*for his part, is delighted with the gathering -- it feels as if the drumming is tolling them all in*

*shifts to the center of the bench, making his own sound deeper and adding a metallic ring from the iron-bound back*

*it's not perfect -- he stumbles a little, but picks the beat up scarcely a note later with an instinctive sense of where the sounds fit together, his breath coming fast with the exertion and gritty spirit of the sound*