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[stylistic_disloyalty]

L U C ┼ F E R @lightbringer Day Three of The Great #pridelockdown. Using the time to write.

L U C ┼ F E R @lightbringer Don't you worry little devils, the Carnival will be back in business with something big soon. #pridelockdown #stircrazy #staticinmyhead

L U C ┼ F E R @lightbringer What's everybody do to deal with inescapable boredom, anyway?#pridelockdown #carniesmaketheirownfun #buttheresnothingtoplaywith

I don't think I need to tell anybody that this wagon-circling has seriously screwed with our release timeline. We can't release this thing if we're promoting it via shouting indistinctly over the information superhighway.

It's time to compile this thing, at the very least we can use this time to do that. But we should be prepared to hit the ground running, use this blackout to our advantage. People will be chomping at the bit to hear us. Anybody interested in a flash performance somewhere?

-L

Comments

E-MAIL TO LUCI (gg2@cam.ac.uk)

[twoscompany]

We could do a "sleepover" concert. Do it in one of the pents, wear some jams, make it feel intimate. Then get some acoustic-appropriate instruments and play a song or two from the album, together, after playing some songs from our own bands' standalones.

And then explain nothing and end the show.

[stylistic_disloyalty]

I can appreciate the pyjama thought, but I'm fairly certain neither Xanxus nor I own any. Let's not get shut down before we start for content.

I was thinking that the second we get out, we roll out to some bar close by, slip the tech booth a roll of cash, take over. We play for an hour, some from the album, some from our standalones, maybe two each, then make a run for it. Social media will attack something like that.

[twoscompany]

Hm. Good point, we do have children fans.

That sounds like a plan, too. Just as long as its not VorteQ, we should be fine and everyone should be able to come.

[stylistic_disloyalty]

Yeah, we can thank Xanxus for making sure no Carnie will be allowed to cross that threshold. You got any favorites?

[twoscompany]

Well, there's Pink, there's N99E, and there's Sinammon. They're pretty big clubs, open late, and their clientele tends to be fans of our label.

[stylistic_disloyalty]

Huh, Sinammon sounds like it'd be right up my alley at least. How's their tech setup?

[twoscompany]

They have a revolving circular stage with multiple steps and a spiral staircase leading up to it, with the speakers facing and lights facing the rest of the club. Acoustics allow for minimal woofers and feedback since the club is circular and multi-story.

[Like a cinammon roll, GET IT]

It's the stage where their DJ normally resides on club nights. It gets converted into a bandstage once a week for live shows - there's a trap door where instruments and equipment can be discreetly stored in a small storage room. Centralized tech so people can't just unplug it from a random wall if they don't like it. They'd have to go through us first.

They have an outer ring around the stage embedded into one of the lower stage steps where they can lay pyrotechnics and other effects if we want them. And so we don't get set on fire ourselves.

[stylistic_disloyalty]

Sounds perfect for a surprise of this magnitude. You make good observations on places like this-- next time I have an itch like this to scratch, I'd like to pick your brain for more gem locations like this one.

[twoscompany]

[Gem...gem--






Its a bit before Garnet responds]

Thank you. Of course, I can help you out with that, whenever you need the info.

[dishevelment]

Koumei Ren @therealkoumeiren
@lightbringer dying of boredom, if that is possible. #pridelockdown #itfeelsverypossible

[stylistic_disloyalty]

L U C ┼ F E R @lightbringer Dying implies release, I see none for those of us trapped here. #tortureboredom

[dishevelment]

Koumei Ren @therealkoumeiren
@lightbringer unless our captors get creative, but don't offer them any ideas #theyhaveenoughammunition

[stylistic_disloyalty]

L U C ┼ F E R @lightbringer @therealkoumeiren Ha, like they would. We carry them.

[dishevelment]

Koumei Ren @therealkoumeiren
@lightbringer we do, but that doesn't seem to be stopping them now. #thisbirdhatescages

[stylistic_disloyalty]

L U C ┼ F E R @lightbringer @therealkoumeiren From keeping us in, no, but eventually we have to perform, right? Gotta sell tix. #makestwoofus

[dishevelment]

Koumei Ren @therealkoumeiren
@lightbringer We throw flyers from the window and stage something on the roof. They can't keep us in forever. #pridedoeswhatitwants

[stylistic_disloyalty]

L U C ┼ F E R @lightbringer I'll hand-write the flyers myself if it comes down to it. #pridedoeswhatitwants

[dishevelment]

Koumei Ren @therealkoumeiren
@lightbringer shall we have a contest to see who makes the best poster? #lockdowncompetition #keepsussane

[stylistic_disloyalty]

L U C ┼ F E R @lightbringer @therealkoumeiren You'll have to give me a while, I've written all over every scrap of paper I have. #gottagetthewordsout

[dishevelment]

Koumei Ren @therealkoumeiren
@lightbringer well, we may have a while in here #lockdownishell

[campioned]

Bloody Maury @whothefuckisalec· @lightbringer We need to talk about this 'little devils' thing you're trying to make happen.

[stylistic_disloyalty]

L U C ┼ F E R @lightbringer Some of us had a fanbase before joining the circus, Alec. Some of us like that fanbase.

[campioned]

Bloody Maury @whothefuckisalec· @lightbringer I love our fans. I hate 'little' anything for reasons too long for the medium.

[stylistic_disloyalty]

[Okay, normally she'd tell him to go shove it. But they are talking about their collective fans, so she should be fair.]

L U C ┼ F E R @lightbringer @whothefuckisalec Alright then, what would you call our fans? #littledevilsrename

[campioned]

Bloody Maury @whothefuckisalec· @lightbringer Barkers? Freaks? Geeks? Not ringleaders. #Imtheringleader

[stylistic_disloyalty]

L U C ┼ F E R @lightbringer @whothefuckisalec Yeah, keep up that hashtag campaign Alec, someday I'll stop laughing.

L U C ┼ F E R @lightbringer @whothefuckisalec Freaks does have a ring to it.

[trustme]

Doctor @doctortuning @lightbringer I've been cooking to pass the time. Don't know if you heard about the #virgolockdown Started at the same time.

[stylistic_disloyalty]

L U C ┼ F E R @lightbringer @doctortuning Virgo too? What the fuck is going on?

L U C ┼ F E R @lightbringer @doctortuning I was sure Virgo would use this to push you guys hard while we were down.

[trustme]

Doctor @doctortuning @lightbringer Many of us are composing so perhaps it IS a push?

Doctor @doctortuning @lightbringer Hopefully it's not a competition to see which company can do this longer.

[stylistic_disloyalty]

L U C ┼ F E R @lightbringer @doctortuning G-O-D, if it is, it's a competition I don't mind losing.

L U C ┼ F E R @lightbringer @doctortuning If I don't sing soon, my head is going to explode. #figurativelyprettysure

[trustme]

Doctor @doctortuning @lightbringer I will raise the white flag over Virgo HQ myself if they'll let us out.

Doctor @doctortuning @lightbringer An internet video might be in order then.

Doctor @doctortuning @lightbringer How about a collab? Send your voice and I'll add some instruments.

[stylistic_disloyalty]

L U C ┼ F E R @lightbringer @doctortuning A Pride-Virgo collab. Might break the internet, but I'm all about breaking things.

L U C ┼ F E R @lightbringer @doctortuning Give me five minutes, I'll write something.

[trustme]

Doctor @doctortuning @lightbringer I think the bosses will take kindly to it as long as it crashes a few websites.

Doctor @doctortuning @lightbringer I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

[[ooc: Hey maybe we can find an actual song to use. Doctor plays multiple instruments so it's very possible. Bonus points if there's a cool cello cover of it.]]

[stylistic_disloyalty]

((OOC: Maybe something like this? 83))

[trustme]

[A couple days after Doctor receives the song he sends it back with the instrument arrangement. He has added multiple instruments to the track, almost all of them played by him (he is known as the Crazy Instruments Guy) but it seems he also talked his band mates Rei, Luce, and Pao-Lin into playing the violin, bass, and drums for him.]

[[ooc: I tried to mix the cover with a female singer's cover but all the ladies on youtube sang a slower rendition of it. We'll have to pretend it's a lady's voice. XD]]

[stylistic_disloyalty]

[[That is totally cool, homg this is AWESOMEEEEE YOU'RE AMAZING!!]]

L U C ┼ F E R @lightbringer @doctortuning Well well, we make some fucking fantastic music, don't we? #quiteadifferentsound

[trustme]

Doctor @doctortuning @lightbringer We really do. Now to see how many hits we get. #oughttobeviral