Magia Exedra Story Transcripts/temp/portrait geijutsuka

Episode 1

(Narration)	Amidst the endless tapestry of time and space, this place was but one of a myriad of possibilities that may have existed.
(Narration)	This story is a little memory quietly tucked away in a corner of that possibility.
♪ Musical track: bgm01_adv_everyday2
(Narration) Madoka Kaname	"I'm going to play in a band... at the school festival?!"
Kazuko Saotome	This year's theme is "new experiences."
Kazuko Saotome	So I want all of you to challenge yourselves and try things you haven't before.
Madoka Kaname	I've never really done anything worth bragging about...
Madoka Kaname	At least, not yet.
Madoka Kaname	But I thought I could be a little more confident in myself if I tried something new like this.
Mami Tomoe	And that's why you came to us?
Madoka Kaname	I thought about asking classmates who have played instruments before, but...
Madoka Kaname	...I'd rather take the chance to do it with my friends.
Mami Tomoe	Haha. Well, I'm flattered.
Homura Akemi	I wonder what's taking the others so long...
♪ Music stops.
♪ Musical track: Postmeridie
Sayaka Miki	Sorry I'm late!
Kyoko Sakura	Do I really hafta do this?
Sayaka Miki	Not like you have anything better to do!
Sayaka Miki	Besides, we're allowed to invite people from outside our school. And this seems right up your alley.
Kyoko Sakura	*Sigh*
Kyoko Sakura	Fine, but you guys owe me one.
Sayaka Miki	First, we need to decide who's going to play what.
Sayaka Miki	The music club said they'd lend us two guitars and a bass.
Homura Akemi	What about drums?
Sayaka Miki	They're a little bit too heavy to carry around.
Sayaka Miki	But we're allowed to use whatever's in the music room...
Sayaka Miki	...and then they'll put everything on stage on the day of the festival.
Kyoko Sakura	Then I'll play the drums.
Sayaka Miki	Huh? Why's that?
Kyoko Sakura	Isn't it obvious?
Kyoko Sakura	That's less for me to carry.
Sayaka Miki	Why am I not surprised?
Mami Tomoe	In that case, I'll play the keyboard.
Mami Tomoe	A classmate of mine is also going to play the keyboard in a band...
Mami Tomoe	...and said she would lend it to anyone who needed it.
Sayaka Miki	That leaves the guitars and bass... I'll play the bass, I guess.
Sayaka Miki	The bass sort of holds everything together from behind the scenes.
Sayaka Miki	So I'd like to give it a try.
Madoka Kaname	Then it's just the two guitars left.
Madoka Kaname	Homura and I can play those.
Homura Akemi	I...I'm not so sure about that...
Madoka Kaname	I've never done it either, so I'm a little nervous...
Madoka Kaname	But we can learn how to play together!
(Narration) Madoka Kaname	With that, all the roles were decided.
Madoka Kaname	Oh, by the way, what are we going to do about the vocals?
Mami Tomoe	Good question. Does anyone want to sing?
Everyone	......
Sayaka Miki	I really think we should have someone sing.
Madoka Kaname	But would just one person be enough?
Kyoko Sakura	Then why not have two?
(Narration) Madoka Kaname	At Kyoko's suggestion, we all drew lots to decide who would sing.
Homura Akemi	...Oh.
Madoka Kaname	No way!
(Narration) Madoka Kaname	But I never expected Homura and I would be the ones to sing!
♪ Music stops.
♪ Musical track: Scaena Felix
Madoka Kaname	This is a lot to do... Will we be ready by the school festival?
Sayaka Miki	There isn't much time, but we've got to try!
Sayaka Miki	If we pick an easy song and practice really hard...
Sayaka Miki	...I'm sure we can pull it off!
Mami Tomoe	But if you think about how much time we have on stage...
Mami Tomoe	...we'll need to perform three songs.
Homura Akemi	Th-three?!
Madoka Kaname	But Homura and I...
Madoka Kaname	...have to sing and play the guitar.
Madoka Kaname	That means we'll have so much more to practice.
Kyoko Sakura	You got that right.
Kyoko Sakura	We've got a lot to do before we can even think of performin'.
Mami Tomoe	We're all beginners at this, after all.
Mami Tomoe	Let's just do our best.
Mami Tomoe	If we practice, I'm sure we'll get better.
♪ Music stops.
♪ Musical track: bgm01_adv_everyday2
(Narration) Madoka Kaname	Since that day, we all practiced at home or in the music room... And today, we're finally going to rehearse as a band.
(Narration) Madoka Kaname	"One, two, three, four!"
(Narration)	*Strum* *Strum* *Strum*
Sayaka Miki	Hey, that's pretty good, Homura!
Homura Akemi	Oh, thank you. I can play the first part now.
Homura Akemi	But that's only because the song gets quite difficult in the middle.
Homura Akemi	So I had to start over a lot.
Sayaka Miki	I know what you mean. It was the same for me.
Madoka Kaname	Me too...
Mami Tomoe	Hehe. It seems like we've all been practicing the same part.
Mami Tomoe	But I'd like for us to try playing more than just the start together.
Mami Tomoe	So why don't we focus on the chorus today?
(Narration)	*Boom* *Boom* *Crash*
Madoka Kaname	You're amazing, Kyoko.
Madoka Kaname	How do you practice the drums at home?
Kyoko Sakura	Well...
Kyoko Sakura	I just hit pillows instead.
Sayaka Miki	......
Kyoko Sakura	Got somethin' to say, Sayaka?
Sayaka Miki	No. It's just...kind of funny imagining you doing that.
Kyoko Sakura	H-hey! There's nothin' funny about it!
Mami Tomoe	......
Madoka Kaname	What's wrong, Mami?
Mami Tomoe	Well, there's a part during the middle of the song...
Mami Tomoe	...where nothing is played on the keyboard.
Mami Tomoe	I was just wondering what I should do then.
Madoka Kaname	Hmm... I can't even play the guitar very well yet.
Madoka Kaname	I don't know if I'll be able to sing at the same time.
Homura Akemi	I'm worried about that too...
Homura Akemi	What should we do?
Sayaka Miki	Why don't you split up the roles?
Sayaka Miki	Like, Madoka could just sing while Homura focuses on the guitar.
(Narration)	*Strum* *Strum* *Strum*
Homura Akemi	It was so much easier to focus on the guitar when I didn't have to worry about singing.
Madoka Kaname	Yeah. I feel the same way.
Madoka Kaname	But...I'm still a little embarrassed to do it alone.
♪ Music stops.
♪ Musical track: bgm01_adv_everyday1
Kyoko Sakura	Bein' in a band is harder than I thought.
Mami Tomoe	We don't have much time left and we still haven't gotten very good...
Madoka Kaname	But everyone's trying their best.
Madoka Kaname	And I'm having a lot of fun!
♪ Music stops.
(Narration) Madoka Kaname	We kept getting together to practice often after that, and eventually things started shaping up.
(Narration) Madoka Kaname	And on the day before the festival...
♪ Musical track: Postmeridie
Madoka Kaname	This is where we'll be performing tomorrow!
Kyoko Sakura	All the equipment's here too.
Mami Tomoe	Rehearsal will be starting soon. Let's do our best, everyone.
Homura Akemi	Y-yes!
Sayaka Miki	Hmm...
Madoka Kaname	What's the matter, Sayaka?
Sayaka Miki	Well, since you and Homura are the guitarists and vocalists...
Sayaka Miki	...you'll be standing where everyone can see you, right?
Madoka Kaname	Please don't remind me... I'm already nervous enough.
Sayaka Miki	Sorry! That's not why I brought it up.
Sayaka Miki	Actually, I was wondering...
Sayaka Miki	Would you mind taking off your glasses, Homura?
Homura Akemi	My glasses?
(Narration)	Next band, you're up!
♪ Music stops.
Madoka Kaname	Huh?
Madoka Kaname	Was that all...a dream?
♪ Musical track: Scaena Felix
Madoka Kaname	Good morning, Homura.
Homura Akemi	Good morning, Madoka.
Madoka Kaname	......
Homura Akemi	Um... Is there something on my face?
Madoka Kaname	Hehe. No, I just remembered something.
Homura Akemi	Hm? Remembered...what?
♪ Music stops.