*THE NEXT DAY*
*SCHOOL IDOL CLUBROOM - NIJIGASAKI HIGH SCHOOL - ODAIBA - TOKYO*
Really feels like I'm the only one who actually shows up now.
What has the School Idol Club become a cheap pair of slippers that people can just slip into and then take off?
I've done the cleaning today, and I'm making our training schedule more intense for them to make up for all of this...
*SLAM*
LANZHU: "Hey! Is anyone here?!"
AKI: "Lanzhu? Finally someone showed up! And my new Vice-President of all people! Hm? Hey, what's wrong?"
LANZHU: "Big trouble! It's an absolute emergency! Quick, you have to come with me!"
AKI: "Well, it must be a big emergency if you're speaking in the first person."
...
*SYMBOL PROMENADE PARK - ODAIBA - TOKYO*
AKI: "So what is the-?"
LANZHU: "Shh! Be quiet! Look over there!"
AKI: "You're the one being loud here..."
LANZHU: "Shh! Be quiet! Lanzhu is serious! Slowly, now... We've gotta be sneaky! SNEAKY!"
AKI: "You're about as subtle as a bull in a Chi-"
*CHIRP* *CHIRP*
AKI: "Chirping? I hear...chirping?"
LANZHU: "Exactly! It's that tiny round thing!"
AKI: "It's called a chick. Wait, what?! It's a baby chick! It looks a little young to be leaving the nest, though. It looks like it can't even fly yet..."
LANZHU: "What's the matter, is it stupid?"
AKI: "No! Perhaps it fell out of the nest?"
LANZHU: "She's been like that ever since Lanzhu found her. Lanzhu would like to watch over her until her mama comes."
AKI: "Okay, sure."
...
*TEN MINUTES LATER*
AKI: "...No sign of her parents yet."
But I'm just glad that no birds have come to attack me.
...Yet.
LANZHU: "And her voice has gotten so much quieter..."
AKI: "Yeah."
LANZHU: "Come on, baby bird! Your parents won't hear you if you're not loud enough! You can't give up now!"
AKI: "It's strange that they haven't come back after all this time. Hang on, I'm going to go look up what to do in this kind of situation."
LANZHU: "Do it fast! She's... Her chirping's getting weaker!"
AKI: "I'm working on it!"
LANZHU: "Captain, we really can't leave her like this any longer..."
AKI: "Let's bring her back to the Clubroom for now. I looked up a local vet, too."
LANZHU: "Sounds like a plan!"
...
*SCHOOL IDOL CLUBROOM - NIJIGASAKI HIGH SCHOOL - ODAIBA - TOKYO*
LANZHU: "It looks like she's asleep. She must've tired herself out with all that chirping."
AKI: "You did a great job finding her, Lanzhu."
LANZHU: "Heh heh! Thanks Captain! Lanzhu really did a great job, didn't she?"
AKI: "I just said that... Okay, sure.
Still, this baby bird has pretty good luck, given that you found her.
She doesn't seem to have been injured either, which is a huge relief."
LANZHU: "Lanzhu's...going to take full responsibility."
AKI: "Huh?"
LANZHU: "Until this little one recovers... No, Lanzhu's going to raise her up to be a magnificent bird!"
AKI: "Y-You will?!"
LANZHU: "Lanzhu will! She won't let this little bird have a troubled upbringing like she did!"
AKI: *Sigh* "Lanzhu, you can't even look after yourself. How can you raise a bird?"
LANZHU: "Please, Captain! All Lanzhu is asking for is a chance!"
AKI: "Fine... It's you're responsibility, not mine. My conscience is clear. I'm going to go do some Student Council work."