Secret Distance - 2: Kanade's Slump

I understand completely. I have to draw and redraw something over and over again sometimes because I can't quite get an illustration to match the image I have in my head.

Mafuyu

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Sometimes? Don't you mean all the time?

Ena

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Shut up!

Rin

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So why are you all here...?

Rin

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Also, it's hard to ignore you when you're being so loud...

Miku

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Didn't you say that it was fun when they all came here last time...?

Rin

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...

Rin

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So why are you all here...?

Mizuki

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(Oh, she just ignored her...)

Kanade

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I wasn't coming up with any ideas on my own, so I thought it'd be better to ask you all in person...

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Ena

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Mizuki and I don't know much about composing, but maybe Mafuyu can help...?

Mafuyu

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Nothing I say will make a difference...

Mafuyu

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I don't know how to create a song that can save someone.

Kanade

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Okay...

Kanade

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I was grasping at straws and hoping for a serendipity maybe but...

Miku

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What if you tried doing something new or different...?

Kanade

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Huh?

Rin

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She's right. You won't get anywhere at this rate. What if you did something that you've never done before?

Mizuki

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Something new...

Mizuki

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Wait, I know...!

Miku

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Oh...?

Ena

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Hm? What's the matter, Miku?

Rin

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She's coming...

Ena

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Huh?

???

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Oh...

MEIKO

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You all gathered to greet me, I see?

Miku

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MEIKO...

Ena & Mizuki

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<What?!>

Mizuki

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This is nuts!
First Rin and now MEIKO?

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Ena

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I know, right? And that doll the other time too. Everything just seems to appear out of thin air here.

Mizuki

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But at the very least, we can all get to know each other and...

MEIKO

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Let me just start by saying that I'd rather not get involved anything...

Ena

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Huh?

MEIKO

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Miku and Rin should be more than enough for now, no?

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MEIKO

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I plan to keep my distance and observe how things go for you.

Mizuki

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Observe...?

MEIKO

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Please, act as if I'm not even here.

MEIKO

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You can ignore me and continue your conversation...

Kanade

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Um... Okay...

Ena

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She seems pretty cold...

Mafuyu

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Does she?

Ena

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I wasn't asking you.

Mizuki

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Maybe a little bit, but we can come back to that later...

Mizuki

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I'm Mizuki Akiyama!
Starting from your left, this is Kanade, Mafuyu and Ena! Nice to meet you, MEIKO!

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MEIKO

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I just said that you should ignore me...

Mizuki

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But you should at least know our names, right...?

MEIKO

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Fine...

Mafuyu

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Anyways, what should we do...?

Ena

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Well, we should try something new so...

Mizuki

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Yeah!
And I have a suggestion!

Mizuki

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How about we all go on a one-day mystery tour?!

Kanade

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A one-day mystery tour...?

Rin

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What's a mystery tour?

Mizuki

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It's a kind of trip where you have no idea where you're actually going, or something along those lines...

Mizuki

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I'll come up with where we'll be going, so all you have to do is follow me!

Mizuki

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I promise that it'll be jam-packed with fun surprises! How's that sound?

Mizuki

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If we go to a bunch of places we've never been to before, Kanade might be able come up with some good ideas, right?

Ena

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Okay, I'll bite...

Mafuyu

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Me too. Anything if it helps Kanade with her music.

Kanade

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I know...

Kanade

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Right... We should be doing everything we can for this song...

Kanade

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Let's go, Mizuki.

Mizuki

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Awesome...!

Mizuki

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Get ready for an amazing mystery tour! I'll let you guys know when I get everything in place!

MEIKO

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Next Chapter: Time for a Mystery Tour!