Today's finally the day!

Time flew by so fast...!

But we were solid during rehearsals. All that's left to do is to blow everyone away♪

Yup! Let's make our performance really really wonderhoy!

Yeah, time to win it all!
Le Lion, here we come!

Yeah!!

Sorry to interrupt, but the teachers said that this is the only place we can practice before we go on stage.

Would it be okay if we leave these boxes here? They have our costumes and stuff in them.

Yes, of course.
Here, I'll move my drums to give you some space.

I'll help you, Honami!

Thank you, Emu.

Thank you so much. We'll try to stack them so they don't take up too much space.

And... Up you go...
Let's see... One, two three, four...
Okay, why don't we throw this last one up there too?

Are you sure? It might fall over...

It's a common practice area, so we don't have much of a choice. We can't hog this space, so... Up you... Oh no!

Hona! Emu! Watch out!

Huh...?!

Honami! Emu! Are you okay?!

I... I think so...

Mochizuki, I'm so sorry!
Are you sure you're okay?!

I got out of the way just in time. Luckily, Saki was there to warn us.

More importantly, the drums...

Oh no...
The head got torn...

What?! No!
Does that mean we can't use it now...?!

I... I'm so sorry...!
I didn't mean to...

No, really, it's okay!
We'll figure something out. You two should go back to getting ready for your own presentation.

Mochizuki...

What do we do...?

There's only one set in the whole lodge, right...?

No... Isn't there anything we can do? We won't be able to perform without that!

I...

(We'd finally figured out what to do and practiced so much to get it just right...)

(Wait, I know...)

I'll go ask the teachers to see if we can borrow another drum kit. Please wait here in the meantime...!

H-Hona?!

Oh, excuse me...!

Ah, Mochizuki.
You seem like you're in a big hurry. Is everything alright?

Well, no, the drum kit we were going to use for our performance accidentally broke...

It did?
I hope no one got hurt...

Luckily, nobody did. However, we heard that there was only one drum kit available here, and were wondering if we could borrow another one from somewhere else...

Would that be possible?

Understood...
I'll try talking to someone I know at one of the schools nearby. Would you mind waiting while I call them?

Yes, of course. Thank you very much...!

They said we could borrow another drum kit!

Really?!

Yes, a teacher managed to get a hold of an acquaintance from a nearby school and asked them if we could.

Thank goodness!

But they also said that it would take about 40 minutes to go there, get it and come back...

Wh-What do we do...?!

Hey, what are you all doing here? It's about to start, you know...?

Oh, Shiho!

We have a slight emergency on our hands...

And now you have no drums...
But doesn't your group go last?

Y-Yes...

But we wouldn't make it back in time even if we went out and get it right now...

You can't perform without it, right? I say go and get it.

Because you're going last, we might be able to get the teachers to add a quick intermission to buy you some time.

Oh, that might be the answer...

But we'll have to ask each teacher and group since it's probably going to affect the rest of today's schedule.

Right...
But I'm for your idea, Shiho.

Okay, I'll stay here and do everything I can to buy us as much time as possible!

Me too! We can work together, Emu!

Yup!

Okay, I'll help Honami find a way to get that drum kit over here. I'm sure you'll need an extra set of hands.

Thank you all so much...!
Then we should get going, Kohane!

Right!

Come back safe, okay?

I'll do what I can to help too, since my group isn't on until later.

Thank you so much, Shiho!

Okay, it's brainstorming time! Let's buy Honami and Kohane as much time as we can!

Hmm... I'm starting to think that an intermission won't give us enough time. What do you think?

You might be right. I'm guessing they're going to need around 15 minutes to carry something like that back...

Yeah, it wouldn't really be a quick intermission then, would it...?

I have a feeling that everyone would be okay with it, but I'd feel so bad about making them wait for that long.

Unless, we can come up with something to do during that time...

<Emu! Emu!
Can I ask you something really quick?>

M-Miku...?!

Hm? Is something wrong, Emu?

Oh, uh... I think someone's calling me...! Sorry, I'll be right back...!

Okay, we should be fine here. You want to ask me something, Miku...?

<About that.
*Whisper*>

Oh, okay... Yeah, that sounds super fun! I might actually be able to if you're there to help me, Miku...!

I'll go tell Saki right now!

Saki! Shiho!
I got an amazing idea!

You do?

We just need to come up with a second performance!

Huh...?

Emu, they gave us the green light!

After I explained our situation to them, they said we could have a 10-minute break and a 5-minute slot for our second performance.

Also, here.
That other group said that you could borrow their props, Otori.

Wow, thanks!
I'll make sure to thank them after we're done!

It's going to be my first time, so I'm not sure if I'll be able to do it right... But I'll try my best!

Yeah, let's make it a big success!

Oh, you're almost up...

Okay, wish us luck!

Thank you so much, Shiho!
Here we go!

Break a leg, you two...