voice testing modern les mis? okay, why not.

[fullof]

Hey, I'm not fickle. I'm just ... interested ... in a lot of things...

So what if my attention span isn't the greatest. You're certainly one to judge. ( hmph. marius apparently isn't afraid to wear his metaphorical sassypants out and about. ) Just be glad that I'm, like, here. You know? Suck it up.

Oh, and before I forget -- the guitar is not just another passing phase. I'm going to teach myself how to play this stupid thing if it kills me. Look at me. I practically scream "musical genius waiting to emerge". ... And don't you dare bring up the drumset incident. Don't.

Right now, there is nothing on this Earth that could possibly distract me from my musical dreams. Nothing.

( certainly not whatever topic of interest catches his eye next. and certainly not a member of the opposite sex. puh-lease. )

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[flyingonfourls]

[SO SORRY, MARIUS, but -- here's Joly just laughing his ass off at you.]

Oh god, stop, you're going to make me rupture something.

[fullof]

What? I'm being serious! Seriously. ( look at this guitar. look at it, joly. HE'S GOING TO TAME THIS BEAST IF IT KILLS HIM. )

[flyingonfourls]

You're serious like Grantaire is sober.

[shylyintrepid]

[Jehan is just dying over here]

Oh, Marius please. The only thing you scream is "awkward sort-of hipster".

[fullof]

Just because I wear capris sometimes doesn't mean I'm a hipster. ( let's not mention the stupid hats and the skinny jeans and the plaid and the occasional pair of slightly overlarge glasses. )

This is going to work out this time! Last time was just -- a fluke.

[shylyintrepid]

And the time before that? And before that? You're worse than Courfeyrac, Marius.

[beautedudiable]

[We're sorry in advance... Please don't mind her laughing at you, Marius.]

Pontmercy, please, guitars are always a passing phase, whether you realize it or not.

[fullof]

( IT'S OKAY, he's probably really, super used to it by now. )

Okay, sure, but then how do you explain the thousands upon thousands of successful music artists out there?

[beautedudiable]

Their passing phases were recognized before they passed.

[Uh duh.]

[veryliterary]

Do ignore my beloved up there, Marius. I think that learning an instrument is a romantic gesture.

Yes?

Am I onto something here?

[fullof]

Your support means more than you know, 'Chetta. Seriously. Maybe I ought to give Joly a few lessons.

... It's pretty romantic, I think. Yeah.

[veryliterary]

Oh, no, no, I think Bossuet is better suited to an instrument. He would be absolutely twee with a ukulele.

I am, on the other hand, an excellent example of femininity and if I am impressed with your attempts, then whoever you want to impress will surely be impressed.

i don't feel any shayme

[fortruth]

[ We won't bring up the "Single Ladies" video either. Because we are far too polite for such things. So have a shy smile from Mysterious Girl From Afar. ]

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[fullof]

( yes, that is probably best left untouched. for now.

Mysterious Girl From Afar catches poor Marius's attention immediately, leaving him wide-eyed for a moment, until he looks away, smiling embarrassedly. )

[fortruth]

[ Just wait until there is more time for Silent Cackling among typists. Just. Wait.

At least here's a chance to talk to him without her father around. Well, if words can come to her. She hides a laugh behind her notebook, half-covering her face as she pauses in her walk. ]

[runarevolution]

[ The amount of 'are you fucking shitting me' on his features right now is positively staggering, really. Because surely Enjolras would never be anything but supportive of Marius's flights of fancy. ]

There is something you are screaming, Marius, and I would not call it anything near 'musical genius'. You realize that this isn't the time for this? The world cries out for aid, and you would spend the peoples' time of need practising guitar? [ There's no judgement here, nope. None whatsoever. Really, Marius, if you want to follow your hippy music dreams that's cool with him-

except it's not, really. ]

Honestly Marius, I had believed you to have more common sense. [ He huffs. ]

[fullof]

( oh, perfect. time for one of Enjolras's Very Stern Lectures. Marius doesn't even try to stifle his sigh. )

Oh, come on. "The people" -- ( accented with some intense air quotation marks. ) -- will get on perfectly fine with me strumming away in the corner of the café every now and again. My common sense is perfectly in tact. No need to worry.

[runarevolution]

[ Look you brought this on yourself. If you could just settle on one thing instead of constantly being off in another world on yet another flight of fancy- Joly's the one who is supposed to have wings!

But at those little air quotes Enjolras straightens, his lips a thin, pursed line of disapproval. ]

The people require our determination. To accomplish change we must be unwavering, steadfast and unflinching. Without devotion to the cause how can we hope to achieve a brighter future? This is no game, Marius!

[ You've done it now, Pontmercy. He could have a go at a Very Stern Lecture for quite some time if you're not careful. He's getting up on his soap box and it's not exactly easy to talk him down off of it. ]

Your musical aspirations are not even half so important as the dream of a free and equal people.

[ex_centers423]

Well, you act like a moody song-writer, anyway, but... what will you sing about? You lack interest in the most popular topic.

[ not going to mention girls outright because he remembers being avoided for weeks when he brought it up last time. ]

Of course, I'm experienced enough for the both of us.

[fullof]

( he will absolutely accept that little remark, thank you very much. )

I haven't quite explored the idea of -- singing; just playing, really...

Wait. I get what you're implying. While I certainly don't doubt your experience, I do not lack interest in such a topic!

( please, Marius. the last time you had a girlfriend was for like, three days when you were thirteen and decided that girls didn't have cooties anymore. then you got obsessed with rollerblading and that was the end of that. )

[solo_patria]

[Marius, you're getting this really genuinely perturbed and confused expression from him right now. Like he's trying to figure out what the hell is going on in your head here and failing, pretty miserably. Then again, it's YOU and everything, and he doubts he's ever really going to get a read on you.]


...Shall I hold you to this, Pontmercy? Perhaps we can arrange to use you for our benefit when you're ready. Demonstrations could use music, I suppose.

[fullof]

( !!! this really gets Marius's attention. someone... kind of sort of gives a shit? granted, it's Enjolras, and granted, it's for "the cause", but... )

Yeah? I mean, yeah. Probably. You just have to give me some time.

[neverminetolose]

Nothing at all? [She smiles, watching him.]

Won't last long. But in the meanwhile, I'd love to hear you play.

[fullof]

Not a single thing, 'Ponine! I swear.

( he pauses. )

I'm... in the process of learning. So I do hope you'll afford me a bit of time.

[neverminetolose]

You said that last time. With the drums.

[Sorry. She had to.]

And here I thought you'd have mastered Wonderwall over-night.