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Chapter 7 - EPISODE 7: “Echoes of the Idol”

🎥 [Scene 1 – Flashback: One Year Ago, Riko's Final Solo Tour]

Bright lights. Fans scream. Riko twirls onstage in a spotlight, her eyes closed as thousands chant her name.

RIKO (V.O.):

"Before I was an Avenger, I was just a voice on a stage. I never knew how far one voice could reach…"

Cut to backstage. A boy with dyed silver hair, security uniform slightly oversized, stands near her door holding a glowing fanlight.

FAN (murmuring):

"I'd follow you anywhere…"

🎬 [Scene 2 – Present Day, Break Academy Rooftop]

Riko watches the moon, dressed in a jacket with her old tour emblem half-ripped. Her mic-baton rests beside her.

KURO ŌKAMI (off-screen):

"You miss the stage?"

STARWAVE:

"I miss the silence afterward."

KURO:

"…That's deep."

A soft laugh escapes her, but the smile fades as a raven lands nearby—its eyes glowing purple. It opens its beak… and Riko's own voice comes out.

RAVEN (in her voice):

"I'll always hear you, Starwave…"

🕯️ [Scene 3 – Akihabara, Idol Museum Fire]

News reports show the Starwave Exhibition Room in flames.

All walls are covered in graffiti that reads:

 "SING TO ME."

 "YOU PROMISED."

 "NEVER GOODBYE."

ONMYO FLARE:

"This isn't just obsession. The fire's spiritual—like a ritual calling card."

SCARLET ONNA (examining thread energy):

"There's a parasitic frequency stitched into the museum speakers. Someone's embedding sound-based magic…"

STARWAVE (quietly):

"I know who it is."

🌌 [Scene 4 – Identity Revealed: Echo]

Name:Tsukasa Myojin

Former Fan / Obsessed Security Guard

Alterborn Codename:ECHO

Power:Voice Rebound – He records, amplifies, and weaponizes past sounds—especially Riko's.

He can reflect sonic attacks back.

Mimic voices.

Loop traumatic moments to disorient enemies.

🏙️ [Scene 5 – Trap Set in Tokyo Dome Ruins]

The team lures Echo into the ruins of the stadium where Riko's final show took place. Starwave walks the empty stage alone.

STARWAVE (into mic):

"Tsukasa. I know you're here."

ECHO (voice echoing everywhere):

"You're finally singing for me again…"

He steps out—pale, eyes wide, wearing an old Riko concert jacket like holy robes. His fingers twitch near a homemade mic-tuning belt.

ECHO:

"You left me. I waited. I learned your every song… now let me show you MY remix."

⚔️ [Scene 6 – Starwave vs. Echo: Sound Duel]

Echo surrounds the stage with recorded screams, distorting Riko's hearing.

He reflects her Sonic Burst Kicks, trapping her in an echo loop of her own attacks.

Riko uses stage acrobatics, flipping through lights and speakers, but he anticipates every move.

ECHO:

"You're not real! You're just a broadcast! Let me be your mic… your voice… your only fan!"

STARWAVE (blood dripping from her temple):

"You think loving someone means owning them?!"

🌀 [Scene 7 – Backup Arrives]

Kuro Ōkami crashes through the scaffolding, claws drawn.

Onmyo Flare hurls a Seal of Mute, briefly cutting Echo's sonic power.

Scarlet Onna tangles his speakers in thread-bindings.

ECHO (screaming):

"NO! I ONLY WANT HER!"

He rips open his jacket—revealing dozens of micro-recorders embedded in his chest, each flashing with a different moment of Riko's voice.

🎤 [Scene 8 – Starwave's Final Note]

Riko climbs a broken lighting rig, bleeding, eyes glowing.

STARWAVE:

"You took my voice… Now take this."

She activates her final move:

🎶 "SONIC COMET DIVE"

Leaping high, she spins midair, charging sound into her legs.

A vortex of sound surrounds her as she crashes into Echo with a meteor-like dropkick.

The shockwave silences the entire district.

All his recorders explode into glittering silence.

Echo collapses, crying.

ECHO (whispers):

"I just wanted you to hear me…"

STARWAVE (softly):

"I did. But you lost yourself in the noise."

🌫️ [Scene 9 – Aftermath, Hospital Wing]

Echo is taken into containment.

Riko sits with bandages on her legs, gazing at her shattered mic-staff.

SCARLET ONNA:

"He was just a fan. But the world twisted him."

STARWAVE:

"No. He twisted himself. Love isn't obsession. It's letting go."

🕳️ [Final Scene – VANQUISH Control Tower]

A new figure steps into the light. Young, female, wielding a massive tuning fork sword.

???:

"She cracked Echo. Not bad."

VANQUISH COMMANDER:

"Good. Let her sing loud… before we silence the whole world."

🎴 [End Card – Tokyo Avengers]

EPISODE 7: "Echoes of the Idol" — END

🌀 Next Time: Episode 8 — "Ashes in the Thread"

A corrupted spirit born from ancient sacrifices begins eating cursed threadlines across Tokyo—and Scarlet Onna's own stitchwork might be the bait.

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