Ch. 15 Ep. 3: 1,000 on Our Side!
The members of ÎĽ's, Aqours, and Nijigasaki are getting increasingly fired up about finding volunteers to hold the School Idol Festival. Curious about how many volunteers you have, you decide to have lunch in the clubroom.
Player
Time for lunch!
Player
(Should I go to the clubroom to eat lunch today? I think we're almost at 1,000 volunteers… I really wanna know…)
Player
(I'll invite Ayumu, too…)
[Fade in/out.]
Player
Ayumu!
Ayumu
Oh? I was just about to head over to your classroom, but here you are.
Player
Yup! I wanted to invite you to have lunch outside the classroom today.
Ayumu
Let me guess… In the clubroom? This morning we had over 850 volunteer sign-ups, so I did want to check on the number over lunch.
Player
Yeah, you totally get it!
[Fade in/out.]
Player
Huh? Everyone's already here?
Emma
*Giggle* Looks like it!
Ai
We all had the same idea!
Kanata
The two of you wanted to know the latest number of volunteers, right?
Ayumu
And you guys did too?
Setsuna
Yep! I've been so curious all day.
Ayumu
*Laugh* Same as us then!
Player
So what is it up to now?
Rina
We haven't looked yet.
Kasumi
Hiii! You should know that I was the first one here!
Kasumi
I was about to check the site when Karin showed up, and then everyone else came too.
Karin
We were just saying that we're only missing you and Ayumu.
Player
Ooh, I see. For us all to be here…
Kasumi
Kinda gives you a sense of foreboding, right?
Rina
That's not quite it…
Shizuku
I'd say it's more like our hearts are linked, right?
Karin
It really feels like we're connected!
Kanata
Like we're all one, and it makes me kinda happy!
Ai
Okay, since we're all together, let's check the site!
Emma
Ooh, I'm so nervous…
Kasumi
Here it is! Let's see… Wait, what? Whaaaaatttt?!
Rina
We're at 982… Wow…
Ayumu
That's way more than it was this morning… And we still have so much time before the deadline we agreed to with Shioriko.
Shizuku
My eyes aren't playing tricks on me, right?
Kanata
Oh no, what if we're all dreaming the same dream?
Player
It's not a dream… It looks like we might actually be on track to meet our goal today!
Setsuna
Oh! Another three people just signed up… wait, another four too!
Player
After the meeting we had the other day, the members of ÎĽ's and Aqours promoted the event all over for us. You can really tell that the word is getting out.
Ai
Ooh, another five people! Now we're at 994… Just six people left.
Karin
What if we hit 1,000 during lunch?
Rina
There's a high possibility. Rina-chan Board says, “Tremble!”
Shizuku
I'm so excited I can't eat my lunch!
Emma
Now it's at 995… Just five left!
Player
Let's all watch together as we hit our goal!
Setsuna
We're really going to be able to hold the School Idol Festival!
Ayumu
Our dream of getting to be on the same stage as ÎĽ's and Aqours is really coming true!
Kasumi
It's not just coming true, we made this happen ourselves! We worked together to make our dream a reality!
Kanata
Right!
Ai
Oh, 999! Just one more!
Rina
I'm so nervous my heart is aching.
Kasumi
Come on, just one more person!
Player
Oh!
Player
W-We did it… A thousand people… We met our goal!
Everyone
Yaaaaaaay!
Kasumi
Heheh. Get a load of that, Shioko! We got all the volunteers we needed practically overnight! That's proof of what we can do!
Setsuna
Should we go and report this to Shioriko after school?
Player
Yeah, let's do it! I bet she'll give us all the help we need now!
[Fade in/out.]
Shioriko
I see, you've gathered enough volunteers. Congratulations. The next step will be to invite everyone who applied to an info session.
Kasumi
What? That's it?
Shioriko
Were you expecting something else?
Kasumi
No, just… I mean, I thought you'd be a bit more surprised, or upset, or tell us we did a good job… You know, any sort of emotional reaction.
Shioriko
Did you want me to have a breakdown over it or something?
Kasumi
W-Well… I did kind of want to see that.
Setsuna
It's all right, Kasumi. Things still worked out. Now that we have Shioriko's approval, we can start thinking about what we need to do next!
Karin
Hmm, I guess this settles the issue of where our venue will be.
Ai
We've come so far already, now all that's left is to zoom to the finish line!
Player
We've gotta hold an info session for our volunteers right away! We'll go get started on that right now, Shioriko.
Shioriko
All right.
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