An Instrumental Experience

[Xavier]

OOC: This thread is open to EVERYONE...and I mean EVERYONE. Have your characters listen to the music, grab their own instrument and start playing, get up and dance, or just sit back and relax. JOIN IN!!!

BIC:

A tall, green-haired man walked through the doors to the Dance Hall. In his hand he held a case, wrapped in leather with several buckles going down one size. In his other hand he held two long, black cords with metallic ends, a small amplifier, and a distortion pedal. The man walked over to a table and set down the case on it, undoing the buckles and opening the case. Inside was a beautiful, pearl-white six-string electric guitar.

The man took it out the case and wrapped the American flag-themed strap over his shoulder, then walked over to a nearby electrical plug and plugged in the amplifier, then one cord into the amp, then the distortion pedal to the plug, then the other plug to the pedal, and finally the last plug to his guitar. The man flicked a switch on the amp and adjusted the volume on his guitar. He took a small red pick out of its resting place in his case and began playing a soft, slow melody. He let the music envelop him and his hands flowed smoothly over the strings.

[Nnhy]

Vinn, formerly known as Nnhy, stood, leaning on the door frame, arms folded and grinned. She was decked in her black lace up knee boots, black jeans, cut off at a little above the knee, a long sleeved black dress shirt, open at the collar, and sleeves rolle to the elbow. A black tie hung loosely tied around her neck, and her hair was in the normal mussed up look, her black sunglasses perched on top.

Vinn closed her eyes and let herself enjoy the music. She hadn't known that Xavier could play. After a moment, Vinn walked over.

"Hey Xavier, long time, no see. I didn't know you could play?" she said somewhat accusingly with her normal slightly unnerving grin.

[Xavier]

Xavier missed a chord as Vinn's voice startled him. He dropped his pick by accident. He smiled, embarrased, and bent down to recover his pick. He turned on the distortion pedal and began playing a series of short chords. Xavier looked at Vinn as he played.

"Yeah. I can play. Nnhy, right? I heard you changed your name. Haven't seen you since the Quiddich Pitch. How goes things?"

Xavier changed to a softer melody and walked from one wall to the other, playing smoothly.

[Nnhy]

Vinn unsuccessfully tried to cover a chuckle with a cough.

"I'm sorry, didn't mean to startle you. Yeah, I'm going by my real name now. Didn't really like my name and who I was named after, but hey, I think it's allright now."

Vinn listened to the music coming from Xavier's guitar and remarked softly, "I sure missed it here, with all my friends. I'm glad I got the chance to come back."

Thinking about it for a moment, Vinn turned to Xavier to ask, "I haven't had a chance to practice for awhile, would you mind if I played with you for awhile? I understand if you would rather play by yourself, of course."

[Xavier]

Xavier smiled and stopped playing for a moment.

"You mean Nnhy wasn't your real name? Hmm...I never would have guessed. Oh well," he said as he shrugged.

When Vinn asked if she could play with him, Xavier frowned.

"This is my only guitar. Unless you have your own, I'd rather you not use mine, sorry. I love this beauty."

Xavier began playing a guitar riff from some old classic rock song.

[Genesis Radcliffe]

As Genesis past the Dance Hall she heard the sound of guitar music. Slowly she opened the door and looked in. There were two people, a tall man with green hair holding a guitar while a woman dressed in interesting attire stood with him.

Slowly Genesis closed the door behind herself and listened.

[Samantha]

Sam walked into the Dance Hall with her short hair all over the place and her jeans ripped almost to shreads. She came in to listen to the music..

Sitting down she pulled out a big drawing pad and started to draw the scene around her, people and all.
At the same time she was listening to the music around her, 'that takes some talent' she thought to herself,she being only a singer not an instrumentalist. Looking about for the source she spoted a guy with interesting green hair and a beautiful guitar. This was where her drawing started.

[Xavier]

Xavier noticed Samantha take out her drawing pad, and he switched his position to something god-like. He grinned. The green-haired man then flicked a switch on the amlipfier next to him and let the music from the Trans Siberian Orchestra play, without the main guitar of course. That was his part. Soon 'Carol of the Bells' came on and he began playing to the music.

[Stevie Burchfield]

As Stevie was passing she heard the music and she peeked her head in. The music was beautiful. It was being played by a green haired boy. He was remarkable on the guitar. She saw Sam sitting nearby and quickly made her way over.

"Sam." She greeted, kneeling down. "Who is that? He's amazing on that guitar."

[Xavier]

Xavier noticed another new student arrive in the room. He smiled. So many of them. Xavier finished up a guitar solo during a song and then turned off the amp, rested the guitar against the wall and grabbed a bottle of water from on top of a table. He unscrewed the cap and took a deep gulp, then wiped his brow and sat down against the wall.

[Stevie Burchfield]

"Excuse me." Stevie said, having bolstered herself, she approached the guitar player. "Your very good. How long have you been playing?" She asked. She normally wouldn't have been brave enough to approach, but her admiration of his skill brought her some nerve.

[Xavier]

Xavier took another sip of water and saw the girl named Stevie approach. When she asked him about how long he'd been playing, he laughed.

"I actually haven't touched that guitar in five years or so. But...I'd say that I had been playing for roughly 10 years before I stopped."

[Stevie Burchfield]

"Your very good." She complimented. "And that's a very beautiful guitar." She added. "Are you self taught?" For some reason Stevie couldn't get to seem to shut herself up. She had always liked music, and she was always intrested in how others learned to play. She had taken music lessons for several years, before she became more active in skating, and she had alot of respect for people who could teach themselves.

[Xavier]

Xavier nodded at the girl's question.

"I was actually tutored for about three years until I had the basics down cold. Then I left and began self-studying. Most of the stuff that I play now is original, but sometimes I'll play along with songs from other artists, like the last song I was playing from the Trans Siberain Orchestra."

Xavier gently grabbed the guitar and held it out in his hands.

"It took me years to save up for this. A one-of-a-kind custom autographed Gibson Les Paul signed by all the members of Aerosmith. I bought it from an auctioner for about $250,000."

[Stevie Burchfield]

Her eyes widdened at the price. "Yes, I'd imagine that would take a long time!" She couldn't even imagine trying to raise that much money.

"And signed by Aerosmith. That's very impressive. A good buy. Do you play anything else?"