Fourth Floor Common Room, Thursday Evening

[furnaceface]

It was Ben's fault.

That was Jonothon's story, and he was going to stick to it like glue.

He'd pulled out his guitar, and his amplifier, and he'd staked out a spot on the couch, which he'd turned just enough so that he could watch the door. The television wasn't on, but you had better believe that his amplifier was, and he had a small arsenal of songs memorized for the task at hand.

If anybody was going to try to make use of the common room on the fourth floor today, they were going to have to do it at the risk of being greeted by their very own theme music today, courtesy of Jonothon Starsmore and his electric guitar.

Totally Ben's fault.

[Open! And you better believe that there will be YouTube abuse today.]

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[furnaceface]

//We don't, really,// Jono replied, shaking his head, //but they might be able to get something in at Turtle & Canary for you, perhaps. And there's always th'mainland...//

Plotting. Scheming. Do please excuse him. He's not quite alright.

[angelo_wings]

"Pianos are expensive," Rinoa said, completely needlessly, "but keyboards aren't so bad. We should set up a music room, if there isn't one already. Consider it a public service."

[furnaceface]

//If they don't have room here in th'dorm building, I could probably make room in th'Groovy Tunes,// Jono mused. //It just requires some creative rearranging, I think.//

[angelo_wings]

"Besides, it's in keeping with the store," Rinoa said. "They can't get mad at you for having live music in a music store."

They probably could at a bakery, if you were jamming and not watching the pastries.

[furnaceface]

//Really, if we were to hold jam sessions there now and again, we could probably even boost sales somewhat,// Jono noted. //I could live with that, I think.//

It was his job to boost sales, right?

Mostly, he'd just be thrilled to know that people on the island liked music almost as much as he did.

[angelo_wings]

"I'm not sure I'd be any good at jamming," she said, in the interests of honesty. "I mean, I can read sheet music, but I never sat and just ... played?"

She might suck at freestyle. Fair warning.

[furnaceface]

//Well, if there's any one song you want to play, I can improvise,// Jono offered. //A jam session doesn't have to be completely improvised. People listen just as much for th'songs that they already know and love, after all.//

[angelo_wings]

"I should brush up," Rinoa said. "See if I can learn some of the songs from around here, I guess. Does your store have sheet music?"

[furnaceface]

//I wouldn't have it any other way, luv.//

Okay, it wasn't the most impressive collection, and most of it was hiding away in a corner near the back. But it was there. And it was possibly the most sheet music to be found on the island, considering its size, so...

//And if there's not enough, I can always get more in.//

[angelo_wings]

"Are you your own best customer?" she laughed. "That's why I work at the library. Easy access to all those books."

[furnaceface]

//You know, I probably am,// Jono admitted. //That's why I work at th'library, too, actually.//

What better way to feed his favourite hobbies as a recluse than by getting out of his room to assist other people in their search for other similar interests?