“Monochrome Easter”
Takara, Ryotaro, Daisuke, and Yahiko come to listen to a live performance in the jazz café ‘Yumemidori’ at Izuru’s introduction—
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(The audience applauds.)
Clapclapclapclap!!
Daisuke Brilliant! The repertoire, the skills, and the unity… It was a performance where everything was very wonderful!
Ryotaro Indeed. I’m also thankful that I get to watch and hear a baritone sax performance up close like this.
Takara Yes, I’ve learnt a lot from this as well! And…
Takara I haven’t really had many chances to listen to live jazz performances so freely right in front of my very eyes, so this was really fun.
Yahiko Chameleon-kun’s words have a point. It is difficult to get one’s hands on performance tickets multiple times when one is a regular student after all.
Ryotaro Izuru mentioned this, but today’s performance was delivered by a voluntary team of working adults who ‘want to liven up ‘Yumemidori’’.
Takara If I recall, they perform around twice a month, don’t they. Both Izuru and those people are working hard in order to liven up this store, I see.
Daisuke Is that so…! To think that they take out time from their busy days to do this for the sake of a store they’re emotionally attached to…
Daisuke Such dedication… I’m deeply impressed!
Daisuke Ahh… I wonder what we ought to do in order to convey our gratitude to ‘Yumemidori’, for having made us feel such emotions.
Ryotaro Wouldn’t…applauding and cheering be the best way to go?
Daisuke That is, of course, the most important, isn’t it. It’s just that, should there be anything else that we’re able to do…
Daisuke That’s right! How about we deliver a performance as Ibuki Concert Band onstage at ‘Yumemidori’ as well?
Takara・Ryotaro Eh?
Daisuke And we’ll also put in effort through announcements and promotions, to have many guests come to ‘Yumemidori’!
Yahiko Oho…and the essence of that would be?
Daisuke I’m certain that, as you all have said, there are many people who would like to listen to a live performance up close, you know.
Daisuke So I figured that there’d be more opportunities for a variety of people to listen to live performances if we were to be performers here, you see.
Ryotaro I see… We’ve got our own social media accounts after all, so we may be able to help with gathering customers to this store.
Takara I approve as well! I’d be happy if many different people could listen to a live performance, anyway.
Yahiko Aye, there are no reasons for me to object, either.
Ryotaro At any rate, we’ll first have to obtain the owner’s permission before we do this. Let’s first speak to—
Daisuke Ryotaro-kun! I’ll try talking to him. Wait for me for a little, everyone!
(He runs off.)
Taptaptap…
Ryotaro H-Hey…! Sigh, Maruyama’s drive is the same as always…
Takara Ahaha. He’s the same as Kojiro in that aspect, in the way that only siblings can be. I wonder if the owner will agree to it.
Yahiko I don’t believe there’s a reason to turn us down, though. At the very least, I can imagine things progressing in a good direction.
Ryotaro Yeah. It’s not a bad suggestion for both ‘Yumemidori’ and Ibuki’s band, after all.
Tap tap tap…
(Daisuke returns to them.)
Daisuke Thanks for waiting, everyone! I’ve spoken to the owner, Shimizu-san!
Takara Thank you very much, Maruyama-senpai. What did he say?
Daisuke When I told him that Ibuki Concert Band wanted to liven up ‘Yumemidori’ through a performance onstage, he accepted with pleasure.
Ryotaro I see…that’s great to hear. Well then, we’ll first discuss this with Sensei and Atsukage—
Daisuke Ahh, Ryotaro-kun. There’s something that I’d like to discuss with you all before that.
Ryotaro There’s something you’d like to discuss?
Daisuke When I’d suggested this, Shimizu-san murmured something softly.
Daisuke That “It’ll be nice if we could organise an event together with the performance that’ll go with the season, though”.
Daisuke Something came to my mind, listening to his words. That rather than just performing to liven up ‘Yumemidori’—
Daisuke How about we try holding an ‘Easter Event’ that ties in with our performance!, you see.
Takara・Ryotaro・Yahiko !
Ryotaro An easter event huh… Now that’s another thing out of the blue.
Daisuke Ahh, I’m sorry. I’ve just been going on about my ideas since just now, haven’t I.
Daisuke It’s almost the season for Resurrection Sunday…Easter, right? Easter’s a very unique and interesting event, you know.
Daisuke I think it’ll be perfect as a seasonal event to liven up the venue. How about it!
Takara Easter’s an event with a motif of eggs and bunnies, right. That sure sounds interesting.
Daisuke Yeah, that’s right! I’ve participated in it at my British grandfather’s place, and it was fun, you know.
Ryotaro I agree that it’ll be nice to hold the event as a tie-in with our performance, but…
Ryotaro Easter’s got a colourful and pop impression to it, right. Will it fit the atmosphere of the gothic ‘Yumemidori’?
Daisuke Ah! You’re right…!
Daisuke If you consider the fact that we ought to align the atmosphere, then it’s true that it may diverge from the image that ‘Yumemidori’ has, indeed.
Daisuke Thanks for pointing that out, Ryotaro-kun. It’ll be nice if there’re any other suitable seasonal events for this, though…
Yahiko ……
Yahiko Hm. If that’s the case, then we should just fit the very event to the store’s atmosphere, shouldn’t we.
Ryotaro Fit the event to the store’s atmosphere… What do you mean by that?
Yahiko In other words, we should hold an easter event that blends in with the atmosphere at ‘Yumemidori’.
Yahiko Also known as…a ‘Monochrome Easter’!
Takara ‘Monochrome Easter’!?
Ryotaro Nah, what on earth’s with that…
Yahiko As the name suggests, it’ll be a ‘Yumemidori’-limited Easter event, that’s based on chic black tones rather than colourful hues.
Daisuke ‘Monochrome Easter’…! That’s wonderful, Yahiko-kun! We’ll probably pull things off without destroying the atmosphere of ‘Yumemidori’ with this!
Takara Ahaha, this sounds nice! I want to participate in ‘Monochrome Easter’ as well!
Yahiko An Easter event with a new concept… How deeply intriguing. It’ll probably turn out to be an interesting event, don’t you think.
Daisuke Yeah, I’m sure that it’ll cause a buzz! Alright, let’s all do this then, shall we! The ‘Monochrome Easter’!
Takara・Yahiko Yeah!
Ryotaro ……
Ryotaro I wonder if this will really turn out alright…?
To be continued…
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