Chapter 8: VSL Rehearsal… What do you mean its to quite!
Next morning I got up at 5:30, which is way to freaking early. Got dressed and went about waking up my Vocaloids.
"Len, Neru, come on you two its time to get up"
"Five more minutes please." Len begged
"Yes, five more please." Neru said talking, immediately everyone in the room was wide awake.
"Neru, you talked?" Len asked
"Well, nice to know that tune up and new VP worked." I said
"New VP?"
"Yeah, I gave her a new vocal processer as well as a system tune up last night." I said
"Thank you Master!" They both said and ran over hugged me.
"I guess you and Rin can finally do 'Green is the Enemy'." I said, Neru nodded smiling, giving me a light peck on the lips.
"Ah, screw it." I heard len say before he to gave me a peck on the lips. "Thank you Master." I nodded smiling and stood up.
"Luka sweetheart, its time to get up." I said, walking over and pinching her arm, she yelped and jumped out of bed clinging to me.
"Master, something bit me!" She said clinging to me.
"Calm down Luka I pinched you to get you up." I said, she relaxed and when she realized that Len and Neru were in the room jumped back and regained her composure before stalking out of the room, I sighed and followed her, going up stairs and getting Haku and Miku up.
"Morning Mack, your rehearsal this morning?" Dad asked, I nodded and walked over to the refrigerator pulling out the gooey cinniamon rolls Dad had made and put them on the counter quickly making up six of them. Once everyone had eaten we all piled into the van and drove out to RRA. Once we were there I was able to quickly go about setting up some speakers for the band and tuning my violin. Pretty soon Bryan showed up.
"You're here really early Mack." He said
"Yeah well someone had to set everything up." I replied, we both had a laugh at that and returned to our work once we were done we sat and talked for a while I commented on how Bryan was rather dressed up for just a rehersal
"Well I thought it would be best if I wore what I'm going to wear then."
"You do realize that once Jonathan and Julia get here you and I are going to be getting costumes right?"
"No, who are they?"
"My Stage and Costume Coordinators respectively." I nodded at the car that had pulled up. "That's them. OK GUYS, its time to get to work." I yelled all the Vocaloids stood and walked over to the car helping unload all the costumes and Jonathan's planning projector. Jonathan's planning project got set up and he quickly told us where everything was going to be and we emulated that with the few speakers I had and some rocks. After that Julia got her hands on us and shoved us in our costumes. Depending on the piece, obviously, I had a different outfit. Because the Vocaloids were singing most of the pieces my Omega 1 costume was only getting worn once… /cry. But oh well thems the brakes. As Bryan was trying on his seventh costume I heard a car pull up followed by what sounded like our semi. Turning and grabbing my omega costume I quickly slipped into the armor and walked sure enough, Loni and Alice had just shown up. Along with my band, Omega Squad and all of our stage gear.
"Mack, it's good to see you." Cameron said walking up, he was our guitarist and one of my closest friends. I walked up and clapsed his hand.
"Thanks for getting here man, any thing get damaged on the way here?" Cameron shuffled his feet.
"Ya, about that. I may have dropped a subwoffer on your electric violin and reduced it to scrap wood."
"You dropped a damn subwoofer on my electric violin?" I asked in a voice that could have frozen napalm. "I am going to kill you."
"My bad." Cameron replied in a non-sympathetic semi-sarcastic tone.
"Miku, Luka?" I yelled.
"Yes Master?"
"Can I borrow your items for a second?"
"Their items? Mack what the hell are you gonna have them… where did those come from?" Cameron asked as Miku and Luka pulled out a Leek and Frozen Tuna respectively.
"Now then Cameron," I said fusing with Ulty
"DIE!" I roared before chasing him around the stage. Everyone else just stopped and stared as I chased Cameron down with a leek and frozen tuna. "We're gonna kill you!" I roared and after about ten minutes I was finally able to catch him and reduce him to a pile of lumps and bruises, ah good old fashion sibling rivalry. After that little episode we quickly went about setting up and getting out instruments. We rehearsed and quickly discovered that my acoustic violin even when amplified was to quite for the pieces I need to play, most particularly Butterfly on Your Right Shoulder. After rehearsal I called Mr. Cameron.
"Hello, Harker Heights Orchestra."
"Hi Mr. Cameron this is Mack."
"Mack, why are you calling?"
"I need some help. I have a concert in a week and my electric violin got a subwoofer dropped on it, and my acoustic isn't loud enough even amped, could a perhaps persuade you to come play with me to help balance out the sound."
"Is it for you robot?"
"It's actually a group concert with all of them hence the reason why I'm having out put problems."
"Hmm, in Austin? You guys aren't scheduled there."
"No, see this is the problem, its at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado." I said
"Colorado? You me the Red Rocks Amphitheater… wait are you guys Vocaloid Summer Live?" He asked
"Yes we are, how did you know?"
"It's made the news."
"How the hell does the media know?" I wondered, I had a rather iffy relationship with the media, once they learned that unless they wanted the electronics in their cameras fried to not come to my house everything was pretty good.
"I don't know, but I was intending on attending it to see if you were really as good as you claim you are."
"Well this would guarantee admission." I said
"Ya, it an orchestra summer field trip." He said.
"SWEET!" I said jumping up.
"Oww, why so?"
"Cause we can play Bad Apple!" I said
"No, I'm not making them bring their instruments."
"Rats, oh well. But can you still play?" I asked
"Yes, I will bring my electric violin and you can drown THEM out."
"Thanks Mr. Cameron." I said
"Not a problem we will be showing up in Denver on the 10th so if you were to meet us at DIA with your band I am sure some hell could get raised." I laughed
"We'll be there." I said hanging up. Two days before they got here four days to thee concert. My phone rang
"Call from: Jermemy Cameron"
"What the heck. Yes sir?"
"What songs are you playing that I need to pull out?"
"Fiddler in the Hood, Butterfly on your Right Shoulder, Disapperance of Hatsune Miku, Meltdown, and Yellow."
"Alright. I'll dust off that music you gave me and find them." He said and hung up this time for good.