XVI - The beginning of a career
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints, the sinners are much more fun.- Billy Joel
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-Kobayashi Residence, A.K.A Fynn's House since his parents will mostly never be here-
How to start a career that most people don't know how to begin? Well, it is quite the easy thing to do. Singing. To be a singer you must, above all, have the required talent. This condiiton I sort of skipped thanks to the system. Second is a fanbase. If you are a new artist without any previous fanbase, then you are a fish on dry land. This I can build through social media like Instagram and promote through YouTube and Twitch. That is the first step I should take. But... I don't want to be a run of the mill streamer. I must do things with a bang. So I decided I would contact a few people from tomorrow onwards and begin the process of creating the ultimate band! Besides, I owe a few explanations and an apology to Fuuka and Michiru.
Tomorrow classes begin once again. They managed to hide from the whole world this incident behind a tremor. Devils really work fast. So anyways, I have a few hours to buy everything I'll be needing. There is a basement in my room which hasn't been used in... ever, so I'll adapt it into a streaming room which will work as my studio. Here I'll record songs with the group I plan on forming. Hell this is going to be a crazy rollercoaster for them. It is a rollercoaster for me and I haven't done anything but plan it!
Reine: Fynn! Are you going to buy those instruments or not?
Fynn: Of course I am my dear wifey. It's just that I want to first clear out the basement.
Reine: Oh, we all can help with that!
Fynn: I was thinking of using magic but... who knows, there might be something useful.
Reine: I'll call the girls, you go downstairs.
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Around three hours later we had finally disposed of everything that didn't have any kind of use. I kept some cool things for decoration. There where some vinils, a few abstract portraits and a string of LED lights, which will be used to give the vibe during streams. Now I just ahve to go and buy a computer, a camera, and a few instruments. Also a MIDI controler or a Monodeck and a good set of headphones. At least a pair for everyone.
Yuzuru: Resignation... Fynn is lost in his own world.
Kaguya: He is surrounded by beautiful girls and he still ignores us!
Grayfia: You know, calling yourself beautiful is not the way to pick a guy's attention.
Fynn: I am sorry for neglecting you girls, I have a few things in my head. Don't worry though its nothing serious, just a few plans I have for the future.
Kaguya: Hmph, I guess I don't have other choice but to forgive you.
Fynn: *chuckle* Yeah, yeah, whatever you say my cute Kaguya.
If only she knew that by acting so much like a Tsundere she is only being cute, she would most likely stop doing so. But I won't change that, I really enjoy their personalities the way they are.
Fynn: Well, I'll be leaving for a while! You girls spend your day however you want. I'll be back before night though!
Everyone: Bye!
-Somewhere on Earth?-
While Fynn walked through the streets of the city, someone was paying close attention to everything that happened around him. A being of supreme power, some would say. Not an evil one, no. But it was interested in the human who came to impress Bahamut himself. It wanted to know more of the human, so it decided to infiltrate society and make its way to him. It was bored and, after many, many years, it had finally found something that managed to pick its interest.
-At an instruments store in Kaigi City-
Fynn: Hey there!
Michiru: Fynn! Hey! You! You owe me an explanation!
Fynn: *sigh* Can it wait a few minutes, please?
Michiru: I guess it can... so, why are you here?
Fynn: Well... since you are here I might as well tell you. I am going to form a band!
Michiru: WHAT! Really?!
Fynn: Yes! And you are goin to be the main guitarist! And also vocals, of course.
Michiru: How come I didn't know of this?!
Fynn: Because I though about it just a few days ago. I came here to buy the instruments and after asking for them to be shipped I was going to the electronics store to buy a modern computer and some producing hardware and software.
Michiru: And where are we going to play then?
Fynn: Why do you sound like you already accepted? And to answer your question, my basement is soundproof, so it's the perfect place. Besides it's very spacious, so we won't have problem fitting inside or moving around.
Michiru: I see... So, I have a question about this. Who is going to be the main vocalist?
Fynn: Noone! I'd like to say I will be, but the people I have thought about can all sing. So it would be best if we all have our songs in the albums we release. We only have to keep them coherent.
Michiru: I like it. It would be a never seen before mechanic to how a band works.
Fynn: Chool! Now lets pick the instruments.
-Around half an hour later-
In the end I picked the instruments on my own. I realized quite late that I didn't need to come here to buy them since I can get them from the System's Store, but oh well, what is done is done. For the instruments, I bought two gitars. One electric which is a Gibson Les Paul custom crafted. It is a deep ocean blue colour with white lightning. The other one is an acoustic. With this one I went for a Martin DXMAE, classic wooden design. I bought Yamaha Stage Custom Batteries, since it was, according to the clerk, a classic. Red colour, everything seemed new, according to Michiru they are some of the most reliable ones, so I'll take her word for it. I bought a keyboard and a piano for me. A Yamaha DGX-660 for the keyboard, which I know is rated as one of the best out there and, for the piano, I bought a Shigeru Kawai SK-EX, in an all black colour. Then I went to the bass section where I spent quite some time searching. In the end I settled for a Warwick RockBass Corvette 5. This one, since is the opposite of a guitar, I picked it in a blood red colour.
After that, Michiru and I left the store and I explained that my plan to start with a certain fandom to ourselves was to do streaming on Twitch. That way, we all would be liked by the fans and we wouldn't have to release an album without being sure of having enough reproductions for it to pick up attention.
Fynn: Do you want to come to my house now? I can explain what you want to know there. And you can also help me set everything up nicely.
Michiru: Yeah! I want you to explain things very clearly!
-Kobayashi Residence-
Fynn: Hello everyone!
Reine: Fynn you're back already?
Yuzuru: Interrogative... So fast?
Kaguya: I though you were coming back later!
Serafall: Fy-chan is back yay!
Mio: Fynn-senpai!
Grayfia: Welcome back, Fynn-sama.
Michiru: What the fuck?! You are living with so many girls?
Fynn: Yup! Harems are legal anyways. So, explanations... I am too lazy to explain this again... *sigh*
Then I explained Michiru about my powers and the existence of the supernatural. To say she was flabbergasted would be an understatement. I thought she was going to have a heart attack when I summoned my armour and asked Mio to summon her robe. I am so going to be questioned by the other girls on how Mio got her new powers. Welll, nothing I can do about it now, I guess.
Fynn: So that is the gist of it.
Michiru: To think there are so many things we don't know...
Fynn: Some humans do know, but most are not regular humans. Mages, Priests, the Church. They all have relation to the supernatural world.
Michiru: Wow... so, God is real?
Fynn: God died in the ancient war between Angels, Fallens and Devils. Though the Church doesn't know that. Well, do you want time to digest everything?
Michiru: Yeah... I need at least a day to think. Still, tomorrow I will come back, okay? I want to see the studio once its all installed.
Fynn: Sure, sure. Bye Michiru, be careful on the way home.
Michiru: Yeah, bye Fynn-kun!
As soon as she left I felt five glares on me. How great, now I have to deal with something worse than the devil.
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You all know I don't line saying this, but all support and all good criticism is accepted. At least so I can ponder if it is needed to actually change or better something.
Also: In the end it is not going to be swimming. I realized I barely even know any character from free, and Dive! and Dansui which are two other anime and manga realted I didn't even know about them. Instead I'll go with Volleyball, because I know Haikyuu characters like the back of my hand.
Your dear (or not?) writer: RottenGabriel