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Pencil and Match wander down the halls of their school, chatting to each-other as they do.
"Ooh, check it out! Band tryouts!" Pencil points to a poster for, well, band tryouts.
Rock Band Tryouts
Have you ever wanted to play with a bunch of other people in this school who like music?
Then sign up for our school band today!(Organised by Mx. Nine & TV)
Pencil impulsively writes her name down. Match, as always, writes hers just below. The two wander away, thinking nothing of it. They’ll do their auditions, and maybe get accepted.
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"Hoi, Match!"
"Matchie!"
Match sits down at her lunch table, where Bubble and Ruby sit. She drops by every so often.
"What’ve you and Pencil been up to? I wanna know, I wanna I wanna!" Ruby asks like a hyperactive child.
"Pretty sure Pence-Pence and I signed up for the school band? I dunno, it was kinda impulsive-"
"Hoiy! You’ve gotta stop soigning up for things impulsiveloiy!" Bubble interjects. "I keep telling you goiys she’s a bad friend!"
Match just laughs nervously.
"You like, know I can’t… I’ve tried, but she always superglues herself to me." She admits.
…
"I might forget, tbh-"
"Don’t worry, Matchie! We’ll make sure to remind you when tryouts are!"
"Yeah! You’ll get banned froim extracurriculars if you keep foirgetting." Her friends tell her.
She agrees to the arrangement. If it gets GB off her ass, then sure.
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3smart
rubyrubyruby: remember match! band tryouts are today!
matchy!!: ty rubes <3
bubble: you’ve got this!!!
matchy!!: i kinda doubt it tbh
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With the promised reminder from her friends, Match remembered to attend tryouts. She’d also learned a bit of guitar from Ruby during the time before, with her friend admitting she’d have signed up if she didn’t forget.
There’s a couple faces she knows there, like Needle or Book.
The latter notices her entering.
"Hey Match… surprised you showed up, to be honest." Her ex-friend begins. "I mean, Pencil’s not even here, thank goodness."
"Yeah, I had Rubes remind me." She admits.
The two make small talk as people go up one by one. Two of the notable ones are Donut on drums, and Dora on bass. The latter’s part of Match’s class, so she knows her well enough. Book’s audition was probably before she got here.
"Match."
"Like, here!~" She calls.
Match sits down. She picks up the guitar.
What is it Ruby said..? Hold the guitar like this… fingers on the frets… and then strum. Another chord… strum. It’s not great, but it’s passable. Her audition ends soon enough.
"That was pretty alright…" Book admits. Match offers a high-five, which she rejects.
Needle gets called up, on lead vocals. Book and Match wish her good luck.
A couple more auditions go by. Puffball also on lead vocals… Teardrop on keyboard, surprisingly enough. Act, by act, by act,
Tryouts ended soon enough. Everyone dispersed, before going back to class.
Match knew she probably wouldn’t get in. But she gave it an honest shot this time, she really did. That made her feel a bit better about herself, at least.