Time to Take Off!

The next morning
New York Academy of Music - Cafeteria

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An & Kohane

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Leeet's eat!
Let's eat.
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An

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Mmm!
This chicken sandwich is so good! I'm loving this barbeque sauce!
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Kohane

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Hehe. This sausage sandwich is also really good.
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Kohane

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What did you two order again, Aoyagi, Shinonome?
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Toya

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I got some coffee, bacon and eggs.
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Akito

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I got some cafe au lait and pancakes.
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Akito

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They said that it'd take a while to make them, but... Oh.

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Waiter

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“Here are your pancakes.”

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Toya

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These are...
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Akito

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Huge...
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An

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Y-Yeah, this is pretty overwhelming...
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Kohane

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Sh-Shinonome, can I take a picture?!
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Akito

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Sure. Actually, I'm gonna take one too.

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<Wow! Those look amazing!>
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Toya

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Hm? That sounded like...
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Len

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<I've never seen such a huge stack of pancakes before!>
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Toya

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Len? When did you...?
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Len

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<Hehe. I got curious, so I came to see what you guys were doing!>
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Len

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<New York's really is super big and amazing, huh!>
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Akito

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Yeah, but I didn't think big meant...
No, this might actually count.
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Miku

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<Len, what did I tell you about keeping it down?>
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KAITO

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<Haha. But I understand why he's so excited.>
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Toya

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Miku, KAITO...
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KAITO

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<Hello!
We decided to follow Len after he said that he'd be coming over.>
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Miku

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<So, how's your trip to the States been?>
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Toya

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Well...
Where to begin?
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Miku

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<I see. So quite a lot has already happened.>

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Len

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<But getting to stay in one of the dorms is super lucky! You wouldn't be able to under normal circumstances, right?>
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Toya

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True. It's ended up being a very valuable experience.
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Akito

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Plus, our rooms are nice and spacious.
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Miku

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<The school in general seems very big, just looking around.>
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Toya

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Yes, the New York Academy of Music doesn't just focus on classical music and jazz. There are many different departments on campus.
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Toya

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You can study pop, rock, world music, dance, musicals and much more.
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Len

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<World music?
Like music from different countries?>
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Kohane

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Yeah, Mr. Lloyd...
The professor we just mentioned was telling us...
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Kohane

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Some students here major in Japanese instruments, like the koto and shamisen.
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Miku

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<Wow, they really do cover a wide variety.>
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Toya

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Yes. You can name any field of music, and this school has produced some of its best players.
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Toya

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Which is why nobody was surprised when my brother chose his major...

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Lloyd

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“While attending a music school in Vienna, he had the chance to study here as an exchange student.”
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Toya

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But I had no idea that my dad had also attended.
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An

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Yeah, I think that caught us all by surprise.
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Akito

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Did your dad say anything before you left for this trip? He knew that you were going to New York, right?
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Toya

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Yes, I got his permission to go...
But he didn't say anything else.
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Toya

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He may not have seen any reason to mention it, since we didn't originally plan on stopping by here.
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Akito

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Right...
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Toya

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(I'm running on very little here...)
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Toya

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(But could he have spent his mornings in this very same cafeteria when he was a student?)

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Toya

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(I'm having a hard time imagining that...)
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Toya

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(How did he spend each of his days here?)
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Akito

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...
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Len

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<Oh, do you guys have any plans after this?>

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An

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Mr. Lloyd's gonna give us a tour of the campus!
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Kohane

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But he has a couple of classes this morning, so we need to wait until he's done teaching.
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Kohane

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We were thinking that we could go somewhere in the meantime...
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An

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What should we do?
The manager did say that he'd drive us somewhere if we asked.
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Akito

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Why don't we just wander around this area?
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An

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Around this area?
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Akito

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Remember what Mr. Lloyd said?
There's that street he said we should check out.
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Toya

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(Oh...)

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Lloyd

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“If you're interested, I recommend that you visit the backstreet behind campus.”
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Lloyd

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“Harumichi used to go there quite a lot when we were students.”
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An

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Yeah, let's go check it out...!
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Kohane

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Okay!
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Toya

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I appreciate it... But are you all sure?
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An

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Yeah, I think we're all really interested!
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Akito

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We didn't get a chance to do anything yesterday, with how hectic things got. Seems like a nice place to start.
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Toya

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Thank you...
New York Academy of Music - Backstreet

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KAITO

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<Wow...! What a beautiful street!>
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Len

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<All the signs are in English!>
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Akito

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Hey, someone's gonna notice if you guys don't keep it down.
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Miku

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<Are you sure? It might actually be okay for us to talk normally.>
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Kohane

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It seems like such a lively place with all these different people doing street performances...
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An

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And tons of people are watching.
Look at that group over there! They're all clapping along!
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Akito

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Yeah, but they seem like they're all over the place.
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Len

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<All over the place? They sound pretty good to me...>
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Akito

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Oh, I was talking about all the different genres.
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Akito

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I'm hearing classical, pop...
And some folk music coming from over there.
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Toya

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I see cellos, trumpets, guitars, accordions and... Oh, that person's even playing the harp.
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Toya

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(It's like a wave of different sounds with every step I take.)
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Toya

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(I had no idea that Dad spent so much time in this kind of place...)
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Toya

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(He's a classical musician through and through, so I was under the impression that he had no interest in other types of music.)
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Miku

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<Oh, that old man playing the guitar is really cool.>
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Len

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<Yeah, it's like he's making his guitar talk.>
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An

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Oh, check it out!
Those kids are using snack tins as drums!
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Kohane

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Hehe. Wow, that looks like a lot of fun.
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Toya

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...
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Toya

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(Fun, huh?)
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Toya

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(The sights, and even the sounds, are different.)
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Toya

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(And yet, this street...)

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Toya

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...it's a little similar to Vivid Street.
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Len

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<To Vivid Street?>
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An

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Yeah, that's it! I thought something felt familiar about this place when we first arrived here.
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Kohane

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Yeah, they both give off the same sort of vibe!
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Akito

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I agree. There's music being played everywhere, and everyone here seems to be enjoying themselves.
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Toya

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Music feels like a vital part of this neighborhood and its people. In that sense, they're very similar.
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Toya

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This place is nice.
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