[center][h1][color=f7941d][b]D'angelo Schultz[/b][/color][/h1] [img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/318150881545682945/795741381410160691/Dangelo_plus.png [/img][/center] A day that had started downcast but with the passage of time, they sun prickled and peaked through the thickly grey clouds until they could not help but give way. An starkly abysmal sky opened up to brighten up the day as a human sized golden cloud flying just above the tree tops reveled in the sun's warmth. And the lone individual lying atop the cloud especially took joy in seeing the ever familiar glowing face shine brilliantly with life though whatever the weather, the chubby individual was happy be it cloudy or rainy or stormy though hurricanes were one to look out for. D'angelo, who was lounging beanbag style atop his trusty cloudy steed, Nimbus was humming a merry tune while idly strumming away at the banjo resting snugly against his pudgy round stomach. His fingers strummed at the strings causing discordant notes to weakly reverberate before being drowned by his humming, the tip of the fingers slightly redden and sore from playing the banjo or one of the other instruments collected along his travels but the chubby male paid no heed to the pain. Course, nothing really ever soured D'angelo's mood as even now a cheery and uplifting smile adorned his round pudgy face; a smile often said to rival the sun and contagious as a common cold. A teasing comparison which always brought out a jovial laugh from him. Lifting the hand that had been strumming at the strings to brush it through his brushed back chocolate brown hair before sliding it down to adjust the shades resting over his eyes. Then with a deep inhale, he sat up to stretch his arms with a low yawning groan as the heel of his foot nudged the cloud to have the cloud come to a slow stop."[color=f7941d] Hngh! We must of been flying for hours if the sun's come out.[/color]" Lifting his head to gaze up at the sky where he received a momentary flash of light glinting off the shades."[color=f7941d] Hahah! And a howdy do you too![/color]" Waving up at the sky while chuckling." [color=f7941d]Those guys at the shop were right about these glasses but boy does it make my nose itchy and sweaty.[/color]" Shifting the banjo onto his right hip before picking them up off his face to rub at the bridge of his nose." [color=f7941d]Alright, now where are we.[/color]" Placing the free hand above his eyes to start scanning around him, where at first he could see nothing but trees and the caravan cloud the size of a small shed behind him tied to the back of nimbus via a rope. Briefly catching sight of his arm, where he noticed his once normally pale skin had taken on a slight tan causing him to let out a low whistle." [color=f7941d]Whew, guess it wasn't just the knickknacks and souvenir I've picked up while traveling these past several months.[/color]" Laughing at himself for failing to even notice his own tan. Taking a moment to brush his fingers along the slightly darkened skin of his arm, amused at the realization." [color=f7941d]Better than a sunburn though wouldn't you say, pal?[/color]" Tilting his head to glance down at Nimbus which he felt rumble briefly beneath him."[color=f7941d] Oh yeah, as if you haven't already bragged enough about not having skin to get burned.[/color]" Scoffing while giving the golden puff a few playful pokes. After a good pokes did he remember needing to figure out where he even was."[color=f7941d] Oh yeah![/color]" Bumping a palm to his forehead as he quickly resumed his scanning until he caught glimpse of a most exciting sight. His body jumped up in place excitedly with his left hand scooping a small chunk of cloud, the right setting the shades down then. A flick forward of the left hand to have the chunk stretch and shift into a long cylinder shape then two taps along the side to have a droplet of water form at the wider end to have a cloudy spyglass form. "[color=f7941d] Yar..city hooooooo![/color]" Exclaiming in a stereotypical pirate accent while leaning forward to try and get as good a look one could with a makeshift spyglass before eventually spotting a sign of which he could vaguely make out the word, Magnolia." [color=f7941d]Aye, thar be Magnolia said to be the finest city of these seven leafy seas![/color]" The widest smile possible cracked his sun kissed face; struggling to keep his body from shaking with excitement." We be only minutes away from making shore after all these months across the leafy deep!" He began laughing giddily as he leaned back with a parrot shaped cloud forming on his shoulder." [color=f7941d]Oi Polly! Take a gander.[/color]" Lifting the spyglass to the cloud parrot."[color=f7941d] Thar be the home of Phoenix Wing! Finest guild cross these lands and it be there the treasure we seek awaits![/color]" Bouncing in place like an excited kid."[color=f7941d] What do ye think of that, Polly?[/color]" Glancing down at the cloud parrot as if expecting it to respond then make a squawking sound from the corner of his mouth. " *Squawk*[color=f7941d] Don't know why you asking me I'm just a ball of cloud[/color] *squawk* " D'angelo's brows furrowed a bit at the bird's response he had it give." [color=f7941d]Maybe show some enthusiasm for finally arriving at Magnolia after months of flying.[/color]" Pointing his free hand towards the city while staring at the cloudy bird which simply sat there lifeless before waving his hand to disperse the parrot." Bah, shows what a cloudy bird knows. Surely you're excited right, Nimbus!" Grinning down hopefully at the cloud and after nearly five seconds of waiting did he feel a rumble beneath him again prompting him to throw his fist up in a pumping action."[color=f7941d] Aye that be the spirit![/color]" He cheered out in jubilee as he did so. " [color=f7941d]Just a little longer till we get to see the he who has since long thought lost! I can't wait to see his face after seeing us.[/color]" Bouncing giddily in place once more."[color=f7941d] And you know what such wondrous news calls for?[/color]" He asked which was received with silence." [color=f7941d]That's right! A sky shanty![/color]" Grabbing and pulling the banjo back across his chest." [color=f7941d]Let's go![/color]" Clapping the soles of his shoes twice to have Nimbus flying off towards Magnolia. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fingers strummed along the strings in amateur upbeat rhythm with most of the tunes off and discordant; clearly the playing of a total rookie. Following by a matching cheery humming as D'angelo began singing in a tone nearly matching his playing of the banjo though not one to necessarily hurt any would be listeners ears. " [color=fff200]Come and fly away with me Come and fly away with me-e-e-e-e Come and fly away with me Co-co-come and fly away with me-e-e-e-e Come and fly away with me Come and fly away with me Co-co-come and fly away with me Come and fly away with me Don't you be afraid Everything will change You and I Jumping off the edge They say dreamers never die So, come and fly Come and fly Come and fly away with me We're Rising, We're falling We'll make it through [/color]" Humming the melody as nimbus lightly rose and dipped as it flew onward towards the city " [color=fff200]We're climbing We're soaring A thousand views We're Rising, We're falling We'll make it through We're climbing We're soaring A thousand views[/color] " Rocking lightly atop Nimbus as he stopped singing to begin humming and whistling a cheery and upbeat melody in intermission as a few birds taking lift from the tree tops flapped and flew around him. Soon hearing them chirp in tune to his delight; nodding his head as he whistled along with the unexpected flock. With a low screeching chirp the birds flew off just as he reached the outskirts of the town, where he then bid them a bon adieu with a whistling wave of the hand. Glancing around while whistling until he caught sight of someone working on their car in their driveway and gave a signaling tap to Nimbus to fly down next to the car. The cloud pulled to a slow stop, careful to pull up far enough to the side so as to keep the caravan cloud from hitting the card."[color=f7941d] Hello and a fine howdy do![/color]" He called out in a cheerful greeting voice, just loud enough to get the man currently working under the hood of his truck's attention. A low grunt and a snort could be heard before the male pulled away from his truck; a man in his mid-30's dressed in overalls stained and smudged in oil and dirt with a weathered tanned face covered in a few days unshaved whiskers." [color=0072bc]How many times I told you kids to stay away when I'm work-[/color]" A look of stunned disbelief took hold of his face as he stood witness to the rather unbelievable sight of a chubby young adult just floating there over his yard with banjo in hand and sitting atop some weird puffy golden thing. With no idea of what to make of what he was seeing and could only stare at the unorthodox sight and that overly friendly grinning face all flabbergasted with his oily hands kept busy rubbing and wringing the rag held in their grip. A friendly wave in greeting as he leaned towards the stunned stranger." [color=f7941d]Howdy there! The name's D'angelo and I'm new to the town.[/color]" Pointing at himself with his thumb while introducing himself."[color=f7941d] Hope I'm not bothering you and that's one real beaut of a truck you got there, by the way.[/color]" Nodding in approval with a thumbs up. The man could only blink at receiving probably the friendliest greeting in his life and a compliment on top of it." [color=0072bc]Well uh..that's real kind of you. Had Bessy here for goin on..uh 9 years now I'd say, give or take though the transmission been acting up.[/color]" Not once did he look away nor the big smile wavered on his face as he listened to every word, genuinely interested in the stranger's issue with the truck."[color=f7941d] Ah, man sounds like you have a great history with Bessy there, yeah? Unfortunate about the transmission, but things always reach a point where they start breaking down on ya, you know? But I'm sure you will get Bessy in working order and be right as rain.[/color]" It was odd to have some stranger pull up out of the blue trying to be all friendly with small talk. Normally would be getting annoyed at a stranger doing so, even more so when that such person was a outsider to the town, but for some reason he simply couldn't bring himself to be annoyed or angry at this D'angelo as his kind words of motivation felt real and not just being said to be nice." [color=0072bc]You're an awful friendly one aren't you? Don't get many outsiders that go out of there way to listen to some stranger.[/color]" The man considered to be a grump in this neighborhood found himself chuckling, finding himself liking the pudgy lad." [color=0072bc]Ah, there a plenty stories I could tell you about Bessy here, but I'm sure you got things to do and places to be. So, what can I do for you, lad?[/color]" Hearing the man chuckle had D'angelo laughing along." [color=f7941d]I've been told that from time to time. Glad its an enjoyable manner this time.[/color]" Rubbing the back of his head while smiling widely at the praise then he perked up at the mention of these stories about Bessy causing him to lean forward a bit more." [color=f7941d]Ooh you do! Well I do need to get going sadly, but you best believe I'll be coming by sometime to hear some of them stories[/color]." Doing a finger snap gun at him while taking a look around to memorize the address for a future visit then cleared his throat." [color=f7941d]Right..the thing I bothered you for.[/color]" Waving his hands forward at the sides of his face to get himself to focus." [color=f7941d]I just wanted to ask for directions to the guild, Phoenix Wing. Do you perhaps know of it?[/color]" The man gave a scoffing chuckle with a shake of the head while wiping at his dirty hand with the rag." [color=0072bc]Should of figured it was about Phoenix Wing. Of course I know the place as you'd be real hard pressed to meet someone who didn't know about that guild. Everyone and their mothers flock to the place to fanboy or fangirl or seek to join.[/color]" Shaking his head, his voice not one of dislike but more of exasperation from all the people going on about the guild though he had no problems giving D'angelo the directions. And doing so had D'angelo elated and thankful as he clasped his hands together after receiving the directions." [color=f7941d]Aye! Thanks for the help. Today really has been a great day with finally reaching Magnolia and meeting a new possible friend and his truck, Bessy.[/color]" Tipping his head as if tipping a hat in the truck's direction then pondered to himself; wanting to show his thanks and apology for taking up his time that he reached into Nimbus and rummaged around for a bit before pulling his hands out to find he was holding a small plastic tin with a slice of cheesecake and bottle of water." Here we are! A token of my appreciation." Holding out his hands as he all but shoved them into the man's arms before any chance of refusing them." [color=f7941d]Good luck with Bessy and make sure to take a break every now and then so you don't overwork yourself.[/color]" A confused look on the man's face at seeing D'angelo reach into puffy thing, still uncertain what it even was only to have a slice of cheesecake and bottle of water shoved into his arms. Yet, what surprised him most was the fact they were chilled as if they had just been pulled out of a fridge." [color=0072bc]It's no trouble really but I can't possibly take this...[/color]" Trailing off while looking over the offered treats. A modest attempt at refusal dismissed by a wave of D'angelo's hand with a scoffed." [color=f7941d]Nonsense! Always good to have a snack around. Well, I'll be off but I'll be back to see how that transmission turns out. Until then you have an absolutely fantastic day![/color]" With a finger gun farwell, Nimbus rose to take off back into the sky. A final attempt to refuse the offered items but the person didn't have a chance to get a word out before D'angelo was off." Hmph...that's a good lad and this was kind and all but..." Looking down at the plastic tin of cheesecake." [color=f7941d]I'm lactose intolerant...[/color]." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After such a meeting, D'angelo found his mood even more uplifted and cheerful; flying through the city at at a middle level of height of the skyscrapers he flew by. Bouncing lightly in place as he began humming and playing the banjo once more, ready to resume singing while making his way towards the guild..... " [color=fff200]Somewhere by the emerald sea Where the moon And water meet Somewhere close to harmony When the world is sound asleep Something's gonna bring a change Journeys we are meant to take Something at the edge of space Calling us to fly away Don't you be afraid Everything will change You and I Jumping off the edge They say dreamers never die So, come and fly [/color]" Humming and rocking happily as he soon found himself reaching the guild building and began hovering slowly towards the ground in a circling manner. "[color=fff200] Come and fly Come and fly away with me We're Rising, We're falling We'll make it through We're climbing, We're soaring A thousand views We're rising, We're falling We'll make it through We're climbing We're soaring A thousand views[/color] " Seeing Nimbus reaching just inches above the sky and pushed himself to stand up on the cloud as he prepared to finish his song- "[color=fff200]Come and fly away Come and fly away with me Come and fly away come and fly away with me Come and fly-y-y-y-y away with[/color] " Hopping down off Nimbus touching down with the ground with his big finish- " [color=fff200]Me-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e[/color]" A kick of his hips and a stomp of his foot as he ended with a rapid strum of the banjo in a big solo finish that was all but a few notes horribly strung yet he played the hell out of the solo, not caring how bad he was. Throwing up his right hand in a finished flair as the last echoing strum of the banjo died down with him standing there panting, beads of sweat coating his face and forehead. Lifting his head and bending back with an excited cheer." [color=f7941d]Whoo! That was awesome. You saw that, didn't you Nimbus? I totally got some of the chords there. I'm taking that as definitely killing that solo![/color]" Laughing as he raised his right hand towards the cloud for a high five but Nimbus being a cloud just floated there. Catching this, D'angelo grinned while lowering his hand to pat the cloud."[color=f7941d] Down low, feel the flow here we go cause Phoenix Wing we have arrived![/color]" Spinning around in place to double point at the entrance of the building. [hider]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubgFZnja_HE&ab_channel=7clouds ft: Song and theme sung by D'angelo Schultz (Nowhere near as well as the actual song of course) [/hider]