( open ) baby i like your style

[winces]

CHARACTERS: lapis (onerism), nami (weatherscience), olivia (winces), & company!
DATE: one lovely evening before the 8th
WARNINGS: nami's feminine wiles, lapis' pyro-happy ghost buddy, and olivia's hives... also extreme second-hand embarrassment and possibly some less-than-savory audience members. potential for violence?? maybe???
SUMMARY: lapis, nami, and olivia try to earn some extra $$$ by doing what they do best. chaos ensues.

Whether you've come to the Desert Flower Saloon this evening for boarding or for entertainment, you'll find the first floor practically vibrating with activity and life. On this night, unlike any other before (or so Miz Poppy will proclaim), the saloon's main stage will feature not one, not two, but three new performers, fresh (a week or so old is still fresh, right?) from the far corners of the universe to delight and excite the saloon's loyal patrons with the song and dance and magic of their alien people.

Come! Sit, watch, and enjoy!

Comments

[winces]

I.. don't think we have any body doubles here?

[ king definitely had more to complain about, for sure... ]

[perma_banned]

Kahaha, then you obviously didn't meet the real ones~. Those guys make me look normal by comparison ♪.

[Ban waved one hand in a flighty gesture before his head thunked down onto the table.]

[winces]

[ she looks incredibly Dubious. ]

Maybe only physically...

[perma_banned]

Kahahah! Are you serious!?

[Half his face was plastered on the oddly sticky table.]

You're too used to workin' with Audentes' weird ass gimmicky setup!

[winces]

[ well...! that may be true... but she doesn't see how that's necessarily a bad thing. ]

So?

[perma_banned]

'Caaaause, it's gonna make you weird, tooo.

[Idly, Ban reached up and slowly curled a finger in the direction of another table. Another patron, dead asleep on their face, did nothing to stop their half-finished drink from floating towards Ban's extended hand.]

Rub people rub off on ya'~.

[winces]

[ olivia frowns at the drink currently floating past her. she plucks it up out of the air, turning to replace it on another table away from ban. ]

If you're going to insist on drinking, will you at least let me buy you one of your own? [ not that she'd really be buying... she gets free drinks here now that she's performed, after all. ]

Besides, what's wrong with being weird?

[perma_banned]

[Ban realized a bit too late that his drink had been taken away. He frowned inwardly, glowering at Olivia as if she was a traitor.

She was.]

You do know that most respectable folks look down on weird people. You're fine with gettin' sidelong glances your whole life, lady?

[He tossed a peanut he found on the table at Olivia's forehead.]

And it isn't really fun if you're payin'~...

[winces]

[ she just shrugs, sighing as the peanut bounces off her forehead. ]

If we're all weirdos, then those 'respectable folk' won't know where to look, so what does it matter anyway.

[ she starts to shift away. he doesn't look too destructive in this moment... maybe it's safe. ]

I need to get back to performing... will you be alright on your own?

[perma_banned]

Snrrk. [Ban giggled a little under his breath when the peanut hit Olivia.

It was the little things that mattered in life.]

I'll be fiiiine... If you're willing to use your fame to slip a few drinks my way~. I'll make an exception just this oooonce!

[winces]

I'll think about it, [ she murmurs lightly as she begins to slip away, but the way her expression flattened out is probably enough of a "no" to tell him otherwise. ]