Tuesday: Groovy Tunes

[wildgalegirl]

Charlie, who was absolutely here every Tuesday, was here today and really missing her little fire lizard. So, she might have been making up a little Jaq the fire lizard song as she while away the time here at the store.

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[mostnonheinous]

Billie cruised in, bopping to her own mental soundtrack, finally getting around to exploring the town instead of just continuously adjusting her home stereo system in the dorms.

"Oh hey!" she said, beaming when she saw Charlie. "It's you! I should have guessed."

[wildgalegirl]

"Billie!" Charlie said delightedly. "Hey, welcome to Groovy Tunes! You can find music here from pretty much any where and any when you can imagine. In this world or out of it."

[mostnonheinous]

Billie's eyes went wide, her mouth forming a little "o".

"Excellent!" she declared. And, just to really emphasize what she thought of that, she did a quick air guitar.

Which was audible, yes. It was, like. Her one go-to magic trick.

[wildgalegirl]

"Whoah..." Charlie said, eyes wide. "Do that again! That was awesome!"

[mostnonheinous]

"What, this?" Billie grinned and repeated the gesture. "It's a family trait. You should hear when my dad and my uncle do it."

[wildgalegirl]

Charlie considered for a moment then sketched out a slightly more complicated charm in the air than she might otherwise, and tried her own air guitar. It wasn't nearly as impressive as Billie's but it wasn't nothing!

"So awesome!"

[mostnonheinous]

"Dude!" Billie said, in total approval. "It's totally more fun with real instruments, but carrying a guitar around all the time just for emphasis purposes is most unwieldy."

[wildgalegirl]

Charlie laughed and turned to show Billie the guitar slung across her back. "Don't go many places without this," she said. "Or my mandolin."

[mostnonheinous]

"You play the mandolin too?" Billie's eyes went wide. "That's most esoteric! I'd love to hear you play sometime."

[wildgalegirl]

"Oh gosh, yeah, anytime," Charlie said. "I go busking across the causeway all the time and usually manage to pick up a gig or two with a band that needs a fill-in. You can totally come with me if you want sometime. Or we can hang out in the dorms or on the roof to play."

[mostnonheinous]

"Oh! I am actually not much of a musician, myself." Said the girl who grew up comparing herself to people who all played in a band destined to save the world. "But listening to music is one of my very favorite activities. I'd love to tag along sometime."

[wildgalegirl]

"Of course!" Charlie said. "Play, don't play, I'm happy to have you along. You can tell me all about your music stuff."

[mostnonheinous]

"Do you have a couple hundred years?" Billie asked.

She was not entirely joking, no.

"I'd love to hear more about your stuff, too. I knew music could be magic, even that it could be magic-magic. But seeing it be magic-magic-magic? Most enlightening."

[wildgalegirl]

"I could probably find the time," Charlie said. She wasn't entirely joking either, though a couple of hundred years would be pushing it.

"Yeah, music is magic and charms..." She sketched her hair blue then back to purple. "They just make the world go around, you know?"

[mostnonheinous]

"I don't know about charms, but music most definitely does," Billie agreed. "And I am willing to be convinced about the charms."

[wildgalegirl]

"I've been practicing doing charms with my music," Charlie said. "Still figuring some things out, but it has potential."

[mostnonheinous]

“I would very much like to partake in the enjoyment of such an endeavor!”

. . . dirty?

[wildgalegirl]

"I would very much enjoy you partaking," Charlie said with a grin.

... as dirty as you want it to be...

[mostnonheinous]

Billie let out a tiny, delighted giggle. Then cleared her throat.

"So . . . what's your favorite non-Earth music?"

[wildgalegirl]

That got a long babble about extra-terrrestrial music and synthesizers and a trip to the correct area of the store to grab some of said music. And then a threat and a charm to get the stereo system to play it correctly.

"See?" she said. "How all the harmonies almost sparkle and then there's that underlying...whatever it is ... that just sort of pulls it all together? So cool!"

[mostnonheinous]

“Most complex!” Billie enthused. “I have to get a copy of this. Thea — she’s my cousin — will be extremely jealous.”

[wildgalegirl]

"Absolutely," Charlie said. "You can pick up a copy here. Or two, to send one to your cousin!"

[mostnonheinous]

"Yes, please!" Billie said. "Oh! Make it three. I'll send one to my dad, too."

[wildgalegirl]

"Of course," Charlie said. "And hey..." She winked at Billie. "I'll give you my employee discount too."