<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/7/79/3144492_orig.jpg)</div>Turning to look at Rachel E.T. smiled as he said, "Well unless your official unofficial hubby over there has been teaching you how to do sound an lighting checks there really isn't much left that you can help out with.  Other than perhaps helping Alex bring out more of our instruments when he gets here.  Just don't go messing with Sticks kit he doesn't take to kindly to people touching things they really have no business touching."<br/><br/>About the time E.T. was finished Alex showed up jumping easily up onto the stage.  "Nearly but we still need to do the sound and lighting checks.  I also wanted to check out those new smoke machines that Emily picked up for us.  Would be nice to know what they are capable of before we put them into use out East.  I thought they were in the back storage but I didn't see them there.  You don't happen to know where they were stored after Emily dropped them off the other night would you?"<br/><br/>Glancing over at Rachel the back to Alex E.T. added, "Cord's lap warmer here seems to think she knows a thing or two about stage set up.  Why don't you take her under you wing so to speak and let her help you with bringing out<em>the</em>gear.  With the special emphasis that the band leader put on the word<em>the</em>Alex would know that E.T. meant the extra cable boxes and other and other such grunt work that would keep the woman busy yet more or less out of the way while they finished up testing the equipment.<br/><br/>Turning enough so that he could see the table where everyone was still chatting and enjoying a few drinks, "Hey Josh why don't you come on over and put some rhythm to these skins of yours.  Emily managed to pick up those special mic's you've been wanting.  They're pretty well set up where they should be but I know how you like to get them just right to your own preferences."<br/><br/>Then turning around E.T. went over to where a half dozen of his guitars waited to be used in the gig that night.  Bending over a little he picked up his double necked (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/86/DSED_Double-Neck_VS_VOS_CS102174_a.jpg) 12 and six string guitar.  There were a few of their songs where he actually used this instrument quite a bit so he always liked to use it for his warm ups.  The while waiting for Josh to come up E.T. flew through a few sets of scales to get his fingers warmed up.  Occasionally turning towards Irinia with a few comments about what he would like to hear out of the system or asking her if something seemed off to her.