Side Story

And a sidestory to K Case Files of Blue.

The Secret Story behind “Archive E” Founding by Miyazawa Tatsuki

There was a gloom-inducing disparity between the men’s and women’s dormitories of Scepter 4. The women’s dorm was all glittery, well-furnished and complete with slylish interior design. In contrast, the men’s dormitory was miserably run-down, doors and windows rarely fit into their frames the way they were supposed to, so drafts blew everywhere, and even weird vermins weren’t an unusual sight.

For that reason, a group of volunteers, with Enomoto as the ringleader, took action and, cleaning a prefabricated hangar found on the premises of Scepter 4 and originally used as a simple storeroom, collected donations, bought cus.h.i.+ons, a sofa, a TV and installed audiovisual and other equipment there, turning it into a s.p.a.ce for rest and relaxation.

They were satisfied with the result and, to make the s.p.a.ce even more comfortable, also brought racks for storing beer and cup ramen, a pot for boiling water and other small things, and started gathering there on their off-duty days to hang out and have fun, like watching movies on each other’s recommendations.

Since Scepter 4 also had female members, working in divisions such as general affairs and accounting, the men extended their invitation to that relaxation s.p.a.ce to them, as well. The female staff memebers were very happy to get it, bringing in little hand-made foodstuffs like cookies.

Till that point, the men and the women were on very amiable terms, but the crisis had erupted when the women started bringing in various little knickknacks. As cute stuffed toys, potpourri, women’s magazines, aroma diffusers and whatnot overran the s.p.a.ce, the hosts and the guests began to change places, and soon it became problematic for the men to watch even slightly erotic videos there, with Enomoto and the other young male members getting pretty much driven out of that haven entirely in the end.

Awas.h.i.+ma Seri smiled with a strained smile, Yos.h.i.+no Yayoi looked embarra.s.sed, making it clear that such things were a breach of public morals, and the atmosphere turned into that of disapproval.

That’s when the young male troops, most bitter about it, made a decision: “Fine. We’ll go into hiding then!”

This was what became the reason behind the founding of “archive E”.