Around Town; Monday Noonish [ 04/13 ].

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Another great thing about having Orden around was that the little guy could accompany Chad and help out with putting up the posters for the music club's karaoke contest tomorrow. They made sure to spare some time between visiting Teddy and heading into work at Groovy Tunes to throw the signs up everywhere they could think of.





TEXT:
When Words Fail, Music Speaks presents
KARAOKE CONTEST
14 April 2009
Caritas
8;00 pm
$50 grand prize; $5 entry fee




[[ post is open if you want to run into Chad and his kidlet as they put posters up! ]]

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[nolan-kidlets.livejournal.com]

Katrina was lagging a bit behind her dad as they headed for Coyote Medicine, and stopped to read one of the posters. "Oooo. Fifty dollars? Really?" She gave Chad a speculative look. "Can kids enter too, if we're still here?"

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"If you've got five bucks," said Chad with a shrug, since the entry fee was really the only 'rule.'

[nolan-kidlets.livejournal.com]

"Cooool." Katrina blinked up at him, and tilted her head, then smiled at the little boy with him. "You are really really really really really really tall." And after a beat, "I'm Katrina Parker Nolan."

[senorhulko.livejournal.com]

Orden easily smiled back at the pretty girl, the grin a delicate mixture between calculated shyness and confidence. "My papa's practically a giant. His name's Chad. I'm Orden. It's very nice to meet you, Katrina Parker Nolan."

He gave a dashing bow of his head, holding back none of the charm.

Chad just rolled his eyes a little.

[nolan-kidlets.livejournal.com]

Katrina didn't catch that, but she did giggle, charmed and a little amused. Because most boys didn't bother to bow. "Hi, Orden. It's nice to meet you too. I'm here visiting my dad Ronan. He's up there a ways." She waved up the street nonchalantly. "Are you going to sing for the contest?"

[senorhulko.livejournal.com]

"Maybe!" Orden beamed. "If I can get five bucks. I'm sure one of my dads'll let me borrow it. Are youuuu?"

[nolan-kidlets.livejournal.com]

"Of course," Katrina managed not to giggle, but she was smiling wide at him over her shoulder. "My mom used to manage a rock band here. And my Aunt Zero used to be in one! I know all about music."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Papa, is that the same band--?"

"Yeah," Chad grunted with a nod. "That's the same band. I knew your mom; I was the bassist in that band."

[nolan-kidlets.livejournal.com]

"You're that Chad?" Katrina's face lit up with glee, and she got out her phone. "Can I take your photo? Please? With Orden?" She beamed at the boy. His dad was a rockstar! Kind of!

[senorhulko.livejournal.com]

"Papa!" Orden's eyes widened and he started tugging on Chad's leg to get him to crouch down. "We are so taking that picture!"

He was already posing, too, as Chad got down to the boy's height.

[nolan-kidlets.livejournal.com]

"Say famoussss!" Katrina crowed, and snapped their picture with her phone. "Brilliant!" She showed it off proudly to Orden and Chad. "You look really good! Do you want me to send a copy to your phone?"

She might have done her mom's flirty-lashes trick right there. Possibly.

[senorhulko.livejournal.com]

Like she even needed to.

"Oh, yeah!" said Orden, with excitement, fishing his out. "Let me give you the number, and then we'll have each other's numbers and we could totally call each other and stuff."

[nolan-kidlets.livejournal.com]

"Perfect!" Katrina squealed. Mom would be so proud of her sneakiness. She gave Orden her phone number, and got his, then sent the file with a little burble-chirp. "So even if we go home soon, I can still talk to you." She beamed at him and twisted one foot back and forth. "Where do you live?"

[senorhulko.livejournal.com]

"I live in space!" Orden told her proudly. "That's a real long way, but, don't worry; we can help pick up the cost if you want, considering my dad is an emperor."

There was an oh-so-subtle (yeah right) pause.

"That makes me a prince, you know..."

[nolan-kidlets.livejournal.com]

"Oh reeeeeeally," which probably sounded more amused than impressed, but Katrina was still smiling, and folded her arms to smirk at him. "Do you have a really big title? And a horse?"

She grinned up at Mr. Chad, too. "When did you get made an emperor? Mom will want to know."

[senorhulko.livejournal.com]

"Oh, not him," Orden explained, waving a hand. "That's Papa. He's a concubine. My other dad's the emperor. And my title's not that big. Just Prince Dorrek IX. We don't have horses, but we've got cats. They've got longer titles than I have!"

[nolan-kidlets.livejournal.com]

"Kitties!" Katrina squealed, most of her flirty cool gone. "Really? How many? Lots? We don't get to keep them, 'cause we never know where we're going to be."

[senorhulko.livejournal.com]

"Dad told me that he wasn't sure if the cats could go in space," admitted Orden, "but they could. So that was good. We've got..."

He thought for a moment.

"Eighteen!"

They didn't, but he wanted to impress Katrina.

[nolan-kidlets.livejournal.com]

That got a breathless "Whoa!" And she was impressed, way more than about Orden being a prince. Though she'd brag about that to anyone who asked too. "Eighteen. You're so lucky," she told him ultra-seriously. "And space is cool." A beat. "I get to go there, sometimes. On daddy's work."

[senorhulko.livejournal.com]

"Oh, yeah? What's your daddy do for work?"

[nolan-kidlets.livejournal.com]

"He's a wizard," Katrina said nonchalantly. This was Fandom, she could just say that. "He fixes things that go wrong with the universe. So we travel all over, wherever there's people. Or aliens."

[senorhulko.livejournal.com]

"Aliens are totally people, too!" said Orden with a proud nod. "I'm half-alien, after all, 'cuz my dad's one. Are you half wizard?"

[nolan-kidlets.livejournal.com]

"Well, sure," Katrina said, grinning. "My favorite one is Skif, he looks like a Christmas tree. You're half-alien? Neato!" She looked at Mr. Chad, and decided it had to be the Emperor Dad who was the alien person. "And yeah, I'm half-wizard, and maybe all-wizard, but I have to be older before we'll know. Dad says my other half is Just Scary."

[senorhulko.livejournal.com]

Orden couldn't help grinning at that. "Just Scary, huh? What's your other half, then?"

[nolan-kidlets.livejournal.com]

"My mom," Katrina said with a little sigh. She looked up at Mr. Chad. "You know. She still throws shoes at people who get her really really mad. And threatens to shoot them." She grinned at Orden. "But she's awesome." She hummed at little and said, "So, do you ever go to the Great Market?

[senorhulko.livejournal.com]

Orden shook his head. "I don't think so, what is it?"

[nolan-kidlets.livejournal.com]

"It's this huuuuuge market that takes up a whole planet, like the biggest super-mall ever, and they have the best chocolate in the universe." Katrina grinned at him, then suggested, "The next time I go there, you could maybe visit. If your dads let you."

[senorhulko.livejournal.com]

"He might!" Orden said, hopefully. "I might need a royal guard, though. Just for safety reasons, you understand."

[nolan-kidlets.livejournal.com]

"Sure," Katrina said understandingly, with a big grin. "I should catch up to my dad." She smiled up at Mr. Chad. "It was nice meeting you, Mr. Chad. I'll tell my mom." She smiled demurely at Orden. "Bye, Prince Orden."

[senorhulko.livejournal.com]

Both Chad and Orden waved back. "Bye, Katrina!"

And, once she was gone, Chad looked down at Orden, a little surprised. "What? Didn't ask her to be your girlfriend?"

"Naaah, I got her number! I got plenty of time."