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]

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.

[yondu]

I've done shit like that for people, yeah.

[Way back when, when he had friends regularly. He probably does here, but not the same kind of friends. Almost, but not quite yet.]

So did either of 'em get ya? The contract, that is.

[secondconflict]

Yep. Been makin' music ever since.

Popular 'nough now the corpos don't try ta fuck with me. When they care about PR.