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for Vidar

[laulava_enkeli]

[from here.]

"Harald? Ah, the large Svarte Ravner guitarist? I haven't met him yet."

Einar smiled and wanted to meet Vidar first and foremost.

"Where shall we meet to try this fruity beverage?"

Re: for Vidar

[skogbrann]

"I'm at the apartments." Vidar was already heading to Harald to get a bottle of fruity mead, or just take it if he was too busy with his elf.

[laulava_enkeli]

"I shall meet you at the apartments then, darling. My room or yours?"

Einar just wanted to make sure he ended up in the right room.

[skogbrann]

I share an apartment with Korppi. Do you mind the birds? I don't know when he will be back.

[laulava_enkeli]

"Birds? I don't mind them, no."

Korppi? Einar didn't know half the people on the tour and knew he should introduce himself a little more.

"I shall meet you inside your apartment, Vidar."

[skogbrann]

"Ok. If they bother you then we can move."

Vidar sent the apartment number as he came back with the mead and went about getting some glasses. Tytto and the other two ravens were roaming free in the rooms.

"You can come in when you get here."

[laulava_enkeli]

Einar wasn't sure what to expect when he approached Vidar and Korppi's room knowing there were birds inside. Inside a cage or roaming free he wasn't sure. The Finn knocked twice and waited for a response.

"Vidar?"

[skogbrann]

Vidar heard the knocking and went to get the door. He's in just his leather pants and one of the ravens on his shoulder. The bird had decided that Vidar was a good enough substitute for their master.

"Einar?" There are two other ravens in the room that come hopping across the room to look at who is at the door. When they notice it isn't Korppi they are disinterested and leave.

[laulava_enkeli]

"Yes, it's me and oh---ravens. You have one on your shoulder. Are these Korppi's birds you speak of?"

Einar smiled and hoped they didn't mind a stranger intruding in on their space. The Finn loved that they were free to hop and fly around as they pleased.

"They are majestic creatures."

[skogbrann]

"They are. The falcon is in his cage." Vidar stepped away from the door so Einar could come in.

He headed for the kitchen to pour their drinks. "Come on in." The Raven flew off Vidar's shoulder to join the other ravens. Then he came back and sat on the couch to offer the second drink to Einar.

[laulava_enkeli]

"He has a falcon too?"

Einar seemed interested in the man's collection of birds and didn't mind it at all. The singer pushing some of his hair back and adjusting the bag on his shoulder, putting it down to sit on the couch.

"Thank you for inviting me in, Vidar."

Taking the drink, Einar sipped it and got the true taste of fruited mead.

"Oh, this tastes much better than that awful stuff I had back at the bar."

[skogbrann]

"He's in the bedroom." The falcon was probably sleeping right now because Vidar didn't hear him in there.

"Homebrewed is better than the mass market crap that makes it this far away." Vidar knew that it wasn't the fault of the bars here but more what was marketed and shipped. "I think this one is cranberry?"

Vidar held up the glass to get a look at the color.

[laulava_enkeli]

"May I see him or is he not wanting to be disturbed?"

Einar didn't want to disturb the falcon, more just peek in and see the beautiful bird inside of his cage. It wasn't very often you got to see a tamed falcon in such close proximity.

"Oh, I agree. I know this is LA and the Americans love their beer, cocktails and spirits but real mead is something I miss. That and properly made Akvaviitti."

The Finn sipped his drink and loved the flavour on his tongue. Was it cranberry? Possibly.

[skogbrann]

"We should wait for Korppi." Vidar didn't mind the birds but he didn't know everything about them.

"Oh, Jerry's has Akvavit." Vidar mentioned between drinks of mead. He knew that Jerry stocked it because all the Scandinavian musicians hung out there.

[laulava_enkeli]

"Of course. They are his birds so I will respect that, besides I came here to enjoy an evening with you, not his birds."

Einar gave a cheeky wink to Vidar as he sipped on his mead. The boy was handsome and masculine, something the Finn found attractive.

"So, how has it been touring so far?"

[skogbrann]

Vidar smiled but he was glad that Einar understood.

"We're just coming off of a break. We put out an album and just finished a tour last year." He was excited to get back to playing and writing some music too.

[laulava_enkeli]

"That sounds exciting. It was Niko who invited me and the rest of the band onto this tour, asking Tom's permission first of course. Touring with Ziggy Stardust---I was so happy to meet him in person. Such delightful outfits and hair he has."

Einar was a big Ziggy fan and it showed.

"My own band, The Bandits, have mostly been touring around our home area in Finland."

[skogbrann]

"He's usually around." Vidar had seen him at some of the parties.

"We toured Europe but this will be our first time playing in the States." That was exciting enough, let alone what was going on in the band currently.

[laulava_enkeli]

"Yes, I await to talk into more detail regarding his stage costumes and the way he does his hair."

Einar being a hairdresser himself, wanted to know more.

"This is the first time for my band too. We've only ever toured in Finland, Sweden and Norway before."

[skogbrann]

"We've played some of the mainland Europe and the UK." Vidar thought maybe their band had been around a little longer than Einar's.

"Which country is your band from?" He was curious since it could be any of the ones listed.

[laulava_enkeli]

"We're from Finland. Niko and myself are Finnish, then there is Torvald who is Swedish and Edvard who is Norwegian."

A bit of a mix and Einar liked that the band was varied.

"We've brought all of our countries culture's together through our songs."

[skogbrann]

"I'm Norwegian but I was born in Finland." Vidar and Trygg both had that in common, their ethnicity and place of birth wasn't exactly the same.

"That's how many of the bands are. Ours, The Hammers. I think Hexed too."

[laulava_enkeli]

Einar nodded, happy to know there were other Finns on the tour with him and Niko. The truth being the singer didn't expect to meet any Finns at all.

"I haven't meet the Hammers yet or Hexed. What are they both like?"

Einar wanted to meet everyone eventually.

[skogbrann]

Vidar had settled into slow, social drinking and started to relax more on the couch they were sitting on.

"The people or the music?" Maybe the singer meant both?

[laulava_enkeli]

"Oh, perhaps both? I'm keen to get to know the bands here."

Einar had no idea what Hexed were like or who the members of the band were. All he knew were that they were a local LA band who had been around for a while making awesome music. The Finn sipping his drink while watching the drummer.