EL CORAZON BUILDING - 103 / THE CONCERT HALL

[DKender]

"Ha! I had a brainstorm. This is the perfect opportunity to test my idea: dance as magical tribute! Give me a couple chairs, and I'll channel that SMOKIN Flashdance scene. You know the one. Yeeeah. Bet Cupid's spirits love that! LITERALLY NOTHING is more good vibey than dance. Oh! And here's the best part: afterwards, me and Kat can get together, and it won't seem like a chore. We're staying the night, right? Oh, man. I'm in ***~<3~love~<3~***. Ninth time the charm! It's so wonderful. Il n'y a qu'un bonheur dans la vie. C'est d'aimer et d'etre aime! HAHA! HAHAHA!"

Concentrate!

"Uh, right, I called you here for a reason. You know what makes a dance sacred? The drummer. Seriously, that's a legit part of my traditional spiritual heritage, unlike magical glasses. So I need you to drum. What do you think? This idea probably sounds crazy, but they called Newton crazy when he invented gravity, and who's laughing now?!"

[∆§Indea§∆]

What went on in that kid's mind?At this point however, a mystical dance sounded infinitely more sound.

"Sure a magic dance sounds fine, David Bowie would approve. Are you sure you don't want a drummer who can fucking drum?Like the lady with the eyebrows? Mate, you know you don't have to do shit, right?....Err I think Kenny wants to leave pretty fucking bad."

((Tesla certainly wasn't laughing... instantrimshot.com/ ))

[DKender]

"Kenny can shove it. We came here to learn about magic. And it has to be you, because I say."

He shrugged.

"But I'm seriously not telling Nat about this ritual. Maybe Richie can do it. Where is he, anyway? Eh."

[∆§Indea§∆]

Micah gulped. Okay now he kinda knew how Alex felt. Playing drums in front of everybody? Fuck. It was those horrible fucking primary school concerts all over again! At least at those he was part of a group and could just pretend to play.

"Richie?....Oh.... Right. I'd say going with the fucking theme of the night, he's holed up somewhere bonking a chick. Okay, shall we go do this shit?"

Oh man, this was going to be bloody embarrassing.

[DKender]

"Heh, his loss. Man, man, oh man, man, I'm psyched! Everyone will be watching! Even spirits! They'll love this."

He took off his shirt.



"Okay, ready."

Alex rolled out from under the table fort.

"Attention, Dream Team, weirdos, and others! Me and Micah have decided to honor the regal spirits with a really hot dance. It will spread good vibes everywhere, so if you're grumpy and don't want to respect my traditional Native American heritage and the inspirational movie Flashdance, please leave. FYI, afterwards, we'll spend the night, because the demons are probably out already. Plus, me and Kat were doing important business-related stuff before the 'crazy train' interrupted. Maybe we'll have time to continue. Okay, everyone?"

((OOC: This doesn't have to be a big production, since the dance part (if they allow it) can be summed up as 'Alex loves himself too much and is chair-dancing Baryshnikov'. It might be funny to see how Micah handles the embarrassing situation, tho.))

[Thy Dungyeon Maestyr]

Kat-
"Yes! Alright! I'll go get Richie."

She blew a kiss at Alex and jogged to the stairs.

Jordan-
"You just made my night, Alex!"


                        Danielle-
                       "In yo FACE, haters!"


                        Kenny-
                        "..."


Kyle-
"...OK. Why not?"


Edda-
"Oh, to hell with this scene. I'm out!"

This was about to proceed! Positions, everybody! By the time the dance was ready to begin, Kat had reappeared with Richie.

But how does the drummer fare?

[∆§Indea§∆]

Micah almost considered staying in the fort, it was so safe, comfy and there was no drums to fucking speak of. Was a super ghost about? The temperature seemed to have risen and Micah felt his pulse rise. It was a shame they didn't have electricity because at this point they could put a mike up to his chest and use that for a drum beat. A trickle of sweat made it's way down his forehead and his hands shook. It was only like twenty people, right? Ugh...Okay he could do this.

Micah took a deep breath and made his way out of the fort. They'd be focused on Alex anyway, right? He gave a weak smile before making his way to the drums. He sat down almost tipping the stool over, accidently standing on a pedal which gave a loud unhealthy thump. Lucky the eyebrow lady had racked off because Micah doubted that was a good sound. He picked up the drumsticks almost dropping them, hands were slick with sweat. He felt a little sick. He was suddenly reminded of that one school concert he'd tried to forget. He'd unloaded his guts into the inside of a piano, it'd been pretty unforgettable really. Think of something else, fuck!

He look at Alex with trepidation waiting for a sign for him to start.

((Micah will drum the most basic beat ever and look like he's about to puke the entire time. He'll race off the stage as soon as he is able.))

[Thy Dungyeon Maestyr]

Micah's bluff worked. I mean, y' ever hear Orgy's cover of "Blue Monday"?
People don't know from drumming. How did the dancer fare? Pretty well,
for a drunk guy. What a feeling, Irene!

((Describe what you like of the proceedings. DeeK, I msg U.))

[DKender]

Unlike Micah, Alex enjoyed the limelight a little too much and unleashed a passionate drunk guy tribute to Flashdance. He really liked that movie because the main character was also named Alex. Tis true. At the end of the performance, Man Alex threw himself onto the ground in front of Micah's drum set oh so gracefully.

He stood quickly and said, "Antiquum ritui! Accende lumen sensibus! If the spell works, it's because of the dance. Okay? Yeah."

[Thy Dungyeon Maestyr]

Jordan-
"I believe you're right, young man. Now, if you..."

He paused for a moment when distracted by Micah barfings, then spoke a little more loudly to cover the sound of the rest of that emetic maneuver.

Jordan-
"Perhaps you'd like a celebratory dance with Kat before the ... final incantation? Everybody dance!"


Kat-
"Wooo!"

Jordan and Olivia sang a duet of "I Had the Time of My Life" as the joint came alive. Over in the corner, Brian helped Micah clean up.

Brian-
"I hate to ask someone who just vomited to dance, but I totally will. You OK there?"

[∆§Indea§∆]

Micah was relieved the ordeal was over, this was why he never did karaoke or shit like that. Nope, no more fucking performing in front of people. It would be also nice to cease vomiting in front of large crowds. Did he know anyone who hadn't seen him blow chunks anymore? Probably not. He tried to grin apologetically at Brian without looking too sickly.

"Yeah, I'll be right. So fucking sorry, the things you do for mates, right? Sure, a pity dance. Let's rock out."

Brian-
"Pity? Never!"

Brian was surprisingly powerful. He made Micah feel weirdly small, but also secure. This guy wouldn't let him fall. Patrick Swayze moves ensued.

[DKender]

Alex helped himself to something strong from the bar before joining Kat.

"Whooooa. I'm not even hungry anymore. Olivia was right. We don't need food." He rubbed his face. "Here's an idea. Let's summon, like, ancient ghosts. I wanna meet a dinosaur. Haunted Jurrrassssic park. Awuh. Where are animal ghosts? Snowball has a soul. It's goddamn evil, but ... ohhh, Kat, you're so pretty. Were you named after a cat, or is Kat short for Katalina? Mom says she named me after Alex the gray parrot, the famous one, but I think that's BS."

[Thy Dungyeon Maestyr]

Kat-
"I know, it's weird! Dinosaurs so wouldn't talk. Maybe ghost dinosaurs would? I haven't seen an animal ghost. Someone from Tower 801 said he saw ghost horses. Aww, thanks! You are too, but you know that. I should have been named after a cat! Ooh, I saw this movie when I was a kid and I was home sick and there was this pretty lady who married a guy but if they had sex she'd turn into a monster cat and kill him but she couldn't say it and he was cheating on her and it was so tragic and stuff, but she was hella pretty..."

The dance continued!

[Dr. Jar]

Ashley jogs into this room and stares at everyone in the area. He'd keep a look out for 403-ers in particular as he has no intention of them staying with people who worship demons.

He looks like he has a bad sunburn, and is also missing his eyebrows. Mysteriously the sunburn is mostly distributed on his face and very few places otherwise. His eyes are wide and though his dark eyes are difficult to read, he seems a man under strain of some kind or another. He pants quietly as he looks among the crowd.

[Thy Dungyeon Maestyr]

There was a thirty-something guy on the stage with a teenage girl. They had just finished playing a song and people were clapping. The guy noticed Ashley but chose to ignore him for the moment - not let people get distracted from the purpose at hand. He spoke. Good public speaking voice, with dulcit tones.

Jordan-
"OK, everybody, I'll leave you in Olivia's capable hands and we'll finish the incantation. Do your part and have fun!"

There were more cheers, and Olivia began to sing "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" while teenagers drummed and played unplugged instruments. Jordan descended from the stage, said something to Kyle, who went toward Ashley, then headed out a back door.

The eyebrowless kid with the camouflage jacket strolled up to Ashley with an inscrutable expression.

Kyle-
"Hey, I remember you. You saved Tarina. How can I help you, man?"

Ashley was pretty distracted. Alex hadn't noticed him come in and seemed like he was on his way out of the room with a nice-looking young lady.

Kat-
"Life's too good. "