Festival Music ((Open to All))

[Alfred Jones]

Well at least it didn't look like Alfred had taken offense to it at all. No, to him, Kiku seemed more like he was just...A homeschooled kid? Yes, something like that. A brow arched at what Kiku added onto his comment though, chuckling amusedly.

"Call it what you want, but normally highlanders don't like it." Nodding amusedly, he settled back against the tree before he cocked his head, wondering why the others face was geting so red. "Mm...It should, but a lot of people, even lowlanders, kind of like the order. They like knowin' their place in life, I guess."

Taking a sip from his own lemonade, he blinked a bit in surprised when Kiku actually bowed, his brows just arching further. The compliment of course made his cheeks faintly dust red, but he cleared his throat. "I don't really like stuff that covers my face, but when I was younger I did for awhile.." He chuckled.

Pausing a bit, the blonde watched the dark haired teen, then he paused. Oh damnit. "...Whiskey is alcohol..." He finally replied, snagging the cup and then taking a sniff from the rim...Yep. He could smell the booze. "...Kiku, would you like to go home now?" He asked, sitting up. What kind of hero would he be if he left the other here, drunk.

[Kiku Honda]

"Go home? The festivities are not over yet!" Kiku said merrily as he turned his ear to the new song that was playing. "I remember Grandpa telling me that I was born as the sun was comin' up early in the morn." The performers were singing. "This song...! I remember learning this in kindergarten!" Kiku said, a bright gleam on his face. "Told me I was born early in the morn'."

Kiku made a hook with his right arm, gesturing Alfred to hook it with his left arm. "An old sea shanty, splendid! When you lift your eyes and see the sun rising on the far horizon early in the morning!" He sang a big smile on his red face, his arm still in the gesturing hook.

[Alfred Jones]

"Yeah but I don't want you to get uh...Sick." Nodding, he blinked as Kiku turned and then when he saw what Kiku was attempting to get him to do, he shook his head a bit. "Yeahhh, no, thanks. I'm fine." He forced a smile, his hands up. He really didn't like doing that sort of thing, it really set off his paranoia.

Still, the smile was a bit contagious, and sighing, he stood before he hesitantly made the hook, hooking it with Kiku's arm. Of course, he didn't know this song, but it was bouncy enough he supposed it wasn't too bad.

[Im Yong-soo]

Yong-soo smiled and strummed along just as Roderich had instructed. He found that it was fairly easy and smiled as he hummed along to the tune.

As the song came close to an end, Yong-soo sang out the last few words along with Roderich, thus ending the song. He smiled at the other man as the audience applauded.

[[ugh... late reply is late and I apologize for that....]]

[Roderich Edelstein]

_{[No problem. So I'm thinking the Festival and Marketplace are before the Parade in timeline, so I'm going to pretend that Roderich hasn't met the crazy dancers yet. Kiku, be thankful that he doesn't remember you as the drunk dancer when you meet later in the Parade. :)]}

Roderich laughed inwardly at the two people in the back of the crowd dancing as he finished up. He smiled and bowed to the audience in front of them as they clapped and whistled. "Thank you all!"

As the crowd called for more, he glanced at his watch. "Ah, Sorry folks, I need to go help set up for the Conservatory's performance tonight. But come and see me over on the Mainstage in 30 minutes for this evening's final performance." He gestured to Yong-Soo, "Hey, how about showing my friend here a little love?" The crowd whistled and clapped again and a few people walked by and threw some coins in the young man's guitar case as the crowd dispersed.

As he and Yong-Soo gathered up their things, he asked,"Yong-Soo, want to come with me and meet some of the musicians I'm playing with tonight?"

[Kiku Honda]

(( EHE. EHE. EHE. ))

Kiku smile grew wider as Alfred made the hook. He swiftly hooked Alfred's left arm with his right and brought them into a twirling dance. "It was early in the day when I set out to roam. Kissed my love and went to seek my fortune far from home. I set out to roam far away from home!" Kiku sang as their dance took them out of their spot and nearer the stage.

As the final chorus drew near Kiku spun faster with Alfred. "Haha! I'm starting to get dizzy!" He said happily. "When you lift your eyes and see the sun rising on the far horizon--!" Kiku sang the final chorus as he and Alfred spun faster. Kiku suddenly stopped spinning and raised his left hand, dizzy, singing the last part of the song. "Eaarlyyy iiin thee mooorniiiing!" He sang out, chuckling as the music died down.

When Kiku looked around him, however, he realized he was on the ground. Focusing his vision he saw two pairs of feet. Kiku promptly stood up and dusted himself off. He looked up to see Alfred and a girl. The girl was a bit taller than Kiku, something he had gotten used to in the past. She had short blonde hair and a sort of puzzled look on her face.

Sober or drunk Kiku had it embedded in his mind to be polite. He firsttook a clumsy bow to Alfred saying, "Sorry, Alfred. That got quite out of hand!" Then another low clumsy bow to the blonde and said, "Ahaha. I am sorry for the commotion. It seems I got too carried away with dancing."

(( Yes! Belle, that was you! We couldn't let you dance like that forever! ))

[Im Yong-soo]

Yong-soo smiled at Roderich as he slung his guitar case over his shoulder once more. "Sure, that'd be great," he replied.

Yong-soo turned and waved at the people who remained before he left to follow Roderich. He's always liked meeting new people through music.

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[Roderich Edelstein]

_{[[Ah, you poor thing. That's okay.]]}

Roderich felt the phone in his pocket buzz. He stopped walking as he reached down and pulled it out. It was Ludwig. He quickly tapped out a message telling Ludwig where to find him. He heard Yong-soo start to hum a tune as he stood and waited. He caught the young man unconsciously keeping time with a light bounce of his hand against his thigh. It had the similar flavor in tune and rhythm to the pop song he had been playing when Roderich had first come across the other man.

Apparently Ludwig had been nearby, because shortly after replying Roderich spotted Ludwig walking toward them. He waved the other man over. Ludwig came over and smiled, "Good crowd you've got here."

Roderich laughed and gestured to Yong-soo, "I owe it to him. He brought them in." Yong-soo paused mid-hum as Roderich started introductions. "Ludwig, this Yong-soo, he's a fellow musician. Yong-soo this is . . "

Roderich never finished because someone else hollored out, "Finally! There you are! Seriously, don't you check your messages?"

Everyone flipped around in the direction of the voice. At that moment one of Roderich's fellow performers for the concert that night came running up.

Roderich shook his head, "No I haven't had ...." The other man cut him off.

"Never mind. Look the group before us canceled so their moving our time up by a half hour. We've got to go get set up NOW!"

He glanced at the bag slung over Roderich's shoulder. "You better not have forgotten any of my sticks."

Roderich frowned, "But I . . . there's a..." The young man just growled under his breath in exasperation and grabbed Roderich's shoulder and pushed him forward. Roderich sighed, why were percussionists so particular about time? Roderich called back to Ludwig. "Ludwig, the Conservatory's performance has been moved up. Could you stick with Yong-soo and meet me backstage afterwards? I want him to meet the others."

He barely had time to see Ludwig nod in acknowledgment before the sea of people had swallowed up Roderich's form as he was pulled along by the other man, his hand firmly clenched around Roderich's upper arm.

<sub>[[OK everyone, go ahead and finish RPing among yourselves and work your way to the stage and then I'll help wrap things up with the final concert performance. :) ]]

[[Edit: Modified post to edit out drunk person, for continuity purposes. Now Alfred, Belle, and Kiku will be one grouping and looks like Im Yong-soo and Ludwig will be the other one.]]</sub>

[Belle Johansson]

She was almost to lost in the music to realise how many people were crowding the busy dancing area. It was wonderful though and as she moved to make way for more of the people joining the crowd she found the beat of the music was increasing. Brilliant! She span around happily as the music increased in volume. It was such a great music festival! And Belle hopefully wondered whether or not they would be holding any more music festivals. She sure did hope so, after all she was having such a blast.

She stumbled for a second as she felt a person crash into her, she caught her footing and turned to see a smaller man in a bit of a mess on the floor. He certainly wasn’t sober you could tell, but he did look really embarrassed so Belle’s cheerful nature quickly forgave him.
“O-oh, don’t worry about it.” She smiled “are you okay though, you had quite the fall.” She said with a bright beam, she turned to his blonde companion.
“I guess he’s had a little bit too much to drink?” she asked with a bewildered expression as her emerald eyes softly inspected the two.

[Kiku Honda]

Kiku gave a silly smile and took another bow, nearly tripping. Propping himself back up he said, "Yes. It seems I am unharmed. I've only myself to blame. I should have been more careful." Kiku was swaying back and forth, unable to properly keep his balance. This feeling was rather pleasant. It felt like he was floating. His steps were lighter, he couldn't think about any of his problems. He was on cloud nine tonight. There would be no problems, only fun, tonight.

The blonde turned to Alfred. "I guess he's had a little bit too much to drink?" the girl asked Alfred. 'Oh. Drink. I am rather thirsty. Perhaps I'll buy another drink.' Kiku thought as he took a step, intending to buy another glass of lemonade. And add more of that whiskey stuff, too. Yes. That was good.

[Alfred Jones]

Alfred honestly did try and steer Kiku clear of the crowd, not wanting to have him bump into anyone or cause an accident. Unfortunately, inebriated people tended to be quite determined, and unfortunately for Alfred, they were soon within the midst of the crowd, the small man dancing around him joyfully while he was half heartedly following, trying to keep him from bumping into people.

Sadly, he was unable to prevent it from happening and he winced when the smaller man crashed into a young lady. Rubbing the back of his neck while looking apologetic, Alfred nodded at the question. "Yeah, I'm sorry miss. He bought the lemonade and didn't know what the whiskey was." Helping Kiku up, he carefully held on to the other, keeping him steady. "You okay, Kiku...?" He asked, glancing him over. Well at least he didnt look any wore for wear.

[Kiku Honda]

'Ah, that's right. Alfred. How rude of me.' Kiku thought, another glass would have to wait for now. "Yes. I am alright, Alfred. Again, I'm sorry for dragging you into that." Kiku said apologetically. He turned to the blonde, who he still didn't know the name of. Pleasantries were in order here. After all, he was always up to meeting new people. "Hello, my name is Kiku Honda. My more responsible looking friend here is Alfred." Kiku suddenly turned to the empty stage. 'Why do I suddenly wish to sing and dance on stage?' He thought to himself.

[Belle Johansson]

“heh, don’t worry about it.” Said Belle with a light smile as she inspected the two men she turned to the blonde.
“Do you need any help with him?” she asked thoughtfully, Belle was a real worrier she always had been, so the thought of someone who looked out of their comfort zone (in her opinion) kind of worried her. She smiled at the shorter man and held out her hand for him to shake.
“I’m Belle Johansson,” she smiled “It’s nice to meet you Kiku and Alfred.”

She watched as he stared longingly at the stage and although normally her mischievous side would have egged Kiku on when it came to performing something held her back from encouraging him. It wouldn't be the right thing to do after all and she wouldn't want him to be embarrass himself.
"Maybe you should stick with your friend." said Belle hoping he got the hint

[Alfred Jones]

The offer made the blonde man glance at her, and he was about to answer but closed his mouth. How uncool would it be to ask for it! Then again, he didn't quite like drunks, they usually were quite touchy and had no sense of personal space, which Alfred needed quite a bit of...Instead he nodded lightly, and when the hand was offered out, he shook it with a smile. "Nice to meet you as well."

Alfred was also noticing the stare though, and instinctively he lightly held on the others sleeve, almost like a younger brother would. Maybe with the help of Belle he'd be able to at least keep the guy from embarrassing himself...Well at least he felt a little more at ease with Belle. Girls were kind of safe to him, seeing as they had nothing to do with his past. Not to mention...Well, even in looks, Belle looked and acted a bit similar to how his sister had.

"Kiku, how about I get you a bottle of water, and um. A pretzel?" He offered, hoping with some food and water in him that it would help at least get him less tipsy. At least the song had moved on to something more calming, and he mentally thanked the musicians for changing the type of music.

[Kiku Honda]

The temptation grew just a bit stronger. The small man looked around him, his cheeks still red because of the alcohol. The performers all looked like they were having a blast. The beat of their instruments made Kiku slightly jealous. How the young man wished he could just hop on stage with an instrument of his own and contribute to the wonderful sound they produced. It made him want to take up an instrument, basically.

He felt someone tug lightly at his sleeve as the performers switched to a softer song, a more calming one. He turned his head, curious, and saw Alfred lightly holding onto his sleeve. 'Ha. I guess he saw right through me.' he calmly thought to himself. Alfred definitely seemed like a more responsible and independent person. Kiku thought about himself and felt a bit ashamed. Out on his own for once and he got drunk. Still, the alcohol was doing its job and Kiku felt elated.

As Alfred offered some water and a pretzel Kiku just smiled at him. "No thank you, Alfred. I am not very hungry at the moment." he said, losing his balance every now and then. He stumbled a bit and turned to address Belle and Alfred. "How about the two of you? I would be very happy to treat you two to anything you want." he said, beaming at the two blonds.

[Belle Johansson]

Belle smiled lightly as she watched Kiku shuffle around and deny the help offered to him, though she exchanged her smile for a small shake of her head as she watched Alfred tug him away from the line of the stage. She supposed it was for the best really. As the softer tune played she swayed her head to the beat of the music softly as she hummed along, almost lost in her own little world she hadn’t realised she almost completely spaced out on everyone and as Kiku spoke she fell out of her day dream to talk to them.

“Oh, no.” Said Belle bashfully “I couldn’t ask for anything.” She said shaking her head again as her eyes met the floor “It wouldn’t be right.”

[Alfred Jones]

Sighing at the refusal, Alfred just lightly pouted to himself. This guy was going to be a handful, he could just feel it. "I'm fine, but you really should eat something to try an get less...Boozed up." He mumbled, rubbing the back of his neck. This was kind of making him uncomfortable.

Well, at least no one was staring at them yet. Glancing at Belle as she spoke though, he was oddly reminded of some scene from a film he'd seen...Ah well. "If you want to watch him, I'll get you something if you like. It's fine since I'm not offering because I'm drunk." He assured her, looking a little amused at the second part. Well, he'd had a job last week so he technically had some cash. It wasn't like the stuff here was very expensive anyway

[Kiku Honda]

Kiku noticed Alfred sigh. Whether he was sober or inebriated, he had this uncanny ability to sense the mood. Something he dully noted a long time ago. Sensing the blond would insist, later on, that he eat something, Kiku started to think. Which was rather hard considering he was drunk. 'Perhaps I should have something to eat. As Alfred says, it might help me collect my drifting thoughts.' He thought to himself.

He then heard Alfred speak to the other blonde, Belle. He staggered, the alcohol's effect was still in full gear. "Alfred, even if I were sober I'd offer. Besides, I still owe you for saving my life. And also Belle for rudely bumping into her. I'll have something to eat. But only if you and Belle let me treat you two to something. Belle need not watch over me. All three of us can go to the booth together." he said, a soft drunken smile on his, still red, face. The alcohol was making him just a bit more stubborn now.

[Roderich Edelstein]

^{[[Went back and modified my previous post before this to edit out drunk person, for continuity purposes. Now Alfred, Belle, and Kiku will be one grouping and looks like Im Yong-soo and Ludwig will be the other one. Please come see Roderich! Concert will start up soon, after the group gets warmed up. :) ]]}


Roderich was dragged over to the platform where he saw the rest of the Conservatory musicians. The cases of instruments were already piled up at the back of the platform that served as the make-shift stage. Two of the people were setting up the chairs and stands. The percussionist that had come to find him quickly relieved Roderich of the bag carrying the tambourine and drumsticks and then headed over to the back to direct set-up of the percussion.

Roderich headed to Stage-right where he saw the keyboard that was replacing his usual piano today. Even though it was only a keyboard, it was still a fine instrument and quite capable of replicating the sound of a piano in places where it be impractical to try and transport one. Most of the groups today had been borrowing the Conservatory's to use as well, including the last group before them, so Roderich had very little to do to get everything set. After he finished he went to around to grab a stand for himself and see what else still needed to be done.

As he walked by passing out everyone's folders of music, he kept glancing out over the crowds to see if he could spot Ludwig and Yong-soo. He hoped they could get a spot near the stage. He wondered if it might be possible to arrange it so that they could.

[Ludwig Beilschmidt]

Ludwig nodded as Roderich was dragged away. He glance at the man that's standing next to him looking a little nervous as he did.

"Um Hi...I'm Ludwig Beilschmidt," He reached his hand out to the other man as the two shook.
"I'm a friend of Roderich. He said your name is Yong-soo? You sounded great out there." The other smiled at the comment. The two made their way towards the stage.
"Hm you'll be in a treat for this. Roderich put together a good group for this event."