Fairy Puck Futaba Isurugi/Bond Story

A fairy boy who serves Oberon, the Fairy King. He works hard but being a scatterbrain is one of his flaws. While he often gets overly enthusiastic, he also has the determination to bounce back from any troublesome situation. An excerpt from "Midsummer Night's Dream".

Fairy Puck's Important Duty

Futaba:

...This is good! Yep, it's fine even when I pull on it.

Junna:

Oh? It's unusual for you to be sewing, Isurugi-san.

Futaba:

Oh, the costume for the next assignment was frayed, so I was fixing it.

Junna:

...Wow, it came out really well.

Futaba:

Hehe, this much is really simple.

Futaba:

It is something that's been on my mind... So I've been learning from Mahiru and Banana for a little while.

Futaba:

It's just like working on a motorcycle — once you get started it's actually pretty fun.

Junna:

...Been on your mind?

Futaba:

...Yeah. It's from when I was a freshman and we performed "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

Junna:

That brings back memories. Isurugi-san's version of Fairy Puck was full of energy and really fun.

Futaba:

Heh heh, thank you.

Futaba:

...I wasn't able to get any roles around that time.

Futaba:

Then the first big role I got was Fairy Puck.

Futaba:

That's why this is such a memorable role for me.

Junna:

Hehe... You looked the happiest I had ever seen you that day.

Junna:

(As King Oberon)
"Puck, come here."

Futaba:

(As Fairy Puck)
"You called, King Oberon?"

Junna:

(As King Oberon)
"Yes, I have called you here because I have an important duty for you!"

Futaba:

(As Fairy Puck)
"An important duty! Wow! What kind of duty?!"

Junna:

(As King Oberon)
"F-Firstly, calm down."

Futaba:

(As Fairy Puck)
"Oh... My apologies. I've never been assigned an important duty before, so I got overexcited..."

Junna:

(As King Oberon)
"That's fine. The thing is, I had a fight with my wife, Titania."

Junna:

(As King Oberon)
"So I want you to put this medicine on her eyelids while she slumbers."

Futaba:

(As Fairy Puck)
"What is this...?"

Junna:

(As King Oberon)
"It's a medicine imbued with Cupid's magic. When the person wakes up, they will fall in love with the first person they see."

Futaba:

(As Fairy Puck)
"Oh, I understand. You had a fight with your wife, Queen Titania, and you want to make up."

Futaba:

(As Fairy Puck)
"You don't have to do all this — you could just apologize."

Junna:

(As King Oberon)
"Silence! Just do as I say and put this medicine on her eyelids while she slumbers! Understood?"

Futaba:

(As Fairy Puck)
"Leave it to me, King Oberon! This will be an easy task for me!"

Junna:

(As King Oberon)
"Right. Make sure you're careful, though."

Junna:

(As King Oberon)
"I'm sorry for having to say this, but..."

Junna:

(As King Oberon)
"You're motivated, but you're also scatterbrained sometimes."

Futaba:

(As Fairy Puck)
"Leave it me to to get the job done. I won't disappoint!"

Junna:

(As King Oberon)
"I sure hope you won't..."

Futaba:

(As Fairy Puck)
"Leave it to Puck! I'll fix your relationship with Queen Titania!"

Futaba:

At that time, I felt just like Puck when he was given an important mission by Oberon, the Fairy King.

Futaba:

I was ecstatic that I was chosen for such a big role.

Junna:

That's true... Then again, I think that you were perfect for the role because you had the exact same feelings as him.

Futaba:

...Thanks. I'm really happy to hear this from you, King Oberon.

Futaba:

Although...I didn't want everything to be similar.

Futaba:

It would have been good if the failure and loss of motivation was only while in character.

Junna:

Failure... You mean what happened during the performance?

Futaba:

...I'm still sorry about that. I caused so much trouble that time.

Fairy Puck's Tact

Futaba:

(As Fairy Puck)
"Oh no, I really did it now! I got the person mixed up and used the medicine on a human who got lost in the forest!"

Futaba:

(As Fairy Puck)
"On top of that, Queen Titania fell in love with this man-donkey that I created!"

Futaba:

(As Fairy Puck)
"What do I do? What do I do!? It's all a mess!"

Junna:

Isurugi-san really seems to be enjoy playing Fairy Puck.

Junna:

She was so happy when she was picked, so she might feel a special attachment to this role.

Junna:

Besides, it's the actual performance so she's putting more energy into her acting than usual.

Futaba:

(Puck panics and does a lap around the stage, eventually leaving...!)

Junna:

Ah, her pant leg is caught on a prop...!

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*rip*

Futaba:

(W-what should I do...?!)

Futaba:

(The audience hasn't noticed it yet but... For now, I can only make it so that they can't see the ripped part and return to backstage...!)

Futaba:

(As Fairy Puck)
"It's all a mess! What do I do?!"

Junna:

Isurugi-san, your pant leg...just now...

Futaba:

Yeah...

Futaba:

...What should we do about this?

Junna:

Quick, call someone from the costume team...

Junna:

We can't... Everyone is elsewhere getting ready for the next costume change.

Junna:

That's right...! What about Nana or Tsuyuzaki-san?!

Futaba:

No, that won't work either. Mahiru and Banana are up right after this.

Junna:

T-Then, what about you? Can you sew it yourself?

Futaba:

Sorry, I'm no good at that sort of sewing... What about you, Hoshimi?

Junna:

I might be able to do a little, but probably not before you have to go on...

Futaba:

I-I see...

Futaba:

Yeah, at the time, I felt completely numb.

Junna:

Yeah, I'm sorry I brought it up.

Junna:

Heh heh... But thanks to your quick-thinking, we somehow managed to get through it.

Futaba:

Nah, that was all thanks to you.

Junna:

What are we going to do? It's almost your turn.

Futaba:

Think... There has to be a way...

Junna:

But it's almost time... We have no other choice, the show must go on...!

Futaba:

...The show must go on?

Futaba:

...That's right, we just have to continue like this!

Junna:

What!?

Futaba:

Hoshimi, I have something that I want you to help me find quickly...

Junna:

I-I-Isurugi-san... Are you really just going to go out like this?

Futaba:

Yeah! I'll try to do something about it..!

Futaba:

(As Fairy Puck)
"Wow, I really did it... I was too eager and caught my leg on a tree branch!"

Junna:

...!

Futaba:

(As Fairy Puck)
"But something like that won't discourage me!"

Junna:

Isurugi-san is being so bold...! But it matches Puck's klutzy character!

Futaba:

(As Fairy Puck)
"That said, it is difficult to move like this...That's it! I'll just do this!"

:

*riiip*

Junna:

...Whaaat?! You tore off the other side that wasn't torn! W-What is your plan?

Futaba:

(As Fairy Puck)
"Yeah! Now it's much easier to move! All I need to do now is tie up the pant leg with this ribbon and... There we go! Yeah, this works great!"

Junna:

Now I see, you tore off the other pant leg to balance out the length.

Junna:

I was surprised when you told me to find a ribbon all of a sudden but... So this is what that was about.

Junna:

...Amazing. It's hard to believe that you came up with this in such a short time.

Futaba:

(As Fairy Puck)
"Okay, no time to dwell on it! I have an important mission to help King Oberon!"

Junna:

Honestly, I was really surprised by that improv.

Junna:

Careless but motivated — it was the perfect character development for Fairy Puck.

Futaba:

It's all thanks to you for saying that the show must go on. Thanks to that, I felt unrestricted.

Futaba:

And from that point on, I started to challenge many different things so that I'll be able to handle any future accidents that come my way.

Futaba:

For example, sewing and such!

Junna:

Right, that's why...

Futaba:

Yes, I can't always cause trouble.

Junna:

...Isurugi-san.

Junna:

Heh heh, you're so reliable. Just like Fairy Puck, you can overcome any kind of difficult situation now!

Futaba:

(As Fairy Puck)
"Heh heh, exactly! Any trouble? Leave it to me — Fairy Puck!"

Futaba:

Fairy Puck is an important role to me, filled with special memories. That's why I want everyone to enjoy it!

Futaba:

Thinking about the accident during the performance of Fairy Puck still gives me the chills to this day.

Futaba:

And yet... It was thanks to that experience that I became relatively skilled at improvising, so all in all I'm glad it happened.

Futaba:

I am who I am today because of that role — that is something I cannot deny.