I13DT - All The Pretty Colors

by **Solana Forero** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 7:38 am

Solana had been wandering the campus for a couple of days, familiarizing herself with the place. She'd taken a break from that though to sit in the common room with her guitar. There was some staff paper on the table in front of her, but at the moment she seemed content to strum on the guitar and stare at the air. Occasionally, the guitar made strange noises that no acoustic version of the instrument should be capable of.

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by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 3:51 pm

"What is that, a Fender?" Will asked, after stopping to listen for a few minutes.

by **Solana Forero** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 4:31 pm

"One of their cheaper models, but yes," she said, sitting up and strumming again.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 4:49 pm

"You've got an...interesting playing style."

by **Solana Forero** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 4:59 pm

"Which part? The occasional strumming or the strange noises?" She strummed and the sound morphed into a cat's meow.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 5:06 pm

'That, uh, last bit."

by **Solana Forero** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 5:13 pm

She smiled, "I heard the X-Corp reps refer to me as 'Songweaver' when they thought I wasn't listening. My name's Solana."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 5:34 pm

"Will Stanton. Nice to have someone else in the music department; it's rather bare around here. If you don't count punks," he smiled.

by **Solana Forero** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 5:38 pm

"How do you know I'm not a punk?"

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 7:07 pm

"You appear to know more than three chords."

by **Solana Forero** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 7:21 pm

"Possibly," she said, playing a few chords with no distortion. "Strictly amateur of course. I usually do more singing that playing."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 8:23 pm

"Sounds like you'd be a natural."

by **Solana Forero** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 8:28 pm

"If I make a mistake, I cheat," she said. "And I'm performing for myself as much as anyone else. I can see the sound, so I get a light show every time I perform."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 8:54 pm

"Well, that's intriguing. Like, wave patterns?"

by **Solana Forero** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 9:10 pm

"Similar. It is hard to explain since no one can see it except me." She picked a bit at the guitar. "So you're a music student as well?"

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 9:45 pm

"Theatre, actually, but there's a lot of crossover."

by **Solana Forero** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 9:51 pm

"I could see that. I will probably be taking some theater classes eventually."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 1:07 pm

"Us performing-arts types have to stick together"

by **Solana Forero** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 1:14 pm

"Stage solidarity," she said, holding up a fist for him to bump. "I like it. So where are you from?"

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 1:18 pm

"Upstate New York, actually. The mountains."

by **Solana Forero** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 1:23 pm

"Ah, American," she said, with a tone that made it had to tell whether that was approval or disapproval. "Did you like growing up in America?"

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 1:36 pm

"Mostly, yeah. Things went different when the mutation kicked in, but I can't complain before that at all."

by **Solana Forero** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 1:40 pm

"A content American, I'm amazed," she said with a laugh. "Of course, I mostly dealt with tourists, so I suppose my impressions are a little one-sided."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 1:41 pm

"Let me guess..Mexican?"

by **Solana Forero** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 1:44 pm

"Colombian," she corrected. "Nearly as bad. Though my home town really doesn't lend itself to the typical Spring Break crowd."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 2:16 pm

"Oh? I don't think I've met anyone from Colombia before."

by **Solana Forero** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 2:21 pm

"The world tends to have a very dim view of us," she said. "Assuming we're all running drugs or some other related nonsense." She picked a few angry notes on the guitar.

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 2:23 pm

"I'm sure Colombia has many other things."

A pause.

"...coffee?"

by **Solana Forero** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 2:26 pm

She snorted and laughed, "Yes, coffee. And music." She played a tune that Will had certainly never heard before, but fiery and sad all at the same time.

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 2:29 pm

Will sat quietly and listened. "Very pretty. Did you write that?"

by **Solana Forero** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 2:41 pm

She shook her head, "No, I wish I had. Someone in the band at my father's club wrote it and taught me how to play it. There are words, but only in Spanish. And it's not the sort of thing that the people who came to my father's club wanted to hear."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 2:41 pm

"...what sort of club was this?"

by **Solana Forero** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 2:42 pm

"Not really a night club, but sort of like that."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 2:51 pm

"And you...sang there?"

by **Solana Forero** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 2:53 pm

"Sometimes. I started singing during the earlier hours when the crowds weren't as big. Singers cost money and it let my dad save a little and let me do something I love. Then, once I got older, I started singing during the evening hours."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 4:01 pm

"No practice like being forced into the midst of it. That must have been something."

by **Solana Forero** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:00 pm

"It was great. I'm going to miss it."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 9:58 pm

"Well, maybe we can find something for you around here, too. Not a lot of swanky clubs here in Maldon, but there's opportunities."

by **Solana Forero** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 10:10 pm

"Maldon did not strike me as a melting pot of cultures."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 10:11 pm

"It's not. You get that more in here than out there, but even so..." Will shrugged.

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