Ring toss
[Narration]Mai and I come to a ring toss booth to play.
[Mai Aihara]Go!
[Narration]Like a leaf that is falling to the ground in autumn, the bamboo ring flies irregularly through the air and lands crookedly on the ground without capturing any prizes.
[Narration]We try several times without any success. Just when we are about to give up...
[Sora Ichinose]Try to make the bamboo ring rotate faster.
[Mai Aihara]Is that you, Sora? You're also here at the festival?
[Sora Ichinose]My body is in good condition today, so my sister agreed to let me come out and have some fun.
[Narration]Sora Ichinose is a regular visitor of the Temple of Moons and is quite familiar with Mai. He seems to have seen us toss the bamboo rings when he was passing by.
[player]Sora, you know how to toss the rings?
[player]That's okay. Let's give it a try, Mai.
[Mai Aihara]Yes!
[Narration]Mai is aiming for a plushie that looks like Tubby. She tosses the bamboo ring according to Sora's advice.
[player]Oh! It seems a lot more stable now. It isn't flying everywhere like before.
[Narration]The bamboo ring flies in an arc, spinning in the air, towards the prizes in the back row, but it doesn't capture any prizes, probably because it has deviated slightly from its path.
[Mai Aihara]...I still couldn't win anything. It was so close.
[Sora Ichinose]I'm sorry... Theory and practice are different after all. I will need to keep learning.
[player]It's okay. If we keep trying our best like this, maybe we'll be able to win something later!
[Booth Owner]Here are the prizes you won.
[Narration]After about 15 minutes, I finally manage to win a prize, a traditional round fan, using the method Sora taught us.
[player]It's a shame I couldn't win the Tubby plushie you really wanted.
[Mai Aihara]That's alright. I think this fan looks really nice too.
[player]Well... I'll give it to you then, Mai. It suits you better than me anyway.
[Narration]Mai is surprised by my proposal, and her face turns red afterward.
[player]Don't you like it?
[Mai Aihara]No, it's not that! I'll take it! I... I'll take this fan.
[Narration]She takes the fan as she speaks. This is strange... Judging from her reaction, does she like it or not? While I'm wondering about this, Sora gives me a quiet reminder from beside me...
[Sora Ichinose]PLAYER, the trademark of this fan says it is a hehuan fan. Maybe her reaction is related to this?
[Mai Aihara]Eh?
[Narration]I suddenly remember that hehuan fans are usually given as a token of love according to traditional customs. Mai loves reading romance stories, so she must know what it means.
[Mai Aihara]Master, thank you for this gift. I... love it.
[Narration]Mai returns with the fan, and I see the blessing "Together Forever" written on it. I... I seem to have done something bold by accident...
[Narration]After that, I continue to wander around everywhere with Mai.
[Broadcast]Hello everyone! The Kagura dance performance will be starting in 30 minutes at the square of the Temple of Moons. Please come and watch!
[Mai Aihara]Ah... I need to go backstage to prepare. Master, thank you for showing me around and having fun with me.
[player]You don't have to thank me. I enjoyed myself too.
[Mai Aihara]To thank you... Master, I hope you'll come to watch the Kagura dance.
[player]Of course! How can I miss out on your performance? I'll be there.
[Mai Aihara]Thank you! Well... I'm going to the dressing room to prepare.
[Narration]After that, I continue to wander around the festival and only prepare to go to the square when the Kagura dance is about to start.
[player]Ugh!
[Little Girl]... Sorry.
[Narration]Rushing to the stage, I end up bumping into a little girl around four to five years old.
[player]Are you okay?
[Narration]I help her up, only to realize that nobody is chaperoning this little girl.
[player]Where are your parents?
[Little Girl]...
[Mai Aihara]...
[Narration]The little girl looks quite depressed and doesn't seem to want to talk to me.
[Little Girl]Mommy is missing.
[player]Missing? Are you lost? Hmm... Where did you get separated?
[Little Girl]I don't know.
[Narration]This is troublesome. She must have gotten lost in the festival. I look around and see more visitors here than before. Perhaps it is because the performance is about to start, but the road is very busy with people walking everywhere.
[player]...Either way, I can't just leave a child here alone. What should I do?
