Someday, From the Depths of Despair

A few weeks later
Kanade's Room

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Kanade & <Yuki>

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<...>
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Kanade

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<Okay, it's done...>
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<Yuki>

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<It is?
Thank goodness. That means we can upload it.>

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Kanade

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<Thank you, Yuki...>
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Kanade

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<I doubt I would've been able to do this without you. It encapsulates what I was hoping to express now thanks to you.>
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<Yuki>

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<I see...
I'm glad I could help.>
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<Yuki>

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<Can I ask you something, K?>
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Kanade

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<Huh? S-Sure, go ahead...>
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<Yuki>

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<What were you trying to express with this song?>
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Kanade

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<Hmm...
That's hard to explain...>
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Kanade

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<A blank sense of despair...?>
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<Yuki>

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<Blank...?>
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Kanade

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<Yes, you mentioned how this song needed to feel more stagnant. That may be the best way to look at this.>
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Kanade

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<Not a harsh sense of despair, but something more silent and gradual...>
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Kanade

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<Does that answer your question...?>
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<Yuki>

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<I see...>
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Kanade

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<I'll take care of encoding and uploading it.>
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Kanade

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<Thank you for staying up so late to work on this, Yuki.>
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<Yuki>

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<Thank you as well.
Please let me know when the draft for your next song is ready.>

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Mafuyu

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...
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Mafuyu

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(I'm glad I made this song with her...)

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Mafuyu

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(It's as if K's able to illuminate this deep, dark despair just through sheer will.)
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Mafuyu

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(I didn't get any answers in terms of what I actually like or who I really am...)
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Mafuyu

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(But someday...)
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Kanade

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Okay, it's uploaded...
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Kanade

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(I really like how Yuki mixed this...)
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Kanade

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(But she has ways to go when it comes to music theory since she only started doing this just recently...)
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Kanade

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(And yet, she unquestionably has a talent for grasping a song's theme and finding ways to improve it.)
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Kanade

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(Because she also seems to know “that feeling”.)
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Kanade

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(She understands what it's like to be alone in the depths of despair.)
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Kanade

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(Which means if Yuki and I keep working together, maybe someday...)
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Mafuyu

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(K's music will...)
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Kanade

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(I just might be able to...)
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Kanade & Mafuyu

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<Save me.>
<Compose a song that can save someone.>

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Mizuki

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<Whoa, I didn't realize that's what you two were like back then!>
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Ena

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<I remember hearing bits and pieces of that story a while back, but it means so much more now. You two really thought a lot about each other, huh?>
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Kanade

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<It's been so long since then too...>
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Mafuyu

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<It has.>
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Mafuyu

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<I never would've imagined us becoming this close back then...>
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Kanade

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<Me neither. After that, Amia and Enanan joined us, and we even got to meet Miku and everyone else when we started visiting SEKAI...>
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Kanade

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<We've had our ups and downs, but I'm really glad that we're able to talk to each other like this now...>
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Mafuyu

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<...>
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Miku

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(Mafuyu just smiled a little...)
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Miku

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(She and Kanade must feel the same way...)
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Miku

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<Thank you for telling us that story...>
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Luka

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<Hehe. I'd like to thank you as well. It was interesting to hear.>
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Miku

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<Yes, it was.>
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Luka

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(Oh, I don't think I've ever seen Miku this happy before...)
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Luka

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(She must care about them so much.)
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Luka

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<So Ena and Mizuki joined after you two had been making music together for some time?>
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Kanade

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<Yes. After I started working with Yuki, Enanan and Amia uploaded a music video based on one of our songs...>
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Ena

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<I couldn't believe that you contacted me directly that time, K.>
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Mizuki

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<Same. My jaw dropped when you reached out to me.>
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Luka

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<Can you tell us about what Ena and Mizuki were like when they first joined?>
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Kanade

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<When they first joined...?>
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Miku

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<I'd like to know as well.
Would you mind telling us?>
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Mizuki

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<Seriously? You sure you wanna hear about that?>
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Mizuki

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<You're not gonna believe how prickly Enanan was back then. I mean really prickly.>
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Miku

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<Is Mizuki telling the truth, Ena...?>
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Ena

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<A-Amia...!
Don't give Miku the wrong idea!>
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Mizuki

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<What do you mean? I'm telling the truth, aren't I?>
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Luka

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<So, Kanade...
Care to tell us more?>
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Kanade

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<Hehe. Well...
As much as I'd like to...>
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Kanade

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<It's a very long story, so we may want to save it for another time.>
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Mafuyu

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<I agree. It'll be morning soon.>
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Ena

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<What?! Crap, it's already 6:00 am!
And the sun's already coming up...>
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Mizuki

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<What's that, Enanan? You forgot about what you were doing because you were too interested in their story?>
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Ena

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<Shut up, Amia!
How much did you actually get done?!>
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Mizuki

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<Unfortunately for you, I finished over an hour ago!>
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Mizuki

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<Oh, K! I uploaded the post-edit video data to the shared folder. Mind taking a look later when you're free?>
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Kanade

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<Thank you, I will.>
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Ena

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<Ugh... I hate people who can multitask...>
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Ena

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<You know what? I'm stuck between colors right now, so I'm gonna go to bed now...>
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Mizuki

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<Yeah, I think I'll log off too.
How about you, Yuki?>
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Mafuyu

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<I need to stay up.
My mom's going to be up soon.>
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Mizuki

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<Try to sneak in some quick naps when you can during the day, alright...?>
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Mafuyu

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<I'll try...>
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Kanade

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<I think I'll take one now.
I'll probably be back on soon after.>
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Luka

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<I guess that's it for today.
Why don't we head back to SEKAI?>
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Miku

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<Okay. That was fun.>
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Mizuki

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<Night, Miku, Luka...>
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Ena

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<See you tomorrow.>

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Kanade

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<I'll be going too...>
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Mafuyu

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<K...>
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Kanade

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<Hm? Yes?>
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Mafuyu

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<...>
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Mafuyu

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<That time, when you invited me to come work with you...>
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Mafuyu

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<I'm glad I accepted.>

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Kanade

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<...!>
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Mafuyu

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<Anyway, bye.>
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Kanade

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<Okay... Bye.>

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Kanade

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I see...
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Kanade

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(That despair we both felt still hasn't completely vanished...)
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Kanade

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(But...)

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Kanade

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(We've all come such a long way since then...)
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Kanade

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Which is why...
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Kanade

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I want to keep composing.
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Kanade

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I want to compose a song that can save Mafuyu someday... I want to compose a song that can save everyone.