trans_9 | Karaoke Night [OPEN]

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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This was something that would be one of her first participation with the Outsiders. Katara hadn't really been sure what to sing at first: all the others sung pretty nice songs, some in jest, some, like Rose's, pretty in their way. But with all the feelings she'd been having, with all of the quiet battles she'd been thinking about, she found a song that would make her happy to be a little vulnerable. In that way, she wanted it to be something for her: soft, mournful and beautiful.

The lights dimmed, and it was a dark blue and a soft white.

Lithium, don't wanna lock me up inside
Lithium, don't wanna forget how it feels without
Lithium, I wanna stay in love with my sorrow
Oh, but God I wanna let it go

Come to bed, don't make me sleep alone
Couldn't hide the emptiness, you let it show
Never wanted it to be so cold
Just didn't drink enough to say you love me

I can't hold on to me
Wonder what's wrong with me?

Lithium, don't wanna lock me up inside
Lithium, don't wanna forget how it feels without
Lithium, I wanna stay in love with my sorrow

Don't wanna let it lay me down this time
Drown my will to fly
Here in the darkness I know myself
Can't break free until I let it go, let me go

Darling, I forgive you after all
Anything is better than to be alone
And in the end I guess I had to fall
Always find my place among the ashes

I can't hold on to me
Wonder what's wrong with me?

Lithium, don't wanna lock me up inside
Lithium, don't wanna forget how it feels without
Lithium, stay in love with mmm
I'm gonna let it go

Part of her knew it was for Aang, and part of her knew it was for her world. She couldn't show anyone the true feelings on that, but she'd at least try to sing it the best way she knew how.

It made her feel better anyway.

Well, Katara, you have Billy's ear. Every emotion in her voice twisted through him, every word spoke to a pain he never thought he'd understand until now.

Billy didn't think it would quite appropriate to whoop at the end of the song, choosing instead to clap enthusiastically and to attempt to catch her eye.

Katara gave a small polite bow, and caught Billy's eye, giving him a smile. She hadn;t expected to hit the notes as well as she had, but she WAS glad she'd sung it anyway.

And she would have to thank Billy later.

Slobo didn't clap. He just looked at his friend, nodded, and held up what is commonly known as "metal hand".

Katara had no idea what a metal hand was, but considering the really hard guitar and the way it made her sway. She returned the gesture and sitting down. Strangely enough, she actually took a swig of the beer herself. It somehow tasted a little better now that she'd sung just like her teammmates.

Teammates. The thought of that lifted her spirits even more.

Static clapped. He didn't say anything, just smiled and clapped.

He was being outclassed by everyone he was supposed to lead...

Katara beamed and walked back to the Outsider's table.

"So what should we sing next? Would you like to try a duet with me Static?"

Static shrugged. "Doesn't matter to me. I'm just happy to have everyone out."

At this though, Katara decided to be firm. "It DOES matter to me, Static! I want you to have fun, and that doesn't mean your feelings get to be ignored! Now come on: if you want to sing with me, why don't you? Let's sing something you pick, okay?"

Static blinked, taken aback. "No, no, I meant it doesn't matter what we sing. Kat, I swear, I'm having a good time." He smiled.

"Oh." Well, she had certainly read more tahn she thought. So much for her being a good read on people. "Okay then. But you know a little more about music than I do. You should pick."

"Well, how about something from your world? We've sung a whole bunch of songs from mine, surely you guys have a good duet or two..."

Katara looked down. "Um...the thing is, when you're running for your life half the time? You really don't have time to sit down and hear songs. I was really surprised that Sokka even remembered that song that the wandering minstrels knew, since he seemed to hate them. Its kinda why I wanted you to pick."

"Mm, alright then. Gimmie a few minutes to think up something good; there's one song I just need to sing first, though."

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