Groovy Tunes, Tuesday

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Melody had promised some of her old band stuff to this very cool guy named Buster for a scavenger hunt (which wasn't even hunting scavenges), so she opened the shop today. The ears and tail were in a box behind the counter, and she'd shelved the CD with the other used ones, between the Psychedelic Furs and the Pussycat Dolls.

She put on a Prince CD and happily immersed herself in a poster catalog. There was one bare spot left on the walls.

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Dawn had decided to start her scavenging in town, before it started raining again. After double-checking her map, she wandered into Groovy Tunes and hoped she was in the right place. "Are you Melody?"

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"Yep," Melody said, hopping over the counter. "Looking for some music?"

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"No, um," she checked her list, "I'm here for the scavenger hunt, and I wondered if you had either ears and a tail or a signed CD left?"

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"Got 'em all," Melody said. "You're the first here."

She considered for a moment. "So am I supposed to tell you where the stuff is, or should I make you look for it? Or, we could play hot-or-cold?"

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"Oooh, cool! And I don't know how it's supposed to work--I guess that's up to you, since you're the scavengee?" Dawn shrugged.

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"Ummmm, okay," Melody said. "Let's do it hot-or-cold. Nothing's TOO hidden."

"Right now?" she offered. 'You're lukewarm for the cat ears and tail and icy cold for the CD."

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"Okay," Dawn decided she wanted the ears and tail, so she headed off towards the right, slowly walking through the aisle.

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"Getting colder," Melody said. She was gesturing towards the counter slightly with her head, or she might just be bouncing to the music.

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Giggling, Dawn turned around and walked towards the counter, stopping here and there to look through CDs. Oooh, boy bands. No, no. She was beyond that. "I'm Dawn, by the way."

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Melody clapped her hands. "Yay, Dawn, warmer!" she chirped. "What kind of music do you like?"

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Dawn stopped when she was right in front of the counter and started looking at the wall and around the counter for ears and a tail. "I like lots of kinds, but not so much with the country. What about you?"

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"You're hot hot hot!" Melody said as Dawn approached the counter. "I like anything happy that has a good beat. A lot of pop, and a lot of '60's rock."

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"Oooh, I like those too. Have a favorite band?" She asked, leaning over the counter.

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"The Beach Boys," Melody said. "I mean, not counting mine. And Pink. And you are so hot you are gonna get burned!"

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Dawn was practically hanging upside down by this point and reconsidering that it would have been cooler to just walk around the counter. Oops. "You have music? Oooh, I like Pink, too."

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"I'm in Josie & the Pussycats," Melody explained. "Pink is awesome. And you're way, way, way hot. Like, tanning booth hot!"

If Dawn was almost upside-down, she could probably see the fur of the tail and ears. on a shelf behind the counter.

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"Ah hah!" Dawn grabbed the tail and ears, then pushed herself upright on the counter. "Whoa." And then she stood and straightened her hair for a bit as all the blood rushed out of her head. "Josie and the Pussycats? Who're they?"

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"Yaaay!" Melody said. "We were really, really famous a few years ago! 'Three Small Words'?" She hummed a bar. "We thought we were going on Total Request Live, only that kind of didn't happen."

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"That was you guys?" Dawn asked, impressed, "Do you have a CD? And how come you didn't get to go on the show? Major suck there."

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"Thank you! There's a used CD over in the P's," Melody said, forgetting for the moment that it was the other scavenger hunt item.

She frowned at the TLR memory. "Carson Daley is evil and tried to kill us," she said. "But he was sort of hot, too."

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"Oh my god, you should meet Buffy," Dawn said, trying not to facepalm, "and why did he do that?"

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"I don't know," Melody said, looking confused. "It was, like, the record industry wanted to hurt us because Josie had figured out how they really worked and was mad. He's a hit man." She looked a little wistful, though.

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"Geez, that stinks," Dawn decided, "wait, what's wrong with the record industry?"

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Melody's eyes got very wide and very blue. "Some of it is just about selling stuff to kids," she said, as if this were the worst possible sin. "Like, you know DuJour? Their CDs have subliminal ads for Big Macs on them."

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"Whoa," Dawn blinked a lot. "Sounds kind of unfair."

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Mel nodded. "It makes me sad. But we got the people who were doing the worst of it to quit, so yay!"

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"Yay!" Dawn caught Melody's enthusiasm. "So, okay for me to take the ears and tail? I have to hand them in, but I'll take good care of them before that."

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Melody reached over to give them a fond pat goodbye. "They're yours. Take good care of them!"

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"Thank you!" Dawn waved goodbye before walking out. Melody was fun.