Empire Records; Wednesday [ 11/29 ]

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

There wasn't much to do at work today. Chad should have been doing homework, probably, but he was instead researching El Chupacabra, as he'd hit a writer's block and needed inspiration for another verse of his song.

He was also considering a rock star "look," constructing a pro/con list of leather pants versus kilts in his head. So far, the leather pants were winning, if only because Chad felt he had too great of an ass to hide in a skirt.


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[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Some point between the library and lunch, Pippi flounces down to town.

"Hi Chad!"

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Hey, Pippi; what's up?

He asked this time because, ha, she couldn't say food. Well, she could, but it wouldn't be very logical at all.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Music!" Pippi chimed.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad grinned a little. "Of course. Here to get some, give some, discuss some, or just listen to some?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Get, discuss, listen." Pippi answered ticking off on her fingers.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"In that order?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Um... No." Pippi mused. "I'm looking for traveling music."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Where are you traveling to?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Not sure if the place even exists, but we're going by boat."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Hmm," Chad rubbed the back of his neck thoughtfully, "well, my first thought is to suggest music that doesn't exist for a place that doesn't exist, but that's kinda hard to put into CD or MP3-capable format, so, let's see...boats...boats..."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Not sea chanties. I got plenty of those."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad nodded. "Figured you would."

Well, the first thing he thought of when he thought of 'boats,' musically, was 'The Immigrant Song,' so he decided to go with that. "Zeppelin's always good..."

Man. It always ended up with Zeppelin, didn't it?

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Yes, Zeppelins are very fun. But I don't have one, that's why we're taking the boat."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad stared at Pippi for just a moment before, blinking, it clicked in his head. "Oh, no. Not, like, actual Zeppelin. Led Zeppelin. It's a band."

Suddenly, excitement raced through him. Did...did Pippi not know Led Zeppelin? Could he be...introducing someone to it? Taking her Zeppelin virginity? It was...it was like Christmas or something. An angel was about to gets its wings.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Oooooh... I think I might'uv heard or read something when I was trying to find something to play for band try outs."

Pippi's pop-culture knowledge tended to have odd holes in it.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Well, you stay right there," Chad said, gesturing slightly with his hands as he moved from behind the counter to where he knew the glorious Zeppelin could be found. He returned with a boxed set, put it between them on the counter as he moved back behind it. "I'll give you a good discount on it, too, it's you're interested."

If she wasn't interested, he was going to be extremely crestfallen.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Despite the fact that seeing Chad "extremely" anything would be terribly interesting, Pippi seems terribly interested in the pretty box set (http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Studio-Recordings-Led-Zeppelin/dp/B000002IWP/sr=8-2/qid=1164831518/ref=pd_bbs_2/002-2446120-1606456?ie=UTF8&s=music).

"Cool."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Should I ring it up for you, then?"

There was many-a bounce hidden within that still, rocky exterior.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Ya!" Pippi said. "Can we listen to some now?"

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Absolutely," Pippi certainly didn't have to ask twice. He quickly went to go switch out what was playing over the system with one of his own custom Zeppelin mixes before returning to the counter to start ringing Pippi up and then applying said discount.

He put in the one that started with 'The Immigrant Song,' in celebration of it being that which inspired this joyous event.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Ah, ah,
We come from the land of the ice and snow,
from the midnight sun where the hot springs blow.
The hammer of the gods
Will drive our ships to new lands,
To fight the horde, singing and crying:
Valhalla, I am coming!

Oh yes, Pippi is pleased.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad finished with the Super-Special-Pippi-is-Awesome discount and told her the amount. "So, he asked while she could fish out the icky dirty paper money amount. "What's up with the boat trip to place of possible nonexistance?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi fished out the last of the stinky yucky paper money she had left from Vegas and shrugged.

"Travel is the spice in the recipe of life." she said quoting a line from a song in the cartoon the mun doesn't actually like but the principle of the song is good so there you are. "Don't you like to travel?"

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I love travel," Chad said, "I was just wondering if it was purpose-travel, or just for-the-hell-of-it travel."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"The purpose is not to be bored, so... the latter is suppose. But it'll take some planning 'cause we got gigs!"

Yes, there is bouncing.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Gigs that'll work around Nadia's injury, I hope," he said, which much less bouncing, but there was never really bouncing anyway.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"We'll figure something out." Pippi said seriously.

On we sweep with threshing oar,
Our only goal will be the western shore.

"Let's dance!"

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Ahhh...no, you go ahead, Pippi. I'm not much of a dance."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Ptch! I bet you're a great dancer!" Pippi said reaching over and grabbing at his arm.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad's eyes widened; he's close to actual flailing as he gets pulled forward a bit by Pippi, but he braced himself as best he could.

There was stammering, too. "N...no, really, Pippi, I can't...."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi is not trying to pull Chad off his feet, nor is she letting up and continues to tug gently but firmly on his arm.

"Awwww come on. I be you'd be good at it. Ya got rhythm, I know that."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Not for dancing, I don't." Chad was still not going to relent. "I'm all hips and awkward, I swear."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Hips are good for dancing. They don't lie And you carried yourself fine in the bar fight. Fighting and dancing aren't different at all."

*tug tug TUG*

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad may have allowed the tugging to succeed just a wee tiny bit. "I didn't fight. I just threw people around. So unless dancing to you means throwing you around the store..."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"That could be fun too, but we should save that for the junkyard I think." Pippi mused. "That could get a little messy."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"So could dancing," he reminds her.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"You want to dance in the junkyard?"

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad paused a moment. If he agreed to dance in the junkyard, then he wouldn't have to dance now, because he couldn't leave work for the junkyard.

He nodded. "That's right."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Or... We could dance at the dance club. Because dance clubs are made for dancing!" Pippi pointed out.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Dangerous dancing?" he asked; it was a very important distinction.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"One would think they'd be prepared for such things. Being a dance club."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"You've got me there," Chad admitted, quickly warming up to the idea. It was entirely different in a dance club when there were other people dancing just as badly as you are than when you're at work and the only other dancer is a cute redhead.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Great! So you'll be there tonight?"

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Uhh, well, I'm here til we close at midnight...."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Club's open 'till 6am."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"I'll have to stop in after work, then, definately."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Yay!"