Nocturnalia/Band Story 1/Chapter 1

**A New Dawn** is the first and the introductory chapter of Nocturnalia's First Band Story.

## Synopsis

*"What do you see in a dream? An endless horizon of stars in the night sky? A vision of a goddess? Or hope for the future? Regardless, never drift away from your ambitions, or all will be for naught."*

- Forgotten One, ???

## Transcript

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**Male Student** : ...

**Male Student** : Whoa, where is this?

(The student wakes up on an empty space)

**Male Student** : Ah, I get it!

**Male Student** : I'm experiencing one of those "lucid dreams" thing!

**Kind Voice** : Mortal.

**Male Student** : What the-

(A woman whose face is obstructed by light appears)

**Male Student** : Okay, so I met a lot of different things in my dreams, but you're new!

**Unknown Woman** : ...

**Male Student** : Come on, what's with the silent treatment?

**Unknown Woman** : Your manner of speech is strange to me, Mortal.

**Male Student** : Ah, I feel like I need to introduce myself first. Name's Tamaki Katayama, by the way. Nice to meet you, woman-whose-face-I-cannot-see.

(Tamaki offers a handshake)

**Unknown Woman** : What are you doing? Are you asking for offerings?

**Tamaki Katayama** : Huh? No, no, just a formal greeting.

**Unknown Woman** : I see.

**Tamaki Katayama** : From your reaction, you're probably some goddess or something, right?

**Unknown Woman** : ...

**Tamaki** : What a shy goddess you are. Come on, no need to be shy.

**Unknown Woman** : What about you? You're quite rude for a mortal, now that I think about it.

**Tamaki** : Well, the gods practically left humanity a long time ago, isn't that technically rude, too?

**Unknown Woman** : ....

**Unknown Woman** : (...We did?)

**Tamaki** : Your face has "I didn't know that happened" all over it, goddess.

**Unknown Woman** : (Damn it, Dad...!)

**Unknown Woman** : Fine, then.

**Unknown Woman** : My name is...

**Both** : Euterpe, of what you mortals would call "The Nine Muses".

**Euterpe** : ...

**Tamaki** : \*smiling wryly\*

(The light disappears, revealing Euterpe's embarassed and shocked face)

**Euterpe** : Wh-When did you-?!

**Tamaki** : The aulos\* kinda gives it away, you know.

**Euterpe** : H-How dare you play me like a fiddle! For a mortal, that's unacceptable!

**Tamaki** : How can I play you like a fiddle when I haven't even touched you a single time? \*in a sarcastic tone\*

**Euterpe** : Aaaaaahhh!!!!! You're unbelievable! You...You...ingrate! You...imbecile!

**Tamaki** : How cute. Since you're incapable of cursing humanity by your own, you resort to mere insults.

**Euterpe** : Grrr...!

**Tamaki** : Anyway, what's the purpose of a goddess of music like you doing in my dream?

**Euterpe** : Ah, right! Since my purpose is to help humanity create music, I figure you would already understand my purpose being here.

**Tamaki** : But, I just like music, I don't even know how to compose one.

**Euterpe** : Well then, what about your dream from back then?

**Tamaki** : My dream, from back then?

**Tamaki** : Oh...!

**Tamaki** : Yeah, I did spout out some dream of some sort back then!

**Euterpe** : ... \*disappointed look\*

**Tamaki** : Well, considering you're actually hopeless, I think it would work ou-

**Euterpe** : I'M NOT HOPELESS!

(Euterpe punches Tamaki so hard, he wakes up in the real world)

**Tamaki** : OW!

**Tamaki** : Huh.

**Tamaki** : I'm awake.

**Tamaki** : Ah well, might as well get ready.

(Tamaki quickly gets ready, and dashes to school)

[Fuyu's House, Morning]

**Tamaki** : Fuyu!!! Wake up!

(Fuyu opens the door, with her wearing her school uniform)

**Fuyu Hime** : Let's go.

**Tamaki** : Oh, you're early! Good, then.

**Fuyu** : You said it like I'm not early every other day.

**Tamaki** : Hehe.

**Tamaki** : Anyways, did you dream about anything last night?

**Fuyu** : I'm afraid not. Everything is still blank.

**Tamaki** : I see.

**Fuyu** : You?

**Tamaki** : I dreamt that a goddess appeared in my dream and punched me in the face.

**Fuyu** : ...

**Tamaki** : ...

**Fuyu** : ...Liar.

**Tamaki** : Wha-?! But, wait! It's real! It just happened this morning!

**Fuyu** : I don't believe you.

**Tamaki** : Ah, come on! Don't be like that.

**Fuyu** : ...

**Tamaki** : It's real though.

**Fuyu** : \*pouts\*

## Trivia

\*Aulos is a Greek wind instrument, and according to Wikipedia-kun, Euterpe might be the original inventor.

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