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## Episode 17

**Their Curse**

**Characters**

 Empty SEKAI

Kanade
Yuki... **Kanade**: Yuki...

Mizuki
Thank goodness! We found you! **Mizuki**: Thank goodness! We found you!

???
Why? **???**: Why?

???
Miku, did you bring them here? **???**: Miku, did you bring them here?

Miku
..... **Miku**: .....

???
Why did you come back? **???**: Why did you come back?

Mafuyu
I told you to leave me alone. **Mafuyu**: I told you to leave me alone.

Kanade
I came because I want you to listen to my song. **Kanade**: I came because I want you to listen to my song.

???
Your song? **???**: Your song?

Kanade
You said before that my music wasn't enough. **Kanade**: You said before that my music wasn't enough.

Kanade
So I made another song. One that will be able to save you this time. **Kanade**: So I made another song. One that will be able to save you this time.

???
..... **???**: .....

???
I don't need it anymore. **???**: I don't need it anymore.

Kanade
Yuki. **Kanade**: Yuki.

???
Just leave me alone. **???**: Just leave me alone.

???
Miku, get them out of here. **???**: Miku, get them out of here.

Miku
..... **Miku**: .....

???
Miku, did you hear me? Hurry up and get rid of these two. **???**: Miku, did you hear me? Hurry up and get rid of these two.

Miku
Listen to it. **Miku**: Listen to it.

???
Huh? **???**: Huh?

Miku
Listen...to her song. **Miku**: Listen...to her song.

???
Not you too... Why? **???**: Not you too... Why?

Kanade
Please, Yuki. **Kanade**: Please, Yuki.

???
Go away! I just want to be left alone so I can disappear! **???**: Go away! I just want to be left alone so I can disappear!

???
I don't want your help! **???**: I don't want your help!

**\***Phone Fall**\***

Kanade
!! **Kanade**: !!

Mizuki
K, your phone! **Mizuki**: K, your phone!

???
Now get out... **???**: Now get out...

???
Stop barging in here when you don't know a single thing about me! **???**: Stop barging in here when you don't know a single thing about me!

Kanade
I do know. **Kanade**: I do know.

Kanade
You said it yourself, Yuki. You accused us all of wanting to disappear **Kanade**: You said it yourself, Yuki. You accused us all of wanting to disappear

Kanade
You were right. I want to disappear so badly I don't know what to do. **Kanade**: You were right. I want to disappear so badly I don't know what to do.

Kanade
All because my music caused the person I care for most to suffer. **Kanade**: All because my music caused the person I care for most to suffer.

???
You what? **???**: You what?

Kanade
My dad used to be a songwriter. **Kanade**: My dad used to be a songwriter.

Kanade
He worked so hard, always hoping that his music would bring people happiness. **Kanade**: He worked so hard, always hoping that his music would bring people happiness.

Kanade
I wanted to be like him, so I started writing songs myself. **Kanade**: I wanted to be like him, so I started writing songs myself.

Kanade
But the songs I wrote only pushed my dad into a corner. **Kanade**: But the songs I wrote only pushed my dad into a corner.

Mizuki
Your songs...did that? **Mizuki**: Your songs...did that?

Kanade
Yeah. He was suffered for so long because the songs he made were old and nobody wanted them. **Kanade**: Yeah. He was suffered for so long because the songs he made were old and nobody wanted them.

Kanade
But I kept making him listen to my music, not realizing he was forcing himself to smile as he did. **Kanade**: But I kept making him listen to my music, not realizing he was forcing himself to smile as he did.

Kanade
That just made things worse. It forced him to think about the fact he wasn't able to write music like mine. **Kanade**: That just made things worse. It forced him to think about the fact he wasn't able to write music like mine.

Kanade
He lost confidence in himself and ended up collapsing from the pressure. And now he can't make music anymore. **Kanade**: He lost confidence in himself and ended up collapsing from the pressure. And now he can't make music anymore.

Mizuki
That's terrible. But is it really your fault, Kanade? **Mizuki**: That's terrible. But is it really your fault, Kanade?

Kanade
..... **Kanade**: .....

Kanade
Yes, it's my fault. I'm the one who hurt him. I took away the music he loved so much, and his future with it. **Kanade**: Yes, it's my fault. I'm the one who hurt him. I took away the music he loved so much, and his future with it.

Kanade
I started wanting to disappear so badly it hurt. **Kanade**: I started wanting to disappear so badly it hurt.

Kanade
But my dad told me that I had to keep creating music. That's... **Kanade**: But my dad told me that I had to keep creating music. That's...

Kanade
That's the only thing keeping me going. I have to keep writing music that can save others. **Kanade**: That's the only thing keeping me going. I have to keep writing music that can save others.

Kanade
Songs that can rescue them no matter how hopeless they feel. So even though I just want to disappear, I have to keep composing. **Kanade**: Songs that can rescue them no matter how hopeless they feel. So even though I just want to disappear, I have to keep composing.

???
..... **???**: .....

Kanade
So... I understand how you feel, Yuki. **Kanade**: So... I understand how you feel, Yuki.

Kanade
Though our situations might be a little different. **Kanade**: Though our situations might be a little different.

???
I...see. **???**: I...see.

???
You've been cursed by your own father, K. **???**: You've been cursed by your own father, K.

Kanade
..... **Kanade**: .....

???
A curse you can never be free of. How sad. **???**: A curse you can never be free of. How sad.

???
But I don't give a damn about your curse, so don't get me involved in your problems. **???**: But I don't give a damn about your curse, so don't get me involved in your problems.

???
You're only trying to save me because you want to help yourself. A vain, desperate struggle. **???**: You're only trying to save me because you want to help yourself. A vain, desperate struggle.

???
All that will do is make us both suffer. **???**: All that will do is make us both suffer.

???
After all, the truth is you just want to disappear. **???**: After all, the truth is you just want to disappear.

Kanade
..... **Kanade**: .....

Kanade
That may be true, but still... **Kanade**: That may be true, but still...

Miku
Maybe those shared feelings are why your song was the only thing able to get through. **Miku**: Maybe those shared feelings are why your song was the only thing able to get through.

Miku
Even if it wasn't enough...it still reached her.. **Miku**: Even if it wasn't enough...it still reached her..

Kanade
I learned that the song I wrote reached you, Yuki. **Kanade**: I learned that the song I wrote reached you, Yuki.

Kanade
That's why I want to save you with my music. As long as there is still a chance, I will save you. **Kanade**: That's why I want to save you with my music. As long as there is still a chance, I will save you.

Kanade
Even if this is a curse. **Kanade**: Even if this is a curse.