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thecapitol2015-05-17 10:32 pm
a_minute_younger) wrote in thecapitol2015-05-17 10:32 pm
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The Bullet's First Tour
Who| Gary Epps and you!
What| Gary's first professional concert tour is live! And also eating into precious homework time.
Where| Various locations around the Capitol and the Training Center.
When| 5/11 through 5/22, evenings
Warnings/Notes| Can't think of any, will update as needed!
Gary rarely expects good things to happen to him. This isn't some kind of attempt to emphasize the things that do end up happening, or a denial of fate or other such decisions about the nature of life; Gary simply doesn't have the foresight to look ahead that far and would rather accept events as they occur. The message from his sponsor about recording an album, for example. Gary never would have assumed that his concert for the attempted Rebellion heist would have become as popular as it has, certainly not enough for it to get its own section in Celebrus. Anyone else would have connected the dots when they got the call mere hours after the magazine's release. Gary's swollen ego keeps him from thinking about it too much.
It's taken some weeks to record his first album, but it's definitely worth it by Gary's estimation. They were going to start touring as soon as the radios got hold of it; the Youth Programme conspired against them. Well, conspired against Gary--his sponsor knew all about it and, annoyingly, supported the cause. He was more than willing to shuffle dates around for the benefit of Gary's continued education. Concerts Friday through Sunday nights, vocal training and recording after school the rest of the week, that would work. Gary assured his sponsor that this schedule would give him plenty of time to get his work done. Unfortunately, his sponsor believed him.
A - The Tour - Around the Capitol
Gary was at first disappointed that his tour couldn't extend to the other Districts, but there's no shortage of venues in the Capitol for him to take advantage of, and in a way this makes setting up concerts all the more exciting. Some nights they pop into random bars and take over karaoke stages. Some nights they set up stages in the park, or open plazas. It's all very spontaneous and fun, much like the first concert after the Signless's sermon had been, though each session is much shorter than the original. There are no tickets to give out--only copies of Gary's album and various other paraphernalia sold at a couple stands around the stage. The theme is 'young love,' inspired by his classic single from the first concert, and includes various other hits and one-off melodies. There's no guarantee which ones Gary will be singing at any single venue. Most of the time even Gary doesn't know until he's just about to hop on-stage. He prefers it that way.
The concerts are loud, flashy and quick--suddenly there's a stage and lights and the thrumming of speakers, a crowd gathers and screams, then it's all over and the ensemble disappears. But it's not all totally unprovoked or unpredictable; Gary and his sponsor show up first to scope out an area, then he sits back and watches his stage crew blitz through preparing the venue. This, along with the few minutes he gets to towel the sweat out of his hair and get something to drink after each performance, is basically the only time Gary's allowed to interact one-on-one with the crowd, and he relishes in it. He'll mingle loudly, take requests and sign autographs and pose for pictures, and of course, give a hearty wink at anyone that stares at him for too long. Gary is in his element, here, and will go well into the early-morning hours to live in it for as long as his sponsor will let him.
B - Everything Else - Training Center
Doing homework, on the other hand, is not Gary's element.
He's perfectly happy to let the assignments pile up during the first week. Surely there will be some time when he's not exhausted after coming back to the Training Center, and he can just sit down and crank all of these out, no problem...but twelve grades of primary school have not taught Gary that he and procrastination just really don't work well together. Inevitably deadlines begin to creep up on him, and then there's a lot of huffing and puffing about actually getting out all his books and paper and pencils and study material, finding somewhere that isn't surrounded by television or games or magazines that he would much rather be paying attention to right now, and then the final scramble to a quiet corner in the building as the panic sets in and drives Gary to action.
For a full thirty minutes, he manages to focus on reading, maybe write down a couple lines of work. Forty-five minutes in he realizes that he has no idea what he's doing. An hour in, all that touring kicks in and Gary is face-down on the table, dead asleep.
This clearly isn't going well for him. Gary realizes this by about mid-second week and decides that perhaps he ought to get some help. Bleary-eyed and nursing on a cup of fancy coffee (three others surround him, long since emptied), he flags down anyone who catches his eye with a lazy wave.
"Hey! Uh." Gary pauses to take another long sip. "You know anything about math and stuff?"
What| Gary's first professional concert tour is live! And also eating into precious homework time.
Where| Various locations around the Capitol and the Training Center.
When| 5/11 through 5/22, evenings
Warnings/Notes| Can't think of any, will update as needed!
Gary rarely expects good things to happen to him. This isn't some kind of attempt to emphasize the things that do end up happening, or a denial of fate or other such decisions about the nature of life; Gary simply doesn't have the foresight to look ahead that far and would rather accept events as they occur. The message from his sponsor about recording an album, for example. Gary never would have assumed that his concert for the attempted Rebellion heist would have become as popular as it has, certainly not enough for it to get its own section in Celebrus. Anyone else would have connected the dots when they got the call mere hours after the magazine's release. Gary's swollen ego keeps him from thinking about it too much.
It's taken some weeks to record his first album, but it's definitely worth it by Gary's estimation. They were going to start touring as soon as the radios got hold of it; the Youth Programme conspired against them. Well, conspired against Gary--his sponsor knew all about it and, annoyingly, supported the cause. He was more than willing to shuffle dates around for the benefit of Gary's continued education. Concerts Friday through Sunday nights, vocal training and recording after school the rest of the week, that would work. Gary assured his sponsor that this schedule would give him plenty of time to get his work done. Unfortunately, his sponsor believed him.
A - The Tour - Around the Capitol
Gary was at first disappointed that his tour couldn't extend to the other Districts, but there's no shortage of venues in the Capitol for him to take advantage of, and in a way this makes setting up concerts all the more exciting. Some nights they pop into random bars and take over karaoke stages. Some nights they set up stages in the park, or open plazas. It's all very spontaneous and fun, much like the first concert after the Signless's sermon had been, though each session is much shorter than the original. There are no tickets to give out--only copies of Gary's album and various other paraphernalia sold at a couple stands around the stage. The theme is 'young love,' inspired by his classic single from the first concert, and includes various other hits and one-off melodies. There's no guarantee which ones Gary will be singing at any single venue. Most of the time even Gary doesn't know until he's just about to hop on-stage. He prefers it that way.
The concerts are loud, flashy and quick--suddenly there's a stage and lights and the thrumming of speakers, a crowd gathers and screams, then it's all over and the ensemble disappears. But it's not all totally unprovoked or unpredictable; Gary and his sponsor show up first to scope out an area, then he sits back and watches his stage crew blitz through preparing the venue. This, along with the few minutes he gets to towel the sweat out of his hair and get something to drink after each performance, is basically the only time Gary's allowed to interact one-on-one with the crowd, and he relishes in it. He'll mingle loudly, take requests and sign autographs and pose for pictures, and of course, give a hearty wink at anyone that stares at him for too long. Gary is in his element, here, and will go well into the early-morning hours to live in it for as long as his sponsor will let him.
B - Everything Else - Training Center
Doing homework, on the other hand, is not Gary's element.
He's perfectly happy to let the assignments pile up during the first week. Surely there will be some time when he's not exhausted after coming back to the Training Center, and he can just sit down and crank all of these out, no problem...but twelve grades of primary school have not taught Gary that he and procrastination just really don't work well together. Inevitably deadlines begin to creep up on him, and then there's a lot of huffing and puffing about actually getting out all his books and paper and pencils and study material, finding somewhere that isn't surrounded by television or games or magazines that he would much rather be paying attention to right now, and then the final scramble to a quiet corner in the building as the panic sets in and drives Gary to action.
For a full thirty minutes, he manages to focus on reading, maybe write down a couple lines of work. Forty-five minutes in he realizes that he has no idea what he's doing. An hour in, all that touring kicks in and Gary is face-down on the table, dead asleep.
This clearly isn't going well for him. Gary realizes this by about mid-second week and decides that perhaps he ought to get some help. Bleary-eyed and nursing on a cup of fancy coffee (three others surround him, long since emptied), he flags down anyone who catches his eye with a lazy wave.
"Hey! Uh." Gary pauses to take another long sip. "You know anything about math and stuff?"
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Oh God, what is happening? How has it come to this? Feeling like Gary's friend?
Well, whatever the reason for it, it's a thing. It's there. And it's what has Haruto immediately stopping his trip to the kitchen and plunking down in a chair right alongside the guy. "Nope. Not a thing." Though he's reaching out to have a look at just what this homework entails. He was a fairly middle-of-the-road student, but hey, maybe he can do some good. "What do they have you learning, anyway?"
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I think we can wrap this up!
Sounds good!
A
Rochelle had figured it couldn't hurt, going to a concert set up by that strange guy from the Crowning. Concerts were another thing that she'd missed, on top of a lengthy list of things, and she didn't quite trust Capitolite music. What do they have to sing about? Having too much money?
Rochelle had not anticipated what Gary was capable of.
It wasn't even bad music, but her eyes narrowed as soon as she realized what that song was, and were narrowed even now, as she meandered up to him after the show. Despite her words, though, she looked amused. It was a relief to at least hear songs that she recognized, if she were to be honest.
"In the year...Whatever year it is. I just got rickrolled. Unbelievable." She continued, a smile on her face as she shook her head. "Rick Astley is shaking his head in his grave, kid."
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