RP: Karaoke Night at the World's End, because why not?!

[tt_lisa]

Who: Lisa Turpin, Demp Wiggleswade, James Potter, public
When: 14 June 2002
Where: World's End Pub
What: Friday night at the pub! Open mic & karaoke are going strong!
Rating: TBD
Open/Closed: Public : Open

Lisa had slowly gotten back to feeling like herself after the latest bout of strange magic. She'd woken up on the first rid of the Cinderella complex, but still feeling out of sorts and when she'd wandered around the pub that morning she'd nearly throttled Paul for laughing as she screeched at how... Clean everything was. He'd informed her that they hadn't had an open mic in weeks because of the mess and as "Ella" she had furiously cleaned up after every single spilled drink throughout the two weeks to the point where people had become... polite. And neat. And it didn't feel like the World's End Lisa loved at all.

Now, two weeks later, things were back to normal - well, as normal as they got around here, she thought - and she'd announced via datapad that the karaoke & open mic night was back. With fingers crossed and a promise to Merlin that she'd make the drinks extra strong all night, she unlocked the door for the dinner service and waited as the crowd arrived, starting karaoke herself around 8pm with a particularly bad rendition of Alanis Morissette's "Head Over Feet" from 1995."

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[tt_lily]

Lily listened to them banter; expression varying from being slightly amused to downright amused. "If I were you, Alicia, I'd make sure to win. James is a fabulous cook." She stopped to think if she'd ever heard him sing before. She couldn't recall him ever singing - at least seriously.

She honestly didn't know on who(m) to place a bet on; she hadn't heard either sing before.

[tt_alicia]

“A jazz girl?” Alicia frowned slightly as she considered how that term fit with her before she shrugged. “I wouldn’t say a jazz girl, though I like that too. When it comes to music I’ve a broad taste, so anything goes. How about you? D’you need any safe areas or genres that can’t be picked?” Her smirk was full of challenge, and she wasn’t above goading James into giving it a free for all for both of them.

She nodded, accepting his suggestion of them betting a double date. “It’s a deal,” she told him, holding out her hand for him show that she’d accepted his offer. Alicia smiled at Lily. “Don’t worry, even if he couldn’t cook, I’d still give it my all, because there’s no way I’m losing this. So… how do we do this?” She quirked an eyebrow. “We give specific songs to the other, or go broader and give a situation or person, feeling, whatever?”

[tt_james]

"Ha! I laugh in the face of karaoke restrictions!" James bellowed in a fine mood, though secretly he wished he hadn't because he had very little experience with modern music, even if he listened to his datapad nearly non-stop. He'd just have to hope the fates were with him on this one.

Lisa piped up just then, "You each enter a song for the other, I watch, pub services will close for ten minutes, then I'll pick a winner with the crowds help. How's that sound? I'll even make the official announcement." She put a hand on James' shoulder, as if to seal the thing.

[tt_alicia]

Alicia nearly snorted her ice tea at James’ boasting. “Riiiight,” she chuckled as she wiped a few drips of her drink off her chin. “In that case, I’d suggest something by the eternally fierce Spice Girls…” She frowned when she considered what she had just said, then amended. “Then again, for the sake of everybody here’s hearing, perhaps it ought to be one of the boybands… Take That, I think…” Alicia already knew which song she’d pick for him, but there was no reason not to let him sweat a bit. “Both British, shouldn’t be a problem for a talented bloke like you…”

When Lisa showed up, listened at the rules she presented and then nodded. “Sounds good to me. Thank you, Lisa. You rock, you know that, right?” Certain of how this was going to go down, she turned her attention back to James, folded her hands in front of her as she leaned forwards. “So, Potter, I want you, to go up there, and sing to us… Seven Seas of Rhye, by Queen.” Not only was that song from the early 70s, but she figured that song’s key would suit James’ voice. “Although, you can also take a chance, turn this down and that way agree to the second song I have picked out for you.” With a smirk, she quirked her eyebrow up in an obvious dare.

[tt_james]

"Seriously?! Queen?!" His delight was obvious as he nearly jumped out of his chair wanting to sign up. "I'm no fool, I'll take option one." It was always better to know what you were working with than taking a chance on the unknown, and he had a feeling Alicia was very much an unknown in this situation.

"And for you..." He thought, before a wicked idea gleamed in his eye. "Seeing as you've been so kind to choose something from my, uh, era, I'll do the same. How do the Spice Girls tickle your fancy?" he'd heard their music more than once on random lists from his datapad.

[tt_alicia]

Alicia clapped her hands and laughed softly at James’ obvious delight. “Well, I think you’d’ve like option two as well, but… Queen it is, then.” While she wanted to win over James, she didn’t want it to be an unfair contest, just like she would prefer to win over somebody who wasn’t saddled with an obvious disadvantage. Victory, that way, just tasted better.

“Spice Girls?” Alicia’s eyebrow quirked up. “Sure, I’ll do Spice Girls any day of the week. Girl Power and all that, you know?” She looked up to the stage, trying to think of which song would work the best for a karaoke setting, and came up with only a very few. Then again, she had picked the song for James, so maybe she shouldn’t jump to any conclusions and she had noticed that impish shimmer in his eyes when he had proposed the challenge. “Which one?”