Junior: Oi Shitty DJ, you were late again! You gotta keep up with the tempo!
Faith: I’m not late, you’re just getting ahead of yourself again. I’m the one trying to match myself to your pace every time. Try to keep that in mind
Junior: I– I’m matching up with you too!
???: No, your attack came out too fast
Junior: It did not!!
Marion: What’s that? Are you trying to say I’m wrong?
Junior: Uhh….
M-M-M-M-M-MARION!!
Faith: Hm? Is our time up already?
Marion: No, I just came in a little early. I needed to talk to you two
Junior: T-to us…?
Marion: That move just now, where you both tune your attacks together with the guitar, is that a new combination?
Faith: Yup. It’s our secret weapon for the match against the Team of Legends
What do you think? You were watching, right? Do you think it’ll work?
Junior: !!??
Marion: Don’t ask me, you should be asking your own mentors that
Faith: But we fight you regularly in LOMs. I’d like to hear what you have to say
Besides, you were the one peeping on our training, right? I think a little advice isn’t too much to ask
Junior: Marion…. Peeping on us…
Faith: Ochibi-chan, quiet down for a minute
Marion: …It seems like you’re having a hard time aligning the moment of impact, but I think a dual attack with both electricity and sound makes for a rather strong technique
It’s a combination that makes the most of both of your abilities
Junior: !…. ^v^
Faith: So, Ochibi-chan?
Junior: I’ll did my best to perfect it!!
Faith: Aha, trip over your tongue a bit there?
Ah, we got a little off topic, didn’t we. You needed to talk to us?
Marion: The other day, you said you wanted to have a music session with me. I was busy that day and had to turn you down, but I have time today
Junior: WHAAAATT….!?
Faith: Are you sure? You want to play with us?
Marion: I’m sure. It’s good practice to perform with someone else every now and then
Faith: Ochibi-chan, what do you think?
Junior: LET’S DO IT! LET’S DEFINITELY DO IT!!!
Faith: In that case, we’d better find somewhere we can go. You prefer the piano over an electric keyboard, right Marion?
Marion: We can use my room. I’ve already got my piano there, so all you’ll have to do is bring in your own equipment
And most importantly, my roommate’s a shut in who never leaves his lab
Junior: M-Marion’s room!? Uwawahh…
Marion: ….What’s the matter?
Faith: We really don’t have time to get into that. Just ignore him
Marion: I’ll get in touch to set up a time
Faith: Got it. I’ll ask Gray if he’s interested too
Junior: S-Shit… I so wasn’t expecting something so awesome to happen today…
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[Victor & Marion’s room]
Junior: ～～～!!
Gettin’ to play guitar accompanied by Marion’s piano is the best!!
Faith: Ochibi-chan, you’re overdoing it again
Junior: But, that was seriously an amazing performance, from everyone!? I was damn near moved to tears by the end there!!
Gray: R-right, it was pretty incredible… Though, I’m sorry that my own skill was lacking…
Faith: You think? I thought you did pretty well too. You didn’t make any big mistakes
Marion: If you think your skill is lacking, then you should look to improve your expressiveness or your ability to improvise
Gray: Th-thank you very much… Being able to improvise is what I’m worst at…
Faith: Why don’t you just try swapping out with Jett? I bet he could teach you a thing or two about improv
Gray: With him I don’t think it’s about improvising so much as just doing whatever he wants… It would ruin the delicate sound of Marion’s piano…
Faith: Aha, I guess that’s true
Junior: U-um… What did you think, Marion? About playing with everyone?
Marion: It wasn’t bad
I do like playing alone like I usually do, but it’s nice to build on that sound with others sometimes as well
Junior: R-Right!! It’s like, I always feel like I can play better than usual when I’m performing with everyone…
Faith: You really did sound better when we were playing together, you know
Junior: Eh? I thought it was just in my head…
Marion: I agree. You played better during the ensemble sections than whenever you had a solo
Junior: ….!?
Gray: But, sometimes things go better when you’re working together with everyone than when you’re alone, right…
Junior: So I’m better when I’m playing in an ensemble, huh…
Faith: It’s not like that’s true all the time. When the two of us are trying to get our timing to line up, you’re always rushing things, remember?
Marion: True, that did seem to be the case while you were training
Junior: Geh, you didn’t really have to say that, Shitty DJ…!
Faith: Yeah yeah
Junior: But! Being in a band really is the best～～～! Ouuhh, I wanna get to stand on stage with you guys some day!
Maybe we can even invite Dino on the tambourine and Keith with his maracas, too ♪
Marion: A tambourine and maracas…?
Faith: We are short on percussion
Marion: Hmm. I don’t really know what that’s about, but Jaqueline could also join in on her castanets
Gray: I-I think… that would make standing on stage a lot less scary…
Junior: U-um, Marion….!
Marion: What?
Junior: I want to get to perform with you at a music hall some day…! Can we….!?
Marion: …If I feel like it
Junior: UUWWOOAAA, HELL YEAH～～～!!!
[Door opens, Jack enters]
Jack: QUIET————! YOU WERE GIVEN PERMISSION TO PERFORM, BUT SHOUTING IS NOT ALLOWED!
Junior: S-sorry….
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My Japanese is far from perfect, so feel free to let me know if you notice any mistakes ♡
