Q&A Part 3 (Patreon)

Producer: You three look uncomfortable.

Seven Lawless, Blake Winter, and G Reign sit at the table, all three faces blank with dispassion. They make a show of moving away from each other, adding enough inches of space that their shoulders don’t touch.

G: Let’s just get this over with.

Producer: It’s just one question. You three can answer one question together, can you?

With a sigh, Blake takes the slip from the producer and reads it aloud.

@G @Seven @Blake favorite song lyric you've written so far ?

Seven shifts uncomfortably but speaks first.

[Tell me what’s wrong with me

I think I’ve lost my sanity

You play the victim too well

The main role in my hell

This method act is starting to lure me in

I’ll ignore the signs for your song of sin]

Seven: That’s from…Siren Song.

Producer: You wrote it yourself?

Seven nods.

Seven: It was one of the Soft Violence songs I did by myself, yeah. I wrote the first draft in a night.

Blake snorts.

Blake: You are so

Blake snorts, wiggling their fingers.

Blake: edgy.

Seven: I’m edgy? You have a tattoo of a flame under your eye.

Blake looks insulted for a moment as G rolls their eyes.

Seven inhales sharply and turns to Blake.

Seven: Okay. Let’s hear yours.

Blake: No problem.

Blake thinks about it and then smiles.

[She’s gone mad

He needs me bad

They fall together like dominos

And down the tower goes]

Seven and G stare at Blake, both of them baffled.

Seven: Is that serious?

Blake’s smile falls.

Blake: I wrote it myself.

G shakes their head.

G: We can tell.

Blake is about to speak when the producer raises a hand, evidently wanting to get this over with.

Producer: G?

G shifts in their seat and thinks, before grinning.

G: I have many songs, as you all know.

Seven nods dutifully while Blake slumps back in their chair, looking irritated.

G: My favorite is one from a song that’s scrapped. This is exclusive info so you’re welcome in advance.

Blake appears exasperated. The sarcasm in their next word can’t be missed.

Blake: Awesome.

G shoots a look at Blake before speaking again.

[Crucify me and ruin my name

I’ll take all the blame

If you stay with me for one more night]

Blake: Do you guys just not like having fun? Why is everything so serious?

Seven: If your lyrics constitute as fun then no.

Producer: Let’s….move on.

@The Band: When you all are constructing the sound of your music do you all just play around to chase the sound? Or do you have someone who takes the lead?

Rowan: We play around a little and work from that. We’re not very structured.

Iris: Not in the beginning, at least.

Devyn nods.

Devyn: We follow [MC] since they’re the singer and primary songwriter. So I guess you can say they take the lead.

MC: We all contribute in some way or another. August will see that soon.

August: …Yeah.

Rowan: Usually we come into a session with ideas already recorded on our phones and build off that. It’s different every time.

Producer: A collaborative effort.

MC: What else can it be?

@rowan @devyn @iris @august is your manager seeing anyone if not could you pls hook me up with him i am begging you PLS

Iris: Orion’s not seeing anyone.

Iris: I think.

Rowan: He doesn’t tell us anything.

Devyn: We’d have no idea if he is.

Rowan: Orion dating someone.

Rowan laughs.

Rowan: What a concept.

@7 since you went to school with MC, is there a favorite memory you had/have of your time with them growing up? If so, what is it?

Seven Lawless stares at the question for a long moment. They crumple the sheet and toss it away.

Seven: I don’t remember.

Seven: It was a long time ago.

Producer: If you say so.

To Seven: do you think MC got hotter with time or are they the same as before?

Seven frowns.

Seven: I don’t want questions about them anymore.

Producer: We can’t control that.

Producer: What is it about them that bothers you so greatly?

Seven doesn’t answer. Instead they shift in their seat, looking torn.

Seven: Nothing.

Producer: That’s hard to believe.

Seven: Just…next question.

For Seven: everyone knows that you were once really close to Jazzy Dawson. Now she's getting married with a baby on the way. How does it feel to not be there for those milestones?

Seven is silent.

Producer: Seven-

Seven: Can I take a break?

@Iris- I love your style and your partner *drops mic*

Iris: Thanks now stop looking at them.

Iris smiles, ignoring the way Devyn nudges her.

everyone is torturing seven so this one is for soft violence as a whole: what are your favourite memories together as a band?

Pope laughs.

Avina: Our first practice. We were all super nervous but I think that’s the day we realized we were meant to be together.

Kieran: Aw.

Seven: Good things can come out of

Avina: bad things.

Pope: That’s an elementary way of saying it but yeah.

Kieran: Are you seriously criticizing it?

Pope: No! I’m just saying.

Avina smiles.

Avina: We’re glad Seven joined us. Soft Violence wouldn’t exist without them.

Seven: I’m glad too. I found my place here.