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Interdimensional Managers ([personal profile] interdimanagers) wrote in [community profile] interstellar55552015-10-02 07:17 pm

☆TRACK I: NOTHING LEFT OF YOU

Who: Every single one of you.
What: Interstellar's first log, and an awards ceremony for jerks you don't know!
When: October 2nd.
Where: A fancy ballroom in neutral territory.
Warnings: Could be anything.

“Oh, it's been getting so hard,
Living with the things you do to me;
My dreams are getting so strange,
I'd like to tell you everything I see.

I see a man at the back as a matter of fact,
His eyes are as red as the sun.
And the girl in the corner lets no one ignore her,
‘Cause she thinks she's the passionate one.”


☆NOTHING LEFT OF YOU




It’s the seasonal Vista Music Industry Award Gala, and attendance is mandatory. You and your band have been touring non-stop for the last two months, hitting locations all over Americana, performing and doing press appearances. This event is set less than three days after your return home, but it’s been made clear that further rest will have to wait.

Though Halloween technically isn’t until the end of the month, the gathering has a formal masquerade theme - masquerade that is, not costume. Dressing up as a mummy or a clown isn’t going to cut it. Themed formal wear is expected, and your image consultants have been pestering you about your choices for the last 48 hours. Whether or not you listen to them, how you dress feels incredibly important. At least if you let the consultants fuss over you, you can be sure it’ll be something press friendly.

Various awards are being given out, but none of them are for you. The media in attendance are starting to bubble with enthusiasm for the ‘rising stars’ of the industry, however, so this could be a moment to shine. Labels besides Pride and Virgo are also in attendance, but who cares about those guys? They seem to be a mere footnote in comparison to the buzz around the heavy hitters.

There’s food, alcohol, dancing, stage performances by notable musicians of both Pride and Virgo, and then the formal awards ceremony in the evening. Yes, you are expected to sit through them. Do try to look like you’re interested, the media is watching.

☆PRIDE RECORDS
Lesedi Santiago doesn’t always make a big deal about introductions - or at least, that’s the impression you get when she just kind of shows up in your group limousine unannounced on your way over to the party. Deep into pre-drinking a bottle of gin, she doesn’t talk with you so much as talk at you, regaling your band with weird stories about the industry while completely ignoring the fact that her presence is more intimidating than comforting. You’re not sure if it’s intentional, but at least she’s a good story teller - her speech doesn’t seem to be at all affected by the quantity of booze she’s already consumed, which is kind of bizarre if you think about it too deeply. You’re not inclined to.

You’ve all met her before, here and there, in a series of bombastic encounters. Her interest in pontificating at you and the other new label inductees seems to fade immediately upon entering the ballroom, as she quickly becomes distracted with more high profile guests. Her attention fixates on Edward Blanch from time to time, but she declines to address him specifically. If you want to get some of her one on one attention, now could be your chance - just make sure you go in ready. Handling Miss Santiago can be a bit of an...experience.

Veteran Pride members are in attendance as well, but most of them are not very good company. Their reactions vary from ‘frat members greeting a new pledge’ to ‘disinterested shoulder pats’, and ultimately it will seem your attention is better received by the other newbies. Maybe even the Virgo Entertainment stiffs, at that.

Because, of course, that crew is here as well. Lesedi suggested you “show them who’s boss,” but you’re not necessarily sure what that’s supposed to mean.

☆VIRGO ENTERTAINMENT
Tonight's event is one of considerable speculation: it marks Edward Blanche's first public appearance after a considerable period of isolation. He's a private man, a mystery and an enigma to the public, and that just seems to make him all the more intoxicating. The Managers and security staff are out in full force, and if you know what's good for you, you'll be dressed to the nines. Your image consultant will be almost desperate to do the work for you, like they're afraid of what might happen to their careers if you embarass the label on their watch.

Personal style is important, but everything in your gut tells you that your nose has got to be clean this time, or trouble is sure to follow. For many of you, this will be the first time you'll ever have seen your CEO in person, and as such, the first time he'll encounter you one on one. If you're going to brown nose, now's the time - but make sure you choose your words carefully, and don't waste his time. Blanche has little patience for it.

There are veteran musicians of the Virgo label in attendance, ones with dozens of awards to their names, but they seem to have little interest in speaking with you. Some are politely avoidant while others and just rudely dismissive, but none of them really give an answer for why they just aren't interested. It's not totally surprising - Virgo's interior politics are harsh.

Other notable guests include Lesedi Santiago and the rest of the Pride Records entourage. Though you may have acquaintances, or even friends, who have been snatched up by the other side, it's even more likely that you have enemies. Everything about your Virgo upbringing makes you feel like you should hold a certain contempt for their ilk - people in this label think of them as classless at best and crass maniacs at worst.

Did you hear about that disgusting stunt one of their front runners pulled on stage last week? Revolting.

☆THE TWIST
Some of you may remember strange events from the past few weeks. Misplaced objects, malfunctioning technology, nostalgic phantom music - it feels a lot like the last portion of your tour was haunted. Now that you're back home, all of that seems to be flaring up again. You can practically feel the otherworldly presences passing through the room, even if nobody besides your tour group seems to notice. Even though they aren't knocking glasses off tables and flickering lights like last time, their presence is somehow even more apparent.

Your programming makes one thing clear: don't make a public fuss about this. Ignore it, everything's fine. The second part only goes so far. Especially when, at some point or another, you'll be shaken by the feeling that one of these ghosts has walked straight through you. For that moment, you feel like a totally different person. At this point, one of four memory regain effects will occur:

► REMEMBER LOVE: You remember a scene, image, or concept related to one of the greatest loves of your past life. Can be either romantic, platonic, or familial. It must be about a person and not a place or activity, though.

► REMEMBER DUTY: You remember a scene, image, or concept related to something you held a great sense of duty or loyalty to in your past life. It could be a person, a cause, a country, or anything in between.

► REMEMBER PASSION: You remember a scene, image, or concept related to something you were passionate about to the point of anger or determination in your past life. Not enjoyment of, but something that drove you, or one of the things most likely to make you throw a punch.

► REMEMBER HOPE: You remember a scene, image, or concept related to something you dreamed about making come true, or an important hope you had for the future in your past life. This covers any kind of positive goal or ambition for you or the world around you.

The feeling will quickly fade, leaving you as the person you've been made into once again. Only now you have something new: the first fragment of a life you can't remember having lived. The CEOs and managers will react to this eventually, and you're probably going to get sent home early. This, however, will be covered with a top level further into the log.

“I'm reaching out for something,
Touching nothing's all I ever do.
Oh, I softly call you over;
When you appear there's nothing left of you.”
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[personal profile] goateeocracy 2015-10-06 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
Not that much.

[He takes a few slices back from her and puts them on his own plate.]

At least get a few different things in case someone else wants cheesecake.

[Here he is, lecturing more or less a complete stranger at the dessert table...]
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[personal profile] i_am_not_cute 2015-10-07 07:30 am (UTC)(link)
Aww...

[She's sad. YOU MADE HER SAD, BRO.]

I guess you're right.

[BUT THAT CHEESECAKE WAS SO GOOD...]
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[personal profile] goateeocracy 2015-10-08 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
[He gives her an aggrieved look.]

Don't they teach kids about the food pyramid or whatever it is anymore? Cheesecake's not a food group. Make sure you hit the salad bar, too.

[Somehow this went from doing something nice for a kid to a service project.]
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[personal profile] i_am_not_cute 2015-10-08 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
What's the food pyramid?

[Pao-Lin never really went to school because of her mystery illness worrying her overprotective parents. They homeschooled her, but...it wasn't the most thorough education. Still, a food pyramid sounds delicious.]
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[personal profile] goateeocracy 2015-10-08 08:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, maybe they don't even have it anymore, but...way to make him feel old, kid. He's got to be at least twice her age, and as much as the big 3 0 approaching doesn't usually faze him much, it's shit like this that makes it sting a little.]

Something they came up with to tell you how much food you're supposed to eat if you want to stay healthy. It's more complicated than that kind of shit, but that's still not an excuse to go on a cheesecake cleanse.
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[personal profile] i_am_not_cute 2015-10-14 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
Oh.

[She glances down at the cheesecake slices. So unhealthy, but so delicious...]

I wonder if...well, never mind.

[Her parents never denied her anything she wanted to eat, wanting her to have a full life experience in case something happened with her sickness.]
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[personal profile] goateeocracy 2015-10-15 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
If what?

[It was probably a bad idea to ask, but it's a little too late to take it back now. It's a bad habit of his, he guesses. He hates when people leave sentences trailing off, either because they want you to guess what the rest of it is supposed to be or they've somehow managed to distract themselves from whatever the hell they meant to say. In this case, it seems that maybe she just thought better of whatever was going to come next, but his automatic response slipped out anyway.]
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[personal profile] i_am_not_cute 2015-10-18 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
It's nothing! I guess I should just learn more about the food pyramid, is all. [Tilts head.] So how much food am I supposed to eat to be healthy?

[TEACH HER????]
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[personal profile] goateeocracy 2015-10-18 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Do I look like a dietitian? Ask your manager to find you one.

[He's about to turn away and leave this nonsense behind, but he can't do that to a kid, especially one who does seems to actually want to make an effort to learn something. He sighs and looks over the food tables. He's no expert, either, but at least he doesn't survive on desserts.]

Cut back on the desserts and the don't overdo on the carbs. Make sure you're eating vegetables and not just fruit. Meat's not bad, but it depends on how it's prepared and how much you eat. Don't overeat just because you can.

[Like he said, he's no expert, but that sounds like a good enough start. He's not particularly obsessive about his own diet, but he also relies on whoever it is who's preparing his food to make most of the decisions.]
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[personal profile] i_am_not_cute 2015-10-24 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
[After listening intently, Pao-Lin nods. Angel still wants her to be eating nothing but sweets in her public persona, but in private she can be more varied. Hopefully it'll prevent her from feeling so bad sometimes. She beams at Kouen.]

Okay, I understand! Thanks. [She tilts her head.] Um, what's your name? I'm Pao-Lin, from Flowers Over Bones.
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[personal profile] goateeocracy 2015-10-24 07:15 am (UTC)(link)
Hongyan Lian, The Old Dirt Road. Yan is fine.

[He's used to it by now. She could manage his actual name, but at this point, he's not sure there's anyone left in the company who calls him by it. It should probably grate on him, but, all things considered, it's not that bad.]
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[personal profile] i_am_not_cute 2015-10-24 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Nice to meet you, Yan! [She bows, a habit left over from her home country.] Thanks again for your help. I really appreciate it!
Edited (wrong icon) 2015-10-24 19:28 (UTC)