Seaside Fashionista Episode 3 Part 3

Things pick from before as the camera follows Arachne, who is having a case of nerves despite her posturing when she was leaving the school office. She’s worried about being able to pull it off, especially since she’s not working on things in her workshop as usual. She considers just heading back to Akihabara like a normal person, but she worries that she won’t make it back before her passion from the measuring battle fades.

Gabriel says she’ll be fine, which she bases on what Arachne said earlier. Arachne calls Gabriel Business World Aura’ed Mystery Sister and asks how she can be so sure, especially since she turned down her works back at the shop.

Gabriel apologizes for that occasion, saying she couldn’t accept what Arachne was saying no matter who she tried. But now that she’s experienced the measuring battle and and felt her sincerity for herself, she can say so. She can now confidently say “I’m really looking forward to it” (title drop).

Gabriel says that if she can declare that, it’ll be okay. After all, just like Arachne is a pro fashion designer, Gabriel says she’s a pro at wearing nice clothes. Arachne is surprised at this and asks who she is. She can tell she isn’t just some mystery nun, and she says she’s hiding her light, not her shadow. And not just any light, but a great big gorgeous one.

Gabriel offers to tell her maybe if Arachne can really excite her. Arachne says that normally it’s a bit whatever, but having someone really be excited to see her work...is really awesome, so she decides to take Gabriel up on her bet.

She asks that, if she manages to fully satisfy her, that she tell her what she’s been hiding. Gabriel smiles and nods. Arachne starts getting fired up too and says it’s time to work as she goes over to that room the Missionaries let her use.

Scene then shifts back to your side in the office as Zabaniya says he’ll get back to patrolling and cleaning the monastery. You comment on him leaving and ask if he’s uninterested in seeing what will be made. You’re excited to see it yourself. Arslan says he must be thinking about it, and that whenever Zabaniya leaves in a hurry he’s always thinking about something.

Azazel says he’s probably trying to prepare himself mentally for the new clothes in a few hours. Arslan wonders if Arachne really can get it done so fast, and he brings up that it takes him days to clean his own pants.

Azazel points out that’s probably because they’re soaked in oil. Still, he does seem somewhat worried about the production taking a few hours when Nyarlathotep comes in in silhouette with his usual weird poetic speech and talks about tossing away your pointless worries. Once it’s done you can go look at it. You either yell and ask who the Shadow is, be surprised and act like a ghost appeared, or roll with it and say you’ve been waiting for the Crawling Chaos.

Nyarlathotep reveals himself and asks how everyone is. Azazel greets him and asks what he’s there for. I have no idea what Nyarlathotep (or whoever wrote this) is going for in the English side of Nyarl-speak, but the Japanese part has him saying everything in the world is pointless and being too stimulated leads to boredom. Then he brings up a guest from another world, a spinning wheel and a spider shadow lady.

Arslan asks if he means Arachne and says she went to the sewing room or whatever. Nyarlathotep seems kind of disappointed by that since he says her work shouldn’t be disturbed. He/They wanted to go see her, but then says he can’t because he doesn’t have a tie with her.

Nyarlathotep also describes Arachne as a wandering weaver who interweaves the world’s shadows. But since shadows are normally formless, giving them form would lead to comedy and tragedy. He then questions who ever decided that Shadows can’t take the leading role.

Nyarlathotep calls Arachne a sad shadow spider, the borrows presumably Azazel’s words as the only angel present about how a stray sheep that lost their place to die is so cute. Then he seems to praise Azathoth. You comment that Arachne does seem lost and ask if Nyarlathotep also picked up on that, or you say you have no idea what he’s on about.

Nyarlathotep asks if that’s what it looks like to you using both your eyes. If it is, then that’s what it must be. Those who are lost aren’t distrusting, and those who aren’t lost are. An old acquaintance? Mistaken identity? He doesn’t want to see her, which means he *does* want to see her. He then suggests casting a spell on her and talks about a distorted shining light.

Anyways, I think Nyarlathotep then calls Arachne earth shattering and obsessed. Arslan says he doesn’t understand what the newest slang is anymore but asks if he’s up to something I think. Nyarlathotep answers no but actually maybe yes. He’s the Crawling Chaos and he loves stirring up the world after all. Then he disappears.

Maria comments on the stray sheep remark he made and figures Arachne must have some sort of baggage. Azazel says he heard about the other day and believes so too. He thinks it’s because Arachne’s works aren’t getting the sort of attention she wants.

Several hours later Arachne comes back and proclaims that she’s finished up her work. She was worried a little since there weren’t any patterns to it, but she was so excited when she started making it that she rode her high through it.

Arslan asks to have a sneak peek, but Arachne is firm about the unveiling being done in its proper place. She can’t show it to him until that’s ready even if he’s involved with this, which disappoints him. Arachne then says she’s already asked Maria and the Mystery Sister to go set things up for her, and with the suggestion Azazel gave her she feels it’ll be awesome.

Arslan says Azazel did suddenly slip out at some point but he’s surprised he did that without him knowing. Arachne asks him to calm down since she wants to ask him to help with something too. You thank Arachne for her work and ask if it came out well. You also comment that it seems she’s up to a lot of things.

Arachne thanks you for your work too and apologizes for making you wait. The preparation is done so she suggests you all go to where the presentation will be. She then takes everyone to the church where all the lights are off. You comment on it and can go as far as calling it the darkness of the abyss.

Arachne thanks everyone for waiting and says this will be where the show will happen. It’ll be her second show and there’s only one thing to present, but she asks everyone to enjoy. Then she starts it as she calls for the music to turn on.

Arachne starts describing Zabaniya as someone with a disciplined body who takes great pride in his present work. He also carries a constant conflict inside of him with the way he lives now, which she says is a vow to himself he can never break. Arachne also calls it a strong self imposed dignity that exists even as he continues his work.

Arachne says she deeply understands that particular bit, saying that it’s because you have pride that you can have confidence in your work. She then compares Zabaniya’s dignity to the ultimate spice to bring the utmost charm to his Shadow.

Arachne excuses herself for a moment and starts talking about how Zabaniya changed from a certain meeting. That brought about feelings of change that penetrated to his chest, though that came into conflict with his dignity. But now he has once again decided to face his ambivalence, which brings us to his suit being revealed.

Arachne asks what people think and says this time she went for a simple formal suit. This suit is made with flexibility, durability, shape memory, and excellent fire resistance. It’s made the same way as his regular outfit, which she used as a reference but doesn’t explain any more about it as a trade secret.

You ask in shock if she took pictures of Eden’s tailoring, ask when she did that, or say she doesn’t miss a detail. Arachne moves on to talk about how she kept in mind how this suit isn’t to have any added flairs. If Zabaniya were to suddenly dress up he would be agitated, which would cause dissonance with his dignity. That’s why it’s a formal suit, as the reserved look is what keeps the balance of things.

Arachne says Zabaniya’s charm comes from the conflict between his hidden passion and his exposed repression. In which case, the best thing to do would be to make it straightforward and highlight it. And as its designer Arachne proudly recommends it.

Arslan starts talking about a priest’s duty on intersecting two peoples’ lives as an outsider and administering the ceremony of marriage. One person can never ever be the exact same as another, which means the two to be tied together will face several hardships.

As such, they cannot attain it on the idea of walking together side by side for life by itself...Arslan then says he sees where Arachne is going with things and says her work is splendid, and that he can see how she got to this point.

Zabaniya says he lived while never having accepted his contradictions, and yet that in itself is him. He looks at both Arslan, and then you. Zabaniya then talks about forgiving sin while punishing it, and about aiming for what goes beyond law while being bound by it. He feels that embracing that conflict is necessary to finding a new way of being yourself, and he smiles.

Arachne says she put his feelings into those clothes and then ends the presentation. After it’s over Maria compliments Zabaniya on his new suit and how he looks in it. Gabriel gives her stamp of approval as she talks about her surprise at how good a simple suit can look. She teases him about how he could be a magazine model and calls him nii-sama.

Zabaniya seems touched, and Arslan agrees that he looks good in the suit too. He’s just so happy for him that he got something really nice. Zabaniya thanks him and everyone else.

Then he asks you what you think since he still feels a bit embarrassed by it. He also takes a step forward and asks you to be as frank as possible. Gabriel is taken aback at how much stock he’s putting into asking about your thoughts on his clothes. You either say it looks right for a marriage ceremony, say you feel like wanting him to officiate a ceremony for you, or you say you want to marry him.

In A and presumably B, hearing you say that makes him finally relax that maybe someone as sinful as him could do a well-wishing type of job. The idea makes him well up with gratitude.

In C he’s shocked by the idea, though he then says that as the officiant it’ll be hard to actually respond to that at the moment. But if the opportunity ever comes up... He then asks if you’ll give him some time sometime in the future because he has something he wants to say. Then he decides he’s talking crazy and asks you to forget what he’s just said.

In any case Azazel joins in to say Zabaniya is rocking his suit. He thanks him and swears to work harder so that he can be the one to receive blessings too. You either say he seems too pumped up for a marriage ceremony, that his drive seems to be running in circles, or that he seems to have returned to his old behavior patterns.

Arslan sighs about how Zabaniya doesn’t ever relax, though he says that’s also his good point. Maria laughs and says it feels like it’s been a while since Zabaniya looked like that. Arachne then asks him how it feels to be wearing the suit. He says it feels so appropriate the way it doesn’t seem ostentatious.

Arachne is happy about that and suggests he can change the tie color when he gets used to it. He thanks her and says he feels like trying it out sometime. Arachne says it can go slowly, since that’s how clothes are.

Arslan says that now that the presentation is over they should have Zabaniya practice having a marriage ceremony. Gabriel agrees since it seems like fun and because you’re all already there. Zabaniya can just do up to the initial parts at least. He however finds the idea unusual and that it’s not something you practice.

Azazel says it should be fine because they might ask him to do it one day to Zabaniya’s mild horror. You tell him to hang in there, say it seems like fun, or say maybe amiability would look nice. Gabriel says she can’t do it because there are strict rules about that for idols. It’d be such a pain if the paparazzi got on her case for something she did for fun without thinking much of.

Arachne finally catches onto Gabriel talking about idol matters and asks what she means. Azazel declines to take part of the practice run since he’ll be talking Zabaniya through it from the side. Gabriel figures that means Zabaniya can’t do it either since that would mean he’d be taking vows in front of himself. So, Gabriel turns to you and suggests you get married. You either freak out or accept with pleasure.

Arslan laughs saying he doesn’t mind being the bride or groom. Gabriel says she wants to see Maria go through it, and Maria is only mildly surprised by the suggestion. Gabriel then says that after everyone leaves she wants to have one too with her and asks Zabaniya to do that one.

Arslan and Maria both take spots next to you, and Zabaniya opens a bible or whatever according to Azazel’s instructions. Arachne watches from the side, talking to herself about marriage as a colorful event in life. She thinks she probably won’t be involved with it since she’s mostly married to her work.

Arachne then goes to talk to Gabriel, who asks her what’s going on. Arachne asks if she’ll give an answer to her earlier question, which Gabriel agrees to. She says she thought the vest Arslan picked for Zabaniya was nice since it was so pretty. But at the time, Arachne tried to push a bunch of clothes onto them without ever looking at Zabaniya, which she thought was sad, especially given that Arachne made something excellent for her.

Gabriel says that to her it sounded like Arachne was trying to sell things for the sake of her business as opposed to selling what it was Zabaniya truly wanted. Arachne admits she was right, that she was in a rush to make sales at the time.

Arachne then processes that Gabriel mentioned being a customer of hers before but can’t remember meeting her if they’ve met before face to face. Gabriel then decides to show herself and instantly changes to her Christmas idol outfit. Arachne is shocked that it’s really the idol Gabriel she’s been talking to and recognizes the work she made for her.

Gabriel says she really likes that outfit since it was made for her sake and because it’s so eye catching from far away. And now that Arachne made something great for Zabaniya, Gabriel says she wasn’t mistaken after all. She then asks to have a meeting Arachne sometime later since she wants to have her make a new stage outfit.

Arachne happily agrees, then has a request of her. That is, she asks to have a commemorative photo of Gabriel in the clothes she made for her. Gabriel seems to be okay with the idea.

Some time later the practice run starts as Zabaniya announces the beginning of the ceremony. He asks that the ones seeking marriage to step up, and organ music starts playing that Azazel seems to be directing with his fingers. You then step forward.

Zabaniya then reads off the standard wedding vows to you, asking if you do so swear to be with ___ in sickness and in health, etc. until death do you part. He goes through it methodically, and a bit awkwardly and stiffly, yet still there is a sense of quiet happiness coming from him. You say you do, and Zabaniya looks up with a smile as the episode ends.