Card Story: [Sound Sleep] Rui Kamishiro

Part 1

Scramble Crossing
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Nene
...
2
Rui
...
3
Rui
(Now, what should I do...?)
4
Rui
(I feel like the onus is on me to come up with a way to break this impasse, both as the show director and as Nene's friend...)
5
Nene
But Seiryuin's singing is... Just so different. I can tell because I've spent so much time learning about songs from musicals.
6
Nene
I don't know how to put it in words, but she has a way of breathing life into each note. I don't know what I'm supposed to do about that...
7
Rui
(A way of breathing life into each note, huh...?)
8
Rui
(She does indeed have a strong and rich singing voice...)
9
Rui
(And yet, I don't think Nene's lacking at all in that respect.)
10
Nene
...
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Rui
(It may be that Nene just simply lacks confidence, not skill...)
12
Rui
(But this is a tough one... A person's impressions regarding something can't be changed too easily...)
13
Rui
(So how do I go about boosting Nene's confidence?)
14
Rui
(Or rather, stop her from thinking that she's missing something...?)
15
Rui
...
Rui's Room
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Rui
Now, what should I do...?
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Rui
Where was I...?
Ah, yes...
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Rui
A person's impressions regarding something can't be changed too easily...
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Rui
So she just needs something that can boost her confidence...
20
Rui
Hmm... Her memories, how she used to feel...
Something immediately recognizable...
21
Rui
Oh, that's it!
I think I found the solution!
22
Rui
That is a surefire way to convince her.
It should still be with the old recordings...
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Rui
Here it is. Let's see if it still plays...
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Little Nene
——♪　————♪
25
Rui
This is it. A video of Nene's very first musical performance...
26
Rui
She gave it to me as reference material, but I'm glad I kept it all these years.
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Little Nene
——♪　————♪
28
Rui
(She was playing a cheerful little girl in this one, but she genuinely sang from her heart.)
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Rui
(You can hear her unbridled enjoyment of the show in her voice.)
30
Rui
(This performance secured her a lead role in her next show, but then she had that accident...)
31
Nene
(I can't remember my next line!
What should I do? What should I do!)
32
Rui
(I only heard about it from someone else much later and still don't know any other details behind it...)
33
Rui
(But it might still be haunting Nene.
Keeping her from unleashing her potential...)
34
Rui
(This may very well be the reason why she can't sing like she used to...)
35
Rui
...
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Rui
(But should I really be the one to tell her?)
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Rui
(If I did, she'd finally be able to address it. But at the same time...)
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Rui
Is telling her this really the right thing to do...?
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Rui
...
40
Tsukasa
Is this honestly what you want from this show?
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Nene
But you feel that if things continue like this, we won't be able to put on a worthwhile show, right?
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Rui
...
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Rui
You can't make great shows alone...
And now I have my troupe.
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Rui
(I'll tell Nene my thoughts tomorrow.)
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Rui
(I believe that if we work together, we'll have a bright future in front of us.)
46
Rui
Hehe. Our Christmas show can use some more polishing too.
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Rui
There's plenty of time until morning.
Let's see how we can tweak it.
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Rui
It has the be the ultimate show after all.