Jane Doe
Music is Magic is the 3rd episode of Astra-nomical Moment.
Parts
- Staff Notation of This Era
- Worthy of Protecting the Star's Radiance
- Weight of the Crown
Dialogue
Staff Notation of This Era
The following is recorded in the Video Archive
"Staff Notation of This Era"Video Summary: Every era has its own songstress.
Story Description: Astra Yao learns that Fugue intends to launch an attack to steal Joran's legacy, and reflects on how big corporations control art. She remembers that Joran's songs brought her hope during the fall of the old capital. It deeply touched her, and she vowed to use her music to connect people's hearts and bring resonance and hope to New Eridu.
- Later, at the observation deck atop Starloop Tower...
- Evelyn: ...Miss Yao.
- Astra Yao: How's it looking?
- Evelyn: I've looked into it. The group that attacked us was indeed affiliated with Fugue.
- Astra Yao: Are they targeting the company? Or me?
- Evelyn: Neither, but in a way, both. Fugue's goal was to get ahold of Joran de Winter's record.
- Evelyn: "Joran's legacy cannot fall into the hands of an evil corporation like Odeum" — They seem to have recruited irrational fanatics for the job.
- Astra Yao: How did they find out so fast? I literally just found that record in the Hollow...
- Evelyn: Your movements are always watched: fans, reporters, and people who mean you harm.
- Evelyn: Even those close to you... the enemy's infiltration is deeper than you think. That's why we must be extra cautious.
- Astra Yao: "Just a product propped up by capital," huh...
- Evelyn: ...Don't let Fugue's slander or defamation get to you. You just need to stay true to your heart.
- Astra Yao: My heart?
- Astra Yao: I really want to shout "Get lost!" at those big corporations like Fugue and Odeum.
- Astra Yao: My music is just my music... If only the world were really that simple.
- Evelyn: ...Covering Joran de Winter's classics in this concert was the company's idea, but you're the one who'll bear the bad reputation for it.
- Evelyn: I fear that you may follow Mr. de Winter's path, becoming a victim sacrificed in the invisible struggle of opposing powers.
- Astra Yao: There's one line from Joran that I adore: "Every heart is a lonely note."
- Astra Yao: His songs truly have a special power.
- Astra Yao: On the night the Old Capital fell, I was huddled under a blanket in a makeshift shelter wondering if my mom and dad had fled without me... or turned into terrible monsters?
- Astra Yao: Even though I knew I was lucky to have survived... Even though I knew my life had been bought with someone else's...
- Astra Yao: The person who rescued me told me "Be happy, child, live on with a smile." I knew I should stay strong, but I just couldn't manage...
- Astra Yao: At that very moment, the shelter's old speaker started playing a song...
- Astra Yao: Turns out that song was Joran's.
- Astra Yao: Without me noticing, the melody somehow melted away all my fear and loneliness. Tears fell, but they weren't sad tears.
- Astra Yao: They were tears that cheered me up and helped me face the future with a smile on my face.
- Astra Yao: I wiped those tears and realized it wasn't just me — everyone who'd heard it rediscovered a connection between hearts after painful loss.
- Astra Yao: It was Joran who helped me realize the power that music has to deeply captivate the human heart.
- Astra Yao: Every era needs its own songstress. People place all of their hopes in her, and she must bring them hope.
- Astra Yao: If every heart is a lonely note, then I hope my voice can weave the staff lines of our times.
- Astra Yao: Open the curtain, so hearts have no more divides. Let everybody's voice be heard, echoed, resonated, and stitched together into the most powerful melody in New Eridu.
- Carefully putting Joran's record away, Astra strokes the control panel a few times as if playing an instrument in silence.
The curtain of Starloop Tower slowly begins to lift.
A dreamscape quietly unfolds, floating in the night sky and welcoming the starlight and the distant beyond...
Worthy of Protecting the Star's Radiance
The following is recorded in the Video Archive
Worthy of Protecting the Star's RadianceVideo Summary: Sing on! And you'll find your own destiny.
- Astra Yao: Music is magic
- Evelyn: Magic...
- Evelyn: True... maybe I am enchanted by some kind of magic
- Evelyn: It makes me believe... That even I—
- Evelyn: May be worthy of protecting the star's radiance
Weight of the Crown
The following is recorded in the Video Archive
"Weight of the Crown"Video Summary: Malice, even when it's from a stranger, is hard to ignore.
Story Description: You and (BelleBelle / WiseWise) receive an invitation to Astra's concert and are over the moon about it. However, your excitement fades when you see negative comments about Astra online, specially those comparing her and Joran, which make you particularly angry. You consider fighting back with bots but ultimately choose not to interfere too much to avoid causing trouble for Astra. It really isn't an easy job to be a star.
- "Ahhh...!!"
An excited yowl punches through the tranquil silence of rolling around on the bed... - (SiblingSibling): (WiseWise /
BelleBelle)! It's Astra! Wait, no, it's that (really pretty manager lady from last timereally pretty manager lady from last time / manager lady from last timemanager lady from last time)! She's sent us an invite! - (SiblingSibling): (It's an invitation to Astra's concert! There's even one for Eous! Wow~ I never knew VIP tickets looked like this!It's an invitation to Astra's concert! There's even one for Eous! Wow~ I never knew VIP tickets looked like this! /
Starting today, we're the proud owners of invitations to Astra's concert! And there's even one for Eous! Is this how it feels to get the VIP treatment?Starting today, we're the proud owners of invitations to Astra's concert! And there's even one for Eous! Is this how it feels to get the VIP treatment?) 
I want to show off!
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Our place is too soundproof. I'm so excited I want to shout it out for all of New Eridu to hear!
- Awesome! A perfect way to ring in the New Year!
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (Whew, now I can enjoy New Year's Eve without crying over not having a ticket.Whew, now I can enjoy New Year's Eve without crying over not having a ticket. /
Woohoo! Now I can enjoy New Year's without crying over not having a ticket!Woohoo! Now I can enjoy New Year's without crying over not having a ticket!)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (Whew, now I can enjoy New Year's Eve without crying over not having a ticket.Whew, now I can enjoy New Year's Eve without crying over not having a ticket. /
- (SiblingSibling): (*sobs* After all these years of unpaid work for Wise, I've finally gotten my reward.*sobs* After all these years of unpaid work for Wise, I've finally gotten my reward. /
Years of my free labor for Belle is finally paying off...Years of my free labor for Belle is finally paying off...) - (SiblingSibling): Protecting the world's last city can wait until after the concert.
- (SiblingSibling): (Astra is so nice! I really don't get why haters have to diss her like that online...Astra is so nice! I really don't get why haters have to diss her like that online... /
Astra is amazing! I don't get why some people online would hate on her...Astra is amazing! I don't get why some people online would hate on her...) - Hmm? Haters dissing her online?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Hmm? Haters dissing her online? What are they saying? Fairy, can you look it up?
- Fairy: As of today, ever since the announcement of "this Astra-nomical Moment" New Year's concert, discussions related to Astra Yao have consistently dominated the top trending searches, accumulating 8.26 million views.
- Fairy: Negative opinions about Astra Yao account for 14% of all traffic, mainly focusing on the following points:
- Fairy: Number one: She's ugly.
- (SiblingSibling): (Huh?! That's outrageous! Sure, beauty is subjective, but calling Astra ugly is just absurd. We can't let them slander her like that!Huh?! That's outrageous! Sure, beauty is subjective, but calling Astra ugly is just absurd. We can't let them slander her like that! /
That's going too far. Beauty might be subjective, but calling Astra ugly is ridiculous. We can't let them get away with this. Let's fight back.That's going too far. Beauty might be subjective, but calling Astra ugly is ridiculous. We can't let them get away with this. Let's fight back.) - Fairy: Understood. 173,925 new accounts have been registered to launch a full-scale attack against all comments claiming "Astra is ugly."
- Hang on. Isn't that using superpowers for evil?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist):Hang on. Isn't that basically using superpowers for evil? (No! Bad Fairy!No! Bad Fairy! /
We can't do that!We can't do that!)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist):Hang on. Isn't that basically using superpowers for evil? (No! Bad Fairy!No! Bad Fairy! /
- Fairy! Don't make a bunch of bots!
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Fairy! You are an ethical AI and you can't just make a bunch of bots to fight trolls!
- Fairy: Understood. 173,924 accounts have been deactivated. Comments have been deleted.
- (SiblingSibling): (No, let her cook, Wise...No, let her cook, Wise... /
Don't be so strict, Belle...Don't be so strict, Belle...) I think Fairy is right! When you can't speak truth to power, it's okay to use a few tricks here and there. - Fairy: Agreed. By employing such measures strategically, Fairy can help master become a god in New Eridu.
- This is starting to sound like a villain arc...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): This is starting to sound like a villain arc... We're Proxies, (so we have to keep our moral compass or we'll lose ourselves.so we have to keep our moral compass or we'll lose ourselves. /
we must stick to justice or we'll lose ourselves!we must stick to justice or we'll lose ourselves!)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): This is starting to sound like a villain arc... We're Proxies, (so we have to keep our moral compass or we'll lose ourselves.so we have to keep our moral compass or we'll lose ourselves. /
- Stop! We're not doing this.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Stop! (We're not doing this.We're not doing this. /
We're not doing this!We're not doing this!) If achieving our goals involves wrongdoing, then it is not worth it.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Stop! (We're not doing this.We're not doing this. /
- (SiblingSibling): Fine, you're right. For a few seconds, I felt like I had all of New Eridu under my control... Scary! Wait... weren't we talking about Astra? Where did we go off topic...
- Fairy: Other negative comments mostly compare Astra Yao to the late superstar Joran de Winter. For instance: de Winter is a true classic, and Astra's nothing more than just an "idol" propped up by capital. How dare she try to ride on that legacy?
- (SiblingSibling): (Astra is clearly a musical genius who's taken up de Winter's mantle! Her latest record proves it.Astra is clearly a musical genius who's taken up de Winter's mantle! Her latest record proves it. /
Astra is clearly a musical genius who's taken up de Winter's mantle... In fact, her musical achievements are right on par.Astra is clearly a musical genius who's taken up de Winter's mantle... In fact, her musical achievements are right on par.) - No point in comparing the two... They are both amazing.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): No point in comparing the two... (They are both amazing.They are both amazing. /
They're both amazing!They're both amazing!) If Mr. de Winter had listened to Astra's songs, (I'm sure he would have been impressed.I'm sure he would have been impressed. / I'm sure he'd have been a fan, too!I'm sure he'd have been a fan, too!)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): No point in comparing the two... (They are both amazing.They are both amazing. /
- It's not like Astra's success comes solely from corporate backing.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Astra is Astra, and money is money. She stands on her own merits. It's not like her success comes solely from corporate backing.
- (SiblingSibling): Haters (areare) gonna hate. They just have a chip on their shoulder, or something. It's either this or some other dumb reason like those "she's ugly" comments.
- (SiblingSibling): (Which is exactly why we should hit them back. Hard!Which is exactly why we should hit them back. Hard! /
And that's why we should refute them firmly!And that's why we should refute them firmly!) - Let's not cause trouble for Astra and Evelyn.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): It wouldn't be good if we caused trouble for Astra and Evelyn... Fandom feuds can affect public perception. Astra's been famous a long time, I'm sure they can handle it.
- (SiblingSibling): (Okay, if you say so. You're too nice... But I'm still worried, is it really okay for us to do nothing about it...?Okay, if you say so. You're too nice... But I'm still worried, is it really okay for us to do nothing about it...? /
You're too kind, Belle... I'm still worried though... Is it really okay if we don't do anything...?You're too kind, Belle... I'm still worried though... Is it really okay if we don't do anything...?)
- Let's fight back! No one talks about Astra like that!
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Yeah! We can't let them talk about Astra like that! As long as we don't cheat with Fairy, going all-out against them is fine, right?
- (SiblingSibling): (Alright! I'm gonna help you, Wise!Alright! I'm gonna help you, Wise! /
That's my sister. Let me give you a hand!That's my sister. Let me give you a hand!)
- And just like that, you spend the entire day following posts about Astra on Inter-Knot...
Is this the price of stardom? How does Astra handle this endless negativity?
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | Music Is Magic |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 音乐就是魔法 Yīnyuè Jiùshì Mófǎ |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 音樂就是魔法 Yīnyuè Jiùshì Mófǎ |
| Japanese | 音楽って魔法なの Ongakutte Mahōnano |
| Korean | 음악이란 곧 마법이야 Eumagiran Got Mabeobiya |
| Spanish | La música es magia |
| French | La musique, c'est magique |
| Russian | Музыка — это волшебство! Muzyka — eto volshebstvo! |
| Thai | เสียงเพลงก็คือเวทมนตร์ |
| Vietnamese | Âm Nhạc Chính Là Phép Màu |
| German | Musik ist Magie |
| Indonesian | Musik adalah Sihir |
| Portuguese | Música é Magia |
Change History
Released in Version 1.5 - Astra-nomical Moment
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