The Red Tears left Elegia, the former Music Country, and followed its planned route.
As a highly automated, magnetically levitated atmospheric airship.
One of its advantages was that it didn't need many crew members.
The living quarters were much roomier, too. There was even a room they could convert into a music studio.
Here, the members of the newly formed girl band were practicing together to find their rhythm-
"My heart is worn and weary, my eyes keep wandering... Alone in this world, in this endlessly withering spring-"
Uta handled lead vocals and rhythm guitar, while Carina played lead guitar. Nami was on bass, and Baby 5 was on drums.
They had only known one another for two days, yet Uta's astonishing musical skills helped the whole group click in no time.
A few hours brought them to a level of coordination that normally took a month or two. That ability already defied common sense, bordering on the supernatural.
On Blue Star, that talent alone could have made Uta the world's top hired band musician.
Under Uta's deft guidance, the four were already coordinated enough to truly call themselves a band.
"Hey, please... From now on, never let go, forever, forever, never let go again-"
As Uta sang the last line, their performance of "Haruhikage" came to an end.
Nami had just opened her mouth when she saw her trusty partner launch herself forward.
"...You're amazing, Uta! Did you grow up eating sheet music?"
Carina clung to Uta like an octopus. Both were lively and outgoing, and they tumbled into a playful heap on the carpet.
"Ahaha. It's just the Sing-Sing Fruit's effect."
That was a little white lie on Uta's part. She hadn't actively used her Devil Fruit power.
Besides, although the Sing-Sing Fruit needed music to work, it