Ready to ROCK! [Backdated to Wednesday!]

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[One moment Gakupo was outside, strumming out a soft tune on a guitar he found ages ago underneath the stage of the quad, and the next...he's in his old dressing room! He's disoriented from the travel and falls over.]

Mr. Gakupo-- [His agent enters, looking down and sees her up-and-coming talent on the floor in a daze. Sighs.] You're not drinking, are you? Youth these days. Get up from the floor and fix yourself up! You're on in ten! [She walks out, muttering about fame going to his head already.]

[Gakupo rights himself and is sitting now cross-legged, so totally lost.]

...what?!

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[This isn't the Triple Triad room. Gabriella stares at the dressing room for a moment, then down at her clothes (they seem more fit for a musical performance than school) and back at the mirror in slight disgust.]

... This is officially the strangest dream I've had in a while.

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[Looks over to the new voice.] I don't think this is a dream. I'm still wearing clothes.

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Do you normally not wear clothes in your dreams? [She recognizes him, kind of. Wasn't he a student at Garden...?]

[eggplantallergy]

Unfortunately. [SIGHS] But as my agent says, 'the show must go on'. I hate those dreams.

[Stands and looks to her in curiosity. She seemed familiar.]

...are you from Garden?

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[Raises an eyebrow. That was a little too much information, even for her...

But she nods at his question.] My name's Gabriella. You're... the head of the GFC, right?

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[She asked.]

Yes, I am. I'm Gakupo. [Sees another person arrive and blinks in surprise.]



(ooc: I'm continuing our thread down below~!)

[potter-around.livejournal.com]

[Harry, meanwhile, had no idea where he was or what he was doing here. He was so new, in fact, that he didn't recognize either of the two people he was in the room with. But he pretty quickly decided that it wasn't some kind of Death Eater trick.

He doubted that anybody who worked for Voldemort could identify a guitar if their lives depended on it.]

So, uh, what the bloody hell is going on here?

[No sense beating around the bush. Just because he thought they weren't Death Eaters didn't mean his hand was keeping very close to his waist, just in case.]

[eggplantallergy]

...pardon? [Raises an eyebrow] If you're here for an autograph, then you'll need to wait outside like everyone else after the show.



(ooc: Gabriella should be tagging in shortly, so you can go before her if she hasn't beaten you to it!)

[potter-around.livejournal.com]

This isn't part of Garden, is it? Is it the real world?

[Harry couldn't quite suppress the note of hopefulness in his voice. Now he just needed to figure out where Hermione and Ron went and they could get back to work! Things were looking up.]

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[Now you have his full attention.]

I thought Garden was the real world...

But, no, this isn't Garden. [Looks around the dressing room. His dressing room.] I think...this is my real world...

[potter-around.livejournal.com]

[Oh, good. He knew where they were then.]

So, where are we then? [Knowing was one step closer to portkeying. Or...no, that wouldn't work. He'd have to take a plane wouldn't he? Gakupo could practically see the gears turning in Harry's head.]

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[Poor Harry. He has yet to know his fate.]

Japan, I believe. [Sees those gears turning.] Don't even think about leaving.

/grammar fail

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I'm going to have to agree... if we leave right now, his agent'll kill us. Literally. [Sneaks a glance towards said agent and makes a face]

Just out of curiosity... how famous were you back home?

[potter-around.livejournal.com]

[Harry shot a brief glance at the agent and pondered the virtues of Stunning him and making a break for it. But the main difference between Harry and...well...a lot of people was that he wouldn't really do something like that.

So he sighed, and glanced at Gakupo. Please let that question have been addressed to the musician.]

[eggplantallergy]

[The fans out in the audience]

GA•KU•PO! GA•KU•PO! GA•KU•PO!

...um...that famous...

Famous or not, you need to get your butts on that stage, NOW! [His manager gave Gabriella an evil eye.]

[Gakupo looks to her in disbelief, not liking the road they were going down.]

...butts? As in...plural?

YES. Your triangle and tambourine player have hangovers. [Looks to Harry and Gabriella] You two decide who plays what. [Walks out]

Well...you heard her!

Magic, mother)@&#er.

[potter-around.livejournal.com]

[Harry stared blankly at the manager's retreating back.]

Triangle? Tambourine? Are those real instruments? [This is what happens when you take a deprived primary school student and immediately stick him in an insular community.]

Well...great. Excuse me for a moment. [And with that Harry quickly stepped behind a convenient privacy screen, and a few moments later came out in a rather stylish suit that he remembered seeing in a shop window after Apparating from Bill and Fleur's wedding. This is the extent of his knowledge of Muggle fashion (other than that everything Uncle Vernon wore was cheap and ugly).]

Do either of them take any real skill?

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[Oh good grief. Those instruments aren't even legitimate---and since it looks like he's ridiculously famous, there's no way out of the impending concert either. Gabriella slowly nods, waiting for a moment before glancing over at Harry.]

That was fast. But no, the tambourine and the triangle are like, the easiest instruments you could ever play.

[Part of her's a little insulted she didn't get placed as a keyboard player, but eh, she'll take what she can get.] So it doesn't matter which one we take; they both sound about the same.

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[Gakupo is...CONFUSED. ASTONISHED. A great mix of both.]

How'd you...but you were just... [Rubs the bridge of his chin] Never mind.

What's your name, anyway? I'm Gakupo, this is Gabriella.

[potter-around.livejournal.com]

"Stage magic." Harry was just glad he was able to say that with a perfectly straight face.

[Gakupo you came from a magic school why are you surprised :(]

"My name's Harry. Harry Potter. Nice to meet you." Then he considers the serious (except not really) problem before them, and does the Gryffindor thing: jump in feet-first. "I'll try the triangle then." Why? Well, he had to pick something didn't he?

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[Harry's name totally sounds familiar, though she can't place where at the moment.] Then I'll take the tambourine.

Guess the show's gotta go on somehow. [She'll wait for Gakupo to lead them, but she does go ahead and offer Harry his instrument as she takes hers. As long as they keep a steady rhythm, they should be fine!]

You guys don't know how torn I was in choosing a song. :/

[eggplantallergy]

[They don't teach magic like how to change clothes at Garden! B|]

Good. Now that instruments are sorted out, I'll go change quickly and we'll be on our way! [Grins at them before hurrying into a separate room, emerging about a good ten minutes later in a new costume.

He does it the old fashioned way, Harry!]

Alright, guys! Break a leg! [Beams, because he's PUMPED for this show! Leads them out to the stage. The curtain is still drawn closed, and some of the stage crew lead Gabriella and Harry to their places in the darkness. Gakupo takes his rightful place up front and gives them a thumbs up before the curtains part, revealing a sea of screaming fans.]

Everyone! You all look ready, right? [He's totally soaking up their adoration with their positive reply.] Okay then! HERE WE GO!

[The music starts! Hope Harry and Gabriella can keep up!]


(ooc: the italics are spoken Japanese! the youtube vid has closed caption so you can see lyrics! Also, feel free to have them do anything they want on stage! ANYTHING!)

[potter-around.livejournal.com]

[What kind of magical school is this? That's like second-year Transfiguration D:]

...you're joking, right? [Harry 'ding!'ed the triangle once just to see if it actually did anything, and he actually looked a little surprised that it made a vaguely musical noise.

There's still no way in hell he's going to tell a single living soul about this, though. A quick glance at Gabriella.] What?

[And now he's been thrust out onto the stage. Uh, okay then! He starts to 'ding' the triangle with the little hammer he's been supplied with when he thinks it's the right time. Or, well, close to the right time.]

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[Although she's never spoken a word of Japanese in her life, Gabs doesn't find it too hard to keep up with the music. She nods at Harry as she was led to her place and quietly taps the tambourine with her hands to test it. Hrm, sounds like it's in working order.

Gakupo's voice isn't bad either! She can't help grinning as she taps along to the beat with near-perfect timing. It's very obvious that she's used to the music, even if she's not entirely aware of it at the moment.]

I'm runnin outta things to say! My tag sucks. *sob*

[eggplantallergy]

[Gives them both a THUMBS UP! Tries to get the crowd to clap along to the beat!]

[potter-around.livejournal.com]

[It was fortunate that Harry didn't have all that much to do, because that made it so much easier to go along with things.

Ding! Ding!

He still felt vaguely silly about the whole thing, though.]

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[Gabriella is clearly enjoying this too much for her own good. So much even, that she even starts dancing along with Gakupo! On the upside? At least she's a fan...?

Plus, the crowd seems to like it just as much as she does! Or maybe that's her being unable to hear anything beyond the roar of the music.]

[eggplantallergy]

[GABRIELLA DANCING! Gakupo cannot let this continue on! HE'LL JOIN HER! A dancing duo they will be!

If Gabriella can keep up with these dance moves then he'll cherish her forever.]


(ooc: you can stop at 1:19. just a few secs! lol)

/breaking posting order?

[beginsoffstage.livejournal.com]

[Oh, she's keeping up alright! Even if she finds these moves slightly ridiculous. Only in Japan would they be wildly popular... ah well, at least it's a story she can tell Troy later.]