Day 7

[kentucky_mcgiygas]

[ Instead of his normal morning announcements, this morning you awaken to… Ronald McDonald playing a lovely tune for all of you with his band. Audible even over the metal is a louder sound of scraping, and a low rumble that persists throughout the song. ]

[ Afterward, you'll find that a new hallway has appeared in the studio. Where there was once an empty wall, there is now a theater! And your tablets will display the rules for a brand new competition… ]

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[unexpectedboner]

Who puts a a bowling ball high up anyway? Maybe...

Anyway, sure, I'll ask. Don't worry about having to hobble around. ...Guess it works out you do violin after all.

[golden_dream]

Thank you.

What about you, Junpei-kun?

[unexpectedboner]

I play the bass, kind of, and some other stuff, but no strings. Mom was real disappointed.

[golden_dream]

... [tilts her head]

Wait, you play the bass, but no strings...? Isn't the bass a stringed instrument?

[unexpectedboner]

Er, yeah, but I mean I play six-strings, not a stringed bass. I don't know about using a bow. No playing with the orchestra anymore.

[golden_dream]

Six-strings?

[unexpectedboner]

An electric bass guitar with six strings instead of four. It just seemed interesting, so I started teaching myself. Can't play the same role in a jazz group, though.

[golden_dream]

...Oh. What about the rest of your group?

[unexpectedboner]

I think we're gonna do something metal-y. We'll see what we come up with in rehearsal. I'm pretty optimistic, though!

[golden_dream]

Good luck with that. --Ah. Maybe I should say 'break a leg'?

I wonder how they're going to score this. We really can't afford to not get enough votes.

[unexpectedboner]

Hopefully not literally...

And yeah, I have no idea what they're going for. They didn't say anything about popular votes, so I guess it's whatever appeals to Ronald and...whoever else? Though who knows what that is.

[golden_dream]

Question though.

When you said "something like metal..." what is that?

[unexpectedboner]

We're thinking like '80s throwback heavy metal rock & roll, all guitars and pleather pants and guyliner and stuff. I usually do more jam band-type stuff, so this should be fun.

[golden_dream]

[...this conversation was making her feel old, so she'd nod and pretend to know what he was talking about.]

...How can it be a throwback if it's the same decade, though?

[unexpectedboner]

Same for you, maybe. It was 2027 last I checked a calendar.

...There's apparently a weird time thing happening. It's best not to think about it.

[golden_dream]

...

[bursts out laughing]

You're kidding... right?

[unexpectedboner]

[shakes his head]

I was born in 2006. --Hey, I wonder if I ever met you in the future!

[golden_dream]

...Sure, and I'm really six-hundred years old.

I aged well, don't you think?

[unexpectedboner]

Vampire? I don't see you as a succubus.

[golden_dream]

... [t-twitch]

--No, that was a joke.

[unexpectedboner]

Yeah, I was joking too. ...Anyway, like I said, it's easier not to think about it with everything else going on.

[golden_dream]

R-right, sorry.

...It was more gruesome this time, wasn't it?

[unexpectedboner]

...Yeah. Didn't seem completely unfamiliar to him, either.

[golden_dream]

Maybe it was some deep-rooted, irrational fear of his... to have his brain replaced with an animal's.

[unexpectedboner]

How would they even know about that stuff? --Not that there aren't all sorts of things they seem to know that they shouldn't. But still... It's--invasive.