come and lay your bones on the alabaster stones

[scalpedsociety]

Who: Aramat and YOU! (Certain prompts are locked for certain people though.)
What: A month in the life of the pianist.
When: Throughout March
Where: Various Places Around Vista City and Pride HQ
Warnings: Possible sex, mentions of triggering things and whatever else. Will warn in advance. Prompts are in the comments.

Throughout March, Aramat is rather busy with various things, recording for Crown of Thorns, performing in clubs, searching for apartments to spend some quiet time in, and perhaps other errands. Of course there's always time for fun as well...

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[OPEN] 05: performance | The Echo Club | 'Sea of Love'

[scalpedsociety]

The next song she sits by a person with a guitar and not much else.

"I don't usually talk about who inspires me to sing a certain cover or write a song. But this time, maybe I should. This one is about a great person I know of, they know who they are.

Soon the crowd starts to wonder who this person could be. Then the music starts, a simple but heartrending guitar, Aramat sings to the crowd simply but full of emotion.


Do you remember
When we met
That's the day
I knew you were pet
I wanna tell you
How much
I love you

[twoscompany]

As the song continues, there is one person who is watching, who, as the song subsides and ends, stands and walks towards her. No doubt the crowd is going to explode in some way, soon, as she brings a hand on Aramat's shoulder.

"Care for a duet?"

[scalpedsociety]

Everyone is taken in for surprise, including Aramat herself. It's the woman she managed to get into an insane chase with her fans. The fans recognize her as Garnet, the mega-popular keytarist from Cosmic Indulgence. So popular, she could go solo anytime she wants.

"Of course. What do have in mind?"

The crowd goes absolutely ape-shit crazy at this.

"Holy shit, that's Garnet!" "I wasn't expecting her at the concert." "Someone call Xanxus!"

[twoscompany]

She pauses, thinks for a moment, ignoring the crowd's cat calls I made a fic about your boyfrieeeend! before nodding.

"How about Skyfall?"

[scalpedsociety]

"Sure. That sounds agreeable." She nods at the backing band, making sure that they know.

[twoscompany]

Nodding, Garnet took up a microphone and began to sing, once her cue with the pianos began.

"This is the end
Hold your breath and count to ten
Feel the earth move and then
Hear my heart burst again"

[scalpedsociety]

And she goes in on her own verse, voice contrasting Garnet's own:

For this is the end
I’ve drowned and dreamt this moment
So overdue I owe them
Swept away, I’m stolen

[twoscompany]

A deep breath, as the chorus begins.

"Let the sky fall
When it crumbles
We will stand tall
Face it all together..."

[scalpedsociety]

She continues the chorus...

Let the sky fall
When it crumbles
We will stand tall
Face it all together
At skyfall
At skyfall...

[twoscompany]

The next verse. She looks up, longingly, towards the ceiling.

"Skyfall is where we start
A thousand miles and poles apart
Where worlds collide and days are dark..."

[scalpedsociety]

You may have my number, you can take my name
But you’ll never have my heart...

The way she sings that part is almost defiant, but to who?

[twoscompany]

Its almost defiant. Almost. But it can never be, not truly.

"Let the sky fall
When it crumbles
We will stand tall
Face it all together..."

[scalpedsociety]

And it's not.

Let the sky fall
When it crumbles
We will stand tall
Face it all together
At skyfall...

[twoscompany]

It never can be. But the fans believe it. That's all that matters.

"Where you go I go
What you see I see
I know I’d never be me
Without the security..."

[scalpedsociety]

Right now, it's the only thing that is true.

Of your loving arms
Keeping me from harm
Put your hand in my hand
And we'll stand...

[twoscompany]

"Let the sky fall
When it crumbles
we will stand tall
face it all together..."

She can see someone in the crowd with a camera, its red light blinking. It doesn't matter. Let them record.