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☆MINGLE LOG: SOUTH VISTA MUSIC FEST

Who: Everyone!
What: An open mingle log for everyone from everywhere.
When: November 18th-24th, 2054
Where: South Vista
Warnings: Could be anything!

☆THE FESTIVAL

Welcome to the South Vista Music Fest! An enormous, weeklong festival with hundreds of bands performing nearly 24/7, the Music Fest is a quarter annual event that celebrates all manners of local talent, both big time and small time. Every band from Pride Records and Virgo Entertainment will have performances to do, including the freshly recruited – you better have your act together, because now is your time to shine!

Player bands will be performing roughly once a day, with bands from the first app round predominantly with evening slots and the newest bands with predominantly afternoon slots. There is definitely a hierarchy to the scheduling - Pride and Virgo claim almost all of the prime performance times, while other labels are forced to deal with the leftovers. You've definitely been chosen by the winners of the music industry in these parts, that's for sure.

Shuttles will be available to take people back to their relative HQs in their downtime, but they're also allowed to hang out and enjoy the festivities if that's what they prefer. Stuff is happening all day and night, so it's really just a question of how much you can party while still being conscious for your own show. Your managers will tell you that the company CEOs pay extra close attention to this event, so that you need to be on your best behaviour.

The festival takes up a massive amount of floor area with multiple stages of various sizes and a large amount of glowy display screens. It's set up on the ground floor of the cityscape, meaning that the suspension roads and walkways above have been programmed to add to the ambient lighting all day and night.

► TRAILER PARK KIDS: For those that just want to chill, there is a massive VIP area reserved for labels to park various trailers for their musicians to hang out in during downtime - one for each band. They aren't quite as big as the tour buses, but they are comfortable and well stocked. Each is equipped with two beds and a bathroom/shower. Pretty much every local band you know of is here, including the notorious Predator. Nose around their trailer at your own risk.

► IN THE SPOTLIGHT: With at least six performances in a span of six days, there is plenty of time for shenanigans to go down both back and center stage. Time to show your mettle, and to hope that some asshole doesn't take all the best food items from the backstage catering tables before you can get to them.

► ATMOSPHERIC NOISE: If you dare brave the storm, there is a massive quantity of merch, vendor, and food booths available for your perusal. Many fans endeavor to spend as much time at Music Fest as possible, and so the space is very lived in, with large groups of people hanging out in well populated lounge areas. Depending on how popular you are, it may be difficult to get around without getting swarmed by your fans.

► DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER: And all the while, the strange memories continue. The label's newest members will have started to feel strange as of November 6th, and by the time of the Fest almost all of them will be discovering their first memories regains. The first one should be based on the alignment you chose, but the rest can be whatever you want. New character may regain up to 4 memories between their arrival and the end of November.

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I do often make my own costumes and light them up in neon. I've got to do something to catch eyes.

{She's cute on an everyday level, but on the scale of celebrities she's hardly noticeable with brown hair and eyes.}

Which makes me wonder, how did you see me tonight? I know how bright the lights are.

Presence, darling, presence. [She finds a bag of chips and some flavored bottles of vodka-beverage or something (seriously who stocked their trailer, they should be fired), and holds them out in offering to Haru.]

It's not hard to see someone who's getting something out of what we do. They don't scream, or reach when they know they couldn't possibly touch-- they're focused on the moment.

Is harder to produce when you're not in the front of the stage, and you're short to begin with. {Haru argues with her while laughing. She'll never be jealous of the attention Bolin gets paid as the lead. She's counting on it, after all, to distract everyone else tonight.}

Thank you. {She takes one of the drinks and cracks it open. Considering Sans's moment before one of their performances Haru has been pretty conscious of her consumption of anything except sweets, but she can indulge tonight.}

We knows we're doing well when our crowd is literally swing dancing. So that's a new concept for me. It makes perfect sense, though. I was feeling rather connected to your music.

Then I guess I did well tonight-- [Luci smirks and twists open one of the sweet vodka drinks, visibly grimacing as she tries to choke it down. So much sugar...]

If your audience is dancing though, obviously you're doing something. You're the beat the rest of the band needs to function. [Luci turns and sits on one of the beds-- whether Haru sits with her or on the one across is entirely up to her.] I think you're tearing yourself down before you even give yourself a chance.

More than well.

{A little cautiously, Haru crosses the small space and sits next to Luci. She tips the bottle back and drinks with ease. Her veins are laced with sugar.}

Maybe! I was on the internet so long, I guess it still feels like I'm second tier entertainment sometimes. But that's---

{She waves her free hand through the air brushing that topic away.}

It is-- [Luci makes the same gesture, but with her bottle in her hand.] You've made it to Virgo, that's not anything to sneeze at.

[But this talk of internet does have her curious...] So. I'm guessing from the reaching and the tears that you were a fan before, and not looking at what Pride's offering?

{Haru's grin is wide as she dips her head in acknowledgment.} No, it's pretty big and it means a lot to me.

{The question draws out a smirk.} Why can't I be both? {She can't hold the attitude too long, though.} I was definitely a fan! My curiosity in Pride existed long before I was hired by Virgo. If I can end up using my knowledge professionally...

{She shrugs and takes another drink.}

Mm, I can see why they'd want you. As much as Santiago and Blanche want us at each other's throats, for the most part we interact as individual artists. They probably thought you'd have some kind of 'leg up' on the competition-- which honestly you probably do. I met this one daft bint who had no idea who I was. Of course I knew, Yuffie and I spend loads of time looking at potential scouted talent so we know the lay of the land. It's smarter to know than pretend you're too good to listen to anyone else.

[Luci shifts a little into a more relaxed slouch, her demeanor slipping easily into something less business and more seduction.] Nice to know we have a fan in our midst, though. Always a thrill to meet someone I've inspired in some way. [Whether it be to music or just to dance around in their room with headphones on. Luci reaches up to put a strand of hair that's escaped behind Haru's ear. It's a gentle move, so she can lean away if she doesn't want it.]

Much smarter, I agree, it's also terribly rude not to know of other people in the industry. How would you ever innovate if you never learned anything from others? Your brain would recycle the same things over and over again. You have to experience new things to create new art.

{Haru gets more adamant the more she speaks gesturing with her drink and free hand, clearly exasperated with some of the other people she's met.}

Inspired is a strong word.....{She laughs.} But probably applicable in my case.

{She stills for a moment when Luci reaches for her, but leans into the touch. Her heart's fluttering in her chest. This feels so new and exciting, to be paid such close attention in an intimate way. She knows she's done this before. There wouldn't be so many articles about her if some of them weren't true.

Maybe she does it so often because it always feels like this, so exciting and new every time?

She's trying to remember the last time someone touched her hair, the last time anyone apart from her bandmates touched her, and she can't, but that's probably due more to what a distraction Luci is. She should feel guiltier she can't remember any past partners.}

Ah, but I use it pretty loosely. [Luci smiles, taking that lean to mean that it's okay to touch. There were dozens of articles labeling Luci as a hellraiser, a lawbreaker, and a ruffian-- but she took her intimate relationships very seriously. Consent from start to finish, discussion when needed, encouragement only when wanted.] If someone jumps up and down at one of our concerts, I consider them moved by what we're creating. That's the reason I do this-- to inspire. To give people permission to live freely, even if it's just for one night. To burn a memory into their brains of those few hours where nothing mattered but what they were feeling and thinking. And maybe just one person in every crowd goes home thinking about changing the direction of their life to something they really feel strongly about, but that's enough. I scream not because I don't think anybody can hear me, but because I want them to feel what I'm feeling. Sheer immortality and direction.

[It's true that Luci had partners as often as she changed her underwear, but it wasn't because people bored her quickly or that she thought people were expendable-- she just found something interesting in so many people, it was hard to keep her wants to herself. People were so different and wonderful in their differences-- why have just one when it was so fun to have them all?]

[She ghosted her fingers from behind Haru's ear to her chin, which Luci coaxed up until their eyes met.] I saw you crying, and I felt like you were moved to the point where I wanted to grant you a wish. Do you want one?

{Haru meets Luci's eyes without hesitation. She's thinking about her words, really thinking rather than dismissing them as a tactic to get laid or impress a fan. Luci means them, Haru can tell, even there are other side benefits to her words. No reason they can't serve more than one purpose, after all.

She thinks about the man in the coffin whose face she can't remember, the fear and terror of being on the run, and she sets her drink aside, leaning in with her heart racing in her chest.

This isn't a storybook romance. She'll be lucky if Luci winks at her and speaks with her at other music festivals, but Haru's going to do this anyway.}

Yes. I'd love to have a wish granted.

[Oh Haru, once you've fallen into Luci's sphere of influence, only an act of God is getting you out. Even if you're Virgo, she's positive she'll see you again.]

[Luci is swift after Haru vocalizes consent, leaning down to pull Haru's top lip between hers in a firm and hungry kiss.] I've got rules, alright? [She says between moving to kiss Haru's neck.] I'll do pretty much whatever you ask, but you're allowed and encouraged to say no if I'm doing something you don't like. I'm not going to be satisfied unless you are, and I mean that. And if I hear anything about 'Luci did this even though I said no', I'm never touching you again. Understand?

[Harsh, maybe, but Luci had to live with herself and what the media said about her bedroom habits. Promiscuous she could live with, there wasn't anything shameful about that if all parties were on board. Lack of consent she couldn't live with-- and sometimes fans were so star-struck they felt like they would be ridiculed or tossed out if they said anything. It was a difficult dance.]

{Haru's taken aback for a split second a small squeak when Luci kisses her so hungrily, but she leans in hands going to Luci's shoulders. Her neck tips invitingly when the singer moves to press her lips there. It's almost too distracting for Haru to pay attention to what she's saying, but she manages because it's important.}

Smart rules.

{She smiles and uses Luci's shoulders for balance as she slings a leg over her lap and settles on her thighs. Her skirt is riding up between them and Haru still feels like she's doing something she hasn't before even when she knows she has, but it's a great thrill. When has she ever done anything with less than one hundred percent spirit?}

I like yours, and I will absolutely abide by them, but I'm going to raise you one. My rule is you tell me what you want from me too, not BS about lay back and enjoy, either. I'll tell you if it's something I'm not comfortable with, but make demands of me alright?

{One of her hands slides up the back of Luci's neck fingers playing with the edge of her hairline.}

[And what an adorable squeak it is. Luci knows she's going to have fun devouring this particular adoring fan. Such willingness to fall in with someone she no doubt knows is at the very least wicked.]

[She growls her appreciation when Haru climbs into her lap, and that tiny skirt rides up over her legs. Luci chases that receding hemline, her fingers dipping underneath and pushing the skirt up higher until it's just barely below her hip.]

Mm... I do enjoy a thorough worshiping every now and then. And the enthusiasm you have is something I'm dying to see. [Luci looks down from Haru's thighs up her body, pondering.] What do I demand of you, darling little cherub...

I know. [She grins, her fingers putting little spirals up under Haru's skirt to her panties.] Why don't you show me what you're packing up top while I handle you down here?

{Haru's fingers shake just a little as she reaches behind herself and starts to unzip the crop top she's wearing. Her chest expands a little, settling softly instead of being compressed, and her fluorescent green strapless bra matches the rest of what she'd been wearing.

She fumbles just slightly with the clasp on her bar feeling like she's taking some sort of momentous leap, but gets it undone and reveals herself. She giggles at Luci's phrasing, and because her fingers are slightly ticklish.}

You make it sound like my breasts could be weaponized.

[...woah. She is considerably bigger than that little crop top led Luci to believe. Girl has curves. And fun underwear, but that's a compliment for later.]

Darling, I've seen tits in this business-- yours could be weapons of mass destruction. [Ugh, why does she only have two hands? Well, can't be helped for the moment-- Luci wants a feel. She pulls her hands out from under Haru's skirt and starts testing how Haru's breasts feel in her hands. Good handful each, good for some teasing squeezes to start.] Bet they taste good too. [Luci pulls one up to her mouth and helps herself to a lick over Haru's nipple.]

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