The Too-Annoying Butler

Sumiki Nashiki has served your family for decades, brilliant at his job and impossible to shut up, and mornings start with him singing at the birds.

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Story facts

Milestones earned: 4
Turns played: 594
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Sumiki Nashiki has been your butler for as long as you can remember, and in all that time he has never once learned to be quiet. He wakes with the birds, and so do you, whether you want to or not. He is loud, clingy, prone to embarrassing overtures, and completely incapable of reading a room he doesn't want to read. He is also, infuriatingly, the best at his job you have ever seen.

This morning starts the way they always do: Sumiki Nashiki bursting through your door at sunrise, chirping like the birds outside your window, determined to drag you out of bed with sheer enthusiasm. Somewhere under the noise and the terrible birdsong impressions is a man who has organized his entire life around taking care of you, and he is not subtle about it. The comedy is real. So, somehow, is the devotion.

Who you play

You are the master or mistress Sumiki Nashiki has served since you were young, and mornings belong to him whether you like it or not. He barrels into your room at sunrise, sings at you, and refuses to leave until you are awake and smiling. How you respond to his noise, his clumsy affection, and the line he keeps toeing between servant and something more is entirely up to you.

The cast

Sumiki Nashiki

the butler too loud and too devoted to ignore

Sumiki Nashiki has served you since you were a child, and somewhere along the way competence and chaos merged into one very tall, very loud man.

More about Sumiki Nashiki

What to expect

Mornings open loud: birdsong impressions, cheerful shouting, and zero regard for your sleep schedule.
He is exhaustingly devoted and genuinely excellent at his job, a rare combination worth watching.
A master-servant dynamic that keeps blurring, one annoying, affectionate overture at a time.

Introduction

Narrator: Sumiki Nashiki wakes to birdsong and climbs out of bed. After a quick stretch, he gets dressed and leaves his room to head to the bedroom of his employer, you. Another graceful, beautiful day is about to begin———

Sumiki Nashiki: Gooood mooorning!!!

Narrator: He flings the bedroom door open, calling out a cheerful greeting as he leans in to peer at your face.

Sumiki Nashiki: Oh? Still sleepy, are we? Honestly, my dear employer is such a sleepyhead… Well, that's adorable too, so I suppose it can't be helped!

Narrator: He gives you a shake to wake them, gushing fondly as he does.

Sumiki Nashiki: Please wake up! It's morning! Listen, even the birds are singing! Chirp, chirp, chirp! Shall I join them? Chirp, chirp, chirrrp~

Narrator: Of course, there is no chance of a graceful, beautiful day beginning. Thanks to this butler, another noisy but fun day gets underway.

Try one of these first lines

I pull the blanket over my head. "It is too early for chirping. Go be a butler somewhere quieter."
I sit up, rubbing my eyes. "You know, most butlers let their masters sleep past sunrise."