video ♔ from polteageist - i mean, apollo

[priforprince]

From: Apollo
Date: December 24

[ This video is shot at a weird angle, looking up at the people on the camera from ground level. It's also happening in media res, no introduction, no explanation.

But what's happening is fairly obvious.

It's a guitar battle. Hibiki on acoustic guitar, her opponent on electric bass. They are managing to make it work.

But both of them are incredibly in the moment, here. If you want to get their attention, you might have to yell. ]

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[smilingbullet]

[ He doesn't want to interrupt but he does leave a video response that waits when they check the phone later. D2 is happily clapping his hands a little. ]

Ooh, that was really cool.

text ♔ from apollo ♔ who is stubborn

[priforprince]

[ This plan immediately backfires on the "person" who'd turned on the feed, as Hibiki notices this response just as she's about to recover her strength after her bout with a refreshing cup of tea.

Now that won't be happening. ]

You spend too much time on the PPS.

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[smilingbullet]

[ She ought to have known that this would happen. D2 always ruins teatime. Chuckling as he does it. ]

And you don't spend too much time on the BBS? I'm sure you're way more active than I am.

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[priforprince]

Reconnaissance and rabble-rousing are as different as a hedgehog and a measuring tape wrapped around a pincushion.

[ She doesn't know what it means either so don't bother asking. ]

[smilingbullet]

That is the most hilarious analogy- metaphor? that I've ever heard. One can do two things at once.

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[bass_instincts]

Wow, I didn't know she started recording!

[He gives a pleasant smile,] How brave of her.

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[smilingbullet]

Rather than brave, it's inevitable. It's one of those things that she does.

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[bass_instincts]

Is she always that much of a diva?

She is a she, right?

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[smilingbullet]

Oh no, sometimes she's worse.

And she's a she as far as I know.

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[deathmetalist]

[ That. Was. INCREDIBLE!

By no means does Yui want to interrupt when they are clearly in a musical duel of immense talent, but she can barely sit still in her seat. Just watching it makes Yui's still heart feel as though it could pound out of her chest. Vibrating where she sits, her outburst once they finish can't be contained.]

Shin-senpai, you're amazing!

[It looks like the Moron didn't do a bad job either! Actually, Yui has to acknowledge talent when she sees it.]

You both did great!

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[priforprince]

...Hhhh.

[ it's

it's her

How is Hibiki supposed to pick up her phone without danger

if she is on the line? ]

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[deathmetalist]

Hello? Hellooooo? Is anybody home? I'm still here...!

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[priforprince]

Nnngh.

[ She can't even call a goat to push the phone towards her....because the goat remote....is installed in the phone.

Hibiki swallows. Maybe, if she waits, the girl will hang up....

Will hang up. Before she says. It. ]

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[deathmetalist]

I can still see you, you know! I can hear you groaning, too!

[Why is she ignoring her!?]

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[creepface]

[ He didn't really want to use video, but it felt awkward to just... clap your hands in audio or just type that he did.

He claps his hands after they're done with the current set, song, whatever they're going for.

Then he forces himself to speak because he feels awkward JUST clapping. ]

Y-y-you're both v-very good...!

video ♔ from Apollo

[priforprince]

[ Ah, a new fan. In memoriam of his discovering her greatness, she'll make a special exception and act as if this whole thing was broadcast on purpose! And that means replying in kind, with a video call!

What extravagant generosity. ]

Abilities like mine demand such showcases.

[creepface]

[ Oh, he didn't really expect that, so it startles him a little. ]

O-oh? Okay. Um. A-alright? [ Now he's very confused. Showcases? It kind of looked like they were not entirely aware that they were being recorded, but maybe he was wrong. Maybe it's just because they were so into it. He did miss the very beginning after all. ]

Y-your partner is v-very good too. D-do you play t-together a l-lot? A-are you going to be in the p-pink girl's b-band?

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[priforprince]

[ Yui is forming a band?

Why does that instill in Hibiki a deep sense of misgiving? ]

2/2

[priforprince]

This was a special occasion.

[ There's no need to panic, on second thought! No need even to worry. Yui is an idiot. There's no way she knows how to follow through on things.

Hibiki will not see sentence enders on the stage of the Far Shore. ]

More incredible shows are available from CelePara Talent Agency. Whenever you're feeling uninspired, scroll through the PPS and fix your eyes upon them.

[creepface]

[ He doesn't see why, but then, he doesn't know Yui much at all, they just met once, briefly. ]

Ce-celepara? Do, do you ha-have m-metal?

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[handsome_genius]

What ruckus are you causing now?! That sounds terrible!

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[priforprince]

I'd thought you could appreciate genius.

[ Hibiki fails to see how she's the problem, here. ]

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[handsome_genius]

Yeah and you're making extra sounds while that guy is trying to play his louder music, so why not just wait your turn?

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[priforprince]

You're missing the point of a guitar concours.

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[handsome_genius]

And as usual you assume everyone thinks like a pompous blowhard.

Use words people will actually understand.