Calm Yourself Down Dude

[Riley Forrester]

After Riley had finished unpacking all of her things, she really wanted to explore the town. She wanted to see how different it was from Acton Vale, and maybe- just maybe- make some cool friends along the way. And also maybe find a good spot to just kick back and play one of her songs. So she got dressed in some jeans and a tank top before heading out to explore the nearby town. It was a bit of a walk, but she didn't mind too much.

She brought her acoustic guitar along with her, because bringing the other one would've been pointless. She wasn't about to perform in some shop or other just to get attention. Damn, she wasn't that desperate for friends for Pete's sake. Besides, this was mostly a visit just so she could get a feel for everything this new place had to offer her. But so far, it seemed pretty dang cool. There were a lot of shops, and the place seemed... Cute. There really wasn't any other way to describe it. It was quaint and remote, but had its own culture to it basically. Riley liked that about it- the town had some spirit.



She continued walking along idly before finally spotting something familiar. The gates to a park. Thank god she had brought the guitar! With a smile, she headed in and looked for a quiet spot. There were plenty of people there, probably because it was summer and of course people just wanted to spend it in the park. But, as luck allowed, she found a tree that was a in a spot relatively well abandoned by the other park-goers. So Riley slung her guitar off of her shoulders and plopped down on the grass with a thump. As she took out her pick and made a few testing strums, she decided to just wing it and play an improv song off the top of her head. And so she began to play , occasionally adding in some very soft piano notes with her ability just to give it some more pa-zazz. The wind of course made a lovely partner and added the swaying breeze in as well, making Riley smile as she got lost in a world of her own

[Addison Sloane]

Much like the town center was her favourite hang out to just chill and play her music, Addison thought the park was also an excellent haunt. When it was empty and close to the evening, it had an almost eerie feel to it that Addison quite enjoyed.

But even with a fair amount of people, it made sense to Addison to bring out her keyboard and guitar. And if she actually got some tips for her playing, all the better. She started with her guitar before tuning her keyboard settings to play along with one of her favourite covers of two songs that mesh incredibly well.

As she played, she saw someone starting to play a ways away. Pausing in her play, she waved at the other person, hoping they would come over and play with her. Music was the only thing Addison was willing to share with other people and what better way to pull a crowd than a duet?

[Riley Forrester]

Riley was mostly zoned out as she played, a faint smile on her face. However, she noticed something moving out of the corner of her eye and looked up. It turned out to be another chick sitting a bit away from her. And she had a guitar too! And a keyboard! The realization that there was a fellow music lover and performer in the park made Riley grin and jump up, taking her stuff with her as she plopped down next to the girl with a thump. She gave the girl a mini salute with a tap to her temple with two fingers before flicking it off.

"Yo girl! Glad to see someone else 'round here that plays in parks." She commented with a grin. She glanced down at the keyboard before looking at Addison. "Nice set up." She added with a smirk. Then she held out her hand. "Names Riley. I'm guessing you want to try for a duet, eh?" She asked. Imean, why else would the girl randomly ask her over? It could be a blast though

[Addison Sloane]

Addison returned the two finger salute with a grin. "Not just parks. I usually busk in the town square." She offered before looking down at her keyboard. "Ah thank you. Maybe." She furrowed her eyebrows slightly before looking at the offered hand.

Ignoring it, she lifted her eyes up to the girl and gave her a smile. "Addison. And yes, a duet. It's a pop song though, not everyone likes Top Forty but this one is a pretty good mash up." She slid her phone out to find the cover to show to her new friend.

[Riley Forrester]

Oh, so this chick tried playing out around town? Riley was pretty interested in that. She was brand spanking new, so she didn't really know the place well enough to know where she wanted to play. Besides, she usually liked just playing by herself, and let others find her if they dared. She didn't care to draw attention when she practiced.

Riley dropped her hand when the girl didn't shake it, just a tad disappointed. But eh, some people just weren't touchy feeling or stuff like that. So Riley let it blow over. Besides, the girl gave Riley her name, so it was introduction enough. She gave a lopsided grin before taking a few experiment stroke of his guitar strings. "Nice to meet ya, Addison." She decided. And Riley had been right on the duet part. She glanced over curiously when Addison mentioned it was going to be a pop song mash up. She grinned toothily at that. "Hey, Mashups are my specialty." She said, which was technically true. Her group of friends were also big into just doing covers. Specially since Riley could pick any voice and sound she wanted to add in. Definitely a plus

[Addison Sloane]

Addison's approach to playing her own stuff in the center was more for the organic exposure of her music rather than have her label cram it down everybody's throats by repeating it on the radio. Or selling her album online. There was nothing personal there. She liked connecting with people through live music. And the more anonymous she was to her crowd, the better the feel when they slowly learn to like or even love her sound.

The brunette didn't necessarily feel bad when Riley looked a little off at the hand shake. She was just very bad at physical contact and invading personal spaces. "Pleasure's all mine, Riley." She nodded. Being told that mashups were her thing, one side of Addison's lips perked up and her whole face seemed to brighten up.

"Brilliant. I am definitely liking how these two songs blend so damn well together. You wanna try doing the Troublemaker part while I do the Crazy part?" She asked.

[Riley Forrester]

Riley wasn't really one for selling herself either. Her group wasn't even a real band to be honest. They were just a group that loved to play, and sometimes they played back home for others. Riley was really the spearhead of it all, being the most excited about music. They were a popular urban legend, but that was all. Still, Riley didn't mind playing for others by herself. Or joining in others when they played.

Riley gave a lopsided grin as Addison's face brightened at the information. At the question, Riley only snickered and played a few notes of the song. "Sure thing. Let's see how we mashup, huh?" She asked. Wow, way to be incredibly cheesy Riley. She thought.

[Addison Sloane]

Raising an eyebrow, Addison decided to ignore the line and concentrate on the song she picked. It seemed to need a few kinks worked out, since they were first-timers and strangers at that but sooner or later, they actually managed to get in sync.

Addison did love the way they sounded together, she had to admit that. They ended up mashing pretty well. She looked to Riley for the indication that she felt the same. She also hoped whatever ability Riley had, it meant she could read minds.

"Well well."

[Riley Forrester]

Despite the fact that Riley had absolutely no idea whatsoever as to who this chick really was, she was definitely down to jam out and mix some tunes with her. Sure, they weren't as synched as Riley and Lily were. But then again, Riley and Lily had had a considerable amount of time to learn how to easily match each other's voice, or adjust when Riley switched.

However, as the song went on, Addi and Riley eventually got in tune with each other. And man, it was pretty good. The sound was different from how Riley and Lily sounded, ut hey it was still pretty nice. Nice enough that Riley really did like it. She turned her head towards Addison and grinned. "Niiiiiice." She drawled, chuckling. "That was pretty damn good for our first time, if you'll pardon my english." She never got why it was 'pardon my french.' She had no idea how to speak french. Although that would be infinitely awesome. Riley decided

[Addison Sloane]

It was so easy for Addison's child-like demeanour to fully show whenever she got lost in her music. Playing with someone else got an equally great effect and the smile on the petite musician's face was adorable and quite captivating.

When confirmed that they did sound good together, Addison nodded and was still somewhat high from the adrenaline rush of performing with someone else and sounding good. "Your English is absolutely pardoned. I thought we sounded pretty damn good too." She chuckled, running her fingers through her hair.

Leaning down to rummage through her bag for the bottle of water she usually brought along with her while performing, she offered it to Riley first. "Want some?"

[Riley Forrester]

Was that a smile on the other girl's face? Dawww she looks adorable Riley thought as she grinned. Riley wasn't one to be labeled as 'Adorable.' She usually got cute or punkish. Something along those lines, and sometimes hand in hand. Riley laughed when the girl went along with her rephrase of the saying, and nodded. "That we did."

She watched as the girl rummaged through her pack before pulling out a bottle and uncapping it. When she offered it to Riley, she blinked in surprise before accepting it with a smile. "Thanks." She said before waterfalling a bit into her mouth without touching the thing to her lips. Hey, she didn't know if this gal was one of those people who hated germs. Better safe than sorry. "So do you mostly do mashups?" Riley asked as she handed the bottle back

[Addison Sloane]

Addison busied herself with her keyboard as the girl took some of her water. Once she got the bottle back, she tightened the top on it and threw it into her bag.

"I have originals but mostly when I'm out and about I do covers. And mashups are a biggie for me. I mean I find it super creative of these people to put two or more songs that you don't normally think would go well together and actually make it sound good, you know?" She nodded with a grin. Music talk, that was good for her.

"You? Do you do originals or covers?"

[Riley Forrester]

Riley nodded as the girl spoke about what she did. "Makes sense. And hell yeah I know." She said with a grin in agreement. "Mashups are awesome. I've actually heard some that were between three or four songs. Now those are fun to listen to." She said. Man is it nice meeting someone I can just talk shop with here. Riley thought gratefully. She did it on skype with her friends and sis, but it was different actually finding on at her new school.

"Mostly covers and mashups for me." Riley answered with a shrug. "I'll sometimes do them with my friends or just on my own."

[Addison Sloane]

"You must have heard of Pentatonix?" Addison asked, getting all revved up. "They do medleys that blend into each other so well. And Kurt Schneider, another one that's my total favourite. His arrangements of songs is just so...chillingly good." She nodded before letting Riley answer her question.

"Wanna try another one?" She asked after a while.

[Riley Forrester]

"Yeah! I love their Daft Punk video!" Riley voiced with a grin. "And I think I've heard Kurt once with the um...." Riley snapped her fingers, trying to recollect. "Urr.....Oh! The Bohemian Rhapsody cover!" She finally recalled with a large grin. "I meant to look up more, but I forgot about it cause of school work back in Acton." She said regretfully, grimacing slightly.

"Sure! What did you have in mind?" Riley asked readily enough with a smile.