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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Katara laughed, first at his confusion and then at the hat. "I came with Slobo and the others," Katara said, grinning. "Apparently we're building group friendship by going here and singing. I don't quite know what I'm going to sing yet though. I think I'm still thinking about it."

She looked at his hands. "You're not feeling any more pain, are you?"

Billy lifted his hands, carefully rubbing them together. "No. Your work was excellent. Thank you again."

He attempted to pick out her friends in the crowd, smiling slightly when Slobo and friends appeared. "I never thought of this as a frienship-building exercise, but I see the potential understanding that might unfold. I'll look forward to your song." And he meant it. It was wonderfully cathartic, sitting here and listening to the music.

Katara smiled. "I'm so glad to hear that! I'd been working on a few people that day., I wanted to make sure that I was pretty thorough." Not that Katara really doubted her ability, but even she wasn't perfect.

Katara showed Billy the rest of the Outsiders. "This is my brother Sokka, Rose, Static, and Slobo."

Sokka waved at Billy and Katara, munching on something from a paper bag.

"Hey Katara, they have Fire Flakes. Best bar ever! Who's your friend?" He'll try to forget that there are no more actual Fire Flakes and never will be ever...

"This is Billy!" Katara replied enthusiastically. "He's a Power Ranger!"

Karaoke Night [OPEN]

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