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 Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 10:05 am
Just the typical streets of anywhere in Janhall.
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Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 8:38 pm
Axel felt quite awkward the moment. Maybe it was because his hood was off and he sharing intimate moments with a cute girl he had just met. Maybe it was because he actually paid for his chocolate. Or maybe it was because he might have been because Rose was growing on him. her innocent and happy nature seemed to just lure him in. What was with this girl. There was still a small trace of red on Axel face as they drove. Axel was then on the receiving end of questions time. How did a guy like him live? How did he get a car like this? None of these questions the hoodlum could answer truthfully without scaring Rose off. If he told her off how he used his telekinetic powers to cheat the system, rig casino games, and just outright steal, she would scream. This little charade that Axel had made up for himself would come crashing down. He had to think of something quick. A half truth! Yeah, that could work. In a sense he worked casinos. But how would that explain the car he just stolen? It wouldn't. Ah! Just then he thought of something. "Well, you'll probably think less of me, but I used to work at this burger joint flipping burgers until a friend taught me how to work all the games and machines at casinos so I tend to walk away with more cash than most working people in a month. Chalk it up to luck." Axel answered smoothly. He then realized that he practically just told Rose the truth about what he did! s**t! Axel gave a nervous smile as he kept his eyes on the rode. Not much farther now. The two would be there. If Rose wasn't screaming, they could still enjoy a decent afternoon.
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 1:50 pm
It's always just me,
A voice in the worlds concert
Just trying to get a bit louder to be heard!
She was a bit surprised to know that Axel was into gambling but from the way he explained it seemed like his friend just gave him a couple helpful hints. Axel didn't sound like a cheater at all, he sounded like a lucky guy who just got a bit of help from a friend. "Wow, you got all of this from gambling?" She leaned over and put her head softly on his shoulder and nudged him. "Now I don't approve of gambling...but it's nice to be lucky." She smiled and leaned back to her seat and away from him. She didn't even notice that they were driving again and soon enough they were almost there. "I gotta ask, is this place more bar then karaoke or more karaoke then bar? That might sound the same but it's very different." She wanted to know if the crowd would be full of young people having a good time or a bunch of old drunk men singing country songs...if it was the latter she probably would have no real place there...
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 7:05 pm
IAxel rolling the dice with own luck right now. Rose seemed to be some kind of dream. She was kind, sweet, and innocent, and above all cute as can be. No way in hell was she actually doting on a hoodlum like Axel right now. Leaning her head on his shoulder all cute-like and nudging him gently brought back the red in his face. Apart of the hoodlum really wished this could be just some dream. There was no way he could actually keep this up unless he started to make a few of the lies he was telling true. By the end of the night when he took her home, he'd find himself drinking his guilt away at the Watering hole. His good 'buddy' Emilio would be more than happy to hear his sob story over a White Russian. Just then, Rose asked about the karaoke place they were going to. "Well, to be honest, the place used to be more of a bar, but since they started doing karaoke, it kind just became thing to have a bar. So to answer your question, it's more karaoke than bar." Axel then took a turn at a light and arrived at their destination. "Here we are. Le Fortississimo. I wonder who's here this early." He said backing the stolen car into a parking spot and turning the car off with his powers.
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:15 pm
~Yukihara Tanaka~ Yukihara made her first stop today: the streets. What better place to find a crowd than the streets? People are constantly moving and at the right time, the traffic of people can be numerous. She is fortunate that at the time she arrived, there was not much space in between her and the people she walked with. On her shoulder rested the strap of her guitar case which contained her custom made guitar. This guitar was made by her own hands, and it was different than most guitars because this one had the amp built inside and has been outfitted with certain sound effects that can accompany her as she plays the guitar. It is a lot of effort for a guitar, but it's worth it for the final performance to be as perfect as it can be. The next step after walking in the streets is the perfect spot in which the acoustics work the best and where most people will walk by. There was a particular corner that allowed a lot of space and people had to stand around there for a bit so that they could wait for the traffic light to let them know that they can walk. Once at that corner, she took her guitar out the case and began setting up the effects for the first song she will play.
Once the effects were done, she made sure that the amp was turned on and working properly. She also didn't want the amp to be too loud or risk hurting peoples' eardrums. At this point, everything was set up perfectly and she already had a gathering of people occurring just from their curiosity. Once she had the crowd's attention, she strum her guitar once, twice, three times before she begun to play the Hyrule theme song from the game Ocarina of Time. As a lover of everything fantasy and the popularity of the Zelda series, people will appreciate the nostalgia, or from her perspective, see this girl playing whatever she wants because she enjoys it. So far the performance seems to be going well because people were throwing money into her case, which is a good sign that she is entertaining the crowd and made her smile as she continued to play.
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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 4:55 pm
Salomon walked down the street. It was a nice day out today and he just needed some fresh air. There seemed to be a few performers out at the moment and he would stop to watch them. If they were any good he would through some money into their fund jar and walk away.That was until he came upon a pretty little guitarist and finally found a bench nearby and sat down. He was familiar with some songs thanks to his nieces and nephews. He listened for a long time before getting up and dropping some money into her case. " You play well." He told the girl.
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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 5:25 pm
~Yukihara Tanaka~ With the Hyrule theme song, she drew the attention of people, gained a bit of income and managed to an get a round of applause from the crowd when she finished. Maybe one more song will be enough to gain some more attention so she can at least get enough money to pay for the essentials. Who knows, maybe she can even pay for lunch at a cafe or some place exquisite, not that she be dressed for such a place. As she set up her guitar effects for the next song, an elderly man dropped money in her case and commented on how well she played her guitar. She showed her appreciation with a smile and said to him,
"Why thank you old timer. Forgive me if I'm just making an assumption, but I didn't think someone like you could say that the type of music I'm playing would be appealing to you. I'll be playing my next song soon, but after that I'll be taking requests and I'll make sure that you get the first pick."
As soon as the guitar was set up, she strummed the guitar once to gain the crowd's attention once more before she began playing the next song from another classic video game: Super Mario Bros Theme Song. This one didn't last too long because there wasn't much to play from it, but her starting songs weren't meant to last too long. The true highlight of her playing abilities is being able to take requests from the crowd and play them. She never asks for money whenever taking requests because she feels people should only pay their money's worth for what they listen to. When the song finished, she had gain slightly more income and got a bit more applause.
"Thank you, thank you! Does anyone have a request for any song they want me to play? Name what you want and I will play it for you!"
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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 7:56 pm
Salomon smiled and returned to the bench to listen to the girl play some more. It was very enjoyable. He didn't make any request, but continued to listen to the girl with a smile on his wrinkled face. After a while he did get up and request Totoro from My Neighbor Totoro. He thought it a cute song and wondered if the girl knew how to play the song.
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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 8:59 pm
~Yukihara Tanaka~ Yukihara couldn't get the old man's request first like she thought she would because she would try and see if he would make a request despite the amount of people who were throwing requests at her all at once. The man was just sitting there, so maybe he was content with just listening to her play. Eventually she had to pick someone from the crowd, so she decided to pick an eager little boy and see what he wanted her to play. She had a smile on her face as the boy wanted her to play the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers theme song. It is one of her favorite themes to play so she will definitely have a lot of fun. She set up her guitar to achieve the right effects and accompaniments for the song before strumming the guitar once as usual to test if everything was working correctly.
Before she was a melodic player who played music that was easy on the ears. Power Rangers was meant to sound hardcore yet kid friendly at the same time, so people can still enjoy her music despite the tone change in the music. With the theme song, she combined "Go Go Power Rangers" and the slight edit when the original Rangers had the Thunder Megazord in a way that kept the flow of the music going up until the end. The boy never seemed so happy and threw in 5 dollar bill into the guitar case given to him by his parents. She thanked the boy and continued taking requests. After about 7 requests, which took slightly over half an hour to go through the requests, the old man finally spoke up and asked her to do Totoro from My Neighbor Totoro. That is a change from some of the requests that people have been asking since they figured that with her guitar she can only do the rock genre.
Her effects had to be turned down so she wouldn't destroy the good nature of the Totoro and the amp's volume turned down again. After checking the guitar once more, she began playing the song, keeping it traditional because there was no need to change anything aside from where the main instrument had to be replaced by a guitar, but she did turn on an effect to where the guitar sounded like an acoustic guitar. People were surprised that she was capable of playing something so soothing with an intimidating instrument like hers. When the song ended, she got an applause and her guitar case was half way full.
"Wow. That was unexpected but I think I did well for just about 40 minutes of playing. I think I can get myself some good eats today after all."
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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:08 pm
Salomon enjoyed the song and threw in some extra money. He then looked up at the girl. "Do you mind if I take you out for a meal instead?" He asked over hearing that she was looking forward to a good meal. He didn't want to be rude and was honestly curious about the girl.
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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:39 pm
~Yukihara Tanaka~ Yukihara took some time to look over the money that was in her case. There was definitely a lot of ones and fives but she did spot the occasional twenties, fifties and even hundred dollar bills. Before she could contemplate on where she should eat, the old man asked her if he could take her out on a meal. Shes not one to deny free food from stranger unless its bad food, so what reason was there to decline the offer? At least she will have plenty of spare cash in end. She managed to fit her guitar in the case before closing it and putting the strap on her right shoulder. With a sincere smile, she replied to the old man,
"Okay, but I do have one condition before we go. I travel with people whose names I know, so whats your name old timer? I'm Yukihara Tanaka. You can call me Yuki if its easier for you."
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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:56 pm
Salomon smiled and nodded. It was a simple request. "I am Salomon Samson. A pleasure." He told the girl as he moved his cane a bit to move. "So what would you like?" He asked her. He would go to the most expensive place in town if she wanted to.
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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 10:10 pm
~Yukihara Tanaka~ There is no woman in existence who wouldn't want to get pampered in terms being taken to a fancy restaurant just to say they ate there, but she could do fine without it. Besides, she wouldn't want to be an embarrassment for the old man because she is undressed to be seen in a fancy restaurant where everyone must be wearing suits and dresses. For now, some place with good food at affordable prices should do.
"Well, as much as I would like to eat at some restaurant that probably serves food with caviar and wine, but I don't want to bust your wallet and I am not wearing appropriate clothing for that sort of environment. Maybe we can find a comfy place to eat at...I'll even eat at a fast food joint if anything...o-oh. And a pleasure to meet you too mister."
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 3:15 pm
Salomon didn't know if his stomach could handle fast food places and thought of another way to persuade the girl into going to a nicer place that didn't have chain restaurant status. "I'll buy you a dress then. Don't worry, the place I'm thinking of has a casual lunch that does not suggest wine or caviar for lunch." He offered.
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 9:19 pm
~Yukihara Tanaka~ Never in a million years Yukihara would find someone willing to take her to a good place to have good food to go so far as to get her a dress for the occasion after just meeting her. It almost seems too good to be true, but that is the world she prefers to live in so she didn't find any reason not to question Salomon's motives. Besides, why pass up a meal she normally couldn't have when fast food is something she gets on a typical day after earning money on the streets?
"I was looking forward to getting a new dress....now what kind of dress are we talking about here? Do I have to follow a budget or am I free to choose whichever I like? I'm fine with either but I just need to know now before I make a decision you probably won't like. And its a good thing we are not having caviar or wine. As much as I like some adult grape juice, this gal here still needs to wait a couple more years...well, at least 'I' do. That might not be the same for some of my other "friends". The caviar something I wouldn't be too comfortable eating because...well, it's almost like you're eating baby fish."
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