Time for lunch!
Should I go to the clubroom to eat lunch today? I think we're almost at 1000 volunteers... I really wanna know...
I'll invite Ayu, too.
...
AKI: "Ayu!"
AYUMU: "Oh? I was just about to head over to your classroom, but here you are."
AKI: "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."
AKI: "Yeah, you totally get it!"
AYUMU: "I know that Shiro and Yu have already signed up. They let me know first thing!"
AKI: "Yeah... Okay, let's go."
...
AKI: "Oh? 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!"
AKI: "So what is it up to now?"
RINA: "We haven't looked yet."
KASUMI: "Hiiiii, Senpaiiiiii! You should know that I was the first one here!
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."
AKI: "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?"
AKI: "This isn't a dream. Our goal is about to become our reality."
SETSUNA: "Oh! Another three people just signed up... Wait, another four too!"
AKI: "It's not just the work we've done. After the meeting we had the other day, the members of µ'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 1000 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!"
AKI: "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 performing on the main stage 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!"
AKI: "If the number freezes at 998, I will not be happy..."
AI: "Oh, 999! Just one more!"
RINA: "I'm so nervous my heart is aching."
KASUMI: "Come on, just one more person!"
AKI: "Oh! W-We did it... 1000 people... We met our goal! Heh...heh....HAHAHA! VICTORY!!!"
EVERYONE: "Yaaaaaaaay!"
KASUMI: "Heheh. Get a load of that, Shioko! We got all the volunteers we needed practically in no time! That's proof of what we can do!"
SETSUNA: "Should we go and report this to Shioriko after school?"
AKI: "Yeah, let's do it! She'll uphold her end of the bargain and give us all the help we need!"