Fairy Godmother Aruru Otsuki/Bond Story

*Moved by Cinderella's kind heart, the magical Fairy Godmother comes to her aid. She sends the young woman off to the ball aboard an enchanted pumpkin carriage.*

* Chapter 1
* Chapter 2
* Bond Level 15 Talk
* Bond Level 30 Talk

A Stage Girl's Sun And Moon

 **Aruru:**Okay, "Blackout." That's when you cut all the lights and the stage goes pitch black. Nice, I knew that one!

 **Aruru:**"Halation"... Oh, it's when a spotlight on an actor makes them glow. Write that one down...

 **Aruru:**Next is... "Sus-only"? Sus, sus...

 **Aruru:**Ohh, okay, it's an abbreviation of "suspension lights"!

 **Aruru:**Wait, which ones are the suspension lights? What does "suspension" mean, anyway?

 **Shizuha:**How goes the studying, Aruru-chan?

 **Aruru:**Ah, Shizuha-chan!

 **Aruru:**This book you lent me is great. I'm learning a bunch of new vocabulary words!

 **Shizuha:**I'm glad to hear it. I made a pot of herbal tea. Care to take a break?

 **Aruru:**Yay! Shizuha-chan's herbal tea!

 **Shizuha:**Here you are. Be careful, it's hot.

 **Aruru:**I'll be sure to blow on it! \*phew\* \*phewww\*

 **Aruru:**\*phewewww\* \*phewwwww\* Ah! That's \*phewww\* right! Shizuha... \*phewww\* ...chan!

 **Shizuha:**Er, y-yes?

 **Aruru:**Suspension lights! What does "suspension" mean?

 **Shizuha:**Suspension? Oh, were you reading the entry on "sus-only"?

 **Aruru:**Right, right!

 **Shizuha:**Suspension is the English word for hanging something. Those are the lights hanging over our heads on the stage.

 **Aruru:**Ohhh! I should write that down, too!

 **Shizuha:**You're really into this. May I ask why the sudden interest in stage lighting?

 **Aruru:**The other day when we were rehearsing the scene where I look up at the sky, it hit me just how important lighting is!

 **Shizuha:**Well, yes. We're creating a whole world on the stage out of the light and shadow cast by just a handful of lamps.

 **Aruru:**Yeah, exactly! The stage lights are our sky!

 **Shizuha:**Our sky?

 **Aruru:**Sure. They're our sun and our moon. Our stars, too!

 **Shizuha:**......!

 **Shizuha:**Your grasp of the stage is more a visceral understanding than a formal, theoretical one.

 **Aruru:**What do you mean?

 **Shizuha:**Heh, well... I think it's a perfectly valid way for a Stage Girl to be.

 **Aruru:**I'm still not sure I follow, but I'll take that as a compliment ♪

 **Aruru:**Any other advice you can give me? Something super important your experience has taught you!

 **Shizuha:**Hmm, what counts as good advice differs from person to person, but I suppose I would tell you...

 **Shizuha:**You're going to keep learning new terms and techniques as you keep growing as a Stage Girl.

 **Shizuha:**But I think your unique, creative sensibilities are more important than any of that.

 **Aruru:**My creative sensibilities! Wow, that sounds cool!

 **Shizuha:**Craft and technique will only serve to refine and communicate that core. So I would recommend that you not get too caught up in the details.

 **Shizuha:**How was that? Useful?

 **Aruru:**Yeah! Your words always carry a lot of weight, Shizuha-chan!

 **Shizuha:**Less than yours, Aruru-chan.

 **Aruru:**Huh?

 **Shizuha:**Do you mind if I study with you? It strikes me that I have a lot to learn from you.

 **Aruru:**Of course! though I'm pretty sure it's you who's going to be teaching me.

 **Shizuha:**Hmm, I wonder. Hahaha.

Feelings And Frequencies

**????:**Bee-o-wee-o-wee!

 **Tsukasa:**Hmm?

**????:**Pshwa-wa-wa-waaah!

 **Tsukasa:**Is that...Aruru?

 **Aruru:**Shwoo-woo-woo-WEOWWW!

 **Tsukasa:**Aruru?

 **Aruru:**Ah! Hey, Tsukasa-chan!

 **Tsukasa:**Um... Was that the transformation sequence from "New Cinderella"?

 **Aruru:**Yup!

 **Tsukasa:**I don't remember "Shwoo-woo-woo-WEOWWW!" being in the script.

 **Aruru:**It's a scene where the movement's synched to sound effects, so I've been supplying my own to get the timing down!

 **Aruru:**Meow-wow-weeow! Like that! Though, hmm... Maybe that one's more of a "Pyo-yo-yo-paaah!" sound?

 **Tsukasa:**I-I really couldn't say.

 **Aruru:**The timing's tricky. That's why I'm looking for the perfect sound effect.

 **Tsukasa:**The timing? Is it really so difficult a scene?

 **Aruru:**It's the biggest spectacle in "New Cinderella"! At least for the Fairy Godmother!

 **Tsukasa:**Hm? But isn't this when Cinderella does her quick-change on stage to transform?

 **Tsukasa:**I feel like the Fairy Godmother's climactic scene is at the end, in her big dialogue with Cinderella.

 **Aruru:**Right, which is exactly why, Tsukasa-chan!

 **Aruru:**In that last scene, the Fairy Godmother's heart TRANSFORMS.

 **Aruru:**So you've really got to leave an impression with the audience of what she's like pre-transformation.

 **Aruru:**There are a few other scenes that touch on that...

 **Aruru:**But I still think this one's the biggest!

 **Aruru:**Because she's still using her magic for other people, not herself.

 **Tsukasa:**I see. So you're trying to tie your performance to the play's central theme of transformation.

 **Aruru:**Yeah, exactly! You get it, Tsukasa-chan!

 **Aruru:**And the key to that is... Rrra-la-la-looo ♪

 **Tsukasa:**Ahaha. Then What about Trra-la-la-laaa?

 **Aruru:**If you were going that route, it'd be Prra-lo-lo-luuu ♪ That's a lot closer!

 **Tsukasa:**Ah, well. I guess I just don't speak Aruru.

 **Aruru:**Ooh! Question, Tsukasa-chan! Do you think you could run through this stuff with me?

 **Tsukasa:**Huh? I'd be happy to, but the funny sounds are going to make me laugh, so none of those.

 **Aruru:**Whaaat? But without them, my timing's all off.

 **Aruru:**Okay, but at least tell me this: Prra-lo-lo-luuu! Or Shwoo-woo-woo-WEOWWW! Which one's better!?

 **Aruru:**At least just tell me that! I'll pick whichever one you say!

 **Tsukasa:**What? No, I...

 **Aruru:**............

 **Tsukasa:**Um...

 **Tsukasa:**Prra-lo-lo-luuu?

 **Aruru:**Right!? I knew it! We're on the exact same frequency ♪

 **Tsukasa:**But I was just guessing.

 **Aruru:**Going with your gut is perfect! The feel of it's the whole point!

 **Aruru:**The Fairy Godmother brings Cinderella so much happiness... Ahhh, she's so inspiring!

 **Aruru:**What was I up to? Practicing my Fairy Godmother, of course! You know how she transforms animals into all sorts of things?

 **Aruru:**So I was going around casting magic on all the animals here on campus, so they'll help out anyone in trouble!

 **Aruru:**It's just practice, but who knows? Maybe they'll actually transform into people! Next, I'm gonna transform YOU!