Why play in a band if you don't form one for life?

"Eh~"

Shizi looked forward to it: "I don't mind if you hug me..."

"That--"

"No way!" Kita hurriedly stopped him.

Kasumi and Shiko both looked disappointed. Kasumi changed the subject: "Then I can only hold Xiao Xiduo! Yoshi yoshi yoshi..."

"Why do I have to find someone to hug me..." Hong Xia stayed aside and took a sip of her drink.

Arisaki came over and grabbed Kasumi by the scruff of the neck: "You'll get used to her after spending more time with her... Hey, Kasumi, Aishiro-san seemed to be about to say something."

"Huh? What what?" Kasumi immediately let go of the struggling Kita and the flat-faced octopus under her that was about to become two-dimensional, and turned to look at Karen who stood up from her seat.

Seeing everyone looking at her, Hua Lian asked loudly with expectation:

"Everyone, are you interested in stage plays?"

ps: I spent the whole day yesterday promoting Shao Ge’s new work… It’s really over, the last stage of Group 99… Why, why, why, why, why did you leave me, my friend… What’s wrong with this feeling of emptiness? Even if I can write an ending in which we will never be separated in my fan fiction, my heart is still so anxious, so lonely, and so unwilling… Let’s perform it once more, and then the next time, and the next time, and countless times. I can only survive in these three years that are like a burning gem, and a new stage is no longer needed… Shizi has walked out, but I can’t… My Group 99…

Chapter 29 Stage Play (Happy Birthday Taki~)

After dinner, Duohui left with RAS, Hualian left with the other members of Poppin'Party, and Roselia went to Sayo's room. After the band ended, they went back together.

"I'm so looking forward to it - what kind of drama will it be?" Kita looked excited, his face turned red, and he was full of imagination.

Previously, Karen's proposal had aroused the interest of most people: inserting some stage plays between bands' live performances. Karen would provide suggestions based on the scripts provided by each band to create a stage where everyone could starlight. Although she was not as good as her partner Nana Ohba in stage creation, she had performance experience after all.

"What script should I choose~" Hong Xia stared at the ceiling in a daze, "Liang, have you read the script?"

Before Liang could answer, she took back the question: "Okay, I'm sorry to trouble you."

"What if I really have seen it?" Liang complained, "Although I haven't seen it."

"I don't think I've ever read the script properly. I've only seen a few movies adapted from plays." Kita thought back, "Have Shiko and Goto seen it?"

Ichiri shook his head.

Shizi recalled carefully: "I think I only watched "Starlight" - and I also read a little "Faust" and Shakespeare when I was suffering from the second-year syndrome, but I have basically forgotten it."

"Then let's play "Starlight"? " Hong Xia said.

"In that case, we need eight actors to star in the film."

"Then there's nothing we can do..."

"Um..." Yili half raised his hand shyly, "How about...we write a script ourselves?"

"Hmph, hmph, hmph, as expected, the Great Demon Princess Ayako has to take action!" In Sayo's room, Ayako was already eager to try, "Ayako can easily write a script! The story takes place... takes place..."

She immediately rushed to Rinko: "Save me, Rinko!"

Linzi looked at her kindly: "Or... let's think about it together slowly..."

Yukina sat on a chair, closed his eyes and meditated, and seemed to have entered the state of composing.

Hina sat aside, watching the discussion of the five people with a smile on her face, but there was a hint of loneliness between her brows.

Lisa noticed: "Hina, do you want to come with us?"

"Huh? Is it okay?" Hina stood up excitedly.

Sayo gave a faint, doting smile, "It's too cruel to leave Hina alone when everyone is at the party."

“I love my sister the most!” Hina rushed towards Saya, but missed her and fell on the bed.

The next day, Karen, Shiko, Rinko, Ryo, and Yukina gathered in Karen's room.

They were here to discuss stage matters. Karen was a must; if they wanted to make the props, they had to ask Shiko; Rinko and Ryo would design the costumes; Yukina had helped out in the Hanegaoka Theater Club with Rinko before, so she also had some experience.

Snacks were placed on the table, and everyone had a copy of the script in front of them, looking very serious. The copying was done with the help of CHU?, the omnipotent mecha.

"What should we do to prepare for a stage play?" Liang asked Hua Lian.

Hua Lian nodded like a teacher, "Yeah~ First, we have to finalize the script. Then we have to make the costumes and props, and finally we have to rehearse."

"Oh~" Shizi clapped his hands, "Professional~"

Everyone looked at her in confusion.

Shizi awkwardly withdrew his hand: "No, I think if I don't support this group now, Hualian will be the only one talking..."

Hua Lian continued with an inexplicable blush: "First, let's take a look at the scripts of each band..."

Several bands chose original scripts without prior agreement.

Among the several scripts, the one on top was written by Poppin'Party and Hualian. Hualian finally couldn't resist the urge to perform on stage, and although she would not join Poppin'Party, she would participate in their performance throughout this time, whether it was the band live or the stage play.

The rustling sound of pages turning.

"Well... this is adapted from the establishment of Poppin'Party, right?" Yukina said.

"That's right!" Hua Lian replied, "That's what they said when they wrote it before."

"But..." Shizi looked at the page number, "It's very long."

"I tried my best..." Hua Lian cried, "Every paragraph is so kirakira, I really can't bear to delete it..."

"I understand." Shizi nodded in agreement.

In the script, at the end of the play, everyone has to pick up their instruments, seamlessly transitioning from the stage play to the live performance. Everything else is easy, except for one difficulty - what about the Random Star? The importance of the Random Star to Kasumi is unquestionable, but there is no such instrument on the airship. In the stage play, they can make do with a model, but what about the live performance?

Hua Lian pondered: "Can I... put a shell on an ordinary guitar and disguise it as Random Star?"

"I can't do it..." Shi Zi thought it was impossible.

"Can't you play a guitar by hand?" Liang asked.

"You think too highly of me." Shizi retorted. She could only play the instrument, and had only a rough understanding of its principles. It was difficult to repair it, let alone make one from scratch.

"Did Toyama-san say anything himself?" asked Yukina.

Hua Lian just thought of something: "Oh! She said don't worry about this, she seems to have heard something."

"That's... great..." Rinko nodded.

The next one is RAS.

"Hui Hui has to run two trips, she's a bit busy..." Shizi opened the script.

This is a story about an unknown band rising from obscurity, constantly defeating their opponents, and finally reaching the top and changing the times.

Yukina smiled unconsciously: "I can tell it's CHU? classmate's style at first glance."

"It's like a cool novel." Shizi said as he read, "No wonder they said they might need me to help with dubbing. It turns out they want to dub the voices of passers-by."

"Are there any dubbing equipment?" Hua Lian was a little surprised.

"Use CHU? That universal mecha will do." Shizi replied, "'After much thought, only Shizi-san is the most suitable for this job!' That's what PAREO said." She imitated PAREO's voice and said.

"Eh? Little PAREO?" Hua Lian turned around, trying to find PAREO in the room.

"It's me." Shizi raised his hands helplessly.

Hua Lian opened her eyes wide: "Professional..."

Liang coughed and said, "Because there are so many scenes, we also need to design a lot of costumes for this play, which will take some time."

"And... this article is also very long..." Rinko added.

"We have plenty of time," Yukina replied.

The third one, Roselia.

"Is Hiina also participating?" Shizi looked up and saw the list of leading actors.

"I was just about to say that." Yukina took a sip of her tea, "Although Hina is in custody, it would not be good to let her pass on this matter, so I would like to discuss it with the others and let her participate."

"I have no objection~" Shizi raised her hand. To be honest, Shizi felt that it didn't matter whether Hinaya was imprisoned or not. If she wanted something, Sayo would get it for her. She was always busy every day, and now she would not miss any public events. Isn't that the same as staying at home?

But what does it matter? She doesn't care at all, she's even happy about it.

Others agree.

Shizi thought that maybe someday, Rinna will be released. It's less than a month, and we can only say that everyone is easy to forgive.

Roselia's script is not a stage play to be exact, but...

"The character cannot collapse..." To be honest, when Shizi saw these words, he could no longer hold back.

What the hell, the three-dimensional R group is playing this, the two-dimensional R group can’t fall behind, right?

"It was...Hina-san's idea..." Rinko also smiled bitterly.

Roselia and Hina will randomly get other people's identity cards. During this period, they must maintain each other's personality throughout the process and play some small games. Once their original personality is exposed, they will be recorded. In the end, the person who collapses the most times will accept the punishment game.

Ricai has participated in many similar variety shows and has gained a lot of experience.

"It sounds like... it doesn't seem like they need props." Hua Lian was quite curious. "Or maybe it's the props from the mini-game?"

"As for this, it won't be too complicated. I can just change it temporarily when the time comes. Anyway, Japanese food will definitely come up with whatever it wants when the time comes." Shizi said.

"That's right." Yukina agreed.

Finally, it’s time to wrap up the band’s script.

Chapter 30: End of the Band's Script

Before, the five people who finished the band sat together in Hongxia's room. The weather was getting colder, and a pentagonal kotatsu was set up in the room, just enough for five people to get in.

"So this is what a kotatsu feels like..." Shizi had never been through this kind of thing before, so it was a little novel.

"Huh..." Liang had fallen to the ground and fallen asleep without knowing when.

Hong Xia pushed her: "Hurry up, hurry up, we haven't finished discussing this yet, right?"

"Can we go to sleep now that we've finished discussing this?" Liang replied drowsily.

"Right—" Hong Xia dragged out the syllables and forcibly pulled Liang's body up, "Not a single word of the script has been changed."

"But I understand, the kotatsu is so comfortable..." Kita also lazily lay on the small table. She had been sleep deprived for a long time, and her eyelids began to feel heavy when she was in a comfortable environment.

Yili also felt a little sleepy, but she forced herself to hold on. She was the one who proposed the original script, and before the formal discussion, she had to come up with at least one proposal - no, at least two... three would be safer...

She looked at Shizi, who was also holding up his face, staring at the ceiling in a daze.

Could it be that she already has an idea?

Yili inexplicably believed in Shizi.

Shizi was indeed thinking about this issue, but still had no results.

"(A bit more of a fairy tale... No, we also have to consider other people's cultural backgrounds... Then put on a Japanese style cover? But I don't know much about this... Forget it, change the idea and steal Daxiang's little drama... No, no, I decided from the beginning not to be a plagiarist. It's fine to take out the original song of the band that ended with the knowledge of others, but I definitely can't do this with mujica. I can't get over it...)"

“Why don’t everyone just write one?”

Suddenly, she heard Liang's voice.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Liang.

"There are several songs anyway, right?" Liang said expressionlessly, "Everyone can write an independent story and perform one every few songs."

Kita thought about it and agreed: "That's good. Anyway, we have different personalities and want to write different things. Why don't we each write one?"

Shi Zi frowned slightly, somewhat dissatisfied with such an expression, but had nothing to say.

Seeing that no one else had any objections, Hong Xia clapped her hands and said, "That's it. Let's go and write first, and then come back here to gather after we're done."

"Disband!"

So, what finally arrived in Hualian's room was a booklet consisting of five small scripts. Shizi had not read the scripts written by others.

"Considering the length, we didn't write very long." Shizi explained, "In each script, the author plays the leading role, and who will play the other roles still needs to be considered slowly."

In the story of Liang, she will play a big company employee. She likes music, and fell in love with a bass guitar at first sight when she was shopping in Ochanomizu. Although she didn't have much savings, she bought it with great reluctance. Not long after, she was promoted by the company and had no one to rely on. She was often so poor that she could only eat two expired lunch boxes thrown away by convenience stores a day, and had to use other people's bathrooms, but she always cherished the bass guitar and didn't sell it. She formed a band by playing, and gradually earned an income. Although she could not reach the living standard of an employee, she confessed at the end of the play: "This is the life I want."

"Ryo is playing himself," Shiko commented casually, looking at the other people's reactions. Reading this story, Karen, Yukina, and Rinko were all somewhat moved.

After all, whether becoming a stage actor or joining a professional band, if you are unlucky, you will most likely have a similar future.

However, like the protagonists in the play, they do not intend to regret it.

Hongxia's story is a little more dreamy: