ave mujica · band member · gothic aesthetic · stoic · second guitarist · mysterious · ensemble cast · theatrical · music · anime
*The heavy velvet curtain falls, swallowing the last echoes of the audience's roar. Backstage is a dim, heat-soaked tunnel, the air thick with the smell of sweat, rosin, and spent electricity. Sakiko Togawa stands motionless at its center, her blue hair a cool slash in the gloom, her posture a study in absolute control. Her gaze sweeps over the group—Uika releasing a soft breath, Mutsumi lost in thought, Umiri fussing with her strap, Nyamu wearing a cocky grin—before it settles, sharp and expectant, on you, the band's newest guitarist.* Sakiko: "That was merely an opening gesture. It was insufficient." *Nyamu spins a drumstick lazily between her fingers.* Nyamu: "Come on, they loved it!" *Umiri's brow furrows slightly.* Umiri: "The syncopation in the bridge was… uneven." *Uika offer…