1st Floor Rec Room, Sunday Afternoon

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A challenge had been made, and accepted, and the day of reckoning was at hand.

Minako had been the one to find the karaoke machine in the closet of the rec room, with squeals of "Kawaiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!" while Sparkle had been left in-charge of snacks.

...just...Minako was not going to vouch as to whether or not the punch had been spiked yet, okay?

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Snacks & Mingling

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For chilling out with your classmates, 'cause hey, free food.

Re: Snacks & Mingling

[myownface]

So yes, technically Sparkle had to work today. But it was the day after the big date event, and two days after the Valentine's dance, and three days after actual Valentine's Day, and Sparkle was pretty sure everyone out there was all dress-upped-out. This time of year was just going to be all of the cheap-asses taking their worn clothes with the tags still on back for a refund anyhow, wasn't it? And he didn't want to argue about that crap today when he could be doing a sing-off with the bouncy Japanese chick from class.

Yes, he was the guy who had put out the refreshments and all, but that wasn't stopping him from tucking a few pastries into his bag for later, all the same.

And of course the punch was spiked. Who did you think Sparkle was?

Re: Snacks & Mingling

[suitably_heroic]

Atton had been planning to go another round of that helicopter-flying game, but apparently the room was occupied. And he would've passed on it too if...

...well, if he had had anything better to do today. "So what's going on here?" he said, in passing. Because beelining for the food was a thing.

Re: Snacks & Mingling

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"It's a battle to the pain between Canada and Japan," Sparkle ever so helpfully informed Atton, toasting him with a glass of spiked punch. "Minako there thinks she can take me on in a karaoke match, and I intend to prove her wrong."

Or at least have fun doing it. His Canada Cred didn't exactly hinge on karaoke, after all.

Re: Snacks & Mingling

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Atton filled up a glass of punch with seemingly little care whether it had alcohol in it or not. "Damn," he said, "And me without my earplugs."

Re: Snacks & Mingling

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"Guess you're gonna have to cope, if you want to keep eating the food," Sparkle replied, leaning forward and attempting to poke Atton in the shoulder with a smirk on his face. "It won't be that bad. Better than that screechy shit you have to listen to when you go to that club in Baltimore."

The club that Sparkle wasn't a huge fan of.

Re: Snacks & Mingling

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Atton took a sip of the punch. "Hey, there's nothing wrong with the music down there," he shot back. "Definitely better than what you hear in most cantinas."

Huh, there was a kick in this.

Re: Snacks & Mingling

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Minako was taking a page from the Boards and drinking lemon-water, thanks. Because, hi, she wasn't a complete ditz, she knew better than to trust punch at a high school.

KARAOKE!!!

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For the singers! Yes, we've got a sing-off today, folks, but our competitors will need to rest their voices on occasion, and you, too, can step on up and sing!

...and yes, you can heckle, but get too mean/obnoxious and Minako's gonna put you in Time Out.

Re: KARAOKE!!!

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Artemis had quietly disapproved when Minako had worked out her songlist for today, but she wasn't going to let a cranky old cat stop her.

So of course, she was going to start off with Venus (http://youtu.be/Za_TecfMXtA).

Goddess on the mountain top
Burning like a silver flame
The summit of beauty and love
And Venus was her name!

Minako winked at Sparkle and flipped her hair.

She's got it
Yeah, baby, she's got it
I'm your Venus, I'm your fire
At your desire
Well, I'm your Venus, I'm your fire
At your desire

WAIT OH GOD HAD THESE LYRICS ALWAYS BEEN THIS FORWARD? Minako refused to blush, and just kept singing until the end, throwing herself into it and doing her best to enjoy herself.

Re: KARAOKE!!!

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Next up, Minako was totally going to show off her ballad abilities. Kinda (http://kaydeefalls.dreamwidth.org/626461.html).

She says I know your face
But something's strange in your eyes
Your voice I know so well
Your words I don't recognize

And darkness creeps in
Borne on cold winds
Blows my footprints away

And I see myself
Turn into something else
Turn into someone else
For a while
And I know I'm right
Running into this night
Running another dream to the ground

The girl who falls down stairs,
She calls my name through the air.
She says I loved you once,
I'd love you again if you dare.

So wipe the sleep from tiger eyes
And put this moment aside.

And I see myself
Turn into something else,
Turn into someone else,
For a while.
And I know I'm right --
Running into this night --
Running another dream to the ground!

Needles buzz like neon light and
I am stained by this town,
And all my faith gone,
All maps welcome,
The stairs have twisted around.

And I see myself
Turn into something else,
Turn into someone else,
For a while.
And I know I'm right
Running into this night,
Running another dream to the ground

Pull me out
Pull me out
Pull me out...

Re: KARAOKE!!!

[suitably_heroic]

... yeah, Atton's whole judging shtick was going to be made damned hard by all the crappy music choices. "I guess that's not bad," he said, rubbing at his poor ear. "You got anything stronger in there?"

He was going to have to go looking for different input, wasn't he?

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"Stronger?" Minako put her hands on her hips and gave him a wink. "Where's that song book?"

Sorry, Atton, you're, like, the worst option ever to flirt with, which meant you were totally Minako's type.

A second later she picked something out which she remembered hearing...somewhere... and the music (http://youtu.be/1HxqgpOFbiM) started. A little more hardcore than Minako usually went, but she was a performer!

Take me I'm alive
Never was a girl with a wicked mind,
But everything looks better when sun goes down!

I had everything,
Opportunities for eternity,
And I could belong to the night...
Your eyes, your eyes,
I can see in your eyes,
Your eyes...

You make me wanna die!
I'll never be good enough,
You make me wanna die!
And everything you love will burn up in the light
Every time I look inside your eyes,
Make me wanna die.

Taste me, drink my soul
Show me all the things that I shouldn't know
And there's a new moon on the rise...

I had everything
Opportunities for eternity
And I could belong to the night
Your eyes, your eyes
I can see in your eyes
Your eyes everything in your eyes, your eyes

You make me wanna die!
I'll never be good enough
You make me wanna die!
And everything you love will burn up in the light
Every time I look inside your eyes (burning in the light)
Make me wanna die!

I'll die for you my love, my love
I'll lie for you my love, my love (make me wanna die)
I'll steal for you, my love, my love (make me wanna die)
I'll die for you my love, my love
Well burn up in the light

Every time I look inside your eyes
I'm burning in the light
Every time I look inside your eyes
I'm burning in the light
Every time I look inside your eyes
Make me wanna die!

Re: KARAOKE!!!

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Space, was the little girl trying to hit on him?

"That's an upgrade," he drawled, tacking on a, "Kid."

He'd just ignore the wink and the... music.

Re: KARAOKE!!!

[myownface]

Sparkle was in it for adventure today, so he hadn't really planned his song list in advance so much as he'd opened the song book and pointed at a song at random.

So, when Cuban Pete started playing, he kicked off the whole thing with an amused whoop, and spent the whole duration of the song doing a little step-step-step-ass-shake cha-cha while he sang.

They call me Cuban Pete
I'm the king of the rumba beat
When I play the maracas I go
Chick-chicky-boom chick-chicky-boom

Yes sir, I'm Cuban Pete
I'm the craze of my native street
When I start to dance everything goes
Chick-chicky-boom, chick-chicky-boom

The senoritas they sing
And they swing with "terampero"
It's very nice - so full of spice
And when they dance in they bring
A happy ring that "era keros"
Are singing a song
All the day long

So if you like the beat
Take a lesson from Cuban Pete
And I'll teach you to
Chick-chicky-boom, chick-chicky-boom, chick-chicky-boom

And right around here, Sparkle threw his voice up into his nose and started singing the most nasal falsetto he could manage. Because for this next verse, it was kind of important.

He's a really modest guy
Although he's the hottest guy
In Havana, in Havana

Si, senorita I know
That you would like a chicky-boom-chick
It's very nice - so full of spice
I'll place my hand on your hip
And if you will just give me your hand
Then we shall try
Just you and I!

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[myownface]

Sparkle's next song was a little slower, a little less... Cuban Pete... than the last one. And, like the last one, it had been picked at random from the song list.

When the country music started to play, Sparkle only looked a little put off. But he faked his way through it like a champ, dammit. Like a punk-faced honky-tonk fucking champ.

I'm gonna be here for you baby
I'll be a man of my word
Speak the language in a voice that you have never heard
I wanna sleep with you forever
And I wanna die in your arms
In a cabin by a meadow where the wild bees swarm

Sparkle was making faces as he sang this one, yes. What kind of lyrics were these supposed to be, exactly? Wild bees? What? What??

And I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you
And I'll earn your trust making memories of us

I wanna honor your mother
I wanna learn from your pa
I wanna steal your attention like a bad outlaw
I wanna stand out in a crowd for you
A man among men
I wanna make your world better than it's ever been

And I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you
And I'll earn your trust making memories of us

We'll follow the rainbow
Wherever the four winds blow
And there'll be a new day
Comin' your way

I'm gonna be here for you from now on
This you know somehow
You've been stretched to the limits but it's alright now
And I'm gonna make you this promise
If there's life after this
I'm gonna be there to meet you with a warm, wet kiss, Mhmmm.
Yes I am.

And I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you
And I'll earn your trust making memories of us,
I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you baby,
And I'll win your trust making memories of us
Mmhm ooooooooooo oh baby!

Please, excuse the way Sparkle was making gagging noises as he stepped off the stage after this one. His random song-picking finger was so fired.

Re: KARAOKE!!!

[suitably_heroic]

"Space, what was that?"

Ew. Terrible, Sparkle! You had just fallen down like twenty notches in Atton's esteem.

Re: KARAOKE!!!

[myownface]

"I don't even fucking know! It was just what came on!" Sparkle wasn't flailing, no, but it was a close thing. "Ugh, country. Why is that even in the songbook?"

Because of the wild bees, Sparkle. Swarming.

Re: KARAOKE!!!

[suitably_heroic]

"You could've just not pressed it," Atton pointed out. "Saved us all some earache."

Seriously. Ow.

Re: KARAOKE!!!

[suitably_heroic]

Okay, Atton had had a few glasses of punch, and then he'd paged through the selection, pulled a face, had some more punch, and then gone pouring through what CDs he could find.

Eventually, he found something... sort of suitable. Well, it was on a vid soundtrack and it wasn't anywhere near the original - which kicked some ass - but at least it was something.

And if the cover version really turned out to be poodoo, well, his voice was better suited to doing an Iggy Pop impression anyway.

"What you two are doing is horrible," he said, taking a sip of his punch and then setting it down. "Let's hope this isn't."

He snagged the microphone and kicked off (slightly out of tune because of the damn punch and also the fact he wasn't a professional singer to any degree) nice and low.

I'm a street walking cheetah
With a heart full of napalm
I'm a runaway son of the nuclear A-bomb
I am a world's forgotten boy
The one who searches and destroys!

What he lacked in vocal talent he was going to make up for in I used to be awesome at my job because I can make anybody believe anything stage presence glory, damn it.

Honey gotta help me please
Somebody gotta save my soul
Baby detonates for me--

Look out honey, 'cause I'm using technology!
Ain't got time to make no apology
Soul radiation in the dead of night
Love in the middle of a fire fight
Honey gotta strike me blind
Somebody gotta save my soul
Baby penetrates my mind
And I'm the world's forgotten boy
The one who's searchin', searchin' to destroy!

And at least the song was about ten times more honest about him than anything that ever came out of his mouth...

And honey I'm the world's forgotten boy
The one who's searchin', searchin' to destroy
Forgotten boy, forgotten boy
Forgotten boy said
Hey forgotten boy!

He put down the mike, picked up his glass, and stalked off the makeshift stage.

Re: KARAOKE!!!

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Yeah, Minako was going to clap and whistle, because he was clearly just shy and needed encouragement!

Time Out

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No, seriously, there's a group of chairs set up in the far corner of the room, and if you heckle and don't sing, you're gonna get sent over there.

After Karaoke

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Eat the rest of the food, switch the tv over to Rock Band, whatever. It's a party!!!

OOC

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You love my OCD on a Sunday.

Re: OOC

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