Group RP Iris-shi High School Talent (Idol) Club! (IC)

Having already lent his laptop to Robyn, Kai had a good look at her (and Robin's) posters, and so did Nora. "Sharing a poster like that..." the latter mused. "...do you really wanna get more gossip your way? Like, both of you?" I mean, sure, sharing a poster and a stage name is one thing, but if both parties had already established themselves as "totally not related people", wouldn't that invite more random rumors between the two?

And then Kai's eyes became as wide as dinner plates at Nora's comment. "Nora!" he scolded her. Not loud enough for a yell yet stern enough to snap his sister back to her senses.

 

(Haha, I think that's the second time I've used that term as a plural for the two LMAO)

I mean, if they had a similar setup as the Hansens and I didn't know better, I would think they were siblings too, Alex reasoned in her head. Maybe one of them should dye their hair...

For now, she just nodded at Robin's comment about being the leader. "Yeah, I think fire would have overdone it. It wouldn't quite mesh with the setting."

Tamal, on the other hand, noticed how nervous Robyn had become. Well, if she didn't want to admit to anything between herself and Robin.... Was she the type that needed a push, or wanted someone to cover her? The latter got him thinking again. If we need to unbalance the duo stage names so that people don't think they only represent siblings... Maybe there's something I could do about that...?

 

"Look, maybe one of them comes from a different universe, or timeline. "Tala said as she shook her shoulders. "I had heard in class that is possible" saying that with a serious face.
after that she laughed. "Just joking. Sorry I just had to do that"

(Tala doesnt know, no worries. And I wonder will the club ever find out about there past)

 

(Not really. It's more like the "sharing" part that surprised him. Also, poor Robyins. )

Between Nora's "O-oh..." and Kai's sigh of exasperation, it sure was a little hard to believe that Robyn could be quite easily flustered by a freakin' first-year. However, it was (mostly) the second-years who got the situation a little out of hand for the Robyins. From Tala's joke to Tamal's potentially-knowing grin (and Naga knew whatever random thoughts currently whirring in his head), even Alex looked like she's trying oh-so-hard to keep her braincells from going too wild. And Maya? Like Tamal, Naga knew whatever's going on inside her head during all this messed-up convo.

Sighing again, Kai gave his fellow third-years an apologetic look. "Sorry about that, guys," he said. It was then followed by a question to try getting the meeting back on track: "When do you want us to finish these, by the way?" And by "these", he meant the poster designs.

 

@SAF

(If you're wondering what Maya's doing--yes, she is not paying attention because she is gathering up her poster concepts, with the second one in front)

 

"All right, noted. I should show you mine and Tamal's designs now, right? We talked to the same artist, and the initial thumbnails got emailed over a while back." Alex pulled her laptop onto her knees, preparing to flip it open and show the group once she got permission. "Mine just has me and my name, but Tamal also added a title to his. Not quite a stage name, though."

"I mean, it could be," the boy in question shrugged. "But I was thinking 'Capella' for my stage name, actually. You know, after the star, and because I'm a singer? Get it? Please laugh?"

Alexa pointedly gave him a look. Tamal only smiled wider.

 

"All right, I'll show Tamal's first. You want to explain yours?" Alex flipped her laptop screen open, and after a quick moment of navigating her emails, she opened the file and turned the screen around.

Tamal waved a hand in front of it in a "ta da" motion - revealing a back shot of him onstage, on his knees, guitar in hand, and pointing one finger to the night sky. A shooting star underscored his name, the words "Rising Star" printed in its wake - although rather than falling, the meteor seemed to be going upwards at the end. On either side of Tamal, just in front of the crowd, a pair of bright stagelights framed the picture.

Spoiler: Tamal's Poster (sketch)

"Right, so I was going for sort of a rock star vibe? I also originally wanted to put flames on the side, but we - that is, Alex, me, and the artist we got - thought it might be too much, so they added lights instead. I also don't have my stage name there, but I might put it along my title. Of course, I know this doesn't have my face in it, but I could ask for another perspective - this one from the audience, still with the rising star in the back, you know. The artist just couldn't quite get the perspective to work the first time." Tamal gestured to each section, speaking with an occasional pause or stumble as he tried to collect his thoughts.

"All right, Alex, your turn!" At his closing remark, Alex turned the screen back, pulling up her own poster. Though she'd tried her best to hide any nervousness at the results of her composition attempt, her expression must've showed something, because Tamal also added "Don't worry about it, it's gonna be awesome!" in a low hiss.

"Right. This is the first sketch of what I commissioned," she said as she flipped the computer over again, this time revealing a sketch of herself in her first performance outfit, half turned away from the screen with a maybe-smile-maybe-serious expression on her face. Beams of light and lasers in shades from lilac to green overlapped on a navy blue background reminiscent of the night sky, while her name in a futuristic font capped off the design.

Spoiler: Alexa's Poster

"I originally wanted to have something like myself stepping out from a curtain, but the artist ended up going a bit of a different direction - now the lasers and lights just kind of imply the stage and curtain, while keeping the futuristic theme I was hoping for. Right now it just shows a sketch of me, but I'm planning to do a quick photoshoot for the final thing, and overlay that image with cyan just to keep the aesthetic going. I... also didn't put my stage name, because I'm still coming up with it, but we can save that for a later discussion. Thoughts?" Alex's gestured to the digital image. "On both of our posters, that is."

 

Tala looked at them. "I love them both. Its so lets see artistic look" smiling at them. "Nice work both of you"

She nodded at Robyn, about it to send it wt the end of week.

 

@SAF

"Both of those are very nice!" Maya smiled. "I like the futuristic look." she told Alex. "It'll look cool when it's done."

She next addressed Tamal. "I like the rockstar vibe you have going.

 

@122 Generation

"Based on you guys' feedback, I'm going with the second of my concepts." Maya explained. "I plan to get back with the art club in a day or two."

 

At Robyn's closing remarks, Tamal gave Alex a pointed grin. After a moment where the duo exchanged eye contact in a short-lived battle of wills, Alexa sighed and sat back. "Actually, I do have a few stage name concepts, but I'd like your opinions on them. I was thinking of going with Harmony, but that seemed to lack an edge, so I thought about Harmonyx - but is that too similar to Phoenix, Maya? If not, that's okay - I have some other backup stage names, and I'll pick one eventually and maybe put it under my name."

"Oh, and to ask - would it be possible to have a duo stage name alongside our original ones?"

Tamal's sudden interjection caused Alex to turn to him in mild surprise. "Wait, what?"

"Since, you know, the Hansens are siblings, but Robyn and Robin look like siblings but aren't, so there was that whole dilemma, if Alex and I had a duo stage name and we obviously look quite different, that could get rid of some of the confusion surrounding you two!" He gestured to the Robiyn duo again. "I was thinking 'Polygonal'. You know the 'al' refers to us. Tam-al and Al-ex."

Alexa paused, mulling the idea over in her head for a moment. While she wasn't opposed to teaming up with her old friend, the fact remained that they had a fandom. A fandom that could be quite unholy too much. "Not that I'm against it, but... you are aware of how much worse that could make life for the both of us?"

"Huh?"

Right. He had never seen the Poll That Crawled Out Of The Depths. And Alex didn't particularly feel in the mood to ruin his day or their friendship. She just held her tongue and hoped the other members wouldn't clarify too much.

 

(Oh dear, my braincells were stuck again. Apologies. )

So now everything happened too quickly since Kai's attempt to steer the meeting back on track. Both siblings nodded to Robyn's directive of sending the posters by the weekend and lightly chuckled at Tamal's little banter with Alex. Kai then put his laptop aside to make room for Alexa's as she and Tamal showed their designs. Sure, her futuristic and his rock star vibes matched their respective energies, but Maya had already voiced that before either siblings could.

And then there's Tamal's idea about him and Alex sharing a stage name. While the idea itself was alright, Nora jolted at the other girl's remark on the "Not that I'm against it, but..." part. I mean, Robyins' rumors aside, there's also a certain forbidden ship trying to sail in the fanbase. It also spurred a very concerned Kai to intervene at this point. "Alex," he shot a glare at the girl he called out to. "Let's not talk about it now, okay?"

As for whatever Kai wanted to talk with Robyn about, that had to wait until the latter officially dismissed the club and everyone else going their ways. The former just had to do this before meeting up with Kalino, Nora's classmate from the photography club.

(In this RP, Kalino Miller is about Nora's age. His hair is now kept naturally auburn instead of painted blue like in another RP and has two pet cats instead of Ninetales: Mako the ginger tabby and Mio the white munchkin.)

 

"I love that stage name. Its so good" Tala said entusiastic. (Sorry for misspelling)

"Anyway. So next week poster done right?" She asked to extra confirm. "Do we need too discuss something else?" Gazing around the other members if they need it to say or ask something

 

@122 Generation

"Thanks for the feedback, everyone!" Maya smiled before gathering up her concepts and departing. She made a note to meet back with the art club the next day, then send in the fine tuned version of the second poster by Friday.