He’s still here.
Setsuna: Ageha?
Ageha: Get out.
Setsuna: Okay.
Ageha: But before that, how are they? Anthos*, I mean.
Setsuna: What do you mean ‘how’?
Ageha: I remember asking you to report their status to me in detail.
Setsuna: They’ve been the same. Normal.
Ageha: Well, I suppose there’s been no major developments.
Setsuna: Ah, but…
Ageha: Hm?
Setsuna: It’s been decided that we’ll be going to Dream Drama Festa.
Ageha: When… was that decided?
Setsuna: Just recently. That’s why I’ve been coming here more frequently. For maintenance.
Ageha: Rui.
Rui: I’ve heard no news about this.
Setsuna: And Mahiro will be acting in a drama.
Ageha: Was he selected by name?
Setsuna: I don’t know the details.
Ageha: Anything else?
Setsuna: Ageha. Are you worried?
Ageha: Mm?
Setsuna: Are you worried? Because of Mahiro?
Ageha: That’s foolish.
Setsuna: But Ageha asked me Mahiro that time, too.
Ageha: That was…
Setsuna: I was told that being really concerned without reason is a gateway to love. But you don’t have to worry. After all, I’m by Mahiro’s side–
Ageha: (splashes liquid on Setsuna from a cup)
Setsuna: … It’s hot.
Ageha: You just need to answer my questions.
Rui: Ageha!
Setsuna: I promised Ageha that I’ll talk about everything I’ve seen and heard from Anthos*.
Ageha: Correct.
Setsuna: But I didn’t promise anything else.
Ageha: Aren’t you a talkative one today?
Setsuna: I talked about Anthos* going to Dream Drama Festival and Mahiro acting in a drama. I kept my promise with Ageha. So, why? Why did Ageha throw his tea at me?
Ageha: I’m unimpressed. I don’t remember asking you to take pity on me.
Setsuna: That wasn’t my intention. But I didn’t say that I was.
Ageha: Full of backtalk today, aren’t we?
Setsuna: Besides, my relationship with Mahiro is always on my mind. I love Mahiro.
Ageha: … What did you say?
Setsuna: I’m… surely in love with Mahiro. I wanted you to smile and be happy for me. I don’t want you to look like you’re hurting.
Ageha: Rui. Throw this cretin out. Now.
Rui: Understood.
Ageha: You can stay as Yuuki Mahiro’s precious pup for all I care, Yashiro Setsuna. Bear in mind that the enemy is not always lying in wait outside.
Setsuna: What do you mean?
Ageha: Who knows? I don’t feel like explaining it to you, and I don’t remember promising you that I’ll do so.
Setsuna: (in the distance) Ageha?
Ageha: Are all those without units this vague and ambiguous…? I can’t get a clear grasp of it.[1] However… The summit for idols is an existence high above where many that is impure and beyond reason lie… isn’t that right, President Amagiri?
Translator’s Notes:
This line is translated inaccurately as I wasn’t able to make out the dialogue here.