*Huff* *Huff* *Huff* *Huff*

[Fade in/out.]

*Huff* *Huff* Huh? What is this place?

Looks like I got split up from everyone on our search for the rabbit. But there sure is a lot of pampas grass around here. Was there always a place like this so nearby?

Riko.

Oh, Shizuku! Thank goodness! I thought I'd gotten lost.

Hang on. Um, Shizuku? What's with that on your head? Are those rabbit ears?

Riko. I am not Shizuku.

Excuse me?

I am Hoppy, the rabbit from a little earlier.

H-Hoppy?

Yes. I actually have a dilemma of my own and I have brought you here to the Moon World in order to seek your assistance.

The Moon World?

I do not expect you to believe me so easily after having all of this sprung upon you.

It probably does appear rather strange to you that I have assumed the form of Shizuku after being a rabbit not long ago.

I am actually a spirit of the Moon World. Spirits do not take on specific shapes. Much like winds rustling across the fields, we are not visible to the human eye.

As such, I have borrowed the form of your friend. Therefore, I may look like Shizuku, but I am not her.

I am a spirit of the Moon World who has assumed the form of Shizuku!

I-I see…

Riko, our situation on the Moon World is dire. You are the only person who can resolve it! Please find it in your heart to lend us your assistance!

…

Please, I beg of you! You are the only person we can rely on!

…You really are good at that.

Huh?

I'd expect no less of an aspiring actress. I was totally captivated.

There's a type of performance that involves the audience as well, right? “Immersive theater,” I think? Is that the kind of act you're putting on right now?

…

It appears as though you do not understand.

No? So what kind of act is this?

This is no act! All of this is real!

Riko, there are some people I would like you to meet. I know you will believe everything I am saying once you meet them!

Come right this way!

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Huh, what?! Shizuku, don't drag meee!