My dear friends!

We are currently ranked third in the Phoenix Show Contest.

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

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!

Moving on...

Can we actually discuss our next show now?

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

...

Hm? You look lost in thought, Emu.

What's on your mind?

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

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

That's my thinking exactly.

A gripping and glamorous show...

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

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

Really? Yikes...! You're right!

It's almost double what we got!

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nice, you never fail to rise to the circumstances!

That's my esteemed director! So, what is it?

Tis the season so...

A Christmas show seems like a no-brainer.

A Christmas show?

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

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

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

That's bribery.

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

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

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?

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

A musical?

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

Sounds okay, I guess.

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

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

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

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

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

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

That's what I have so far.

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

Yeah, it sounds like fun.

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

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

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

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

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

What, me...?!

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

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

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

But me as the heroine...

I'm not sure if I...

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

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

Huh? You don't want to?

But I really want to hear you sing♪

I love your singing voice sooo much!

Um... Th-Thanks...

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

By jumping around and being obnoxious?

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

Hehe. How about it, Nene?

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

Sigh...

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

Okay. I'll do it...

Yay! Rui, what do I get to be?

Can I be a reindeer?

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

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.

Okay♪

Right! Let's get to work on this!

We're going to make it to the top this time!

Let's do this! Wonderhoy!