The park- Thursday morning

[thatwaslucky]

Rey thought she'd lucked out yesterday, witnessing Duke's gremlin bite while being spared herself. And she had!

Today, though, she'd gotten to the park to do some drills and a gremlin had dropped out of a portal right in front of her and chomped on the bare part of her leg. Look, you want the legacy, you gotta suffer through all of it.

Where had she gotten the schoolgirl outfit? Best not to think about it too much. Where had the autotune on her voice come from? Absolutely didn't matter! The important thing was the concert in the park that was happening. There was singing and dancing and everything.

"Oh baby, baby, how was I supposed to know
That something wasn't right here?
Oh baby, baby, I shouldn't have let you go
And now you're out of sight, yeah"

[It took me way, way too long to come up with one for her. SO VERY OPEN.]

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[ohvalleyofpenis]

Was someone singing in a public space, stealing his thing? Jaskier was there to put a stop to it.

At least he was, but Rey was actually doing a really good job! So, he had to do what any good friend would and back her up with his lute. "Hello, Rey!"

[thatwaslucky]

Britney didn't know who Rey was, but she always appreciated her fans!

So she winked at him and continued her dancing and singing (the lip syncing debate was not raging on here).

"Show me how want it to be
Tell me, baby, 'cause I need to know now, oh because
My loneliness is killing me
I must confess I still believe
When I'm not with you I lose my mind
Give me a sign
Hit me, baby, one more time"

[ohvalleyofpenis]

Would she appreciate the fan harmonizing with her as he strummed along. Because he was going along with this as just something normal here.

Because it was best to.

[thatwaslucky]

Oh cool, he was part of the ensemble! Even better! This song really did need some backup.

"Oh baby, baby
The reason I breathe is you
Boy, you got me blinded
Oh, pretty baby
There's nothing that I wouldn't do
It's not the way I planned it"

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer. No. Put that phone away.

But boy was she feeling glad she decided to randomly take the long way home after eventually leaving Barry's. You know. For Rey's sake.

And posterity.

[thatwaslucky]

You know what Britney was used to? Adoring fans recording her! Maybe she'd want selfies later??

But right now, it was time for a new song!

"Hush, just stop
There's nothing you can do or say, baby
I've had enough
I'm not your property as from today, baby
You might think that I won't make it on my own"

Her throat was going to hurt later from doing that with her voice.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"I should really try to stop this," said Summer, because she was a good friend.

Who was absolutely doing nothing to really try to stop this at all.

They'd have a good laugh over it later, right? She really needed to make sure she got enough to truly capture the moment, really build those vibrant memories...

[thatwaslucky]

Rey would facepalm forever. Foreeeeever.

But right now Britney was In the Zone and dancing up a storm.

"But now I'm
Stronger than yesterday"

Clap, clap.

"Now it's nothing but my way
My loneliness ain't killing me no more
I, I'm stronger"

[mother_forker]

Eleanor was not a morning person. But she had a nightmare about a squirrel and large bottle of rum and-

Well that's not for this narrative. Needless to say she was awake and had shown enough initiative to come to the park.

And find a show going on. And it was glorious

Glorious enough that she hadn't noticed a small gremlin portal emerging behind her.

Still. She was cheering on Rey so that was more important. "Work it girl!"

[thatwaslucky]

What a coincidence, Glory was an underrated album, and here was a number from it! She was downright breathy about it too.

"Friday, I'm dreaming a mile a minute 'bout somebody
This feeling, I wanna go with it, 'cause there's no way
We're hiding away from this tonight, oh, this tonight
Can tell you want me
By the way I see you starin' 'cross the room, babe
No shame in the game
Just cut the shit, be honest"

[mother_forker]

"Yeah girl! Work it!" Eleanor shouted right before she felt teeth sink into her ankle. "WHAT THE FORK WAS-"

Christina took a breath and smiled. Was that her old Mickey Mouse club friend before she went bananas and shaved her head? Oh it so was.

Brit Brit? It's time for a medley.

"I feel like I've been locked up tight
For a century of lonely nights
Waiting for someone to release me
You're lickin' your lips
And blowing kisses my way
But that don't mean I'm gonna give it away"

[grayskollar]

After getting out of that bloody strange situation and into some more fashionable clothes, Kylie started exploring in hopes of finding a decent coffee shop.

Her eyes narrowed when she caught sight of Britney.

Clever girl,
Think you are but you think too much

This island was not big enough for two pop stars.

[thatwaslucky]

But who had the wide ranging US appeal, huh?

Britney looked pretty confident up here.

"You wanna, you wanna
You want a hot body? You want a Bugatti?
You want a Maserati? You better work bitch
You want a Lamborghini? Sippin' martinis?
Look hot in a bikini? You better work bitch"

[grayskollar]

You didn't get to be the Princess of Pop without crushing a few pretenders under your heel.

You're getting boring,
You're all so boring,
And I don't recognise the zombie you're turning 'to.

[mother_forker]

Kylie! How dare you try and take on a fellow Mousketeer?! 30 year backlog. Pfft. That's a lot coming from someone who did a cover of "Locomotion".

Time to get Dirrty.

"Dirty
Filthy (filthy)
Nasty, you nasty (yeah)
Too dirty to clean my act up
If you ain't dirty
You ain't here to party (whoo!)
Ladies, move, gentlemen, move
Somebody ring the alarm, a fire on the roof"

[grayskollar]

Don't mess with Cute Kylie, she's the one who'd cut a bitch.

I stand in the distance
I view from afar
Should I offer some assistance
Should it matter who you are

[betterthanaplan]

Duke was very pleased he decided to detour through the park on his way to work today.

"Bravo!" He applauded wildly. "Encore!"

[thatwaslucky]

"Thank you, thank you," Britney said. "This one goes all out to everyone who's supported me."

It was a personal song.

"Early morning, she wakes up
Knock, knock, knock on the door
It's time for make-up, perfect smile
It's you they're all waiting for
They go
Isn't she lovely, this Hollywood girl?
And they say"

[betterthanaplan]

Duke was definitely recording this. Oh yes.

"Where was this energy yesterday on the Tonight Show?"

[bookbeltof_love]

"Ohmygosh," Nina said, delighted beyond words at this unexpected gift on what was already a good day. "Amazing!!!!!"

And, yeah, sorry Rey.

She was super not sorry about recording this. Or the fact that it was going to go all over her social media.

[thatwaslucky]

Rey was never leaving her apartment again. Or getting social media.

But for now, have a classic!

"I think I did it again
I made you believe we're more than just friends
Oh baby
It might seem like a crush
But it doesn't mean that I'm serious
'Cause to lose all my senses
That is just so typically me"

[bookbeltof_love]

"It really is," Nina said, giggling at how very much it wasn't. "Encore! Encore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[badassprodigy]

So as soon as multiple gremlin portals had opened up, Barry was alerted that something was going on at the park.

Arriving with his equipment he realized that there were a lot of bites here. And lots of potential embarrassment.

"And people wondered why I tried to create a gremlin bite vaccine."

[thatwaslucky]

A gremlin vaccine would mean you didn't see this. If wasn't worth it.

"Superstar
Where you from, how's it going?
I know you
Got a clue, what you doing?
You can play brand new to
All the other chicks out here
But I know what you are
What you are, baby"

[badassprodigy]

"Well I know what I am," Barry said answering the question. "Just know I'm one of the few not recording this for later amusement. Just remember when this wears off you have a lovely singing voice and have no fucking reason to be embarrassment."

Well she did but Barry was just trying to be nice and hopefully Rey would remember this later.