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I'm fine with RPing through the dinner, it gives me a chance to roleplay Matt's love for egg rolls.....

Orchestratic said
Josh's post: *Matt remains ignorant because not caring is easier* XD

there may be some truth to the above but I'm also trying to demonstrate how Matt's mind works which for the most part goes like this "need band... need songs... need write music... I wonder what's going on with the local scene.... need write music.... what's for eats today... hey look an upcoming show... Are Luce and Parker acting weird? ahh never mind, music"

Orchestratic said
Are we RPing through the dinner or are we time-skipping?

yeah I'm cool with roleplaying through dinner.... gives me a chance to further develop Matt and demonstrate is love for egg rolls.

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Taking another swig of water to ease the soreness of his tired throat Matt replied "Chinese sounds good to me, and I'll ride along but I need to pick my ride up afterwards," Standing back up from where he had been leaning against the van he looked at Parker and Luce and continued "Although if Søren's driving I'm calling shotgun." With that being said Matt walked around to the passenger door and hopped in. Immediately his attention went back to his phone, missed emails along with facebook and twitter notifications beckoned his attention. The majority of the time it wasn't anything that he cared about but he did email subscriptions to most of the venues around town and his facebook and twitter were loaded with other people from the local scene and it was these that he most look forward to. Going through the email there wasn't much there that caught his attention except for a reminder that Atreyu had a show at Chain Reaction, Matt again made himself a mental reminder to look into tickets. After all Atreyu were legends fresh off a 5 year hiatus. Other than the Atreyu reminder nothing in the email interested him, most of it were digital flyers for local shows, some of which he thought he may go to others he had no interest in. Looking through his emails and notifications he failed to notice Søren get in and start the van or to notice any awkwardness that may or may not have existed between Lucey or Parker.

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And my post is up xD also I named the studio owner Terry, if anyone has a better name or a different preference lemme know and I'll change it.

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Having already grabbed part of the drum set before Søren made his earth shattering offer to help Matt had to actually look down to make sure he hadn't dropped anything from shock, other than the proverbial brick he had just shat. Hearing Lucy's greeting Matt turned to her and gave a friendly nod "How was Frankenstein's last night Luce?" Tucking the pieces of the drum set under one arm Matt grabbed a box filled with sticks, picks and just general extra stuff before replying to Parker. "It isn't a question of if I get it, it's more a question of rather it's on paper or padded wallS." It was a joke but at the same time was almost genuinely concerned for his sanity, after all the song had been stuck in his mind for the better of the last few weeks.

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After everything was carted in and the drums assembled rehearsal began. Matt lived for these moments. The Harbingers were all insanely talented individuals and despite the uniqueness of each individual the sound was naturally it's own. No one had to give ground to allow someone else to shine through, a feat that despite the many bands Matt had been in was altogether unique to The Harbingers. The only band he had ever been who could even match the sound of The Harbingers was Forever Unbound. And unlike The Harbingers, Forever Unbound's sound was a result of careful layering and production whereas The Harbinger's was a natural, raw sound that could never be manufactured. These were the thoughts that always ran through Matt's head as he heard and felt the band's music around. The same music that made him capable of putting himself into each lyric of the songs that Søren, Parker, Luce and himself had written individually and together.

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Leaning against one of the open doors of the now loaded van Matt sipped on a bottle of water as the band unwound after what had ended up being an incredibly productive practice. Setting the bottle on the tailgate Matt pulled his phone out of his pocket to check time, which showed 10:43pm, nearly an hour past their scheduled practice end time, not that Terry would care. "About a quarter till eleven," Matt said voicing the time, he added "I'm down to hang out but I'm voting food, practice always leaves me starving. Luce? Søren? Whatcha think?"

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Okay expect my post up today :D probably this evening sometime. Just wanted to let you all know I'm still here, just had a busy weekend that kept me afk. As for Tori last time Matt and her parted she didn't have a huge drug thing but she recreationally used (uses?) cocaine, pot and some prescription meds. Her main drug of choice was (is?) E and Molly. Although the other member of Forever Unbound that she cheated on Matt with he did/does heroin.

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I could even go again xD mainly I was making sure everyone was still here, the silence was disconcerting.

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Rawr?

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Matt reached the front doors and leaned against the glass waiting for the rest of the band to arrive. Pulling his phone out to check the time he noticed a message from Søren that he had to have missed earlier. Reading the short message Matt had a second where he wondered if it had actually been sent by the eccentric bassist, as the message was much more normal than one would expect from Søren. Dismissing the thought Søren may have been replaced with an imposter Matt gave thanks that the message had actually been intelligible rather than one of Søren's overly dramatic monologues that made deciphering basic information more effort than it was normally worth.

With the knowledge of the bands imminent arrival gleaned from Soren's text Matt decided to wait outside. As fate would have it just as Matt stepped outside the van pulled into the parking lot, it's presence was quickly followed by three sharp horn blasts. These were presumably to draw Matt's attention, not that he could have easily missed the purple van if he had tried.

As the band piled out of the van Parker joshingly inquired as to Matt's presence at the studio prior to rehearsal starting. Giving the drummer a grin of his own Matt responded in kind "C'mon man, you know I'm never late, giving a chuckle mid-sentence he continued "the rest of you are just early most days." Following Parker around to the back of the van Matt grabbed a couple cymbals and let Parker in on the real reason as to his notably early arrival "Honestly though you'd of been early too had you spent all day not writing the same song, had to get out of the apartment before that song drove me crazy."

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Pulling into the parking lot outside the studio where the Harbingers practiced Matt took a glance at the other vehicles that sat in the lot. Quickly noticing that Parker's van was nowhere to be seen. Not that it was surprising, Matt had left a little earlier than was normal and he had purposely cut through a parking lot to avoid the one red light he had almost hit. Choosing a parking spot near a street light Matt killed the engine and dismounted his ride. Using the street light he tied his moped up so that no one would steal it.

Walking towards the doors of the studio Matt pulled his phone from his jacket pocket, 5:42, he had made it here faster than he had thought. Heading inside he walked down a hallway and into a room that was littered with cables, amps, mics and stands, both for instruments and for mics. Matt spent the next few minutes untangling cables, get amps set up, both to the right volume and settings as well as getting stands set up for everyone. The whole time he left a central space clear, for Parker's drums. By the time he had finished his phone showed the time as 5:48. Proud of the prep work he had done, and with a distinct lack of any dream music making itself known, he walked headed back to the parking lot to see if the others had arrived, and to see if they needed any help with a carting the drums in.

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