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8th Screw [Accidental Video]

[Hey there, Hinoto-Ri. There's a certain hardworking robot girl that's just about hit her limit tonight, and thanks to having accidentally turned on the broadcasting function of her watch while she was taking it off to do some work, you all get to see just what she's been dealing with ever since half the city disappeared.]

Ahhhhhh... I don't understand any of this! What am I supposed to do?

[Nano is loudly whining to herself while sitting at a desk. There are papers stacked and scattered everywhere haphazardly, along with several calculators sitting in various locations on the desk, paper streaming out of them like ticker tape at a parade. Other receipts are messily strewn about the desk and the room, and even more go flying as Nano pounds the desk in frustration before flopping forward onto it.]

I can't run a business! What was I thinking?

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...Do you need help?

[She certainly looks distressed enough!]

Yes! Please!

Where is your store? I'll drop by and see what I can do.

[She has experience dealing with paperwork, but she also doesn't know a whole lot about running a store... But it couldn't help to try.]

It's called the Ichiban Market, in the Virgo ward.

Okay, I'll be right there.

[...And sure enough, after some time spent searching, she finally shows up! Just ignore the fact that she is slightly out of breath from running around the city looking.]

Ah... H-hello?

Please come in!

[She's in the back office, so Aoi would have gotten a nice little self-tour of the store while she was looking. It's actually a pretty nice Japanese style market, with all sorts of ingredients common to Asian cooking as well as household appliances like rice cookers and miniature refrigerators.]

[It's a pleasant little place, but she tries not to dwell in the front for too long. She quickly finds her way into the back.]

There you are--

How can I help?

Do you know anything about accounting?

[Receipts. Receipts everywhere. And ledger paper.]

[Frowning--]

A little, from checking over the budget for my school. I may be able to do something, however.

[She will move to look over Nano's shoulder at some of the papers, trying to make sense of them.]

Anything would be helpful at this point.

[Currently, she's looking at receipts. How much was purchased by customers in the course of the past week, what the store itself purchased to keep in stock, things like that.]

Well... To begin with, can we separate these out? Any money earned can go here, and money spent can be placed here. [She indicates two spots on the desk.]

All right, that sounds easy enough.

Once we have them sorted out, we can both take one pile each and add it all up. That should give us an idea of how much income the business has.

[Even now she's gathering a few receipts, checking over them methodically before placing them in the correct spot.]

Oh, I see! That makes it sound easy!

You just need to break it into smaller jobs, and the process becomes more bearable. If we work on it bit by bit like this, it will be done in no time.

So it was because I was trying to do everything at once...

Yes... If you try to take it on all at the same time, it will feel overwhelming, won't it?

You're right. All I saw was a big mess when I tried to get started earlier.

The student council had to take on similar projects at my school. We would always split the work among ourselves so that it would be easier.

You normally have others working here with you, right?

Normally this would be the manager's job, but the man I hired to do that is one of the ones who disappeared...

...I see. Hopefully they will return soon.

I hope so too. My best friend from home is there as well...

...They'll make it back. I'm sure of it.

I just wish we knew if they were safe.

...It's hard to say. After what Philemon said in that dream...

[It's... hard to imagine it's exactly a land of daisies and butterflies.]

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