On This Holy Night, I Sing - 1: A Merry Christmas

Phoenix Wonderland

Wonder Stage

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Tsukasa

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My dear friends!

Tsukasa

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We are currently ranked third in the Phoenix Show Contest.

Tsukasa

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For a group with so few members performing on such a small stage, this is not a bad result. However! We must aim higher!

Tsukasa

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We're going to put on a show so incredible, it will blow the audience away and send us to the top. Then we'll be featured in a TV commercial... And from there, earn world fame!

Nene

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Moving on...
Can we actually discuss our next show now?

Tsukasa

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Guh... Not listening to me as usual...

Emu

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...

Rui

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Hm? You look lost in thought, Emu.
What's on your mind?

Emu

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Huh? Oh, er... I was just wondering what our next show should be like!

Emu

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What's it going to be? I'd like a razzle-dazzle show that makes everyone go WOW!

Rui

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That's my thinking exactly.
A gripping and glamorous show...

Tsukasa

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Hey, we don't have the time to be toying with vague concepts like that.

Tsukasa

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We're right behind the group in second, but there's a huge gap between us and the top group from the Phoenix Stage.

Emu

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Really? Yikes...! You're right!
It's almost double what we got!

Nene

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Our last show earned us some notoriety, but that's still a huge gap to close if we're going to aim for the top.

Tsukasa

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Precisely. Which is why jabbering about razzle-dazzle or the wow factor won't do us much good!

Tsukasa

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We need to seriously raise the bar and come up with something so exceptional that the audience will go wild!

Tsukasa

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Now, let's come up with some concrete ideas!

Nene

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It's not easy to come up with something on the spot, you know...

Rui

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But if you're all drawing a blank, we might be able to move things along...

Emu

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Huh? Don't tell me you've already got something, Rui!

Tsukasa

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Nice, you never fail to rise to the circumstances!
That's my esteemed director! So, what is it?

Rui

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Tis the season so...
A Christmas show seems like a no-brainer.

Emu & Tsukasa

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A Christmas show?

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Emu

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That's it! I love it! We can have lots of singing and dancing in it too, right?

Emu

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Aaand! One of us could dress up as Santa and give presents to the audience! How about that?

Tsukasa

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Presents? Of course...! We can attach little notes that even say, Please vote for us.

Nene

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That's bribery.

Tsukasa

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R-right...! I'm ashamed of letting such a thought creep into my mind...!

Nene

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Sigh... You don't need to make a big deal about it every time...

Nene

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A Christmas-themed show should draw in a large audience at this time of year, but what sort of performance were you thinking of exactly?

Rui

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Tis season to be jolly, and what better way to express that than by singing? Hence, a musical.

Nene

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A musical?

Rui

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And how does everyone feel about A Merry Christmas for the title?

Tsukasa

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Sounds okay, I guess.

Rui

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Yes, and the plot goes something like this...

Rui

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We have a lonely girl living in an orphanage somewhere, but has never been visited by Santa.

Rui

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She isn't expecting to see him this Christmas either, but...!

Rui

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A young boy, Santa's apprentice, appears at her window.

Rui

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Alas, he's lost his reindeers, and with them, all the presents he was entrusted with.

Rui

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The girl decides to help him out, and so begins their Christmas adventure.

Rui

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That's what I have so far.

Emu

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Oooh! It has a razzle-dazzle factor and makes you go WOW♪

Nene

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Yeah, it sounds like fun.

Tsukasa

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But wait a minute... The main protagonist of this story is that orphan girl, right...?

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Tsukasa

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ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE ME BE A LITTLE GIRL?!

Nene

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How did you even arrive at that conclusion...?

Rui

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We'll have two protagonists, the girl and Santa's apprentice.

Rui

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I was thinking of having Tsukasa play as the apprentice and Nene as the girl.

Nene

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What, me...?!

Nene

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Why not Emu? She's probably much better for this...

Rui

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This show will reach its climax during the scene where the girl sings.

Rui

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You've been starring in musicals since you were little, so I thought you'd be the perfect fit.

Nene

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But me as the heroine...
I'm not sure if I...

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Emu

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This is great, Nene! We'll get to hear your amazing singing♪

Nene

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Wait, I haven't agreed to anything yet...

Emu

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Huh? You don't want to?

Emu

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But I really want to hear you sing♪
I love your singing voice sooo much!

Nene

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Um... Th-Thanks...

Tsukasa

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Besides, we might both be leads, but I am the one that's going to steal the spotlight in the end!

Nene

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By jumping around and being obnoxious?

Tsukasa

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H-Hey, that's rude! Don't get so cocky just because you have a singing role!

Rui

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Hehe. How about it, Nene?

Rui

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I'm sure you'll do great, and the others seem to share my opinion.

Nene

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Sigh...

Nene

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(If it's a musical, it should be fine...)

Nene

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Okay. I'll do it...

Emu

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Yay! Rui, what do I get to be?
Can I be a reindeer?

Rui

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For you I have the role of a child eagerly awaiting her Christmas presents. I'll be playing a minor role as well.

Rui

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Once I'm done testing Robo-Nene, it should be ready to perform in the show as well. We're all going to be in it.

Emu

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Okay♪

Tsukasa

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Right! Let's get to work on this!
We're going to make it to the top this time!

Emu

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Let's do this! Wonderhoy!

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