Well, I've decided, okay, time to get things going. I've been busy working on my new poem collection, The Blue And The Pink, go ahead and check it out. Hope you folks like Chapter 6 of T.P.S. Gonna now add some more people in here, so please you…hint, blue blur and friends, in human form. Enjoy, Enjoy!
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The Platform Surfers
Chapter 6:
Recording Session, Part 1.
"Hey, you guys!" said Ran, who arrived at Serenity that afternoon.
"Ran!" replied everyone else. "How are you?"
"A bit exhausted, but…still okay."
"Ran," said Usagi from up ahead over the sound system, "glad you're here. We'll be recording in 35 minutes."
"Gotcha!" she replied. "We know what we're going to break loose, right?"
"Uh…" said Sayo, looking down with blank eyes.
"Stop doing that, Sayo!"
"Hey, Kotobuki," said Mami, "why do you look like me? I invented my hairdo, I'm the only one who keeps it."
"Don't push your luck, Mamirin. I preferred to let my hair down, whether you like it or not."
"I don't give a horse's ass what you say. I still have a bit of a…you know…"
"Oh, enough of that, Mamirin. Your grudge towards me is getting too old. I thought rich people were supposed to be sophisticated, not spoiled!"
"Ohoho, so you want to go at it again, huh, Kotobuki! Why, I oughta…." She was about to make a dive at Ran, when Yuuya tackled her, and set her back. "Dammit, I wanted to give her a friggin punch in the schnoz, that bastard…"
"Easy, Mami," said Yuuya. "You gotta calm down, sweetie." He put a finger to Mami's chin, making her look up to him (a la Ran & Rei), and said, "Remember, our promise, right? Hmm?" She easily understood, her eyes wide and misty, as if in a lustrous fantasy.
"Hey, what are those two doing?" asked Naoki from a distance, toying with a tambourine.
"Shhhh!" said Masato. "You're ruining the moment."
"Yeah, Naoki," added Sayo, "You're ruining it!"
"Okay, you kids," said Miyu, "let's do some voice drills…"
"Yes, Yamazaki-senpai," chorused the three midgets. Miyu proceeded to warm them up. Aya, meanwhile was plucking at her bass, when Rei came up to her.
"Aya-chan?"
"Hmm?" she asked.
"I was wondering…you ever read Shakespeare?"
"Shakespeare?" This was a completely different Rei than ever, she thought. Shakespeare? "What makes you…say…that?"
"If I could rewrite one of the lines from Romeo and Juliet, it would say, 'But, soft, what light through yonder window smasheth? It is the East, and Aya-chan is the sun…'" Aya only giggled and blushed. "Also, I've never proposed to somebody, but…" Rei opened a small case, which contained a ring.
"Otohata-kun…?"
"Aya-chan…will you marry me?"
Suddenly, Aya's heart was filled with a mixture of emotions. "Otohata-kun…right now? I…I…I can't do it yet."
"Aya-chan? Why?"
"It's too soon."
"Aya-chan…" He drew to her, and held her tight. "I know your heart is racing. Mine's is too. The truth is…like Ran, I can't leave you alone. I'll never leave you alone. Even if you deny me. Aya-chan…I'll do what it takes to make you happy. Please, just say you will propose to me…" Aya, only looked up to Rei, in a passion of mind.
"Hey, what are you two doing?" asked Ran and Tatsuki to the other two.
"Geez, Ran," said Rei.
"Aw crap," said Tatsuki, "so close…I was hoping for it…damn!"
"Tatsuki, do you want me to blacken one of your eyes?" Rei said in a monotonous tone.
"Wah! Uki! Sorry!"
"All right," said Usagi over the loud speakers. "Surf Guitar, take one. We're gonna be playing an audio carnival scene, before you start, okay Ran?"
"Right!" came the response.
"Here we go."
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"Hey, did you hear?" said a bright orange-haired person sitting the nearby coffee shop with his fellow comrade. "There's rumors that Ayu has risen from the dead. Incredible, don't you think?"
"Where did ya hear that, Taiils?" He took a comb, and brushed his long, spiky blue hair, and put in back in his red and white jacket that he bought for himself. Make that, from his girlfriend that he wanted avoid, but couldn't ignore. Figures…
"Sonikku, it's all over the news. There was a sighting in Hachiko Square that suggested that Ayumi has come back. Now the nation is searching for wherever she is."
"Oh?"
"On top of that, her gravestone has been missing, according to reports. Police have found no leads whatsoever regarding the disappearance, and can only resort to supernatural theories."
"Okay…" He took sipped glass of water that the waitress gave him, and sipped. "So what you're saying is…"
"This is the most crazy story that has come out of Tokyo since Godzilla began to do the Ketchup dance 60-ish years ago! It's complete chaos out there-" He was about to say some more crazy gibberish, when Sonic's cell-phone rang.
"Sup?" he asked.
"Sonikku~~~"
"A-a-AMY? What's up, star?"
"Hey, Sonikku, I believe I saw Ayumi at one of the buildings in Azabu-Juban. It seemed to be the real Ayumi Hamasaki in that building?"
"NO WAY! What's the address?"
"2-4-1 Azabu. I think there's a crowd there, but I'm already at that place. I'm not allowed inside, so I'm here outside the building, with the others."
"So…do you want me to meet you there?"
"Yes, yes, yes! The building sign says Serenity Studios Ltd. I'll see you there! Bye!"
"Bye," Sonikku said.
"So," asked Miles, "who was that?"
"Amy. She told us to meet her at 2-4-1 Azabu. Let's go."
"But, wait Sonikku, we haven't ordered out meal yet-"
"Let's GO, Tails!"
"…" The two of them headed out the door and ran out to their impromptu destination. Here we go again, thought the old blue blur.
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"Okay, everyone," said Usagi over the speakers. "You've already recorded 5 songs so far."
"Really?" said Ran, tuning her weathered Kotocaster. "I've forgotten."
"Yeah, me too," said Aya.
"Can we get a break, Tsukino-san?" asked Miyu, already exhausted from her work.
"Yeah," replied everyone else, also groaning from fatigue. Usagi frowned.
"Hey, Usako," said a tall guy in a green sweater and khaki pants, sipping a Coke. "Business as usual?"
"Mamo-chan," complained Usagi, then both laughed.
"You know, our previous folks couldn't get past the third track when recording their album. They just gave up. This group's different. How did you manage to get someone so…so…"
"Up there?" asked Usagi, putting a finger to her lips, suggesting something compromising. "It's all in the mind, you know…Mamo-chan…" The two of them hugged.
"Ah, isn't that sweet," said Naoki.
"Golly, yeah," said Masato, scratching his head.
"All right," said Mamoru. "We'll give you a fifteen minute break, then we finish the album. Deal?"
"OK!" replied everyone else.
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The lounge at Serenity Studios was a rather luxurious place, with a kitchen, satellite TV, radio, a couple of computers with built-in modems, a phone, sofas, restrooms and all the other trimmings. Basically, this lounge had the décor of a regular house. On the table lay a basket of fruits, and some bread and chocolates. The windows showed the Tokyo skyline, and a grandiose view of Fuji-sama.
"That was sensational," said Yuuya, slumping on one of the sofas. "I never felt so tired in my life."
"The drums are in my blood," said Mami, lighting up a Camel light. "Want one, kids?" she asked offering three cigarettes to Sayo, Masato, and Naoki.
"My mom told me that smoking is bad for you," said Sayo. "Right, Masato-kun?" He could only nod.
"Yeah, it's bad for you," said Naoki. Out of nowhere, all three kids laughed and ran somewhere else. Mami only rolled her eyes, and offered a cigarette to Yuuya, who gladly accepted. Children, she thought. What do they know.
"Let's see," said Aya. "We already got Surf Guitar, Let's Go, Aitsu, Kanari, and C.M.B. Otohata-kun, do you know any more songs that you and Ran can whip out, hmm?" She snugged close to Rei, which made him a bit uncomfortable, but he bore with it.
"Let's see, there's this song by the Ziggens, a riff called Sex Crimes, Baja, Just Like Heaven, which is a Cure song, and then I know a couple Clash songs, but…that's what I can think of at this point…" He sat there, looking like the Thinker statue. Aya looked at him with blank eyes.
"It's finished!" exclaimed Miyu, already done writing her song.
"What's finished," said Ran, sipping some rum coffee.
"My song. It's called, I WILL. I got the chords and words for it. Yay!" She struck a victory pose, which did not amuse Ran, to say the least.
"You gotta stop doing that, Miyu, or you'll-" A bone cracked. "-hurt yourself."
"I-TAIIIII!" moaned Miyu. Apparently, her shoulder popped a bit, but it went back into place. She was all right, though. "Ran, are you clairvoyant?"
"It wouldn't hurt to be."
"You're supposed to say, 'Yes, Yes, Yes!'" She was waving her arms at Ran, which got the attention of Tatsuki, eating a rather oversized chocolate bunny.
"Um, Miyu, what are you doing? Uki?" he asked, having a quizzical expression. He was only beginning to watch Miyu go on the brink of explosion when suddenly, he looked out the window, and saw a throng of people outside below, yelling out Ayumi's name. "Um, Ran-pyon, you'd better look outside…"
She did, and when she saw everyone outside, she began to scream so loud, and then fainted.
"Aw hell no," said Mami, looking out the window outside. "Kotobuki…"
"Hah?" asked Sayo.
"Not you, the other one!"
"Um, Mami, she's fainted," said Yuuya, fanning Ran. "Ran-chan…"
"What in the world," said Rei.
"Oh my god! We're famous!" yelled Masato and Naoki in unison, drowned in their revelry.
"This is weird," said Miyu. "They're cheering for Ayumi-wait a minute…"
"They can't find out that Ayumi's is in Ran's body," said Aya. "Or controlling it, for that matter…"
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End Chapter 6.
This took me a long while to create! Sorry for the wait. Next chapter, the crowd, the crowd, the crowd. How will the Platform Surfers continue to record their album, while at the same time, avoiding the distractions from the now-insanely increasing mob surrounding the studio? Only the pen of Jo-Ryan Salazar knows…tune in next time…
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The Platform Surfers
Chapter 6:
Recording Session, Part 1.
"Hey, you guys!" said Ran, who arrived at Serenity that afternoon.
"Ran!" replied everyone else. "How are you?"
"A bit exhausted, but…still okay."
"Ran," said Usagi from up ahead over the sound system, "glad you're here. We'll be recording in 35 minutes."
"Gotcha!" she replied. "We know what we're going to break loose, right?"
"Uh…" said Sayo, looking down with blank eyes.
"Stop doing that, Sayo!"
"Hey, Kotobuki," said Mami, "why do you look like me? I invented my hairdo, I'm the only one who keeps it."
"Don't push your luck, Mamirin. I preferred to let my hair down, whether you like it or not."
"I don't give a horse's ass what you say. I still have a bit of a…you know…"
"Oh, enough of that, Mamirin. Your grudge towards me is getting too old. I thought rich people were supposed to be sophisticated, not spoiled!"
"Ohoho, so you want to go at it again, huh, Kotobuki! Why, I oughta…." She was about to make a dive at Ran, when Yuuya tackled her, and set her back. "Dammit, I wanted to give her a friggin punch in the schnoz, that bastard…"
"Easy, Mami," said Yuuya. "You gotta calm down, sweetie." He put a finger to Mami's chin, making her look up to him (a la Ran & Rei), and said, "Remember, our promise, right? Hmm?" She easily understood, her eyes wide and misty, as if in a lustrous fantasy.
"Hey, what are those two doing?" asked Naoki from a distance, toying with a tambourine.
"Shhhh!" said Masato. "You're ruining the moment."
"Yeah, Naoki," added Sayo, "You're ruining it!"
"Okay, you kids," said Miyu, "let's do some voice drills…"
"Yes, Yamazaki-senpai," chorused the three midgets. Miyu proceeded to warm them up. Aya, meanwhile was plucking at her bass, when Rei came up to her.
"Aya-chan?"
"Hmm?" she asked.
"I was wondering…you ever read Shakespeare?"
"Shakespeare?" This was a completely different Rei than ever, she thought. Shakespeare? "What makes you…say…that?"
"If I could rewrite one of the lines from Romeo and Juliet, it would say, 'But, soft, what light through yonder window smasheth? It is the East, and Aya-chan is the sun…'" Aya only giggled and blushed. "Also, I've never proposed to somebody, but…" Rei opened a small case, which contained a ring.
"Otohata-kun…?"
"Aya-chan…will you marry me?"
Suddenly, Aya's heart was filled with a mixture of emotions. "Otohata-kun…right now? I…I…I can't do it yet."
"Aya-chan? Why?"
"It's too soon."
"Aya-chan…" He drew to her, and held her tight. "I know your heart is racing. Mine's is too. The truth is…like Ran, I can't leave you alone. I'll never leave you alone. Even if you deny me. Aya-chan…I'll do what it takes to make you happy. Please, just say you will propose to me…" Aya, only looked up to Rei, in a passion of mind.
"Hey, what are you two doing?" asked Ran and Tatsuki to the other two.
"Geez, Ran," said Rei.
"Aw crap," said Tatsuki, "so close…I was hoping for it…damn!"
"Tatsuki, do you want me to blacken one of your eyes?" Rei said in a monotonous tone.
"Wah! Uki! Sorry!"
"All right," said Usagi over the loud speakers. "Surf Guitar, take one. We're gonna be playing an audio carnival scene, before you start, okay Ran?"
"Right!" came the response.
"Here we go."
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"Hey, did you hear?" said a bright orange-haired person sitting the nearby coffee shop with his fellow comrade. "There's rumors that Ayu has risen from the dead. Incredible, don't you think?"
"Where did ya hear that, Taiils?" He took a comb, and brushed his long, spiky blue hair, and put in back in his red and white jacket that he bought for himself. Make that, from his girlfriend that he wanted avoid, but couldn't ignore. Figures…
"Sonikku, it's all over the news. There was a sighting in Hachiko Square that suggested that Ayumi has come back. Now the nation is searching for wherever she is."
"Oh?"
"On top of that, her gravestone has been missing, according to reports. Police have found no leads whatsoever regarding the disappearance, and can only resort to supernatural theories."
"Okay…" He took sipped glass of water that the waitress gave him, and sipped. "So what you're saying is…"
"This is the most crazy story that has come out of Tokyo since Godzilla began to do the Ketchup dance 60-ish years ago! It's complete chaos out there-" He was about to say some more crazy gibberish, when Sonic's cell-phone rang.
"Sup?" he asked.
"Sonikku~~~"
"A-a-AMY? What's up, star?"
"Hey, Sonikku, I believe I saw Ayumi at one of the buildings in Azabu-Juban. It seemed to be the real Ayumi Hamasaki in that building?"
"NO WAY! What's the address?"
"2-4-1 Azabu. I think there's a crowd there, but I'm already at that place. I'm not allowed inside, so I'm here outside the building, with the others."
"So…do you want me to meet you there?"
"Yes, yes, yes! The building sign says Serenity Studios Ltd. I'll see you there! Bye!"
"Bye," Sonikku said.
"So," asked Miles, "who was that?"
"Amy. She told us to meet her at 2-4-1 Azabu. Let's go."
"But, wait Sonikku, we haven't ordered out meal yet-"
"Let's GO, Tails!"
"…" The two of them headed out the door and ran out to their impromptu destination. Here we go again, thought the old blue blur.
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"Okay, everyone," said Usagi over the speakers. "You've already recorded 5 songs so far."
"Really?" said Ran, tuning her weathered Kotocaster. "I've forgotten."
"Yeah, me too," said Aya.
"Can we get a break, Tsukino-san?" asked Miyu, already exhausted from her work.
"Yeah," replied everyone else, also groaning from fatigue. Usagi frowned.
"Hey, Usako," said a tall guy in a green sweater and khaki pants, sipping a Coke. "Business as usual?"
"Mamo-chan," complained Usagi, then both laughed.
"You know, our previous folks couldn't get past the third track when recording their album. They just gave up. This group's different. How did you manage to get someone so…so…"
"Up there?" asked Usagi, putting a finger to her lips, suggesting something compromising. "It's all in the mind, you know…Mamo-chan…" The two of them hugged.
"Ah, isn't that sweet," said Naoki.
"Golly, yeah," said Masato, scratching his head.
"All right," said Mamoru. "We'll give you a fifteen minute break, then we finish the album. Deal?"
"OK!" replied everyone else.
*******************
The lounge at Serenity Studios was a rather luxurious place, with a kitchen, satellite TV, radio, a couple of computers with built-in modems, a phone, sofas, restrooms and all the other trimmings. Basically, this lounge had the décor of a regular house. On the table lay a basket of fruits, and some bread and chocolates. The windows showed the Tokyo skyline, and a grandiose view of Fuji-sama.
"That was sensational," said Yuuya, slumping on one of the sofas. "I never felt so tired in my life."
"The drums are in my blood," said Mami, lighting up a Camel light. "Want one, kids?" she asked offering three cigarettes to Sayo, Masato, and Naoki.
"My mom told me that smoking is bad for you," said Sayo. "Right, Masato-kun?" He could only nod.
"Yeah, it's bad for you," said Naoki. Out of nowhere, all three kids laughed and ran somewhere else. Mami only rolled her eyes, and offered a cigarette to Yuuya, who gladly accepted. Children, she thought. What do they know.
"Let's see," said Aya. "We already got Surf Guitar, Let's Go, Aitsu, Kanari, and C.M.B. Otohata-kun, do you know any more songs that you and Ran can whip out, hmm?" She snugged close to Rei, which made him a bit uncomfortable, but he bore with it.
"Let's see, there's this song by the Ziggens, a riff called Sex Crimes, Baja, Just Like Heaven, which is a Cure song, and then I know a couple Clash songs, but…that's what I can think of at this point…" He sat there, looking like the Thinker statue. Aya looked at him with blank eyes.
"It's finished!" exclaimed Miyu, already done writing her song.
"What's finished," said Ran, sipping some rum coffee.
"My song. It's called, I WILL. I got the chords and words for it. Yay!" She struck a victory pose, which did not amuse Ran, to say the least.
"You gotta stop doing that, Miyu, or you'll-" A bone cracked. "-hurt yourself."
"I-TAIIIII!" moaned Miyu. Apparently, her shoulder popped a bit, but it went back into place. She was all right, though. "Ran, are you clairvoyant?"
"It wouldn't hurt to be."
"You're supposed to say, 'Yes, Yes, Yes!'" She was waving her arms at Ran, which got the attention of Tatsuki, eating a rather oversized chocolate bunny.
"Um, Miyu, what are you doing? Uki?" he asked, having a quizzical expression. He was only beginning to watch Miyu go on the brink of explosion when suddenly, he looked out the window, and saw a throng of people outside below, yelling out Ayumi's name. "Um, Ran-pyon, you'd better look outside…"
She did, and when she saw everyone outside, she began to scream so loud, and then fainted.
"Aw hell no," said Mami, looking out the window outside. "Kotobuki…"
"Hah?" asked Sayo.
"Not you, the other one!"
"Um, Mami, she's fainted," said Yuuya, fanning Ran. "Ran-chan…"
"What in the world," said Rei.
"Oh my god! We're famous!" yelled Masato and Naoki in unison, drowned in their revelry.
"This is weird," said Miyu. "They're cheering for Ayumi-wait a minute…"
"They can't find out that Ayumi's is in Ran's body," said Aya. "Or controlling it, for that matter…"
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End Chapter 6.
This took me a long while to create! Sorry for the wait. Next chapter, the crowd, the crowd, the crowd. How will the Platform Surfers continue to record their album, while at the same time, avoiding the distractions from the now-insanely increasing mob surrounding the studio? Only the pen of Jo-Ryan Salazar knows…tune in next time…