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Peony is a gifted pianist from a small town who receives a scholarship to study in the renowned music college Joliard – situated miles from her home in the big city. The college trains many musicians hailing from every genre across the board. In an effort to socialise, she joins a band called Brass Bass, a neo-classical music based group. Their no-nonsense Cellist, Clement, takes a liking to her, being her voice or reason and closest confidant when Peony goes off the rails. In contrast, the band lead Viola player, Violet – starts to despise their new member, feeling as if Peony is taking her much craved spotlight away with her interesting new age music.

After an academy wide recital to showcase talents of the new students, Peony and other performers head to a café where they sample an intriguing limited edition coffee and talk about shared interests. This leads to Peony joining Joliard’s annual Battle of The Bands, pitting the groups of performers against each other. She’s particularly interested in the academy bad boy, Sam, whose cold demeanour and strict playing style intrigues her. Steeped in a beautifully creative world of contrasting music styles, join Peony and her friends on a journey of self-discovery as they confide in each other about their problems, loves and ambitions while they realize their true feelings for each other. All while bonding over Autumn Mystery Flavour Coffee.

New York-inspired classical music academy in a modern day, big city with skyscrapers, large roads and bustling streets. The academy has a large courtyard and multiple concert halls. Fashion is very sleek yet expressive.

• Peony: Playable. A gifted but financially struggling concert trained pianist, she is funny with a sharp wit and doesn’t back down from a challenge. Her pieces tend to be explosive and capture everyone's attention - for better or worse

• Sam: Playable. A serious saxophonist. Often comes off as cold but doesn't mean to. His pieces are technically perfect with excellent pacing, but he lacks a creativity to his work.

• Violet: Playable. A primadonna viola player that wants to be a star and has the leading role in every song. She fights Peony to outdo her in many songs.

• Clement: Not Playable. Peony’s closest friend in the music college and very down to Earth. Cellist for Brass Bass. Tries to convince her to stop fighting Violet or getting revenge against Sam.

• Darren: Playable. Sam’s best friend, he’s the drummer of Darcy’s band Jazzitude. He’s jovial and is nice to everyone. He’s also overtly trying to ask Peony out.

• Terra: Playable. Sam’s little sister with a voice of a dark angel, sounding so much older than the young woman she is, she belts out deep jazzy tunes as the lead singer of Jazzitude.

• 1: Peony performs an explosive and experimental piano piece at a recital attended by students from various different academies. Clement rewards Peony with flowers for the performance and they head for a coffee with the rest of the crowd.

• 2: Peony tells Clement and Violet that she’s entered battle of the bands. Violet agrees but Clement is hesitant.

• 3: Peony is practicing late at night in the music rooms on campus, Sam overhears her. They have a touching Duet over late night coffee.

• 4: On the day of the battle, Violet goes off score and extends her intense viola solo to one-up Peony. Peony fights back with her music, the audience is enthralled by their intense music battle.

• 5: During intermission, a note is placed in Peony’s locker from a secret admirer, and another from Clement, her long-lost brother.

• 6: Violet and Peony complement each other on their intense performances, both putting up a good fight there. They decide to go for a coffee and find that they have shared ambitions of being professional musicians

• 7 : Peony misses midnight while chatting to Violet in the coffeeshop, Clement comes inside after waiting under the streetlamp as the entire gang shows up. They all discuss their performances and revel in healthy competition. It seems like a collaboration is in their future all thanks to Autumn Mystery Flavoured Coffee.