alkaloid isnât quite yet in the position to be critical of the jobs they choose to accept, but when anzu came looking for him specifically for this task, tatsumi must admit he had a moment of hesitation before saying yes. there are better songwriters within the agency, let alone the renown composer genius outside of it, but he wonât look a gift horse in the mouth, and he is eternally grateful that she takes pity on the underdogs and feed them more than the leftover scraps that the more veteran idols leave behind        but he must admit, too, that heâs excited to learn a new skill to pass down to hiiro and aira, should they struggle in this position in the future as well.Â
     â itaru-san, we finally meet in person. my producer and your director have been the ones in direct contact until now, so itâs a pleasure to see you at last. i am tatsumi kazehaya, and on behalf of starpro, i welcome you to ensemble square. may your stay here be blessed with good fortune. if there is anything you need, please make sure to let me know. â
     âŚthough tatsumi would have extended the courtesy regardless, the more depressing truth was that alkaloid were still not seen as legitimate idols, therefore they werenât given the staff and resources that other units were free to utilize whenever, often having to do the heavy, menial work themselves. he keeps a soothing smile on regardless, and peers around itaru to see what he should start carrying.Â
     â allow me to escort you to your dorm room, if youâre ready. is that all of your luggage? â
Itâs like thereâs a red â ! â right above Tatsumiâs head. Itaru marvels at the way he delivers his lines like the first scripted NPC you meet in every MMORPG. â but considering heâs actually talking to a real life idol , maybe itâs time to be a little humble. Itaru is probably the real NPC here. Itâs not like idols are his obsession or anything , but if he were in the presence of the group who sang KniRoundâs opening song , he might have to shake their hands a hundred , no a thousand times.
Shaking the thoughts out of his head , he canât help but to sigh at the lost luggage. He picks up the only one that arrived safely , so sparse that even Itaru can pick it up with much issue. " A lot of my luggage was lost on the way here. â he admits. â I may have to trouble you later to point out some places where I can buy a few essentials.â
â â but please lead the way. â Â
The place looks nice , at least itâs a lot more modern than the theatreâs dorms. Like any good office worker , heâs done a little bit of research on Tatsumi , but itâs probably totally creepy if he says too much about it. Accustomed to curbing his speech , instead he says politely , â Iâve seen some of your work. ALKALOID seems to have a bright future ahead. â