Open Mic Night!

[mangacide]

It's a Karaoke bar!

Get up on stage and sing!

Or watch from the audiance and share drinks with your fellow patrons!

Place a character request or the word "random" in the subject title

If you feel you need to get frisky; please take it to the bathroom at least! This is a bar not a hotel!

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[forherprince]

"I am not getting up there!" she practically barked, almost dropping her popcorn as she sat up straighter herself.

[youjustlivehere]

"Oh will you just pick a song already." Clearly he was not taking no for an answer. "Come on you're not getting out of this unless you pull that disappearing act on me and I really don't think you're going to do that."

[forherprince]

"No." She may or may not have had a bit of panic starting to show with her embarrassment.

[youjustlivehere]

"You keep acting that way and I might have to do something reckless." He sighed "You know like bringing the microphone down here here to you" His smile broadened, showing off his shark-like teeth.

[forherprince]

And then she was ruffling a bit, "And do you honestly believe I will remain sitting here if you do such a thing?"

[youjustlivehere]

He considered. "Hm...maybe." Looking away from her, one hand placed on his chin in thought Greed blithely reached over with his other hand and snatched the girl up, standing as he did and taking a few quick strides to the stage. "Okay. Put something random on the prompt since the Lady won't pick a song!" He barked at the guys working in a little room off to the side where the karaoke equipment was housed.

[forherprince]

Lan Fan barked out as he grabbed for her, throwing first a handful of popcorn and then the entire bag at him before she found herself being hauled up like a sack of rice. "Greed! Stop it, what are you doing!?!?" she raved, kicking violently while trying to twist in a way to both get free and not damage him at the same time (even if he did have that damn shield).

[youjustlivehere]

Apparently ignoring her complaints (and thrown food items), Greed adjusted the girl so that he could plant her on the stage in front of the microphone. Then he calmly pointed to a screen hanging over and facing in the direction of the stage. "Now that is where the lyrics appear. When you see them, you sing them to the melody provided by the speakers. Got it?" He grinned then and from somewhere inside his coat the man retrieved a second microphone. "I'll even start you off so you don't have to do the whole thing"

And with a snap of his fingers music began to play as the screen lit up with scrolling words, which were then belted out by a surprisingly pleasant sounding male voice.

"Don't go changing to try and please me
You never let me down before
Don't imagine you're too familiar
And I don't see you anymore

I wouldn't leave you in times of trouble
We never could have come this far
I took the good times; I'll take the bad times
I'll take you just the way you are"

[forherprince]

By the time Greed got her up to the stage she was flushing all the way up to her hairline and well down past her collar, even her ears were red. She hissed at him, half watching the room in the process, "What makes you think I am actually going to do this!?" And, rather than making a break for it off the stage she wound up standing as close to him as possible, as if trying to camouflage herself by blending in with both of their dark clothing.

[youjustlivehere]

While he still hadn't gotten the woman to sing, Greed had to admit he was having a good time. And the patrons that were still conscious were watching him which of course made him feel good. But regardless he couldn't let her off the hook so easily, so since she so generously decided to scoot close to him Greed placed one hand on her opposite shoulder and leaned over so she could almost feel his breath when he spoke. "You're going to make me sing this whole song by myself? You're more stubborn than I thought".

"Don't go trying some new fashion
Don't change the color of your hair
You always have my unspoken passion
Although I might not seem to care"

[forherprince]

Quite the opposite of him, Lan Fan could feel the eyes on them and she wanted to sink into the floor all the more. "I never agreed to do this in the first place, idiot," she growled, hugging herself and leaning into him further even while her face lit up more.

[youjustlivehere]

The physical contact was (unsurprisingly) welcome, and he apparently had a talent for talking in between verses. "Shouldn't you reach out and experience new things or something?" This was definitely getting more interesting. But he couldn't resist taking another jab "Or you know you could just keep leaning against me. That's okay too." Then he cleared his throat rather loudly and;

"I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that I knew
What will it take till you believe in me
The way that I believe in you?"

[forherprince]

Now the big question was whether or not he could keep his singing voice even when she offered a hard jab to his stomach with her elbow. He was lucky it was the one made of flesh and bone.

But fine.

If he was listening past his own voice though, he might have picked up on her mumbling the last few lines of the song... despite the fact that her only exposure to it were what he had already sung.

[youjustlivehere]

Greed felt her elbow pressing into his stomach as though they were in slow motion. He knew (and somewhat hated) what had to happen then, but there was no avoiding it and he took the hit rather than shield up and risk injuring the woman. As a result his voice faultered a bit on the last few lines, causing some of the more alert patrons a round of chuckles which he ignored. Instead he fell silent which proved to be worth the pain, even if the lines were only mumbled.

"I said I love you and that's forever
And this I promise from the heart
I could not love you any better
I love you just the way you are"

[forherprince]

It took her a moment to realize he'd stopped singing (despite the fact that he was plenty loud in her ear), and the few words she had on her own caused her eyes to go round and before the music had even ended she was already turning to pummel his arm (lightly) for stopping like that, half tempted to bodily shove him off the stage.

[youjustlivehere]

Since the blows were light Greed was able to mostly ignore them, and because of that he was then able to lift the microphone up to his mouth again.

"Hey let's have a round of applause for the lovely Lan Fan! She's really great right!?" He called out to the crowd....while doing his very best impersonation of Ling's voice.

[forherprince]

And then she just stops dead at the sound of "Ling's" voice, arm raised mid air, her face frozen in shock.

[youjustlivehere]

"Ah hell" his voice already back to it's usual timber "Looks like she's done for the night. Let's have on more round of applause!" And just as he had earlier in the evening Greed reaches around the woman's slender waist and picks her up under his arm to cart her off the stage and back to the couch where he can set her down and make sure her heart didn't just stop completely.

"Hey. You alright babe?" His casual question is accompanied by a hand waving in front of her eyes.

[forherprince]

And the moment Greed's voice went back to normal the freeze wore off and her outrage took its place again. "Y-you--" and you know what? FORGET THAT WHOLE HOLDING BACK THING, THAT WAS A LOW BLOW!!

Forget the friendly taps to his arm, she flat out shoved him toward the edge of the stage before following up with a well aimed kick to his head.

>8(

[youjustlivehere]

Really he should have known better, but Greed was nothing if not reckless in his actions and now he was going to pay for that. First by feeling her suddenly using her full body weight against him and then by having the back of his skull kicked. He rarely ever protected his head and from time to time this came back to bite him as well, so it was that he found himself careening off the stage and right into the round table in front, which broke under his weight and momentum.

Still, he managed to pull himself up out of the debris, sitting on his knees so that he could rub the back of his head and mutter almost sheepishly "Okay, I deserved that."

[forherprince]

Lan Fan finally jumped off the stage herself, landing just beside him with another growled 'idiot' before going to take back her seat on the couch.

[youjustlivehere]

He remained on the ground for another moment, leaning back on his knees to crack his back and neck. She'd really done a number on him after all. For a second he briefly placed the palms of his hands on his legs, a habit he'd picked up while sharing a body with Ling. He remembered quickly though and within a breath he was back up on his feet and heading over to the couch to flop down on the cushions and throw his arms carelessly over the back.

"Look at this." He nodded toward the remains of the table "I'm going to have to replace it." Greed shook his head. He hated losing something he owned. And having to replace it was even worse because it usually meant spending money.

[forherprince]

She sat down, her feathers still clearly ruffled and not the least bit remorseful over his table, of all things. "Cause and effect," she answered bluntly.

[youjustlivehere]

The homunculus let out a long exhale and allowed his line of sight to shift over to the woman next to him. "You're going to be made about that for a while, I can tell". He said without looking too worried about it. And without missing a beat he shifted topics as the cleaning crew swept away the table wreckage. "Where are you staying by the way? And why are you the only one. Should you be with that guy at all times?" He per-emptively raised his hands in defense "I'm not trying to be rude I'm just...curious."

[forherprince]

She looked over, eyes narrowed, at him for a moment at his line of questioning before answering, "Here and there. The location does not matter so long as it is secure." She chewed the second inquiry over for a moment. "Yes. But Master-Ling does not always wish to follow the rules exactly at times." Meaning he wanted a little space while he could afford to have it.