kazoo 19 - video [cw; alcohol]

[secondconflict]

[Kerry's brand new to the train and already feels stupidly raw given everything his first day made him confront. He looks tired when he starts the video.]

So the shop's the best place to buy a drink, ya? I just arrived here but could really use anything that dulls the senses. Problem is, don't 'xactly got the cred yet to start tossin' it around on somethin' like that. [As someone who has spent the last five decades with enough money to get whatever he wants, Kerry finds this very offputting, but he's trying not to seem like a rich bitch right off the bat so he still just seems tired more than annoyed.]

Any way I can set up an IOU or somethin'?

Oh, um, name's Kerry, by the by.

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[secondconflict]

Is Terran your word for Earth? 'cause those are all Earth musicians.

[yondu]

[He knows there's some translator gaming happening, because he hears it different than how it's said. But he nods, figuring what's happened.]

Yeah. The boy I raised came from Terra, had some music his ma gave 'im before she passed. I didn't know her none, but he listened to it a lot so I got partial.

[And he still looks for new songs to give him, unlikely as he is to.]

Most of the music I've been findin' in there is Terran. All the better, don't need no Kree or Xandarian shit stuck in my head. [Luckily even if Kerry doesn't have his guitar, he'll find one in the music room. The train does have some pity.]

[secondconflict]

[When they get into the room, Kerry goes to the guitar. He picks it up and sits back down with it. He strums it once to test it and tune it.]

Your kid's ma had good taste if she gave him that sorta music.

I mean, not as good as mine but... [He grins in a way that shows he doesn't fully mean that. He loves his art a lot, but Cash and Bowie are legends too.]

[yondu]

She gave 'im a bunch he tore my ears up with, too. But it got him through so I didn't argue none.

[Yondu finds a chair to sit in, dragging it over near to Kerry and kicking back. He already got drunk this week so he'll probably only drink enough to sociable (and to spare his whiskey), but he's fine spending the time with someone like that.]

[As a guy that frequently calls himself pretty but doesn't actually believe anybody with good eyes would ever find him attractive, he can appreciate the humor.]

You play, huh?

[secondconflict]

Yep. That and fuckin' myself over with mind-alterin' substances 'bout the only things 'm good for.

[He starts to play a guitar cover of Moonage Daydream. He isn't usually one to play other people's music, but Yondu talking about Bowie puts him in a certain mood.]

[yondu]

Worse things to have a talent for.

[Always sucks when someone sees more light in what one does than oneself. Kerry's on a train with a bunch of trained killers, and Yondu doesn't know if what he said is true or not considering people's knack for hidin' their worse demons. But he'll just oblige him.]

Well, you weren't wrong about bein' good...

[He says about halfway through the song, braving a sip of the whiskey directly from the bottle.]

[secondconflict]

[Kerry smiles at the compliment and doesn't speak until the song's over. Once it is, he finally reaches out to have that drink.]

Thanks for this.

[yondu]

Ever'body gets a little heavy sometimes. One good thing about this damn place. At least now I don't have to be an asshole an' watch people go through it by their lonesome.

[Nobody threatening to kill him or displace him 'cause he's 'soft'. Ironically, all the people that tried to pull that shit with him are now dead by his own efforts. Even if they showed up, he'd damn well remind 'em. So now he can go as easy on anyone else as he pleases.]

[secondconflict]

Didn't leave me by my lonesome so think that's workin' out just fine.

[If it gets him some booze, he's more than happy that Yondu has let himself go a little 'soft.']

[yondu]

[Yondu snags another chair nearby with the toe of his boot and pulls it closer, and like the classiest of souls props up his legs on it.]

Ya sound like you put your heart into it. When you're playin', I mean.

[Like he puts his heart into his arrow, or that's the best he can describe it.]

[secondconflict]

[Kerry can't help but smile at that compliment too. He nods as he considers that.]

Glad you think so. Music's one of the only things that makes sense to me.

People're fucked up, but music I can manage.

[yondu]

You ain't wrong, most of 'em are.

[People say they're good more often than not, but that's not his experience. Most of them are just indifferent, and that makes them a whole different sort of a problem.]

You sound professional. What'dya used to do?

[secondconflict]

Music, yeah? [He pats the guitar.] They got music from other worlds here? Could see if any of my stuff is available to listen to.

[yondu]

Alright, yeah. [He nods over to the screens on the wall, the music search ICPs, before getting off.] They got a whole bunch, an' if they don't then you could probably tell the train to put some in. I don't know the music rules.

[secondconflict]

[Kerry takes a long drink before he gets up to check out the screens. He wants to see if his work will be on there and after some fiddling, he gets how the interface works.

He finds both Eurodyne and Samurai music. He's still too angry with Johnny to show off the music with his old band, so he completely skips over the Samurai music. His solo music, though, that he's more than happy to share.

He plays chromerock, which is a nice mix of popular rock styles and heavy metal. His music does tend towards experimental, as he has played with different styles over the years.]

Here we go. Wanna check it out? [He has several decades' worth of music to sort through, but he can start with his cover of Chippin' In to give Yondu a taste of music that's closer to what he might be used to.]

Good lord past me, I meant "getting up"

[yondu]

[Oh, hey! It's there. He comes over to download it onto his SCA, and puts on his earphones and leans back against the wall by one of the ICPs..]

[It is better than he expected. It's not a huge surprise, though, and it's a pleasant one. He nods about halfway through, expression reading that it's pretty good. He's enjoying it.]

Ya really are pretty good. Y'know, I know you say you cain't do nothin' of the like? But I seen people use instruments as weapons. I would reckon you could literally kill with that thing if you was armed up right.

it's okay!

[secondconflict]

You mean like with sound waves and shit? [He asks thoughtfully. He wouldn't mind using sound to subdue enemies if they got attacked by demons again. He's not sure how he feels about using music to kill though.]

That'd be one bad ass axe.

[yondu]

I've seen that kinda thing. If you cain't find someone to order it from a bunch of Orange Team is usually thirsty to build some crazy shit. Sure they could work out some kinda deal.

[It's a lot better'n feeling useless.] And it'd give 'em somethin' to do. We're all goin' stir crazy between missions. I spend a good solid half my time in here.

[secondconflict]

Worse things to do than listen to some good tunes.

We usually have to worry about battles n' shit though? Heard about the demons, but folks talked that they were unusual.

[yondu]

Yeah, I was led to believe shit was pretty easy. But I'll be honest, even if it weren't usual I got trouble gettin' my head out of fightin'. I was raised in it, pretty much led to think it was all I was decent for.

[Still is inclined to believe that.]

So that's where my brain goes. But a couple of the teams ain't much for combat. Blue an' Orange don't get into it much. [Which makes it funnier that he's blue team.]

[secondconflict]

Not you though, I bet. You give off some crazy edgerunner vibes.

Uh, that's a kind o' merc back home.

[yondu]

[He flinches a lopsided sort of smile at that.]

Back home I'm called a 'Ravager', so that sounds like the same shape of animal whether it's a little differ'nt or not.

[Like so many other things that conveniently lined up and made the universe easier to understand.]

Edgerunner's a pretty good name, though. Yeah, I'm usually a li'l' more rough than what Blue Team needs. You ain't wrong. I stick with 'em just in case.

[secondconflict]

Never one to underestimate a good merc, personally.

Edgerunners have saved my life more than once.

[yondu]

Oh yeah? How did that go down?

[Though he perks up a little at having his credentials respected, even if in an indirect way. Being a Ravager doesn't always reward you with a great rep. He likes when people see the better parts of that kind of life.]

[secondconflict]

Once I was up for contract between two labels and corpos don't fuck around. Ended up being taken hostage over the whole thing. A solo named Morgan Blackhand busted in and kicked ass.

Edgerunners usually go to who pays 'em, but Morgan's also a friend of a friend.