Aaron’s set at the Shadow Church was over, and discounting
the guards chasing out a lone pirate infiltrator it had been a good set. The
dance floor stayed full, the color patterns and the dancer’s enthusiasm seem to
be generally upbeat and he had received no complaints.
He had a three song transition set to give him and the replacement DJ time to trade off. He thumbed
a control on his glove and the lights in the back of his white trench coat shut
off. The cords that plugged him into the club’s sound system unhooked and
recoiled back into his jacket. The next DJ stepped and started to get himself
plugged in and set up.
Aaron stepped off the stage and was met by the booker for
the club. The booker gestured to his earphones and Aaron turned the dial on his
to filter out the club music. “Good set.” The booker complimented. “We’ve got
an opening on Thursday nights, you want it?” He asked. Aaron nodded excitedly.
The synthesizer mask he was wearing covered the huge smile on his face. The
booker nodded and handed him a business card. “I’ll give you a call on Monday
and we’ll get the specifics worked out.” He said before he walked away to
handed another crisis.
Aaron was in a Daze. He had covered the ninety minute set as
a favor to a friend who was too sick to get out of bed and had gotten a job out
of it. Not that one set a week was much of a job but it was one set a week at
the Shadow Church which was easily the fanciest club in the district.
He was deep in his thoughts and almost walked by a table
full of his friends, he would have walked by them but Freya snagged his wrist. He
stopped and looked down at her brilliant smile. “Where you off to in such a
daze?” She asked.
He saw that her headphones where filtering the club music
out as well and he pulled up a seat next to her. “I just got a job.” He
explained, still in a daze.
Frey hugged him in excitement. “That’s great!” She let go of
him. “I’m not surprised though that set was incredible. We were on the floor
for almost an hour.” She confirmed.
Aaron looked around the table and noticed several empty
chairs. “I’ve been off stage for almost fifteen minutes, you’d think everyone would
want to come congratulate me.” He commented sarcastically.
