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Sometimes, you can’t help yourself and curiosity gets the best of you, and when those times arrive it’s always something silly — and in this instance it’s those damn frog costumes. You gingerly approach the box like an expert phantom thief would because you learned how to do that, and any practice is good practice.
You happen to notice on the other boxes a photo album, and the Orphanage of the Blue’s special goggles on another box. But who cares about old tricks and memories? The juicy details are around this pond.
On the top of the box with the froggy bits, it reads <span class="mu-i">‘Propositions to save us from bankruptcy’</span>, this message is torn from it being opened. On the side are some delivery specifications like Debbie’s old address and other details that aren’t important.
You delicately rummage through its content, and see many different costumes that are far worse than the one Debbie was wearing during the food battle; and by worse you mean better because they’re far sillier and explicitly frogesque. On top of them all is a document detailing the reasoning behind each proposition (costume), and who designed them. Interestingly, of the dozen names some of them jump out at you: <span class="mu-s">Sven Dolberg (B-WORM), Scarlet Argyle, and Soh Futaki!</span>
T-These are fan propositions for a contest! You wonder why frogs of all things. That explains why one looks like B-WORM’s friend Genesis…
The document in itself is pretty harsh in tone, putting all the pressure on Amber (Debbie) to not let down her fans and save the company. The language is closer to what you’d hear from a mafiosi.
The idol business ran by the mafia? Such a pure form of entertainment clouded by darkness? How can it be...?
…
You remember that Ka-Shing owns one of the big agencies, so it shouldn’t be surprising even if you didn’t have any context.
“What are you reading?” Debbie shows up out of nowhere.
“This.” Your courage is way too high to be perturbed by such a pretty face. You raise the document in clear view.
“Oh.” Debbie hands you a slice of watermelon. “Doing research?” She's more interested in how you’ll respond than the actual answer.
“I guess you could say that.” You chuckle. “Where’s Ruby?”
“Cleaning all the dishes. She insisted.” Debbie feels awkward about it. “Ruby said you two are here to help first and foremost, and, uh, no matter what I said she felt worse and worse for me, and was more and more determined to help. Ribbit...” Again Debbie with those sad ribbits. “Aside from being really beautiful, she’s way too nice! So what did you figure out, Mr. Ando?”
That question came out of nowhere.
