The next day
School SEKAI

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Shiho

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That should be good for practice today.
Nice work, everyone.
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Saki

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Yikes! No more!
My fingers are cramping up...!
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Ichika

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Haha. To be fair, Saki, your part is pretty hard.
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Shiho

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Saki, make sure you ice your hands so that you don't get tendonitis.
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Saki

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Oh, yeah, I forgot!
Thanks, Shiho!
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Ichika

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Right... It'd be awful to get injured just before our show.
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Saki

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But I still need more time to practice. My fingers really freeze up when I ice my hands.
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Shiho

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I understand how you feel, but resting is just as important, okay...?
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Saki

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O-Okay...!
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Saki

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(But...
I'm still terrible. I really don't want to fall even further behind than I already am...)
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Saki

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(Wait, that's right...!
I have a way to help everybody out...!)
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Saki

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So about coming up with our own song...
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Ichika

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Oh, sorry... I wasn't able to come up with anything new.
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Honami

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Me neither...
I thought about it afterward when I got home, but drew a complete blank...
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Shiho

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I could only come up with one, and even then, it's just copying this band I listen to...
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Ichika

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How about you, Saki? Did you manage to come up with something?
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Saki

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Heh heh heh...
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Saki

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Ta-daa! Look!
I've got a bunch here!

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Honami

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What...?!
You mean all of these, Saki...?!
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Shiho

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One, two, three...
You made ten?
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Saki

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Hehe. I got so many good ideas last night, and I wrote them all down!
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Honami

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That's incredible, Saki.
There's so many...!
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Ichika

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You're right. All of these in one night...?
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Saki

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Hehe. Aren't I amazing♪
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Shiho

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Yeah, you are...
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Shiho

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I'd like to hear some of them. Mind playing one for us, Saki?
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Saki

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Sure! I'll play some right now!
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Saki

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And that's the last one.
What do you think...?
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Shiho

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...
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Honami

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I... I thought they all sounded really nice but...
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Ichika

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Exactly...
They sounded modern like they were made to become popular...
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Ichika

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But...
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Saki

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But...?
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Shiho

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I can't put my finger on it...
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Shiho

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But I have a hard time imagining us playing any of these during an actual show.

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Saki

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Us during an actual show...
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Honami

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It's so strange too. These melodies are so well made too, and I wouldn't be surprised if I heard these played for a music show on TV...
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Ichika

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Yeah, they even sound cool but...
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Saki

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Nooo! Why is this so hard?!
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Honami

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I-I'm sorry, Saki! I know it's a little unfair for us to say anything like that since we didn't really contribute...
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Shiho

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Each phrase was put together really well and I could tell that a lot of thought went into them.
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Saki

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But if we can't agree on it as a band, they won't really be our songs... *Sob*
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Shiho

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Saki...
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Shiho

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There's no need for you to feel rushed. We agreed that it's going to take time for us to come up with our own songs, right?
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Saki

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Yeah, I know...
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Ichika

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But I understand how you feel, Saki.
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Ichika

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I want our song to be the best it can be too.
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Honami

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I agree with Ichika, and thank you for doing this for us, Saki...
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Shiho

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Then how about we use Saki's work as a basis next time to think about what kind of music we want to play as a band...?
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Ichika

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Okay. Let's sleep on it and see what we all come up with.
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Saki

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Yeah...!
And I'll keep doing my best to come up with something that really hits home!
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Saki

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(It's a small step forward, but I'm helping everybody out...!)
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Saki

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(But...)
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Saki

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(I spent so much time on these yesterday...)
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Shiho

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...
That night
Saki's Room

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Saki

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Hmm...
What should I do...?
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Saki

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I focused on melodies yesterday, so I could try thinking about chords today...
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Saki

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Okay, let's do that!
Maybe it'll sound more original then!
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Saki

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Alright, time to get to work!
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Saki

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Hmm...

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Saki

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I want to try making a few more, but I feel like I'm all over the place now...
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Saki

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This isn't working...
What can I do to make it better?
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Saki

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I feel like I'm close, but none of them still sound right...
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Saki

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I really thought that I'd be able to help everyone by doing this too...

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Shiho

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It might be because we don't know exactly what kind of music we want to play yet.
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Ichika

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The kind of music we want to play...
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Saki

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...
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Saki

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Come to think about it, what kind of music do I want to play...?
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Saki

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We decided to go pro together...
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Saki

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But I don't think I ever thought about what exactly I wanted to try playing.
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Saki

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*Sigh*
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Saki

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It's like nothing's going the right way now...
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