S1 Main Story/Prologue 1

Fading Embers, is the second introductory chapter of the main story of Sakuragawa:Starlight Festival.

Summary
The evening of Embers' final live has arrived, and the preparations afterwards seem to be ready. How will the events of the evening unwrap for itself?

Transcript
[Performance Venue, Chronosis Livehouse, Koshimitsu City, Nakanohara Ward, Amanoshima]

Teal-Haired Girl: What the-

Audience Member 1: Why the fuck do you still support this band, huh?!

Audience Member 2: Aren't you an anti of Embers?! Why are you here?!

Audience Member 1: To see the aftermath event, of course!

Audience Member 2: Oh yeah?! What do you find great about final performance aftermaths?!

Audience Member 1: Bitches getting the karma they deserve!

Audience Member 2: How do you neccessarily know whether people deserve it?!

Chronosis Staff Member: You two, please.

Chronosis Staff Member: Cease your fighting or get out of the premises immediately.

Teal-Haired Girl: (This is my first and last live that I'm actually able to see here...)

Teal-Haired Girl: (Do they even have manners? I'm a high school student, and they're acting like manchildren.)

Teal-Haired Girl: Sheesh.

Teal-Haired Girl: I'm gonna put my lightstick up for my oshis...

Orange-Haired Girl: Oh god.

Black-Haired Girl: Sakurako-chan, is this normal for all of these lives?

Sakurako: Haha, maybe? Only every once and then, Kanade!

Kanade: Wait, is that...

Sakurako: Humu?

Kanade: Is that girl over there Yumeko-san?

Sakurako: Ah. Yeah.

Kanade: Isn't she a bass clarinet player at Silvervale Private Academy's brass band?

Sakurako: That, and a guitarist who posts a lotta covers on Nicorin Douga and RikRok.

Kanade: Wow!

Yumeko: (Did I hear something about me? Eh.)

Audience Member 3: Sniff...

Audience Member 4: Heyo... What's wrong?

Audience Member 3: It's the last live of Embers...! Sniff.

Audience Member 4: You want a tissue?

Audience Member 3: Sniff... Yes please...!

Audience Member 4: There there...

Audience Member 3: Waaaaaaaaaaah...

Yumeko: How cute.

...

[Outside of Backstage, Chronosis Livehouse, Koshimitsu City, Nakanohara Ward, Amanoshima]

(A certain staff member examines the area to double-check the preparations of collection.)

Blonde-Haired Boy: Okay, it looks like everything's ready.

Red-Haired Girl: What is?

Blonde-Haired Boy: Ootori... This is the area where the members of Embers exit after performing their last live.

Ootori Mayuzumi: Oh! I forgotten about that. Sorry, Takimoto-san!

Takimoto Kenta: Make sure you remember the setup for all music group's last live, Ootori!

Mayuzumi: A-alright..!

Mayuzumi: (Damn, why do we have a bunch of fences surrounding here? This wasn't here 12 years ago!)

Mayuzumi: (I wanted to work with Anna-chan some point after our band split, but is all this even belonging to a music organisation or what?)

Kenta: OOTORI! GET OUTSIDE THE FENCE!

Mayuzumi: Y-Yes!!!

(Mayuzumi opens up the fence, before stepping outside of the fence and closing it.)

Lime-Haired Boy: Takimoto-san? Ootori-san?

Mayuzumi: Y-Yukizawa-san!

Kenta: Good evening, Yukizawa-san.

Yukizawa Hikaru: Five other members of the Tenbashi Band Association are inside the venue already.

Kenta: Is that so?

Hikaru: Yep.

Kenta: Good.

Hikaru: There should be 7 other members coming along with the CEO's personal bodyguard, but they haven't arrived yet.

Hikaru: Are they busy?

Kenta: They should be coming soon via a van and a truck, although they may take a while.

Mayuzumi: Y-Yeah!

Mayuzumi: Tsutsujimori City from here takes too long, y'know?

Hikaru: Understandable, I'll leave you two here. I'll relay the information to the Tenbashi Band Association and livehouse staff members.

Kenta: Please do.

Mayuzumi: (Wait, taking people by a van is possible, but why did Takimoto-san mention a truck?)

...

[Backstage Dressing Room, Chronosis Livehouse, Koshimitsu City, Nakanohara Ward, Amanoshima]

Fortuna: Matsuri...

Fortuna: I'm going to check that.

Yorumi: Eh- Ah-

Yorumi: Please don't-

(Fortuna takes the paper out of Yorumi's hands, before reading the contents.)

Fortuna: "Nanjou Matsuri/Yorumi and Isonokami Tohru/Mangetsu, your cumulative sabotage total is 10, over the past 6 years since you signed the TOS of the Tenbashi Band Association."

Fortuna: ...What in the world?

Yorumi: PLEASE DON'T READ IT-

Fortuna: "You have broke Terms 1 of the TOS that you have agreed to over the last 6 years."

Fortuna: "As today is the last performance of Embers, you will be collected outside of Chronosis Livehouse afterwards."

Yorumi: Ah... You read it all...

Fortuna: ...

(Mangetsu and Reaper enter the dressing room.)

Mangetsu: Yo, Matsurin, Yukarin!

Reaper: Hey, why do you two seem like you're fighting-

Fortuna: Matsuri, Tohru, can I ask why you two sabotaged 10 performances in total?

M+Y: WHAT-

Mangetsu: What does that have to do with the fact that this is our last performance?!

Fortuna: You're breaking the TOS that we all agreed to 6 years ago, before having our first live here.

Yorumi: Uhm-

Mangetsu: Like we care about the TOS!

Mangetsu: Embers needs to get every single opportunity in order to reach the ultimate stage- Aura Royale Festival!

(Azure enters the dressing room, flinching at the fight.)

Azure: Y'all, what's all the fuss about?

Fortuna: Oh! Good evening, Makoto!

Reaper, Yorumi, Mangetsu: Makoto?!

Azure: I heard from Yukizawa-san that we can get out of here and perform!

Yorumi: Wait what-

Azure: Let's go!

Everyone Else: Okay!

Yorumi: ....Oh no.

(The band members get out of the dressing room, albeit with more friction than usual.)

Reaper: I know that today's our last live here but,

Reaper: ...Didn't this year's ARF mention how we're disqualified for having a 10-sabotage record earlier?

Fortuna: Yes. Because these two don't seem to know how to follow the basics...

Azure: Say, Tohru-kun, Yorumi-chan,

Azure: Yukari-chan, Ibuki-kun.

Mangetsu: Huh?

Yorumi: ...I-I know.

Fortuna: What is it?

Reaper: What?

Azure: ....

Azure: Even if we got disqualified over the whopping sabotages, don't sweat it!

Azure: The most important thing right now is to perform as ourselves, for the final time here!

Azure: Isn't that right?

Everyone Else: ...!

Everyone Else: Alright!

Azure: Bring it on!

...

[Stage, Chronosis Livehouse, Koshimitsu City, Nakanohara Ward, Amanoshima]

Azure: Y'ALL, GOOD EVENING!

Crowd: *incomprehensible screaming*

Azure: This is Embers' onstage for the last time! Let's start with last introductions!

(Azure introduces the members of their band one by one, before Fortuna annouces the vocalist. And then, the incomprehensible screaming turns into that of cheering.)

Azure: Alright! Let's get to the first song right away!

Crowd: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!