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[jdick]

Although Joe didn't appear to be nervous, he knew Logan could tell that he was anyway, even if he wasn't about to admit it to anyone else. Everything was set up at the stage and he was there doing a quick sound check before anyone else arrived, checking the levels of the microphone and the amps until everything was exactly how he thought he wanted

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[echolls_cursed]

It was only two songs, but Logan had felt nervous the whole time. In the end though... In the end it had been so worth it, and after stopping to talk to Joe he'd gone to mingle, still feeling the adrenaline from being up on stage.

He'd been enjoying the music lessons, and he'd definitely been enjoying playing with Joe, but it wasn't until the show was over that he realized just how much. Surfing had always been his thing, but it had never felt like an accomplishment. But this? For the first time in ages, Logan felt like he'd actually done something worth bragging about, his spine a little straighter than usual as he wandered through the crowd.

He really need to thank Joe again later.

[anewwaive]

Truth be told, Gideon had really only come because of Penny. Not that he wasn't fucking interested in Joe's music - he was pretty good, actually - but because the shit he'd found the day before was still bothering him. He managed to hide it well for her sake, and now that it was all over, he mostly hoped they'd be heading out soon. Standing idly by as he waited for Penny to do whatever she was doing, he glanced around at the crowd, wondering if he could spot anyone worth talking to.

Better than just fucking standing around doing nothing.

[all_happening]

Penny had been reluctant to leave Gideon after the concert, but with people to talk to, she'd wandered off for a while, making her rounds or whatever before heading back to him. Regardless of what she'd said earlier, she really was grateful that he'd gone with her, and it was probably obvious by the time she approached him.

"Hey," she said quietly, sliding one arm around his waist and turning her head to press a kiss to his shoulder. "How are you doing?" The last thing she needed was for this to have been too much for him after all.

[anewwaive]

Gideon knew no amount of acting like he was perfectly fucking okay was going to work with her, so he settled on something a little less than that. He wasn't about to make her feel guilty about them going now.

"It was a pretty fucking good concert," he offered up, which he figured was answer enough for her, turning his head to look at her. "I'm glad we showed up."

[all_happening]

Biting her lower lip, Penny nodded, pulling him in a little closer to her. "Me, too, she admitted, managing a faint smile, however short lived it was, despite being slightly hesitant. "Are you -"

She cut herself off with that, knowing it probably wouldn't be a good idea to ask if he was fucking okay, if only because she was sure he wasn't, and likely wouldn't be for some time. Instead, she swallowed and took a deep breath before continuing. "Ready to go? I'm fine with heading back, if that's what you want."

[dishabille_mal]

Maladicta had been on her way to the party, and was dressed accordingly, but had been stopped by the music.

Then she'd stayed.

Sure, she knew about Music with Rocks in, but this was... this was different. This was much more raw. It wasn't as easy as rock music was, or as campy as the stuff that loud tended to be when you whittled it down to its lyrics.

So there she was in the intensely streamlining, clinging, devastatingly sophisticated gown the box had coughed up at her that not only made her look like some weird ethereal paleness demon, but made her look about 17 (which wasn't unusual, but a year on the island had tempered some of that inescapable vampiric androgyny into something a bit more fully formed on one side as opposed to the other), enjoying this flagrantly subversive rock music for- oh, who could keep track of the time in front of this