*SCHOOL IDOL CLUBROOM - NIJIGASAKI HIGH SCHOOL - ODAIBA - TOKYO*
HONOKA: "Hi, guys!"
ELI: "Here we are. It's been a while, hasn't it?"
RIN: "Yoohoo! Wow, it's the Nijigasaki Clubroom, nya!"
RINA: "Wow, Rin's so hyper."
RIN: "It's just so exciting to go to someone else's school!"
HONOKA: "I know, right?! I wanna just poke my nose all over!"
NICO: "It's not like we haven't been here before. Can't you guys chill for two seconds? All that squealing is gonna result in an image downgrade for μ's!"
MIA: "They're not the only ones making a racket."
LANZHU: "Aww... All Lanzhu wanted was one autograph!"
YU: "Yeah, one autograph! Or maybe...nine?"
SHIORIKO: "Please behave yourselves, this is an important matter of business to attend to."
LANZHU, YU: "Fine, we will..."
KARIN: "Looks like you're all the same as ever too."
UMI: "I'm so sorry, I told them not to make too much noise."
KARIN: "It'll be fine, if it gets too loud I'll just put some of that spiritual training to good use."
UMI: "Yes, I hope you have been maintaining those exercises regularly."
KARIN: "Yeah, even if they can be a little tough."
AKI: "Well, I think that's all of us, so let's get this School Idol Festival Planning Committee meeting started!"
HONOKA: "Hey, Aki?"
AKI: "Yes, Honoka?"
HONOKA: "Where's Liella!...?"
AKI: "Not invited."
CHIKA: "Really? But they're on the Main Stage, too. So, shouldn't their voices be heard?"
AKI: "They're plenty loud already, all they've been doing lately is running their mouths.
Plus, school idol fans have been reporting they've been seen training in Hokkaido."
RUBY: "Hokkaido?!"
AKI: "Mm-hm. I didn't want to think about it, but it looks like it's true. Liella! are going to battle Saint Snow."
CHIKA: "What?!"
RUBY: "Leah..."
DIA: "The moment Sarah asked us for help, and that someone as introverted as Leah would fly to Tokyo alone... I knew something didn't seem quite right."
HONOKA: "Aki and I found her standing outside the UTX building. But before we could talk to her, Aki's mom stepped in to help her."
AYUMU: "Aiko?"
AKI: "Yeah, that woman... She let Leah stay the night and sent her on a flight back to Hakodate the next day.
I left her my number, but I haven't heard anything from her."
CHIKA: "Don't worry, if it's Saint Snow we're talking about, they won't go down without a fight!"
NICO: "We thought the same about A-RISE, but look how that turned out."
HANAYO: "N-Nico?!"
NICO: "What, it's true, isn't it?"
MAKI: "Sometimes it's best to say nothing at all..."
NICO: "Don't you start!"
RUBY: "Pigiii..."
HANAMARU: "Stay strong, Ruby. Leah will be okay, zura."
RUBY: "Hanamaru..."
AKI: "Anyway, we're straying off-topic. That stuff is Liella! and Saint Snow's business."
ELI: "Exactly. And even if Liella! were in Tokyo right now, I don't want to see them."
MAKI: "...Eh?"
NOZOMI: "Eli-chi, that's a little unlike you to say something like that. Is everything okay?"
ELI: "Oh? I'm fine. Let's begin our meeting."
AKI: "Very well, as Chairman of the School Idol Festival Planning Committee, I declare this meeting...open!"