Track 1

~♪ What shall I ‘observe’ today~

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What ya doing, Gii?

Oh, Netaro. I'm tending to the shrubbery here.

Is that Gii’s job?

Nope. It’s not work or anything. I just do it because I feel like it.

Wanna help me?

I’m busy, so that’s a NO! I have to find something to observe!

Something to observe… Then how about this shrub?

Everyone might think that all shrubs look the same, but it changes little by little every single day…

Shrubbery? That’s so tiny and boooring! I want somethin’ a little more dynamic!

Duuuun. Well, I guess this isn’t that dynamic like you said.

Mm? What do ya have there on your shoulder, Gii?

Huh? There’s something on me?

This tiny, pitch-black organism—

It’s an armadillidiid vulgare! From the order Isopoda and suborder Oniscidea!

Maybe it got on me while I was working.

This one will be my friend from now on…
I’ll name it Dandy.

Hohhh! Dandy! It may not be nearly as cute as me, but what a kawaii name!

Ah… Do you want to observe this little guy?

He hasn’t curled up even with all this attention from us. Maybe Dandy doesn’t dislike us…

Mmm~…. A bug, huuuuh~?

Though it’s definitely more wriggly than a shrub....

…Hah! I just thought of something genius! Come with me, Dandy!

Just observing you alone would be boring, but this could make for the perfect observation journal if I involve some other humans!

The Dandy Observation Experiment begins!

A’ight, listen here! You’re not allowed to move until I say it’s good, ‘kay!?

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Hehe~, Dandy is all set up. All that’s left’s to secretly wait for an observation target to show up~♪

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(Oho! My very first observation target is Shio!)

…Hm?

Something just fell—

MGYAHH?!?!?!?

!

(He jumped ‘bout 1 meter into the air! That’s way beyond Shio’s normal jumping capabilities!)

Ugh, this is seriously unbelievable.

I’m gonna ask them to put more bug-repellent stuff in the dorm…..

(Hoh… Apparently, it’s “seriously unbelievable” to him. So Shio doesn’t like Dandy.)

(Oh, another observation target already? I wonder who it’ll be this time—)

….?

(He’s looking at it! And I mean he’s staring a hole into it!

Did Lulee take a liking to Dandy?)

…………..

Tch.

(THAT’S IT~~~!?!?!)

(So that’s what they call giving someone mixed signals! Poor Dandy must’ve gotten his hopes up… I guess it slumped its shoulders from that.)

There have been irregular footsteps from this spot for a while now. What could be happening…

(Oooh, I’m super interested in Nari’s reaction too! Will Nari like Dandy?)

…I have discovered a pill bug.

The most likely point of entry is the terrace.

Since Hachinoya-sama is currently working, I presume it accidentally wandered indoors at some point.

I should deal with it, but…

(This could be the end of Dandy…!?)

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…I will turn a blind eye to it…

(Woahh… Dandy just narrowly escaped death! Good for you, Dandy!)

(But still, I never expected Nari to make such a reluctant face and just ignore it.)

…This is a new discovery.

I can’t just sit around! Journal time!

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Oh? What are you doing here, Netaro-kun?

Doudou! I’m conducting a field observation right now~

An observation experiment…? Oh, you’ve been keeping an observation journal!

Wanna take a peek? I don’t have many samples yet, so the reactions are pretty biased. It’s a bit of a problem~

Let’s see… What’s this?

(Something pitch-black, and… this one’s a human, I think?

I can’t really tell from what’s being drawn, or tell what exactly is supposed to be ‘biased’...!)

…Hm? What does it mean by ‘cowering in fear’?

The reaction when they saw Dandy! That was exactly what you’d call ‘cowering in fear’ in human terms!

I see…

(So they were cowering because this Dandy is too Dandy…? But then again, what exactly is Dandy…?)

I’m gonna set up a new environment and continue the experiment!

You better look forward to the results, Doudou~!

Y-Yeah, I will…! Good luck with your experiment!