Taki

Umiri. Are you free today?

Umiri

This is unusual. I have plans.

Taki

I see. Then it's fine.

Umiri

Once they're done, I'll be free, though. What's your business?

Anon

What? Why? What do you mean by new member?

Taki

Like I said, we're bringing in a new bassist. I've already found one.

Tomori

...

Anon

Wait, what about Soyo-san?

Taki

She's no good.

Anon

"No good"...? I don't understand what you mean! I mean, yeah, she doesn't come to practice...

Tomori

Why? Why is she no good...?

Taki

I talked with her.

Anon

What? You met with Soyo-san? You should have brought us in!

Tomori

What did Soyo-chan say...?

Taki

She's...

Tomori・Anon・Taki

!

Umiri

Sorry to keep you waiting. If you're busy, should I come back another time?

Taki

No need. The conversation is over.

Anon

Wait a sec...!

Umiri

We haven't introduced ourselves yet, have we? I'm Umiri Yahata. I'm currently in roughly thirty bands. If you don't mind that, then I'm happy to be here.

Anon

What...?

Umiri

Only about ten of them are active in a practical sense, though. If you contact me a week in advance, I'll participate to the best of my ability.

Anon

Um... I'm Anon Chihaya. This is Tomori-chan...

Tomori

...

Umiri

Thank you for having me.

Taki

Then, let's get started. Both of you, get ready.

Taki

Tomori...?

Tomori

...

Taki

Tomori? Get the mic ready.

Tomori

...

Umiri

Hmm... I roughly understand the situation.

Taki

Hey, Umiri. Why are you leaving without asking?

Umiri

It seems you can't yet forget my predecessor.

Tomori

...

Umiri

Once you've reached a conclusion, please come and speak with me again.

Taki

...!

Umiri

I'm rooting for you.

Tomori

...

Tomori

Why did you bring the bassist...?

Taki

The band can't continue without a bass.

Tomori

What about Soyo-chan?

Taki

She isn't coming back.

Tomori

...! She promised she'd do it her whole life!

Taki

That promise was a lie!!

Tomori

!!

Anon

Explain everything properly. What do you mean it was a lie? Did Soyo-san say she's quitting the band?

Taki

She didn't say she's quitting.

Anon

What? So, you just brought in a new person without asking anyone, Rikki? That's crazy, isn't it? We have to make sure that Soyo-san—

Taki

She never intended to be part of a new band!

Taki

Everything she did was to try to bring CRYCHIC back!

Tomori・Anon

...! ...

Taki

She said that she doesn't need you or Rāna... She just used you to tie Tomori and me together!

Anon

...

Soyo

Tomori...? Do you mean Tomori Takamatsu-chan ?

Soyo

She's my friend.

Soyo

Anon-chan and I are forming a band. Do you want to be in it with us, Taki-chan?

Soyo

Anon-chan, because of you, I was able to speak with Tomori-chan for the first time in a long time.

Soyo

Hey, you think we can start over again?

Soyo

With the band. Me and Tomori-chan and Taki-chan.

Anon

Oh...

Tomori

That's not right! Soyo-chan said we'd keep playing in the band... Even after the live was over... So...!

Taki

What's not right? Tomori... would you rather be part of CRYCHIC?

Tomori

What...?

Taki

Is that what you mean? If you want to play with Soyo, then that means you don't need this girl, right?

Tomori

No, everyone together...

Taki

That's impossible.

Tomori

It's not impossible!

Taki

Do you want Soyo!? Or do you want these guys!? Which is it!?

Anon

I'm going home.

Tomori

...

Taki

Huh? What are you saying?

Anon

You don't need me, right?

Tomori

! Anon-chan...

Anon

Tomori-chan, you should play in CRYCHIC with Soyo-san.

Tomori・Taki

...

Tomori

I hate this...

Tomori

Being in a band... it's not what I wanted to do...

Umiri

What happened after that?

Taki

What?

Umiri

To the band.

Taki

It's finished.

Umiri

I see.

Morning's greetings~

Mutsumi

Morning's greetings. Ah...

Soyo

It's already almost summer vacation. Oh, we have finals before that, though.

I bet they'll be easy for you, Soyo-chan.

Soyo

That's not true~

Will you teach me?

Soyo

I don't know. Should I?

Mutsumi

...

Tomori

"It all went wrong again. All of it... All of it..."

Tomori

"I hate sad things. I hate suffering."

Tomori

"I should never have done it. Everything... Everything..."

Tomori

...

Oh, Tomori-chan. Morning~

Anon

...

Tomori

...

Tomori

"The tears won't come... The edges of my eyes sting and hurt."

Tomori

"What should I do? I don't know how to express these things..."

Tomori

"But I wanted to really talk about everything. I wanted them to really hear me. If I'd really been able to say everything."

Tomori

"It's all a mess."

Tomori

"Pill Bug."

Tomori

"My ears are plugged up with so many words."

Tomori

"No. The wailing clamor comes and goes..."

Tomori

"Then disappears."

Tomori

"This isn't right."

Tomori

"I just know I must have made a mistake somewhere."

Tomori

"That's how it always is."

Tomori

"Even though it's there, I can't touch it anymore. Even though I could see it, it disappears."

Tomori

"Everything is gone. Every last thing."

Tomori

"Every last thing."

Tomori

"Because I couldn't say anything."

Tomori

"Once again... I couldn't become human."

Tomori

"I wish I could go away, but I'm always doing the wrong thing."

Tomori

"My mouth grows empty. I thirst for words."

Tomori

"What should I do...?"

??? (Uika)

That's dangerous!

Tomori

...?

??? (Uika)

There're stairs ahead. If you space out, you might miss a step.

Tomori

Ah...

??? (Uika)

Are you all right?

Tomori

What...?

??? (Uika)

It looked to me like you were about to cry.

Tomori

...

??? (Uika)

Even in the city, you can see the North Star.

??? (Uika)

I thought I wouldn't be able to see the stars in Tokyo, so I was surprised the first time I spotted it.

Tomori

That's the Ursa Major.

Tomori

The North Star is in Ursa Minor... It's there.

??? (Uika)

You found it quickly.

Tomori

Oh, I have a constellation book with me now.

??? (Uika)

Will you show me?

Tomori

Here...

??? (Uika)

? Something fell out of your bag.

??? (Uika)

This is a notebook...?

Tomori

What's wrong?

??? (Uika)

Sorry. I accidentally saw a bit of your notebook.

??? (Uika)

"Because I couldn't say anything. Once again... I couldn't become human."

Tomori

...

??? (Uika)

This is like a song.

Tomori

What...?

??? (Uika)

When you sing, it feels like it reaches people, right? Even things you have a hard time saying... more than words, the feeling gets through.

Tomori

...

??? (Uika)

Well then, I'm leaving now. I hope your feelings get through.

Tomori

A song...

Tomori

This is a song.

Tomori

Anon-chan.

Anon

...

Tomori

Perform... live with me.

Anon

What will we do about Soyo-san?

Tomori

Ah...

What!? Perform live? Tomori-chan's solo?

Tomori

Yes...

Ahaha, this is super sudden~

Ah~ We might be able to do it at the beginning of this live. Is it okay if it's a short slot?

Tomori

Yes, thank you.

And that's what happened~

Taki

What? Tomori is doing live...?

Taki-chan, she didn't tell you?

Taki

...

I don't know what happened, and I'm not going to pry, but I'm worried about you~

Taki

When is it?

Takamatsu? I wonder who that is...?

Akari? How do you read that name?

Rāna

Tomori?

Tomori

(I wonder if I can do it well.)

Tomori

(Standing here alone, makes me feel much lonelier than usual...)

Tomori

(Maybe something is going wrong again. Maybe everything is going wrong again.)

Tomori

(But... I want to move forward.)

Tomori

Everyone is gone and I don't have music, but this is a song.

Tomori

"I will sing a song."

Tomori

"Once, there were people who pulled me by the hand," "There were people who sang with me." "I destroyed it all."

Rāna

...

Tomori

"I got lost," "I took detours." "Even so, there were people who helped me move forward."

Tomori

"I let go of their hands."

Tomori

"I didn't want to forget." "I didn't want to lose anything." "I gathered up the fragments still left inside me."

Tomori

"They became a song." "That's right. This is a song."

Rāna

An interesting girl.