"Alright! Team meeting about the formation of a band for the dance!" Ruby said banging a triangle to get everybody's attention.
"Okay, so what instruments would we all play since we're forming a band and all?" Yang asked leaning back in her chair.
"Oh, I have a list with suggestions with what musical talents you all have, and what I think you guys can learn in two weeks," I said sliding my scroll displaying a large hologram with each of the team members and an instrument placed next to them.
"Bass huh? Alright, I can live with that," Yang said shugging.
"Guitar? I guess looks cool, oh can I get a rose print on it?" Ruby asked.
"Wouldn't have it any other way petals," I said smiling.
"Renny look I get to play the drums!" Nora said clinging onto his arm
"I can see, and apparently I'm the lead male vocalist?" he said shocked.
"I mean you'll all get a chance to sing, but in terms of the people who'll sing more often than the rest, it'll be you, Weiss and Ruby," I explained.
"I see," Ren said nodding.
After everyone got acquainted with what they were gonna be playing I showed them to Beacon's music hall...because they have one of those.
"Woah! I didn't know beacon had one of these!" Ruby said in excitement.
"Neither did I petals, but I asked Goodwitch and she said there was one, gave me a map and circled it with a red marker, she also muttered something about kids finally doing something other than just fighting, I didn't catch it all," I said looking around, it was like the auditorium, except A. smaller and B. has instrument racks everywhere.
"C'mon Ruby I'll start on the basics of singing with you, let's go," Weiss said gabbing onto Ruby's arm.
I stopped them, "Wait a sec, let me just," I use a new skill I learned on the room, "there we go time dilation, allows us to practice as much as we need to without consequence, and it'll only seem like we were here for a day when we finish, in reality, because time is passing here faster than the outside world, we have about 3 days in here for every day out there, mainly because I didn't want us to get burnt out too quickly, and we all have a life, but the time dilation should help us squeeze in more practice than what would have been possible-" yang cuts me off.
"So we can squeeze up to months of practice into the span of a week if we needed to basically," she said smirking.
"Yes,"
"Great! Now c'mon let's start practicing, we have a dance to perform for in a week...well a week outside of this room, also you are bumping the dilation up to a week for every day, we'll be fine promise," Weiss said pointing to the instruments.
"Err, yes ma'am. Geez you're really excited about this now aren't you?" I asked chuckling, I also bumped up the time dilation.
"Are you kidding me, this is the first time I get to sing in months and it's not because father asked me to for one of his charity parties," Weiss said dragging ruby off.
"Huh, guess she's right, alright c'mon I'll help all of you right now, I should be able to find some preloaded lessons in this creative inventory of mine, let's move it team!" I said smiling shooing people off to go get their assigned or chosen instruments.
- "weeks" later -
I'm currently sitting in a chair in front of the stage when the band starts to play the music piece they've been practicing alongside others. Oh I forgot to mention before they start singing, coco and her team had to leave for a mission, so predictably the task of planning the wedding has been left to us. More specifically Yang, Weiss, and Jaune, Jaune's mainly there to keep the pair from tearing each other apart over doilies anyways I'll let them start singing.
(High hopes cover by )
Ruby starts singing while playing the guitar, smiling she starts.
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing
Didn't have a dime but I always had a vision
Always had high, high hopes
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Didn't know how but I always had a feeling
I was gonna be that one in a million
Always had high, high hopes
Taking over Weiss starts to sing, with a pop in her step she snatched her mic from the stand and singing with her soul, guess even after the month or so of practice she found a new fun in singing. 'Insert the clementine will remember this joke here' but I'm glad she's enjoying it though.
Mama said
Fulfill the prophecy
Be something greater
Go make a legacy
Manifest destiny
Back in the days
We wanted everything, wanted everything
Mama said
Burn your biographies
Rewrite your history
Light up your wildest dreams
Museum victories, everyday
We wanted everything, wanted everything
Mama said don't give up, it's a little complicated
All tied up, no more love and I'd hate to see you waiting
The pair started to sing together with unique harmony, not in a bad way, just in a way an army captain can't describe, I'm gonna be honest the most I've done in way of teaching them is just performing the time dilation spell. The rest is practice books and films I've found laying around in both the music room and in my inventory, and so they taught themselves that.
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing
Didn't have a dime but I always had a vision
Always had high, high hopes
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Didn't know how but I always had a feeling
I was gonna be that one in a million
Always had high, high hopes (high, high hopes)
Ruby takes over on the vocals, I wonder if they might want to do this again in their spare time, I mean it's possible, it's really up to them at that point.
Mama said
It's uphill for oddities
Stranger crusaders
Ain't ever wannabes
The weird and the novelties
Don't ever change
We wanted everything, wanted everything
Stay up on that rise
Stay up on that rise and never come down, oh
Stay up on that rise
Stay up on that rise and never come down
The pair come together again and begin to finish off the song, with the pair smiling from ear to ear
Mama said don't give up, it's a little complicated
All tied up, no more love and I'd hate to see you waiting
They say it's all been done but they haven't seen the best of me
So I got one more run and it's gonna be a sight to see
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing
Didn't have a dime but I always had a vision
Always had high, high hopes
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Didn't know howbut I always had a feeling
I was gonna be that one in a million
Always had high, high hopes
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing
Didn't have a dime but I always had a vision
Always had high, high hopes
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Didn't know how but I always had a feeling
I was gonna be that one in a million
Always had high, high hopes (high, high hopes)
Finishing the song, the pair take a bow, I stand up and clap, "bravo, bravo! You guys are ready, c'mon let's go get some lunch, I think you've all earned that," I said smiling, I mean I have every right to be proud of them, I helped them in a big way, ya know time dilation and all that.
Hopping off the stage, Yang patted me on the back, "hey we couldn't have done this without ya, you don't mind if at some point we bug you to do this again, but you know for combat practice?" she asked me.
"Sure, I don't see why I can't do that," I said shugging.
- end -
'Nother chapter done and dusted. Fun fact: I'm writing this at 4 in the morning (not waking up, I mean I've stayed up this late) and I should go to bed.
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