You Were Born to Rise (New Mutant-esque people)

[sonoflongshot]

Since Aiden had been forced out from/quit his previous band and the requisite depressed waffling until his mother got him some session jobs as a drummer, his next band bore the brunt of his concentration and will to succeed. Not that they minded. All of them had been cast offs from other bands. Not bad, but not gelling well with the others. Since New Brunswick had a large live music scene, it was only a matter of time until Dire Rainbow pulled together.

They had practiced relentlessly. Sometimes Aiden barely got sleep between practices, New Mutants activities, time with Angel, teaching Zip, and working as a bartender. Thankfully, he needed less sleep than normal human-like people. But it was all about to be worth it, to his mind. They had entered a local contest and made the cut to perform.

They had a half-hour set-list to pull together. Aiden put in some cover songs along with a few songs he had written himself. (He hadn't told his parents about this facet yet. If the songs came out like crap and couldn't get the audience into it, he wouldn't have to claim them in front of a certified popstar and entertainment king.) Aiden had invited his teammates and anyone else he could think of to be at the show. He wanted some support, and possibly somebody to teleport if there were thrown beer bottles.

And they crammed as much rock into that thirty minutes as they possibly could. Thankfully, the lead singer did not wail like Banshee, so everyone still had their eardrums when she went after it. Aiden attacked his drums like he had everything to prove. Mostly because he did. His former band was in the contest as well.

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Re: With Brianna

[seismic_shockwave]

It was somewhat hilarious in truth, considering that Kayla was just over five feet and a hundred pounds, but she more than made up for it with surprising strength and bull confidence. They were going to the front of the stage and nobody was going to stop them. Kayla wasn't precisely a shy person even before she'd gone through her harrowing experience, losing her soul, but now? She'd become even more exuberant tan before. Life was far too short to waste in half-measures.

"I'm not sure if they have anything yet, I think they're super new. But as soon as they do? Oh hell yeah." Kayla grinned as they went into a hard rock cover of 'Bad Romance' by Lady Gaga.

Which inspired a whole new wave of slightly dirtier dancing. Hopefully Brianna was up for it, because it was clearly happening anyway. She grinned and pulled her girlfriend closer.

Re: With Brianna

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Brianna was an Englishwoman, but that didn't stop her from moving close to Kayla and joining her in dirty dancing. Brianna liked the stares they received, if only because it meant that people wanted what was hers.

She was proud that Kayla was her girlfriend and wanted to show her off.

Lady Gaga was one of Brianna's favorite artists, a fact that Kayla had probably stumbled on more than once by catching her girlfriend dancing around their room in a t-shirt while murdering the lyrics to "Poker Face" or imitating the entire routine from "Just Dance".

Re: With Brianna

[seismic_shockwave]

Canadians were probably supposed to have a healthy sense of propriety, but ever since Kayla had come so close to losing not just her life, but her soul, she'd gained a healthy disregard for any but the most essential proprieties. And really, Kayla didn't have anything to hide. She loved Brianna, she had absolutely zero issues about people knowing she was gay (or for that matter, a mutant, or a total geek), and in any case, this was precisely the kind of music that turned Kayla's crank.

As for Brianna's impromptu singing, Kayla did plenty of it herself. Sometimes they did it together.

"If this band doesn't win, there is no justice in the world." Kayla declared, arms snaking around Brianna.

Re: With Brianna

[kinetic_assault]

"Or people just have no sense of taste." Brianna counted, slipping her hands into Kayla's back pockets. Brianna left her Propriety Pants at home. She wore black skinny jeans and a red shirt with her Chuck Taylors.

"We should start a band! Just for fun!" Brianna said, half-jokingly.

Probably one more ping on this and then we await Bad Things Happening Later in the Thread?

[seismic_shockwave]

"Injustice and bad taste, indeed." Kayla grinned as Brianna slipped her hands into her pockets. "... don't tempt me!" Though in truth, there were more imminent temptations.

The sublime mood was dampened only slightly as Dire Rainbow's set wrapped up. Kayla couldn't help but pout a little bit, though she was clearly in a luminous mood.

She immediately kissed Brianna again. "Wanna go get a drink?" It surely wasn't a good idea to get trashed, but a drink or two couldn't hurt, could it?

Re: Probably one more ping on this and then we await Bad Things Happening Later in the Thread?

[kinetic_assault]

"I want to get /you/ a drink. You know how I am with booze." Brianna said, rolling her eyes.

Brianna was what only could be described as a Social Justice Drunk. A few beers and Brianna would give you her platform for her election as Prime Minister along with several ways to fight hunger, end homelessness and combat racism.

Even when the slurring started, she'd be explaining her positions on various issues. It did not help that she was a lightweight. Most times, she declined to drink unless she was in the company of close friends, like Rose and Bobbie...and Kayla.

Kayla, on the other hand, was a fun drunk. They balanced each other out.