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| "I'm here... in your room... on
a hot summer's day..." "Usagi! Wake
up! You're supposed to be studying!"
Everyone was at Mamoru's house with their books.
Mamoru said he guessed they preferred studying here
because of the air conditioning. "Oh, no, also because
the tea is wonderful," said Rei charmingly.
"Uhh, thanks," said a puzzled Mamoru.
"Oops - too late!" thought Rei [Do you think
Rei is still attracted to Mamoru?]
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Ami was examining Mamoru's book
collection and was impressed by the high level of his
math and physics books. But, there were also history
books, English books and even cooking books. Mamoru
admitted it was hard to decide what field to pursue
because he was good at many things. Then he said the
girls should get back to studying and work on English for
a while. Usagi complained that English was her worst
subject. Mamoru said he thought all of Usagi's subjects
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| Someone rang the doorbell, so Usagi
ran to answer it. It was a gray-haired European man with
a cane and fancy suit. The man spoke to Usagi in
English, "Good afternoon young lady." "Uh
ha ha," stammered Usagi, "I am... eigo... no...
no... chanto...". [She was trying to say 'I can't
speak English'; 'eigo' is Japanese for 'English'].
The man was confused at first, but
then spoke to her in Japanese, "Oh, I see! You can't
speak English."
Usagi was surprised, "You can speak Japanese!"
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"Edwards!" Mamoru came out and greeted his guest. The man
replied in English,
"Hello Mamoru, nice to see you again." [Although he was supposed to be European,
the man spoke with a Japanese accent!]
Ami and the others peeked
out from the adjoining room. "Hello, young
ladies," said Edwards. The girls came forward and tried
to greet Edwards in English.
"Nice to meet you" said Minako (Mina had the best English!).
"Hello", said Rei.
"I am glad to see you," said Ami (haltingly).
"Thank you!" said Mako.
The other girls looked embarrassed and whispered to
Mako-chan that she had used the wrong phrase!
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| Edwards said he had dropped by to
invite Mamoru to a party he was hosting for the college
students. He said that all the girls should come too. The
girls were very excited to be invited to an adult party.
After Edwards had left, Mamoru said
that he was the wealthy British gentleman who owned a
well-known manor on the outskirts of the city.
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Edwards
was very interested in education and the future and
sometimes hosted parties for the foreign students who
were studying at top schools in Japan.
Rei said it
would be great to go to a fancy European party and dance
the waltz. Ami thought it would be interesting to talk
with the foreign students.
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| Usagi was just overjoyed
to go to a party with Mamoru! "Of course," Mamoru
pointed out, "most of the guests will be
foreign students which means..." "...speaking
English!"
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Usagi kept saying
"A party with Mamo-chan!
But in English!" and switching between happy and sad
faces. The other girls sighed and said Usagi wouldn't get
any more studying done today.
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| The professor phoned Eudial and said
that he was interested in the Waltz. He said the 1,2,3
beat of the Waltz stood for intelligence, knowledge and fighting spirit,
and was therefore a good symbol for their Death Busters
organization. He had a record called "Our wish for
the future" and said that Eudial should find a
target with a pure heart for the waltz as well as good
wishes for the future. Eudial's computer brought up some
data on Edwards. |
The professor started playing his
record on an old-fashioned phonograph. Eudial complained
that the violent music didn't sound like a waltz at all.
The professor put the phonograph into his daimon-making
machine. Some pink liquid and a white daimon egg flowed
into the machine and there was a bright flash. The
machine produced a box with a black star on the side.
Eudial loaded the box into her car, then left to seek out
her new target. continue...
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