Two nights after Kansas City, the Feral Eclipse tour bus hummed along the I-70 corridor beneath a wide Missouri sky. Inside, the crew lounged in their usual post-show sprawl\u2014Cassie curled up with a book in the corner, Jonah practicing finger taps on a pillow, and Gabriel pacing the length of the bus with his eighth espresso of the day, rambling enthusiastically about adding a bubble machine to their light show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emily sat on the edge of one of the unused bunks, her knees drawn up, hoodie sleeves pulled over her hands. She still hadn\u2019t quite convinced herself this wasn\u2019t all a dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thane appeared beside her with a soft knock on the bunk frame. \u201cHey. We don\u2019t usually make it official, but\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He handed her a laminated lanyard. Bright red. Custom printed. Emily stared at it, eyes wide. \u201cI\u2026 get my own badge?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thane smiled. \u201cYou\u2019ve already earned it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jonah peeked around the corner and grinned. \u201cAlso, heads-up\u2014we assigned you Bunk #8. It\u2019s the one under mine. Rico\u2019s above you, so don\u2019t worry about sudden guitar solos. He\u2019s surprisingly quiet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mark walked by with a mug and added, without looking up, \u201cBut if you hear mysterious typing at 2 a.m., it\u2019s me reprogramming the ghost lights. Nothing to be alarmed about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassie leaned over the couch with a grin. \u201cAnd if Gabriel tries to explain the tour layout using snack metaphors again, you\u2019re legally allowed to hit him with a pillow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gabriel popped up from the kitchenette, holding a cookie. \u201cThe cookie tray is<\/em> the stage layout, and I stand by it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Diesel called back from the front of the bus. \u201cShe ain\u2019t allowed to bring drama unless she brings enough cookies for the rest of us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Emily laughed, warm and real, hugging the lanyard to her chest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thane leaned in slightly, voice low but full of kindness. \u201cYou\u2019re one of us now, Emily. Just be yourself, help where you can, and don\u2019t be afraid to learn. We\u2019re loud, weird, and slightly cursed, but\u2026 this pack sticks together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Her voice was soft but certain. \u201cI won\u2019t let you down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou already haven\u2019t,\u201d Gabriel said, hopping into the opposite seat and handing her a cookie. \u201cNow let\u2019s teach you how to survive load-in without getting crushed by a rolling rack.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two nights after Kansas City, the Feral Eclipse tour bus hummed along the I-70 corridor beneath a wide Missouri sky. Inside, the crew lounged in their usual post-show sprawl\u2014Cassie curled up with a book in the corner, Jonah practicing finger taps on a pillow, and Gabriel pacing the length of the bus with his eighth […]<\/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-622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tour-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622","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=622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3135,"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622\/revisions\/3135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Feral Eclipse \u2013 Crew Access \u2013 Emily<\/strong>
In the corner, written in Gabriel\u2019s scrawl, someone had added: Starcatcher.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n