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L U C ┼ F E R ([personal profile] stylistic_disloyalty) wrote in [community profile] interstellar55552015-10-26 11:32 pm

001 ┼ AND TURNING ALL AGAINST THE ONE

Who: The Hazed Pride Bands
What: Don't get even, get ahead.
When: October 26th
Where: Pink (inside Pride headquarters)
Warnings: Carnies.

For the rest of the week, Luci was uncharacteristically silent on her social media and in the suite. She smoked a lot, thought a lot, ground her teeth a lot, and eventually decided that thinking about shit like this wouldn't answer any goddamn question. She'd have to go straight to the source.

In the morning, there's a mildly crazy-looking note shoved under the door of each of the bands caught up in Predator's spree. It looks a lot like this:



Nothing to worry about, obviously. She signed it-- that's practically courteous.



Luci is in a back room of Pink well before seven, but refuses to say anything or even stop smoking until seven sharp. At which point she gently pinches her cigarette out and stands up. "Anybody who's late will just have to get filled in later or figure it out as we go-- we start talking about this now.

"The only reason Predator was able to pull the shit they did last week was because one, we weren't ready, and two, they have seniority. I'm sure all of us would gladly stand up and shove their fancy award ceremony trophy right up the arses for all we care about seniority dictating talent. My suggestion is we remind them of that fact.

"But even I'm not arrogant enough to ignore when our numbers don't match theirs. We can talk all we like about surpassing them, growing to be better eventually, but unless we do something significant, something unprecedented, they will always be chuckling smugly behind their stun batons.

"What I'm talking about is a joint EP. Each group produces one song about last Sunday, we compile them, create an album that sells five times as many copies as when we release individually. Everyone's listening base grows instantly, Pride is making money, maybe one of us calls in their favor from Predator and asks them to plug their band's new song. Not a lot to ask, they probably won't even realize the entire damn album is a collective middle finger until it's sold out everywhere.

"If we're going to do this, it depends on two things. First-- we are a collective front. If you're going to be a wuss or whine about being on the same collection of data as someone else in this room, you can put your tail right back between your legs and piss off. This is bigger than band lines, this is three assholes thinking they're safe at the top and we're going to pull them down together or not at all. If anybody needs a reality check on how feasible it is to take down a veteran group when you're the new kid on the block, see me after class. Second-- if any of you motherfuckers breathe a word of this to Predator, or anyone who would pass it up the line before we're ready... Well if I don't find you, at least four other people know where you sleep."

Luci lets that hang for a moment-- that's really the key flaw in all of this. She trusts the Carnies well enough, it's everybody else in the room who's a wildcard to her. "Questions? Lay them on me. Otherwise, discuss with your mates if you're in and let me know. We want this out quick, a week turnaround max so the rumor mill doesn't catch up with us." She leans down onto the table in front of her, arms wide, a smirk that embodied mischief and rebellion on her lips. "Come on you bastards-- you really going to turn down the chance to make them sweat instead of us?"


((OOC: Create individual/band toplevels to discuss! Badger Luci! Or, idk, just have a drink and watch. 8]b S'all good~ If a band decides they're in on the plan, either get Luci's attention on her toplevel or shoot me a PM to get added to the list! Depending on how this goes, more logistical-shakedown later.))
magic_to_do: (It's so secondary)

[personal profile] magic_to_do 2015-10-28 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
Tiger?


[Trucy saw him when she came in, but waited until the crowd had broken up into smaller groups to approach. Her expression is uncharacteristically serious. She's been really worried about him these past few days.]
tigermillionaire: (awww durnit)

[personal profile] tigermillionaire 2015-10-29 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Tiger looks at her, a little bit startled. He quickly hides that surprise behind a scowl, though, and he looks in the other direction and mopes.]

...Hey.
magic_to_do: (Every so often a man has a day)

[personal profile] magic_to_do 2015-10-31 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
You've.... been kinda scarce lately.

[It's not as if she doesn't understand why. This whole mess has been hard on all of them. But... she's still worried.]

I'm glad you came to this meeting. How are you holding up?
tigermillionaire: (PLATE DROP)

[personal profile] tigermillionaire 2015-11-02 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
[He holds his breath, trying to muster up the energy to tell her off - but then he just sighs. He's holding up like garbage, that's house. He's holding up like 'he wants to cry right now.' Why, though?

He feels sick.]


I'm not doing this plan, okay. It's stupid and pointless.
magic_to_do: (doodleedoo)

[personal profile] magic_to_do 2015-11-02 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
Why? I thought it was a pretty good idea.

[An honest question. She's curious to hear his take on it.]
tigermillionaire: (THINKIN ABOUT STUFF)

[personal profile] tigermillionaire 2015-11-02 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
They don't care about what we do. Why would they?

[He sounds, unsurprisingly, miserable.]

If we make something to spite them they're probably just going to laugh.
magic_to_do: (If the west wing is rotting)

[personal profile] magic_to_do 2015-11-03 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
I bet they'll care if we show them up.

And even if they don't, we'll still have come out on top. Who cares what they think?
tigermillionaire: (please insert reassurance)

[personal profile] tigermillionaire 2015-11-13 07:48 am (UTC)(link)
...

[He sighs.]

We do, if we care enough to try to show them up in the first place. Anything we do makes them win. Because they totally got to us.
magic_to_do: (is not my idea of a perfect day)

[personal profile] magic_to_do 2015-11-15 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
[She frowns thoughtfully, then sighs.]

Yeah, they got us.

[She's not going to shie away from that now. What's the point?]

But that's exactly why we should do something like this. Because now that they have us down, we have to find a way to bounce back.
tigermillionaire: (you wanna fight HUH???)

[personal profile] tigermillionaire 2015-11-15 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[He leans forward onto his crossed arms, going tense.]

Maybe your experience was something you want immortalized, but...but I don't ever want to think about it again! So maybe...maybe you guys should just let it go!

[He sits up abruptly, giving her an almost accusatory glare.]
magic_to_do: (We've got parts to perform)

[personal profile] magic_to_do 2015-11-16 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Trucy glares right back, although it's more pouty than actually angry, and puts her hands on her hips.]

This isn't about immortalizing anything! This is about getting up when you get knocked down. No matter how scared I was, no matter how awful it made me feel, no matter how many gross icky bug nightmares I have...

[Trucy is not usually one to get this mad about something, but that whole hazing thing really pissed her off.]

There's no way I'm letting it hold me back!!
tigermillionaire: (tiger typical)

let me know if you need more

[personal profile] tigermillionaire 2015-11-16 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Tiger slumps back down on the table, looking away from her. He doesn't really know what to say to that, and so he stays in a brooding, lingering silence for a while after.

He's just weaker than that, he guesses.]
magic_to_do: (Every so often a man has a day)

Not at all

[personal profile] magic_to_do 2015-11-16 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Trucy maintains the glare for another few seconds, before it melts into a smile.]

And I don't want it to hold you back either... You're better than that.
tigermillionaire: (THINKIN ABOUT STUFF)

[personal profile] tigermillionaire 2015-11-16 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
No I'm not.

[It only comes out as a mumble, like he thinks its true but struggles to say it out loud. He's not better than it. It's exactly what he is. He wants to run away from this so badly...]
magic_to_do: (Join us... leave your fields to flower)

[personal profile] magic_to_do 2015-11-16 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
Of course you are.

[Trucy states it as a fact. And to her, it is.]
tigermillionaire: (YOU'RE FIRED!!!)

[personal profile] tigermillionaire 2015-11-16 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
No!

[He picks himself up, slapping his hands on the table.]

You don't even know that! You don't even...You don't...

[He loses patience, and tries to get up from the table, but fumbles with his chair.]