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Post by Tori on Jan 17, 2011 1:08:50 GMT -5
Skating her way passed all the other stores on her new long-board skateboard with her music on her iPod blasting in her ears, Anneliese, or as she prefers, Anne, finally skidded to a stop slipping into the Mud and Grinds Coffee Shop. She had heard about the Open Mic night down here, but had no intentions whatsoever in actually performing. Instead, she did what she normally did, and meander in during one of the other performances, taking a seat towards the back of the shop with her skateboard in her lap unplugging herself from her iPod to take in what this performer was singing.
Oddly enough, this girl up there with her guitar was good. Normally at this Open Mic things the performances are horrible. At least the ones that Anne has been to. She stuck out her lip in a way showing the girl did a good job in her book, and gave her an applause with the rest of the audience. "Hm, guess this town isn't so bad after all." she said to herself, a bit too soon she might add as one other showed up onto the stage, beginning their song not much better than the previous performer.
With that, Anne stood up, her skateboard at hand and slipped on over to the counter to order a simple blended Caramel Frappuccino, sitting at the nearby bar after. Realizing not two seconds after that she was sitting next to the girl whom she had just applauded for. Not only that, Anne could of sworn, she had seen this girl somewhere before...but where? "Eve?" she questioned, trying to get a better look at her face, seeing she had dyed her hair from the last time she saw her.
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Post by Redeim on Jan 17, 2011 11:06:03 GMT -5
BaoChen strolled into the coffee nonchalantly, coming in just in time to hear the end of a song. His original intent was to enjoy some coffee and listen to the live music. But... The song had a familiar voice. He looked up to the stage just in time to see a retreating figure he couldn't place. But as he watched the person go to bar, and he felt frozen. Eve was here too! He noticed another girl go up to Eve before he could even make himself move. Finally, he let himself relax as he went up to the bar, "Eve!" He said, his voice betraying his cool demeanor and he instead sounded like a little kid finally finding a lost toy. He cleared his throat, "It's great to see you here!"
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Post by Tori on Jan 17, 2011 20:49:06 GMT -5
"Sup? You were really great up there." Anne grinned back, relieved that it really was Eve. More surprised that she even remembered her name. Anne was never really great with names, faces yes, but names, no. Turning her head to see that another friend of Eve's had showed up, guessing he was from MABtown as well. "Oh, hey. I don't think I've seen you before. 'm Anne." she introduced, setting her drink down on the bar counter to hold out her hand for a handshake. "I've been good, though. Sucks to hear that MABtown is no more, but, I think I'm starting to like this town. Seems smaller, but still cool." she nodded.
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Post by Redeim on Jan 18, 2011 10:48:20 GMT -5
BaoChen looked at the other girl and smiled, "I'm BaoChen. Nice to meet you. I guess quite a few people from MABTown ended up here..." He said. "Yeah... I still am worried about some people..." He admitted, shaking his head. His family was still recovering from losing one of the younger kids in the hurricane, and he hoped no one else had to go through that.
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Post by Tori on Jan 18, 2011 21:44:02 GMT -5
"I know what you mean..." Anne spoke, also thinking back at the tragedy back in the old town. None of them were exactly prepared for it, for one of the younger ones hadn't been able to make it, while some of the other young kids were just badly hurt with all the buildings and trees crashing down and such. "...our family has such luck with horrific events like this." she sighed, taking a small sip of her cold drink.
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Post by Redeim on Jan 19, 2011 0:23:49 GMT -5
BaoChen smiled, happy to change the subject. "Yeah, this new town is great! I'm happy we decided to come, mom was considering moving back to California." He told them. He rolled his eyes, "But mom never misses a chance to go somewhere new." He told them with a smile. "Oh! But this place is nice..." He smiled at Eve, "Will I get the chance to hear you sing again? I regret to say I missed your performance tonight."
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Post by Tori on Jan 19, 2011 19:57:51 GMT -5
Anne just nodded and agreed with them both. Clearly something was up between them, and she didn't want to ruin the spark between them. "I do agree, this new town is really great. I mean, first off, I don't have to worry too much about running into too many strangers." she mentioned, pointing to them two, showing they were considered friends of hers. "Wow, an encore? I gotta stay for that now. She's really great, you'll love her." she said, telling BaoChen the last part, getting towards the bottom of her drink as well, slurping through the straw until it made that annoying little sound showing it was empty.
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Post by Redeim on Jan 20, 2011 11:16:23 GMT -5
BaoChen's face lit up, "Wow, you mean it? I'd love to!" He looked at Anne and smiled, "I'm sure she is." Looking between them, his eyes stopped on Eve for a couple seconds, "Come to think of it, I don't think I've heard you sing yet." He said with a small laugh.
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Post by Redeim on Jan 20, 2011 17:06:44 GMT -5
BaoChen thought a moment, "Oh yeah! I remember now. Did... Did you have a solo?" He asked her, then added apologetically, "I must've missed it..." He thought over the song, "I've heard it a couple times, but I don't know how familiar I am with it..." He admitted.
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Post by Tori on Jan 20, 2011 19:01:15 GMT -5
"Yeah I did, and it was amazing!" Anne responded enthusiastically. "As for you two singing together, to be honest, I haven't heard you sing before," pointing to BaoChen, "but listening to your voice now, I can just picture the awesomeness of your singing. The both of you together, that would probably blow everyone here out of the water!" she exclaimed, actually really hoping that she would hear not only BaoChen, but him and Eve sing together in a Duet sometime. As much as Anne is into sports, music was definitely right up there with it.
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Post by Tori on Jan 20, 2011 19:25:28 GMT -5
Watching Eve practically drag BaoChen towards the stage made Anne laugh harder. She walked back to the seating area, this time getting a bit closer to the stage for a better look at the two up on the stage. "Ahaha! Awesome! I'll be rooting for you guys!" she yelled swiping one of the best seats in the house, after holding a thumbs up to the other two heading back stage to get ready.
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Post by Redeim on Jan 20, 2011 20:21:12 GMT -5
BaoChen let himself get dragged, suddenly feeling nervous as he desperately searched for the song on his iPod. I know it's here somewhere... He thought to himself, trying to find the song. "D-do a rap?" He asked her nervously, now also trying to think of a good rap to go with the song just in case the lyrics failed him. From what he could tell, his first time on stage was going to be a disaster.
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Post by Redeim on Jan 21, 2011 13:21:26 GMT -5
Somehow, the touch from his friend calmed him significantly. "Y-yeah, I think that's a good idea," He told her, smiling and take a few deep breaths. "Sorry, I'm just... nervous. And excited." He took a couple more deep breaths and then gave Eve a more confident smile, "Let's rock!" He said, pumping his fist in the air excitedly.
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Post by Tori on Jan 21, 2011 20:05:10 GMT -5
Anne sat in her seat quite anxiously, fidgeting every few seconds wondering when they were gonna start the next group. Ah, come on. Everyone knows this guy sucks. she thought watching the current singer practically blow it, seeing as the rest of the audience were doing their best to tune him out. Anne looked around the room chuckling to herself, just picturing both Eve and BaoChen blowing everyone out of the water with pure amazement and talent.
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Post by ivanatemps on Jan 21, 2011 20:41:22 GMT -5
Keila walked into the coffee shop and went to get a drink when she saw the sign saying it was open mic night. She got a hot chocolate and decided to sit and listen so she grab a seat towards the front.
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