Marceline was overwhelmed with the fangxiety levels of the night before, and as such, had overslept that Saturday morning. She dashed down the stairs into the Catacombs, taking great care not to trip and potentially shatter an exposed bone on the hard stone floors, her aggoredion strapped against her back along with her other stage-ready things in a bag. The aggoredion wasn't secured properly, and as she ran the Catacombs echoed with strange, sour notes as the bellows flailed behind her. When she finally reached the cavern where the Woestock stage was set up, she collapsed to her knees and gasped for breath
"Sorry I'm... *wheeze* ... late, ghouls. I had a... *gasp* ... bit of a rough night's sleep... but *wheeze* I'm ok to p'rform!"
Marceline adjusted her hat and looked up at the band... which consisted of way more members than she remembered, and most of them she barely recognized. Her aggoredion let out something of a reedy sigh as it collapsed behind her.
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 8:06 pm
Marceline had arrived! Atomica put on a brave face and decided to save the potentially devestating 'we are not the headlining act' news for later. Meat creatures were, after all, much more fragile than smartly manufactured automatons, and she didn't want to break any of her precious band members before they could even have their first performance!
"Well, before we warm up, maybe we should do some formal, like, grimtroductions! Just so we're all totes on the same page and not, like, having a CPU breakdown."She glanced sideways at wingey ghoul. She seemed to be the most fragile. "So, like, here's my infodump. I'm Atomica Servo, and I un-live by one rule - always be CLAWESOME. Never hesitate, and never let a glitch keep you down. I'm the lead vocals, and I'm also the songwriter. Since we're all sort of, like, still getting used to each other, though, we'll stick to cover songs tonight. We'll save 'Robocolypse of the Heart' for another gig."
Atomica hesitated. She didn't like showing any vulnerability, especially in front of meat creatures that weren't her two beasties, Lin McGearloch and Gryff. But something in her sub-programming just had to be stated.
"And I'd like to thank all of you for agreeing to join the band today. I just know that if we all pull together, we can have fun and put together something uhhh-mazing."Atomica fidgeted a bit.
When Harry Herne had sought out a 'clawse' for Woestock to back, he'd picked 'robotic civil rights,' and it was true that Atomica often felt like other monsters treated her differently because of her mechanical nature. How often had her auditory sensors heard some monster say that she only acted a certain way because she was programmed to? It made her insecure, and it was the main reason she spent so much time trying to reassure herself that she was as clawesome, cool and rad-to-the-max as she thought she was. And that was why being the headlining act at Woestock was so important to her.
Atomica shuffled her digits a bit nervously.
"So, uh...who wants to grimtroduce themselves next?"
Seeing the Angelic girl collapse in an all too familiar way, Arillena knelt beside her and smiled."Looks like I am not the only one a fair bit confused." She said gently patting the girl she recalled was named Regina on her back. Arillena felt her own anxiety rise like ice falling into her stomach as Marcelline appeared. But something in the way Regina trembled, along with the reassuring look she caught from Damyn boosted a bit of the Fae's confidence.
Atomica's sudden shift in behaviour had also been caught by Ari's attention. The previously Confident girl seemed nervous. I wonder why?
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"So, uh...who wants to grimtroduce themselves next?"
Arillena swallowed, sent another kind smile to Regina before standing up again. She shyly brushed her fair blonde hair out of her face and looked around. "Um... I suppose I- I can give it a go." She smiled shyly. Suddenly a though occurred to her- The Changeling had been shifting through some appearance and wardrobe changes since meeting many of these individuals before- accidental of course... Cursed Glamour problems... She wondered if she was recognizable.
"My name is Arillena FaeDathanna. I have only been at M-Monster High for a Short while. I...I know I have met several of you before...though maybe not in the best of terms..."The Faerie sent an unsure glance towards Marceline and continued.
"It is a real honour to be a part of this..um...celebration? And...I um...Look forward to...maybe...becoming friends with, with all of you." Ari smiled kindly at Atomica hoping to show her that she wasn't the only nervous one here.
Off to the side Damyn had the smallest trace of a smile on is face.
"..."
Attagirl.
"I want to..apologize in advance. I have.." She took a loud deep breath in attempts to relax herself."...n-never been very good at this..." She turned back to Regina and carefully offered her a shaking hand to help her up. "But... it is getting easier." She smiled.
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 9:26 pm
Regina takes the Faeries hand. "Sorry, I-" She stops herself, deciding on the moment that she will explain her breakdown through her introduction. Clearing her throat, "I'm Regina... Regina Arche. My parents are archangels. We, uhh... We live in a world that's just above Haunted High. River Styx brought me down here to live with the solids... I heard so many great things about Monster High! I love the style and the culture and the, uh..." The angel tries to think of a pun. "... fangtastic?" she giggles to herself. "Umm, angels aren't very current in the monster style..." She pauses, deciding whether she should tell them the truth. "... They're a little prejudice over monsters... They think they're 'unworthy' or 'filthy' ... I don't believe that. That's why I kind of... ran away and River helped me get here after I heard about the wonderful things about Monster High!"
The angel plasters on an optimistic smile.
"So, uhh... So apparently I'm in a band now...?" Regina shrugs nervously. "Uhh... by the way. What's a band?" Regina bites her lip as she pushes a lock of crimson hair behind the ear - her signature action in the subconscious to show her nervous fear of being judged.
Lin and Draconia had spent a good portion of the night simply walking alongside one another, him taking two hurried steps for each one of hers, just chatting and gazing up at the lovely Grimmas decorations around the maul and the homes that were lined up along the same street, Draconia's home included.
Lin had told Draconia all about his latest grimventions, including his and Gryff's next chop class project together that they would be presenting to Mister Hyde Ra for their Mid-Term. Draconia chatted to him about how her play was going for drama class and how nervous she was that it would turn out. Lin was gentlemanser enough to assure her that it would turn out quite perfectly, as she was a good enough friend to let him know just how wonderful his many grimventions sounded.
Yes, friends. Despite the fact that a love match was not made, they knew they had come away from this evening as genuine friends. And although Lin still carried a bit of a torch for her (get it? torch? dragon? HA!), as Lin's grimma said, 'One can never have too many friends.'
And Draconia made three! Woo hoo!
Of course, the rest of the night did not go as smoothly. After Lin had dropped her off at the Looking Glass (getting a hug in the process as well as a peck on the cheek), the little gremlin practically floated home -- where he was accosted by Atomica to finish what he had been working on for HER band to perform at Woestock at tomorrow's fearstival!
The Catacombs -- NOW!
*snrk* *zzzzzz* *Snort!*
Atomica Servo
"ATTENTION, HARRY HERNE!"Atomica turned her speakers up to 11 as she entered the cavern, sending her voice booming down the stone walls. She did have to admire how great the acoustics were."THIS IS ATOMICA SERVO AND I DEMAND TO KNOW WHY YOU ARE TRYING TO KIDNAP MY BAND MEMBERS!!!
"Wha...!?"The sleeping gremlin tumbled off of the huge pile of pillows and blankets in the Trouble Tribe's lair, his little snoozing spot if you will for when he needed a nap from projects, and hit the floor with a splat. Lin had gotten up hextra early to put the finishing touches on Atomica's project, and decided to catch a little shut eye so he'd be bright eyed for the fearstival -- and it case Kai and Nero needed his assistance as well with the boo band's sound system -- but he was apparently more tired than he was aware...
Lin sat up with Sweety scavenging his pockets for berries, when he blinked away the sleep when he popped his eyes wide open.
"Oh bloody...!"He gasped and looked at Gryff's classic battery operated clock on the wall."I'M LATE!"And he quickly scurried to his feet, grabbed Sweety and took off...!
In the Woestock Caverns...
*POP!* *BANG!* *chug chug chug* *POP!*
Heads turned to find the gremlin-sized tractor, being driven by an equally gremlin-sized, er, gremlin, turning a corner and entering the caverns where the booths were being set up and random monsters were getting to know one another. But it wasn't the tractor that had caught their attention. It wasn't even the smoke emanating from the tractor's tail pipe.
It was the multitude of flashing neon strobe lights of various colors -- and the stage they were attached to! A stage with a big blinking neon sign that flashed:'ATOMICA - and the Rest In Peace'
"OoOOoOOOoOooOOOoooo!" Said the many goblins, defrightfully dazzled by the lights.
Lin casually drove the stage past monsters who dive out of the way and hurriedly pushed their carts and goods from its path. If Lin finished this, maybe he could hurry back and finish Gryff's and his coffin drink booth. Hey, nothing wrong with making a little scratch on the side, amiright?
Lin came to a stop right before Atomica and her band and turned the motor off. Sweety peeked out from behind Lin's neck and sniffed the air, then darted off to investigate as Lin jetted a claw back to the stage and called to Atomica...
"Where d'ye want it lass?"
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 11:08 am
"UGH. Rude much?!"Atomica snapped at Lin. "You JUST interrupted our grimtroductions. Now Layla, Hellene, Marceline and Sally totally lost their chance to hexplain to angelic Regina what a band is, thus creating a new bond between bandmates!"
"So...the stage?"Lin asked, clearly not caring too much about interrupting such an important bonding activity between new ghoulfriends.
"Put it off to the sideorwhatEVER oh my GHOUL you are SO insensitive LIN defrag me with a SPOON."Atomica waved some digits towards a corner of the side-cavern they were going to practice in."Ignore him, if you possibly can."
Atomica grumped, their nice circle of getting to know each other disturbed.
"Anymonster else want to chime in?"
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 12:41 pm
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"Anymonster else want to chime in?"
Marceline LaGhede
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Regina Arche
Hellene huffed down on top of her bag of tricks, her wings twitching from the long and heavy flight.
"Chime in where? On what a band is or who each of us are or are you looking for us to form a bonding hexperience because I brought enough makeup and accessories and supplies that anyone who is not yet quite glammed enough can get glammed up no problem. Those are all totally different issues."
Hellene finished with a flourish and tossed her sparkle-encrusted scarf over her shoulder. The rest of the ghouls blinked, trying to sort through the very detailed description. Hellene's rapid-fire way of talking only got worse when she was nervous, she was always trying to get all of her thoughts out at once so she wouldn't miss anything.
A tiny, jewel-like hummingbird darted out of Hellene's elaborately quaffed hair and sit on her shoulder, giving a firm nod of agreement on the subject of bands.
Just to Hellene's left, Atomica practically sparked.
"This is Flitters," Hellene continued, pointing to the hummingbird, "I brought him because he has Perfect Hum, which is like perfect pitch but more adorable and also not the title of a terrible movie. I'm Hellene. I've been at Monster High for over a year now and my family used to travel a lot both because my mother is an ambassador and it's sort of harpy tradition to migrate a lot, it helps you get a really broad daeducation, so I've lived lots of places although I like it here best, because I've got so many great friends here. I've never been in a band, although I have known people in bands and let me give you all a word of advice: beware of bros. They are trouble and they ruin absolutely everything."
"The Boo Kids on the Block are TOTALLY a real band!" Atomica finally managed to get in.
Hellene looked at her blankly.
"What are you talking about? Aren't we doing introductions?"
She hopped off her bag, unzipped it and pulled out a 6 level eye shadow compact.
"Did I mention I brought makeup?"
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 2:48 pm
Meanwhile, on the other side of the caverns...
Kai was *almost* certain he'd helped get the food stitchuation as cleared up as it was going to be fore the Fearstival. The goblins were really accommodating and clearly wanted to do the beast job possible for their young Prince Harry, but it seemed that they needed incredibly specific instructions. Otherwise, they started making assumptions, and things started to get...crazy.
"No, I'm pretty sure Harry just wants you to make sure the vegan meals are actually vegan. You don't need to kidnap any caterers." Harry hexplained again to one very eager-to-please goblin. The goblin gave a happy little 'blarggg' noise and toddled off to prepare.
Kai stepped aside and started texting.
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Dashner Hawke
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Kai Merha Where are u guys?!!! Woestock starts in a couple hours
Kai slipped his iCoffin into his back pocket. Surely the guys knew how clawesome it would be to get the band back together....
Sally stood with the other ghouls, trying to listen and follow everything as it quickly happened. She took a quick note of who they were, keeping in mind any faces she didn't recognize. Both the Fae ghoul, Arillena, and the angelic ghoul, Regina, seemed to be more nervous than Sally imagined possible. Maybe they weren't good at these sorts of things? Come to think of it, everything had happened so fast, Sally didn't even realize they joined the band.
She tilted her head, turning her non-gaze to Hellene as she spoke. All the information she was throwing at them was unfamiliar. Sally had to flip through a notebook she had written out with notes from the magazines and books she had read. It seemed to match up... Well, at least a little.
Returning to book to the pile of books she had to use a couple tendrils to carry, Sally tilted her head, looking around the group.
"Hello, I am Sally." she greeted them, "I don't know much about being in band, aside from everything Hellene just said and some things I've read about, but, I hope I can contribute well."
She remembered, then, reading up on all the equipment they would have to use, and her glance drifted to the stage where Lin had been setting up the stage, "Uh... I will do my best with the drums, they don't seem too complicated, but, I do hope I won't cause too much interference for everyone else."
Electronics and Sally didn't always mix too well, not that she has anything against them. Being raised practically alone in the forest, she didn't have much experience with them, but, the little interaction she did have, between talking to Atomica and using her iCoffin, she knew the natural interference she caused could become a bit of an issue. She'd never been around so much electronic stuff at once.
Shaking her head, she returned her gaze to the group. No no, she told herself, everything will be fine... right?
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 4:36 pm
Various goblins began posting posters everywhere.
WELCOME TO WOESTOCK! presented by the BOJANGLES (Boisterous, Outstanding, and Jaunty Androids Need to be Granted Liberty Extra Soon!)
Our brother and sister non-organics need our help. Today's society doesn't grant them the same rights as everyone else! We come together today to raise awareness of their plight, help them gain their liberty, and dream of a better tomorrow. So give today...help the next non-organic being you meet!
Hacktivties Puppy Petting Pit with The Wild Hunt XTREME HACKY SACK(bring your own pouch sayeth Thorsus) Cosmic Drum Circle Various Goblin Crafts- Fun with fungus! Zen Garden with fang shui for meditation Play a deadgeridoo Compost classes Catch a dream with a dreamcatcher Check out the food huts for gourmet goblin food
Band list in order of appearance Bone Jaez Bald Mountain Swamtana Crateful of the Dead Creepy Blacklagoon Revivial Die and the Kindred Bone Jefferson Scareplane Clawsby, Kills, Gnash and Tongue The Boo Joe Hacker
Jimi Hexdrix with our guest of honor, ATOMICA AND THE REST IN PEACE
After our last acts, the cast of MANE will come out and lead the crowd in "Aclawrius/Let The Moonshine In" to bring all organic and non-organics together.
Please recycle and be kind to each other.
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Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 6:42 am
Kai's iCoffin goes off....
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Glen da West Kai! Maul! GRUMPY BAT!
Of course with the appropriate Glen elfie included at no hextra charge!
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 6:58 am
Marceline LaGhede
Hellene Harpie
Atomica Servo
Arillena
Skinny Sally
Regina Arche
Layla shyly cleared her throat and spoke aloud,"My name is Layla .. Layla LaMia. My mother isss the Lamia Queen. I am originally from Libya, but started attending Monster High the last ssschool year." She smiled as she set a long, thin case on a rock slab.
"I had been home schooled for most of my life but Mother thought it time I be around peers my own age from all walks of unlife. I was so scared until I started making very good friends in Nero de Sphinx and Kai Merha, among others. They treat me like everyone else, and not a princess. I truly appreciate that."
She opened up the case and took out a unique looking musical instrument.
"This is a pungi flute. It was my mother's before me, and her mother's before her. A family heirloom, and the instrument I will play at your side today."
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Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 9:35 am
Glen da West
Kai groaned.
"Oh NO." Glen had a bizarre fixation on this internet meme-thing bat, which Kai found utterly insane. It was a bat. They took pictures of it and put some grumpy text on top. Good for maybe a three-second laugh when checking out Fiercebook. NOT worth standing in line at the maul to see it in person!
Seriously, didn't anyone worry about the poor bat?! Didn't it want to sleep during the day?
Kai tried texting Nero and Dashner.
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Dashner Hawke
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To: The guys
SOS! Glen's at the maul instead of here at the catacombs for the BAND. Can someone go get him? Preferably someone strong enough to unclamp his hands from that poor bat.
Kai's tail twitched, rattling as his nervousness ratcheted up. Where were they? At least with Glen, he knew where he was. As little comfort as that was. Glen was a great guy, but even his beasties would be hard-pressed to deny that he was also spoiled rotten. If he wanted to go see some tiny bat instead of playing the drums for his friends, he'd go see the tiny bat.
"This stinks!" Kai hexclaimed. Suddenly, a goblin was by his side.
"What stinks?! Is it the hummus? Oh, I told Lord Master Harry that fungus hummus may not be to every monster's liking!"The poor goblin fretted and tore at what little hair he had left.
Kai rubbed the back of his head.
"No, no, I think...I think the hummus is fine. I'm just upset about something else. My band members aren't here yet and one of them is in line for something dumb at the maul. If I could just grab him for a couple hours to practice-" "Grab somemonster?! Oh, fret not! We shall get it taken care of for you." The goblin hopped up and down, a bit pleased that SOMEthing was within his powers to fix."In fact, we have an entire clan who are free and doing absolutely nothing today who can help you with your problem."
Meanwhile.....on the other side of the barrier between Monster reality and the Never Never....
Burly Hurly picked his toes and sighed. This weekend was going to be so boring. If only there was some kidnapping his clan could do...
And then....right back into the monster reality in the catacombs...
Kai shrugged.
"Sure, that would be really helpful if you could just send some goblins to go pick up Glen. I'm sure he'll be done getting pictures of the bat or whatever you do when you go to the maul to look at a tiny bat. Then I can concentrate on finishing helping Harry with the food stands and setting up for the band performance!"
"Hexcellent!" The goblin nodded."I am pleased to hear that undertaking this quest will help to ease the burden on Master Harry."
"I....guess...it...will?" Kai answered, a little surprised at how helpful the goblin was being. "Here, this is what he looks like."
Kai showed Glen's picture from his last text to the goblin, who eyeballed it and nodded.
"A small green witch-boy with an enormous mouth and questionable taste in hairstyles. It shall be done."
And with that, the goblin scurried off. Kai watched him go and scratched behind his horn.
"Now...if I can just figure out how to get ahold of the other guys..."
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 9:48 am
Skinny Sally
Shaking her head, she returned her gaze to the group. No no, she told herself, everything will be fine... right?
"Instruments!"Atomica suddenly piped up."That's right! There's our old setup still on the stage. There's a keyboard, bass guitar, electric guitar, the drum set...few other things..."
And now with Layla, Atomica and the RIP had a horn section! Fangtastic! Coupled with the aggoredian from Marceline, their sound was going to be uhhh-nbelievable.
"Maybe you can each pick an instrument you know, and we can, like, try jamming for a nano?"
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Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 5:40 pm
Dashner arrived just as he got the hext. He got down to the Catacombs and apologised to Kai. "Sorry bro, I was already here. If Nero can't I can fly over there."
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