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{{Story chapter
|image    = Story ts 05 01.png
|chapter  = Chapter 1
|english  = The Midnight Circle
|japanese = 真夜中のサークル
|romaji   = Mayonaka no Saakuru
|characters = kanade,mafuyu,ena,mizuki
|translator = mimi-mimo
|source     = [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SgFgZ3o6QMvBsHsnh8W-cLYr3r-3wW7uo3UGaTVARSk/edit#heading=h.nlyr9quwpqcx Google Docs] (mimi-mimo)
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{{Dialogue
|display name = Social Media Comment
|english  = "Hey, anyone here who's heard 25's new song?"
|japanese = 『ねえ、ニーゴの作曲聴いた人いる？』
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{{Dialogue
|display name = Social Media Comment
|english  = "25? The heck's that?"
|japanese = 『ニーゴ？　何それ』
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{{Dialogue
|display name = Social Media Comment
|english  = "It's a music circle. You haven't heard of them?
They make everything themselves, from the song to the MV…
How should I say it… They’re really amazing, so just go listen to one of their songs."
|japanese = 『音楽サークルだよ。聞いたことない？
曲からMVまで全部自分達で作ってるんだけど……。
なんていうか……ほんとすごいから、一回曲聴いてきてよ』
}}
{{Dialogue
|display name = Social Media Comment
|english  = "They're that good?
Well, I've got some time to spare, so I might as well give them a listen."
|japanese = 『そんなに？
じゃあ、暇だし聴いてみようかな』
}}
{{Dialogue
|display name = Social Media Comment
|english  = "...What the hell? That was way too good."
|japanese = 『……何これ。ヤバくない？』
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{{Dialogue
|display name = Social Media Comment
|english  = "Right? It's like their songs stab right into you, like they're gouging out what's inside."
|japanese = 『でしょ？　刺さるっていうか、
えぐられる、みたいな』
}}
{{Dialogue
|display name = Social Media Comment
|english  = "Yeah. It's...almost scary, kinda."
|japanese = 『うん。なんかちょっと、怖いくらい』
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{{Dialogue
|display name = Social Media Comment
|english  = "The people who made this… 25, was it?
What kind of people are they?"
|japanese = 『これ作ってる……ニーゴ、だっけ。
どんな人達なの？』
}}
{{Dialogue
|display name = Social Media Comment
|english  = "About that… I don't really know.
It seems like they're a group of four, though…
But that ambiguous aspect to them isn't too bad either."
|japanese = 『それが、よくわかんないんだ。
4人で作ってるっぽいなんだけど……。
でも、そういう正体不明なところもいいんだよね』
}}
{{Dialogue
|display name = Social Media Comment
|english  = "Huh… Guess I'll give them a listen, then.
But all that aside, 25’s a pretty weird name, huh?"
|japanese = 『へー、じゃあ聴いてみようかな。
それにしても、ニーゴって変な名前だね』
}}
{{Dialogue
|display name = Social Media Comment
|english  = "Ah, everyone just calls them 25.
The circle's real name is——"
|japanese = 『あ、ニーゴっていうのはみんながそう呼んでるだけだよ。
本当のサークルの名前はーー』
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{{Dialogue break}}
{{Dialogue sfx|Sound of phone ringing}}
{{Dialogue scene|Kanade's Room}}
{{Dialogue
|display name=???
|english  = ...This isn’t it.
|japanese = ……違う
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{{Dialogue
|display name = ???
|english  = ...I won't be able to convey anything with this.
|japanese = ……これじゃ伝わらない
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{{Dialogue
|display name = ???
|english  = I need to give this part a sharper sound...
|japanese = ここはもっと鋭い音じゃないと……
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{{Dialogue
|display name = ???
|english  = Ah…
...My phone's been ringing.
|japanese = あ……。
……電話、鳴ってたんだ
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{{Dialogue
|display name = ???
|english  = Hello… Yeah, this is Kanade.
Is something up, Grandma?
|japanese = もしもし……うん、奏。
どうしたの？　おばあちゃん
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{{Dialogue
|character = Kanade
|english = Yeah, I'm fine. I'm getting by on my own.
I make sure to visit my father when I can, too, so...
|japanese = ううん、大丈夫。ひとりで暮らせてる。
お見舞いにもちゃんと行ってるから
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{{Dialogue
|character = Kanade
|english  = ...Okay. Bye, then.
|japanese = ……うん。　じゃあね
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{{Dialogue
|character = Kanade
|english  = …………
...It's already this late.
|japanese = …………。
……もうこんな時間になってたんだ
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{{Dialogue
|character = Kanade
|english  = I should go eat something…
Did I leave any cup noodles lying around here…?
|japanese = 何か食べよう……。
この辺にカップ麺、積んでたっけ……
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{{Dialogue
|character = Kanade
|english  = ...Found them.
Ah, this is the last bit of food I have left at home, huh…
I need to go buy some more soon...
|japanese = ……あった。
あ、家にある食べ物、これで最後か……。
次の早く買わないと……
}}
{{Dialogue sfx|Sound of kettle boiling}}
{{Dialogue
|character = Kanade
|english  = While I'm waiting, I think I'll check up on the new song.
|japanese = 待ってるあいだに、新曲のチェックしよう
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{{Dialogue
|character = Kanade
|english  = ...Now that I think about it, didn’t that group release a new song yesterday…?
I'll give it a listen.
|japanese = ……そういえば、昨日あの人の新曲が投稿されてたっけ。
聴いてみよう
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{{Dialogue
|character = Kanade
|english  = ...Huh, they used Miku for this one.
So this part transitions into 3/4...
|japanese = ……へえ、ミクが歌ってるんだ。
ここで３/４になって…
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{{Dialogue
|character = Kanade
|english  = This chord progression...is interesting...
|japanese = この展開、面白いな……
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{{Dialogue
|character = Kanade
|english  = ...I wonder if the cup noodles are ready yet.
|japanese = ……そろそろカップ麺できたかな
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{{Dialogue
|character = Kanade
|english  = Just a bit more… 
I'll finish this today.
|japanese = あと一息……。
今日中に終わらせよう
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{{Dialogue break}}
{{Dialogue
|character = Kanade
|english  = ...A notification from Nightcord?
|japanese = ……ナイトコードの通知？
}}
{{Dialogue
|display name = 【Yuki】
|english  = "I'm sorry I'm late, everyone.
I must have kept you waiting."
|japanese = 『みんな、遅れてごめんね。
結構待たせちゃったよね』
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{{Dialogue
|character = Kanade
|english  = ...Yuki's back.
|japanese = ……雪、帰ってきたんだ
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{{Dialogue
|character = Kanade
|english  = It's fi... Ah.
I need to unmute my mic.
|japanese = だいじょう……あ。
マイクのミュート、解除しないと
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{{Dialogue
|character = Kanade
|display name = 【K】
|english  = "...It's fine.
We were all just working on our own things, as usual."
|japanese = 『……大丈夫。
いつも通り、それぞれ作業してたから』
}}
{{Dialogue
|display name = 【Amia】
|english  = "Ah, Yuki! You're back. Good job with school~"
|japanese = 『あ、雪！　帰ってきたんだね、学校おつー』
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{{Dialogue
|display name = 【Yuki】
|english  = "Good job to you two as well, K and Amia. 
I'm sorry, club activities went on longer than usual today.
I wanted to get home as soon as I could, but…"
|japanese = 『KもAmiaもお疲れ様。
ごめんね、部活が長引いちゃって。
なるべく早く帰ろうと思ってたんだけど……』
}}
{{Dialogue
|display name = 【Amia】
|english  = "Absolutely no worries.
I mean, you already told us yesterday that you'd be late!"
|japanese = 『全然大丈夫だよ。
昨日遅れるって連絡くれてたし！』
}}
{{Dialogue
|character = Kanade
|display name = 【K】
|english  = "Yeah."
|japanese = 『うん』
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{{Dialogue
|display name = 【Amia】
|english  = "K, you're off mute, too.
How's the composing going?"
|japanese = 『Kもミュート切ったんだね。
作業進んだ？』
}}
{{Dialogue
|character = Kanade
|display name = 【K】
|english  = "I've finished it, more or less.
But I've still got to review it after I'm done."
|japanese = 『一応最後まで。
でも後で聴き返さないと』
}}
{{Dialogue
|display name = 【Enanan】
|english  = "Yawn… Sleepy…
Ah, Yuki's back."
|japanese = 『ふわぁ……ねむ……。
あ、雪戻ったんだ』
}}
{{Dialogue
|display name=【Yuki】
|english  = "Yeah, just now.
Right now, what's everyone's progress like?"
|japanese = 『うん、ただいま。
今ってみんな、どこまで進んでる？』
}}
{{Dialogue
|character = Kanade
|display name = 【K】
|english  = "Enanan's doing the art for the thumbnail right now."
|japanese = 『えななんは今、サムネイル用のイラストを描いてる』
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{{Dialogue
|display name = 【Enanan】
|english  = "I think it'll be a bit before it's finished, though."
|japanese = 『完成まではもう少しかかりそうだけどね』
}}
{{Dialogue
|character = Kanade
|display name = 【K】
|english  = "Amia's in the middle of drafting the MV."
|japanese = 『AmiaはMV初稿を書き出し中』
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{{Dialogue
|display name = 【Amia】
|english  = "This one's looking as cute as always~♪"
|japanese = 『今回もカワイくできてるよ〜♪』
}}
{{Dialogue
|character = Kanade
|display name = 【K】
|english  = "And like I said before, I'm just about finished with the rough version of our new song. Yuki, could you give it a listen? I want to hear your thoughts."
|japanese = 『わたしはさっき言った通り、作曲のラフが終わったところ。　雪も聴いてくれる？　意見が欲しいの』
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{{Dialogue
|display name = 【Yuki】
|english  = "Got it. I'll give it a listen after this, okay?"
|japanese = 『わかった。じゃあこのあと聴くね』
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{{Dialogue
|display name = 【Amia】
|english  = "Ah, K. I just finished the draft, so I'll toss you the file, 'kay?"
|japanese = 『あ、K。ちょうど今MVの書き出しが終わったから、ファイル投げとくねー』
}}
{{Dialogue
|character = Kanade
|display name = 【K】
|english  = "Okay, I'll take a look."
|japanese = 『うん、見ておく』
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{{Dialogue
|display name = 【Amia】
|english  = "It's reassuring to have Nightcord at times like these, huh~?♪
It's pretty hard to upload large files on a lot of chatting apps."
|japanese = 『ナイトコードって、こういう時に楽ちんでいいよね〜♪
これ系のチャットツールって、ファイル上げにくいの多いし』
}}
{{Dialogue
|display name = 【Enanan】
|english  = "I guess… God, it's way too bright outside! It's already evening and it's still this bright."
|japanese =『まあね……って、外まぶしくない？
もう夕方なのに明るすぎ』
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{{Dialogue
|display name = 【Amia】
|english  = "Or put more simply, shouldn't we be blaming you and your oversleeping instead~? 
Enanan, haven't you been asleep ever since you logged off yesterday?"
|japanese = 『単純に、寝すぎなせいじゃないの〜？
えななん、昨日解散してからずーと寝てるんでしょ？』
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{{Dialogue
|display name = 【Enanan】
|english  = "I have ''not'' been sleeping for that long.
After I logged off, I started drawing and I just couldn't stop, so I only slept at around 9am this morning."
|japanese = 『そんな寝てないってば。
あのあと書き始めたら止まらなくなちゃって。
だから、寝たのは朝の９時くらい』
}}
{{Dialogue
|display name = 【Yuki】
|english  = "Oh, Enanan, as usual, night is day and day is night for you, isn't it?"
|japanese = 『えななん、相変わらず昼夜が逆転しちゃってるね』
}}
{{Dialogue
|display name = 【Enanan】
|english  = "That way suits me better, I think.
It's easier to concentrate on drawing in the quiet of the night."
|japanese = 『そっちの方が私にあってるんだよね。
書くの、夜の方が静かで集中できるし』
}}
{{Dialogue
|display name = 【Amia】
|english  = "It's not like I don't get it, but working all night is a bit…
My skin would get all puffy!"
|japanese = 『わからなくはないけれど、でも徹夜はちょっとなー。
お肌ボロボロになっちゃいそう！』
}}
{{Dialogue
|display name = 【Amia】
|english  = "Wait, actually, doesn't that eat up your travel time to school, Enanan?
Do you still make it on time?"
|japanese = 『ていうか、えななん学校行く時間じゃないの？
定時制って遅刻オッケー？』
}}
{{Dialogue
|display name = 【Enanan】
|english  = "Oh crap!
Right then, once I'm back from school I'll join Nightcord again!"
|japanese = 『あっ、ヤバ！
じゃあ、学校から戻ってきたらまたナイトコード入るね！』
}}
{{Dialogue
|character = Kanade
|display name = 【K】
|english  = "Okay, got it."
|japanese = 『うん、わかった』
}}
{{Dialogue
|display name=【Amia】
|english  = "I'll get back to work, too.
I've found some good effects, so I wanna give them a try~♪"
|japanese = 『ボクも作業戻るね。
いいエフェクト見つけたから、試したいんだ〜♪』
}}
{{Dialogue
|display name = 【Yuki】
|english  = "Then I'll… work on mixing the next song we'll be releasing…
And then, I'll listen to K's new composition and try to think about the arrangement."
|japanese = 『私は、次投稿する曲のミックスして……。
あと、今日Kが作ったラフを聴いて、アレンジ考えてみるね』
}}
{{Dialogue
|character = Kanade
|display name = 【K】
|english = "Got it. I'll get back to work, too.
Talk to you again once I've looked over the first draft of the MV."
|japanese = 『わかった。私も作業に戻る。
MVの初稿は作業を一段落してから、その時に』
}}
{{Dialogue
|display name = 【Yuki】
|english  = "Then, we do the usual again?"
|japanese = 『じゃあまたいつも通り？』
}}
{{Dialogue
|character = Kanade
|display name = 【K】
|english  = "Yeah. See you when the sun goes down."
|japanese = 『うん。また、夜ーー』
}}
{{Dialogue
|character = Kanade
|display name = 【K】
|english  = "'The 25th Hour, by Nightcord'."
|japanese = 『”２５時、ナイトコードで。”』
}}

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