Location: Somewhere in the Backstreets
Bremen Musician Meow
Yawn~ Today’s performance isn’t going too well.
Bremen Musician MuMu
Oink! You gotta keep the beat.
Bremen Musician MuMu
District 9 is the sacred ground for music! It’s the homeland of ‘The Pianist’!
Bremen Musician Oink
Come on, man… I’m doing my best here.
Bremen Musician Meow
Are you still bothered by what Heehaw said?
Bremen Musician Oink
Of course I am…
Bremen Musician Oink
This might be our last performance ever if we go to the Library…
Bremen Musician MuMu
Just shake off all of your worries with the exciting music~
Bremen Musician Meow
Oink, if you keep getting distracted by petty concerns like that and half-ass your part, I’m gonna use you as my instrument.
Bremen Musician MuMu
Seconded~
Bremen Musician Meow
We can’t let some little thoughts disturb our performance already.
Bremen Musician Meow
You guys are still new, so you’ll have no idea the troubles we had to go through to perform back in my day~
Bremen Musician Meow
Me, Doodle-doo, Woof, and Heehaw formed this band and devoted all of our time to music so that we could recreate the beautiful, beautiful performance we listened to on that fateful day!
Bremen Musician Meow
So quit gawking and concentrate on the music!
Bremen Musician Oink
The Pianist’s performance… Yes, I know!
Bremen Musician Oink
I left the Seven Association’s Section 3 and joined this band because I just couldn’t forget that sweet melody…
Bremen Musician Oink
I wanted to make music like that myself… Even if it meant I have to give up everything I had…
Bremen Musician MuMu
Yeah~ Remember the enchanting tune that echoed through the whole City.
Bremen Musician Meow
That grand and majestic piano made of one hundred thousand people…
Bremen Musician Meow
The lovely sound created from each stroke of the tendons.
Bremen Musician Meow
It made me realize how beautiful the sounds a human can make in the hands of the right performer~
Bremen Musician MuMu
Especially the ensemble with Fixers at the finale!
Bremen Musician MuMu
At the end of that intense concerto, the Fixers became one with the piano and assimilated into the music. How I wish I could’ve been there…
Bremen Musician Meow
Ahem, speaking as someone who watched the performance right at the scene, the finale was soooo wonderful, you know?
Bremen Musician Meow
The musical score and notes literally unraveled before my eyes~
Bremen Musician Meow
The Fixers ran across the score and charged at the Pianist…
Bremen Musician Meow
They were buried under the notes one by one, their bodies blowing up…
Bremen Musician Meow
But they couldn’t die there; they became part of the piano, spewing out fragrant notes.
Bremen Musician Meow
And the last Fixer standing was taken apart carefully, making the most splendid sound imaginable as gorgeous red notes scattered from their body.
Bremen Musician Meow
Yes… That performance… The heavenly music that pierced me…
Bremen Musician Meow
Well, but then the Black Silence intervened and cut off the Pianist’s hands and head. A total mood killer.
Bremen Musician Meow
I wanted to be part of that performance, too~
Bremen Musician MuMu
Sigh… I’m so jealous… I had to just sit in my Office and listen to the music coming from a distance…
Bremen Musician Oink
Boohoo… I wanna do it too… I wanna make music that’s half as good as the Pianist’s…
Bremen Musician Oink
But look at me… No matter how much I smash the ankle bones, pluck the tendons, and scrape flesh from the splint bones of my instruments, I can’t even get close to it…
Bremen Musician Oink
And Heehaw and Doodle-doo… said things…
Bremen Musician Meow
No, Oink… There’s no need to be so impatient.
Bremen Musician Meow
It’s true that we still have a long way to go before we can perform like the Pianist did….
Bremen Musician Meow
But we are getting close, you see? If we pour our heart and soul into our performance everyday, we’ll be able to make it one day…
Bremen Musician Meow
The performance by Doodle-doo, Heehaw, and Woof was wonderful, wasn’t it?
Bremen Musician MuMu
Yeah! The three gave a fantastic performance!
Bremen Musician MuMu
They went on a trip to prepare for the next, so we won’t get to hear it again for a while, though…
Bremen Musician Oink
It was… Will I get to perform like that someday?
Bremen Musician Meow
Of course~ Let’s discuss this again after we finish this performance and handle the Library job Heehaw gave us.
Bremen Musician Meow
She said there’s gonna be a performance bigger than ever.
Bremen Musician Meow
And we might find new instruments in the Library, you know?
Bremen Musician Oink
Yeah… I’m excited to see that performance Heehaw mentioned…
Bremen Musician Meow
Lemme see… Aha!
Bremen Musician Meow
Why don’t we perform in a supermarket next time~? Oink likes supermarkets, right?
Bremen Musician MuMu
I’m in, too~! It’s fun to mess around with all kinds of instruments in supermarkets.
Bremen Musician Oink
Thanks, Meow… Thanks, MuMu… I’ll practice harder!
Bremen Musician Meow
All right! Gear up, everyone!
Location: Inside the Library
Servant Roland
Looks like the Pianist left a whole bunch of nutjobs in its wake.
Library Director Angela
“From break and ruin, the most beautiful performance begins…”
Servant Roland
What, are you interested in listening to the Pianist’s music?
Library Director Angela
No way. I’ve heard that kind of music more than enough times.
Servant Roland
…There was another dotty musician like the Pianist?
Library Director Angela
It’s similar, but not exactly the same. How about you, did you hear the Pianist’s music yourself?
Servant Roland
Duh. It’d be a lot faster to count the people in the City that didn’t hear that damn sound.
Servant Roland
Its music didn’t just pierce me, it almost ravaged my whole being. And then. …Nevermind. I don’t wanna remember that performance again.
Servant Roland
Anyway, musicians are all molto vivace in the head, one way or another.
Library Director Angela
They seem to love performance that leads to doom, indeed…
Servant Roland
Guess they’re living in their own world that no one else can understand.
Location: Library Entrance
Bremen Musician Meow
Cat goes~!
Bremen Musicians Oink n’ MuMu
Meow~ Meow~
Bremen Musician Meow
Pig goes~!
Bremen Musicians Oink n’ MuMu
Oinkie~ Oink~
Bremen Musician Meow
Rabbit goes~!
Bremen Musician Oink
…Squeak… squeak…?
Bremen Musician MuMu
This is so sad…
Library Director Angela
Greetings, dear guests. I am the direct—
Bremen Musician Meow
MuMu~! Don’t be so down.
Bremen Musician MuMu
But rabbits don’t have any signature cry sounds.
Bremen Musician Oink
Then we can make one…!
Bremen Musician Meow
Good idea!
Bremen Musician MuMu
Everyone…
Library Director Angela
What a load of nonsense.
Bremen Musician Meow
Why are you just standing there, bluey hair? Aren’t you gonna let us in?
Bremen Musician Oink
Stupid little machine, don’t keep your guests waiting!
Library Director Angela
What?
Bremen Musician Meow
Puhahaha, look at it stumble~ It’s got red blood, too?
Bremen Musician Oink
It can bleed, but the inside is still a bunch of metallic junk. Not a good vibe.
Library Director Angela
…?
Bremen Musician MuMu
Hurry up and let us in before we break your legs.
