Karaoke Night [OPEN]

[hero-medic.livejournal.com]

 Between nearly killing himself trying to help people and his talk with Nathan, Peter was exhausted. Even with his upbeat demeanor, it was hard to not say he felt stressed. His flight-breaks no longer helping, he decided he needed to take a few hours. He found himself at the sensoriums, a place he had heard talked about like the holodeck from Star Trek. As he walked in, it was a blank room. He closed his eyes and thought to himself. 

I just need a way to relax.

He suddenly heard music, and opened his eyes to what appeared to be a high class nightclub, but filled with the strangest creatures he had ever seen, even since arriving on the ship. Behind the bar, a green-skinned redhead with horns, more conspicuous for his paisley shirt and purple ascot, was trying to get his attention.  

"Hey, kiddo, didn't you hear them call your name?" The demon said, smiling. "You're up, bubbulah. Don't worry, I picked a good song for you." Peter eyed him warily. Wherever this place had come from, it was not his head. But decided not to question it, and went to stand in front of a karaoke machine on stage. He picked up the mike and saw the song, and smiled. He loved this song. EVERYONE loved this song. Luckily, a few years in boy's choir had given him a sense of tune, and puberty had left him with a decent tenor. So, he began to sing. 

o/` I can't fight this feeling any longer,
      And yet I'm still afraid to let it flow... o/` 

That was all it took. As if suddenly injected with 100 ccs of pure rock ballad awesome, Peter closed his eyes and began letting the music take him, eventually rocking out. He had forgotten what it was like, honestly. Forgotten the fun of just letting go and having fun. And as he finished up the REO Speedwagon classic, breathing heavily and feeling alive, he wished he hadn't. 

But then he opened his eyes to notice more than just his holographic audience had filtered into the "club". 

"Uh... Next?" He said as he hastily replaced the mike and went to get a holo-beer. 

That was embarrassing.  He could only hope someone would follow him up and make it slightly less so.

[ooc: Start a subthread with your character approaching the stage and singing a song. Characters can react to other's performances even if they aren't singing themselves. And any song you'd like, Lorne has the entire mutliverse on karaoke. I'm not asking, and neither should you.]

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[got-a-bad-habit.livejournal.com]

Cat calls and wolf whistles follow his performance, Rose has just about fallen off her bar stool with the applause. "Jesus, could you find a better song?"

[static-shock68.livejournal.com]

Static was silent for a while in shock, then started clapping until Slobo came back over to the group. "That...was beautiful, man." He clapped his hand onto Slobo's shoulder. "Now, see, Chalky ain't afraid, I don't know why you are." It was directed at the whole group, technically, but more to Rose than anyone else.

[got-a-bad-habit.livejournal.com]

She snorted and slunk a bit down in her chair, muttering as she sipped her beer.

[top-teen-38.livejournal.com]

Slobo looked at Rose, deciding to handle things his way instead of Static. He roughly turned her chair, and then pulled a chair backwards so he could sit against it and face her eye to eye. No pun intended.

"I gave you all a little bit of myself. That's what trustin' yer friends is. All I'd like is the same, since me and V are willin' ta do it fer everyone else." His voice wasn't stern, it was almost matter of fact. Not insulting, just someone stating what they felt was true.

"If we're gonna be a team, we need ta know that we won't judge eachother."

[static-shock68.livejournal.com]

Static slapped a hand to his forehead, silently cursing at Slobo. It was a great idea, very...motivational, but not the right person to direct it at, as Static was learning.

[got-a-bad-habit.livejournal.com]

"Ok...ok just..let me get ready." Rose slammed her beer and walked over to talk to the green skinned guy running the joint.