vatheon | 1st Jam // Rock with me baby

[And that sure is her managing to pick up before it goes to the magical voicemail!]

What's up, Marcy?

Oh, hey Jade. Just wondering if you were still down for that jam session sometime? Got some free time and all that.

Sure! I sure do have time, I have it coming out of both sets of ears that's how much time I have!

Ew, gross.

[Snigger]

Well, you know those apartments that are near the library? That's where I live- top floor.

Okay, ready or not, here I come!

[As in she just zaps herself up to the floor right after saying that.]

Maaarcyyyy!

[A door in the middle of the hallway opens up and Marceline pokes her head out.]

Jade! Hey, that was quick. C'mon in.

[Her apartment is actually pretty simple, not at all what some would think after hearing vampire queen rockstar. Just a couch she'll probably never use, a couple of pictures that caught her fancy. In the middle of the living room floor is a bunch of paper, some pens and pencils, and what looks to be the beginnings of a bass guitar. The Axe Bass is leaned against the wall.]

You got your own bass with you?

Yep! [And poof! There's the magical sylladex popping out her brand new Eclectic Bass to show her.] This is my baby all born anew.

[As for the sparseness of the house or Marceline's comment that she arrived quickly, ahhh she'll just pass over it.]

What're those papers for? Writing songs?

Niiiice. I was worried I was gonna hafta make you one and that sorta stuff takes way too much time on a bad day.

[Nudging the door shut with her foot, Marceline then hovers over to start cleaning up some of her songs.]

Yep. I'm mostly trying to keep track of some of my better songs from back in Ooo, but once I have that done, I'm going to try for some more original stuff, ease it in with my usual performances.

Aww, you would have made one for me? That's so sweet!

[Sure that's one way of putting it, Jade.]

So Ooo is where you're from? Can't say I've ever heard of it...[and she'll just float on up next to her to be a nosy doggy.]

Hey, I know my basses are awesome, can't say the same for the losers around here, ha ha.

[Marceline will let her have a glimpse of 'I'm Just Your Problem'. Things like 'Remember Me' are just a bit too private.]

Yep, land of Ooo. Full of all these different kingdoms and stuff. I tend to wander a bit, and there's no ~official~ kingdom for the vamps. We're a bit of a wild card, heh heh. I've settled near the Ice Kingdom for now.

You say bass they'd probably think a fish.

Hmmm...

[Jade swings her bass over to her and begins to strum out the notes of "I'm Just Your Problem, following the lyrics with her voice. She's shaky, mostly because she's nervous. Being able to talk to people is a lot easier than singing with them.]

Exactly.

[Marceline ceases her part of the conversation when Jade adjusts her bass. There's a part of her that itches to take up her own- this is her song, after all, written on the fly and spoken from the soul, but she holds herself back. Instead, she just relaxes there, humming along a little bit to help her out not too unlike how Finn would beatbox for her.]

[That does inspire confidence! And she's able to ease herself into the mood of the song, enough to where she looks sad at "why do I want to?"]

Why do I want~ [The finish!] To?

[Hmmm...Jade's doing that thing again where she's thinking too much.]

You wrote this for someone, didn't you? [But then she realizes she's prying.] Oh no, I hope I didn't fuck it up!

I wouldn't really say I wrote it for someone..

[She is maaaaaybe lying a bit. Just a little. Ssh.]

Listen, whenever you're singing a song, don't worry too much on the original writer and stuff. Pretend like it's who you wrote it, and throw everything you got into it. You were doing pretty good towards the end there.

[Oh Marcy, u lying vampire troll.]

Mmm...I have never written songs before. I've collaborated on beats with my friend, but never anything lyrical. I already mentioned that, though so I'm...I don't know nervous? About throwing myself all into it.

Even if you don't write lyrics, you can still pretend, and you can still get a feel for them. Music is all about going with what feels right. You just have to read over the lyrics a few times and see what sort of emotions jump out at you.

It helps to just start singing with it too, if you're getting stuck.

Okay.

[Srsface!]

I'm ready to rock.

[Jade, stop being such a cutie. Marceline can't handle such a cute kouhai.]

Sweet. Alright, why don't you try the song I use as my opener, usually? [She shuffles through the papers a bit before handing her the lyrics and notes for the song in question.]

Feel free to take your time in getting used to it and stuff, we won't worry about mistakes right now.

[Well you do realize that faced with something more ROCK she's going to add howling at the end right. The quicker pace of the notes isn't helping with this.

She can't even help it, it's just a finish of "Gonna rip you limb from limb here" that makes her go AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!]

[Dude some of her best friends are wolves, she is TOTALLY INTO THIS]

[Enough so, in fact, that she cackles in delight and tosses her head back to add to the howling.]

[AND ONE WEIRD LITTLE RIFF LATER--]

I told you I was ready to rock!

Glad to see you were! It was definitely awesome. A little polish and I can def see you on stage.

What kinda musicians you usually listen to?

All kinds! I don't favor one genre in particular, actually even if I didn't I'd hear a little bit of everything from my friends anyway. Off the top of my head, a band I really like is the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Yeah? I'll listen to 'em sometime. I've been kind of bouncing everywhere for my shows- gotta open up everybody's ears to the beauty of rock and all its little genres, and whatever. I personally like punk rock myself, but I'm thinking something more metal for next time.

You will have to introduce me to some punk rock, I have a bit of trouble distinguishing what's "real" punk rock and what's just some post-punk era hipsters trying to be cool.

Hey, even the posers have their place in the big fat circle of rock.

[She floats up to a CD rack that's in a corner, already stuffed to the brim with various cases, and starts digging through the mess.]

Little baby rockers gnawing their teeth on something- and it's okay if it freakin' sucks, 'cuz they grow out of it and realize all the other much cooler stuff that's out there. Oh hey- this'll work.

[She takes out a CD and puts it into the player, starts it up with a grin.]

Riot grrl is a subgenre- lots of chicks and shit. Bikini Kill? Awesome.

[And the first song starts to play.]

1st Jam // Rock with me baby

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