*SHINODA FAMILY DINER - VENUS FORT - ODAIBA - TOKYO*
MARI: "The Nijigasaki girls were as free-spirited as ever!"
KANAN: "Like, Kanata was even napping in the middle of practice."
DIA: "It's quite a skill to be able to sleep at the drop of a pin. I rather envy her."
KANAN: "That's totally a skill I'd want on nights where it's hard to sleep."
DIA: *Chuckle* "Indeed."
MARI: "All-righty then. Let's do our final checks in preparation for tomorrow.
No problems with entry and things to take with us, right?"
DIA: "None whatsoever."
KANAN: "Let's do a run-through to check our finalized dance routine.
We made a lot of changes along the way, so it'd probably be a good idea for all of us to check it one last time."
MARI: "Can I see that videa for a sec? Let's see... Here. This bit with the turn."
DIA: "What about it?"
MARI: "It kinda bugs me a little. Like it's ever-so-slightly out of sync or something..."
KANAN: "There's a park near the hotel, isn't there? Should we go there to see how the choreography looks?"
DIA: "Let's do just that."
KANAN: "Oh! This step here. Mari and I need to be extra careful about it. Let's double-check this part too."
DIA: "Final checks are important, but lets remember to carry them out in moderation.
We must get a proper night's sleep, and more importantly we must not let history repeat itself."
MARI: "At last... We finally get to return to those dreams of our first-year selves."
KANAN: "I never thought the day would come."
DIA: "Let us be grateful that the day has arrived and ensure that we turn this challenge of ours into strength for Aqours.
...The Original Aqours!"
MARI: "Yes!"
KANAN: "Yeah!"
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*THE NEXT DAY*
*TOKYO OPERA CITY TOWER - SHINJUKU - TOKYO*
MARI: "..."
KANAN: "..."
DIA: "..."
AQOURS 1.0: "'G Senjou no Cinderella'!"
...
AKI: "Mariiiiii! Kanaaaaan! Diaaaaaaa! GAH! *Huff* *Pant* I'm here..."
MARI: *Giggle* "Calm down, now, Rainbow Student. You might hurt yourself running like that."
AKI: "But! But! That was incredible! The three of you... The original Aqours... As a trio you're amazing!"
KANAN: "Thanks. Hearing that from you makes me really happy. I think we pulled off a performance we can be happy about too."
AKI: "The three of you created your own world. One entirely different from the current Aqours. Even after seeing you as Sub-Units, I've never seen anything quite like this before! I was so enthralled that I couldn't look away!"
DIA: "I suppose you could say that our challenge was a success."
AKI: "A huge success! Congrats on your win! And congrats on passing your Aqours Challenge!"