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To Put Into Words |  |
Touko
Shiro~, wanna hit up the convenience store and get some snacks?
Mashiro
Huh? But... Rui-san said we're going to start practicing as soon as our break is over...
Rui
You still have ten minutes. You are free to do whatever you want in that time.
Touko
What?! How am I supposed to get and finish my snack in ten minutes?
Rui
Give up, then.
Touko
C'mon, lighten up. We're just coming off of a contest, aren't we~? It should be all good~.
Tsukushi
It's not good! You're taking things too easy, Touko-chan!
Nanami
Ahaha, she was super into it when we were playing, though~.
Touko
Duh. I'm always gonna get pumped up when we play the new song. I mean, the music itself is good, but those lyrics are godlike~.
Mashiro
Th-they're not that great...! I just wrote down how I felt, like always.
Mashiro
But I guess I did know what I wanted to write about already, so it was easier this time...
Nanami
The speech you based it off of was incredible to begin with, after all.
Touko
Mean, I tear up every time I think about it~.
Tsukushi
That just makes me even more disappointed we couldn't hear your speech at the Councourse of Words, though... I know everyone there would've probably started tearing up, too.
Mashiro
I-I think you're exaggerating things...
Tsukushi
We don't know that! And we won't unless you try again!
Nanami
Ohhh, Tsu-chan's all fired up~. But personally, I'd also like to see you get revenge next year.
Mashiro
Huh?!
Touko
Good idea! Next year, Shiro'll have the entire auditorium bawling their eyes out!
Mashiro
Uh, ummm...
Tsukushi
Mashiro-chan... Are you afraid of it turning out like this year again?
Mashiro
Ah, no, that's not it...
Mashiro
It's just... I think turning my speech into song lyrics made it easier to put feeling into it.
Mashiro
So the next time I have something I want to share with everyone, I want to do it with a song again.
Rui
Perhaps songwriting is your most effective means of expressing yourself, Kurata-san.
Mashiro
Means of expressing myself...?
Nanami
She just means it's your way of sharing your feelings with others. Like my art~.
Mashiro
...! I-I wonder... That'd be nice...
Tsukushi
Huh... Well then, when you've got something you want to say, we'll perform it with you!
Mashiro
Okay... Thanks.
Mashiro
I feel so much more comfortable with you guys around. It's a lot harder to put my feelings into words when I'm alone.
Touko
Oho, I see~. So basically, you can't live without us, right~?
Mashiro
Fufu, maybe.
Tsukushi
Oh~, Mashiro-chan! Don't say stuff like that to Touko-chan. She'll just get carried away.
Touko
Oh! That's it! Why don't we enter the Concourse of Words next year as a band?
Touko
Isn't that a genius idea?!
Mashiro
Wh-what do you mean...? Do you want us to play a show there?
Rui
You are aware the Concourse of Words is a speech contest, correct...?
Touko
Nah, I'm saying we can play in the background while Shiro talks.
Touko
If just her speech can get us all crying, then if we add our music, it'd be 100 times... Nah, 10,000 times better, don't you think?
Rui
There is no way they would allow that.
Mashiro
Ahaha... Yeah.
Touko
Hey, if Rui gets to be a big shot in the student council, she'd probably be able to work something out, right?
Rui
I would appreciate it if you did not place such ridiculous expectations upon me.
Tsukushi
Still, I think I'd really start crying if I heard Mashiro's speech with our music...
Rui
Not you too, Futaba-san...
Tsukushi
I-I don't mean I want to do it! I'm just saying it sounds nice. That's all...
Nanami
Hm~... I dunno if I'd wanna stand out that much~.
Touko
Then what if you just wore a mask?
Tsukushi
That's not going to help her! Everyone'd figure out who she is instantly, anyway!
Touko
What~...? Then what do you want to do, Fusuke?
Mashiro
Fufufu...
Mashiro
(It really is fun being together with everyone... The atelier feels so warm and comfortable today... It almost glistens like a flower blooming in the sunlight...)
Mashiro
Ah... That's good...!
Mashiro
Rui-san, could you hand me that notebook?
Rui
Sure... This one?
Nanami
Did you come up with some new lyrics, Shiro-chan?
Mashiro
Yeah. The idea's still kinda fuzzy in my head, but I think I can work it out if I write it down...!
Tsukushi
Whoa, really?
Touko
You serious?! Lemme see!
Mashiro
N-no, not yet...!
Mashiro
But... when I'm done, you'll all be the first to know!
Transcript
Mashiro
Hm~...
Marina
Oh, it's Mashiro-chan. Hi!
Mashiro
Marina-san, BanG Dreamer-san... Hi.
Marina
I see you were taking a look at that bulletin board. Did a poster catch your eye?
Mashiro
I was hoping there might be a concert posted here that Morfonica could sign up for, but it looks like there aren't any right now.
Marina
Concert posters, huh~? That reminds me, there was one for the Blue Sky Band Contest here before.
Marina
I heard you guys signed up for it.
Mashiro
Yeah, we got fifth place...
Marina
I see. That's great!
Mashiro
Thanks... But it's not thanks to me...
Mashiro
I always end up causing trouble for everyone before our concerts.
Mashiro
Like that time I couldn't come up with lyrics. And this time, I...
Marina
Oh... Concerts are fun, but they're a lot of pressure too, huh?
Mashiro
I thought I'd gotten a little more confident lately, but I was totally wrong...
Mashiro
If Morfonica wasn't the five of us, I don't think the band would have been able to...
Marina
Huh. You all went through a lot before the contest...
Mashiro
All I've done is just rely on the others... They've carried me all this way...
Marina
Now this is just a hunch, but I don't think that's totally true.
Mashiro
Huh?
Marina
I think the rest of Morfonica supports you because they need you, don't you think?
Marina
They want to help you because they want to play together with you.
Marina
That means you're needed, Mashiro-chan.
Mashiro
R-really...?
Marina
Yeah. Just like you've received so much from your friends in Morfonica, they're received a lot from you too. At least, that's what I think.
Mashiro
From me...?
Marina
It'd be nice if that were true...
Marina
Fufu. I know it is.
Mashiro
Thank you...!
Mashiro
I want to keep Morfonica going.
Mashiro
It's really special to me... It's where I belong...
Mashiro
So I'm going to be my best to help make our band a place where the others feel they can belong, too.
Marina
You can do it, Mashiro-chan. We'll always be cheering for you.
Mashiro
Okay!