Part 1

Alleyway

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Ichika

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I'm sorry, Saki.
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But given the overarching theme, this just isn't going to work.
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Wait, are you saying...?
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A melody I came up with isn't going to work?
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*Sigh*
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I... I shouldn't have been so blunt with Saki...
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(Why is nothing going right...?)
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(I was so sure that Saki would understand...)
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(Even if we disagreed slightly on what we wanted our song to be about, I thought we'd be able to talk things out and produce something good...)
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(But now...)
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I regret not thinking this through more...
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(I didn't realize how hard it would be to write a song with someone.)
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(Saki has her own style in terms of music, and so do I...)
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(That's completely normal...)
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(But I honestly don't know how our song is going to turn out now...)
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What are we supposed to do?
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If coming up with melodies together and swapping chord progressions didn't work...
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Oh...
What if we started over by writing some lyrics...?
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That might help make things go smoother...

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(No, wait...)
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(That isn't the answer...)
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(I'm thinking about the wrong thing...)
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(I mean...)
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(Saki cares deeply about showing empathy to our listeners.)
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(We're disagreeing on how to express that fundamental aspect, so writing lyrics will probably just lead to another argument...)
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(I thought I understood what Saki meant by showing our listeners empathy...)
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(But keeping it all sad and gloomy seems like the wrong way to go...)
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(And yet...)
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(I haven't been able to get through to her...)
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(Even when I did try to mold my ideas to fit hers, I just didn't see the song getting any better...)
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(I thought I really liked her songs...)
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*Sigh*
The more I think about this, the less I know what we're supposed to do...
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(I've heard that it's common for bands to fight over what they want their music to be about. Does this count...?)
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(I never thought that we'd ever end up fighting like this, but I was wrong...)
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Am I more stubborn than I realize...?
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...
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(Still, brooding all by myself like this isn't going to solve anything...)
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(Saki and I write music in different ways...)
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(So we're just going to have to talk things out...)
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(I don't know if we'll be able to reach a resolution by doing so...)
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(But I think that's our only option right now...)
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(If we want to produce a good song...)
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I'll head back once I've finished drinking this.
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She'll probably start wondering where I've gone if I don't soon...
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(I'll go back, collect my thoughts and resume our discussion...)
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Things might go south again...
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But Saki and I need to talk about this.