Nekomimi: Threat or Menace?

Escaped

  • MATSURI
  • I finally escaped!
cell phone

  • Cell phone rings
  • MATSURI
  • Yes, hello.
  • ANA
  • Matsuri-chan, what’s going on? It’s already past two!
  • MATSURI
  • I was a little late leaving Chika-chan’s house. I’ll be there soon.

  • ANA
  • I just want to be sure, you’re alone right?
  • MATSURI
  • Yes, I’m al–
  • ANA
  • Hello? Matsuri-chan?
  • MATSURI
  • I’ll call you back.

  • MATSURI
  • Miu-chan?
  • MIU
  • Oh, Matsuri-chan, what a coincidence.
  • MATSURI
  • Coincidence?

  • CHIKA
  • Huh? Matsuri-chan, I thought you went home.
  • MATSURI
  • Yes, I’m just on my way now. Bye!

  • CHIKA
  • Hey, since when is your house that way?
  • MATSURI
  • Um, I was asked to do some shopping, so…

  • NOBUE
  • Then let’s all go together!
  • MATSURI
  • What!
  • MIU
  • Good idea, we were on our way to your house anyway.
  • MATSURI
  • Oh, no, that won’t do!

  • MIU
  • Then give me 5 million yen.

  • MATSURI
  • Huh? Um…

  • MIU
  • Oh! She ran away!…Oh, she fell.

  • CHIKA
  • Matsuri-chan, are you OK?
  • MATSURI
  • What should I do?

  • MATSURI
  • Um…Look, a flying saucer!

  • MATSURI
  • Huh? Aren’t you going to look?

  • MIU
  • More importantly, Matsuri-chan, behind you I can see a ghost!

  • MATSURI
  • What?

  • MIU
  • But he sure isn’t very lively.
  • CHIKA
  • That’s because he’s a ghost.
  • MIU
  • I’m going to try to talk to him.

  • MIU
  • It’s no good. He’s Italian.
  • MATSURI
  • Really?

  • NOBUE
  • How far is she going to take this?
  • CHIKA
  • Onee-chan, what would someone have to say to make you turn around?

  • NOBUE
  • Hmm…Let me see…If you say “Nya” (meow) at the end of your sentence, or..
  • CHIKA
  • Nya?
  • MATSURI
  • Nya…

  • MATSURI
  • Hello, nya.

  • NOBUE
  • No, a little more like this.

  • MATSURI
  • Huh? Oh…Hello, nya!

  • NOBUE
  • Ah…

  • MATSURI
  • Huh? Weren’t you facing the other way?
  • CHIKA
  • We were, but…
  • MIU
  • Matsuri-chan, your sentence-ending!
  • MATSURI
  • Oh, no, that’s a problem, nya!

  • Cell phone rings.
  • MATSURI
  • Hello, nya.
  • ANA
  • What happened? Is something wrong?
  • MATSURI
  • I’m sorry, nya. I’ll be right there for sure, nya.
  • ANA
  • Nya?.
  • MATSURI
  • OK, I’m hanging up, nya.

  • MATSURI
  • I must go home alone today, nya. So you can’t follow me, nya. Do you understand, nya? Do you understand, nya?!!

  • NOBUE
  • I understand, nya.
  • MIU
  • Dirty old man!

  • NOBUE
  • Well, we can’t inconvenience Matsuri-chan. Why don’t we go to Ana-chan’s house?
  • CHIKA
  • Right.
  • MATSURI
  • Huh? Um…but…

  • CHIKA
  • Bye.
  • MATSURI
  • But that’s…
  • NOBUE
  • Take care going home!

  • MATSURI
  • ..that’s a problem, nya.
(Strawberry Marshmallow Episode 3.)