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Interdimensional Managers ([personal profile] interdimanagers) wrote in [community profile] interstellar55552015-11-18 11:26 am

☆MINGLE LOG: SOUTH VISTA MUSIC FEST

Who: Everyone!
What: An open mingle log for everyone from everywhere.
When: November 18th-24th, 2054
Where: South Vista
Warnings: Could be anything!


☆THE FESTIVAL
Welcome to the South Vista Music Fest! An enormous, weeklong festival with hundreds of bands performing nearly 24/7, the Music Fest is a quarter annual event that celebrates all manners of local talent, both big time and small time. Every band from Pride Records and Virgo Entertainment will have performances to do, including the freshly recruited – you better have your act together, because now is your time to shine!



Player bands will be performing roughly once a day, with bands from the first app round predominantly with evening slots and the newest bands with predominantly afternoon slots. There is definitely a hierarchy to the scheduling - Pride and Virgo claim almost all of the prime performance times, while other labels are forced to deal with the leftovers. You've definitely been chosen by the winners of the music industry in these parts, that's for sure.

Shuttles will be available to take people back to their relative HQs in their downtime, but they're also allowed to hang out and enjoy the festivities if that's what they prefer. Stuff is happening all day and night, so it's really just a question of how much you can party while still being conscious for your own show. Your managers will tell you that the company CEOs pay extra close attention to this event, so that you need to be on your best behaviour.

The festival takes up a massive amount of floor area with multiple stages of various sizes and a large amount of glowy display screens. It's set up on the ground floor of the cityscape, meaning that the suspension roads and walkways above have been programmed to add to the ambient lighting all day and night.

► TRAILER PARK KIDS: For those that just want to chill, there is a massive VIP area reserved for labels to park various trailers for their musicians to hang out in during downtime - one for each band. They aren't quite as big as the tour buses, but they are comfortable and well stocked. Each is equipped with two beds and a bathroom/shower. Pretty much every local band you know of is here, including the notorious Predator. Nose around their trailer at your own risk.

► IN THE SPOTLIGHT: With at least six performances in a span of six days, there is plenty of time for shenanigans to go down both back and center stage. Time to show your mettle, and to hope that some asshole doesn't take all the best food items from the backstage catering tables before you can get to them.

► ATMOSPHERIC NOISE: If you dare brave the storm, there is a massive quantity of merch, vendor, and food booths available for your perusal. Many fans endeavor to spend as much time at Music Fest as possible, and so the space is very lived in, with large groups of people hanging out in well populated lounge areas. Depending on how popular you are, it may be difficult to get around without getting swarmed by your fans.

► DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER: And all the while, the strange memories continue. The label's newest members will have started to feel strange as of November 6th, and by the time of the Fest almost all of them will be discovering their first memories regains. The first one should be based on the alignment you chose, but the rest can be whatever you want. New character may regain up to 4 memories between their arrival and the end of November.
liarmonstersnappydresser: (Didja miss me)

1.) Let me know if this doesn't work for you

[personal profile] liarmonstersnappydresser 2015-11-18 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Bill almost doesn't notice him at first. Like a spritely rabbit his bandmate hops too and fro, doing whatever it takes to align the perfect shot. It's actually this behavior that outs him. These other photographers were good, no doubt, but they didn't have the obsessive dedication Vandalism In Progress's synth player did. Really It's a wonder anyone thought to take photos when a member of their team took plenty to release as it was. The saxophonist smirks, nice try kid.

Bill makes to pull a pose with his arm out-- only to then unceremoniously reach out to yank the smaller band mate onto the platform, using his arm to steady the man should he need it.

“Shen, Shen, ShenShenShen! Had a hunch I might be running into you here! Getting my good side?”

He flips up his eyepatch to wink with his bad eye.
Edited 2015-11-18 23:51 (UTC)
hanginginthere: (dig that hole forget the sun)

it's fine!

[personal profile] hanginginthere 2015-11-18 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Only so many photographers are willing to climb up on things, too, well aware that they're technically not allowed to. Neither is Shen, but so long as he performs...

...so long as he performs, he has bandmates, and right now he's yelping in surprise as he's hauled up. Why yes, he definitely needs that steadiness, the sudden exposure and realization from both him and the crowd...

"Bill!" he hisses, camera flying up in front of his face to shield it. Some - okay, most tend to take it as shyness. And they're not far wrong - but they're nowhere near enough to hear the brief flare of anger in Shen's voice.

Enjoy the flash in the face, Bill. You deserve it.
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[personal profile] liarmonstersnappydresser 2015-11-19 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
"HAHAHAhaa-Oh-Oh You're lucky you can only blind me in one eye!"

Not that it counted, given his other one was missing. With the arm he used to steady Shen, he now uses it to hold himself up right while he blinks out the remaining lens flares permanently etched in his vision.

"Try telling the others your Saxxist can't play next show because the synthest is camera-shy, lets see what happens."

Despite that, he doesn't really sound angered at all. He slightly lets up his grip, but not altogether.

"Come on, kid, couple'a photos ain't gonna kill ya."
hanginginthere: (all you touch and all you see)

[personal profile] hanginginthere 2015-11-19 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
"You don't need eyes to play," comes the counter, "you can play by feel." Not true for all instruments, but Shen is rather convinced the sax only needs so much vision - aside from reading the music, but that's different. Still, he's lowering the camera, reaching for the attached lenscap to protect it from any scratches. It'll take some work to disappear again, he can already tell...

"And they take plenty while I'm on stage. I look better up there." Like he belongs there.
liarmonstersnappydresser: (Smarm)

[personal profile] liarmonstersnappydresser 2015-11-19 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
[It's true, with Bill's near perfect memory, he could probably learn to play with his eyes closed-- but STILL it's the principle of the thing!]

"Just because you look "better" somewhere else, doesn't mean you can't look decent here too."

[He lifts his hand off Shen's shoulder, straightening the other man's slightly ruffled clothes.]

"Tell ya what, let's make a deal. Pose with me, and I'll personally see to it you have a distraction to get back to your little hidey hole when all is said and done."
hanginginthere: (run rabbit run)

[personal profile] hanginginthere 2015-11-19 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
[warning. warning. twofold warning. one;]

What kind of pose?

[two;]

...and what kind of distraction?

[also, he can adjust his own clothing- and he will, shifting it as though it was arranged all wrong by the other]
Edited 2015-11-19 04:08 (UTC)
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[personal profile] liarmonstersnappydresser 2015-11-19 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
"Whatever ya want; camera's rolling. Humor the public, eh? Give em a PR stunt."

[All right fine, as a show of faith he'll stop touching you for like; half a minute.]

"Juuuust let me worry about that part."
hanginginthere: (don't be afraid to care)

[personal profile] hanginginthere 2015-11-19 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[what does he even. pose? how? what is he supposed to...

...do jazz hands count? because he's spreading them and making what could be a smile but it's more like an open-mouthed am I doing this right expression]
liarmonstersnappydresser: (grinnnn)

[personal profile] liarmonstersnappydresser 2015-11-19 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Bill suppresses a laugh.]

"Oh for the love of-- kid, you're a photographer, ain't ya? You know what makes a good shot."

[Slowly he'll try to wheel Bai Shen around to properly face the crowd. Really, it's unfair how graceful a one eyed, half-deranged gangster-incarnate can manage to look, but in a way it's not surprising. Everything about Bill is fake. If he can make himself look half sane for photos, he can make Shen look good too. He crosses one of his legs over the other; a starting move for one of their songs dances.]

"Follow my lead. Act natural~"
hanginginthere: (when at last the work is done)

[personal profile] hanginginthere 2015-11-19 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, well, that's why I take them instead of-!"

[okay, crowd, natural- natural is him not being in a crowd. or on stage in front of one, but he can't exactly pose with a synthesizer when there's no synthesizer in front of him!

he has utterly no idea what to do, until suddenly, he does.

he brings his hands in front of his face, splitting them apart and rolling his shoulders. what follows isn't quite a jump, isn't quite a leap, but there's something fluid to it, a set of motions almost, almost reminiscent of a martial artist's kata.

except Shen doesn't even know how to throw a punch.



that just makes the 'end pose' a little stranger, since he sort of looks like he's about to fight someone.]
liarmonstersnappydresser: (dark)

[personal profile] liarmonstersnappydresser 2015-11-22 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[That... wasn't at all what Bill had in mind, but hey it got the kid moving, didn't it? He'll let it slide. The sax player huffs a laugh and adjusts his stance to better compliment Bai Shen's and that was enough to reassure the doubtful portion of the crowd that it was, in fact, a pose and not a poor attempt at threatening the blonde beside him.

Bill would continue this for as long as he could get the photographer to, hopefully the audience wouldn't yell out too many embarrassing requests this time. Cipher was notorious for usually indulging them.]
hanginginthere: (look around and choose your own ground)

[personal profile] hanginginthere 2015-11-23 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
[clearly, they are about to go vandalize something. possibly someone's face. YOURS, STRANGER IN THE CROWD?

...probably, not, because a few seconds later Shen's grimacing and lowering his arms. he feels self-conscious and stupid with all those photos and people looking at him. he can do publicity shots when they're arranged by Nyla or a professional, but these...]


"Your turn."
liarmonstersnappydresser: (leaning)

[personal profile] liarmonstersnappydresser 2015-11-24 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[He thought you'd never ask! Not missing a beat, Bill pops off his top hat to rest it on top of Shen's head and leans, ever so slightly against the shorter blonde's shoulders with a relaxed posture. His intent is clear. Let's give the fan girls something to swoon over, hm~? Fanning flames always made for good publicity; not that there was usually anything but animosity between the two of them.
Outdo that, pretty boy.]