| *splash* |
| Azami | Oh, that was a wild leap. |
| Misumi | Amazing, ah-mazing~! |
| Homare | Oooh, so Negitoro-kun’s specialty is jumping over hurdles. |
| Yuki | Oh… that’s pretty good. |
| Izumi | (The other two teams were able to get along with the penguins and they seem to be doing well in their categories too.) |
| Staff | Let’s start by having Ikura practice getting used to the water. |
| Muku | Yes. |
| Sakuya | Well then, Ikura, let’s head toward the water together. |
| Ikura | …… |
| Yuki | That no-good penguin is intentionally ignoring you. |
| Azami | He hasn’t moved an inch from that spot. |
| Staff | There’s no other way then… please steel yourself and push him towards the pool from behind while trying to block any escape routes. |
| Muku | U- understood…! |
| Sakuya | Sorry, Ikura. One, two…! |
| Ikura | ──! |
| Muku | H-, heavy…! |
| Sakuya | A- are penguins this heavy…!? |
| Homare | That’s right! Why don’t you jump in time with my poem? Your heart should lighten, and you should be able to jump in comfortably! |
| Wonderful pool, the splash is sparkling sharanra, happy jumping then, one two three! |
| Ikura | …… |
| Misumi | “Don’t recite meaningless poems,” he says~. |
| Azami | Wait, he can understand poems? |
| Izumi | Uuh, what if we try getting him used to it in a shallow tub or bucket for now…? |
| Muku | That’s a good idea! Then, let’s fill this bucket with water… |
| Ikura | …… |
| Yuki | …It ended with him just drinking the water from the bucket. |
| Sakuya | Then, Ikura, won’t you eat this over here? Alright, here you go. |
| Ikura | …… |
| Homare | Hmm, he turned away again…. |
| Staff | Let’s call it a day for now. |
| Izumi | O- of course. Thank you and see you next time. |
| Sakuya | …… |
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| Sakuya | …… |
| Muku | Ah, Sakuya-kun. There you are. |
| Tsuzuru-san just said that the script is done. |
| Sakuya | Really? A script that was supervised by you – I’m looking forward to it. |
| Muku | Tsuzuru-san basically thought it up, and I just lent a little bit of help, but… |
| I hope the staff and guests will be able to enjoy it too. |
| Sakuya | You’re right. …And Ikura as well. |
| Muku | Yeah. I wonder if Ikura-kun’s alright… |
| Sakuya | Since then, we’ve tried to practice together a few times, but he’s not really taking to us… |
| Muku | I… researched all sorts of things about penguins from the internet or that encyclopedia from the other day. |
| When they’re happy, they screw up their eyes, and when they’re mad, they glare angrily… |
| And when the penguins flap their wings, it’s supposedly a display of affection. |
| Sakuya | I haven’t seen anything that would make Ikura flap his wings… |
| Muku | If anything, there might have been more instances of him glaring… |
| Sakuya | …… |
| Muku | …… |
