July 9th 2026
Detention Center, Backstage Hallway, In the Wings & Larimoir's Dressing Room
The duo went to the Detention Center to check on Machi. Although he couldn't understand what the two were saying, Apollo could still feel his bracelet react to him.
The two went back to Sunshine Coliseum to look for more evidence, and found Larimoir in the hallway. They asked her again about her statement earlier, and she told them she never forgets a voice, and she heard the gunshots after hearing Daryan speaking to Letouse, but she ran away before she could hear anything more. Speaking of Letouse, she had no idea he was interpol due to how undercover he was, and she couldn't understand why he would pose as her manager. She wonders if he was investigating her, due to her mysterious past and present. They asked her about the recording Valant gave them of "The Guitar's Serenade", and she also refused to tell them how the trick was done.
She asked them about a headset, one that had been on the floor between the dressing rooms since the concert. She told them everyone on staff wears them during a concert, including the band members. She also tells them they only work about 30 feet, a stronger signal would interfere with the sound system.
After taking another look at the dressing rooms, the two went to take another look at the stage, where they met with Valant again, who was inspecting all his equipment. Trucy went to go take a look at the piano atop the stage, and they found a strange switch stuck in the piano when it made a strange sound upon the keys being pressed. Given that the piano worked perfectly fine when Machi was playing it, it was likely thrown in there after his set.
The duo attempted to learn more about Valant's trick again, with Apollo concluding it must've included a secret tunnel, and Trucy thinking he must be back here to make sure the trick went well. Apollo asked for more about "Troupe Gramarye", who he had faintly seen on television years ago. Valant told them that it started 20 years ago, when Magnifi Gramarye first appeared on the magic scene, but several years ago the Troupe dissipated, no longer on television, and leaving him to perform his shows in parking lots and other small venues. But he is simply waiting until Gramarye can rise up again, for the sake of magic, and for the sake of Zak, who went missing seven years ago.
Many magicians tried to become apprentices of Magnifi, but only Valant & Zak were accepted, and he hopes one day to bring back "The Gramarye Miracle." Before heading back to the dressing rooms, they take another look at the switch, wondering what exactly pressing that tempting red button would do.
Back in Larimoir's dressing room the two find Ema grumpily munching on snackoos. She tells them she found something strange under the sofa. Some sort of weird device with an antenna attached to it. Remembering the antenna on the switch the two found, Apollo presses the button on the switch, and it's revealed the device is a makeshift igniter. Ema examines it and estimates it only works about 30 feet.
