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THE TEST DRIVE MEME

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Kyouko Kasodani / Touhou Project

[echoing_sutras]

[Network - Voice]

-It's early. Obscenely early. The sun hasn't even come out yet. But it's time for a wake-up call, courtesy of the local maestro Kyouko.-

GOOOOOOOOD MOOOOORNING XAVIEEEER'S!!! Get your happy butts out of bed, classes start in an hour and I am pretty sure the school would appreciate it if more of you took some time for personal grooming in the morning.

ANYWAYS you don't have to be alone this morning while your roommate hammers fruitlessly at the snooze button to shut me up. The Kyouko the Echo YamaBIko is here to brighten up the start of your day with a little noise! I'll be taking callers all morning, but for now, let's get right too it with some Rancid, Roots Radicals!

-Normally it would be prudent for a radio DJ to make use of a compressor. Kyouko doesn't give that much of a shit. And thus the song is coming in a little extra loud. In case you were still asleep.-


[Action - Courtyard]

Kyouko sits alone with her guitar and amp, strumming out a little tune, her fingers moving deftly and her ears showing visible vibrations as they mimicked the sound of a rhythm section backing her up. This was not an uncommon sight since Kyouko came to the school. Music was, after all, her entire world. It had been fostered by the folks at the temple (though not the loudness she was fond of) and she now had access to the sort of training to take her music, and her powers, to a level well beyond what she could reach on her own. So that meant practicing every single day, every opportunity she could.

She wasn't here to learn to be a fighter or hero or anything like that. She still carried Hijiri's pacifistic teachings with her. No, for her, the expression of her soul, of her joy and sorrow, of her love and anger, was through music. The mutant condition, she wanted to capture it in sound. And hopefully, she could find some people that were of a like mind. Solo acts were great and all... but what Kyouko had come to really love was the camaraderie of the Temple. She wanted to find that again in a band.

[accidental video]

[totallystoned]

[A grumpy, sleepy, still in her regular clothes Reki throws a pallet at the source of the noise, which merely moves the view slightly]

[echoing_sutras]

-Did it just get louder? Nah, must be her imagination.-

[totallystoned]

[Still not getting up, she grabs a notepad from her nightstand and passes her hand over it. A GIANT FIST comes streaking towards the camera...which knocks it around, making it tumble and hit the ground with a crack in the lens, but still on. Why did she get the one with the really long cord?]

[echoing_sutras]

Well I hoped you guys enjoy that classic as much as I do. Especially with that many dBs pulsing it through your ear holes.

Speaking of, seems we've got a few non-morning types assaulting their machines. Irresponsible, I say...

[totallystoned]

Gonna be more than just the computer if it happens again... [She stomps over and angrily switches it off]

voice;

[loveswaffles]

No.

[... There you go.]

[echoing_sutras]

Man, people call in with the weirdest comments on the morning show...

[loveswaffles]

[Raven literally never asked for this.]

I wonder why.

[echoing_sutras]

Well, while you're getting some coffee, I have another punk rock classic to brighten your day! -As she causally blasts Fugazi-

[loveswaffles]

Great. Obnoxious music before it's even dawn is exactly what I wanted.

[echoing_sutras]

I'm open to requests so long as they don't suck.

[loveswaffles]

How about stopping and letting everyone go back to sleep?

Voice 1/2

[divine_spirits_universe]

SHUT UP!

Voice 2/2

[divine_spirits_universe]

[A moment later, it took her a moment to gather herself and not instantly reel in pain from that oh so horrible wake up call.

Or at least get her headphones on and properly situated. Maybe she would have to sleep with them on here....]

Kyouko, may I offer a suggestion?

[echoing_sutras]

You're on the air, caller! I'm listening!

[divine_spirits_universe]

First, it would do you well to use a compressor. Second, there is still time before one needs to rise to be ready and on time.

[echoing_sutras]

Compressors are for humans and wimps. I can handle the levels on my own with my powers.

Also, early bird gets the earworm.

[divine_spirits_universe]

You are handling nothing on your own, it's too loud. And if you did it on purpose... I have words for you.

And the rested bird gets more done in their day.

voice;

[preshrunk_cyberpunk]

Hell yeah, you got good taste in music, kid! You take requests?

[echoing_sutras]

So long as those requests don't suck, sure! What's gonna tickle your ear's whistle this morning, listener?

action~

[singsingbluesilver]

It was a sweet tune and one that Ryuuichi was familiar with. So when the introduction part was over, he joins in, singing the lyrics before switching and singing the rhythm guitar part, harmonizing easily. There was musical talent and then there was mutant musical talent, and it was hard to find someone who who almost the same set of skills.

Once the song was over, he flops on the grass next to her, and holds his hand out for shaking. "Hi, sorry if I busted into your jam. I'm Ryuuichi."

[echoing_sutras]

"With me, there's no such thing. Name's Kyouko," she gave his hand a firm grasp, smiling. "That was pretty good, after all. Formally trained?"

[singsingbluesilver]

"Actually, I'm a pro in Japan," he replied, waving in a vague direction that might include Japan as well as the rest of the world. It seemed like nothing much really, at least, that's the way he was acting. Then again, after spending a majority of the past twenty years in the business, it probably was nothing to him.

Now, a school for mutants, that was something cool.

"The other guys in the band had formal lessons, I just sort of went along for the ride. Have you gotten any formal training?"

[echoing_sutras]

Kyouko lit up at the word 'pro', visibly excited to be talking to someone with real, professional experience. Her voice, unfortunately, picked up in volume as a result.

"Oh wow! That's awesome!" Sooooo cooooool. "Um, no, I mean, I play everything by ear. Kind of not a metaphor either," she gestured to her almost doglike ears that had been producing the sound of the rhythm tracks for the song she'd been playing earlier. "There's an old Japanese legend about a kind of creature called a Yamabiko, that controlled echoes in the mountains. I'm guessing they might have been mutants, because I kinda look like one and that's basically what I do."