The Beach, Friday Night

[furnaceface]

Half the island seemed to have gone completely barmy, but the insanity had somehow managed to miss Jonothon somewhat. Difficult to burst into song when you had no mouth, after all.

By some miracle, he'd managed to set up something that somewhat resembled a stage using scraps scavenged from the abandoned warehouses, and he'd built a huge bloody bonfire on the beach, which he'd lit in his own special way while nobody happened to be looking. And, of course, this being the fifth of November, he'd even found a way to wrangle some fireworks.

Don't ask how. Jono could be resourceful when he wanted to be, damn it.

Now, really, all he needed was an audience. And a vocalist. Where the hell was Christian, anyhow?

[Open to all, with threads for Glee Club, Jono's band, and everyone else who wants to sing, too!]

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Arrive! Mingle!

[furnaceface]

There is a beach! There is a bonfire! And there's... seating, to some degree. Jonothon's innovative amphitheatre-making had ended right about the time he'd realized that chairs were expensive, and milk crates weren't.

If you don't like it, sit on a coat or something.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[intraspective]

Ino was pretty sure that if she tried sitting out in the audience that Jono would kill her but, really, this singing all day thing? Would be a bit less worrisome if she could be sure about what was going to come out.

Since avoiding the concert wasn't an option--really not an option, for various reasons--Ino was wandering, looking around for other band members and friends.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[furnaceface]

If you thought that Jonothon looked perhaps a touch on the nervous side while he stalked up and down the beach, hoping that Christian would arrive...

Actually, you'd be right. But the show must go on, right?

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[awesomebigsis.livejournal.com]

Ellie was there, though she was very much reluctant about that. She was supposed to perform for an audience of her peers. She wondered if it was too late to flee.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

Peter arrived, toting out a keyboard and amp and a roll of duct tape.

In case the urge to sing got too strong.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

Elphaba had promised Jono she would attend. She had no qualms with sitting down on a milk crate, even if it was a little uncomfortable. She folded her hands in her lap and tried to get as comfy as possible.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[onapalebicycle.livejournal.com]

George was here. And trying not to flee in terror. Right. Concert. And her roommate was cutting her a deal on the drum kit if she stuck it out.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[icecoldfrost]

Emma had sensed people down on the beach, and something about fire, so she'd wandered down looking for some form of amusement. ESPECIALLY after starting to break into song uncontrollably, presumably out of boredom.

She managed to make a seat, hanging out to see what would happen next.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[puppy_fair]

Uh, of course Zack was going to be at this thing! Not only was it a public... thingie! But his girlfriend was also in the band!

Leave it to Zack to get all excited over things like that, yeah.

He was totally Ino's first groupie.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

Ariel had rushed to the concert, hoping she wasn't too late, but, pink cheeked and bouncing even more than usual, she was in a fantastic mood and absolutely ready to impress everyone in Glee Club and fill in for Christian.

Even if she did hope Christian was okay...

...and Quinn, for that matter, now that she thought about it...

...oh, well! Concert!

And she so needed to talk to Rinoa when she spotted her.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

Alexander was still feeling very musical. He didn't think it was musical enough to put on a cheerleading costume, even one for males, but certainly musical enough to support his fellow Glee Clubbers.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[angelo_wings]

Please, this had practically been her idea! Like Rinoa was going to miss it. She was bouncing around excitedly and looking for people to bother.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

Bruce arrived late and stood off toward the back of the audience. He figured Ariel would be able to spot him if she looked.

Glee Club!

[furnaceface]

They've been working on their rendition of Hey Mickey! for weeks, now!

Because they're keeners that way.

[Any Glee Club folks who want to tag in with anything, feel free to do so here! Audience members can tag to whatever you comment with to react from there!]

Re: Glee Club!

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

And there was a Deadpool. With that kid that he seemed to always drag around.

Look, Jan was Quinn's understudy, okay? Someone needed to be awesome about singing Hey Mickey. Or, you know, keep singing about a goddamn backpack.

"No more Dora. No more."

Re: Glee Club!

[awesomebigsis.livejournal.com]

Ellie really wasn't feeling very confident about any of this, but at least she actually hadn't fled in terror. She decided to just try to have fun with it.

Re: Glee Club!

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

Robin loved today really. The extent of his singing had been a rendition of Rainbow Connection while looking over literature from the school he'd be going to after graduation.

But he hoped that might change.

Re: Glee Club!

[nohaircutsplz]

Medusalith was here, if somewhat reluctantly so.

She was also singing. Again.

"Give me a head with hair, long beautiful hair
Shining, gleaming, streaming, flaxen, waxen
Give me down to there, hair, shoulder length or longer
Here baby, there, momma, everywhere, daddy, daddy!"

...at least it wasn't impossibly sentimental again.

Re: Glee Club!

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

Well, they didn't have Quinn to lead it, although they did have Jan to sing for Quinn, so Ariel figured it was her task as the leader of the club to start everyone up on the number they'd been working on (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4CyNvEfWoE).

"HEY MICKEY...." she started in, dressed in her cheerleading costume, waiting for the others to join on in.

Jonothon's As-Of-Yet-Unnamed-Band-Minus-One

[furnaceface]

Okay. Christian wasn't there. This was Not A Disaster. There were perfectly good vocalists on the stage already, after all.

Jono was totally going to weasel Ino and Ariel into singing for him, yes.

[Second verse, same as the first! Band members, feel free to tag in with whatever song you wanted to perform. Heck, we'll take requests if people in the audience want to comment to this thread yelling them out. Jono aims to please.]

Just Like Heaven

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

Peter was on the stage with duct tape over his mouth, as the world did not need to hear him sing.

Instead, he lead the group in a rousing rendition of Just Like Heaven (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IGXzpWftqU), with him on the keyboards, of course.

He was hoping someone else would take up the singing.

Here It Goes Again

[furnaceface]

Everybody was expecting Pearl Jam from Jonothon, weren't they? Huh?

Well, no dice. He'd gone for an Ok Go number, instead, because it was kind of stupidly fun to play.

And sort of made him want to dance while he was playing, only hooking up treadmills would have been a bit too much for the generator that he'd rigged up.

Here It Goes Again seemed like a fitting song for a day that saw everyone on the island randomly breaking into song, after all.

Everyone Else!

[furnaceface]

After the band vacates the stage, for anyone else who might have the urge to express their feeeeeeelings in song!

Because, hey, the stage is already there, right?

[Tag in! People can react! Mmm, simplicity.]

Re: Everyone Else!

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

Oh, here it came. Robin was feeling very proud of Fandom and of going there. And today he'd been somewhat more aware than other days just how short his time here was.

All that built up and now, he could hear the music swelling. He hopped up stage right on cue, and sang his little heart out (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Yfib-czty8). There were bits of his crushes in there as well.

"We were drawn from the weeds, we were brave like soldiers..."

Fireworks!

[furnaceface]

Look, Jonothon is British, it's a British holiday, and he's going to set off some fireworks. Sit back and enjoy them. All of the money that he would have otherwise spent on food this month went into these, and they are properly loud and sparkly.

Mmm, explosions out over the water.

Re: Fireworks!

[boobs-and-bombs.livejournal.com]

There were fireworks. Somehow, Kūkaku was there, like the smoking moth to the explosive flame.

Colour her unimpressed.

So unimpressed, she was singing about it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziJ9f2Ebr84):

"Why do you sing to everybody but me
Why do I let it go on
You know that you’ve got such a music rock song
In my head all day long

Baleful girl with wild eyes
Dressed in satin and lace
Oh but she’s just an end digging dime tonight
With a moon across her face

I can blow shit much better
If you can’t see it you’re blind
I can blow shit much better
Oh, y’know some day I’m gonna blow your mind.

Lala lalalala, La lala la
Lala lalalala, La lala la

I can blow shit much better
If you can’t see it you’re blind
I can blow shit much better
Oh, y’know some day I’m gonna blow your mind.

I can blow shit much better
If you can’t see it you’re blind
I can blow shit much better
Oh, y’know some day I’m gonna blow your mind.

Lala lalalala, La lala la
Lala lalalala, La lala la."

Then she grunted, "This singing shit has got to stop..."

OOC!

[furnaceface]

Yeah, I realized while I was typing the OCD that our band doesn't have a name.

Suggestions?

Re: OOC!

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna get smacked if I suggest "I Have No Mouth And I Must Sing" aren't I?