@TheBetterGavin Maybe you’re just not as perceptive of a bloke as you think. Fine birds like her don’t just write ‘I’m into ya’ on their foreheads y’know?
@TheBetterGavin [A grin spreads across Ezra’s face, it’s her turn to be all giddy.]
Don’t worry, I’ll ease us into it.
[He does, slowly picking up the pace. This is much more her speed clearly, and once they’re up to a good tempo she takes the lead again, drilling into her set. —
@TheBetterGavin [There’s a hum as she thinks.] Humor me some Metal? I know it ain’t quite yer tempo, just miss playing something a little heavier, y’know?
@TheBetterGavin Not at all, go for it. [Ezra keeps playing for the fun of it, playing a simple Bossa Nova pattern while waiting. Elevator music if you will, far from her usual pace.]
@TheBetterGavin [They continue playing under Klavier’s guitar, listening to the lyrics he comes up with. The occasional shaky wordplay gets a chuckle out of him but other wise it’s pretty solid. Feeling out just about where the verse would change Ezra shifts the flow a little.]
@TheBetterGavin [Ezra chuckles, bringing their focus back to their set. He plays loose, feeling out the rhythm as they go along. She’s still pretty in tune with the other’s tells, she knows that look and she keeps the tempo steady in turn. He’s cooking something in that head of his, he knows it.
@TheBetterGavin — She’s impressed when he follows with ease, she shouldn’t have doubted him for a moment. They reeling the beat back in some, just enough so they can be heard.]
As sharp as ever, Klav! Thought I could trip ya up!
@TheBetterGavin [Although pretty simple, the warmup is nice to do again, even after so long it was still mainly muscle memory. But that’s just the start, the improv is even better! Just like old times she drives the tempo, switching it up every so often to keep Klavier on his toes. —
@TheBetterGavin [Ezra blurts out a laugh, rolling back behind her kit again and picking up her sticks.]
No point in askin’ really. Already knew what you’d say. Hope you can keep up, y’know the punishment for dragging. [He pretends to reel back a throw, laughing again before counting them off.]
@TheBetterGavin [Ezra is already at her set by the time Klavier is ready, sliding across the floor in a rolling chair they’d pulled from her office.]
Let’s crack on then! Wanna do our old warm up or just start with the improv?
@TheBetterGavin [The door is shut behind him.] Tuh, still felt like forever either way. I had plenty time to set up and everything.
[Set up they had. In their living room is their whole drum kit, plus fully set up amp for Klavier’s guitar.]