[Open Log]

[bearshermark]

Who: Elliott and OPEN to ALL Different!
What: Beach Partyyy!
When: May 31st, all night
Where: Rockaway Beach
Rating/Warnings: Will update if needed



It's a good spot.

Two diagonal picnic tables are parked a within roasting fork distance of the fire pit. It starts as a small, flickering fire, but once everyone's gathered, Elliott takes the opportunity to kick the night off and turn up the heat with the aid of a few magical fireballs.

There's hotdogs and an overlaying grill to cook up Yotsuyu's mix of meat and veggie kebabs. A cooler filled with soda and water bottles sits further away to avoid premature melting. Cookies and marshmallows or s'mores feature as dessert- or dinner, if that's anyone's preference.

For entertainment, Roselia makes a live, musical debut with Lisa as its sole performer. Meanwhile, Elliott does his best to encourage socialization and facilitate any necessary introductions. There's even a volleyball net and ball, and at least one attempt is made to form teams and get a game going.

But for the quieter sorts, dark, ocean waves lap at the shore outside the firelight. The weather is perfectly clear, and the location affords a rare opportunity to enjoy the stars. There might even be a cat playing in the sand somewhere nearby.

Some accouterments (like cutlery or extra chairs) might have been accidentally overlooked.

...He tried okay.

Comments

[serpentinthegarden]

"Guess some good came out of all this for you then. Drive can be difficult to find."

He was a good deal older than he and Anthony couldn't say he had everything figured out. His drive had been waffling of late. Things were just all too confusing.

"Guess you past self was a singer who made it big with that song?"

[traceofeffort]

Lisa can't help herself when he asks where it came from. She snorts, then laughs outright. "If only! She was the bassist. The guitarist would have chewed me out for that show just now. The real vocalist... I'm not sure. She might have appreciated that I did my best to bring her father's song to life. Or she might have hated that I took it from her. I'm not sure. Yukina's hard to read," she quipped, shaking her head.

[serpentinthegarden]

Her laughter once again left poor Anthony in the dark, as one tended to be when there was an inside joke one wasn't privy to.

"Ah, you were in a band."

This explained so very much!

"I think you did alright solo. What... what was the name of the band? Do you remember? I'm just wondering if I've ever heard of them."

[traceofeffort]

"Mm! Roselia was our name. Our logo was a blue rose - it's actually on my bass, too. So they must have been doing pretty well, to be doing something like that," Lisa mused. "But I think I'm going to use that name when I'm working on their stuff on this side, too. It just feels right, I think. And thanks - for a while I wasn't sure I could make it work, but then I got into it and I just kind of. Went. I don't know what came over me, honestly?"

[serpentinthegarden]

"Roselia," This name was rolled around in his mind but eventually Anthony shook his head, "Never heard of it. Maybe it was one of those independent bands or maybe even a foreign one."

As he stood there another thought came to mind, something brilliant but potentially foolhardy as he hated research.

"You have thought about looking them up? I mean, seems to me if these really are past life memories... we might be able to read the history of that band."

[traceofeffort]

Lisa shakes her head. "Definitely foreign. Part of why this took me so long was because it's in Japanese. I don't speak it, so I spent a lot of time in the library. It's actually where I met Mr. Fell the first time, come to think. I, ah, wasn't having a good week then, so I'm not sure I made the best impression at the time." That feels like forever ago - was it really only several weeks?

"But anyway, no, I tried all that when I first started getting memories back. Can't find the other me, can't find Roselia, can't find my ridiculously talented singer or guitarist. Just memories of what I have to be better than."

[serpentinthegarden]

He had to shrug about that. American and British music, sure, Anthony had a pretty good handle on that. He knew what he liked and even kept an eye on the underground music scene, those bands and singers that often flew under the radar of the vast majority. But Japanese was something else entirely!

"Never got into Japanese music. I don't know much about it at all."

Anthony was as certain it would have been difficult to find information on Japanese artists in an American library as it was to make a good first impression on poor Fell. His own had been... ooo, terrible! Accusing the guy of being a hitman had not been the most brilliant move on his part. Anthony could look back on that whole mess fondly now, with one of those silly love-sick smiles threatening to break free and take over at the merest mention of the guy's name.

"You might actually have to go to Japan to find out more about them."

[traceofeffort]

"Yeah, I don't either, aside from whatever I picked up doing research for LOUDER. Some of it might be fun to play, but I gotta figure out the stuff in my head I already know before I turn into a one-girl J-pop cover band."

Let alone that she needs to figure out if she's going to actually put some effort into learning the bass, because that's going to be a whole different kettle of fish.

"It might be fun to go to Japan for research, but it'd be rough to learn enough to be conversational, and the first time I try to sing everything's going to go sideways. If I do it at all, it's going to need more research, more forethought, and time. I don't really have the resources for any of those things right now." It's said with some disappointment, but really, she can handle waiting some. After all- "I'm too worried about certain things here, anyway. I can focus on that later."

[serpentinthegarden]

Look at her. It was like she had thought all this through already and had some kind of plan, which was unlike Anthony's move. Oh there had been a plan! The plan was get away from family, go backpacking across Europe and eventually end up in the States, and he had packed enough clothing and cash to get by on. But this girl! It sounded like she was going to be way more organized about it, like maybe she would actually know which city she would end up in. Maybe she would save up enough to stay at a few hotels. It all sounded very fancy in his 'if you want something just do it' mind.

"What the Bureau? I think all government types are like them, they try to look big and imposing, twist your arm now and then just to see if you'll sequel on anyone... I wouldn't let them stop you."

[traceofeffort]

Lisa's face pinks a bit, but she smiles. "Not... directly. I'm not worried about the Bureau itself. More everyone else getting ideas. I wouldn't be able to focus if I went on a trip like that. And who knows if the network would work that far away?"

She's fairly easy to read here, but then, it's not like she hasn't been fairly easy to read on that specific topic for a while.

[serpentinthegarden]

"I'd hope the network wouldn't work that far away. It would be nice to think we could just walk away from all this if we wanted to."

Anthony wasn't so silly as to believe that was actually possible however and he looked to the sky as one reason why.

"Satellites. I wouldn't be surprised if the network ran on some sort of secret Government satellite system."

But this brief aside spoken he was soon looking back at the girl and scuffing up a small sandcastle with his feet as he swayed in place.

"Anyway, you do you, whatever that is. I only really wanted to say your performance was fun to listen to."

[traceofeffort]

Lisa scoffs. "Yeah, right. You can check out any time you like, but, well." She shivers as she follows his gaze for a moment, before shaking her head. "I'm gonna very purposely not think about the whole secret monitoring program thing, though. I just got over the last set of nightmares, thanks." That's not quite true - it's been a couple weeks - but it's sure close enough.

But she nods at the reversal from the topic, grinning. "Thanks, seriously. It felt really strange at the time, so it's reassuring that someone thought it looked good from the outside. Or, well." She grins wider, throwing a peace sign. "Thanks for your support!"