A Fateful Evening
-Self RP
There was a soft yet stark simple beat of two drumsticks beating against the rim of the drum kit in unison, setting forth a simple beat. Then slowlly a lonely deep acoustic guitar started to play its sad tune. The stage, as well as the bar was dim. Slowly, as the final encour started, the intro dragging on longer then the traditional song, lighters went up, as well as cellphones. This wasn't a song the band had created, but goddammit if it didn't fit somehow.
Slowly, the lead singer, now lazily sitting on the floor of the stage started to smile. His left leg was out completely on the ground, his right arched upwards, his elbow resting on the arched knee, cigarette in hand. The young man's light brown hair had an odd sheen in the dark room, almost reflecting the lighters back. There was a tired smile on his face as the music continued to play. It was fitting that this would be their fourth and final enc our for the night, after all it was almost a self reflection on his part. Not that he would admit it of course.
Deon then rose to his feet, and slowly took a few steps to the microphone, resting on the stand. One last time he looked out over the crowed in silence. It was their last show before they were going to go big...almost all of the females in the crowd he knew on a deep level.
They were only going to get prettier from here on in.
The song began.After that thought, the man started to sing, the simple guitar and drums backing him up.
"Goddamn this dusty room...This Hazy Afternoon..." His voice was airy, yet the hint of cigarettes was already adding a slightlly gruff quality to it. Yet...he sung almost in a whisper. In a hushed tone as if everything that had to be said, had been said.
"I'm breathing in the Silence like never before. This feeling that I get...This one last cigarette," Quickly he took one last drag, squeezed the end of the cigarette, killing the flame, and then flicked it into the crowd
That was Ebay money there, after all there was a squeal from the female part of the audience. Deon continued once the guitar came back around to him.
"As I lay awake and wait for you to come through that door..."His voice became higher, louder, more emotional. "Oh Maybe, Maybe, Maybe, I can share it with You. I behave, I behave, I behave so I can share it with you." Each word was loud, yet stark, not dragging on. There was no point.
Then the final member of the band emerged, taking his own acoustic, higher pitched of course, and joined in for a chorus. The drums fell silent.
His voice got louder. "You are not alone dear loneliness, you forgot but I remember this! So stranger, stranger, stranger things have happened i know. I'm not alone dear loneliness, i forgot that i remember this. So stranger, stranger, stranger things have happened i know." He didn't add on, no not like in the original song. There was no need to milk the words, that just wasn't his style. Yet...it was funny...he may have been lonely, but almost every night it faded for a few blissful moments. Then again, that was his life.
He broke back into the main part of the song, the acoustic now chiming in as he sung, it was such a beautiful yet sad tune.
"You'll dream about somewhere, And a smoke will fill the air...
As i lay awake and wait for you to walk out that door."
Again his voice became high, him now almost screaming this part in his beautiful voice. If only he knew how much he was going to change...
"I can change! I can change! I can change! But who you want me to be?" And now it was slightlly softer again, he didn't know why but felt like changing that part slightlly."I'm the same, I'm the same, I'm the same, oh what do you want me to be?"
And the song continued, the chorus coming in and out, variations of the verses being added. Solos coming and going, all to give this crowd, their original fans one last modest goodbye before things would really change for them. Eventually, though the song ended.
The crwod cheerd, and things were thrown on stage., flowers, money...even ciggarttes. People screamed to them, all love, despite what Deon did. And eventully the crowed filled out...leaving the bar. Afterall it was closed. Only a few selected regualrs remained behind, and the group started to clean up the stage, collecting the money to fill their bar tab, and tossing the trash. They were worthless afterall. Yet, as Deon reached down for a particularlly horrorfying bouquet of dasiys and tuipts, he spotted an odd silver object on the ground.
His hand reached out for the object, it seemed to be a lighter, made of pure silver. A grin came to his face as he looked over the object, it was obviously worth allot of money. Yet...it was strange. There seemed to be a variety of strange mythical beasts engraved on the lighter, their eyes various small gemstones. "Huh..." he muttered before quickly pocketing the item. He wouldn't allow them to have it...after all he was the only one to smoke.
After a few drinks Deon was finally ready to go. The instruments were packed up, and everyone was ready to go. "Come on Deon!" Jim said, placing a hand on the man's shoulder and shaking him. "Lets get going, afterall Im hauling your lazy a** to the airport."
"Alshright thensh..." Deon mutterd in a slightlly offbalanced ton and sloshed tone. "Ild...Ill comey...." He grinned goofilly up at Jim, their drummer upon his words before staggering to his feet. With a grumble Jim took hi sarm and walked Deon out to his van.
"Here ya go buddy..." He muttered, helping him into his seat.
"Thankish!" Deon said gleefully with a stupid smile on his face.
"Don't worry...now come on, we got a few hours of driving to do. Soon, they were on the highway, heading to Laguardia International. And soon, the Alchole took full effect, the singer dozing off.
He was awoken a few hours by a loud crash. "DAMNIT!" Deon shouted, the hangover switching on within seconds of concessness. "WHAT THE HELL JIM?!" He glanced over at the man driving the van, and stared. Jim's eyes were wide, red, and his hands shaky. Yet...he was laughing for some reasion, a small giggle almost.
"ITS A SHORTCUT!" Jim screamed manically "I FIGURED WE COULD GO OFF THE ROADS AND TAKE A STRAIGHT LINE! ITS A GREAT IDEA!" Cocaine...grand...Jim had a small problum, but he said it helped him stay awake. Why hadn't he asked Deon to take the wheel instead of taking a blow?
Yet...they were stopped...what had they hit? Slowly Deon turned his head to view out the windshield, and he didn't have a hangover, Deon would have screamed.
Somehow, the fates were giving them both time, and without thinking Deon opened the Van's Door and dove out. The vehicle had gone off the road, avoided gods know how many trees in Jim's high rampage before coming to rest against a sapling. Yet this small tree was saving the van from careening off the side of a ravine into a gorge below. Damn the Appalachian mountains.
"JIM!" Deon screamed to the man. "TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE GAS AND GET OU-" His words were cut short by a loud crack, the small tree snapped, and the van continued is journey, taking Jim with it. "..." Speechless, Deon turned, shuddering at the sound of the crash. He needed to get help...not for Jim, no, he was long gone, but for himself.
Yet, he needed to be calm first. With a shaky hand, Deon pulled out that lighter...he would have a drag. Yeah, that was a good plan...then...
Then there was a flash of lights, myriads of tones dancing around his world, blotting out the darkness of the night, the trees...and everything else.
Finally the world went black as the colors faded, and Deon was in a much older forest. Not that he would know the difference anyway.