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As Kyle went back into the building, Leon pulled a leather wristband out of his jacket, which had a slitted patch on it for holding guitar picks. He was fastening it onto his wrist when he heard someone approach, and the girl's voice. Looking up, he saw that it was the girl who'd been standing a little further down. From close up he could now see that she was astonishingly pretty, and seemed to be trying to be nice. Of course, she wouldn't be the first person to hang around by the stage door to try to 'get in with the band' to earn kudos for the night ahead. But of course that theory went out of the window when she announced, to Leon's surprise, that she was going to be setting up the stage. Really? She was one of the crew? He certainly hadn't seen her around any of the times they'd played at this venue before. He would definitely have remembered...

"Hey thanks," he said, taking the lead and looping it over his shoulder, "you really on crew? I usually make a point of meeting the team before we set up, make sure we're on the same wavelentgh set-up-wise, y'know? I'm Leon."

He cringed as the bassist cannonballed past with his instrument slung and a few pieces of pro audio gear in a carrybag.

"Yeah and that graceless Polack is Emil." he added, wincing. "Pounding strings is about all he knows, so dialing a decent tone into his amp is gonna be all up to you...hell we'll be relying on you to make sure it's even switched on. Mine's the Orange combo, I usually just take a single mic off-centre to the cone."

He looked at her, trying to figure her out initially. She didn't have the cocky, 'I could be the one on stage if things had worked out differently' attitude that a lot of stage-hands had. In fact if anything she seemed slightly timid. But then, she also seemed young. So perhaps it was just because she was new, and hadn't been jerked around by enough wasted rock junkies to put on a tough front with the bands she worked for.

"It's a pretty basic rig," he finished with a shrug, "I'm sure you'll get the feel for it quickly enough."

He didn't notice the second girl come in from the side and grab the first girl in a dramatic embrace. Tootsie...?