The Cut Off


Cast:
Cure Beat / Siren, Kurokawa Ellen - age 14
Bassdrum, Ohta Torao - age 23
Baritone, Toujou Naoto - age 21
Falsetto, Hayase Tohru - age 29


August, 2011

Three apparent monsters pursue Ellen, but they have lost sight of her. A frog-faced kappa, an umbrella-shaped karakasa, and a masked, crow-feathered tengu stumble and fall to the ground when Ellen drops down from a tree branch right in front of them. Their masks fall off, revealing Trio The Minor.

"This is a school event, you fools! What do you think you're doing, making trouble for me?"

Bassdrum is the one who responds. "Miss Siren, we only wished to remind you of your-"

"My career?" She cuts him off with a withering glare. "Because I have a career, I'm not allowed to peacefully enjoy the school festival with my friends?"

Baritone attempts to calm her. "But Miss Siren, are we not your friends also? How can you schedule a performance without us?"

"You are adults! Did you think that a festival run by and for students would have a stage for three grown men?! Especially you, Falsetto! You're old enough to be my father!"

"But Siren-"

"Shut up! If this is what you're willing to do just to perform with Siren, then Siren is done! From now on, I will perform as Cure Beat!"