The Park [sunset]

[sith_happened]

When this wore off, Anakin was going to wonder if the gremlins listened to radio and set out to target his family this weekend.

But until then, Captain Von Trapp was going to be strumming his invisible guitar and singing:

Small and white, clean and bright, you look happy to greet me...

Shame Anakin couldn't sing. At all.

"Come, family, join in!" he commanded.

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[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke twirled the skirt he wasn't wearing and laughed gaily.

...it was a look.

"Edelweiss, edelweiss!" he trilled.

Yes, trilled.

"Sing, Frederick."

Artoo was not going to sing, thank you.

[solo_sword]

Later Jaina would bemoan the fact that she'd apparently jinxed herself again, and also that she ended up singing again. And then she'd go get laid and life wouldn't seem so bad, la.

For now, though, let's talk about the sailor suit-looking thing "Marta" was rocking. At least it wasn't curtains?

[momslilassassin]

It matched Ben's, er, Kurt's!

The gremlins sure were amazing seamstresses, huh?

He reached out to tug her braid.

[solo_sword]

Jaina- um, Marta, whatever- turned around, her mouth in a little O of surprise. "Kurt! That's not very nice!"

Yeah, Benkurt cared, right?

[momslilassassin]

Kurt made a terrible face at her. "Well, Father's not looking so you can't tattle!"

[solo_sword]

"I can so!" she insisted. "If you had a problem, you could have just sang about it!"

[momslilassassin]

Well, fine.

High on a hill was a lonely goatherd
Layee odl, layee odl layee-oo
Loud was the voice of the lonely goatherd
Layee odl, layee odl-oo
Folks in a town that was quite remote heard
Layee odl, layee odl layee-oo
Lusty and clear from the goatherd's throat heard
Layee odl, layee odl-oo
Oho layee odllee-oo
Oho layee odl ay!
Oho layee odllee-oo
Hododlleeoay!

That'll show her.

[likes_scoundrels]

Leia was going to kill someone when this wore off. It was probably her fault for tempting fate, though.

"So long, farewell, au revoir, auf Wiedersehen!" she sang. "I'd like to stay and taste my first champagne. Yes?"

[sith_happened]

Up went the Captain's eyebrow. "No."

[likes_scoundrels]

Liesl pouted. "But I'm almost seventeen! I can drink champagne and I can kiss boys, too!" She spun over to Artoo. "Rolf, you're wonderful!" she said, then proceeded to have a one-sided duet with him.

I am sixteen going on seventeen
I know that I'm naive
Fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet
And willingly I believe

I am sixteen going on seventeen
Innocent as a rose
Bachelor dandies, drinkers of brandies
What do I know of those

Totally unprepared am I
To face a world of men
Timid and shy and scared am I
Of things beyond my ken

I need someone older and wiser
Telling me what to do
You are seventeen going on eighteen
I'll depend on you

As she finished her song, she wrapped her arms around Artoo and kissed him.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Oh Liesl," Maria scolded, "you are much too young for such thoughts."

[likes_scoundrels]

"Are you going to tell on me?" Liesl said.

Poor Artoo now had a nice lipstick mark on his dome.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Well, no because that's not how the nanny gets in good with the father.

"Do you promise not to do it again?" she asked.

[likes_scoundrels]

"Promise," Liesl lied.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

It was a good thing that Maria had a reprise that addressed such an issue, huh?

You are sixteen going on seventeen
Waiting for life to start
Somebody kind who touches your mind
Will suddenly touch your heart...

It was a shame Luke couldn't sing alto.

[likes_scoundrels]

Leia wouldn't mind the awful singing too much the next morning. What she would mind was singing to her twin brother like he was a mother figure.

When that happens, after it happens
Nothing is quite the same
Somehow I know I'll jump up and go
If ever he calls my name

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

At least it stopped him from making googly eyes at their father?

Gone are your old ideas of life
The old ideas grow dim
Lo and behold you're someone's wife
And you belong to him--

And cue the googly eyes.

You may think this kind of adventure
Never may come to you
Darling sixteen going on seventeen
Wait a year...

Oh, God, they were going to try for harmony.

[likes_scoundrels]

Yes, please, no pining for their father. But suddenly the sister-kissing might make more sense.

I'll wait a year . . .

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Just wait a year . . .

Maria leaned in for the last line of the song.

[likes_scoundrels]

Liesl sung the last line with her:

Or two. . . .

Which was a total lie. She was going down that trellis again at the next available opportunity.

[sith_happened]

Captain Von Trapp almost smiled at two of his favorite girls.

He was quite demonstrative. Truly.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory, thankfully, had been holding Juliet when all the biting had been going down, so it wasn't quite time for Baby's First Gremlin Bite.

But that didn't mean her father hadn't sat her right by his leg and declared her to be Gretl.

Juliet didn't understand anything right now. Rory, meanwhile, was totally understanding and enjoying her camera.

[glacial_queen]

It was like the gremlins had understood Karla was having a rough time of it and had wanted to cheer her up. This was certainly doing the trick, if the size of her grin was anything to go by.

And Ben would surely appreciate the pictures in the morning!

[likes_scoundrels]

"Brigitta!" Liesl exclaimed. "Come sing with us!"

[glacial_queen]

Karla glanced around, looking for this Brigitta. When she realized that Leia was talking to her, she shook her head and just laughed a bit harder. "No, no, thanks," she said. "I want to make sure that you're, uh, magnificent performance is documented for all time."

[likes_scoundrels]

"Don't be silly, Brigitta," Liesl said, reaching for her hand. "You know the words! Doe, a deer, a female deer...."

[glacial_queen]

The near-constant snickering was making it hard for Karla to come up with suitable excuses. "Of course I do, my dear, uh...dear. But I'm hardly dressed for it. And you all look so," hilarious "charming, I'd hate to interfere."