ROCKAWAY BEACH - TOP OF THE DUNES

[∆§Indea§∆]

"Shootfire! It's like he's gone into some kinda fugue dance state. Barmy! Usually he has to have a few beers first. Heh. He could be a while."

"Leave the weed unprotected? For all ya know some sand badgers could rack off with it. I say we gotta go talk to Jan and Lu, get them on the down low then hand it over to Yelyena. Heh though we might gotta pretend to smoke it ourselves. "

[Thy Dungyeon Maestyr]

              Cameron-
                 "..."

  ♪ UNH-unh-OH, DAT BOOTY
UNH-unh-OH, MY CUTIE ... ♫
   
                                                              Darren-
                                                     "Sounds like you're the man with
                                                         plan, brougham.  Lead on..."


They hauled the stash and their collected buns down to the Blankets...

((proceed when tagged))

[Thy Dungyeon Maestyr]

(( ∆§Indea§∆ DKender Dr. Jar ))

             
                             Cameron-
               "ALRIGHT ALRIGHT ALRIGHT IT'S TIME!
    GATHER 'ROUND, DUDES DUDETTES AND OTHERS,
     FOR THE ONE AND ONLY BATTLE OF THE BANDS!
   FIRST UP, STARTING SHORTLY WITH AN OPENING
  SALVO OF ONE LONG FURIOUS NUMBER, IT'S THE
    DREAM    BUTT    GUYS  !"

A crowd various and sundry gathered about the smaller bonfire near the sound equipment, and area now also equipped with a platform for instruments.  Anselm, August, and Darren were setting up their own, while Zody, Clovis, and Chloe were staging theirs for the changeover.

                      
   Anselm-
"Are you done being a mean guy?"         Darren-
                                                                          "I guess.  Let's do this shiz."

[Dr. Jar]

Ru-

"So what are their bands like, Babette? I don't think I've heard any of them.. well, except maybe the Belfries."

Ru puts on his towel, less for warmth and more to cover up a little more.

"I guess we're doing an all-night party."

Ru stands close to Babette and watches the band-battlin' take place.

[DKender]

"Play to impress, booooys! I want you to move me!"

She took a stick of makeup from her beach baggie and drew the number '10' on her right hand.

"I don't know what they're like, Ru, but I'm going to give them a ten out of ten, no matter what, because I'm proud of them for trying. That's the hardest part. You can be the tough judge. You know music like a sommelier knows wine"

[∆§Indea§∆]

"Ya were being a mean guy, Daz? Ya gotta channel that into ya keyboard not other hambalos."

"HEY Y'ALL GET READY TO ROCK UNTIL YA SOCKS FALL OFF!"

August had rustled up something a little special and edgy for the battle. He didn't have just any old drumsticks. Nope. He had spoons, like the great spoon percussionist of his homeland. He was gonna blow these Glennie's minds out.

"Lawdamimbo! Lucky we got a rockstar. Those other guys seem pretty prepared."

[Thy Dungyeon Maestyr]

Near Ru and Babette,

 Dana-
"I don't know if it'll be any          Tristan-
good, but it should be fun."      "Haha, yeah, those
                                                       guys are crazzy guys."

On stage,
                   
                            Darren-
            "Yeah... Hambalos... Lucky... This thing got juice?"

He plugged the keyboard into one of the myriad amps.

[◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊]

Anselm-
"It's too late to get my helmet...?"

He plugged a sand-caked guitar into an amp, which let out a squall of mind-destroying feedback.

Anselm-
"_{Eheheh, sorry...}"

[Dr. Jar]

Ru-

Ru put his sunglasses back on. He did indeed wear his sunglasses at night.

He also wrote a 10 on his hand. Babette was a trendsetter apparently.

"WOO! You go guys!!!"

[DKender]

"Tristan, why aren't you up there? I thought you were one of the butt dream gang?"

She gestured at the group as they set up their equipment.

"If you don't play an instrument, they could give you a tambourine. You just need to look peppy and keep a beat."

[∆§Indea§∆]

"If it makes ya feel more comfortable, Ans. We can make it work."

"Shootfire! It's all gravy and grits. Keep ya distance from the box, Ans. Heh. This is me grade four performance all over again. Just none of ya pee ya pants."

"Right! ARE Y'ALL READY??? WE CALL THIS BUTT IN THE BEGINNING."

"Are ya ready, guys?"

[Thy Dungyeon Maestyr]

  ((jara we didn't establish the guys are playing yet, just setting up, but the Woo
u go guys is fine. only ur color text should mebbe change. also, they gon suck, haha.))

 Dana-                                       Tristan-
"I'll say."                                "The secret to be a saxy cool guy
                                         is to not umbarrass yoursalf too much."
  
                                                Clovis-
                                              "Und.... Zere.  You are a
  Chloë-                                perfect bear once again."
"We will destroy them."
                                        
                                                         Zody-
                                                     "So fierce."

   
 Kang-
"Is that one guy supposed
     to be a rock star?"                Scylla-
  Kang-                                   "You remember the Belfries."
 "Huh, I thought that guy-"     Scylla-
                                                   "No, that was Clark Westhof
                                                      from Bandy Legs.  Real tragic."

 Christelle-
"I don't remember August mentioning he could
  play, but Zody's stuff for the movie is pretty cool."

Up on stage...


Darren-
"One, two, One two three."

He hit a single button, starting a cheesy preset beat on the synthesizer.

[◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊]

Anselm-
"Vhat--- vee go now? Okay!"

He hit a couple of strings in an off-key chord.

Anselm-
"I find 'dhis stick on 'dhe guitar
makes a funny sound..."

The chord went all wonky, bending up and down.

Anselm-
"Popo für immer ..."

[Dr. Jar]

Ru-

Ru cringed as they hit the off-key notes. Then again, maybe this was some kind of post-modern pre-modern sort of business going on.

Or maybe they hadn't warmed up yet.

Somehow things were looking a little highschool like. He decided to write 10 on his other hand as well, and keep it down...



"Uh... this... this is pretty good, don't you think?"

He was asking Babette but from the sound of it, didn't sound that confident in his own answer.

[DKender]

She flinched a bit at the first notes Anselm played, then clapped encouragingly.



"Yes! Fabulous! Look, Ru. Look at how cute August is. There he stands, on a beachy stage, playing with his idol. Must be a dream. Unfortunately, the teddy bear will be hard to beat, if you're judging based on cuteness."