New Management

[Mhairi Ankaa]

"Woo! Ava!" Mhairi cheers raising her bottle beacuse she couldn't clap with both hands occupied. Mowing down on her ever diminishing slice of pizza, made sure the elemental could clap her hand against her bottle or thigh, for the second up. Which turned out to be Daniel. Mhairi cheered for him too, not expecting such a performance from the gravewight.

Evelynn's introduction, of the inventor bearing cupcakes was met with a grin from the elemental. "I'm-ah gonna sooo have on of those! Just as soon as-ah I can't taste cheese!" Mhairi assures her friend, and fellow Telluric. "You-ah can never go wrong with-ah chocolate!" Mhairi nods, "Or-ah vanilla. Or-ah chocolate and vanilla!"

When Morgan steps up to sing, Mhairi offers her fellow Autumn an encouraging smile. She knew exactly how the steepscrambler would be feeling right now. Strange how it was that the two of them, sharing simmilar problems, found the Autumn Court.
"Me-ah me next!" Mhairi grins, she was having fun, and like Morgan, might as well get this over with.

Bouncing over to select her music, Mhairi him'd and haw'd, finished her drink in one last might swig, as she wondered just what she wanted to sing.

She found Paramore's 'Brick by Boring Brick', she liked the song, but thought, looking around at her fellow lost, that one....it might touch a few nerves. Instead Mhairi searches for someone else she knew well enough to sing along with.

She'd asked Terri about 'Halestorm' before...might as well find one of their songs...though most of what they do has a really Summer feel...but-oh! With a smirk Mhair selected her choice. Cleared her throat and began 'Here's to us'

  1 success

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2016-05-04 23:31:32		Mhairi Ankaa rolls 6 to Singing! (Press 2 + Expression 1 + WP) (WillPower)		1, 8, 5, 1, 5, 7		1 success

It was rougher then she'd intended, but at least her voice didn't fail her. "Now-ah I need more booze and one of-ah Evelynn's cupcakes!"

[Mhairi Ankaa]

Forgot to note my Willpower last night. I blame sleepy brain.

[Swami M]

So this isn't just a demolition derby. These people actually have some real talent. No pressure... Alex looks through the available music, at a loss for ideas. Prince has been in the news, but... Too Soon. Especially with someone so untalented doing the "honors." Then he notices a Johnny Cash album. Johnny Cash is cool. And, more importantly, those old country songs tend to be simple in composition. And short. Short is good, so that the hurting will stop sooner. He gulps down the last of his beer...

"Ok, folks. This is going to hurt you a lot more than it's going to hurt me..." Without any further ado, Alex begins an aggravated assault on I Walk the Line. And then... it could have gone worse. As the music stops, he releases a mental sigh of relief. At least nobody in the audience appears to be in actual pain... Alex makes a quick bow and heads straight to the refreshment table. After that, he needs another beer...

  1 success

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2016-05-05 17:10:52		Alex Rivers rolls 2 to Something vaguely resembling singing (Presence + Express) (10 Again)		9, 4		1 success

[Lesingnon]

As the performances started Rick settled in with a bottle of beer and slice of pizza. And then he watched. No one really sung badly, though with the way Alex reacted after his song you'd have thought that he bombed it. No performances that really blew him away either, he supposed. But all in all pretty decent showings..which probably boded well for whenever things with Fairweather came to a head.

But this wasn't the night to dwell on that.

Instead he gave a sidelong glance to the new management. "So...which Paramore song are you planning to sing?" Because of course it was going to be Paramore. He was fairly sure she'd gone with them every time he'd heard her sing karaoke.

[Daniel Leto]

Evelynn arrived, the brief hush announcing her presence. However, the music waited for no man, so Daniel continued until the notes faded back into the background.

“Hey, Evelynn. Yeah I sing occasionally. Not always well. How about you?" He imagined the shy Wizened wouldn’t be keen on performing but that was why karaoke existed after all; right?

“I heard talk of chocolate,” he added, allowing an out if it was needed. The Gravewight was of the disposition that the more bitter the better, but he’d settle for vanilla frosted.

As the Darkling munched on a cupcake, Morgan took her place center stage. Daniel smiled to see her taking the position with confidence. He was even impressed with her selection of music. It might have made some people uncomfortable but Daniel was just glad to see the Steepscrambler taking on a tune so heavily laden with meaning for the Lost.

When she finished he applauded her just as much as he had Ava.

He surprised when Mhairi got up next. He already thought of her as similar to Morgan but it only solidified that opinion when the shy Elemental took the spotlight, despite her stutter. Even her selection had a little shock to it, but it actually made Daniel smile to hear her swear so emphatically when the chorus demanded. It was something he would have expected more from a Summer courtier but it was good to hear the Lead Mirror. Every court had its place and balance had its place.

Alex’s song couldn’t be more stereotypically Summer though. It was one step away from Ring of Fire. However, Daniel was just glad to see Alex singing. Despite the protest that he’d sound bad, the guy didn’t sound half bad. Despite his sleek looks, the Woodblood hit all the low notes that had made Johnny Cash famous.

“See it wasn’t that bad,” he comforted Alex when his song was over.

Finally there was Charles.

“I’m hearing a lot of big talk,” he goaded the Elemental with a friendly grin. Even if the Blightbent bombed, Daniel was going to clap his heart out. The Darkling had challenged the current Summer Queen knowing he’d losing. He welcomed another heated contest. Yet, even Daniel was startled by how well the Elemental did. Not only because of the curse that inflicted the Seeming but the song that was performed. Much more Sorrow than Rage, Charles sang Lady Antebellum a step away from better than Daniel could on a good day.

As Goldwater finished his performance, Daniel gave a slow clap in recognition.

“Nice,” he said, offer his hand (once again) to the corpse-like Changeling in respect.

[Terri Nutkins]

As they began to get into the swing of the party, opening up the vocal chords, Terri simply moved back to Rick's side, sliding her arm around the Elemental, glad to be in his life once again. She had been nervous as hell about tonight, about getting people comfortable around Edna's again after the turmoil of everything that had transpired. When she was asked a question she answered with either a yes or a no but in truth, the Beast had switched off as the sound of singing filled the boarding house, reminding her of a time when the Empty Orchestra had been the go-to place for everyone to hang. That had changed and the music had stopped for some time.

Rick's voice broke her from her reminiscing. She looked round with a shrug. "I'm not sure yet," Terri replied, perhaps with a touch of melancholy, taking a sip of her drink and turning back to watch the karaoke. "What do you think?"

[Evelynn East]

Daniel's approach to where Evelynn was standing with her cupcakes was met with a smile. "Oh, oh no. I don't sing. I really couldn't subject you all to that. It would be too cruel," she joked, grinning. "I think I'll stick to where I know my talents lie. Which hopefully includes cupcakes."

She leaned a little towards him, her grin turning conspiratorial. "I had one before I came over. I just had to make sure they were edible, you understand." And not at all because she had a sweet-tooth or anything like that.

Evelynn collected another cupcake for herself, but it went uneaten, for the first little bit. She was far too busy applauding - once Daniel got off the stage, he was followed quickly by Morgan, and then Mhairi. She clapped extra hard for both of them, because they were braver than she for even getting up there. And they had a much more difficult time with expressing themselves. More applause for Alex followed, though, admittedly, she found it somewhat less surprising that he did well. She had a difficult time believing that an attractive man would have trouble with the spotlight... but then, she also knew she shouldn't make such assumptions.

What surprised her most, though, was Charles, and the friendly ribbing he gave the rest of the group about showing everyone how it was done. She'd thought him dour. Maybe she'd been wrong. First impressions weren't always perfect, after all.

And then Ava came for a cupcake. "Hiya Ava!" She handed the Nix one of the little frosted confections and dipped her head in response to the question. "Oh. Ha. Yes. Erm, I mean, sort of? I wasn't really there for anything in particular. I just like books. And I wanted to come visit, so I suppose in a way I did get exactly what I was looking for!" She grinned pleasantly. "Oh, I haven't gotten a chance to congratulate you on the new title yet! So, um, congrats!"

[Morgan Bellanar]

Morgan returned Mhairi's grin, and cheered on her fellow verbal ticking Lost when she chose to sing too. Plus the girl had done pretty good. Who says stuttering prevents you from singing?

Hearing all the talk of chocolate, Morgan decided to join in on the desert snarfing. Which was where Mhairi and Daniel were too, neat! "S-s-salutations doods. Heh-heard twas caked-cups available, truth? Ye confections l-look wondrous Evelynn. Thank thee," she smiled at the woman as she took a cupcake. A nod and grin was sent to Daniel as well, glad to see him doing well after his quest. She'd have to ask him about that sometime. But for now, she wanted to chat up her fellow impaired vocalist.

Out of the corner of her eye she spotted a clash of red and blue. Morgan opted to down on the cupcake to not squee as she saw Terri embrace Rick. She couldn't help it. She found them just so adorable together! It was probably a very good thing they were together and thus the Beast didn't have to try to plan to make that so.

After regaining control, Morgan turned to Mhairi, "Hiya! S-s-s-seems kara-okay tis nay-nay-nay heh-hard after-all. I b-b-b-bet our talk-tribulations t'would yield benefits to s-some songs. L-like the bad-to-bone one, heh-heh, right?" Might as well start with a jest. That was good social interaction, right? Nervous, Morgan scratched the side of her head, much like the animal she resembled would, with her free hand. While this freed a couple of small feathers, it also had her elbow bumped her pack, causing her to blink in confusion, "Huh?", a look over her shoulder revealed the obstacle: "T-t-thought I dropped this, heh." She did so, putting the small backpack on the floor in an out of the way spot near her feet. "Heh-heh, sorry Mhairi, forgets the bag, heh. Ssso, uh...heh-heh how art ye f-finding the Freehold? Tis e-e-evertyhing goodie-good, heh? Um, er...Autumn being c-c-cool heh-here?"