(Dress Rehearsal) Live Show

[miraclelivemod]

Today's the day. The club meets up and takes a quick train ride down to Hikarizaka, where the Southwest Mall is ready for the festival. Banners with fall trees and leaves are hung, store clerks welcome you and gesture to the deep discounts in their stores, and people in special mall uniforms are giving out everything from maps to tissue packs to promotional eyeshadow swatches. A few stalls around the hallways are set up selling promo goods, if for some reason you need a fall festival shirt, and seasonal snacks like grilled yams and taiyaki.

And then there's the stage. Audio equipment is standing ready and the stage is cordoned off from the crowd, and the light fixtures you've brought in are there to be set up. You've got a little time before your set while the audience is being entertained by the act before you, a group of poorly-dancing kindergarteners who are too cute to boo off the stage. How are you going to spend it?

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[anchornyan]

[Ayaka is so relieved that she stumbles on the stairs going backstage and nearly wipes out. Anyone who comes up to her, she'll grab their hands and sparkle at them.]

I thought I was prepared for whatever cat-punned up there, but that was ameowzing! I gotta get interviews! Photos!

[And later, you can find her around the mall, having changed back into regular clothes but still with the temporary hair streaks in. She's flitting around making notes of everything and occasionally taking a bite of taiyaki.]

Hey, you think I could get some of the people here to sit for an interview about the festival? A reporter's gotta report!