Group Meeting! (Open to all AD Members)

[Sato, Kasumi]

Kasumi Sato, known to the masses as Sasumi, stood in the meeting room at Houkago Project Promotions surveying the scene she had painstakingly worked to create.  Things had been a bit disorganized around the office of late with the manager on leave without anyone in the group being told about it or when they planned to come back.  It was said that Afternoon Delight's popularity was waning a little bit and those things combined were enough to motivate her into taking some leadership action.  They would have a concert to remind everyone of how great their music was, as well as to reward their loyal, loving fans.  Maybe at a place with a bigger capacity than normal for their concerts.  She'd spent some time researching different location options and printed out information on the likeliest candidates to share with the promotion's executives as well as her group mates.  Having a big meeting was an important event for her so she'd taken the lengths of creating name cards to show everyone where they could sit, hand writing them herself.  On the whiteboard at the end of the room where she stood, she'd written 'Afternoon Delight Pre-Concert Meeting!', drawing some flowers around the words to give it a more playful feeling.  They didn't need to be totally stiff and formal with it after all.

Now she was just waiting for all the other girls to arrive so they could talk about what they wanted to do for the concert and raise any concerns.  She had also realized she didn't know the other girls as well as she would have liked so this was a nice chance to get to know them!  If they had any problems she wanted to be there to make sure that she was able to help them; their problems were her problems as group leader.  At the same time she wanted to propose a regular, rigorous rehearsal schedule for the time preceding the concert.  Sasumi was planning to practice that much herself anyway and it wasn't going to be tolerable alone.  Not that she disliked practicing - that was necessary to ensure they put a great product on stage.  More that practicing intensely alone wouldn't be tolerable for her personally, that having other girls there to practice with would be a lot nicer.  So she had sent out invitations to the 'important meeting' to all members of Afternoon Delight, stressing just how important it was.  Yet she was dressed just in a casual knee length skirt with tights, boots and a t-shirt, accentuated by a flashy bracelet that really didn't go with her outfit at all.  That was just Sasumi for you.

"I can't wait!  This is going to be a really good meeting," she mused to herself, fighting the urge to draw another flower on the whiteboard to kill time.

[Kaguya Jojo]

Jojo’s morning was like any other morning. Birds chirping, musical sounds coming from her alarm clock, and not to mention the snow outside as well. Jojo was appreciative of the weather out there but also the timely useful tidings here. Her eyes slowly opening as she looked about with a courteous smile, this was going to be a fun day, or at least that was the plan when she began walking out of her bed. The morning happened to actually be later than what she thought, looking back at the alarm clock she noticed the time and then her phone, she had a message. With a quick look through she noticed that she was running a bit behind schedule. Her eyes going wide at the aspect that she happened to need to be capable of heading out and joining the meeting, that and the fact that she needed to get dressed and head out also needed to be what she had to focus on. Her eyes trailing as she looked at her selection of instruments and picked up the music sheets for the piano and looked through them before making the water warm. She had to make the bath warm enough to enjoy at least.

Jojo moved, memorizing the musical score in her hand as she got ready for the bath, and once ready she even began to practice inside the tub itself, her eyes closed and her mind moving through the scale, it was truthfully her third time looking over that scale and already she was confident in her capability to play the song. Once having done this she moved to put on a tan kimono with green vine colored sash as she was now set although she would also put her hair up in the wig, traditionally hiding just who she was while also putting her golden contacts into her contact case and began heading out. It would not take long for her to hail a cab from her apartment and begin rushing out towards the office and with a subtle smile she looked at the door with the flowers, “Only one person is ever so giddy to put flowers on a name plaque,” She would sigh in a quite giggle before opening the door and waving with a smile, “Hey there, how’s it going?” A steady and courteous smile as she came in wearing her disguise, her hair pinned up inside the black wig while her brown eyes looked about friendly as ever.

[Sato, Kasumi]

For a little while Kasumi was wondering if any of her fellow bandmates were going to show up for a meeting that she herself had decided upon, organized and sent out invitations for.  It would make her a bit upset if no one showed though she supposed she could understand.  She'd still make sure that they worked extra hard the next time they had a scheduled practice to make up for not being able to discuss things aheaed of time though.  Afternoon Delight really needed to reclaim its place in the sun if they were going to look truly successful to the entertainment world.  Perhaps this was a lofty expectation but when it came to the group's leader nothing less than aiming for the stars was acceptable.  Maybe they just needed a few more minutes to start arriving, she thought, and soon she once again had a marker in her hand.  The beginnings of yet another flower were taking shape on the white board just as a familiar voice called out a greeting from behind her.

Sasumi spun around to have a look at the first fellow idol to arrive for her 'very important' meeting and was fooled for the first moment.  Of course the voice belonged to someone she knew somewhat well thanks to their being coworkers who also shared the talent of playing at least one musical instrument.  Granted Jojo's talent for instrumental music far exceeded that of her own based on the sheer number of instruments she played alone.  Not taking her actual talent with each into account it was still an incredibly impressive accomplishment.  The voice was Jojo's but she wasn't so sure that it was Jojo at first glance.  A kimono wasn't at all odd for the virtuoso to wear - Sasumi had noticed that, along with a number of other little things about Jojo - but the hair was a stark contrast to what she was used to seeing.  Her temoprary confusion was cast off once she put the face, kind eyes and voice together to convince herself it was just Jojo in disguise.  As soon as she realized this fact she waved back and smiled as warmly as ever.

”Jojo-chan!  Thanks so much for coming even though it was kind of short notice,” Sasumi greeted, then took a moment to think.

Yes she'd noticed a lot of little things about Jojo like how she wore kimonos more often than a normal girl would.  Every little thing about the other girl's appearance had been catching the Afternoon Delight leader's attention lately, which was kind of strange for her.  Just taking in the rather lovely complexion and how it was highlighted by her brown eyes, green hair and pink lips had taken up more time than Sasumi cared to admit.  Every little change of the girl's expression caught Sasumi's express interest, but made her feel kind of weird and almost stalker-like for stealing a glance now and then.  She had a very refined, mature personality that was a nice counterweight to Sasumi's own organized exuberance.  Moreover it was stirring something deep inside the group leader which she was completely unsure how to deal with.  Something that she thought was odd but not necessarily unwelcome.  No, she had to stay focused on the meeting.  The meeting!

”Oh, I'm fine.. just fine.  Thanks for asking,” was the best she could manage in response to Jojo's question.  She smiled a little more to compensate for the odd nervousness she felt, then added, ”We really need to figure out what to do for the next big concert or event, I think.  Something spectacular to reward our fans for all the support they've given us through the years!  It'd be a lot of hard work but I just know that we can accomplish it together!”

Then she blushed a tiny bit and asked, ”Oh, where are my manners?  Um.. how are you, Jojo-chan?”

[Kaguya Jojo]

Jojo Kaguya

All AD Members | Afternoon Delight Meeting | 626

Jojo enjoyed seeing someone so cheerful and happy in the morning. It provided a good contrast as opposed to what she was normally used to when it came to the professional styles of this band. Such a delicate instrument as this only proved to the matter and cause of effect that was naturally something to keep in mind when it came to the demographics of the normalcy here. Jojo of course made no true effort to stay with the daily going-on events of the day when all she had to do was practice, and practice she does without a care in the world. However, meetings as boring as they are, she still assumed taking of going into them. It was natural yet she kept her pace in such things as her eyes looked upon this girl as that very hyperactive attitude took sound and reverberation of notice through the many details of natural deficiency.

Jojo took off the wig, and with a smooth placement of the golden contact lenses she was now back into her actual idol self. “I truly hate wearing this disguise,” her thoughts strung in mind like a spider’s silk. She always hated hiding away the contacts that made her who she was and her green hair. However, with fans all over, you can only do what you can to keep all attentions low. The matter of Sasumi saying something would allow for her to nod and smile with the usual demeanor, “You are welcome Sasumi-san. There is not much going on at my home today so I figured it would be alright to come anyways.” Granted that was her admitting to skipping on one or more meetings from the past because music to her came first rather than the group, it just seemed that music was her life after all.

Jojo noticed her response was delayed, unlike the usual this actually made her curious as to why she did that yet she did not pay it too much heed, her eyes merely looking at her with a calming expression now. Something for their new concert though was the purpose for the meeting, something to bring their group back to original standing and Jojo herself knew of only a couple things worth doing in their group. It was a well-defined group, just like the all boy band known as the KINGS, which happened to get a lot of expression out there. Jojo only smiled with a single stroke of her eyes looking upon this person. An almost criminal appeal to how this person seemed to keep taking glances at her as well given with all of the normal talking the two did in previous engagements of meetings and the like.

Jojo only smiled, her eyes nodded and with a giggle she would give her own idea, “Well without the other members here, I can probably suggest the all too well known portion of us maybe doing a group performed that is after each of us does some kind of solo portion each. Take into account the number of fans we have and then the unique audience we have as well. Our fans know our sound as a group, and at least one of us as a soloist who is not here currently. All we need to do is make it so we encompass solos and then the grand opening of our entire band in one.” Mainly a large musical appeal concert that could probably last four to six hours all on its own, the question of how she was crept back to her though and with a smile and her hands tapping the keys for one of her latest songs on the table she said, “I am great though, thank you for asking.”

credit to Delusional

[Ruby Watanabe]

Ruby groaned as her cell phone buzzed in an unnecessarily loud way across the side table next to her bed. She groped around for a moment before grabbing the buzzing device. Ruby was stumped; she thought it was one of her days off, but being an idol anything can change. She blearily glanced at the tiny screen and her gray eyes widened when she saw who the message was from. She flipped the phone open, reading the text. Letting out a screech, she flew out of bed, all tiredness forgotten. Sasumi-sempai had requested a meeting! And she was going to be late! Her first meeting as a Trainee, and she was late!

Flying into the bathroom, she muttered a prayer to Kami-sama that she had showered the night before. She wouldn't have time to get to the meeting if she had to have bathed. She brushed out her long red hair, quickly braiding it and curling it on the back of her head and pinning it in place quickly. Sending another blessing to the gods she didn't need make-up that morning she tripped over herself, she managed to pull her pajamas off and pull on a nice white lacy long sleeved top with a cute neckline, and a simple black skirt that hit just above the knee. Pulling on her withe tights carefully but quickly, she put on her boots.

Dressed, she grabbed her guitar, gently placing it in its case and haphazardly throwing in some sheet music she was working on. Snapping the case shut, Ruby heaved the case  over her back; the guitar was almost too big for her to carry. Grabbing her purse she threw her lastest handheld game system into it and rushed out the door, locking it before she ran down the street to catch a cab.

She caught the cab easily. Too easily, and she cursed under her breath that she had forgotten to wear her beanie to cover her hair. When the cab slowed, she threw the needed yen at the driver, who was trying to get her picture before she left the cab. Dashing out of the vehicle, she sped into the office, and ran down the hall to the meeting room. Throwing the door open, Ruby panted slightly.
"Sorry, sempai, for showing up so late!" she said with a bow.