Welcoming Atmosphere

[panspermia]

Who: Defying Atmosphere
What: First impressions
When: Mid-January
Where: DA's penthouse
Warnings: awkwardness and poor hygiene

It's been weeks since Defying Atmosphere made their last performance. Public appearances are limited, but Greg and Meril have been boosted to fame as the faces of the band. Any public memory of Weasel, Gaige, Lora, and Krieg seems to have vanished all together. Kimiko keeps telling them not to worry their pretty little heads about it; just keep signing the merchandise she gives them and get to work. She knows what she's doing.

And clean this place up, you pigs.

They have not cleaned this place up. Rather than the wild mess expected of the rockstar lifestyle, the penthouse more closely resembles a college dorm room, complete with soda cans and pizza boxes built up since the last time the maids swept through. What isn't covered with junk food wrappings is stacked with pages upon pages of half-finished songs and diligently signed headshots.

[[ooc: vague "mid-january" label for assuming not everyone is moving in right at the same time. Make your entry headers at will!]]

Comments

[sayonaramemories]

Whatever baggage she has is her problem, not his. If she has an issue with him, she can say it to his face or to their manager.

Either way, he's here to stay. "Wonderful," knowing that this place is going to get cleaned up is infinitely reassuring.

[nibelungvalesti]

This was off to a rocky start, wasn't it? She could at least extend an olive branch, as much as she hated to do so. "It will be good to get back to playing again. We were not given much preview of your abilities -- would you be adverse to a demonstration in a bit?"

[sayonaramemories]

"Of course not. I'll bring the beats and blow you all away." If she's going to be civil, he can do that too. "Or, more accurately, keep all of you in time."

[nibelungvalesti]

"I cannot fault your enthusiasm, although you will find no faults on that score as far as Greg and I are concerned." If nothing else, the two had gotten quite good at playing together in the intervening time.

[sayonaramemories]

"Good! I'd hate to leave you all in the dust," because of course he's sure he's better. He's been a step above all his life- but only because he works so hard at it. "I'll provide a flawless beat for whatever music you've got."

[nibelungvalesti]

"Technical performance is one thing, but what about heart?" Questions Meril might not have asked a month or two ago now seemed very meaningful indeed. "I am afraid we know very little about you, including your history or how you got into music to begin with."

[sayonaramemories]

"Would you like to? I certainly won't mind sharing... After this place is a bit cleaner, of course."

[nibelungvalesti]

"I think I ought to. The more we know about each other, the better." Not for any personal reason, necessarily, but for the sake of public appearances and communication? Meril would present a unified front, as she always did.

[sayonaramemories]

"Clean and I'll answer any questions you've got."

[nibelungvalesti]

"Housekeeping will be up later today," Meril said, not consciously arch and imperious but nonetheless both those things. "However, the other rooms are for the most part untouched, if that will be more comfortable for you."

[sayonaramemories]

"Wonderful. I'll be out once it's cleaned." And off he goes into his new room.

[nibelungvalesti]

This, Meril reflected, as she began reluctantly gathering up her laptop, was going to be a very rough transition.