Ikebukuro Christmas Concerto Prologue Part 1

(Guess I'll start copypasting from this point on.)

Things start off  at Claude’s office one day. He’s in the middle of thinking of things when Snow hands him some tea. Claude’s so preoccupied that Snow decides to ask what’s on his mind.

Claude is vague at first, but then suddenly decides to bring up Saturnalia and Christmas to Snow’s confusion. Claude asks how the Christmas plans are, and Snow says they’re going on smoothly. There’s stuff about a battle ceremony and invitations to the political and business circles amongst other things, but Claude tells him to delay all that.

Snow just barely wrinkles his brows at this and asks Claude for an explanation. Claude says he feels things should be shaken up a bit. The Berserkers’ courage has already been made clear, and there needs to be something that can entertain the masses during holidays, which Claude feels is his responsibility to try to do.

Snow takes it to mean that Claude feels like he’s in a rut. Claude nods and talks about the idea of bread and circuses, and that he should make a new path for himself if he can’t find one. He orders the invites to keep going, but the event will be different.

Snow acknowledges this and asks what the new event will be. Claude declines to elaborate and tells him to get a car ready because they’re going to the Santa School.

Scene jumps over to Shinjuku with some jaunty new music, and narration says the date is December 23rd. Ryouta is excited and singing to himself. Shirou thought it was a seasonal changing song, but no it’s just a Xmas song of some kind. You can comment on Ryouta’s good mood, say he thinks a lot about it every time, or join in.

Going with A, Ryouta says tis the season and wonders if he should sing more up tempo. Yule laughs about things getting more exciting and that while Ryouta sometimes overdoes it, he likes that.

Everyone seems to be packing wreaths and stuff into boxes as Yule tells Ryouta to be careful. Agyou scolds Kengo for slacking off, and Kengo complains he was just having some snacks. Agyou tells him it can wait until after the boxes are taken out.

Agyou then turns around and tells Krampus to stop watching TV all the time. Krampus apologizes for getting distracted and wonders if putting on a toku movie on while doing school work was a bad idea. Hanuman yells about a new super move in the show, and since Krampus missed it he considers extending the rental.

Kengo talks about not doing well with small things and promptly breaks something again. Moritaka tries suggesting he take even breaths and work on restraint. Touji tells him he doesn’t have enough discipline. Kengo snaps back, then gets glue on his hands.

Hanuman talks about how fun Christmas is and how they don’t have it back in his home world. Agyou is sad he didn’t find out about it earlier so he could get a stocking ready. Moritaka says it’s true they don’t have it in the land of samurai, and Shirou talks about the differences of the worlds.

Shirou brings up this bizarre example about how in one world, Santa is a war god who comes in on a tank, which baffles Kengo. Ryouta says one of his own friends told him Santa rides in from the sea on the waves in their home world. You can comment on all the different kinds of Santas, say you’ve heard of this, or comment that maybe Surfer Ded would be nice.

Going with A, Yule wonders if Jiraiya is also one of them, even if he goes by a different title. Shirou thinks it’s interesting to say the least. Ryouta talks about how everyone likes fun stuff and food and presents. Yule says celebrations should have meanings and that he wants to keep those old meanings going.

Agyou talks to himself about having some sort of substitute for a stocking, so Shirou offers to make him one since he’s almost done knitting one for the Evils. Agyou cheers over this, and you can either say you hope he gets something, call him a kid, or call him cute.

Anyways after Agyou responds, scene jumps to outside the school as all the boxes are loaded up to a sled. Shirou tells Krampus to be careful with the box of cookies, and Krampus says he’ll be fine since he does part time work as a mover. You then can either thank Krampus for his work, comment that he has that as part time work, or try to grab the base of his tail.

Going with A, Krampus thanks you for helping, and Yule thanks everyone as they now have everything ready in time. Ryouta asks if they couldn’t do it with Santa Power. You can either agree to that question, say Ded could probably handle anything, or ask what he’s talking about.

Going with C, Krampus says it’s school stuff and that they have to do whatever they can themselves. Yule says they don’t have enough hands to help this year because people have been called to various things elsewhere.

Agyou asks if he’ll get presents since he helped. Krampus tells him he will since good kids always get presents. Then he tells Yule it’s time to go. Moritaka is surprised and says they aren’t headed towards the Santa School, so Yule tells them there’s been a sudden change of locations  and everyone’s been working to move everything. Krampus mentions missing a tv show because of all that.

Shirou says it’s about time and apologizes for the double booking, so part of the group is doing school stuff and the other is doing guild stuff. You’re going to be going to the Santa School since they asked for you specifically while everyone else is staying behind. Ryouta wonders if it’s more Santa assistance they need help with, except he wasn’t called over as well.

Touji speaks up saying he doesn’t know much about the Santa School, but says the concern should be some promise some of them have to deal with. Moritaka says things should be fine with that guild...if you ignore a certain person.

Hanuman feels like there’s going to be a guild battle and says he’s bad at using his head. Shirou assures you he can handle things and Ryouta waves you off. Krampus and Yule also leave at this point and wishes everyone a merry Christmas, saying they’ll see them again tomorrow.

On your way to the Santa School Solomon pops up since you’re alone. He says he’ll accompany you and suggests some things to do, like playing or patting him. You can either say he’s enough for now, say he’s nice, or ask if he’s bored. Going with A, Solomon begs you to talk since it’s just him and hints that you should get him a present. Then he hurries you on.

Eventually you hit the Santa School and Solomon comments that you’re well known in a lot of places and met a lot of people. Then he starts worrying he’ll lose his spot as the closest one to you. You can either pay him and say he’s the closest or comment that no one seems to be around.

Going with A, he thanks you and says he’ll give you the last bit of corn potage, then comments on the school being empty himself. After narration focuses on the point a bit more, Solomon brings back up the points from earlier about there being a change in locations. He thinks it’s a bit extreme and points out they invited you.

You can either say that’s what was supposed to happen, try checking out the building, or say you’ve been tricked. Going with A, Solomon will suggest going inside to look for someone, but then he tells you someone is coming.

Tanngrisnir walks over and asks what you’re doing there. His eyes narrow as he nods to himself, then says he came back just in case and mentions you must not have gotten the message. He tells you to take his hand so you can go to the meeting place together.

You can ask him about the meeting place, the message, or the sled he brings up as a way to take you over. Tanngrisnir talks about the change made that morning and that he came back to check. He presses you to come with him again since he thinks you’re a student there and says he has his special stew made over there.

Solomon pipes up to say Tanngrisnir isn’t listening and that you’ll have to get through his head somehow. You can either try to get him to listen politely, ask about the stew, or bluntly tell him not to say things that sound compromising.

Going with A, Tanngrisnir wonders who it is you’re talking to and if there’s some fairy or other there. You ask him who he is, so he agrees to tell you as he straightens up and introduces himself. He decides to include his specialties (running and stew making) and favorite hot pot food (stew) for some reason. This is also the point at which he clues in about you not being a Santa School student.

You either confirm that you aren’t a student there or comment on his liking for stew. Turns out that Tanngrisnir does at least know that Ded has called some other school students over and says he has a bad habit of acting before thinking.

He asks for your name, so you tell him. Solomon calls Tanngrisnir a bit of a dramatic reactor, then reminds you you’ll be late. You tell Tanngrisnir about this and ask him to take you to Ded. He hands you a canteen of stew and turns on his phone.

After sending a message he tells you to come along, taking your hand. You can either comment on him being pushy, say the stew was great, or ask if he always keeps some with him. In any case he leads you to a sled and tells you to be careful since it can get shaky. After you get on, it starts moving and blowing wind in your face. Solomon freaks out a little about this, and the episode half ends.