Impressionable Youths [open!]

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Who: Shinichi Okazaki, Ling Yao, Edward Elric, Lucy Heartfilia, and [open!]
What: Mah-jong and misbehavior, continued from here 
Where: Shin's apartment
When: January 16th, mid-afternoon

Rated: PG-13 for teenagers being stupid? Possible alcohol involved?

Carrying a bag of food as a peace offering in one arm, and dragging Edward Elric along with the other, Ling made his way to Shin's apartment as he'd been directed. He didn't even need a map, since he'd been there just the other day trying to save people from the fires that some weirdo had started. 

"Now Ed, this Shin person is going to teach us how to play mahjong properly. And this was something I was never allowed to do at home. If you mess this up for me, I will have you know that I'll be very upset." Ling frowned sternly. "Be nice to these people and maybe we'll learn something useful! Perhaps even how to fight more effectively here, or how to get home."

Ling smirked at Edward as he prepared to ring the doorbell. "We may even get some dirt on Roy Mustang.... fufufuuuuu~."

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If they were around the shopping districk Jan 12, they could've heard~

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Shin's job was to flatter women. He didn't always bother to turn it off, even if had not interest in a girl so young. She probably was closer to his real age, but if he was claiming 18, it helped that he had a taste for older women anyway.

"Nice to meet you, Ed."

Shin beckoned the pair in, then went to make sure that Ling wasn't breaking the instruments. "That's an acoustic guitar, an electric bass, and then an amp. My band just had our first official concert a few days ago."

He turned back to the other two, "If you want something besides beer, there's some cold water in the fridge, and some juice." It didn't really matter that all of the juices were also good for using as mixers, right? He didn't drink mixed drinks much, or juice, but he kept them around for Envy and Haru.

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“Concert, concert…” she repeats the word gradually before something finally clicks together in her head. “Ah! I think I may have heard you guys play around the Shopping Area!” She’s regained some bearings now and she seems a lot more comfortable, if not entirely over-enthusiastic.

“We don’t really see things like too frequently at home. It was interesting and fun to follow through!” Lucy also makes her way over to the instruments, eyeing them carefully, though naturally she doesn’t let her curiosity get the best of her and she remains at a respectable distance. “You play all of these?”

Though, about the beverages, juice didn’t sound so bad and at their mention she smiles and nods politely.

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"I will have juice," Ling announced, as if it were a restaurant and there was going to be a waiter who would go get the drink and bring it.

He turned back to the instruments. "I am not sure I have seen these instruments before ever in my life. What do they sound like? What does the 'electricity' have to do with the music? Please show me," Ling requested, sitting down on the floor in front of the guitars. He smiled back at Edward, and patted the spot next to him. Come onnnn, they won't bite you.

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"I'm good with water," he answered, stepping over to where they were inspecting the instruments, looking over them himself. They really were shaped strangely compared to the guitars he had seen before. He took a seat, curious as well about the prospect of using electricity to play music. Already his mind was trying to come up with ideas on how it might work, but he waited for Shin to go into an explanation.

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Shin laughed, "There's only two instruments. It's easier to show than explain." He picked up the bass, plugged in the amp then flipped it on, letting the hum soften to silence. He swung the strap over his head, and hit a chord, letting it resound around the room.

"The amp," he said, nudging the black box with his toe, "picks up the sound of the guitar and amplifies it. This one's an electric bass, so it has a deeper sound than a guitar." He began to play a bit, just combining snippets of various songs he knew that showed off the range of sound the bass had.

He put down the bass and switched off the amp, leaving it plugged in. "I'll get the drinks, then," he said, heading into the kitchen to fetch the drinks. "I'll be back in a moment, and I can explain more."

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Lucy is genuinely, but pleasantly surprised by the sounds and it easily shows through her expressions. Two to her was still impressive, after all, the only person in her guild who even seemed to possess some sort of musical talent (particularly with instruments) was Gajeel and she'd rather not put too much consideration into his singing endeavors.

"So there's no magic involved at all?" She asks this question aloud to no one in particular as if to reconfirm. Reanalyzing everything keenly, it made sense, she supposed, even in Fiore they had people who were non-magical in lifestyle. Glancing at at the other three, she vaguely wonders what sort of world they came from.

Getting lost in her thoughts and coming to that realization, she focuses herself back on the topic of drinks. "Ah, do you need help?"

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Ling was watching Shin with his eyes wide open as they could get. "Amazing," he remarked, quite breathlessly. He'd never heard sounds like that coming from an instrument! Sure, it wasn't in the same tones that he was used to in Xingese music, and he wasn't sure that he would call it a beautiful sound, but it was truly fascinating.

"Can you believe such a thing is possible," Ling mused aloud, scooting veryveryclose to Edward as he spoke. He didn't dare touch the guitars, simply admiring them with his eyes as if they were holy relics of some sort. "Using electricity to make music? And here there is a device to make sounds, like a radio, in someone's home. How technology has advanced, for him."

lol it's "Shin teaches the kids about modern technology" party

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Ed's eyes also widened a little as he listened to Shin give them an example of the sound. So it was like a speaker... but instead of needing a microphone the cord seemed to send the sound directly through the box called an 'amp.' Focusing hard on this, he gave a distracted nod to Ling's words, but glanced up a little when Lucy mentioned magic. There were a lot of people here who he'd spoken to about the magic in their worlds and each of them were interesting to him in their similarities and differences.

"What kind of magic?" he asked over to Lucy, sitting up more and turning towards Shin and her as they made their way to get the drinks.

[[ooc: hit the enter key prematurely, apparently. x_x]]

XD And all he wants is to play majong

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"It's not magic," Shin insisted, "it's just electricity and sound. There's no magic where I'm from." He opened the fridge in the kitchen and passed back to Lucy a bottle of cranberry juice and a water pitcher. From on top of the fridge he got a stack of red cups as well and another bottle of orange juice. He carried them back in and put them on the table that also held the mini-fridge. "Help yourselves," he said, indicating the drinks and cups as he went to get himself another can on beer, offering one wordlessly to Ling as well.

LMAO best kind of party. jsdhg and sorry, i tot. missed out on this! LJ never tells me Things!

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Hearing Ed return a question regarding magic, wriggled out a variety of feelings that she intrinsically and more innately held onto. Honestly, despite its simplicity, it was sort of nice to just hear the exact nuances of the word “magic.” Smiling, she nodded vigorously, “there’s all sorts of magic. From dragon slayer magic to celestial spirit magic.” She takes two fingers as if to motion two separates sides of the spectrum. “Though, I’ve heard of worlds where magic is limited or it’s more of an “exchange” of resources, in our world, individuals are born with magic inside of themselves."

... so there's no magic in Shin's world, though this fact is not entirely shocking, it was something of interest. She supposed it wasn't that uncommon of a situation between the guests of Death City either...

Seeing the pitcher and juice, she holds her hands out, grasping onto them carefully before following suit and carrying them over to place them on the same table. Lucy nods a small thanks in Shin’s direction before gingerly picking up her own bottle of juice. “Though, there are a lot of non-magical items, I suppose I’m not as accustomed to them. … so it’s pretty interesting to see things like these.”

Lucy gestures over to the amplifier and instruments graciously before passing a glance back towards the source of their current topic. "How about yours?"

oh ok!

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Ling lights up at hearing there's magic in Lucy's world, hands knitting together in excitement. "Wah, that's too interesting! I want to hear all about it sometime, Miss Lucy, okaaaay? I've never heard about real magic before. To be honest, I can't really imagine what that must be like."

"We don't have any magic in our world that I've ever seen or read of in my studies," he explained, rubbing his chin thoughtfully. "We have alchemy to rearrange chemistry and alkahestry to use the earth's life energy to heal. But, it isn't a power that comes simply from nowhere or creates matter or energy from nothing. When I think of magic, that's what I think of. Like, you can use a spell to make the darkness light! Or perhaps make a flower bloom, or fly. We don't have that."