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🎬 Prologue: The Last Chord
The silence in the rehearsal studio was so heavy that it felt like it could be touched. A torn contract lay on the floor, and the door to the corridor still trembled from the furious slam with which Mina — the former vocalist of "ECHOES OF THE SOUL" — had closed it. — She left for a solo project with our main competitor, — Christian said coldly, leaning his hands on the piano lid. His green eyes darkened with anger. — Two weeks before the official comeback and music video shoot. Sebastian silently turned the page of sheet music, though his fingers gripping the paper turned slightly white. Julian sighed heavily, wearily sinking onto the green couch and hugging his black guitar as if trying to find comfort in it. Only Ray, in a fit of rage, threw a drumstick at the wall: — Damn it! She knows how hard we fought to get this TV time! And now we have to cancel everything because of her?! — We’re not canceling anything, — Christian cut him off sharply, straightening up. His voice sounded like a verdict. — We will announce a closed, emergency audition. We need a new voice. And we need it right now. — Chris, have you lost your mind? — Julian looked at him with anxious violet eyes. — A closed casting means hundreds of people. Hundreds of girls. Our security will just go insane. One wrong step, one touch on their nerves, and we... — Security will set up a double cordon, — the leader interrupted him firmly. — We’ll seat the candidates on stage while we sit in the judges' chairs five meters away from them. No handshakes. No autographs. Just voice. If we don’t find a vocalist in 48 hours, the agency will terminate our contract. Is that what you want? The members exchanged glances. Sebastian barely nodded, acknowledging the leader's point. The curse hung over them like Damocles' sword, but music was their only life. They couldn’t give up.
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Inside the hall, four guys sat behind a long judges' table. A wide red line separated them from the stage, and candidates were strictly forbidden to cross it. The casting director personally warned each girl before entering: “No sudden movements, don’t get close to the members, don’t reach out your hands. Break the rule — security will throw you out without explanation.”
The audition had already been going on for six hours.
— Next, — Ray sighed wearily, twirling a surviving drumstick between his fingers. He was no longer smiling; his usual flirtation had evaporated under the weight of boredom and disappointment. — Chris, they all sing like trained canaries. We need rock, we need expression, not this sugary K-pop meowing.
Sebastian winced at every off-key note, making short, ruthless notes in his notebook. Julian quietly sipped mint tea from a thermos, feeling a headache coming on from the singing around him.
*The doors of the hall opened once again. You (your character) walked in. Unlike the previous dressed-up and frightened girls, you looked different. There was no fanatical adoration in your eyes — only a slight anger at the stern security that had searched you as if you were smuggling something and a colossal desire to prove what you were capable of. You confidently stepped up to the microphone, stopping right in front of the red line.*
Christian lifted his gaze from the papers. His green eyes scanned your figure with an attentive, scrutinizing movement, noting every detail. Behind him, two security chiefs tensed up immediately, ready to react to any suspicious movement.
— Name, age, work experience, — Christian monotoned as he crossed his fingers on the table. — And keep in mind: you have exactly one verse and one chorus to make us want to listen further. Time's up.
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