I#1A: The Audition - Ainsleigh & Chloe

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Oct 28, 2024 8:41 am
Ainsleigh sits back and continues watching everyone while Beatrice is singing, and constantly at the ready to meet D's gaze should she decide to look through the window, though refraining from deliberately displaying any particular expressions or attempts at communication.

Once Beatrice is done, Ainsleigh performs a modest applause - neither enthusiastically nor sarcastically, but rather in a balanced and polite manner characteristic of someone who respectfully acknowledges the rivalry and holds no grudge.

And once the group is ready for the next candidate, Ainsleigh begins, sticking to the established plan on the first signthrough, but ready to make iterative adjustments based on D's technical suggestions and the band's reactions to the initial performance.
OOC:
I only see empty boxes and no modifier on Beatrice's roll. Also, I'm presuming that if we're good to go ahead with the idea of letting D be the one doing the final CaA, then the roll will come after my post instead of before.

In any case, here's the base roll, with the usage of Invocations depending on the outcome of the rolls (I might want to save some if I can afford to, or alternatively might need to resort to spending FP, depending.)

Rolls

Rapport - singing

3 Positive, 1 Blank, 0 Negative - Total: +3 (+4) = +7

Oct 28, 2024 7:31 pm
Everyone in the recording booth sits silently staring into the window of Ainsleigh's booth. Cliff's jaw hangs open slightly. The woman in the band starts clapping, followed by everyone else.

Cliff stands up and takes center stage as best he can in the room. "Wow. Wow. Yeah, both of you are amazing talents. It's really a privilege to have met both of you. And I want to thank you both for coming out today. I would confer with the band..." he pauses to look at the other three musicians and some form of silent communication happens through facial ticks and significant glances, "...but it seems we are all in agreement. Beatrice...

...thanks for coming out, you really are an amazing talent, but we think Ainsleigh is the right person for our group. We'd love to work with you sometime in the future if the right project comes around, and you can use us as a reference if you find another group. D will send you today's session if you want it for a demo or anything. Again, thanks for coming out."


Beatrice

Beatrice stares daggers through the window at Ainsleigh for a moment, color starting to show at the throat and in her cheeks.

"Whatever. I don’t need this band anyway. Bunch of losers." She scoffs, tossing her headphones to the ground disdainfully and stomps her way out of the booth...or she looks like she's stomping but Ainsleigh can't hear anything more as D has cut the mic feed from her booth. The lack of noise makes her look more like a petulant child than she likely intends.
OOC:
You don't need D's help unless you really want to drive it home for a Suceed with Style.
[ +- ] Spoiler
Beatrice only got a 6.
Oct 28, 2024 8:00 pm
OOC:
I can use one from the Artistic Soul CaA for trying to sing in line with the requested spectrum of emotions (if you think the plan was a close enough fit for the requested spectrum), that way I can get a SwS while retaining the Invocations for whatever else may come up in the upcoming thing to discuss with D that you mentioned. Not sure what a SwS would do, but the context that made Artistic Soul's Invocation useful is likely to end with the contest, so may as well use it.

On another note, I have an idea of perhaps running after Beatrice and trying to talk a bit, but that's potentially plus four or more posts from the two of us, which would either delay the reunion or force us to switch to playing the end of the audition in parallel to the main thread, so . . . probably this is not a very good idea for meta reasons.

On another other note, I'm not sure what happened to the dice before the spoiler screenshot. (There doesn't seem to be a point to doing it deliberately, since Invocations are normally spent after seeing all the numbers anyway, but it seems like an unusual thing for a bug too.)
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Oct 28, 2024 9:16 pm
OOC:
Oh. I was thinking of hiding the results and then didn't change it back later. That is my bad. I forgot to explain.

I'm blaming the sleep deprivation.
Oct 29, 2024 8:26 am
Ainsleigh gets an email from Paul that the maintenance crew is in the building and he would like for them to be present if possible so they aren't entering anyone's room without their knowledge.

Cliff and the band want to hang out and get to know their newest member but then one by one remember prior obligations that require their attention. When Ainsleigh mentions needing to get back to the dorms also, D speaks up and asks Ainsleigh to wait a moment.

The band says their goodbyes and says they will be in touch shortly to figure out a rehearsal schedule.
OOC:
So, let's save talking to Beatrice for another time.
Oct 29, 2024 8:34 am
D checks the hallways to make sure no one is around then shuts the door to the recording booth."Hey, so you're a freshman living in Gainer this year right? Um, so I heard some talk about...I don't know...weird stuff happening over there today. Do you know what's going on?
Oct 29, 2024 10:59 am
Ainsleigh was expecting a more difficult discussion topic, and replied with a hint of relief. 'Ah, about that. I don't know much yet. There have been several people whose roommates have gone missing overnight, but now it turned out that none of them have any paper trail in the university's system whatsoever, and all of us were listed as being lone occupants of our respective rooms, which is normally against the university's housing practices, so should not, and allegedly could not had happened.

So they started to run checks, and look for contaminations and leaks in the rooms, or at least planned to. Speaking of which, I should get back there and see how the rest of their plan is about to go. Would you like to tag along and hear any news first-hand?'
Last edited October 29, 2024 12:16 pm
Oct 29, 2024 1:35 pm
OOC:
don't forget Chloe in the scene
Oct 29, 2024 1:40 pm
RageRed says:
OOC:
don't forget Chloe in the scene
OOC:
To me, an NPC'd PC has always been an awkward matter. Since her actions haven't been called much attention to in this scene, I didn't really call attention to her either. The way the digital sketching was wrapped up makes it even harder for me to have a solid grasp on things relating to Chloe's actions at this point. I really have no clear idea how Chloe's presence would be handled in the future either.

How is Chloe going to be handled onwards, @Greel? Full-on recurring NPC, PutOnABus, or something else?
Oct 29, 2024 7:58 pm
Chloe steps forward with her laptop and the image she generated of her missing roommate. "This is the person i spent one week living with. Or a very close approximation, within a margin of error of two point...well, I mean its as close as i could get.

D looks at the computer with concern and takes out her phone. "Do you mind if i take a picture of that and send it to someone?" Chloe nods and the picture is taken. D quickly drops a text message to someone. The message seems to be in some kind of code, and the picture is added. Ainsleigh sees her screen briefly it says "GH C new i. Bit early?"

"I am curious about it. You'll see me around eventually I'm sure. In the mean time..." She hands Ainsleigh and Chloe each a business card. "...if things get wierd, or weirder i guess, use this to find us."

Looking down at the card it reads Willowveil Young Pecreational Detective Society. Except...the W inWillowveil is drawn as a wide U with an uppercase I in the middle, the D in Detective is more of a triangle shape, like the graphic designer tried to get creative in a weird way, and looking again, the P for Pecreational...whatever that word means...is in bold, as are the W and the triangle D.

"well, i need to meet someone. Sorry to bounce like this. Hopefully I'll see you soon." and with that she leaves at brisk but not crazy pace.
Oct 29, 2024 8:07 pm
OOC:
The IC-sensible thing to do would be to go on alert and try to analyse all the subtle psychological cues exhibited by D in the last few minutes, but I think I see enough meta clues that I shouldn't waste time on the dice and move along. Switching to the main thread now?
Oct 29, 2024 9:49 pm
Ainsleigh accepted the card, amused to be on the receiving end of a mysterious new acquaintance. 'Thanks. Let's see if anything like that will come up. Even if not, perhaps it might be interesting to discuss what already happened in more detail. And I'm also looking forward to collaborating again. But for now, I won't delay you any longer. Cheerio!'
Oct 29, 2024 10:25 pm
OOC:
Yeah. Main thread again would be good.

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