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[unknownrival.livejournal.com]

Who: Issei (unknownrival) and everyone else~
Where: Ace Karaoke, a karaoke bar.
When: 7:30 PM of September 20th and onward.
Summary: Singing. It is happening. You can't stop it.

The karaoke bar is well-lit, in good repair, and is generally a nice establishment before some people get into it. There is a stage with several microphones on it and a karaoke machine. You select the song you want to play from a book, enter the numbers in the machine, and it starts playing the instrumentation (and backing vocals) while showing you the words you should be singing.

If you don't like any of the selections, you can connect a laptop to the karaoke machine and select a karaoke track from elsewhere for the machine to play.

Food and drink are available, and not all of the drink is alcoholic. Customers who get too rowdy will be asked to leave, but everyone gets a little braver with some drink in them, and sometimes that's needed to get up on stage and sing like you don't know how terribly you're singing.

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[unknownrival.livejournal.com]

[Issei spent a while looking through the book of songs, but wasn't really grabbed by any of them yet. After politely asking to borrow someone's laptop for the cause, he finally found what he was looking for. A song he actually knew well enough to sing that his voice actor did a version of and could perform with confidence.

This, namely. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDfcJcVQkiQ) Except without the silly high-pitched parts.]

Count 1. It's good to improve
Count 2. It's good to rest
Count 3. It's good to think
It's good to be able to progress at my own pace-

[Lyrics (http://animeincen.blogspot.com/2006/03/bleach-6th-ending-my-pace-by-sunset.html) + translation (http://animeincen.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-pace-by-sunset-swish-translation.html). Because of how Prospero works, anyone will understand the lyrics, Japanese or not.]

[croibhristeoir]

[Even as a human, Lancer had a very high alcohol tolerance. However, he had apparently reached the point where silly decisions seemed brilliant. Why else would he be shuffling through songs with a vaguely puzzled look on his face? Well, he at least understood how the device was meant to work, at least. That seemed simple enough. The difficult part was that he knew no modern music at all, let alone modern music in English.]

[Ah, well. Part of being a knight was taking risks. Even just silly little ones.]

[Lancer, as it happened, had an excellent voice. This is what happens when you're cool enough for Midorikawa Hikaru. Though he pretty much personified 'speak softly and carry a big stick two lances', when he did speak it was always in smooth and even tones.]

[So now, when he started singing? Despite the shaky start and occasional stumbling over unfamiliarity?]

I don't wanna be lonely no more
I don't wanna have to pay for this
I don't want to know the lover at my door
Is just another heartache on my list

I don't wanna be angry no more
You know I could never stand for this
So when you tell me that you love me know for sure
I don't want to be lonely anymore

[You're damn right he was good at it.]

[this is what happens when nao can't find midorikawa songs that match lancer's voice enough.]

[unknownrival.livejournal.com]

[And in the direction of the audience, some enthusiastic clapping was coming from one Issei Ryudo. He'd save the actual praise for when he got off the stage, but clapping? Definitely. Wouldn't want to let him think he was anything less than amazing at singing a song he probably had only heard once or twice before.]

[croibhristeoir]

[Lancer laughed a little awkwardly as he walked offstage, honestly feeling mildly uncomfortable--if he'd known it would have been that appropriate for him, the former Servant would probably have opted for something else.]

Really, you're just flattering me. [Meanwhile, he'd get himself another drink to counter the embarrassment he found himself feeling.]

[genius-idiot.livejournal.com]

[A wild Kaiji appears! But he's not singing. Not yet, anyway. He'll do what he does best, for now: have a beer, sit off to the side and watch everyone make fools of themselves.]

[unknownrival.livejournal.com]

You should sing. It's fun.

[Issei is all for getting people outside of their comfort zones.]

[genius-idiot.livejournal.com]

N-Naw, that's okay. I don't know many songs or anything like that anyway.

[go-go-lets-go.livejournal.com]

[And here's Sakurako! This girl has karaoke radar, seriously. She bursts through the door all smiles and happy flailing, running over to the song book and grabbing it like it's going to try to escape or something.]

Karaoke, karaoke~ ♥

[She seems pretty excited as she flips through the book, looking for something to sing.]

[genius-idiot.livejournal.com]

[After a few beers, Kaiji has gotten up some nerve and is looking through the book too, when a whirlwind of excitement runs up to check it out too. Wow okay.]

So, uh, know what you wanna sing?

[go-go-lets-go.livejournal.com]

I don't know! There's so much here! I wonder if they have any SMAP...

[techno-logical.livejournal.com]

[Even though April had a habit of just rushing into things and being almost stupidly bold, the thought of singing in front of people made her feel nervous. So for now she's just gonna be gulping down a drink as she watches everyone; she'll go up and sing eventually... after she's had a few more drinks.]

[gaveupfeeling.livejournal.com]

[Why is he even here? Call it curiosity, which is something he should not have.]

Why do people participate in this?

[techno-logical.livejournal.com]

Ah, because they enjoy it and it's meant to be fun... And, well, it does look kinda fun. [Though right now she has no intention of going up there yet.]

[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

[Devola's just thumbing through the book, for the moment a glass of water just within reach. Apparently a message was misconstrued as well: her Lute rests against the side of her seat, just within reach.]

[She's not singing yet; after all, it's not like that was something she was doing earlier in the day of her own accord for fun, heavens no. Such a thing wasn't a daily occurrence for her at all.]

[...Actually, it's probably a good thing for the less-confident in the room she's keeping her yap shut, save to ooh and aah at the song listing, and the karaoke machinery in general.]

Seriously? The machine has all of these stored in it, able to play 'em at any time?

[croibhristeoir]

It does seem like that's the case. It's fascinating, don't you think?

[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

Seriously. I get the hang of one piece of technology here and another one comes by to surprise me all over again. I could spend years going through this booklet...

[genius-idiot.livejournal.com]

[Kaiji will approach, curious about the instrument Devola's got with her.]

Yeah. It just plays the background music for you to sing over, and the words show up on the screen.

Looks like you came ready to put on your own show, though.

[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

[She laughs, a hint of embarrassment in her tone.]

I think I misconstrued the meaning of "place where you sing along to music" I heard over the phone. A little. That'll teach me to start asking questions when I'm trying something new, huh?

[unknownrival.livejournal.com]

I-I'm sorry. I should have gone into more depth.

[ex_cashcow493]

[ One of the random civilians just happened to challenge Saber's pride, so naturally she's up on the stage, flipping through the book. Finally finding a song very relevant to her interests, she chooses it. Unfortunately for her, she's never heard of the concept of rap until this very moment.

This song plays and Saber does fairly decent for not really understanding what she's doing, face red by the end of it. Good thing no one she knows is here, right? ]

[croibhristeoir]

[HIS


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[kindofademon.livejournal.com]

Haha~ I think that was pretty good!

[Sup, Saber.]

[coldhearted-sun.livejournal.com]

[Karaoke? While it did pique his interest for a bit, he wasn't going to bother in coming today, as he figured he'd check out what this was about some other time.

Or at least, that's what he thought, until April dragged him here.

And so he's relaxing on the couch and watching everyone else sing. How he's managed to bypass the time with no one forcing him to go up, nobody would know.]

[unknownrival.livejournal.com]

You should sing. [That would really not last long.]

[techno-logical.livejournal.com]

[And here's the one who dragged him here, having just come down from the stage after singing this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7JAc9NRsWQ), which she was pretty good at, and she flops onto the seat next to him.]

Y'know, you should get up there too, at some point.