Rin: Hey guys! Rin's here along with Maki-chan and Kayo-chin nya!

Hanayo: R-Rin-chan, maybe we could tone it down a little?

Maki: This is tiring. Must we have an opening like this every single story?

Rin: But Rin likes it nya...

Hanayo: U-Um, maybe we could try and find a solution? By the way, Enya doesn't have experience in this field so please imagine it as a world where anything can happen no matter how impossible it is!

Maki: Too much effort actually. Oh well, Enya doesn't own anything.

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"I-I have a bad feeling about this..." A brown-haired woman with purple framed glasses muttered to herself, looking at the directions given to her new workplace once again. 'Guess not...'

"Ah Kayo-chin! Over here nya!" A orange-haired woman waved vigorously, a smile on her face. Kayo-chin, real name Hanayo Koizumi, was a new voice actress that was scouted by chance. Now that she was officially one, her first task was to meet up with her employer. Thankfully for her, her best friend worked there too.

"Ah Rin-chan!" Hanayo ran up to Rin, panting slightly as she stopped to catch her breath. "I-I'm not late right?"

"Nyope. Nozoboss is waiting to meet you nya~" Rin giggled as she tugged on Hanayo's sleeve. "C'mon! Follow me nya!"

"W-Wait! Slow do- Ah!" Hanayo was then dragged into the building, which was surprisingly empty as compared to what Hanayo had expected. "Someone save meeeeee!"

"Rin! What the hell are you doing to that poor girl?!" A blond woman with cerulean eyes asked, an irritated look on her face.

"Ah Eli-chan! Well, Rin's here to bring Kayo-chin to Nozoboss nya!" Rin gave a thumbs up, beaming as she tried to move past the woman.

"Uh huh. Don't you have a recording to do?" Rin gulped, sweating buckets as the woman glared at her.

"Weeeeeell... Rin thought that she could take a break and-"

"Cut the nonsense and get back to work. I'll personally bring her to Nozomi myself." The woman snapped, grabbing Hanayo away from Rin's grasp.

"E-Eeeeh?! I uh-" Hanayo whimpered, scared of the woman.

"My name is Eli Ayase, pretty much the one who's bossing you guys around. Let's go." Eli simply said, leading Hanayo to a door. Once they entered the door, Hanayo was face to face with a byzantium haired woman with a warm smile on her face.

"Heya! I'm Nozomi Tojo, I'll be the one managing the admin stuff while Elichi behind you is the one managing you guys." Nozomi informed Hanayo, trying her best to ease the tense atmosphere.

"O-Okay..." Hanayo muttered, cowering at the spot where she stood.

"Elichi, what did you do to the poor girl?" Nozomi questioned, an accusing look on Nozomi's face.

"N-Nothing! The only thing I did was to ask Rin to go back and record her lines!" Eli defended, sighing as she took a glimpse of Hanayo. "So uh..."

"H-Hanayo Koizumi! P-Please don't yell at me! I promise not to talk to Rin-chan during the recording sessions!" Hanayo begged, going as far as to bow towards Eli.

"What? Oh I think I get it..." Nozomi sighed as she turned to face Eli. "Elichi, how many times have I told you to not scare the lights out of them?"

"Well this time I didn't!"

"Apparently you did Elichi!"

"No I did not!"

"You did!"

"I said I didn't!

"Yes!"

"No!"

"Say yes!"

"I know you two love Storm In Lover but really, you just caused our new VA to faint." A woman with navy blue hair informed the bickering duo.

"W-What?! Oh for the love of harasho..." Eli murmured as she faced the newcomer. "Umi, bring her to the resting room will you? I have to settle matters with Kotori and Nico."

"Sure. Oh wow, the newcomer's heavy." Umi grunted under Hanayo's weightas she dragged herself to the resting room.

"By the way Elichi..." Nozomi started, grabbing Eli's attention.

"What is it Nozomi?"

"Accept all my passion turning to-"

"My heart will surely not give you an answer."

XXXXXX

"Where am I...?" Hanayo groggily got up and surveyed her surroundings. She wasn't at Nozomi's office anymore and was sitting up on a clean white bed that reminded her of a school's sick bay.

"You're in the resting room." Umi replied, startling Hanayo. "I'm Umi Sonoda, scriptwriter for the anime produced by Muse Studios."

"B-By anime you mean like Love's Signal Rin Rin Rin, Unknown Heartbeat and the recent anime-"

"Storm In Lover? Yes that is correct, I'm Muse Studios' only scriptwriter to be more precise. Nozomi didn't want to spend money on more writers, saying something about having one talented scriptwriter than having hundreds of talentless ones."

"I-I'm a big fan of Storm In Lover! Or more specifically, all anime by Muse Studios! The script is really smooth, the graphics are really specific and accurate, even the VAs have perfect knowledge of the characters as though they were the characters themselves!" Hanayo went on, spending 20 minutes talking all about animations.

"Haha. Koizumi-san right? I'm sure you'll make a fantastic VA. I'll let you in on something, the main VAs for Storm In Lover actually are Eli and myself." Umi smiled, putting a finger up to her lips. "Count it as a secret within members of this studio okay?"

"You and A-Ayase-san...?! O-Oh my riceballs..." Hanayo looked like she was on the verge of squealing, worrying Umi as she didn't particularly like too much enthusiasm in the atmosphere.

"Umi-chan! Eli-chan just told me that we're gonna do a new anime! Oh who's this?" A woman with ash grey hair asked, her head tilting to one side as she stared at Hanayo.

"H-Hanayo Koizumi! I-I'm new here!" Hanayo stuttered, blushing out of embarrassment. To her surprise, the woman hugged her tightly.

"Kayo-chan you're sooooo cute! Kotori Minami, lead graphic artist for all the animes! But I prefer the term designer!"

"D-Designer...?"

"That's right! You know the animations right? We draw them out but I personally feel that it's like designing a character! Or designing what kind of scenery the story's gonna set in! Which is why I prefer the term designer!"

"Shit! Umi did you hear?! We have to come up with some shit fast!" A petite woman with raven hair styled into two pigtails shouted, pointing at Hanayo. "And who the hell is this chick?!"

"N-Nico Yazawa... I-I can't believe the child VA prodigy is working in the same studio I'm in..." Hanayo gaped, her lavender eyes widening with shock that her idol was literaaly in front of her.

"... Y'know, I asked for your name, not mine. But hey, I'm surprised you heard of me." Nico shrugged, folding her arms. "So miss, what's your name?"

"H-Hanayo Koizumi! My first anime was I've Become A Magician and since then, I've been a fan of animes!" Hanayo burst out, surprising Nico.

"S-So my debut anime was your first huh? It wasn't easy drawing all of them out while voicing Sora-chan y'know...?" Nico scratched her head, her face red with embarrassment.

"You drew the animations out too? Why haven't we heard of this?" Umi asked, mildly surprised by Nico's claim. "Anyways, did Eli say anything about the genre?"

"Make it an anime that's bordering on the mature side."

"T-That's shameless! O-Oh my god, why did she even suggest such an animation?"

"Breaking news nyaaaa! Nozoboss said that Kayo-chin and Maki-chan are gonna be the main VAs! Oh hi Kayo-chin!" Rin waved at a blanked out Hanayo. "Aw nuts, Rin thinks that Kayo-chin fainted nya..."

'Somebody... save meeeeeee!'

XXXXXX

"Uuuu... Why did they want me to find my way to the recording room myself...?" Hanayo sobbed, trudging her way through the corridors.

"Psst, go left at the next section!" A voice whispered out, scaring Hanayo. She turned around but saw no one, creeping her out even more.

"H-Hello? A-Anyone there?" Hanayo called out, but was met with no response. Shakily, Hanayo made a left and was met with five rooms. "E-Eeeeep...!"

"Charge in straight! Don't worry about which one!" The same voice was heard, making Hanayo panic even more. Nevertheless, Hanayo still complied with the voice, though with some caution of course.

"C-Charge...? O-Okay then..." Taking in a deep breath, Hanayo ran straight into the room that was directly in front of her, not aware that someone just happened to exit the particular room. It was too late for Hanayo to stop in time, a crash sound soon echoed throughout the walls. "O-Oh my riceballs! I-I'm terribly sorry!"

"Watch where you're going." The person Hanayo accidentally knocked over scowled, her cold amethyst eyes glaring at Hanayo's lavender ones. The latter's heart throbbed faster as she stared at the woman in front of her.

'S-She's so pretty... Her eyes are like a shining amethyst gem, her wavy scarlet tresses ending at her shoulder blades...'

"Hey! Get off me will you?!" The woman glared at Hanayo, scaring the latter to get up.

"S-Sorry! U-Um I'm looking for the recording room but I m-may be lost?" Hanayo stammered, her current state akin to a deer caught in a headlight.

"This is the place you're looking for then." The woman's expression softened at Hanayo's timid gaze. "Hey uh, I'm sorry. For... yelling at you. And for glaring at you. I-It's just my usual face so please don't take it to heart."

"O-Okay..." Hanayo muttered, cowering at the woman's (unintentional) intimidating look towards her. 'S-She's also pretty scary... but I think she's a nice person at heart...'

"Ah Maki-chan~ Sorry sorry! Umi-chan told me to lead the newbie but I kinda wanted to scare her so..." A ginger-haired woman popped out from one of the other four rooms, an apologetic smile on her face. "Kayo-chan right? Yeeeeah sorry for that ghostly voice thingy~!"

"You could have traumatised her Honoka." Maki retorted, placing a hand on Hanayo's shoulder. "It's okay. I won't scare you. Shall we go inside?"

"Mm." Was all Hanayo could say after being scared by Honoka. Maki then led Hanayo into the recording studio, leaving Honoka alone by herself until Eli arrived.

"Haa. Honoka, what did I tell you about scaring others?" Eli sighed, facepalming as she lectured Honoka.

"I just wanted to lighten the mood, that's all ya know~" Honoka chuckled sheepishly, dismissing the lecture.

"That's Hanayo Koizumi, Rin's best friend. She'll be your worst enemy if she finds out about this." Eli groaned, beckoning Honoka to enter the room with her. "Hey Maki, how's it going?"

"Oh, Eli. Mm, it's fine. I've just taught the newcomer how to operate the microphone during recording sessions. I'll go through with her fully later." Maki responded, giving Hanayo's shoulder a gentle squeeze, most likely to calm Hanayo down.

"Ehehe~ So Kayo-chan, I'm Honoka Kosaka! That lady beside ya is Maki Nishikino and this!" Honoka pointed to Eli for dramatic effect. "This is an Eli Ayase!"

"I'm not some animal Honoka. Neither am I on display."

"You're from Russia, AKA foreign talent." Maki shrugged, ushering Hanayo out of the room.

"H-Hey! I have Japanese blood flowing through my veins!" Eli countered, her face slightly paler than usual.

"Russian passport equals Russian nationality." Maki hummed, turning her attention to Hanayo. "Let's have lunch first."

"E-Eh? O-Okay..." Hanayo agreed, allowing herself to be escorted by Maki.

"Hey Maki! Stop right there!"

"Maki-chan~ I wanna join you two for lunch too! It's bread time!"

"Just don't scare the heck outta anyone again Honoka..."

"Are you guys ignoring me for real?!"

XXXXXX

"Hmph." Eli pouted, scarfing down her chocolate bars as Umi watched in silence.

"Now now Eli, Maki was just kidding. You know that her words are pretty awkward most of the time." Umi replied, offering one of her chocolate bars to Eli, who immediately accepted.

"That's right Elichi~ I grope you all almost every day and yet not a single police report was filed!" Nozomi beamed, holding up a thumbs up sign to boost Eli's mood. What she didn't know was that Maki nearly made one but was successfully convinced not to by Eli. Not that either Eli or Umi will mention that to Nozomi.

"Hmph... When will you start writing Umi?" Eli asked, biting off a piece of chocolate from the bar.

"I-I don't know! It's so embarrassing..." Umi flushed a bright red, steam pouring out from her ears.

"Hey if you wanna talk about embarrassing, you try scripting Garden Of Glass. It was damn gay, I actually vomited at my own script." Nico interrupted, a wave of nausea overcoming her.

"Y-You scripted the legendary gayest anime of the century?!" Hanayo asked in disbelief, stunned at Nico's talent in many areas.

"Yeah, those two wanted me to try as they felt that Umi was overworked. Urgh... I'm never gonna write again..." Nico shiver, memories of her two bosses' sickeningly sweet voices at one intimate scene of the anime.

"Hey Nan-chan? I love you so much..."

"Me too Kussun... I can't be away from you even for a second..."

"Gyaaaaaaaaah! I'm only remembering two lines and it's making me sick!" Nico screamed, banging her head on a table repeatedly.

"Then I'll assume that you won't want your lunch then..." Maki responded as she tried to steal Nico's lunch, to which the latter stopped Maki before Maki could eat Nico's pasta.

"No Maki-chan. I still want that."

"But there's tomatoes... You never give me tomatoes even when you knew that I like them..."

"H-Here!" Hanayo had heard Maki's words and decided to offer her tomatoes to Maki. "You can have them, you must really like them don't you?"

"O-Oh... T-Thanks." Maki took Hanayo's tomatoes, a blush on her face as she consumed the fruit.

"Anyways Maki-chan! You and Kayo-chin will be the main characters nya! How nice, Rin envies you two~" Rin beamed, swiping of her best friend's riceball and replacing it with a cup of pudding.

"You're still recording for an anime right Rin? What's there to envy about?" Maki asked, looking at Hanayo. "Did you watch Love's Signal Rin Rin Rin?"

"Of course! It's about a girl who suddenly finds symptoms of loving her best friend! The ending was so touching, I cried a little!" Hanayo replied, wiping of a small tear from her eyes.

"A little nya? You were crying lots and lots!" Rin laughed, clapping a hand on Hanayo's shoulder!

"Y-You were crying a lot when you watched the anime too!"

"Nyahaha~ Did Rin cry nya~?"

"Hey Kayo-chan!" Kotori started, grabbing Hanayo's attention. "Did you also watch Soldier Game?"

"I did! The first episode was like foretelling the ending which was really fitting! The three women trying to seduce each other was really great, especially Akaki's! I was so happy when Aoi and Kiri loved her back! Akaki is my favourite character to be honest."

"That's rare, more fans support Kiri. They love the part where Kiri went on a destructive path to remove Akaki from existence!"

"... I'm glad Eli isn't trying to remove my existence in real life..." Maki grimaced, shooting a wary look at Eli, who was still moody.

"Hey what about me! There are some anime which I'm in it too y'know!" Honoka asked, unhappy that she wasn't even mentioned once.

"Like Mermaid Festa Volume 2 ~Passionate~?"

"Kayo-chan, you're just listing the anime with Rin-chan in it right...? I'm not some washed up VA okay! Waaaaaaah!" Honoka burst into tears, worrying Hanayo and Kotori.

"Ahhh! D-Don't cry okay? You did Someday Of My Life right?"

"Awwww... Now I'm gonna cry too..." Nozomi sighed, making Nico irritated.

"What now?! You're one of the two gayest VAs in anime history, what more could you ask?!"

"Yume-chan didn't get her happy ending in Pure Love Lens..."

"Blame Umi for that then."

"H-Hey Nico?!"

XXXXXX

"Okay now that all that shit's behind us, we'll do a test recording of a script that one of us done before..." Maki said, holding up two pieces of paper. "Do you still remember how to operate the microphones?"

"Y-Yeah! W-Which are my lines?" Hanayo asked, glancing through the script. 'W-Wait... 'So you've done it at last, you've fallen in love... with me'?! I-Isn't this Beat In Angel?!'

"Hmm... There's words in red and orange right? Could you take the red ones? I'll take the orange words. Start from the top until the end of this page okay Hanayo?"

"O-Okay!" Hanayo said, readying herself as Maki started first.

"I think I'm seriously sick... Aw man, and I'm looking forward to see Tsuki-chan too..." Maki read out, in the weakest voice she could muster. Truth be told, she wasn't used to doing characters that were frail or energetic. Well it's a new thing for me to learn, was what Maki thought as her eyes panned over to Hanayo.

"H-Hey Yakimo? Ya inside right? Open up before I... I kick the door down! Y-Yeah that's right, kick it down!" Hanayo panicked mentally, she was afraid that the voice she used was too harsh for the character.

"Munya? Tsuki-chan's here... to visit me? How nice~" Maki continued, focusing on her script. "T-Tsuki-chan?! Why are you raising you leg?!"

"Heh? Oh right, I think I was gonna kick this thing down or somethin' like that..."

"K-Kick?! Hey Tsuki-chan! Don't go around kicking *Hack hack*" Maki did her best to fake a cough, which was easy for a veteran voice actress like her.

"Ya know what, just lemme come in an' I'll nurse ya. Or somethin'."

"B-But I don't want you to catch my cold! What if you got sick the next day?"

"Look, ya the student council prez right? So which is more important, the most well known figure in the student body or the most badass delinquent in school?"

"U-Um... I guess both-"

"Just shut the hell up an' let me in already."

"Wow Hanayo, you really got into Tsuki's character well. No wonder Nozomi hired you." Maki smiled, patting Hanayo's head. "I'll be looking forward to record with you Hanayo."

"R-Really?" Hanayo asked in disbelief, she wasn't confident of her abilities and felt that she had done badly for her first recording. "I didn't think that I've gotten into Tsuki's role... She's supposed to be more harsh, more rebellious, like a delinquent..."

"You know, that was my role. It was my first debut and it went pretty badly..."

"N-No it didn't! Although you could be more apathetic at the first three episodes, you were awesome when you stopped Yakimo from going overseas! I-It was really touching a-and waaaaaaah!" Hanayo started to cry, alerting a nearby Umi.

"Hanayo?! Maki, what happened?!" Umi asked, panicking over Hanayo's outburst.

"I think she cried caused the ending you wrote was touching or I really became Tsuki..."

"Oh don't relieve that three months again..."

XXXXXX

Maki: Are you trying to tell me I acted just like an anime character for three months straight?!

Rin: You did nya~ It got so bad until Nozoboss had to send you for a vacation to Australia nya!

Hanayo: Eeeeeeeeh?!

Maki: In case you idiots don't know-

Rin: Don't call the readers idiots nya!

Maki: Unknown Heartbeat is actually just Hata na Heartbeat. Enya here doesn't know what the question mark in the English name stands for so she just calls it unknown.

Hanayo: See you next time!