homophonic: jonas

[camena]

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[westedge]

Yeah. When we were talking about the kind of people we met here he was mentioning who could sing or perform. Guess it's good he's passionate about something?

[camena]

It's cool! Too bad I can't play anything or we could start a band.

[ she says, with no idea if jonas or setsu can play an instrument or sing whatsoever. ]

[westedge]

More like you two could start a band and Setsu and I could do crowd control. [ haha. ] Maybe if you ask he'll teach you.

[camena]

Pfft. Two people isn't a band. [ yes it? is? ]

And unless it's for a task, Iiii don't know if I've got time to try and learn an instrument.

[westedge]

Someone clearly has never heard of Simon and Garfunkel. [ why is this the reference you reach for. ]

We don't know what the tasks are yet, but I could see one of them being "learn a new skill from your teammates" or something like that. More "bonding" to see how well a team works together.

[camena]

I have too. [ okay good argument. ]

Maybe, but that's just more reason not to learn yet. What if I do learn guitar, and then, like, next week that's the task? I can't learn guitar twice! [ as if this is the only thing she could learn from a teammate? ]

[westedge]

You could, too. Learn a different song and that'd probably count for something.

[ this is such a stupid hypothetical. ]

[camena]

... Good point! I could learn two songs.

[ she's just giving up immediately because it's funnier ]

[westedge]

[ alex help. ]

Hold onto that. Big dreams and all. [ both of you shut up. ]

[camena]

Ren would be impressed.

[westedge]

Why do I get the feeling Ren is just as easily swayed as you are? [ be nice to ren. ]

[camena]

[ be nice to ren? be nice to ALEX!!!!! ]

You're just jealous that I'm going to learn guitar and join Ren's band and get rich and famous. [ she doesn't want any of those things ]

[westedge]

[ i don't want to talk about how nice he's been to alex in so many other people's threads. ]

Oh yeah, that's exactly what I want is a bunch of people staring at me and waiting for me to do something. [ no thanks!! ] Have fun being a part of the--what was it?

[ he remembers the band name, he is just making alex say it out loud to acknowledge how dumb it is. ]

[camena]

[ hehe




except less hehe that she has to say it. ]

The. Redheaded Bed-Wetters.

[westedge]

[




yeah he's just snickering like an asshole. ]

[camena]

Onnnn second thought, I've decided to break into the industry as a solo act.

[westedge]

[ hah. ]

I'm sure you'll have plenty of downtime to practice your stage presence between missions.

[camena]

[ she laughs ]

... So you can't play any instrument? I bet you'd be a good drummer. They're always in the back getting less attention!

[westedge]

You know they're also the loudest, right? [ popping a hole in her logic. ] But no, never played anything. Thought about it maybe once or twice but...it's not really a thing people do there.

[ "there" of course being westedge but he doesn't think he has to specify with her. ]

[camena]

I still think you could do it. [ it's the instrument being loud, not him? sure. something like that. ] And—what, really?

[westedge]

[ rolling his eyes. yeah, okay, fair. ]

Well okay, yeah, there were probably some people who played instruments in their garage or whatever but it wasn't like a big thing. People didn't have bands that actually practiced or got together or recorded songs.

I lost interest after a while anyway.

[camena]

Huh.

... So you had interest for a while?

[westedge]

Sure. I had interest in a lot of things for a while.

[ which is kind of vague, but it's also kind of telling at the same time. he doesn't seem to mind admitting it at least. ]

[camena]

[ that sounds a little depressing, so she's just trying to keep this light and breezy. ]

Yeah, I think I went through like a hundred hobbies as a kid that I don't touch anymore.

[westedge]

[ bless her. predictably, easily, he takes the bait and follows the line of conversation. ]

Let me guess, you were the kid who begged your mom to sign you up for swim lessons, and then ballet lessons, and then soccer, and then art, and then science camp, and then girl scouts and you only stuck with each of them for a couple of weeks. A month, at most.

[ he doesn't really think she did all of those specifically but...it's alex. alex is a person that seems like she used to be more well-rounded and wanted to get her hands into things before growing up into the alex who hyperfocuses sometimes and...still wants to get her hands into things. ]