Pulling into the venue was a spectacular sight, already fans were lining on the street talking to eachother, looking slightly tired, some still excited, I wonder how low they've been waiting there? Light music playing the inside Zepp where the bar was located roared out there three staff members and a velvet rope guarded the glass doors, still closed they promised that when that sun set magic would drug them into a euphoric state filled with the sounds of a Nation hungry to perform. How long has it been? I'm aching for that stage as well, I look push the button to let down the window, some fans notice, they call out to me yelling my name and hello's, sweet nothings that mean everything to me, I thank them and say hello back. We pull up to the back entrance where only a few fans standing flock towards the van, "Finally!" Seiko calls out, she urges Emily who's already opening the door and shooing the fans to let us through to hurry up. "Finally we're here, like you said Chara" Erins calls out to me I jockingly pretend to flick his eye and he jumps out of the van, following by Tomo who still has his earphones in, I take a deep breath and slide out of the van, it's cold.
We were greeted by staff as we made our way through,more staff members are there blocking the path of the fans whom I wave to, some are dressed like various members of the band, I spot two Seiko's and Erin's, Tomo, and me, but they are calm and shy, as I'm walking behind Tomo a girl with short black hair and a thick pink streak calls out to me, "Good Afternoon, Chara-Hime!" this makes me smile, and I bow slightly and return her greeting, I see the rest of the members are doing this as well, Tomo however stoped behind me to sign a couple of things, a boy in front of me calls our "picture, can I take a picture?" I agree to which Emily doesn't as she shoots me a look, but I pull off my glasses and strike a crazy face pose he seems to enjoy as he takes the picture, he thanks me and I am ushered by Emily who closes the door behind, "It was just a picture Ems, chill out."
"We need to rehearse as soon as we can since we're running late, so just go run a quick rehearsal while I check and see when you're clothes will be here," I looked around and it seemed that there was no looks of disappointment, clearly we were al just dying to go on stage, "Calvary, charge!" Seiko lead the way to the stage, laughing I followed behind her and pulled on Tomo's sleeve to follow charging down the corridor I heard him behind me and Erin soon passed both me and Seiko. We made it to the stage after getting lost for a bit and actually made it to the floor, the bars already in line, I really hate that this is the way people attend concerts here, but it keeps people safer? I still don't know the purpose of them, I make my way through and Tomo who's already on stage gives me a hand and pulls me up. The lights are all on, later they would all be dimmed down to an ember. I look out to the venue, I think about who's played here and how long it took us to get here, the posters outside his place of majesty, my face in cool eyeliner next to seiko's bright pink hair, Tomo's smirk as the camera catches his softer side and Erin's half opened mouth almost a lover letter, I wonder then, if I'm worthy of this here, who am I but a gaijin, a indies phenomena that happened to catch the heart of a legen and then be thrown away like yesterdays sashimi. I once wrote a song for someone whom i knew would reach greater heights and with that song the loves me life made way for us and our wierdness. A sound not heard of shaky Japanese, but unshaking desire to rise to this very stage, a place that once you pay homage you're basically inside the club. I could only get in holding on to Masake, wanting to run away. Some would say that the past summer festival in which we toured across countries far away from Asia and had instant recognition and a decent fan following would have branded us major, but it is this moment right here, standing in a vast hall that sold out in less than ten minutes and jammed phone lines and crash servers that I find myself and I look behind me to my band mates and I think, "they deserve it" but me...I'm just lucky to included. I try to shake the feeling off and we begin our rehearsal lights flash, and Sato joins us on stage,
We were greeted by staff as we made our way through,more staff members are there blocking the path of the fans whom I wave to, some are dressed like various members of the band, I spot two Seiko's and Erin's, Tomo, and me, but they are calm and shy, as I'm walking behind Tomo a girl with short black hair and a thick pink streak calls out to me, "Good Afternoon, Chara-Hime!" this makes me smile, and I bow slightly and return her greeting, I see the rest of the members are doing this as well, Tomo however stoped behind me to sign a couple of things, a boy in front of me calls our "picture, can I take a picture?" I agree to which Emily doesn't as she shoots me a look, but I pull off my glasses and strike a crazy face pose he seems to enjoy as he takes the picture, he thanks me and I am ushered by Emily who closes the door behind, "It was just a picture Ems, chill out."
"We need to rehearse as soon as we can since we're running late, so just go run a quick rehearsal while I check and see when you're clothes will be here," I looked around and it seemed that there was no looks of disappointment, clearly we were al just dying to go on stage, "Calvary, charge!" Seiko lead the way to the stage, laughing I followed behind her and pulled on Tomo's sleeve to follow charging down the corridor I heard him behind me and Erin soon passed both me and Seiko. We made it to the stage after getting lost for a bit and actually made it to the floor, the bars already in line, I really hate that this is the way people attend concerts here, but it keeps people safer? I still don't know the purpose of them, I make my way through and Tomo who's already on stage gives me a hand and pulls me up. The lights are all on, later they would all be dimmed down to an ember. I look out to the venue, I think about who's played here and how long it took us to get here, the posters outside his place of majesty, my face in cool eyeliner next to seiko's bright pink hair, Tomo's smirk as the camera catches his softer side and Erin's half opened mouth almost a lover letter, I wonder then, if I'm worthy of this here, who am I but a gaijin, a indies phenomena that happened to catch the heart of a legen and then be thrown away like yesterdays sashimi. I once wrote a song for someone whom i knew would reach greater heights and with that song the loves me life made way for us and our wierdness. A sound not heard of shaky Japanese, but unshaking desire to rise to this very stage, a place that once you pay homage you're basically inside the club. I could only get in holding on to Masake, wanting to run away. Some would say that the past summer festival in which we toured across countries far away from Asia and had instant recognition and a decent fan following would have branded us major, but it is this moment right here, standing in a vast hall that sold out in less than ten minutes and jammed phone lines and crash servers that I find myself and I look behind me to my band mates and I think, "they deserve it" but me...I'm just lucky to included. I try to shake the feeling off and we begin our rehearsal lights flash, and Sato joins us on stage,
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