We're gonna rock out with our--

[shnpc]

WHO: Everyone!
TONE: Light
RATING: PG13
WHEN: July 12th - 15th
WHERE: The Music Festival in Aberdeenshire
WHAT: Muuusic!
STATUS: Ongoing!
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Ah, the sound of music. It's not always a pretty sound- definitely not. While there are plenty of good bands at the festival, there are also plenty of pretty awful ones trying to make it big. But that's okay, because it's still a good time! Look at all of those stages, look at all that festival food. Four days of music, fun and awesomeness! So walk around, enjoy the music, maybe enter the singing competition they have each day.

But wait! Even if you aren't musically inclined, guess what? Shortly after arriving, you begin to feel the sudden urge to sing, too, even if you might sound like a dying whale. Eventually the urge is going to get so great that you just have to break out into song. Or you might just sing randomly throughout the day, if you give into the feelings. It really depends on your willpower! Either way, you will sing. It looks like all the spells used to make this happen have had unintended side-effects.

That won't stop you from having fun though, right?

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Day Three

[shnpc]

[toocoolforthis]

[Dirk has been all over the festival, listening to both the good and the bad, and because of it, he's managed to mostly put off singing himself in favor of listening to other people perform.

Right now, though, he's found himself uninterested in any of the bands, and at something of a loss with what else to do with himself- buying souvenirs or food doesn't appeal, but neither does leaving to head somewhere else. So he's wandering around the festival instead, watching people, and humming little bits of all the songs that are stuck in his head right now. It's turning into a pretty weird mashup at this rate.]

[strideallknight]

[Naturally, that's when annoying little brothers come into play. If there's one thing Dave's good at, it's picking people out of a crowd. Hence his sudden appearance at Dirk's side.]

Man, if you don't sing, then I've come all the way out here for nothing. Bro's sung, I've sung, you need to complete it. Don't leave me disappointed, Dirk.

[toocoolforthis]

[Of course this is where little brothers come into it. The first thing Dirk says to Dave is pretty much unintelligible, considering he actually bit his lip to keep it from coming out. It definitely sounds musical, though.

He has to take a moment after that to get himself under control.]

Fuck that. I'm not here to perform.

[stubbornskeptic]

[Having successfully (or unsuccessfully, to be determined) completed her date with Nick, Jane is enjoying some time to herself. She's grown quite good at taking advantage of time alone to get to know and like herself, if she does say so herself, and what she knows about herself right now is that she's gotten entirely too much cotton candy. And thus, she's in luck when she spots Dirk in the crowd.

And of course, there is the added bonus of him not noticing her first. She sneaks up behind him and gives him a little poke in the back.] DIRK!

[Hoo hoo hoo, an oldy but a goody.]

[toocoolforthis]

[Thanks to a lifetime spent with Bro, Dirk's immediate reaction is to spin around. If Jane's not careful, she might get knocked in the head. The reaction, of course, is partially a reaction to being poked in one of the spots he's ticklish, but he's not about to tell that.]

Mama-

[Luckily for him, his voice squeaks halfway through the word.]

[stubbornskeptic]

[BRB giggling for a lifetime.]

I don't think I look anything like your mother at all, actually!

[Hoo hoo, what a card.]

[toocoolforthis]

[At this point, Dirk wants to stop and explain that she just caught him at a bad time. In fact, that would be great. Really great. But he just keeps on singing instead, because of course he couldn't dig himself out of this embarrassing situation.]

Just killed a man, put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger now he's dead.

[stubbornskeptic]

[Jane's seen a few of these incidents play out, though to be fair she had assumed the participants were doing some sort of flash mob and were simply advertising for a concert or something. But with Dirk, she's not so sure. Especially given the fact that Dirk of all people looks a little flustered by the words spilling out of his mouth. And then there's the content of what he's singing and, well.][Killing someone with a gun? That isn't even wizard music, that's...] Wait, is that Queen?!

[toocoolforthis]

[Excuse him while he clears his throat now. He meant to sing that, what are you talking about. At least he can talk instead of bursting into song like he's in a musical.]

Got it in one.

oh dear i seem to have had an html bork in that last tag B| o well

[stubbornskeptic]

...Did you mean to do that? Or is this some sort of magical prank I haven't heard of?

[Oh goodness, someone is going to have to teach her this one. She's practically glowing with jealousy, this prank is so brilliant..]

[toocoolforthis]

Some combination of the two. Haven't you seen people bursting into song the whole time?

[He's had incidents with them.]

[stubbornskeptic]

Well, yes, but I assumed it was some of that newfangled advertising or somesuch.

[She can sense (despite his efforts to hide it) that Dirk is embarrassed, so she decides she had better pay him a compliment.]

You've got a very nice voice, by the way. More suited for that song in particular than I would have guessed.

[toocoolforthis]

Thanks, I guess. Too bad my goal in life isn't to be a wizard pop star.

[stubbornskeptic]

Hoo hoo, yes. You would've done splendidly.

[Aaaand she suddenly remembers why she came over!]

Dirk, I was wondering if you'd like to help me finish this? [She extends the cotton candy, smiling.] I should've gone down a size, I suppose.

[toocoolforthis]

[Dirk surveys it for a moment, eyebrow raised.]

That's a monumental task you've set for yourself here. Sure, I can help out.

[stubbornskeptic]

[Jane grins and takes a piece herself, letting it melt in her mouth for a moment before she opens her mouth to--]

Call my baby lollipop.
Tell you why.
His kiss is sweeter than an apple pie!

[Jane's eyes go wide. Seriously?! This is the song she gets?!]

[toocoolforthis]

[Revenge tastes like cotton candy, apparently. There will be no mercy on Dirk's part, because he just starts laughing at the lyrics coming out of Jane's mouth.]

[stubbornskeptic]

And when he does his shaky rockin' dance,
Man, I haven't got a chance!

[Jane glares at Dirk and starts swatting at his arm. Stop laughing! Stop it!]

I call him
Lollipop lollipop
Oh lolli lolli lolli...

[This is the most embarrassing thing. She's bright pink.]

[toocoolforthis]

[Nope, he can't stop now. He does make a valiant effort at covering it up with a hand, but it just turns into an inelegant snort by the time she gets to the chorus.]

[stubbornskeptic]

Lollipop! [POP.

...And now she seems to be done singing so she's going to pummel Dirk mercilessly with weak, limp-wristed smacks on the arm.]

SHUT UP SHUT UP YOU SUCK SHUT UP!

[toocoolforthis]

[He doesn't even raise an arm to defend himself, but he does finally start to get the laughing under control now that she's done.]

Might not want to talk about sucking when you were just singing about lollipops.

[stubbornskeptic]

[Jane turns an even brighter red and lets out a groan-growl of indignation.]

I don't even want to do that anymore, you jerk! NOT THAT I THOUGHT ABOUT-- oh, look what you made me say!

[Jane ceases her assault on his arm to bury her face in her hands.]

Oh my God, crushes are so much worse after the fact. I'm so embarrassed!

[Still, the mortification is seemingly much shorter lived as she drops her hands and sighs at him.] I was here on a date, you know. I've gotten over all that! You need not worry about errant sucking or whatnot from me. [She smirks a little, though the blush is still bright on her cheeks.] Actually, I probably should've talked to you about this a while ago, but um. I think I figured out where all that...came from.

[toocoolforthis]

[Time for a belated realization of how awkward he just made this.]

That wasn't where I was taking it, Jane.

[But she's still talking, so he goes quiet for a few moments to actually listen.]

Tell me if you want to. I didn't exactly mean to drag that up.

LOL i actually misread that, then, but hey that's exactly what jane does so

[stubbornskeptic]

[Jane's cheeks heat, aware that Dirk's probably totally thrown by this but, well. She's been thinking about this for a while. And she can't leave him in the dark on this and still consider him one of her best friends. It wouldn't be right.]

When we were under the love potion, you were so sweet. You said things I never thought anyone would say about me because...well, I convinced myself I didn't deserve them. [She breathes out a sad sigh, eyes dropping down and away.] And to clinch it, you were-- you were essentially making an exception for me. I couldn't fathom it-- being exceptional. And I didn't want it to go away, even when the potion-induced feelings ebbed and I was left with the same pointless crush I always had.

[She doesn't say it was on Jake. It probably doesn't need saying.] Adding another on top of it felt even more useless, and I rather melancholy about the whole thing. That night at the party, I'd-- I'd been drinking, obviously, because it made things feel a little bit better. And I got to thinking that maybe we could both use a...distraction.

[From Jake. Again, the elephant is there but not discussed in the slightest.] It wasn't fair to you, of course. I-- I almost wish I was a boy so we could at least try and keep each other company like that, but that's...that's not who I am. And what I am isn't what you want.

So I'm sorry. I feel like I used you, and maybe even disrespected you.

[She glances up, meeting his eyes as best she can.] I-- I just needed to let you know.