[AQ] A Mini Concert [Yasuko U./Yasuko K.]

[Yasuko Kobayashi]

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+ Description: Faberge is a bit short-handed on students to help out backstage for one of their smaller charity concerts, and are looking for some volunteers. Anyone who helps out gets full access to the members-only free snack bar!
+ Help out to get the concert to fruition: +2 Faberge, -1 Roost
+ Recruit friends to help out the concert: +1 Guardians, +1 Faberge, -1 Roost
+ Hide out at the snack bar and observe: -2 Faberge, +1 Roost
+ Sabotage the effort: -2 Faberge, -1 Guardians
+ Requirements: None
+ Submitted by Teale

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Yasuko could honestly care less about the snack bar.

The moment she heard that Faberge was looking for helpers, she immediately put her name down on the list. It was her chance to get some information on the agency, and she was determined to make full use of her time there. The past few days, she had tried to ask the teachers about the programme Seiyo was doing with Faberge, but all she got were a few laughs and a "Don't worry, we'll tell you about it later" - which they obviously hadn't. She even ran into some third-year who kept insisting she was lost when she wasn't! And sadly, she was no closer to getting into the agency.

Which was why, she thought as she arrived at the location of the charity concert, she was going to make sure she definitely get something out of this. She hadn't helped at a concert before, but eh, she didn't think it was going to be that hard. In her mind, she ran through the scenario several times; she was going to do all of the jobs and tasks properly, make sure that they were done in great order and tidiness, and she was going to get praise for being their most hardworking volunteer! And maybe, maybe, someone could tell her how to help her chances into getting into Faberge!

What she didn't count on though, was how there was so much to do.

"Ah you there! Could you drop these lights at the van backstage?" a man called out, holding a box full of lights. It seemed that they had broken a fuse, causing the staff to scramble getting new lights for the stage. Thankfully, it was still early enough to get a change of equipment. "And while you're at it, could you get the new lights from there too?"

"H-huh? Oh!" Shooting up quickly from the flimsy plastic chair (that she sadly only just sat down), the first-year went up to him to receive the box - and nearly buckled from its weight. Was she just really weak, or were the lights really heavy?! "W-Whoa!" Shifting quickly, she found her balance again, before giving a sigh of relief. At least she wasn't going to break these things any further.

"Oh hey, you okay?" The man laughed a little. "Maybe these things are too heavy for you; you being small and all. Perhaps we should ask a-"

Yasuko shot him a glare. "I'm fine," she snapped. No one bloody calls her small. "I can handle this." She hmmphed, before she walked off. Well actually she wasn't sure if she could handle it - she was not the best person when it came to physical work. But she really didn't want to be called small. Or petite. Just because she was, didn't mean that she wasn't capable of doing anything. 

I'll show you! She fumed internally. Unfortunately, she wasn't really looking where she was going, and caught her feet in a coil of wire on the floor. She was going to trip...!

[Yasuko U.]

    Yasuko was glad to volunteer to help out faberge, as soon as she had heard they were in need of students. She was hoping to gain a good rep before she screwed up and ended up with the same reputation as her last school. She was going to work hard to help them, do whatever they asked her to. At least... that was what she had fully intended to do.

    Upon arrival, she was immediately asked to help out with a few things here and there. While she did do some, the snack table beckoned to her. It was like whole bar of snacks were singing her name and trying to lure her in like siren. Like a fluffy kitten rubbing against your leg. Like a puppy putting on his best beg. The temptation was too much.

    Yasuko sat down what she was currently carrying and scooted over to the snacks. She started slow, just eating one thing at a time, trying not to forget she was in public. However, before long, there were two or three things shoved in her face at a time. She came to her senses after finishing quite a large portion of food. So much for good impressions. There seemed not to be a lot of people to see though, since they were all busy actually helping out.

    Straightening her clothes back out and brushing crumbs off her food, Yasuko decided to take a walk and have a look around. She completely forgot about the stuff she had been asked to do, but it wasn't much of a big deal to her. She paused to watch a girl being handed a heavy looking box, did this make her think of what she was forgetting? nope.

    She watched as the girl started to carry the box off and noticed her get her foot caught. Yasuko panicked. Should she reach out and grab her so she didn't fall? Or just watch and help her back up? She only had a short time frame to decided, she knew that, but she was very conflicted on what she should do, instead she just stood and stared as it all unfolded. 

[Yasuko Kobayashi]

"Wahhh!"

Tripping on the thick wire, Yasuko fell flat on her face, causing the box to be flung out of her hands. The lights flew out of the box, crashing down onto the floor in a deafening metallic clang. Some of the lights had their glass cracked by the impact, spilling shards all over the ground. A blown out bulb rolled away from the box, stopping just inches in front of the other Seiyo student.

There was, at first, silence all over the vicinity, as people were startled by the crash and stopped in the middle of their tasks to see what had happened. A few moved just a bit here and there, wondering what had caused the crash. But after a while - once they had seen that it was a Seiyo student who had tripped and caused a crash - they returned to their work, carrying items, fixing technology and what-not. Some of the staff had gone off in search of brooms and dustpans.

Yasuko's face burned from embarrassment, slowly picking herself up from the floor as she tried not to look at anybody. Talk about trying to show how good she was! The man she seethed at earlier was probably laughing himself silly right now, she was sure. In fact, what a terrible way to curry favour with the Faberge company! Coming in, all big like that, intending to do her very best so as to get some bonus points with the talent agency, but instead she tripped and broke their lights even more than she should've! All she had to do was drop the lights and get new ones. Not...crash and make them potentially late for the concert.

She didn't want to look at anybody right now. Silently, she tugged at the wires that had entangled her feet; they were large and thick, and surely she could get out with a bit of effort, but she just didn't want to do it too quickly so that she had to face some of the Faberge staff. It was most humiliating.