Five strangers entered Oohashi..
Miyuki laughed and nodded. “Well, it’s quite normal for 0048! I’m pretty sure that every member has one of these. It’s to protect us when we’re in a concert, you see! We’re attacked quite a lot by anti-idol people, so these mics double as an entertainment tool and a self-defence mechanism. Takamina, my senpai in 0048, even has a ribbon she ties her hair up with that can discharge electricity when she’s being attacked! She just throws it at something, it hits them and stuns them, then flies back to her.”
“As for when it’s made, I’m not quite sure myself…I just know that it’s been around for as long as 0048’s been around, but it’s after the time of the current AKB that’s in your world right now,” Miyuki commented. “But the technology is probably already being researched, you guys just haven’t met the final piece of the puzzle yet, which is the kirara!” At the mention of kirara, Miyuki’s kirara hovered out again and landed softly on her head, soft enough that Miyuki didn’t even register that it was there…And then it started making faces at Taiga.
“The kirara follow idols around, but most of 0048 have their own kirara as well, like one that’s specially with them all the time. I’m still just an understudy, so I don’t have one yet, but I hear that they take after the personality of their owners…”
Taiga sat listening to Miyuki’s explanation, it truly fascinated, her., It was as if it was a plot of some blockbuster sci fi movie. her eyes slowly moved their gaze up to the smaller orb that has travelled back out on to Miyuki’s head. She stared at it for a while a sit started to mock faces at her. A soft chuckle escaped Taiga’s lips, and she slowly raised her hand to point at the Kirara.
Miyuki blinked and looked up, just as the kirara darted out of sight again. “Hmm? What is it?” She seemed genuinely confused, confirming that she had no idea of the kirara’s existence. She shrugged and continued talking, as the kirara hovered out and started making faces again behind Miyuki’s back.
“As I was saying…I’m pretty sure the kirara brought me here for some reason, but I’m not entirely sure how to get back. Perhaps I’m supposed to do something here, in this time? I’m not too sure myself, but I know that I need to power of a kirara to get back…It’s too bad that they work on their own terms and at their own pace. And where am I supposed to find a kirara on Earth anyhow?” She scratched her head, and sighed. “Whatever, I’m here and that means I have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to actually see what Earth was like before it was destroyed.”
She jumped up off the ground and stretched, then looked down at her clothes. “Err, I might want to change out of these…It seems that this isn’t exactly normal in this time.” She opened her mouth to ask whether Taiga had anything that would fit her, then blinked and shut it again as she remembered the height difference between them. I think it might be inconsiderate to ask that…Miyuki thought to herself sheepishly.
