SUE: Do ya wanna start a band?

[Axelle Flint]

Axelle sat in her best friend's living room and frowned over her tangled yo-yo string. After attempting a new trick the string had tangled and she was forced to very slowly and methodically untangle it. She was waiting for Kam to get back with something to drink and since the kitchen was only a few seconds away from where she was sitting, she had decided to practice. "Kami my string got tangled!" she complained with a huff as she carefully pulled the string and finally fixed it by some strange twist of physics and magic. "Oh...nevermind I got it," she called back again as she started practicing once more. She walked the dog a few times before doing another trick and then spinning the plastic disc carefully, amping up her next trick.

"DAMNIT!" she groused when she misjudged the length of the string and smacked herself in the nose. It hadn't hurt of course; swearing was more of a reflex these days more than anything else. She had learned shortly after her powers manifested that any time she said "ouch" people tended to either freak out to unreasonable levels or give her extremely dirty looks. Swearing was frowned upon in school but it adequately expressed her frustration with the task at hand. She rubbed her nose and tried again, this time only sticking with the tricks she knew how to perform. "Hey so, what did you want to do?" she asked her friend as she finally got bored with her yo-yo and pocketed it.

[Kamillia Engel]

Kamillia was excited to have Ax over for awhile, and maybe even the night. It was weird to actually have a best friend… She hadn’t meet Ax that long ago, maybe a couple months ago, and in those months they had just bonded a lot. She wasn’t actually sure how, but she guessed that’s just how friendships worked. It amazed her how much she really didn’t know about friendships… She didn’t really have that many. “So cut it.” She yelled back up to Ax, chuckling a bit. She was in the kitchen to grab a few drinks and a bag of chips. “Good.” Cause she wasn’t going to mess with it, she wasn’t Ax’s bitch, okay maybe she was, she would really do anything for the girl.

Making her way back up to her room she heard the other redhead cuss, and she ran the rest of her way to her room. “Hey, what did you break?” Kam couldn’t care less if the girl cussed or not, Kam cussed quite often herself so it really didn’t matter to her. But she had been worried that the girl had hurt herself, or broke something, or hurt one of her babies (One of her five dogs, or snake). Not that, that had been a content worry on her mind while having Ax in her house, but it did come up when she cussed like she had.

Handing Ax her drink, she sat down and placed the bag of chips on her bed. Beast, her rottie jumped on the bed and plopped down next to Kam. “I really don’t know… We could give the dogs a mini concert.”

[Axelle Flint]

Axelle was glad she'd gotten the string untangled, she really had not wanted to cut it. "Ah, nothing....just my pride," she sighed, running her nose reflectivly. She took her drink and carefully set it down before plopping on the floor in somewhat of a heap. "A mini-concert eh?" She thought about for a moment and frowned. "But I want there to be applause and barking just really doesn't cut it," she sighed.

"OH THAT REMINDS ME!" Axelle exclaimed loudly in her excitement as she sat up more. "I saw this thing online about making a guitar out of metal! Wouldn't that be cool?" Axelle didn't really want to admit that she'd sorta been looking into that specifically since her father had repaired her regular guitar again. Papa had gotten really good at that over the last few years. "Well electric guitar anyway, a normal guitar would be too strange, the sound would be weird," she added.

She leaned back on her hands once more and looked at the ceiling. "I wish the power would turn back on, the shop is getting backed up because some of the tools need to be charged...I think I've unscrewed and screwed more bolts this week than...ever," she sighed, thinking about the tires she had helped rotate and stuck screws in cars. Her strength made it easy, the lack of finess meant that she had already ALMOST shattered one if the store windows.

[Kamillia Engel]

Looking at Beast she rubbed his head, ” She said you guys aren’t good enough for her.” She chuckled, as she told the dog in German, knowing full well Axelle wouldn’t be able to understand her. Beast barked at Ax then began to pout, he didn’t like not being good enough, but Kam started to cuddle him, and he began to feel better. “Well we could go to the streets and sing? Though I’m really not sure who is going to be wondering the streets… I guess people who need to be somewhere but don’t want to waste gas..”

Kam looked at Axelle, and smiled, Raising her eyebrows with interest, “I wonder if my Gramps could make it.. He’s pretty good with metal and electronic stuff… I don’t know why I didn’t think of it sooner.. I guess It’s because I never thought you could do something like that. Totally worth looking more into though.” She really wasn’t sure how her Gramps would feel about making a guitar, but it didn’t hurt to ask… At least she thought it didn’t.

“Really? I would think people wouldn’t want to risk driving their cars of fear of running out of gas… The gas station won’t be working either…” It was strange to her that people would still be bringing in cars to get them worked on, but then again people were strange.

[Axelle Flint]

Axelle waved her hand away, feeling the need to address the last comment first. "Nah, these were just things that people had scheduled in advance or their cars were waiting on parts or whatever," she shrugged. "But some of the parts require testing and they can't be tested without the machines that Papa and Grandpa have to use. Those can't charge without electricity, therefore," she waved her hand; "the shop is getting backed up. Though oil changing is easy, I usually do that if they have to run off to check something else. A lot of the older cars that don't need to be hooked up to computers can usually be taken care of faster but that still means calming customers down who think they're being intentionally delayed," she sighed. "And don't speak German, you know I can't understand you when you do that," it was Axelle's turn to pout at her friend as she wiggled herself into a more comfortable position.

"Play outside?" she echoed, tilting her head and rolling her eyes towards the ceiling with thought. "Maybe, but it's hot and gross outside...well it's kinda gross in here because no AC but at least the sun isn't beating directly down on us," she sighed. "Though it would be something interesting to do. What would you wanna sing?" she asked. She was not so secretly excited about potentially getting an metal guitar and looked very happy at the prospect that Kam's grandfather could potentially make her one. "That would be awesome!" she gasped. "I'd totally like...um...do chores or something," she volunteered because she really sucked at cooking and there wasn't really anything else she could offer Kam's grandpa.

"What would we sing?" she asked suddenly, jumping back to the topic of playing music outside.

[Kamillia Engel]

Kam raised an eyebrow as she listened to Axelle orgasm over the shop. Very detailed and lengthy description to something that could have just been nodded away… But that was alright, because Kam didn’t really mind it, the more she talked, the less she didn’t have to. “very lengthy shit. I am glad I don’t have that problem, at least not yet. I’m fucked if my car breaks down.” Not only because of the poweroutage but she didn’t have the extra money at the moment, it took a lot of money to even get the car running again. “I’m glad I have a really old car then.. It doesn’t have a computer, or anything high tec like that.” She laughed out loud when she complained about her talking to Beast in German. “Well good, because I wasn’t talking to you now was I?”

“Eh so what. We can take a nice cold bath together when we get back.” Kam smirked and winked at Ax. She wasn’t sure how she thought about taking a bath with Ax.. she never even took a bath with a guy before.. So she was mostly joking, and if Ax took her seriously and wanted to do it, she would have to decline. Though Ax could take a bath alone here, Kam didn’t give a shit. “We could wait till it gets dark, it should be a lot cooler then?” But that brings them to a point with what they were going to do while they waited for nightfall. “I don’t know, I wrote a few songs myself… But I like singing sleeping with sirens songs; they have some sick acoustic songs. What about you?”

Kam laughed at the image of Ax doing chores around her house, but got a little more serious when she realized that her gramps might actually asked to get paid for making the guitar. “That is something you will have to ask my gramps about.”

[Axelle Flint]

"No you aren't. I'd fix it for you," Axelle told her in regards to her car, before sticking her tongue out at her friend for the other comment. She should secretly learn German and then surprise her friend with her knowledge when she lease expected it. The only problem with that plan was that she was lazy and learning another language was difficult. She arched an eyebrow at Kam's offer, not believing it for a second. "Really? You want to take a cold shower together with me? Kam I didn't realize you loved me so much!" she teased, despite the blush that had colored her cheeks. She wasn't even sure about showering with another guy let alone a girl, but Kam couldn't be serious...could she?

"I wanna see the songs you wrote!" Axelle exclaimed, sitting up a bit. "But if you don't want to, I wouldn't mind some Fall Out Boy, "American Suitehearts" acoustic is pretty fantastic, plus I'm sure we could just do some old favorites. "Country Roads" never gets old," she grinned as she fiddled with her yo-yo a little. "If he can make me a metal guitar, I'll figure out a way to pay him whatever he wants," Axelle said emphatically, more to herself than to Kam. It would be a relief to have something she could really get a grip on instead of constantly worrying she was going to shatter her instrument.

[Kamillia Engel]

Kam smiled, it was actually pretty great to have a best friend who knew all about cars and worked at a garage… all the discount if her car broke down, and getting parts for the care, especially her car because it was quite old, and quite out of shape… Even after most of the fixing and updating her and her gramps made to it. Kam laughed at the fact that Ax took that proposal a little too seriously. “I was kidding, though you know you could always take a shower or bath here. Though I won’t join you. That’s reserved for someone a lot more special.” Her taking a shower by herself freaked her out enough, she couldn’t imagine taking a shower with someone.

“I knew you were going to ask..” She went into her nightstand drawer and pulled out a notebook. No it was not a journal or diary, it was just a place she wrote her songs. “A lot of them are shitty. So sorry in advance.” She wasn’t comfortable singing most of them in public, at least not just yet. “Fall out boy works too! They are a pretty awesome band.”

Kam shook her head at Ax’s money offer, and waved it off. “No, you won’t need to pay him.” If her gramps was really going to charge for the work, then Kam would pay for it. It was the least she could do for the girl. And Kam would be happy seeing Ax happy, so it would be a win win.

[Axelle Flint]

Axelle smiled and laughed, snapping her fingers in mock disappointment. "Well damn, but I suppose it's always good to know a good place to take a shower, I suppose that might come in handy someday," she joked, even as she reached out to take the notebook that Kam was now handing her. She flipped through the pages in no particular order, waving away her friend's worries about anything being "shitty". "No such thing as shitty music, just different tastes," she said with a smile. "And yes, they are. I wish I knew more Japanese too, I found this really awesome band I like from Japan and Papa's been helping me collect their music," she explained as she looked over the music. "It's not bad at all, I don't know why you're so worried, some of the ones without compositions we could work on together later if you want?" she suggested.

Axelle wasn't the best with lyrics but she was good with melodies and tunes if nothing else. Half of her battle was just matching words to the melodies she often thought up in her head. She perked up when Kam mentioned not having to pay her grandfather. "Wait really?! That would be so AWESOME!" She practically wanted to jump up and down, all she managed to do was contained it to a wiggle. “Hey! Hey you know what we should do?” she managed to blurt out excitedly. “We should start a band!”

[Kamillia Engel]

Kamillia Laughed, “Even if I wanted to take a shower with my best friend, I couldn’t… I have a hard enough time taking a shower with just me..” Being afraid of small spaces, and feeling like that space was getting smaller was a complete curse at times… In other times it just didn’t really effect her life on a broader spectrum. “It could be even handier if I didn’t live like an hour from town, and possibly where you live..” That was one thing, she didn’t think she had ever been to Axelle’s house, she believed Axelle had always just come over here… she wasn’t sure why, it just worked out that way. “There is such a thing as shitty music… Have you listened to some of the eighties indie bands? They were horrible…”

“Do you have a song in mind from Fall out boy? There are actually only a few that I know how to play.. Dance, Dance is one of them…” She should really learn more song of theirs… “Japanese? I would have never guessed you were the J-rock type. Nor did I ever know this about you… What other things are you keeping from me? Huh?” She poked the redhead in the side, how dare she! She nodded “I would love that, some of the stuff I have things in mind for, others I’m just clueless with so I figured they wouldn’t get anywhere.” She didn’t think anything about the fact that her songs might end up outside of her notebook.

“I’m not promising anything though, But if my gramps can’t do it, then I will help you try to find someone that can.” That was a promise from Kamillia, she wanted her best friend to be happy, and if she could help her with that than that’s what she was going to do. Especially since she knew how much of a pain Axelle’s power was… Well she didn’t know from experience but she could just imagine what it would be like. “A Band?” She mused over it, giving humming sounds, she wasn’t really sure how much time she would have for a band, with college and work, buuutt it would give her some extra cash… “Okay, sure let’s do this, if anything it would be fun just to figure out the little details.” Like the band name.. “We would need like one extra person though, to play drums… If you want it to be a rock band…” Which she would love if it was a rock band..

[Axelle Flint]

"Dance, dance would be okay," Axelle mused as she handed back the notebook to its rightful owner. She laughed when Kam accused her of hiding things. "I didn't know the best time to bring it up! Every time I thought about it I got distracted! I wasn't trying to keep it a secret. The singer has a lot of English in his work, maybe that's why it never struck me as odd?" she questioned as she considered that possibility. "They sound a lot like Fall Out Boy too sometimes so that could be another reason."

She was beyond excited about the idea of a guitar she didn't have to be super focused and careful around, she would be obsessed with this idea for awhile. "A drummer?" she questioned for a moment, completely spacing that she had JUST suggested that she and the other girl start a band. "OH RIGHT, yeah a drummer would be good, where are we going to find one though? I don't know any..." Axelle hadn't exactly made it well known that she could play more than one instrument and that she enjoyed singing. It wasn't that she had never thought that being famous would be cool but she also knew that imagining a life in Pilot Ridge running her family's auto shop made her happy. Besides, between her and her father she would much rather the old man get some notoriety under his various hats before she did. Cosmically that would just be massively unfair. "What about an electric violin?" she asked.