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Kris still remembered their band. They couldn't help but wonder if Tenna had known, if that was why he'd included that concert. Dess teaching them the chords to her favorite songs, then playing along with Asriel's voice accompanying the guitar and piano.
Of course, they hadn't been that good. They couldn't have been, they were a bunch of kids messing around.
It was still… nice.
"I'm serious about that band thing." Susie said, slightly randomly. "Like, we kicked ASS in the dark world. You, me, Ralsei-" She remembered herself halfway through the sentence. "Uh. Yeah, it would be pretty nice." she continued, wistful now. Like she knew what a dumb idea it was.
"What would we play?" Kris asked, as if it was a hypothetical.
"Oh. Uh… I dunno." Susie mused. "I don't, uh. Know much music."
"You knew Raise Up Your Bat."
"Well, duh." Susie rolled her eyes with a grin. "If you're so smart, YOU suggest something!"
Kris didn't need to think particularly. "A Crane Wives song." they said. "And there's some covers of video game songs that have lyrics- there's one of Violet Town from Pocket Creatures-"
"Jeez, slow down!" Susie chuckled. "You think about this a lot, huh?"
"Normal amount." Kris muttered. "Me 'n Azzy and Noelle's sister used to be in a band."
"DUDE!" yelled Susie excitedly, scaring a few pidgeons pecking at the asphalt. "That's SO COOL! No wonder our band was so good!" Suddenly, she gasped. "Wait. Dude. I just thought of something. NOELLE should be in our band!"
"Should she." Kris grinned as Susie cuffed them around the back of their head.
"She can sing, right? We heard her in the church, she's actually kinda good." Susie continued.
"She has a piano at her house." admitted Kris. Secretly the idea was both exciting and intimidating. And entirely plausible. "Might have a drum kit too. Her dad played when he was younger."
"Psh, I could play piano." Susie said, with a faltering tone that suggested that was a thread not to pull.
Before they knew it, they were squeezing through the gates and knocking on Noelle's door. She peered around it.
"O-Oh!" she squeaked. "Hi Kris, Susie!"
"Do you wanna be in our band?" asked Susie with a grin.
Noelle stood frozen for a moment. "A- A band?" she said finally. "Um... okay! Oh, come in." she added hurriedly. "It's alright, my mom won't be home for a while."
"Hell yes." Susie pumped her fist as she followed Noelle inside.
"Um. Kris knows where the piano is." Noelle said. "What instrument do you play?"
"I shred on the drums." Susie replied confidentially.
"Oh!" Noelle exclaimed. "There's a drumkit in the basement, actually! It was my dad's... But he won't mind us using it!"
Kris only overheard bits of their conversation as Susie and Noelle assembled the drumkit. "... Wait... YOU know Blood Crushers!?" Susie said as it was finally finished.
"Yeah, my sister introduced me to them!" Noelle replied. "Raise Up Your Bat is my favorite, but I like Die Anywhere Else and Weird Autumn too-"
"We can play Raise Up Your Bat!" Susie yelled excitedly. "Uh. You know it on piano, right Kris?"
"What... else would they know it on?" Noelle asked as Kris nodded. They'd just been playing idly- looping the same F D A G pattern. They turned and sat properly on the stool, ready to play.