< The Vivid Old Tale | Story
Chapter 8: City Lights
街の灯 (? (edit))
街の灯 (? (edit))
Character appearances:
Street SEKAI
crase cafe
crase cafe
An
—And that's what happened!
Rin & Kohane
Wooow~!
Rin
Nagi-san, she's so cool~! She's like a hero, coming all the way to a construction site to find you!
Kohane
Yeah...! She seems like a wonderful and reliable person...!
Toya
You're right. I feel like I've been able to grasp her character better, now that you've told us this.
Akito
Yeah. She sounds like a capable person, exactly what you'd expect from someone who teamed up with Ken-san and Taiga-san.
KAITO
But...I bet the An-chan from back then never even imagined she'd one day be enrolled in the school she snuck into.
Luka
Speaking of which, I'd heard that you didn't like ghosts, but, could that have been because of this?
An
Ah— Well, we don't need to focus on that!
Luka
Fufu, well, I guess you're right~ Let's talk more about that in detail later!
An
We don't have to talk about that in detai! C'mon...
Miku
Anyways, I'm glad I got to learn more about Nagi-san's personality.
Miku
I learned that she's a person that's pretty similar to An.
An
Eh, to me!?
An
Y-you really think so...? I think Nagi-san's way cooler than me...
Miku
At the very least, she had a strong influence on you, yeah? At least, that's what I think.
An
An influence, huh...I guess that's true.
An
I feel like the feeling of wanting to be as cool as Nagi-san is what lead me to this point—
An
And above all, I was able to realize just how much I love everyone in town, thanks to Nagi-san.
An
And also...it led me to want to love everyone even more.
Akito
The town...
Akito
Town—huh.
Toya
Ah...
Kohane
Is something wrong, you two?
Akito
Nah...I was just thinking that the last time we spoke to Touno, that word came up.
An
That word, meaning...?
Toya
Apparently, when Touno-san lost that match to Taiga-san, he was told—
Toya
To "look at this town".
Len
Look at this town...? What's that supposed to mean?
Akito
Apparently even Touno doesn't know that. We thought about it too, but we came up empty...
An
Uncle Taiga said something like that to Arata? Town...town, huh...
Kohane
Ah...! While I was practicing, Taiga-san said I should look at the town too...!
Akito
Wait, really?
Kohane
Yeah. We ended up walking all over Vivid Street.
Toya
I see... At the very least, that means that Taiga-san thinks that to surpass RAD WEEKEND, it's necessary to look at the town.
Akito
That being said...what are we supposed to look at in the town? It doesn't seem like it's something as simple as just looking at the big picture...
MEIKO
That's true. Hearing what all of you have said, it doesn't seem like it will be enough to just look at it.
Rin
Hmmm, but the only things in the town are live houses and record stores, right? What else is there to see?
An
Other than that...all that's left is...people, I think.
An
It might just be my opinion, but everybody on Vivid Street is so full of personality, and they all love music so much...
An
If everyone in town were different people, it'd be a totally different town.
Akito
That's true...listening to your story, that's what I thought, too.
Len
But, what does singing have to do with the people in town?
Kohane
I don't know but...Taiga-san always has me do practice like that, so I'm sure it has something to do with singing.
Rin
Ah! Maybe it's something like you could have everyone in town be guests at your event, or something?
Luka
But even at your last event, the people in town came, right?
Toya
Yes, that's true. People from outside attended, but over half of the guests were locals from Vivid Street, or musicians who are active here.
Rin
Hmmm~ Then that must be wrong too~
An
But...I feel like "looking at this town" must be important.
An
...Nagi-san also treasured everybody in town.
Toya
...Yeah, that's true. Let's endeavour to continue thinking further about the meaning of this.
An & Kohane
Yeah!
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Vivid Street
An
Mm~! We ended up thinking so long, it got super late!
Toya
Yes. I'll have to get home quick, or I may get in trouble.
Akito
That being said, it's not like any cops'll be on your ass like they were with An.
An
Did you really have to say that~?
Kohane
Ehehe. Ah—
Live House Manager
—Oh! An-chan, good job today!
Veteran Live House Staff
Ah, An-chan and the others, welcome back. I heard that VBS' event the other day was a huge success. As expected of you guys!
An
Hehe, you should come watch next time! Or actually, even better, maybe we can hold it here—♪
Live House Manager
Fine by me! Make a new legend at my place!
Kohane
...Ehehe.
Kohane
(An-chan really is loved by everyone in town.)
Kohane
...Ah! I'm sorry, if I stay out any longer my dad'll worry, so I'll go on ahead!
Toya
You're right, we'd better split up for today.
Akito
Sure. Alright, see you guys later.
An
Yeah! Bye-bye, everyone! Uncle and the others, I'll see you guys later too!
Live House Manager
Yeah! See you tomorrow!
WEEKEND GARAGE
An
I'm home~
An's Father
Yeah, welcome home. You were out late today.
An
Yeah! It took time, since we weren't just practicing, but we were talking about our next event, and a whole bunch of other stuff.
An
Ah—today, I talked to Kohane and the others about Nagi-san a whole bunch!
An
About Nagi?
An's Father
About Nagi?
An
Yeah. It seems like everybody thinks Nagi-san was the central figure of RAD WEEKEND.
An
Ahaha, of course, all three of you were at the centre of RAD WEEKEND, but since Nagi-san was your first batter, she left a really strong impression on them!
An
And it's true! The first song really stuck with me!
An's Father
...I see.
An
And they asked me a whole lot of stuff about Nagi-san, so I told them.
An
Like, remember when I was in elementary school, and I ran away from home? I told them about how Nagi-san came and found me!
An's Father
Is that so... Something like that did happen, didn't it.
An
Ehehe, that worried face you made when you found me, it made me a little happy~
An
Whenever something's happening, Dad, you always look like you're totally fine with it. So I feel like seeing an expression like that was really rare!
An's Father
Ah, c'mon. I get as nervous as anyone else does, you know
An
Really–? I feel like I haven't seen anything like that since~
An
Oh...speaking of which.
An
When I told everybody about Nagi-san, they told me I was really similar to her... What do you think? Am I similar?
An
I've always wanted to be like her, so if I've gotten any closer, I'd be really happy!
An's Father
Like Nagi...huh.
An's Father
—Yeah, you are similar.
An
Really? Hehe, it makes me happy to hear that from you, Dad!
An
Alright! To surpass RAD WEEKEND I've gotta work even harder, and get even closer to Nagi-san!
An's Father
...If you become that reckless, it might be a problem for me.
An's Father
—An. It seems like no other customers are showing up today, so would you mind closing?
An
Oh, sure! I'll go flip the sign!
An
—And that's it for the plate...
An
Ah...the stars are super pretty today! I can see them so well.
An
(But...)
An
(I wonder why. To me, the lights from the town are the prettiest.)
An
(I bet for people who don't live here, it's kinda scary, and the lights must be kinda glaring.)
Flashback
Nagi
Everyone in this town loves you, An.
End flashback
An
(Maybe it's because it reminds me that everyone in town is here, and that they're all doing their best.)
An
...Awww. I wonder what Nagi-san is doing over in America? I wish she'd give us a call at least.
An
Ah! Maybe I'll send her a text then! I wonder if she'll be surprised—?
An
I wanna introduce her to everybody, and I wanna invite her to an event...I've got so much to tell her about!
An
Alright! I'm gonna do my best at our next event, so I can surprise Nagi-san~!!
An's Father
...
Flashback
An
Yeah. It seems like everybody thinks Nagi-san was the central figure of RAD WEEKEND.
End flashback
An's Father
...
An's Father
(Maybe it's time I finally tell her about everything—)