As everyone cleaned their mess and settled down, a realization came to Ruby, who felt bored with only constant suspense, action or absurdity being viewd on the screen.
"Do you think we'll see Jaune sing?" Eyes went to her, and she immedietly felt uncomfortable. "What? He has a guitar, I figured he also sang?" Her voice trailed off as a blush of embarrassment covered her face. Yang took the opportunity to tease.
"Hm, something different would be nice for once." Raven was the one who surprisingly spoke those words, shocking all of the adults, and daughter, in the room. "What? You think I don't like music?"
The screen began clearing up after her sentence finished, revealing the calm, chatty inside of a bar. Various people of different ages and races chatted, drank and smoke together quietly as they time passed.
"Well, that's nice. But why's it in black an white?" Velvet leaned forward, intreagued by the choice in filter.
"Maybe it's for some sort of aesthetic?" Sage questioned.
From the front door walked in Tony Ozpin Wilson, host of the show So It Goes on Granada TV. It was one of four shows that ran music around Vale, although he had a different taste in sound, as he only really brought in the freaks and unknowns on his show, purposely ignoring any popular music seen or heard on the mainstream.
"Wow... this version of you I don't hate." Raven chuckled to herself as Ozpin sent a glare her way.
The camera cut to a group of six sitting at a large table. Several cigarettes have been smoked by thr group, and more would've been of Ozpin hadn't walked in.
"There he is..." Sun pointed towards the posh man, who now sat with another group of people. They were obviously speaking about the mini concert that was occurring that night. "Go tell him!"
The camera panned to reveal Jaune, who had a different look to him; mainly his hair, which was now much shorter than before, the front only reaching the top of his forehead while the rest had been cut down and dyed black. His wardrobe also took a sudden turn with a military style button-up, a pair of slacks and black dressing shoes that looked comfortable to walk in.
Coco whistled, impressed by the younger boy's new style. Pyrrha grinned a bit, caught off guard, but not displeased. Weiss was just glad he looked decent for once.
Placing his cigarette back in his mouth, Jaune quickly wrote something down before standing up and storming over to the man.
Ozpin was genuenly surprise by the look of irritation in his student's eye, which was only aimed at him. Great.
Jaune grabbed his cigarette and leaned down, getting in Ozpin's face before blowing smoke in it.
Everyone stayed silent. This was definitely not what they expected from something involving music.
"You're a twat. You're a bastard." Ozpin scoffed softly and grinned.
"Really? Why's that?"
"You're yanking us around and wasting our time, you cunt. Get us on your show or I'll do your head in." Jaune shoved the piece of paper in his chest, still clearly angry. Ozpin tool hold of the paper and smirked.
"Well then, you'll be the next band I put on-"
"Yeah fucking right your band is going before mine!" Jaune and Ozpin both turned to see Sage arguing with someone else.
"That's right we're going before your band! And your band isn't even a real FUCKING BAND!" Scarlet stood behind his friend, arms crossed and eyes serious.
"He'll do your head in. I've seen him do it." Jaune suddenly walked up, and got in the guys face as well, blowing smoke as his livid face made it clear not to mess with them.
"FUCK OFF!" The guy scoffed and walked away. Ozpin chuckled and unfolded the paper, revealing the boy's message.
It's Joy Division you cunt
Qrow couldn't explain it, but he felt a sense of pride for that kid.
"Oh man, this is good." Yang chuckled to herself as the scene played out. It wasn't every day she got to see Vomit Boy actually let lose a bit.
"You must've really been messing with them to get the kid that mad, Oz. From what Ruby tells me, he's almost harmless." Ozpin chuckled as he remembered his own attitude at that age. Always impatient and hotheaded.
"I would've been irritated too, if I'm honest."
Ozpins counterpart smirked at the scene, and then the heavy bass notes of a song began playing.
Ruby gasped as she would finally get to see what she wanted.
The scene cut to a small concert within the bar, revealing the band playing; Scarlet on guitar, Sage on Bass and Sun on guitar.
"Wait, where's the skinny one?" Gwen asked, takig a sip from a drink she didn't remember getting.
Sage approached the mic as he continued to play.
"The introduction's usually not this long, I think our singer's in the toilet." The crowd continued to cheer regardless.
"Huh..."
The camera shifted to the standing in the middle of the crowd as color started filling the screen, revealing the various colors inside the poorly lit bar.
A muted blue shirt stood out from the crowd as the owner pushed its way through, hopping on stage and revealing it to be none other than Jaune, who wad immedietly yelled at by Sage.
"Where have you been, you twat!?" Jaune flipped him off and got in the rhythm of things, quickly tapping his foot and swinging his arms in a sort of 's' formation to the drum beat before grabbing the mic.
Feel it closing in
Feel it closing in
The fear of whom I call
Every time I call
I feel it closing in
I feel it closing in
Day in, day out
Day in, day out
Day in, day out
Day in, day out
Day in, day out
Day in, day out
As Scarlet began a small solo, Jaune began to flail his arms more wildly, tapping his foor harder to the beat.
Nobody could explain why, but the way he placed his voice so low, and the way he danced was hypnotic.
"It's like he's having a seizure and dancing it off." Raven observed, clearly impressed by the boy. Weiss was mostly impressed by the subtly of the first verse, it wasn't too vague or shoving information in their faces.
As the solo finished, Jaune grabbed onto the mic stand, once again tapping his foot to the beat.
I feel it closing in
As patterns seem to form
I feel it cold and warm
The shadows start to fall
I feel it closing in
I feel it closing in
Day in, day out
Day in, day out
Day in, day out
Day in, day out
Day in, day out
I'd have the world around
To see just whatever happens
Stood by the door alone
And then it's fade away
I see you fade away
Don't ever fade away
I need you here today
Don't ever fade away
Don't ever fade away
Don't ever fade away
Don't ever fade away
Fade away, fade away
Fade away, fade away
Fade away, fade away
Fade away
Jaune swung and flailed his arms again, continuing until the final tap of the drum.
The crowd cheered on. Ozpin had clearly enjoyed himself, from the smile on his face as he mingled in the crowd.
"This next one's called Disorder." And with that, the screen cut to black.
"Aw come on! I wanted to hear that!" Ruby crossed her arms and pouted. Behind her, Sage was already agreeing with his teammates to talk to the blonde leader of JNPR about a musical project.
"Oh don't worry, I'm sure we'll see more of this." Summer patted her daughters head to calm her false anger.
"Hopefully it's just as good too." Ruby sighed.
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The song was Digital by Joy Division. If you haven't heard it yet, now's your chance.