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Hello, everyone! The Double Seventh Festival Radio is starting, give me some applause!
Today, we have a special guest joining me. Any guesses who it is?
Hehe, that's right. It's none other than the Gray Raven Commandant, [player name]. Care to introduce yourself to everyone?
You glance around. It's an inconspicuous corner of the festival grounds. While you were resting, Nanami suddenly popped out and brought over a small table, apparently trying to recreate an old-style radio broadcast.
The table's storage compartment is packed full. Who knows what's inside.
Looks like the Commandant is a little shy as a first-timer. But that's fine, I'm sure everyone already knows you.
Hehe, that's my Commandant, you just get it!
Nanami is as quirky as ever.
Ding ding ding! Ads are over. Now it's time for our guest Q&A.
Before we knew it, the Double Seventh Festival is here again. How's your day so far?
Really? So Nanami's one of the first to find you today?
Looks that way, since you were just taking a break.
Back to the festival. As everyone knows, it's a day for sharing feelings and appreciation. Naturally, merchants go all out creating anything they can sell on this day.
That's right, our theme today is the Double Seventh Festival Gift Showcase!
Clap clap clap!
She mimics applause with her mouth while opening the storage compartment, revealing a pile of so-called gifts.
Hmm, which one first... ah, I know.
The compartment is like a bottomless bag; no matter how much she rummages, it seems endless. Then, with a quick pull, she produces something sticky.
Smooth, squishy texture, and such an adorably silly look. I present the festival's finest creation...
The Squishy Hetero-Creature Stress Ball!
You can't help commenting. Forget the morbid concept—it looks disturbingly realistic, enough to fool someone from a distance. But would anyone actually buy this stuff?
Looks like you don't like it. Oh well, everything has its audience. I only grabbed it because it was nearly sold out, and the vendor swore it's top-tier stress relief.
As she speaks, she punches it, making the fake Hetero-Creature guts squish out from holes in its surface.
See? Stress relief, right?
Guess this one's out, but Nanami won't give up over a little setback!
Alright, listeners, next up in our gift showcase!
Ding ding ding! The Corrupted Guillotine!
According to the vendor, this isn't just a display piece—it's also a party game. See these six switches? Only one will actually trigger the guillotine and lop off the Corrupted's head.
I'll go first... okay, all safe! Your turn, Commandant.
Snap!
The moment you press it, the blade slams down, cleanly severing the toy Corrupted's head, which sails several meters through the air.
It might look a bit weird, but it's a top seller too. I just thought it was fun, so I bought one.
She presses another switch, and the blade slams down, cleanly severing the toy Corrupted's head, which sails several meters through the air.
You stare at the airborne head for a few seconds in silence before Nanami turns to you.
No good?
H-how could this be? All the gifts I prepared so carefully are failing.
I worked so hard to collect them, and you don't like a single one...
As she speaks, she slumps forward onto the little table like a deflated balloon.
Mm-hmm. I wasn't sure what you'd like, so I bought everything I saw.
I was planning to use this festival radio to figure out your favorite, and then...
Hehe, bet you didn't see that coming. This is my Double Seventh gift to you. I wanted to surprise you like this.
She calls out to her imaginary radio audience for help.
Dear listeners, what should I do? My gifts are all going to waste.
Eh, r-really?!
So you'll take the Hetero-Creature stress ball and the Corrupted guillotine?
What about this Babylonia spinning top? And this Serum Cola?!
Hehe, I knew it! No one in the world treats me better than you do, Commandant.
After a full-on gift-giving frenzy, it feels like she has emptied that mysterious storage space of hers completely. The Double Seventh presents she pulls out are stacked into a little mountain on the table, and Nanami stands on top of it, looking as pleased with herself as if she has just pulled off some grand feat.
Alright, last gift of the night. You better be ready to catch it, Commandant.
Nanami suddenly leaps off the table, crashing into you and sending both of you tumbling into the pile of gifts.
Ta-da! The final gift, called "Swimming in an Ocean of Happiness". Pretty good name, right?
Pleased with her own creativity, she bounces twice on the gift pile.
The already unstable mound creaks under the extra movement, then starts to give way.
The last thing you see before everything goes black is fake Hetero-Creature innards flying through the air. So a whole bunch of them were hiding in that pile of gifts...
Ghh, I'm... not gonna make it...
It has been ages since you last heard her say the line she always used back when you first met.
Double Seventh Festival Radio. The End.
