izumi disappears at one point, she was hype as usual, she was going to go get the usual curry ingredients for tonight’s dinner but she never returned,,, at night, they ofc go searching for her but she’s nowhere to be found. they try calling her but to no avail as well,,,,, +

it rings, but there’s no response. so they all return home, haggard and exhausted and all try to sleep, knowing she’ll appear tomorrow morning and was prolly swept away by some people that curried her favour lmao,, she’s still not there the following morning so wtf is going on +

i’ll just throw all of it out at once so give me 10 minutes to write it all out

everyone is ofc devastated!! esp masumi,,, his first motivation to begin acting was izumi, he loved her acting and even tho he’s been having fun acting, suddenly it starts dying down as they rehearse more and more,,, the morale is being lowered, they don’t have izumi’s usual +

smile to cheer them on,,, it is a bit depressing but their play is coming soon so they gotta practice,,,,,, at one point, during dinner, masumi remembers smth and asks chikage abt this very suggestively, as if he’s implying that chikage took her again. the tension is heavy but +

Chikage isn’t fazed. he frowns and speaks calmly but masumi’s irritated so hisoka raises his voice and defends chikage. sakyo says they were both a little suspicious when izumi first disappeared so masumi’s just worried and that comment feels like an obvious jab so tasuku +

defends hisoka!! they’re team mates, no one is gonna do their sleepy boy dirty like this,,, tsumugi tries to calm down tasuku but banri slams his hands down into the table and rly says stfu and let’s eat in peace to rveryone,,, he makes a light gesture to the younger boys who +

seem a bit surprised, a little fearful and anxious so everyone shuts up but th tension never fades,,, it’s ten two weeks. izumi’s still gone and everyone starts to notice homare is no longer rambling poems,,, he’s simply lost it. it’s writer’s block!! everyone dismissed so he +

disregards it but later he realises it’s bc the director’s missing that he feels like this. he was unexpectedly attached to the director and losing her made him lose his motivation,,, matsukawa once asked everyone to wait and they’re slowly falling apart and remembers yukio’s +

disappearance and he’s sobbing,,, kamekichi perches on his shoulder and flaps his wings to comfort matsukawa but he can’t do much,,,, so he turns to yuzo for help,,, yuzo temporarily suns in for izumi but it ain’t working out. the play is soon and when it happens, everyone’s at +

their worst, like wtf,,, what a waste of money,,, what happened to the usual quality performances,,, the discord is leaking into their acting,,,,, sakyo says they’re starting to get red again and is reminded of yukio as well,,,, yuzo drops by later and confronts them all on +

how much they truly relied on and turned to izumi for support,,, if their only motivation was izumi, that’s shallow asf and they should give up,,, that’s obv not the case!! they all love acting but the idea of giving up is strangely tempting,,, sakuya isn’t dissuaded though and +

tries to get everyone back together but it’s obviously not working out so when everyone’s gathered during dinner, he just screams out the most important line that’s been plaguing him ever since izumi disappeared
“The show must go on, right...?”
end of thread,,,,,