interstellar5555 | Will they Survive Friday?

Who: The members of Surviving Friday
What: A band gets two new members. Things are awkward.
When: Mid November
Where: Virgo HQ
Warnings: None

[Bands often live or die on the chemistry of their members. Switching out two established members for a couple of newbies is a radical move, and it makes sense for people on both sides of this equation to be more than a little nervous. Except the mananger. Mr. Yama Darzi doesn't seem concerned at all as he leads Tsuna and Nia into the posh suite to meet their new band. Either he's confident in their skills or just their marketability. Same difference.

Introductions are brief and amount to little more than...]

The lovely young lady is your new lead guitarist, Nia. And Tsuna is the new drummer. Everyone try to get along, I'm expecting big things out of all of you.

[By 'big things' he means money. And clearly everyone has questions for him. Possibly about why two of thier members were suddenly replaced. Or what happened to them. Or any number of other things. But tragically, Mr. Darzi is suddenly pulled away by a phone call. Sorry, guys, he just has to take this. Very important call. That's okay, right?

No? Well, too bad. He's a very busy man. The manager heads out, leaving an awkward silence in his wake. After a moment, Tsuna breaks the silence with a question about their manager.]

Is he.... always like that?

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[He's a bit overly protective of his spot in the band and with him getting moved over to vocals? Well, he can do it, he's got a good voice, but the guitar has been his for years. He doesn't like being replaced even if he was getting a better chance to get to the front. It felt wrong being replaced.

You're me. You need to return to me.

Ankh shook his head at the stupid new voice. Some kid and what did it know?]

Do you pick or slap?

[Oh no. A choice. This means she's about to be judged, doesn't it? Her voice sounds a little defensive.]

Pick. Why?

[He wasn't actually judging her so much as judging the judgement of people who should know better then shove a new person into his old slot without thinking about how just complex some of his guitar lines could be. It could be done with a pick, but she would need some fast strumming to do so.]

How fast can you strum?

Fast enough to manage. I'll exceed any expectations you have. [Nia is trying to be very confident! She hopes it's working.]

I hope so. Re-arranging some of these songs for picking ruins the balance unless I keep the note changes as is.

[There were a few finished arrangements sitting to one side of his pile. They were old hits, but like a lot of bands, still loved enough that they are requested to play by various performances that they do.]

I'm suppose to focus on the singing more, so I won't be able to pick up the main thread. That will be in your hands.

I'll do my best at it. I promise no one will be disappointed. [She really, really wants this to work. So badly.]

Then you can start looking these over once you get settled in.

[And there is a large pile of guitar tabs being handed to her to look at, plus the arrangements with all the instruments.]

Which should I prioritize? [This is a very large pile and she is a very small girl.]

Newer stuff first. The old songs are usually just used for encores unless we're specifically told otherwise.

[Which should be a given but he understands at one level he was being a little cruel to this person just because she was taking his guitar spot. He should be great and ecstatic with being the lead yet he didn't.]

Of course. I'll practice as soon as I have everything set up. I've heard most of your set that's available to the public already! I showed some of it to Tsuna, as well.

[Upbeat. Try to be upbeat, Nia. Try not to feel like he's talking down to you.

Well, at least you're familiar with it.

[That makes it a little easier, save for if she was using the live recordings. Ankh usually improvised a lot of his live sets.]

Don't worry about practicing right away. We're probably just going to chill and get to know each other for a couple hours tonight.

[She blinks at that. It wasn't what she expected anyone to say. And she can't help but worry it's going to be more of an interrogation than a get to know you thing. But Nia's just an overdramatic soul.]

Are you sure...? Tsuna and I are already behind.

I'm sure. It'll be cruel to make you guys try to do any of our music when you're tired and haven't even gotten settled in yet.

[As much as it pains him, it would never do to force someone to go beyond their capabilities this soon. They need some rest, he needs to work out more of these arrangements and neither one can get done if he just forced them to play.]

You are not making me. I just think it would be for the best if we start now...

If you want, sure, but I've still got to finish all the arrangements to fit in with the new styles. I don't want to make these half-assed sounding.

Will they Survive Friday?

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