Ability: Sing!

March 3rd

"The fans keep calling me a 'short king'!"

"As if you can't see why they do."

"Hey, be nice you two!"

"Yes ma'am..."

Aya was sitting on the edge of the stage with her donut.

Beside her was Bram.

Behind her, near the equipment, stood Chuuya, Ranpo, Poe, and Teruko.

Together, they made up the team of Yokohama Ghouls, a band recently formed that had taken Japan and a few other countries by storm. It seemed to have happened overnight, but Spotify became overloaded with them. They were on every playlist, everyone was listening, and they had hit the big rankings in the world.

Teruko had almost choked on her milkshake when she heard about it.

"Wait, we're actually famous?!"

"Yeah! Look!"

Aya held out her phone to show everyone, and they were shocked. Even Ranpo was surprised.

"How did we even-" Chuuya began, unable to even finish the question he was so surprised.

"There is much demand for a new song, as well."

"Guess we'll just have to get to work then, won't we?" Ranpo asked with a smirk.

And so, here they were. They'd just finished the last concert of their tour, a week after they learned of the news. And now they just had to create a new song.

"I think it should be something happy for once. Don't want our fans to be too depressed," Teruko said.

"But then they won't like you," Ranpo joked.

"Ok then, Mr. Smarty Pants, what do you suggest we release next?" Teruko asked, definitely offended by Ranpo's joke.

"You'll see soon."

Teruko stood there and huffed. "That doesn't tell me a damn thing."

Poe stared at his phone for a moment. Then, he grumbled a bit and stood up, walking over.

"I must be going now, everyone. It's an emergency."

"Ok, bye Poe!" Ranpo said with a smile.

Everyone said their farewells to Poe and he left. Even though Ranpo had smiled at Poe, he had a bad feeling. Poe seemed more tense than normal, as of something was bothering him.

The others sat around for a while longer before all heading off to do their own separate things.

And that's where their day ended. Well, except for Aya.

She had one more thing to do before her and Bram went home for the day.

~

"Glad to be meeting with you, sir."

"The pleasure's all mine. Anyway, shall we get to business?"

"Of course."

"My name is Nikolai Gogol, I'm a much lesser known artist than Yokohama Ghouls, but I have this song I've been working on and I think it would be fantastic if the group was to join in as a collaboration."

"Do you have a demo?"

"Mhm! Let me grab it for you!"