Alright, Jono was here. Jono was totally not freaking out in the least. Jono had set up a few mics and patch cables onstage in case anybody showed up and wanted to jam, and
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Re: Arrive/Mingle!sampippyMarch 14 2017, 22:13:24 UTC
"I'm not a geek!" Xanthippe protested immediately, eyes wide and brow furrowed, only barely remembering to keep her voice down, lest she attract everyone's attention to this total slander.
Except she was a geek. Totally a geek. A geek with an oboe and a waterproof birding journal. Just... hidden under dark eye makeup and expensive grungey clothing.
Re: Arrive/Mingle!sampippyMarch 14 2017, 22:40:26 UTC
Now there was a sentence Xanthippe needed to hear way more often in her life.
And at least she had the self-awareness to know it would really be trying too hard to counter that with a 'I'm not trying hard!' so she didn't. Although the urge was still there.
The fingers of one hand fidgeted with the edge of her sleeve. "Well, these are like, tryouts, so..." Okay, as far as jokes went, that was super lame and super mild (almost subdued, really), but still probably qualified. She rolled her eyes, but it was half-hearted. "Anyway, I'm still not a geek."
Dante arrived with his guitar slung over a shoulder; he plucked a bottle of beer out of the spread before he finished talking.
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"You play guitar?"
She tried to mask her alarm, but that was a cool person instrument. She'd hoped there wouldn't be cool person instruments.
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It had a lot to do with her failing attemps to cling to old ideas of social status systems. Not that anyone outside her head was likely to grasp that.
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But that was a big difference between a band and band, no-article.
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Sorry, Xanthippe. Dante didn't know.
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On the other, it was the honor of a band geek. And maybe she shouldn't reveal that. (though her choice of instrument probably would.)
She looked mildly offended, though she was trying to hide it. "Well. I'm just saying."
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What? It did.
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Okay, that was a little more heated than she'd meant it to be.
She caught herself. Flipped her hair back. "I mean. Like, whatever."
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Then he let out a soft, surprised snicker. "You're a band geek?"
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Except she was a geek. Totally a geek. A geek with an oboe and a waterproof birding journal. Just... hidden under dark eye makeup and expensive grungey clothing.
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And at least she had the self-awareness to know it would really be trying too hard to counter that with a 'I'm not trying hard!' so she didn't. Although the urge was still there.
The fingers of one hand fidgeted with the edge of her sleeve. "Well, these are like, tryouts, so..." Okay, as far as jokes went, that was super lame and super mild (almost subdued, really), but still probably qualified. She rolled her eyes, but it was half-hearted. "Anyway, I'm still not a geek."
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He sounded fairly affable about it, actually. "Bet you brought a geeky instrument too."
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That may have played into the lack of vehemence in her saying, "The oboe isn't geeky."
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