interstellar5555 | 002 ┼ THEY LEFT US ALONE / KIDS IN THE DARK / TO BURN OUT FOREVER / OR LIGHT UP A SPARK

Who: Cosmic Indulgence, Flashstep, Junkyard Carnival, & System Shock + Any Virgo Onlookers
What: The Revenge EP is debuting in a flashmob-style performance. Four bands, four never before heard songs, one massive social media frenzy.
When: November 7th
Where: Sinammon
Warnings: ......sigh. Carnies.

The second the lockdown is lifted, Luci springs into action. She's mass texting everyone involved:

It's time. Tomorrow night, we ride at 7PM for an 8PM start. Get your best shit dry cleaned.

There's already an exodus happening out of Pride HQ given they weren't the only ones on lockdown either, so slipping out is easy enough. They converge on the location, Luci makes good on her suggestion and hands the techbooth a wad of money to stop playing recorded dance mixes and let them take over the stage. She can already see one guy frantically texting into his lap as she explains what's about to happen. Perfect.

"You should tell your manager to call in more bouncers and remove some of the tables, this place is about to be packed."

((OOC: Welcome to the culmination of the EP plot! Not much else to say but here's a description of the stage setup courtesy of Garnet for anyone curious, and LET'S ROCK!))

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[ Ivan follows without question, without realizing that he's moving at all really. Edward. Edward. That student's name was Edward. That's the person that the ninja spirit wanted to protect so badly. This is how they met. He knows what he looks like now.

When Luce calls his name, Ivan snaps back to the present. ]

Luce?

[ He's pretty sure he wasn't in this area moments earlier. ]

You were out of it, dear.

[She brushes some of his hair away from his face, brow furrowed in concern.]

Did... something happen?

[Translation: Anymore weird shit?]

I saw... I know what Edward looks like. I mean, the ninja spirit's Edward.

[ Ivan looks at his hand, the hand that "he" outstretched to shake with Edward. ]

They were friends, and Edward was the person to start the friendship.

So it's not Blanche after all.

[She was right, she supposes. That only solves a slight portion of the mystery.]

Can you describe Edward to me?

No, he's not Mr. Blanche.

[ Ivan is a little relieved that the ninja spirit isn't connected to Blanche, but that doesn't exactly help with everything else he's been haunted by. ]

He looks to be about my age, maybe older, with long reddish-brown hair pulled into a ponytail, and he looked like he was wearing a uniform of some kind. But... my music academy didn't have uniforms, so I don't know why we were all wearing the same thing.

Long reddish-brown hair, your age... Hmm.

[The uniform is definitely something new. With Greg, she'd thought "premonition", but with this... Luce shakes her head.]

Keep in mind what he looks like. If I see anyone similar, I'll be sure to let you know. I wonder what this all means...

It was a white tracksuit with blue stripes, but that probably doesn't help much if he's wearing something else.

[ Ivan doesn't know any place that uses mostly white uniforms. They'd get dirty so quickly, and the tracksuits aren't the most fashionable thing either. He leans against the wall and looks at his hand again before shoving it into his pocket. ]

... I wonder if he's safe. I--That ninja felt so strongly about protecting Edward because... he failed him before.

[ Ivan feels there's something dark and horrible there. There was so much desperation and pain, something unfathomable to him. It's why "Sakura no Lament" had some dark undertones to it. What a song to be the first he's composed and written himself... Will his next one be the same? ]

I'm sure he is.

[Even with all the uncertainty happening, she gives her best smile.]

Do you know what the spirit felt like he failed Edward over? Or... is it still unclear, that kind of thing?

[ He slowly shakes his head, not wanting to lose the warm feeling of Edward extending a hand of friendship toward him--the ninja spirit. Even if it's not toward him--Ivan exactly, it's a pleasant feeling. Better than what he's felt lately. ]

It's unclear. I don't know what it was, but it felt like... like the spirit was at fault for not doing something.

[ That would explain the urge toward action, for doing something instead of watching Edward get shot. ]

I see...

[So still no answers to any of this. Luce sighs, even as she tries to smile and brush her fingers over his hair.]

Well, if they keep coming like this, maybe we'll get some answers. [An idea hits her- maybe because of Greg's "premonition" idea mixing with the old phrasing of "ninja"- and she hums.] I wonder if they're something like a past life...

[ Ivan frowns at both the vision continuing to come and the idea that he's seeing a previous life. ]

I hope not. He's not a very good ninja, and I'd like to think I'm better than that.

Oh, Ivan...

[She pulls him in for a one armed hug, nuzzling into his hair.]

You're fine at your disappearing acts. Just by the fact that it takes Angel, Doctor, and myself practically an hour to find you in the morning when you're in the same room the whole time should attest to that.

[ He laughs at the half hug and nuzzle. He never got this sort of affection until he joined the band. It makes his desire to protect them and help them succeed all the greater. ]

I'm sorry. I don't know how I do that. Maybe I need a microphone to speak through when people misplace me.

[ He says lightly, not really putting himself down. He's not sure what can be done. ]

Or we could just put a bell on you.

[She pokes his cheek.]

Like a cat.

You'll probably find a cat more than me when you hear a bell.

[ It's true. With his luck, his bell would go unnoticed. ]

I think that would only happen if someone were sneaking in kittens unnoticed.

I could see that happening.

[ How many cats can fit into a cello case? ]

...Anything you'd like to tell me, dear?

Nope. I'm not the one who'd smuggle in kittens.

[ Now becoming a kitten is something he'll have to worry about in the future. ]

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Of course not, dear.

Just let me know if the thought ever crosses your mind.

Sure.

[ Maybe once he starts getting re-interested in origami, Luce will find a lot of origami cats in her standing bass case one day. ]

002 ┼ THEY LEFT US ALONE / KIDS IN THE DARK / TO BURN OUT FOREVER / OR LIGHT UP A SPARK

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