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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.

Comments

[gaveupfeeling.livejournal.com]

Does alcohol help you with that?

[techno-logical.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it helps me relax, so I won't be as nervous as I usually am. If I went up there now, I would just end up getting pretty embarrassed.

[gaveupfeeling.livejournal.com]

It seems embarrassing either way.

[techno-logical.livejournal.com]

[She laughs at that, but nods in agreement.] That's true, but at least if I'm a bit tipsy then I won't care about embarrassing myself that much.

[gaveupfeeling.livejournal.com]

Until you recover.

[techno-logical.livejournal.com]

Hehe, well, so long as I don't too much of an idiot out of myself and end up stuttering, it'll be fine. [Another sip of her drink.]

[gaveupfeeling.livejournal.com]

Try not to choose the songs with the obscenities in the titles. I imagine that they would be particularly embarrassing.

[techno-logical.livejournal.com]

[She laughs with a nod.] I'll make sure not too, since I don't think I would be able to handle that much embarrassment even if I got completely drunk.

[April keeps flipping through the book as she sips her drink some more, though she soon stops flipping when she spots a song that might be interesting.]

[gaveupfeeling.livejournal.com]

Have you found one?

[techno-logical.livejournal.com]

Yep, it's called "Firework". Hopefully it'll be a good one. [Since she had seen pictures of fireworks and they looked pretty, so a song about them should be alright.]

[gaveupfeeling.livejournal.com]

Enjoy yourself.

[He'll just watch.]

[techno-logical.livejournal.com]

[A nod, before she downs the rest of her drink, now feeling a bit buzzed, and heads up to the mic.

Despite the shaky start and hesitation due to not really knowing what she's doing, she manages to sing this song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTfZXh427B0) surprisingly well; her voice is clear and even and by the end of the song it's obvious that she's enjoying herself.

Which is why when April sits back down she has a small grin on her face, even if she does look faintly embrassed as well.]

[gaveupfeeling.livejournal.com]

[He claps politely.] I think that was well done.

[techno-logical.livejournal.com]

[April's grin brigthens a bit more as she giggles slightly.] Hehe, thank you! That wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, it was actually kinda fun.

[gaveupfeeling.livejournal.com]

I hope so. Enjoying it is the point after all.

[techno-logical.livejournal.com]

[A nod, before she leans back in her seat a bit.] Yep, and I might try going back up there again later. [Even if it was a bit nerve-wrecking, she did still enjoy it.]

[gaveupfeeling.livejournal.com]

...You have a good voice.

[techno-logical.livejournal.com]

[A blink in surprise, then she blushes faintly as her expression turns a bit sheepish, but she still smiles.] O-oh, um, thank you... It's, ah, been a while since I've sang, so it's nice to know I haven't gotten bad at it.

[gaveupfeeling.livejournal.com]

You should always keep your skills sharp, no matter what those skills might be.

[techno-logical.livejournal.com]

Hmm... [She tilts her head slightly as she thinks.] ... Then, I'll try to start singing more often again, since I do enjoy it.

[gaveupfeeling.livejournal.com]

That's also important. [This is what passes for a smile from him.]