Alright, I should probably get on Nightcord now.

<Anyway, Yuki, if you can keep working on those lyrics.>

<Okay.>

<Oh, Enanan? Are you here now?>

<Yeah, how are things going?>

<Basically the same as yesterday.
I'm making adjustments to the song, Yuki's working on the lyrics and Amia the assets.>

<I'll send the assets I'm thinking about using for this song to you a little later, Enanan.>

<Thanks.>

<Oh, that reminds me. You guys were busy preparing for Shibu Schools Fest over at Miya Girls again today, right?>

<Yeah. I finished doing most of the line art for the backgrounds, so we started painting them in today.>

<I knew they'd be big, but each panel is just so massive. Painting even one takes a ton of effort.>

<Oh, are they really that big?>

<Well, they're taller than the teachers...>

<Call it two meters, more or less?>

<Huh? That's specific. How did you know?>

<The wooden panels you're using are the ones that were leaning up against the vending machines by the gym, right?>

<Oh, now that you mention it, they were up against those vending machines during our first prep day.>

<Most vending machines apparently measure about 180 centimeters in height. And those panels seemed a little taller than that...>

<Which is how you arrived on two meters.>

<I see. Yeah, that definitely sounds about right.>

<Oh, then the panels that were brought over today were about three meters tall. They were bigger than those other ones.>

<Whoa, that's huge!>

<To be fair, we're making a whole town, so they sorta need to be big.>

<Yeah, I get that...
But wow, painting all that sure must be tough on you.>

<You're welcome to come help us whenever.>

<Whoa, not so fast!
I'm busy as it is designing costumes with everyone!>

<Don't push yourselves too hard, you two...>

<It's okay for you both to focus on your show while I get this song more sorted.>

<Thanks, K, but I should be fine!>

<Ditto.
We plan on doing a good job both here and over there.>

<Okay...>

<Actually, if you need some extra hands, then why don't you have Yuki and K help?>

<Huh?>

<I don't think I can. I'm already helping with a different show and the exhibition.>

<Oh, okay. How about you, K?>

<Umm...>

<All students who attend a high school located in Shibuya are welcome to participate, yes?>

<Yeah, so you can...>

<Does that include correspondence schools?>

<Oh...>

<So, my teacher was the one who told me about the festival... Did your school not send any notices?>

<I didn't see anything when I looked through my emails the day before yesterday.>

<That sounds like a no to me.>

<You don't have to be so blunt!>

<I'm just telling the truth...
Each school is free to make its own decisions.>

<Still, the three of us are participating, K, so it'd be great to have you join us.>

<I agree, but I don't think there's much we can do about it.>

<...>

<It's really not much, but we could say that you played a small part in the festival, K.>

<Huh?>

<You listened to the songs Hoshino and Tenma wrote in the diner, remember?>

<Yes, but...>

<Oh, right... They said those were written specifically for the Shibu Schools Fest musical.>

<Oh, you ran into them?
Did you give them any advice?>

<Not really advice. Just my thoughts...>

<Cool! That means you're a part of the Shibu Schools Fest family now, K♪>

<I don't know about that...>

<But I'm thinking about going to see the show now. So many of my friends are working on it, after all.>

<Really?! I don't think I'll have anything to do on the day of, so I'll probably be in the audience too. Wanna see it together?>

<Yes, that'd be nice.
How about you, Yuki?>

<I probably won't be too busy. So I should be able to join you.>

<And you, Amia?>

<Hmm... They're gonna need a few of the costume designers to stay backstage, but I should more or less be free.>

<Okay! Then, let's figure out a time to meet when things get closer to festival day!>

<Okay.>

<Now that we know K and Yuki are coming to see the musical, we really gotta do a good job.>

<Thanks, Captain Obvious.>

(I was sure that working on this kind of event would be exhausting and a huge pain...)

(But it's actually been kinda fun.)