[ OPEN + CLOSED PROMPTS ] I COULD LIFT YOU UP.

[sunderings]

Who: Solange "Sol" Aster (Sion Astal) & You!
When: 05/19 - 05/21
Where: The dormitories, city park, and a music room!
What: Weekend activities to include: using cupcakes to solicit community involvement, losing track of assignments in need of grading on a blustery day, and being overly affable in public.

❶ And there, atop the stainless steel of a countertop used many a time to house impromptu study-sessions and dinner parties, lies...!
❷ The decision is yours, good samaritan: will you aid him?

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[sunderings]

Unusual enough for people to remember it, I hope.

[ Hmm... Sol doesn't think he's ever before glimpsed precisely this: Adrian, touching a hand to the bridge of his nose in order to stave off the beginnings of another flush. Usually rather reserved and stoic, any sign of fluster in Adrian is something of significance, and in a way, it is rather fitting—after all, aren't they about to embark upon a new venture together? ]

And should the 'new blood' have anything to say about it, I will defer to your good judgement.

[ 'I like it so that is who we are'... In his own way, Adrian is quite bold when he sets his mind upon something, as well, or so Solange thinks. ]

After we finish with practicing for the day, I'll put together a few signs to advertise the auditions.

I'm--... [ Giving pause, Sol cants his head up to greet the elder student with a smile: ] ...really looking forward to this, Adrian.

[draculabackwards]

I am as well. [So stop ruining his perfectly stoic nature with unrelenting friendship and good cheer and get to playing. He has an amplifier in his own room, but he has to be very careful when to play so as not to disturb other people. The one provided by the school is way better, giving more of a richness to his playing.

With a few scales played and his guitar tuned, he is ready to start picking the piece apart. Possibly rewriting it where it needs to.]

Once we're done with the technical parts, we can go over anything else we've already memorized.

[sunderings]

Mm.

[ Falling into a brief lapse of quiet, Sol listens to the familiar sounds of a guitar undergoing tuning at the hands of its master, and finds himself eased, settled by the patterns. And where he is able, he assists with the task at hand, gliding his violin's bow over its strings until both classical instrument and new-age electric sound meld together in harmony. ]

Shall I take the part of playing the melody, then? [ The subtle quirk of Solange's lips is indication enough that he's excited to try his hand at the piece, perhaps taken by Adrian's initial reveal of the work. ] On the guitar, I would love to hear what you've envisioned for the accompaniments to sound like.

[ What isn't written on paper is oftentimes the most interesting, is it not? ]

At this rate, you'll be lucky if I do not convince you to pursue music professionally.

[draculabackwards]

It's...difficult for me play on guitar what I hear in my mind, but I will do my best to live up to your expectations. So do play the melody.

[He has an ear for music, to be sure, even if he still doesn't know what half the terms are. Sol taught him what each note that he hummed meant and what writing down notes actually meant when played. Still, varied skill levels meant nothing when their instruments managed to find just that sweet spot of intertwining perfectly. It's quite a bit of practice later before he answers Sol's other comment.]

If I can fit it around teaching, of course. Provided I do get succeed in the Advanced Cycle.