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Kalim
Kalim
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So what kind of match are we doing to decide on vocals?
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Cater
Cater
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If it involves fighting I’m outie!
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Lilia
Lilia
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Since we’re deciding on vocals, I think it’d be fair to decide using the scoring from a karaoke app.
Everybody gets to sing once. So let us each face the challenge with our favorite songs.
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Cater
Cater
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A chance to show off with our fave songs, nice! Alrighty, let’s get started~ ♪
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Kalim
Kalim
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Did you already decide what to sing?
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Cater
Cater
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Yeah, my fave band released a new song this week. The key is just right~.
... Huh? It looks like it isn’t available on the app yet.
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Lilia
Lilia
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Suppose you ought to search for a different song. How are you faring, Kalim?
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Kalim
Kalim
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Hn~, I’ve thought about it but...
I’m better at dancing than I am at singing. So can I compete with a dance?
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Cater
Cater
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Wah, no way! That completely defeats the point!
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Lilia
Lilia
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Kufufu, as usual, you say some interesting things. Well, there’ll still be time to search after you finished listening to my song.
Let’s launch the karaoke app….. Hmm, would lullabies from Briar Valley be under the folk song genre?
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Cater
Cater
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A lullaby!? Isn’t the gap between that and metal way too big!!
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Lilia
Lilia
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But lullabies are my specialty! I can put even a crying infant to sleep in a fraction of a second.
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Cater
Cater
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Eeh, that’s an unexpected ability.
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Lilia
Lilia
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Eheh, well, there are some points where I adlib some screamo.
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Cater
Cater
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Even though it’s a lullaby!?
Does a baby that can sleep through Lilia’s screaming even exist!? You sure they didn’t just faint!?
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Lilia
Lilia
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How rude. They’d slumber gently and peacefully. Ahn~, how nostalgic.
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Kalim
Kalim
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Oh, could it be you also have some siblings that are much younger than you?
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Lilia
Lilia
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Well, not siblings but… I have resided together with babies before.
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Kalim
Kalim
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I also sing lullabies sometimes, but I never quite get them to sleep. You gotta teach me the tricks later!
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Lilia
Lilia
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I don’t mind. I’ll start by performing now…. Oh? The app doesn’t have any lullabies from Briar Valley.
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Cater
Cater
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Aahn~. As expected, it’s too local, huh?
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Lilia
Lilia
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Cater and I can’t sing our desired songs. And Kalim would prefer to dance...
At this rate, we won’t be able to have our match. Let us decide with rock-paper-scissors instead then.
The position that holds the fate of our band’s in its hands will be suitable for the one with the strongest luck.
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Cater
Cater
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Lilia-chan, that’s way too sloppy...
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Kalim
Kalim
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Isn’t it fine? It’s easy to understand and we can decide in a flash.
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Cater
Cater
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No other way about it then... Eh, I guess this kinda sloppy way of deciding things is more like us anyway.
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Lilia
Lilia
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Alright, let’s go. Rock, paper….
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Everyone
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Scissors!
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Lilia
Lilia
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Hurray~, I won! I’ll be the vocalist!
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Kalim
Kalim
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Hn~. Lilia, you are real lucky.
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Cater
Cater
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Just remember that breaking guitars is a no-go this year, okay~?
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Lilia
Lilia
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Hm! ….. Although I was pretty happy to win, I think I’d rather play the bass or drum after all.
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Cater
Cater
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Then what was the point of playing rock-paper-scissors!?
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Lilia
Lilia
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Obtaining the medal everybody else desires is not enough.
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Cater
Cater
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If you want to stand out so much, then it’s fine to do guitar and vocals, right?
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Lilia
Lilia
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You don’t understand. From my research, I learned that many band leaders play the bass or drums.
I’d say that has a cool vibe because it has that feeling of something quiet but superb.
I believe you’re more familiar with popular songs, so the vocals should go to you, Cater.
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Cater
Cater
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Yay~! Thank you Lilia-chan! Then I’ll be the guitar vocalist! Kalim-kun what do you want to do?
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Kalim
Kalim
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Outside of vocals? I don’t know how to play any instruments asides from those from the Country of Hot Sands. I’m good at the Darbuka.
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Cater
Cater
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What is a Darbuka? This is the first time I hear of it.
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Lilia
Lilia
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It’s a drum that produces an exotic sound. I saw it once, long ago, when I visited the Country of Hot Sands.
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Cater
Cater
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I’m sorry to keep interfering but, aren’t folk instruments a little too unique for a three-piece band?...
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Lilia
Lilia
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If you’re good at percussion, you’ll be good at the Drums! I’ll teach you how to play.
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Kalim
Kalim
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Thanks, Lilia! I’ll look forward to learning a new instrument!
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Lilia
Lilia
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Well then, I’ll be in charge of the bass. And I’ll be the leader of our three-piece band!
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Cater
Cater
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You’re oddly particular about being the leader, hm~. Well then, Leader. What should we do for our costume?
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Lilia
Lilia
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Hnm….. Right. Some attention-grabbing clothes would be good.
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Kalim
Kalim
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Then let’s custom-order some flashy outfits! If we get them to sew on gemstones, it’ll be super shiny, what do you think?
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Cater
Cater
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Nice~ ♪ But we definitely don’t have the budget for that….
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Lilia
Lilia
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We’re just a tiny club inches away from being disbanded. I think the club’s budget can just about cover the musical instruments.
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Kalim
Kalim
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Hm, so we should work with the clothes we have?...
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Cater
Cater
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The dorm clothes... well, they stand out, but we wouldn’t really look like a unit.
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Lilia
Lilia
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Yeah, the dorm clothes would make us appear all over the place. If we’re thinking of clothes that are both matching and cool... Hn~nm...
Ah yes! What about our ceremonial robes!?
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Cater
Cater
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Lilia-chan, nice thinking!
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Kalim
Kalim
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If you two like it, then I’m in too!
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Lilia
Lilia
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Alr~ight, now that the costumes are settled upon, we’ll practice daily for the sake of the club recruitment drive, starting today!
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Kalim/Cater
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Yes!!
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Lilia
Lilia
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... And that’s the story.
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Silver
Silver
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So that’s why you weren’t on guitar and vocals this year, father...
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Sebek
Sebek
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Lilia-sama’s bass performance was pro-level. I will never forget it!!!!!!!
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Lilia
Lilia
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Isn’t that right, kufufu.
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