[Completed] Shall we write a relay novel in the comments? ~The Emperor's New Clothes Edition~ [With Constraints]
Foreword
It feels like it has been a long time since I last created an article like this.
That is because I am currently in a period of quietly facing myself, so I do not use many words directed at others.
Perhaps that is just how the winter season, when it becomes hard to go outside, is.
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Speaking of outside, I have been skipping my runs lately.
If it were just cold, that would be fine, but here in Ishikawa where I live, it has been raining constantly.
So, at the very least, I try to do some muscle training to avoid getting too chubby, while burrowing under the kotatsu and encouraging myself every day.
That is why I arrived at this project. ...Or perhaps that is not the reason, but there must have been some kind of hint.
So, here is the theme for this long-awaited, and likely the last comment relay novel of the year. There are also constraints.
"The Emperor's New Clothes"
The king of a certain country was very extravagant and vain. He loved wearing new clothes more than anything else and was indifferent to everything else. One day, two swindlers appeared before him, claiming they could weave the most wonderful cloth in the world. The cloth was said to be special, with the characteristic that it was invisible to fools and those unfit for their jobs. The king liked the cloth and immediately ordered them to weave it. The swindlers pretended to work at empty looms and demanded large sums of money and silk thread from the king. However, the cloth did not exist. The king and his retainers, not wanting to be thought of as fools, kept silent and praised the cloth they could not see. Eventually, the king wore these "invisible clothes" and walked through the country in a grand procession. However, a child in the crowd shouted, "The king is naked!" Because of those words, the people realized the truth, but the king continued to walk proudly to protect his own vanity.
Rules
・The theme is 'The Emperor's New Clothes'.
・Keep in mind the ending where 'a child shouts, "The Emperor is naked!"'・Try to connect to the previous comment as much as possible.
・For questions or ideas, please use the
inquiry form・Short and frequent contributions are encouraged. ・Long thinking or long sentences may lead to overlaps with others.
・There is no need to unify the writing style.
・Participating with just one sentence is also very welcome.
・If you receive a comment from Ayato Otogawa saying 'The End', please provide the concluding comment for the story. (No constraints)
Constraints
'Somewhere in your comment, you must include a part of the body』
(Example) H: '"Ah~, it soaks into my viscera!" Takahashi from the town office was visiting the year-end party and gulping down sake.' OK!
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N: '"I'll do a one-shot gag!" Takahashi went up on stage and shook his stomach with a face drawn on it.' OK!
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O: 'Everyone present fell silent.' NG!
Characters
・The Emperor
・Grandiva the chamberlain
・Osugi and Peeko, the twin tailors 🦺
・Alien
・A boy who lowered a rope into a well
・The non-violent general, Lord Matsuken the Gentle
・A citizen belonging to the Kamehameha school
・A middle-aged man holding a megaphone
Synopsis
One day, someone comes to visit the fashion-loving Emperor.
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'And what is your business?'
When the Emperor asked the servant who had come running, he said that two people claiming to be cloth weavers had come to the entrance. The ones who arrived were Osugi and Peeko, the twin tailors 🦺
What are those things talking about?
As I said this while stroking my magnificent beard, which had never once been touched by a razor, to the two who were whispering behind their hands, one of them—either Osugi or Peeko—replied, 'The King's beard is so magnificent that we were just praising it.'
Oh my~♪ I'm going to stomp on it lol 🧏♂️🧏♂️
The two, who had been stepping on the beard thinking it was a carpet, brazenly started a 'stomp on it' chant, so the King cut off a piece of it with scissors and gave it to the alien standing behind him.
The King, feeling smug toward the alien who had finally returned to its 🛸, clapped his hands and said, 'You wouldn't understand what we're talking about, would you? Continue the story,' but when Grandiva, the attendant who was swinging his chin around as much as possible, mentioned that it was a silver fox's beard, Osugi and Peeko kicked Grandiva's round buttocks at the same time...
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How terrifying.
Osugi and Peeko, perhaps out of fear, looked at each other, and while they were making excuses, the King, who was dangling his legs in a relaxed manner, ordered them, 'Weave cloth with this beard.'
Ah! The King has donkey ears!
You idiot, you can't say that, Peeko.
The two, looking resentful, began to weave the beard, but Peeko's mouth—the one that says, 'It's because we're building a true kingdom, right? 👑 You, brace yourself and do your best! ❗'—caused trouble, and the two were left hanging upside down.
Do not release them until the cloth is finished.
Meanwhile, Grandiva, wandering inside the King's beard, made the voice of 'The King has donkey ears' echo from the well where it was first whispered to every well in the city...
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The townspeople who heard it were divided into those who said, 'Serves him right, he should be ashamed,' and those who said, 'How dare you bring shame upon the King,' and the chaos spread to the castle as well.
Wait!! Wait, wait!! (Who??)
Furthermore, with a dramatic entrance, 'The Non-Violent General, Lord Matsuken the Gentle' and 'Ordinary Citizens belonging to the Kamehameha faction' appeared, and finally, even Grandiva wriggled out from a gap in the nearly finished cloth that Osugi and Peeko were weaving while hanging upside down.
Where am I!!
Where am I? Who am I? I am Grandiva.
Feeling a slight sense of déjà vu at Grandiva's line, a boy replied, 'This is a beard. Who am I? I am an independent.' Then, a cut was called, and a man who looked like he had money, holding a megaphone, invited him to an 'interesting event' at the castle next time...
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▼Past works where anything went.
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