Part 1

One night
Mizuki's Room
1
Mizuki
<Hey, K, Yuki.>
2
Mafuyu
<Hello...>
3
Kanade
<Did you eat already, Amia?>
4
Mizuki
<Yup, I'm all fueled up♪
How about you, K?>
5
Kanade
<I literally just got back from having dinner.>
6
Mafuyu
<That just leaves Enanan...>
7
Mizuki
<It's ten til 25:00, so I'm sure she'll be here in about five minutes.>
8
Mizuki
(Come to think of it, Ena's been logging in later and later recently...)
9
Mizuki
(What if she's...?)
10
Mafuyu
<About Enanan...
She hasn't been logging in early at all lately.>
11
Mizuki
Huh...?
12
Mizuki
<Whoa, freaky...
I was just thinking the same thing.>
13
Mizuki
<And I was wondering if she's... Well...>
14
Kanade
<If she's...?>
15
Mafuyu
<Stuck drawing her illustration?>
16
Mizuki
<Yeah, that!>
17
Mizuki
<It's like she always logs into Nightcord right at 25:00 whenever she's really having trouble with an illustration, you know?>
18
Mafuyu
<Yes, I see a correlation as well...>
19
Kanade
<Oh, I had no idea...>
20
Mizuki
<And when she's really in a slump, she hardly ever speaks even when she's online.>
21
Mizuki
<She's probably telling herself to finish drawing faster somehow...>
22
Kanade
<Oh, I think I know what you mean...>
23
Mizuki
<On the flip side, she'll talk nonstop whenever she's on a roll or feels good about what she's drawn.>
24
Mizuki
<In Enanan's case, a picture's only worth a thousand words only when she's able to draw the darn thing, right?>
25
Kanade
<...?>
26
Mafuyu
<...>
27
Mizuki
<Uh, swing and a miss...?
That joke sounded funnier in my head...>
28
Kanade
<What joke?>
29
Mafuyu
<How a picture's worth a thousand words.>
30
Mafuyu
<But in Enanan's case, her ability to talk is dependent on whether or not she's drawn said picture...>
31
Mizuki
<U-Um, Yuki...
Can I die from embarrassment now that you've thoroughly dissected my joke?>
32
Kanade
<I'm sorry, Amia.
It's my fault for not getting it.>
33
Mizuki
<No, don't worry about it.>
34
Mizuki
(I guess I can't really crack jokes like that without Ena and her reactions...)
35
Mizuki
<I-In any case, we've established that Enanan's mood varied depending on how her illustrations are going.>
36
Mafuyu
<Wouldn't it be better for her to focus on her art instead of talking so much...?>
37
Mizuki
<Ngh...!
You're so right that it pains me to hear it...>
38
Kanade
<...>
39
Kanade
<Oh, it's already past 25:00.>
40
Mizuki
<You're right...>
41
Mizuki
(Where could Ena be...?)
42
Ena
<Sorry for running late!>
43
Mizuki
<Hey, Enanan!
Did school get out late today?>
44
Ena
<No, I was working offline and got so focused that I lost track of what time it was...>
45
Kanade
<That's okay. I do the same thing from time to time.>
46
Kanade
<Anyway, let's see how we're all doing...>
The next day
47
Mizuki
(Oh, Ena's already logged in...)
48
Mizuki
<Heya♪ What's up, everyone?>
49
Mafuyu
<Hello...>
50
Mizuki
<Hi.
Wait, where's Enanan?>
51
Mafuyu
<She said she wants to focus and put herself on mute until 25:00.>
52
Mizuki
<Okay...>
53
Mizuki
(She said yesterday that she's gonna have her draft ready by today, so does that mean everything's going okay for her?)
54
Mizuki
(But I'm still pretty worried...)
55
Kanade
<Hello? Are we all here...?>
56
Mafuyu
<Yes...>
57
Ena
<Hey, I'm here too.>
58
Mizuki
<Cool, we're all on time!>
59
Kanade
<Alright, shall we get started?>
60
Ena
<Oh, can I have a minute before we do...?>
61
Ena
<I'm kinda stuck thinking about what to do with the rough draft for our next song. Mind taking a look at it?>
62
Mizuki
(I knew it...)
63
Mizuki
<Yeah, I'll take a look!>
64
Mizuki
(Times like these, it's easier for us to come up with ideas when we put our heads together.)