Scenario:Love Live! Sunshine!! Aqours Sky-High! - Chapter 1: Where Are We? - Episode 3

Love Live! Sunshine!! Aqours Sky-High! - Chapter 1: Where Are We? - Episode 3

Mari, Kanan, and Dia attempt to approach the residents for information, but the gloomy townspeople avoid them. They run into Vyrn who is investigating the town and end up meeting the crew and the other Aqours members at the mayor's house. The mayor explains that the townspeople have been depressed ever since the appearance of shadowy monsters in the town.

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Lyria: We're almost to the town, everyone.

1st & 2nd-Years: Wow...

The girls' mouths drop open as they gaze up at the towering walls surrounding the town.

Hanamaru: This really is a storybook world, zura...

Ruby: I wonder if Sis and the others are here?

Io: We found the six of you in the areas where Lyria felt a strange presence, so I'd say it's likely the other three are here too.

Mari: Wow, this townscape is simply fantastic!

Kanan: How are you so relaxed, Mari?

Dia: Good question. Before we knew it, we were in an unknown land. What in the world happened?

Mari: No, no! Papa always says you need to keep a calm and clear mind when faced with an unfamiliar situation!

Mari: Panicking will just make things worse. So let's all try to keep our cool.

Kanan: Okay...

Dia: You may be right, but still...

Townspeople: ...

Kanan: The people here are all keeping their distance. Maybe they're scared of us...

Mari: Not to worry—I have plenty of experience traveling overseas! Just leave it to me!

Mari: Even if the townspeople are unsociable, if we just talk to them with shiny smiles on our faces, I'm sure they'll open up to us!

As if to prove her point, Mari approaches a passing woman.

Mari: Ciao! I have something I'd like to ask you, my shiny friend.

Young Woman 1: Me?

Mari: Yes! We're lost, you see. Would you mind giving us directions?

Young Woman 1: Lost...

Young Woman 1: Big deal! I, on the other hand, have lost my direction in life, doomed to wander in an endless labyrinth with no escape!

Mari: What? Um, er...

Young Woman 1: Waaah!

The woman takes off running, wailing loudly.

Mari: Oh...

The people avert their eyes from the trio following the exchange, their expressions grim. They appear to be far more than just unsociable.

Kanan: You know... I don't think these people are unfriendly. They just seem really depressed...

Dia: It's like they're willing us to not talk to them...

Mari: Reminds me of how a couple of girls I know used to be.

Kanan & Dia: Ngh...

Mari: Hehe. That was a joke. I'm sure someone will respond eventually if we just keep trying.

Kanan: Yeah, you're right. I guess I ought to try talking to them too.

Dia: They can't possibly all be scared. But that being said...

The townspeople have all left the area, perhaps terrified that the girls might speak to them.

Mari: The people all vanished...

Vyrn: Hey, you three. Can I ask you somethin'?

Third-Years: ...!

Vyrn: Have you seen any shady folks around here?

Third-Years: ...

Vyrn: Anything would help. No one'll talk to me, so I'm not makin' any progress...

Dia: Shady folks?

Mari: Yes, we have...

Kanan: There's one right in front of us...

Vyrn: Huh?

Vyrn: I-I ain't shady!

Vyrn: And that's what happened.

Lyria: I felt a strange presence...

Io: And there those nine girls were...

Second-Years: ...

First-Years: ...

Third-Years: ...

Io: They're not primal beasts or anything, right?

Yoshiko: No, I'm a fallen angel, not a prime beast—

Hanamaru: Yoshiko, hush, zura.

Yoshiko: I told you, my name's not Yoshiko! It's Yo-ha-ne!

Vyrn: There's a weird one mixed in with the bunch, but I get the feelin' they're just regular girls.

Μ's First-Years not in crew, Μ's Second-Years not in crew, Μ's Third-Years not in crew

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Lyria: Yeah. I don't think they're the ones causing the people in town to act strangely...

Io: Hmm... But I get the feeling it might all be connected somehow...

The crew tries to figure out how the girls might be related to the strange events in town, but nothing comes to mind.

Μ's First-Years is a crew member, Μ's Second-Years is a crew member, Μ's Third-Years is a crew member

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(Captain) and the crew consider the fact that the girls call themselves school idols just as μ's had.

Vyrn: Do you think that primal beast Beobachter's the one who brought 'em here?

Lyria: I have a feeling you're right. Beobachter was probably trying to help the people of Tenacie smile again.

(Captain) and the others find it incredibly peculiar that the previously cheerful town is now overflowing with doom and gloom.

They speculate that the townspeople's brooding is being induced by a substantial power, perhaps belonging to the primal beast Lyria had sensed on the island.

It would be only logical to assume that Beobachter had chosen to intervene, wanting to fulfill its discovered purpose.

As they're thinking, their client, the mayor of the town, appears.

Mayor: My apologies for keeping you waiting, everyone.

Vyrn: No big deal! We've been lookin' around outside.

Mayor: Oh my, there certainly are a number of you... I'll need to put out more snacks and fruit. Hehe...

Chika: Yay, mikan oranges! Thanks!

Dia: Control yourself, Chika. Just because she offered us snacks, that doesn't mean you should sit there and eat them all.

Mayor: No, please help yourselves. Seeing you lively ladies really cheers me up. No one smiles in town anymore, so it's been a while since my heart felt so light.

Io: All the townspeople are seriously depressed. Would you mind telling us exactly what's happening here?

Μ's First-Years is a crew member, Μ's Second-Years is a crew member, Μ's Third-Years is a crew member

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Mayor: Seeing as how some of you haven't been here before, let me tell you a little about our town.

Μ's First-Years not in crew, Μ's Second-Years not in crew, Μ's Third-Years not in crew

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Mayor: This town never really had anything that set it apart, so the population wasn't very large.

Mayor: But for a period of time this town was really lively... It was bright and cheerful, overflowing with the smiles of young ladies.

Mayor: But that didn't last long. Ever since those black shadows appeared, everyone's fallen into despair.

Ruby: Black shadows? Like the monster that was chasing us?

Mayor: What! I've never heard of them attacking anyone before.

Vyrn: So I guess that means things are gettin' worse. We gotta figure this out fast...

Vyrn: I guess for now we oughta do some more investigatin' around town.

Mayor: Please, save our town. I beg you...

The mayor sets her mouth in a hard line and lowers her head.

Chika: ...