Talent Show, Fandom High Auditorium, Friday Afternoon, 07.07.06

[bluth-illusions.livejournal.com]

The all too familiar opening chords of Europe's The Final Countdown sounded and after a short delay for dramatic effect, GOB danced out onto the auditorium stage. He pulled blue and gold handkerchief chains out of both sleeves (which was difficult with a hand still in a cast) until the chains clearly met in the middle underneath his shirt. A large burst of smoke appeared on stage and when it cleared, the handkerchiefs had turned into two cages of doves. One of the doves fell over in the cage, choking on the smoke.

Over the next couple minutes he disappeared cards, linked and unlinked rings, and made his cast say "GO GREMLINS." It was slightly more impressive than should normally be expected from GOB.

When the music wound down, GOB stepped up to the microphone. "Welcome, ladies, gentlemen, and others. Today you will witness the finest example of amateur talent you have ever seen. Unless they suck. If they suck, you should make sure they know they suck. Not just today. Boo them this weekend, too. They'll deserve it for making me a liar."

"Anyway, let's hear it for today's acts!"

[OOC: Wait for OCD is up. Performers, please post in the thread named after you. Mod the Caritas Zombie Band at will. Audience, please stick to the Audience threads. And please don't react until the performer has performed. Everyone can post in the Talk to the Talent thread at the end.]

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Re: Talk to the Talent

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia leaned against the wall with her guitar, occasionally plucking at a string.

Re: Talk to the Talent

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Nadia? That was really great."

Re: Talk to the Talent

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia smiled slightly. "Thanks, Parker. I'm glad you liked it."

Re: Talk to the Talent

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"I haven't seen you around much this summer, so this was cool. Are you going to take GOB's next class as well? Or something else?"

Re: Talk to the Talent

[nadiathesaint]

"Something else. But GOB's class was definitely . . . enlightening."

Re: Talk to the Talent

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker grinned in amusement. "So I would guess. Hey, stop by Caritas tonight, if you've got time. We're having a party for Jarod, it's supposed to be a masquerade, but you don't have to wear one if you can't find anything. I know he'd like to see you too."

Re: Talk to the Talent

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia wondered if she hadn't spent too much time at Caritas this week already, but nodded anyway. "Okay. That sounds like fun."

Re: Talk to the Talent

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Cally said, wandering up to Nadia. "Nice performance."

Re: Talk to the Talent

[nadiathesaint]

"Thanks. How are you doing?"

Re: Talk to the Talent

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"After some coffee and aspirin, I shaped up," Cally said. "How about you?"

Re: Talk to the Talent

[nadiathesaint]

"Coffee, aspirin, rum, water, tobassco. . . . I'm okay."

Re: Talk to the Talent

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"You've been drinking already?" Cally said.

Re: Talk to the Talent

[nadiathesaint]

"Hair of the dog."

Re: Talk to the Talent

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

"Good job." Tim said, smiling.

Re: Talk to the Talent

[nadiathesaint]

"Thanks. I'm glad you liked it."

Re: Talk to the Talent

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

"Nice choice of song too. I noticed it seemed to connect with a lot of the folks." Or maybe he was just projecting his own reaction onto others.

Re: Talk to the Talent

[nadiathesaint]

"I hope so. It just . . . seemed appropriate, right now."

Re: Talk to the Talent

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

Tim remembered how she'd said Walter was leaving. he nodded solemnly. "If there's one thing Fandom teaches us, it's how to take care of ourselves. I'm sure he'll be fine."

Re: Talk to the Talent

[nadiathesaint]

"He will," Nadia said, without a lot of conviction.

If he wasn't, she probably wouldn't even get a telegram. "Are you going to Jarod's party, later?"

Re: Talk to the Talent

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Nadia," Kawalsky called. "Good job. Two thumbs up."

Re: Talk to the Talent

[nadiathesaint]

"Thanks, Kawalsky. I'm glad everyone seemed to like it."

Re: Talk to the Talent

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"It was a good choice. Good performance. All good." He rubbed the back of his neck. "Yeah, this is me being all articulate. It was impressive."

Re: Talk to the Talent

[nadiathesaint]

"Thanks. Again. I found the song a couple days ago and it just seemed . . . appropriate right now. I had to adjust the chords a bit, though."

Re: Talk to the Talent

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"I'm not really the musical type, so I'll take your word for it."

Re: Talk to the Talent

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia shrugged. "I'm just glad I seemed to have played it well."