practice, practice, practice. your mouth was dry and you could taste a vague brass flavour, a result from near constant use of your instrument with little reprieve over the hours that left the room engulfed in darkness. very few breaks were offered, supposed they expected you to be able to play and play until fingers were burning, oesophagus threatening to expel your lunch. just the two of you left in the room, chairs scrapped against the hard wood as bodies rushed for the exit [who knows when they would next be free?] hand rummages through bag, desperately searching for anything past you had left, coming up with mostly wrappers and receipts before fingers reach something, you pull your hand out and disappointment is clear across your face. almond joy. nobody’s favourite, why you had it? you weren’t sure. “hey, dude— you want this?” vague gesture to the candy.
@bloodset: nobody likes almond joy. – jeffrey dahmer. that’s it. he’s the only one.
“...why do you know that?” niche knowledge, you think. or maybe it’s common and you just missed the memo somewhere— it wouldn’t be the first time. but maybe you’d expect it from someone else that you had painted as a fanatic, not the guy on drums whose name had been sieved out of your thoughts. “it fits, though. i don’t know who decided that a good combination would be coconut [already, yuck!]” tongue stuck out for dramatic effect, continuing, “then whole almonds just slapped on the top. it’s like they want me to choke, or! die from anaphylaxis because it’s called almond joy, i didn’t expect to find coconut. finished with regular, boring chocolate. — it brings no one joy, they should rename it ‘sad almond wood chips’, right?”