Firo Prochainezo Witnesses the 53rd Death of Pietro Gonzales

Firo Prochainezo Witnesses the 53rd Death of Pietro Gonzales (フィーロ・プロシェンツォ、ピエトロ・ゴンザレスの五十三回目の死を目撃す Fīro Puroshentso, Pietoro Gonzaresu no gojūsankaime no shi o mokugeki su) is an audio drama released in association with the 2007 anime adaptation of Baccano! on October 24, 2007. It chronicles the events of Summer 1936, in which Firo Prochainezo and Luck Gandor drive to Mexico in search of Pietro and Dominico, while Isaac and Miria travel to Mexico in search of the Revolution.

The drama CD uses music from the Spiral Melodies soundtrack alongside original tracks. Its screenplay was written by Noboru Takagi, who also wrote the screenplay for the anime.

Cast

 * Hiroyuki Yoshino as Firo Prochainezo
 * Takehito Koyasu as Luck Gandor
 * Masaya Onosaka and Sayaka Aoki as Isaac Dian and Miria Harvent
 * Nobuo Tobita and Chō as Pietro Gonzales and Dominico Fuentes
 * Rikiya Koyama as Antonio Baro
 * Mizusawa Fumie as Elita

Track 01
Firo Prochainezo admits he did not fully know the meaning of death when he first became immortal, nor does he in the present (of 1936). He muses that he does not really know the meaning of life either, and introduces himself as a capo from the Martillo Family of the New York Camorra.

Track 02
Molsa Martillo asks Firo to go to Mexico, as Maiza Avaro presently cannot. Firo cannot believe Pietro and Dominico would have stolen Martillo (and Gandor Family) money, sentiments which Molsa shares. However, a member of the Gandors witnessed the theft; as Luck Gandor elaborates, Pietro and Dominico robbed a gambling den's profits before disappearing. Molsa thus orders Firo to hunt the two men down and reclaim the stolen money, leaving it up to Firo to decide the men's fates.

Luck volunteers to accompany Firo, and Molsa adds that they should at least teach Pietro and Dominico a lesson. Firo sighs, seemingly reluctant.

Track 03
Firo reminisces about the Pietro and Dominico he knew: Born in Mexico and best friends since they were little, they loitered on Martillo and Gandor turf as independent delinquents. Completely useless when it came to fighting and gambling, they were often teased for how good-natured they were.

He also recalls how they used to get drunk and either cry or sing over nothing, involving him whether he wanted to or not.

Track 04
While driving to Mexico, Luck and Firo discuss how hard it is to believe people as stupid and good-natured as Pietro and Dominico would commit betrayal. Firo opines that the two are so good-natured they put Isaac & Miria to shame, and Luck wonders what the latter pair are doing.

Track 05
Isaac and Miria arrive in Mexico in search of the Revolution, but are at a loss as to where to find it. They ask a nearby man for its whereabouts, and, when the man explains it ended a long time ago, Isaac wonders if a Revolution can truly end. The man finds this deeply philosophical, though Isaac objects that he is looking for men fighting rather than philosophy. Deciding that some "third-rate guerrilla failures" are a close enough substitute, the man tells them where to find the guerrilla fighters.

Track 06
Luck and Firo arrive at Pietro and Dominico's hometown San Miguel, finding it more modern than expected, and enter a bar with the intention of gathering information. They quickly find they are unwelcome, as the bartender serves Luck a glass of dirty water, so Luck draws his gun and demans Pietro and Dominico's whereabouts. All gasp, and one patron says something about the two being inhuman before the bartender ejects Luck and Firo from the premises.

Track 07
Firo splits off from Luck to search on his own, but everyone he asks about Pietro and Dominico is too scared to answer. Eventually, a woman named Elita approaches him and implies she has the information he seeks, frequently referring to him as 'amigo'. He gives her coin but says he will only pay the other half once he sees Pietro and Dominico; she agrees, and as he follows her he remarks that she reminds him of someone.

Track 08
Isaac and Miria encounter a man with a donkey while searching for the Revolution, with whom they have a pun-filled conversation due to the man being hard of hearing. As they are not looking for a donkey (roba) he guesses they might be looking for Baro, and he informs them that Antonio Baro is headquartered in the theater down the road. They dismiss his warning that they might die if they go the theaters, and stride away as he mutters that Baro is terrifying.

Track 09
Isaac and Miria arrive at the theater just after Elita and Firo slip inside, and are momentarily flummoxed when the doorman asks them for an offering if they want to see the 'miracle'—they are searching for a Revolution, not Miracle. They are soon appeased when the doorman claims miracles can be revolutionary, but remain unclear on what is meant by an 'offering'.

Elita brings Firo to the wings, assuring him that Pietro and Dominico are going to be the star performers in an amazing show. Dominico duly enters the stage in a minister's habit, the announcer introducing him as a man who cut the Grand Canyon; when Pietro enters the stage, accompanied by men in black, the announcer introduces him who has experienced multiple miracles at Dominico's hands. Elita informs Firo that the katana the men are carrying is real.

Isaac and Miria finally straggle their way into the theater, and are quick to notice how upset Pietro and Dominico look on stage. Seconds later, the men decapitate Pietro with the katana.

The audience—Isaac and Miria included—react with horror and Firo with disbelief, but Elita is as calm as ever when she says the "show isn't over yet." At the announcer's instruction, the audience prays with Dominico—which in practice results in the audience repeating everything Dominico says. They continue to do so when he makes a mistake and responds to a man correcting his mistake, frustrating him enough that he shouts at them to stop.

It is as Dominico and the audience are shouting that Pietro starts regenerating, causing Firo to realize Pietro must be an immortal. Isaac and Miria trade in their fear for enthusiasm over Pietro's feat, most unusual revolution that it was, and decide to visit Pietro and Dominico backstage—where they hope they will also meet the 'revolutionary' Baro (whom they call roba).

Meanwhile, an extremely agitated Firo insists to Elita that he must see Pietro and Dominico at once. Elita renders him unconscious and remarks he was going to see them anyway.

Track 10
Antonio Baro tosses cold water on Firo to wake him up, referring to him as "American," and punches him in the stomach when he asks where he is. He delivers more punches throughout his subsequent interrogation, usually in response to Firo talking back; when Elita tells him to stop before he 'damages the goods', Firo informs the listener that Elita is Antonio's girlfriend who often kidnaps foreign travelers for their trafficking ring.

While Baro detests the fearless look in Firo's eyes, he admits that Firo should fetch a good price. Firo does not explain that the fearlessness is due to his immortality, and does not try to escape; contacting Pietro and Dominico comes first, escape later.

Track 11
Luck, having made no progress in finding Pietro and Dominico, is now looking for Firo instead. A boy says he knows where one such American might have gone, demanding five dollars rather than pesos in payment, and Luck agrees since the boy reminds him of himself at such an age; however, he only gives the boy two dollars and says he will hand over the other three once he knows the boy is telling the truth.

Track 12
Baro brings Pietro and Dominico to the dungeon Firo is in, instructing them to rest in preparation for their five shows tomorrow. Once Baro is gone, Firo identifies himself as Firo of the Martillo Family to his erstwhile companions—but Pietro and Dominico refuse to believe he is who he says he is, and it takes Firo an hour to convince them he is the Firo they know.

Pietro and Dominico are earnestly happy to reunite with Firo in such an unexpected place, but Firo reminds them that they stole money from the Martillos and Gandors and demands an explanation. The initial answer he receives is confusing—Pietro wants to die, and Dominico wants Pietro to die—but he manages to tease out a more detailed account of what happened:

Pietro had retrieved a bottle of liquor from the ashes of a burnt granary and drank its contents, which Firo is sure must have been the Cure-All Elixir that Szilard Quates put Barnes in charge of overseeing. As Pietro had not known of immortality at the time, his later realization that he could not die came as a great shock to him—a terrible one, not that Firo understands the sentiment. Dominico, however, greatly empathizes with Pietro's grief that he will never be able to reunite with his deceased loved ones, and thus wants to help him however he can.

While Pietro and Dominico were in New York, Pietro's immortality caught the attention of someone who claimed to be a childhood acquaintance. This 'childhood acquaintance' said they knew a witch doctor who could "seal away" Pietro's immortality, and that they could introduce them if Pietro were to bring an introduction fee to Mexico.

Ever since arriving in Mexico, Pietro and Dominico have been performing in Baro's side shows to earn their keep while waiting for the witch doctor's arrival. Firo attempts and fails to convince them they have been lied to (as they refuse to believe they could have been tricked), so he asks them what became of the money they stole. They explain that Baro is temporarily holding it for them, and he spends another two hours trying to convince them they are being used without success.

References in the Light Novels
The following items are instances wherein the audio drama contents are referenced in the Baccano! light novels:
 * In Volume 12, Firo recalls how he and Luck "had once destroyed a small organization in Mexico."
 * In Volume 13, Angelo considers leaving Carnea Kaufman at "Pietro's Bar" when he needs a safe place for her to stay. It's possible this Pietro is Pietro Gonzales.
 * In Volume 16, Maria Barcelito fondly remembers sparring with Elita and explains to Tick Jefferson that Elita was her friend in Mexico.