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Party Poison ([personal profile] injectablefame) wrote in [community profile] undergrounds2016-09-09 02:31 pm

You Only Hear The Music When Your Heart Begins To Break - OPEN

Party's already been warned off of vampire territory a few times and for now he's willing to play ball, but that doesn't mean he's going to be happy about it, especially now that they've taken Greenwich. His career is pretty halted without access to the art galleries in their territory and he's taken to what some people might see as panhandling, but what he chooses to see as an entry-level artist position.

Lately, he's taken to setting up shop with his art outside train stops in various non-hostile areas. He's got a little cardboard display with postcard prints of his favorite pieces and a travel easel with a tip jar. Every day he finds a new stop to set up at and he starts to paint. If anyone shows interest, he'll offer commissions or even just chat with people.

In the evenings, he'll move to hipper places, outside of nightclubs and bars where he might catch the eye of others in the art scene. Most of his art focuses in the juxtaposition of nature imagery and neon colors, especially wolves and forests, but he'll branch out to anything that might interest him if it fits his style of bright contrasts an harsh shapes.

On more than one occasion, he takes advantage of the cover of night to paint over old tags and ruder graffiti with his own quick spray paint work, especially in alleyways that look like they could use a little love and a brighter palette.

[ OOC: Party can be found anywhere that would be non-hostile to werewolves for any of the above scenarios. His art is along the lines of this or this or this. If you're interested in a more specific starter for something, let me know! ]
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[personal profile] roddy_reinigen 2016-09-15 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
Roddy himself was going around the various areas that weren't in vampire control, since he desperately needed a job, and would be just as unwelcome by vampires. Not to mention the fact that being a rat, he was far easier prey than a wolf would be.

The bright neon against a black background caught Roddy's eye and he approached, curious. He noted the wolf-like scent, and figured the man could smell his own rat scent, but figuring it didn't matter since it wasn't a full moon night, he forced himself to ignore it. Even if the predatory scent made him feel a little more on edge, he figured nothing was as bad as running into a vampire. At least, that's how things seemed lately.

"That looks amazing," he said, focusing on one of the paintings of a pack of vividly colored wolves, racing through a forest.
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[personal profile] roddy_reinigen 2016-09-16 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
"Different kind of artist. I play the violin. So yeah, when it comes to painting, I'm just a fan."

But a fan who understood the amount of effort and passion that went into a piece, even if his own work engaged a different sense entirely.
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[personal profile] roddy_reinigen 2016-09-19 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
"I have a bit of a range. I play classical and dubstep. I also know how to DJ and I do that at raves sometimes, and I take any gig I can get, but I don't play anywhere on a regular basis."

He wished he could play somewhere on a regular basis. As it was, he was rarely able to get much of anything with his music. It wasn't for lack of skill, though, people typically loved his music when they heard it, but Roddy didn't really have any connections, and adding in the fact that he had to pass on any potential jobs in a huge chunk of the city, it did make things more of a challenge.
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[personal profile] roddy_reinigen 2016-09-30 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
"Not that I know of," he said apologetically, "With the...increased violence going on around London lately, most of the people I hang around have been in less of a partying mood."

All this crap had made a lot of people paranoid and on edge, especially among shifters. He suspected it wasn't too different for werewolves. It made them less inclined to want to be in a dark room with a lot of strangers.
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[personal profile] roddy_reinigen 2016-10-04 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
"I guess you've got a point. I mean, all of this is kind of terrifying and you probably are way tougher than me, but...well, I guess you never know when you're getting paranoid over something that looks big and scary, only to get killed by a house cat."

In other words, you could always die, so this guy had a point about staying in.

"You just have to convince enough people of that to get a party going."

Because even if Roddy decided he could brave the possible vampires, others might not feel so brave.
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[personal profile] roddy_reinigen 2016-10-13 09:06 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah," Roddy agreed, grinning in response to the wink, "Now you'll just have to talk a couple dozen more people into getting out and having fun, and we'll actually have a party going."

Because while he'd gotten Roddy to be up for a party, a party of two wasn't much of a party. Then again, if Party managed to talk Roddy into throwing caution to the wind, he could probably do the same with a few others.

"My name's Roddy, by the way," he said, realizing he hadn't introduced himself.
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[personal profile] roddy_reinigen 2016-10-22 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh." His eyebrows went up, surprised that that was actually the guy's name. "Well, that's the first time I've heard that name."
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[personal profile] roddy_reinigen 2016-11-02 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
"...didn't?"

He wondered if Party meant his parents hated him now, or if something horrible had happened to them. Either way, with as much as Roddy's dad meant to him, he felt like there should be more of an emotional reaction than that. Maybe it happened a long time ago, though. Whatever 'it' was.

"Thanks. I don't really think of Roddy as a super interesting name, and I don't use my real name when I'm DJing, but...thanks."
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[personal profile] roddy_reinigen 2016-11-17 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
And now part of him only hoped that his actual DJ name sounded as cool to Party as his presumed one.

"Uh...DJ Retchid Kat. Because...well, the whole cat thing makes me feel like the toughest, most powerful thing in the room."

Because cats are scary, right? Sometimes, a rodent's perspectives didn't quite match up with everyone else's.

"And it's kind of funny, because it's ironic."
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[personal profile] roddy_reinigen 2016-11-23 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
"That would be great. Then I'd really feel like super tough. Guarded by something even housecats are scared of."

Okay, Roddy was aware of how ridiculous that sounded. But...for him it still sort of rang true.
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[personal profile] roddy_reinigen 2016-11-28 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
He took the card, a huge grin fixed on his face. "Yeah, I'll definitely do that if I want to do one of those. Or all of those, or whatever."