Oh, good morning!
Morning!
Did you catch that show last night?
Sneaky sneak...
Hmm... What's taking Tsukasa so long?
Emu, wait.
People are gonna see you if you stick your head out like that.
You can always look at my drone's footage if you want to see what he's doing. I brought a bigger tablet along just for that purpose today.
Okay!
(I really hope our idea ends up working.)
Here's my idea! Tsukasa's probably got himself twisted up in knots because he's thinking really, really hard about this, right?
Instead of just telling him what we've been doing, I was thinking that we could make it more fun somehow♪
More fun?
Yeah☆ I mean, spinach always tastes better after you cook and season it, right?
You're not wrong, but...
Wait, what's that got to do with this?
Hehe. In other words, you think we should go the extra mile for him.
Yup! So, I wanna try...
Okay, this is usually when Tsukasa arrives at school... Ah, speaking of which...
Oh, he's here!
But he's still making that face...
I'm guessing he was thinking about Thorpe the entire way over.
I have to agree.
From here, we'll pursue him to the front entrance using the drone.
*Sigh*
I can't think of anything that Thorpe and I have in common...
But I have to find something.
I'll take a look at the original story again after I head up to class.
Gwah! Wh-Why's my shoe locker full of party poppers...?!
Hm? There's something green and leafy in the back.
What is this? A vegetable? But it feels like a bundle of paper... I thought it might be real for a second there...
Hehe. That's because I took the time to make that notepad look like real spinach.
I'd be covered in goosebumps if I ever found anything like that in my shoe locker...
Was there actually any point in making it look that real...?
Hey! Tsukasa's flipping through it!
Hm...?
This leafy green bundle of paper... Is it supposed to be a notebook?!
Let's see...
“Sergeant ☆ Spinach ☆ Reporting ☆ In! From Emu, Nene and Rui.”
Hahaha. Now I understand. It's supposed to be spinach. No, this still doesn't make any sense...!
Hm? Wait...
Spinach? Reporting in...?
Oh, now I get it!
This is their way of telling me what they've been doing!
And they went through the trouble of putting this together.
Alright, under “Report” they have...
I see. They've made some adjustments to their lines, and changed some of the timing for when they enter and exit the stage...
Yay! Tsukasa just smiled!
Looks like he realized that it's from us.
“Report: Practices are going well.
We're currently working on the middle scenes.”
Ah, it sounds like they're doing just fine.
Next, changes.
“We plan on changing the timing for when the squirrels appear to hear Thorpe play, as well as where they stand on stage. We'll let you know once we've come to a decision.”
Understood.
We'll probably need to make further adjustments once we meet back up too.
Alright, that just leaves the discussion section... H-Huh...? What's with this drawing?
Is it an apple?
But it isn't red... This color means it must be a pear!
A green pear...?
Like a green light to keep going because there's nothing else to discuss!
They're getting things done during practice without me present.
Alright, that means I need to keep trying my best too.
It worked, Emu.
He actually smiled.
Yeah!
“Operation Smiling Spinach” was a big success♪
Oh no! I need to go...!
Nene! Rui!
Thanks for helping me with this!
(Tsukasa, this is about all we can do for you right now...)
(But we're hoping that you'll come back to us soon!)