Micky the Lark 2011/09/29(Thu)12:55 No. 353926 ID: 742815
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See I'm low, low, low,
so I'm high, high, high!
But as long as I'm still breathing life will never pass me by!
No I've not got time for money and I've had my fill of love,
and I know one thing for sure: until I'm dead I'll never die!

So a leader I am not, and a good sheep never still,
A world that's in black and white don't do and never will.
My git-arr's not too tightly strung, my tongue is not too loose,
my hands are all o' knife gun with naught but time to kill!

So forge ahead ye' marching men, go find your bottle black!
The time you've spent so waging war you'll never all get back.
And too there is a song for every young'n shot to death,
The songs of life gone silent, just a helmet and a sack.

Once I'm high, high, high,
I'll be low, low, low!
How the world has come to hobble so, my love I'll never know!
I can spare a minute for a dime and share my night with you,
Just so long as you can hold my hand while into hell we go!


Welp, I've b'n busking for a couple of days straight now. People 'round town are starting to know m' name.

This isn't rightly m' dream job, no, but as long as the Sky Knights don't come 'round while I'm making m' dinner change I oughta be fine.

Already ate this evening. After m' rounds o' songs I've got about TWENTY DROPS of ink the ol' dropper. What should I spend it on?

well, dinner. admission to hell is free im guessing ?

What kind of stuff do you need?

Who are the Sky Knights?

Fabricate a bitchin' pair of shades. Use your new shades, musical prowess, and masculine wiles to pick up a lady, then you both can go dutch on a meal.

Micky the Lark 2011/09/30(Fri)10:24 No. 354303 ID: 742815
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>>353954
Just ate a few songs ago, and I dun think I'm quite ready for hell yet.

>>353955
Tha's a funny thing, yeah? I dun need much as long as I've got a place to sleep, some food anna guitar. I've got a dream of performin' for real one day, though. One day soon, I hope.

'side from that, there's a nice bunch o' shops for clothin' and all mannuhs o' shit like that. Mostly badly drawn stuff people want to peddle. There's a bar where I sing once in a while, couple o' shady dance clubs down in the underground. Wanna play one of 'ose come a day. Guess I could go for a real light bite if food crosses my mind again.

>>353998
The Sky Knights are the "protectors" of the Grand Flav. They "police" the streets and keep us 'll "safe". They live up in the sky towers while we hovel down 'ere.

>>354112
I dun think there's ANYONE in the Flav who can sing like I do. I've gotta get known. I won't turn down a nice pair of shades if I find them, but I'd rathuh put that in the backburner 'less I can't think of nuffin' else.

I dun know what "go dutch" means but it sounds like a real back-ache. I can always go see my best gal, too. She lives under the Big Lainy Bridge.

Hm, what'll it be?

go see her. there are sings and songs to be done !

Go see the gal pal!

To go Dutch is to split the price of dinner evenly between the two of you.

Micky the Lark 2011/09/30(Fri)13:54 No. 354347 ID: 742815
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>>354307
>>354321

Ok, I'll go'n visit FAO! She's the sweetest lass in the Grand old Flav. She's the on'y one ol' Micky'll walk the line for, you know.

There's the Flav over there. The tallest one. I'll not be the first one to say it looks like a giant dick, yeah? Ok, p'raps I am. Beau'iful thing, though.

Youc'n see the Big Lainy there too, connectin' the Flav and the city to the Sky Knight fortress.

Micky the Lark 2011/09/30(Fri)13:57 No. 354349 ID: 742815
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This's what they call a DORMER SHANTY. Li'l hand-fabricated hives that the poor blokes waste away in. Least they're mostly dry in the rain. Fao lives here. Haven't seen her in a coupla days, sooo I can't wait t'see her!

Micky the Lark 2011/09/30(Fri)14:03 No. 354352 ID: 742815
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>"YOU DUMB FOOK! WHAT THE BLOODY HELL YA BEEN DOING PISSING AWAY DOWNTOWN?!"

"'Lo sweetheart! Well, I was out workin'... made a little ink, you know!"

>"YOU WERE S'POSED TO BE OUT LOOKING FOR A REAL JOB!"

She seems just a little uneasy. Could prob'ly use a little tea to calm her nerves, yeah?

>"OUT WITH SOME FLOOZIE, YEAH? THAT RIGHT? PLAYING THAT FAWKIN' GUITAR AGAIN?"

"Well, it's my dream, pet. You know I've got a passion!"

>"Give me one good reason, Micky, not to kick you're bum lazy arse out of my house."

This isn't the first time she's brought this up. Fact, really, it's a great surprise when she doesn't when I get here.

>>354352
"Because babe...
*shades if you had them*
This is the part where I play you a song."

Then you sooth her anger with you sweet melodies.

"Because you gotta be angry at someone babe, and you know I don't mind. Besides I made an effort, just not not much work that'll have anything to do with my sort. So I go with what I know and earn some change. A real lazy sort wouldn't do as much as that, would he?"

>>354363

>>354363
^^

>>354352
Remind her that you're in between a rock and a hard place. You need a real job in order to bring in the serious ink, but in order to have the proper clothing and continue to provide for the household, you need to continue busking. Also remind her that you're the best and one day, the busking may pay off greater than any real job.

Micky the Lark 2011/10/01(Sat)11:06 No. 354509 ID: 742815
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>>354363
"Lettin' off a little steam'll do you well once in a time, yeah? 'Sides, I'm no bum, if you'll hear me, see. I work hard singin'! It's what I was born to do. Bum wouldn't be out workin' so hard, would he?"

Micky the Lark 2011/10/01(Sat)11:12 No. 354510 ID: 742815
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Ok, well, she wasn't havin' it. That's ok! Y'know what? Maybe she was the string t'my kite anyway. I've go' a dream so strong that she couldn't understand it. I fancy I could make it happen.

F'now though, I dun have much of a place to stay. I oughta find someplace to loiter come nightfall.

Where's the best place for me to go? P'raps there's another way to make money? The Sky Knights are on prowl 'n force around now so buskin' is outta the question.

>>354510
Prostitution?

Do you have any cash at all right now? You miiiight just somehow have enough to buy a room somewhere.. maybe.

>>354510
Any bars around that'll allow ya to play?

Micky the Lark 2011/10/02(Sun)21:02 No. 355233 ID: 742815
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>>354696
While I'm SURE that there're plenty o' lady birds in the city that would love to spend the night with ol' Micky, I'd doubt that any of them would pay for it.

>>354697
I don't 'ave any cash, but I have about twenty drops of INK. Ink goes for about ten bills a drop nowadays, so it's pretty much my life savin's from buskin'.

>>354855
Bars? Well, there's lotsa bars around the Flav, but the three uptown venues that're prob'ly about to let me play there are:

The Crow Bar: This's a bloody ol' dive where some tough blokes hang around. It could use a pick-me-up. Owned an' run by Julia "Ladyface" Plathers.

B. J. Flawkin's: This place is real lively. Pop'lar with the teenagers, datin' and such. Probably nice to reach out to the younger crowd, yeah? Owned n' run by Billy Joe Flawkin Jr.

Birdland: A hip joint up'n Scollay Tower - caters to jazz folk who like the finer things. Little bit more exclusive, I'd wager, but would be a real swell startin' gig. Owned an' run by Charlie the Bird.

Sounds like a good idea. Where should Micky play, eh?

>>355233
B. J. Flawkin's

>>355235
I have to agree. B.J's is the place to be. You got the pizazz--the kind of sound and sex appeal teenagers look for. They're also still living with their parents, a lot of them with disposable income.

B.J. Flawkin's is the place to be, your music is satisfaction guaranteed!

Micky the Lark 2011/10/08(Sat)10:12 No. 356774 ID: 742815
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This's B. J. Flawkin's!

Fuck, lad. I c'n smell the hormones and hubris waftin' tru this place.

That bein' said I think it'll be a fine place to start. Keep'n mind all I've got walkin' in here is my GIH-TARR and about twenty dabs of INK.

How do I make my start? Gotta few o' mackin' couples and some young stags. I feel like an old cluck.

>>356774
Probably talkin to the boss. Don't wanna get kicked out on yer ass.

>>356774

Now this is a decent place!

No way getting to VIP area.

Maybe some very romantic backround music in the main lounge if you get the permission from the bar authority?

talk to the storefront guy about if the place could use some tunes

There seems to be a stage to the right. Get a good look at your workspace first. Perhaps there's already a band their who might be interested in your talents.

>>357230
Check out what appears to be a stage and see if any other musician types are hanging around behind it.