soul_campaign | episode 017 [video; March 2nd]

[Welcome, everyone! You might be wondering: What’s happening? Is this another weird frog thing again?

Well, that’s a good question! In fact, if the paper letters stapled to the sky-blue background are any indication, this is a place where you can ask all of your questions! And someone is actually going to answer them.

KERO-SAN’S MAGICAL QUESTION JOURNEY~

All of the ‘O’s have been mysteriously replaced with cutouts of stars. (Not that mysterious though, really. Keroro’s running this show. He likes his stars.)

And look, kids! Here comes ~~Keroro~~ Kero-san now! From the bottom of the screen pops a small green puppet that bears a striking resemblance to a certain green alien.]

Welcome, kids!

[Beside him, another puppet pops up, this one is red and has a scar across one of its eyes like a certain red ~~daruma~~ ~~ruthless alien invader~~ frog. When the puppet’s mouth moves it speaks in a falsetto that’s actually a little weird sounding. Like whoever was behind the voice was trying too hard to not sound like themselves.]

W-welcome! [What the hell is with the kids thing, Keroro!? There are a lot of adults on this network, you know!!]

[Call him Kero-san, you idiot! And the kids show vibe is to make this whole experience relatable and friendly! (To who, Keroro...?)]

Ah, Giro-san! Do you know what day it is today, de arimasu~? [and without even waiting for a response, Kero-san cuts in, smacking Giro-san in the face with his tiny cotton hand] It’s the very first Kero-san’s Magical Question Journey Network Show~

...what’s with that stupid name?

[Spoken in Giroro’s regular voice, but in a whisper that he hopes the communicator wouldn’t be able to catch. Then he clears his voice because, right. He needed to stay in character didn’t he? And then in that forced falsetto again:] I mean...wow, really?

[He’s ignoring you, Giro-san. Everything that’s said out of character will be ignored from now on.]

Yes, really! Today the topic of our show is....

Let’s Learn Abouuuuuut....

KERON! That’s right, everyone! The green and yellow planet of Keroro and Giroro’s universe, Keron. The beautiful 58th planet of the Gamma Large Nebula! So come with your questions, and we will answer them!

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...We talked once.

[Take that as you will. She doesn't know if that counts as "knowing," really, though this seems like a good a time as any to find out more about him.

And you, too. She'll introduce herself now.]

The name's Clover.

Corpor--

[Wait. No.]

I'm Giro-san.

Giro...

[She doesn't do the whole Japanese honorifics thing okay.]

So what do you have to say about this planet of yours? You miss it?

...it's a planet. [No. Seriously, what else is he supposed to say about it?] And as soldiers of Keron we're always being sent to other planets for invasion purposes. Instead of missing it, it's better to take all our time and energy and devote it to invading.

[...Wait. Invasion, really? And he's a soldier? Soldier alien frogs. Okay.

Yes, she looks a bit amused.]

How about Earth? I don't see any frog people around yet.

[Maybe they can overrun the witches if they take over--]

That was the planet our platoon was supposed to invade...just not this one.

Yeah... looks like you could use a little back up. [Just a little.]

The main force will come to back us up once we get the invasion off the ground.

Are you sure? How big of a force are we talking about here?

Yes. [He has absolute confidence in the Keronian Army.

(Though there's a good chance that if this ever happened they'd run out of gas half-way, because that's how his life goes.)]

Bigger than you can imagine. Keronians as a race are invaders, so our army is really large. Besides, the invasion of Pekopon is of utmost importance.

[He's getting that confidence vibe, yeah. And he seems to be pretty proud of his race in general-- though evidently their interests lie elsewhere from Death City.

Pekopon, huh?]

Haven't heard of it. That another planet? Or another race?

[Could be both--]

Pekopon is the planet humans know as Earth.

...Whoa. Didn't realize we got a special name.

[A curious tilt of her head.]

What makes it so high-priority? You guys like our planet better?

It's a good place.

[Pffft. Right.]

Yeah. I'm sure that's what the witches think, too.

Hn, I wouldn't be surprised. Aliens have been trying to invade Pekopon since ancient times. [Earth is a very prime piece of real-estate...for some reason.]

And what other ones do you guys have your sights set on?

[Just curious. By now, she realizes that she'll likely have never heard of whatever planets he's about to list off.]

That's classified information.

[i.e. the mun doesn't too many to count, probably.]

...Tch.

[Boring. But whatever, she doesn't care nearly enough to make him spill the beans. The only planet that matters is the one she's living on, anyway.]

Fine. I think that's all I have to ask anyway.

[She thinks...]

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In that case, have a nice day. [The hand-puppet salutes.]

[Cool. She salutes back, as a half-mocking gesture.]

See ya.

[And then she ends the feed with a click.

...Always feels like she just woke up from a dream after talking to aliens like them. But whatever.

'Til next time.]