Unforgettable Memories: The Autumn Camp Begins

🦊"I'm Fox."
🐻"I'm Tanuki."
🐰"I'm Rabbit."

🦊🐻🐰"The three of us together, we are the Three-san."
🤖"□▲○⭐️■◎(I'm Fanfan)"

🦊"That's right. This is Fanfan, another member of our family. It's a family robot that the three of us built based on Rabbit's design."
🤖"▷🔷◉□(Nice to meet you)😀"

🐻"We've been together since we were three years old."
🐰"Actually, Fanfan has appeared in our articles before, but I guess we haven't properly introduced it yet."
🐻"I can't imagine life without Fanfan."
🦊"Me neither."🐰"Me neither."
🤖"☺️SMILE"

🦊"Of course, Fanfan is coming with us this time too."
🐻🤖🐰"Yay!"

🦊"Well then, Tanuki-chan, Rabbit-chan. The day has finally arrived♪. Autumn Camp!"
🐻🐰"Yay♪"

🐻"It's clear today just like the forecast said. We have backup plans and a schedule in case the weather turns, but it's a great start, Usako-san."
🐰"Who are you calling Usako?💢 Anyway, what are we doing in front of the station?"
🦊"Well, we're meeting up with the friends who are going camping with us. Look, everyone is here now."

🐧🐩🐶🐱🐥🐸🐿"Sorry to keep you waiting♪"

🦊"Welcome, Pen-chan. You're wearing the clothes I gave you."
🐧"Of course, Fox-chan. I was really looking forward to this. Nice to meet you all, friends of the Three-san. I'm Pen-chan, nice to meet you!"

🐰"Pen-chan came to visit us from our note friend flute-san's place."

Click here for flute-san's page, please come and visit!

🐩🐶🐱🐥🐸🐿"Nice to meet you, Pen-chan!"

🐧"Nice to meet you all too!"

🐻"This is Pen-chan's first time meeting our friends, so let me introduce you. They are all such good kids."

🐥Birdie. A male American warbler. Knowledgeable and cool. He's good friends with Coco-chan. He loves singing and jazz. He has two younger sisters.

🐩Coco-chan. A male toy poodle. Even though he's small, he's a reliable big brother. He has a younger brother and sister.

🐱Sally. A female American Curl. Curious and quick-witted. Everyone looks up to her as Detective Sally.

🐿Lizzy. A slightly shy female chipmunk. She speaks in a very small voice, so please listen carefully. She loves games and is also Rabbit-chan's online friend. She is a very good singer.

🐸 Ellery. A cheerful blue frog boy. A neighbor of the trio who loves poetry and dancing. He speaks like a true poet. He has a younger sister.

🐶 Monica. An Irish Setter girl. She is good friends with the trio and looks up to the fox girl like an older sister.

🐧 "Wow, I've made so many friends all at once, I'm so happy!"

🐶 "Pen-chan, that cool hat looks great on you."
🐧 "Thank you, Monica. The trio gave it to me as a gift."

🐩 "It suits you very well."
🐸 "Nice, nice!"
🐿 "The fox girls are so skillful, aren't they?"

🐻 "Hahaha, I'm glad you all hit it off right away. Big sister here is relieved."

🦊 "That's fine and all, but wait... Leader, is there something mixed in with our friends? 💧"
🐰 "Something smells savory above the fox girl, and it's been like that for a while now (´⊙ω⊙`)"
🐻 "Hahaha, don't sweat the small stuff, Fox. Everyone, attention please!"

🐧🐩🐿🐸🐶🐥😺

🦊 "Since Tanuki-chan is an expert on camping, she will be our leader this time, so if you have any trouble, please ask her anything. Of course, Rabbit-chan and I will be here to support you, so don't worry. Now, Tanuki-chan, please give your opening remarks as leader."

🐻 "...... (stare)"
🐩🐧🐶🐿🐸🐥🐱 "Gulp 💧"

🐻 "I will not abandon a single one of you. I will bring everyone back safely, that is my mis..."
🦊🐰 "No, that's too heavy! ∑(ﾟДﾟ)(ﾟωﾟ) Where are you planning to take us?"

🐻 "Nyahahahaha, I'm just kidding 🤭. But you'll get hurt if you underestimate Mother Nature. If you need anything, report it to me! And always move in groups. That way, you can help each other if something happens. Other than that, let's have as much fun as we can! That's all."

🐧🐶🐩🐿🐸🐥🐱 "Yay! ♫"

🦊 "Well then, we have a train to catch, so shall we go? Rabbit, are the tickets 🎫 okay?"
🐰 "I've got everyone's covered, perfect 👍"
🐻 "Alright, let's head out!"

Clack-clack 🚃

🦊 "We've arrived at White Chorus. The weather is nice, and you can see the mountains clearly."

🐻 "Alright, we're going to walk from here to the camping spot. Let's pair up and march in formation. Fan-fan and I will take the lead. Fox and Rabbit, please take the rear. We'll take breaks along the way, but if anything comes up, tell me, Fox, or Rabbit."

🦊🐰 "Okay."

🐸 "Pen-chan, let's pair up together."
🐧 "Ellery-kun, yeah, let's."
🐸 "You can just call me Ellery ♫"

🐿 "Oh my, Ellery beat me to it."
😽 "Well, well, Lizzy, let's have them switch with us along the way (^o^)/"

🐥 "Tanuki-chan, I have a suggestion. To deepen our friendships, why don't we change pairs at every break?"

🐻 "Hmm, sounds good, I approve! (*´∀｀*)"

🐶🐿🐩 "Birdie, nice idea."
🐥 "It's nothing special (You did it, baby!)"

🐰 "Hehe, Pen-chan is very popular."
🦊 "That's true. I'm relieved to see everyone having fun (＾ν＾)"

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🐻 "We've arrived—this will be our campsite. It's tucked between the forest and the mountains, so it's sheltered from the wind. It's close to the river, and the stars are beautiful at night."

🦊 "Good work, everyone. Are you tired?"
🐧🐿🐸🐥😽🐩 "We're totally fine! ♫"
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🐰 "I'm tired~ Fox-chan~ (T ^ T)"
🦊 "There, there."

🐶 "Tanuki-san, did you come here to scout the location?"
🐻 "Of course, I wanted to show everyone the night view here, so I looked for the best spot."
🐶 "I see. I'm looking forward to the night!"

🐸 "Let's go play in the river!"
🐥 "Yeah, that doesn't sound bad (Yahoo! ♫)"
🐱 "That sounds good."

🦊 "Alright everyone, we'll play in the river after we eat lunch."
🐧 "Come to think of it, it's almost 12:00 PM. I was having so much fun I didn't even notice!"
🐩 "I'm starting to get hungry."
🐿 "We walked a lot, so I might be starving."

🦊 "I bought sandwiches 🥪 at the station earlier, so I'll hand them out to everyone."

🐩🐸🐿🐧🐥😽🐶 "Yay, thank you for the meal! ♪"

🐰 "By the way, I'm going to make a huge feast for dinner tonight."
🐿 "Oh? What is it? What is it? Usagi-chan, I'm curious!"
🦊 "Hehe, Lizzie, you'll be surprised (*^^*)"

🐸 "Wow, I'm looking forward to it!"
🐥 "That's right (My heart is dancing ♫)"

🐻 "Put your paper bags in here after you're done eating."
🐧 "Tanuki-chan, where are you going?"
🐻 "I'm going to set up the camp ⛺️ where we'll all sleep tonight."

🐶 "I'll help."
🐻 "Eh? It's okay, haha. Fox and I will do it, so go play in the river. I'll have Fanfan watch everyone, and we'll get it done quickly in the meantime."

🐱 "Then if we all help set up the tent quickly, can't we all go to the river together?"
🐿 "Sally is right. Let us help too, Tanuki-chan."

🐻 "Is that so? Then shall we all do it together?"
🦊 "Hehe."

🐰 "Kyu."
🤖 "□○▷⭐️?"
🦊 "Fanfan, it's okay. Usagi will recover once she eats some chocolate, haha."

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🐧 "Playing in the river was fun, wasn't it?"
🐩🐶 "It sure was!"
🐿 "Pen-chan, you were so fast in the water, it surprised me!"
🐱 "You're really good at swimming, aren't you?"
🐧 "Hehe, did I surprise you? (＾∇＾) I'm pretty good at swimming, you know."

🐶 "The only one who can keep up with Ellary's swimming is Tanuki-san, right?"
🐰 "Hehe (an amphibious tanuki)"
🐸 "That's true, you're amazing, Pen-chan!"
🐧 "Hehe, thank you, you're making me blush!"

😽 "What are you doing, Tanuki-chan?"
🐻 "I've got big news from Kitsune-san, the Minister of Cooking, and I can't stop shaking (with joy)!"

🐩 "Could it be about tonight's feast?"
🐿 "Wow, I want to hear it, I want to hear it!"

🦊 "Actually, Pen-chan received some relief supplies for this camp from his friend Kayon-san, and guess what?"

🐩🐿🐶🐸🐱🐥 "Guess what?"

🦊 "We received matsutake mushrooms!"

🐿🐸🐥😽🐶🐩 "Yay! ♫"
🐻 "Thank you so much! I'm bowing in the direction of where Kayon-san is to say thank you!"

🐧🐿🐸😽🐥🐶🐩 "Thank you so much!"

🦊🐰 "(*´∀｀*)(￣∇￣)"

Click here for Kayon-san's page, please come and visit!

🦊 "So, for tonight, I'm thinking of making a mushroom-filled 'foil-grilled mountain bounty'."
🐸 "Wow, that's definitely going to be delicious!"
🐥 "Ah, I agree (Yay! ♫)"
🐿 "Wow, that sounds so good, I'm getting hungry!"
🐶😽 "Yay! Yay! ♫"

🐧 "Kayon-san always shares so many delicious things with us. She's so kind."
🐻 "Kayon-san has so many delicious mountains, after all."
🐰 "What do you mean by 'delicious mountains'? lol (Tanuki-chan looks like she'd eat a mountain too)"

🦊 "I have one more item on the menu, which was also sent as a gift. And guess what?"

🐿🐥🐸🐩🐱🐶 "Guess what?"

🦊 "We received Misumi-sensei's special spring rolls from our note friend, Mai-san."

Click here for Mai-san's page, please come and visit!

🐻 "Misumi-sensei woke up early to make these and delivered them before we left."
🐰 "So that's what that mysterious, savory aroma was!"

🐧 "Misumi-sensei is such a great cook. It's definitely going to be delicious. Thank you, Misumi-sensei."
🐩🐿🐸🐥🐱🐶 "Thank you very much!"

🐶 "Alright, let's all get dinner ready."
🐿🐸🐥🐱🐧🐩 "Let's do it, let's do it!"

🦊 "We were planning on doing it just the three of us, but you're all such good kids."
🐰 "Yeah, it's different from the plan, but isn't it fine? Everyone looks like they're having fun."
🐻 "Nyahaha, cooking for ourselves at camp is one of the fun parts, too."

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And so, it's dinner time!
Today's menu is foil-baked mountain delicacies and Misumi spring rolls. Please, dig in.

😽 "Kitsune-chan, the foil-baked dish is really delicious."
🐶 "The matsutake mushrooms smell so good."
🐩 "It's delicious, it's delicious."
🐧 "It has all kinds of mushrooms in it, and it's delicious. Mountain food is this good, huh?"

🐥 "Yay, it's delicious, munch munch."
🐿 "The sticky rice makes my tummy feel all warm and cozy."
🐸 "Kitsune-chan, this is super delicious!"

🦊 "I'm glad. Since it's wrapped in foil, the flavor doesn't escape and gets concentrated. Are you listening, Ellary?"

🐸 "It's delicious, it's delicious."

🐻 "Whoa, the spring rolls are delicious too! What is this? It's incredibly good! Misumi-sensei's spring rolls are amazing!"
🐰 "You can just keep popping them in your mouth like snacks. This is dangerous."
🦊 "So dangerous. If I keep eating them like this, I'm going to grow."
🐻🐰 "Grow in which direction? lol"
🦊 "Outwards, (lol)"

🐶 "Misumi-sensei is a good cook, isn't he?"
🦊 "It seems he was really enthusiastic about making it for Pen-chan."

🐸 "It's delicious, I could eat forever."
🐩 "I want seconds of the spring rolls."
🐶 "Me too."
🐿 "The crispy vegetables and the crunchy texture are the best. I can't stop eating them."

🐥 "What's that faint seasoning?"
🐱 "That's sesame oil."
🦊 "As expected of Sally, spot on."

🐸 "Detective!"
😽 "Nya-nya! ♫ (≧∀≦)"

🐻 "Phew, that was delicious. How was it, Pen-chan? Eating outside isn't so bad, is it?"

🐧 "Yeah! Making food together with everyone and eating together—camping is so much fun."

🐶 "Sally, you seem to really like the Misumi spring rolls, haha."
😽 "They're absolutely exquisite!"
🐿 "You'll choke if you don't eat more slowly."

🐧 "That's right! I'll serve everyone drinks."
🐸 "Pen-chan, what are you doing taking your backpack out?"

🐧 "I'm going to make everyone some tea. Wait a second, I practiced this after Flute-san taught me."
🐰 "You made us delicious tea before, too."
🦊 "It was a delicious gyokuro tea."

🐶 "Wow, Pen-chan, what is that pot? It's so cute!"
😸 "Nya, how cute!"
🐧 "Hehe, isn't it nice? Flute-san bought it for me."
🐥 "That's a nice pot (cute)."

🐻 "Pen-chan, the water is boiled."
🐧 "Thanks, Tanuki-chan. Like this, and like that. Sorry to keep you waiting—the warm tea is ready. I have enough for everyone!"

🐩 "Thank you, Pen-chan."
🐶 "It's perfect for a cool night."
🐿 "Pen-chan, it's delicious, thank you."

😸 "Wow, look! You can see so many stars! There are so many of them."
🐸 "It's beautiful, we can make all the wishes we want."
🐧 "Wow, you're right! They look like jewels."

🐶 "So this is the night view Tanuki-san was talking about, it's amazing."
🐿 "It's beautiful."

🐻 "Well then, shall we gather around the campfire and sing a song?"
🐸 "Wow, Tanuki-chan, you brought a guitar? That's great, I'm going to dance!"
🐿 "I want to sing! ♫"

🐧 "Wait, Tanuki-chan, you can play the guitar?"
🦊 "Tanuki-chan has been playing the guitar since she was eight."
🐧 "That's amazing, amazing! Will you play something for us?"

🐻 "Alright, first I'll play one of my favorite songs."
🐶 "Is that the song Tanuki-san likes?"
🦊 "Fufu, yes, Monica, let's sing along too."
🐰 "Sounds good!"

The night has just begun, and the feast of friends echoes through the mountains. Let's sing together tonight.

Thank you for staying with us until the end today. We hope you all have a wonderful night as well.

🦊🐻🐰