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The Psiioniic - Artolo Apemis ([personal profile] iitrebel) wrote in [community profile] interstellar55552016-01-30 02:16 pm

☆A little little fun

Who: Those who signed up to perform, and anyone else
What: The Double S Charity Concert is go!
When: January 24th throughout the day
Where: Archer Park
Warnings: None planned

☆A Little Little Fun



On the morning of the 24th, the sun rises over Vista City and, more importantly, Archer Park- a series of rooftop parks connected to each other by bridges and overflowing greenery of all sorts. It's a popular on most days to start with. Today, however, is the day of the Double S Charity Concert. Thus, it's more packed than usual.

One of the park "islands" is home to a concert stage, and that is where the concert is taking place. All throughout the next couple of days, various musicians will perform songs they've written about or dedicated to another in the industry. With the entertainment value of the idea and the fame of the musicians, of course the place is packed.

The stage is where every musician will end up at throughout the day, performing for the masses, but behind it is also a rest area for them to either bide their time or just hang out. It's supposed to be restricted to just those musicians participating, but frankly... security is lax just enough that bandmates and the such could duck on in to see their friends. No fans, however, sorry. It's not the most impressive of places, with seating areas and a salad bar and all the pizza that could possibly be ordered, but hopefully it's good enough. This is also where one can find event organizer Jenny around, in case they need to bring anything up.

Of course, no one is required to stay back there while waiting their turn, or after they've done their performance. Attempts to raise money go beyond just the concert. Double S has all sorts of stalls set up, whether to explain to people the various causes they can specifically pledge support to, or to sell merchandise. Can't forget the food stalls. There is, of course, a stall showing adoptable animals. There always is.

Finally, there's one last thing Double S has set up for any willing celebrities. It's a meet-and-greet area for the fans, where they have the chance to meet their favorite musicians. Giving out autographs, taking pictures with fans... There's even a karaoke set up for everyone to use. Musicians can sing solo, or with others from their label, or even with a lucky fan. AKA feel free to get NPC MP here. Hopefully, it'll get some good publicity for those interested in that kind of thing.

Tickets have been made astonishingly cheap in the hopes that more people will show, with anything else being made up by merchandise sales or donations.
actsmagnificent: (shades)

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2016-02-08 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...of all the problems Haruka had anticipated upon landing here, "Rei being ready to leave before the escape spaceship is" was not one of them. She doesn't doubletake the way she did at news of the managers' treachery, but she does give that little half-snort, half-laugh again. Right. Haruka's in the dark in her own way, too.]

You know a lot.

[ Driving driving. ] Can you describe what you've seen?
faithfulflame: (Rei Smarmy)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2016-02-08 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
[She smiles at the thought. She's not ready to leave just yet, but she's definitely realized some things are off.]

I saw you. You were talking, I couldn't make the words out clearly, really. You had a nice car, and a sword. And then again. Bill and I were...[She snorts.] watching a movie, a bad sci-fi one. Solstice Bear Conquers the Uranians. And he said something about it being weird that there weren't any people there. And I had another vision, of you. Different clothing, but I knew it was you...but I'm not sure I should have known.

[She'd seen the transformation, the illusion was broken for her.]

It was odd. But...I had other visions. Memories, I guess. A woman named Pluto, and a girl named Saturn, and someone...with a normal name. Michiru?
actsmagnificent: (wary)

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2016-02-08 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ If you're watching what you can see of her face closely, Rei, you may notice a slight twitch of "Alex's" lips at the word "Michiru", like it almost yields an involuntary smile but she's too focused on everything else you've said to indulge. ] Just them?

[ No Minako, then. None of the other Soldiers from the Inner Soldier System.

And no...

....this is a problem. ]
faithfulflame: (Priestess Smiling)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2016-02-08 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
Just them. Well. No, that's not entirely true. [There's a tremor in her voice, almost like she's not sure how it's related.]

A man, a fine looking one. Endymion, I called him. And a cat.

[None of the inners.]
actsmagnificent: (brood)

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2016-02-08 02:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ...if this were a less serious situation, that juxtaposition might amuse Haruka. None of the people closest to her, then. And...not much from their everyday, present lives? That's going to make explaining this unnecessarily complicated.

If she were going to properly explain. Which, eh. Reaching the aquarium, Haruka looks for the best place to park a vehicle of this size and cost. ]
I see.

[ She has a bad, bad feeling about the next few weeks. ]
faithfulflame: <user name=cupcake-graphics> (Priestess Concerned)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2016-02-08 02:30 pm (UTC)(link)
These people mean something to you, then, Alex?

[There's no reason why she should suspect that these people are all that distant from her. If they are memories, then they're important. Though the irony is there.

And the mun is cruel ]
actsmagnificent: (question)

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2016-02-08 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ What's more important right now is what they mean to Rei, but, well...

Haruka waits until she's done getting a ticket for the parking garage to speak up. ]
Let's look at some fish.

[ Believe it or not, this is, in fact, an answer to your question. In a way. ]
faithfulflame: (Priestess Cute ?)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2016-02-08 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Alright. Sure.

[This is a weird way to answer a simple question, but it's not like she's all that worried.]

I'll get our tickets, then.

[Marching up to the counter, paying in cash. She's not stupid enough to use a card. That's traceable. ]

Lead on.
actsmagnificent: (shades)

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2016-02-09 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ Spotting her the ticket...? You are a celebrity. Haruka shrugs, finds herself at a bit of a loss for what to do with her hands in a jacket that's pressed too precisely to stick them into her pockets, and ends up standing slightly behind Rei instead, trying to look like hired accompaniment (which she supposes she technically is, unless her inviting Rei negates that). So she'll "lead" mostly by just walking and expecting Rei to do the same.

She also seems intent on actually, well, looking at some fish. Presumably they look different from the fish in the aquariums she's seen on Earth... ]
faithfulflame: (Rei Smarmy)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2016-02-09 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Rei's given probably $10,000 expendable bucks every 2 weeks. She could by a small car twice a month...while you drive them. Excuse her, Alex.

Rei makes her way through a few tunnels, mostly unphased by the fish. They may be strange, they're predominantly North American fish, after all. But Tera is still Earth, just in the distant future. Still, she does slow a bit when she notices her companion's evident interest.]


Are they different where you're from?
actsmagnificent: (bored)

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2016-02-09 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
The local ones. [ Haruka is not splitting hairs over Time Shenanigans. She's waiting to see if the fish do anything for Rei, but why would they? She's not the one dating married to partnered with the ocean. And she didn't accompany Usagi here, either.

She rolls her shoulders back. ]
We probably shouldn't meet too often. I'm not supposed to be here.

[ Here on Tera, that is. ]
faithfulflame: <user name=cupcake-graphics> (Priestess Concerned)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2016-02-09 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
[Nothing yet. But there's a nod. She understands that.]

I understand. I should get your business card, at least. Sometimes I like to go out, and sometimes I take a limo that I've hired myself.

[And you're competent, capable, and not a minion of Blanche. She lowers her voice as they reach a deserted area after a few furtive glances.]

Are you...here to stop whatever's going on?
actsmagnificent: (monologue)

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2016-02-09 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ Haruka repeats those glances just to be sure, then dips her chin. ] I won't let the world's peace be disrupted for whims.

[ Because as important as fetching Rei is, that's only half this fight when one is a Soldier of the Outer Solar System. Anyone who kidnaps people off of her Earth needs to learn onto just whose territory they've trespassed. ]
faithfulflame: <user name=cupcake-graphics> (Rei A Little Down)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2016-02-09 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
[That sounds odd. Odd...but familiar somehow,, and her eyes are drawn not to Haruka, but rather to the water around them. Her frame shakes a little, arms pulling inward as another memory does come.]

...Neptune...

[Only a word, just a simple word, but "Alex" is tied to Uranus. And there's a blue-haired woman tied to Neptune...one she has a name for.]
actsmagnificent: (peer)

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2016-02-09 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ What do you know. The aquarium worked. Haruka lets herself smile, ever so faintly. ] Mm.

[ At least they're both thinking about the same person now, if only for a moment. Haruka has been trying not to dwell on how off-kilter it feels to be going it alone. ]
faithfulflame: (Rei Blushing Lady)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2016-02-09 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Her thoughts jump to a conclusion...]

She's...one and the same. And you're like her. One of the...space...ladies.

[Which sounds ridiculous, but she can see it. Part of her knows in her bones that she was taken from these women. But why? That's what she can't understand. And what's the connection between them?]
actsmagnificent: (shoulder)

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2016-02-09 02:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Haruka moves to another display of fish, but she isn't correcting Rei. The pieces are coming together, sort of. All she has to do is let Rei put her own puzzle together, maybe bumping her hand if ever she puts a piece in the wrong place.

Well, and beat up some disemboweling aliens. That part is important. ]
How often have you met the managers?

[ Going from space ladies to fighting aliens. There is a connection here. ]
faithfulflame: (Priestess Smiling)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2016-02-09 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
You mean Santiago and Blanche? Never Santiago. And I only spoke to Blanche once. [A shrug] If you mean Angel, my own manager, generally every day. She comes around to make sure we're working. And she's not particularly unkind, just quiet.
actsmagnificent: (heh)

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2016-02-09 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ And potentially another pawn. Haruka isn't interested in small fry, but she nods. Limiting contact sounds about right. The ones who don't want to be unseated tend towards paranoia and delusions of omnipotence. ] This'll be interesting.

[ Space ladies get things done. ]
faithfulflame: (Rei What?)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2016-02-10 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
[An eyebrow lifts.]

You're going to fight them?
actsmagnificent: (dainty)

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2016-02-10 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I should get you back before your band starts worrying about you.

[ Please forgive that she can't say "yes" out loud. Not here, not anywhere - not even in the car, though the likelihood of the car being bugged is small. But this is what she does. This is who she is.

That's the most she can show Rei, right now. ]
faithfulflame: <user name=cupcake-graphics> (Priestess Concerned)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2016-02-10 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I...

[She wants to protest. She wants an answer, a way to not feel afraid anymore. The CEOs are the enemy, she knows that. They can and probably will hurt her. But...she's said too much as is.]

Guess so. Doctor worries. Mother will too. But you should still give me your company card.

[And she's already passing her own business card over. Simple, floral print, her private contact info. Most importantly, an address. ]
actsmagnificent: (suave)

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2016-02-11 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ Noted. It vanishes into one of Haruka's perfectly-pressed pockets before she produces a card of her own. Being a lowly chauffeur, her name is written on in pen - in case anyone wishes to ride with her again. ] We thank you for your patronage.

[ There's a bit of an amused, knowing quirk to her smile now as she hands it over. ]
faithfulflame: (Rei Cold Fire)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2016-02-11 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
And thank you for taking me away.

[That's good enough. Taking the card, she slips it into her wallet and nods towards the exit.]

Shall we, driver?
actsmagnificent: (tie)

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2016-02-11 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
As you wish.

[ Yeah. She can work with this.

...in some ways the person they're here to save is going to be less of a bother than one of the people who's come to help her save them, but Haruka isn't going to worry about that right now. Rei has given her enough food for thought already. ]