The sun was already punishing by the time the Feral Eclipse crew began unloading the trailer behind the tour bus. The venue’s staff had promised “plenty of shade” in their email. That had apparently meant one small tree. Everyone ignored it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thane stood at the tailgate, clipboard in one paw, ears back in full \u201cdon\u2019t test me today\u201d<\/em> mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gabriel popped open the trailer\u2019s main door and immediately winced. \u201cOh wow. Yep. That gear is definitely cooked. Can we get fireproof cases next time?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Diesel grunted from the cab. \u201cY\u2019all want fireproof, you better start headlining in igloos.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mark walked past with a coil of DMX cable slung over one shoulder, muttering, \u201cHeatwave\u2019s already made this a hostile work environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ramp groaned as it hit the concrete, and the pack got to work. Racks, lights, pedalboards, cases\u2014every piece had its place<\/strong>. Even Jonah helped, which was unusual, though it mostly consisted of him wheeling one cymbal bag and announcing, \u201cLook! I\u2019m contributing!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maya had her guitar cases open like sacred relics, and Rico was already tuning while walking, multitasking like a pro. Emily sprinted past with her tablet, reading off the day\u2019s checklist and nearly tripping over a cable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thane ducked into the trailer\u2019s belly, pulled the fog machines forward, and called back, \u201cIf I see one more person step over a cable without taping it, I will turn this load-in into a group trust exercise with zip ties.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassie walked past with a mic stand, smirking. \u201cYou keep threatening that, but I\u2019ve never<\/em> seen it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gabriel poked his head into the trailer. \u201cThane, serious question: do you think if I climbed in there and just laid down among the drum cases, I could pass as cargo?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thane didn\u2019t even look up. \u201cOnly if you stop talking.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The sun was already punishing by the time the Feral Eclipse crew began unloading the trailer behind the tour bus. The venue’s staff had promised “plenty of shade” in their email. That had apparently meant one small tree. Everyone ignored it. Thane stood at the tailgate, clipboard in one paw, ears back in full \u201cdon\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tour-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3094,"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063\/revisions\/3094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}