Hey everyone! It’s Zundadon, dadon!
At the end of summer, on the very last weekend of August, we went on a 2-day, 1-night summer camp, dadon!
The three of us who went were Zundamon, Deltamon, and me, dadon. And today is the day I’m writing a blog post for the first time, dadon.
Zundamon: “Zundadon, are you sure you can write this properly, nanoda?”
Me: “Leave it to me, don! A man from the southern lands always follows through when he decides to write, dadon!”
…And with that, let’s start the report, dadon🌴
💚 Introducing the Three of Us, don
Out of all the Green Alliance members, these are the three who could make it to the camp this time, dadon.
- Zundamon … My distant relative. He’s either eating zunda mochi or sleeping, dadon.
- Deltamon … A young lady android from the future. She’s a genius at making sweets, dadon.
- Zundadon … That’s me, dadon! I’m in charge of Zunda Energy, dadon.
Yae-nyan and Kyuurin just couldn’t make it this weekend, dadon. But they’ll make an appearance later, so I hope you read to the very end, don.
Our meeting spot was a small lodge by a lake, dadon. Green when you open the window, green when you go out in the yard, and green when the three of us stand together.
Everything in sight was green, dadon. Just as you’d expect, dadon.
🍉 Day 1 Afternoon: Watermelon Splitting Tournament, dadon
Right after we arrived, we had a watermelon splitting session on the lakeside lawn, dadon. Since there were only three of us, we took turns being the judge, while the third person waited for their turn.
First up was Zundamon, dadon. He put on the blindfold, spun around 10 times, and…
Walked straight in the complete opposite direction of the watermelon, dadon.
I threw my hands up and shouted with all my might, don.
Me: “Zundamon, the lake is that way, dadon! Behind you! Directly behind you, dadon!”
Zundamon: “Huh? The watermelon ran away, nanoda!”
Me: “It didn’t run away, don! Turn all the way around, dadon!”
My shouting was in vain, and Zundamon’s turn ended after three swings and misses, dadon.
Next up was Deltamon, dadon. For some reason, while she was waiting for her turn, she was holding a cake whisk, dadon.
Deltamon: “Oh, my. It seems I’ve mistaken the stick for my whisk.”
She swung it down just like that, and the whisk ended up in a sorry state, dadon. The watermelon was unharmed, dadon.
And finally, it was my turn, dadon. I put on the blindfold, unleashed my Zunda Energy to the max, and…
Split it clean in two with a single thwack, dadon!
Zundamon: “That’s cheating, nanoda! Zundadon, you figured it out by sound, nanoda!”
This is basic stuff in the southern lands, dadon. The watermelon we ate by the lake was super sweet, dadon🍉
💌 Day 1 Evening: A Letter Arrived at the Lodge, dadon
In the evening, a small package arrived at the lodge’s entrance, dadon. I looked at the shipping label, and it was from the two who couldn’t make it, don!
When we opened the box, there was a letter and a sketchbook inside, dadon. First, a short letter from Yae-nyan, dadon.
Yae-nyan: “I hope the three of you have the best time ever!”
It was just one line, but it instantly brightened up the whole lodge, dadon.
And the other thing was a sketchbook from Kyuurin, dadon. There wasn’t a single word written in it, but the pictures said everything, dadon.
The first page was a drawing of the three of us around a big watermelon, and the last page was a drawing of a single cucumber giving us a big thumbs-up, dadon.
Deltamon: “This is… cheering us on, I suppose.”
Zundamon: “It’s just a drawing, but I can hear his voice, nanoda!”
The three of us stared at the sketchbook in silence for a while, dadon. After that, we propped up the letter and the sketchbook in the middle of the table and continued our camp, dadon.
Even when we’re apart, their feelings reached us, don.
👻 Day 1 Night: Test of Courage, dadon
After the sun went down, we did a test of courage in the woods behind the lodge, dadon. Since there were only three of us, we didn’t go in pairs—we were all in one group, dadon.
And that’s when a shocking truth was revealed, dadon. Deltamon is the biggest scaredy-cat, dadon.
Deltamon: “I am an android from the future, you know! Such unscientific things as ghosts… Eeeeeek!”
Me: “That was just the sound of leaves rustling in the wind, dadon.”
Deltamon: “The wind has a heart, too…!”
Even future technology is useless in a dark forest, dadon. Deltamon wouldn’t let go of my right arm, and Zundamon was clinging to my left arm, don.
Which means I had to walk with a flashlight in my mouth and both my arms occupied, dadon. I had it the hardest, dadon.
The whole time, Zundamon kept saying this, dadon.
Zundamon: “I’m not scared, nanoda. I’m not scared, nanoda. I’m not scared, nanoda.”
Saying it three times just makes it scarier, dadon.
By the way, the person who planted the candy at the goal earlier in the day was Deltamon herself, dadon.
🎆 Fireworks by the Lake, dadon
After the test of courage, we did handheld fireworks by the lake, dadon. The light from the three of us reflected on the water’s surface, and it was so beautiful, dadon.
Deltamon: “So this is what they call summer…!”
To wrap things up, we had a sparkler competition, dadon. The rule was ‘whoever can keep the ball of light going the longest without it falling off wins’, dadon.
- Zundamon … Got too excited and dropped his after 5 seconds.
- Me … Dropped mine after 30 seconds. Zunda Energy isn’t suited for staying still, don.
- Deltamon … Activated her image stabilization feature and lasted for an unbelievable 2+ minutes.
The winner was Deltamon, dadon. Using machine power is cheating, don.
Me: “I wish you’d used that feature during the test of courage earlier, dadon.”
That time when the three of us were crouching down, just staring at that little orange ball of light…
That was my favorite moment of the whole camp, dadon.
🌙 Late Night: Autumn Strategy Meeting, dadon
After the fireworks, we went back to the lodge for a late-night strategy meeting, dadon. The topic was ‘What should we do in the fall?’, dadon.
The three of us scribbled a ton of ideas on the whiteboard, dadon. Songs, art, sweets, games…
Zundamon kept trying to change the subject to zunda mochi every 10 minutes, and Deltamon would say, “Our budget is my hourly wage of 44 yen,” so we didn’t make much progress, dadon.
But, there is one project we decided ‘Let’s do this’ on, don. …But the details are still a secret, dadon!
Zundamon: “You can’t tell, nanoda! Absolutely not, nanoda!”
Me: “I won’t tell, don! My lips are sealed tighter than a watermelon, don!”
When we’re ready, we’ll announce it on X at @zunda_union and on YouTube, so please look forward to it, don💚
🍰 Day 2 Morning: Deltamon’s Special Cake, dadon
The next morning, the earliest riser was Deltamon, dadon. While we were sleeping, she secretly baked a cake for us, dadon.
What appeared on the breakfast table was a two-layered green and white cake, dadon. The bottom was zunda cream, and the top was fresh cream. And right on top was a single thin slice of cucumber, dadon.
Me: “Deltamon, what’s this thing on top?”
Deltamon: “Hee hee. I got the idea for the topping after seeing Kyuurin’s sketch.”
In the middle of the table, the sketchbook that arrived the day before was still propped up, don. The cucumber in the drawing, and the thin slice on top of the cake.
They’re connected, don.
Zundamon ate three slices, dadon. In the morning, dadon.
💚 Our “Future”, dadon
The 2-day, 1-night trip was over in a flash, dadon. Looking back, here’s a summary, dadon.
- I was the one who split the watermelon in one hit at the end, dadon
- Deltamon won the sparkler competition. Image stabilization is cheating, don
- Deltamon is scared of ghosts but is a genius at making cakes, dadon
- Zundamon was either sleeping, eating, or being scared, dadon
- We decided on a new project for autumn, dadon (the details are a secret, dadon)
I’m from the southern lands, so I was a little nervous at first, dadon. The language, the food, and even the way the seasons feel are different, don.
But being together like this, gathered around a fire, laughing, getting excited over silly things…
Before I knew it, this had become my place to belong, dadon.
And we made a promise to go have tea with the two who sent us the letter in the fall, to thank them in person, dadon🍵
You can see everyone’s relationships on the Relationship Chart page, don. And everyone’s profiles are on the Character Introduction page, don!
We’re going to give it our all in the fall, too, don. Everyone, please keep cheering for us, don!
This was Zundadon, dadon~!🌴💚