[ JACKSON HEART ]

[socialcapital]

[ THIS HEART WILL HAVE CWS FOR:

- CANON-TYPICAL VIOLENCE
- SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE FOR CANON-TYPICAL VIOLENCE
- CHILD ABUSE
- SLAVERY
- DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE ]

Comments

Re: [ PAVEMENT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

I mean I walked in without knockin'. The nom de plume is Loren, nice ta meetcha.

Re: [ PAVEMENT ]

[socialcapital]

"I'm Totality! But you can call me Tali if that's too long. It's nice to meet you! Have you ever tried playing an instrument?"

Re: [ PAVEMENT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

Naw not really. I got dragged along ta vocal training lessons with friends of mine for a while but it wasn’t for music exactly.

Re: [ PAVEMENT ]

[socialcapital]

"Have you thought about starting? It's fun!"

Re: [ PAVEMENT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

Dunno, level-grindin' from basically zero is a little too tough for me.

Re: [ PAVEMENT ]

[socialcapital]

He laughs a bit.

"Where else would you start from?"

Re: [ PAVEMENT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

Some place I already have a bit of skill I guess.

Re: [ PAVEMENT ]

[socialcapital]

"I mean, I started at zero. That's the only place you can start."

Re: [ PAVEMENT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

Ya seem like ya don’t mind hard work though.

Re: [ PAVEMENT ]

[socialcapital]

"Oh. Yeah, no, I don't. Working hard is the only way to get what you want."

Re: [ PAVEMENT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

It's good not ta go overboard... That's just my personal philosophy though. Where'd ya start with music, then?

Re: [ PAVEMENT ]

[socialcapital]

"Piano was the first, like, official thing, but as soon as you can talk you can technically sing."

Re: [ PAVEMENT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

You're counting that??

Re: [ PAVEMENT ]

[socialcapital]

"Effort is effort is effort! Artists start drawing stick figures as babies like everyone else, right?"

Re: [ PAVEMENT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

But at some point they get like more of an inclination ta keep goin' where other people would stop. Isn't that where it really starts?

Re: [ PAVEMENT ]

[socialcapital]

He thinks about it, tilting his head slightly.

"Hmmm. Maybe? I can't imagine wanting to stop."

Re: [ PAVEMENT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

[haha..]

Well if you're gonna keep goin' I can't stick around for all of it, but the stuff so far's been great.

Re: [ PAVEMENT ]

[socialcapital]

"I'm gonna keep practising... but where are you headed?"

Re: [ PAVEMENT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

Don't really know--I'm lookin' for somebody who's missin' a party he was supposed ta be at. Or maybe just somethin' from him as an RSVP if he's not gonna show... There was a dressing room around here I thought I'd check.

Re: [ PAVEMENT ]

[socialcapital]

"Well... if you're on some sort of quest, then..."

He rummages around in his pockets and pulls out a guitar pick.

"Take this! It's lucky."

Re: [ PAVEMENT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

Oh--I'll be borrowin' your luck for a bit then, thanks.

Re: [ PAVEMENT ]

[socialcapital]

"No problem! Come back sometime and listen when I've got new songs!"

You receive Guitar pick! It seems significant!

Re: [ PAVEMENT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

Sounds fun!

[Will let him get back to his work, pocketing the guitar pick and wandering stageward]

Re: [ PAVEMENT ]

[socialcapital]

The ambient excitement fades the further you get from the area, but doesn't disappear entirely.

The backstage area has several security guards, although strangely they seem less concerned with you wandering in as they seem to be concerned with keeping someone from wandering out.

Near the door to the dressing room is a man in a suit, talking on the phone. He bears vague family resemblance to Jackson, and is arguing with someone on the other end of the call -

"No, you don't have to worry about it. Whatever it was you sent over last time shut him up for hours. ... Well, no, obviously we made sure it was safe. ... No, listen, we have medics on staff, we're not about to make pâté out of a goose's still layin', y'know? Yeah, yeah..."

- he's distracted, so you COULD sneak past him if you wanted.

Re: [ PAVEMENT ]

[worldlyafflictions]