002 ┼ THEY LEFT US ALONE / KIDS IN THE DARK / TO BURN OUT FOREVER / OR LIGHT UP A SPARK

[stylistic_disloyalty]

Who: Cosmic Indulgence, Flashstep, Junkyard Carnival, & System Shock + Any Virgo Onlookers
What: The Revenge EP is debuting in a flashmob-style performance. Four bands, four never before heard songs, one massive social media frenzy.
When: November 7th
Where: Sinammon
Warnings: ......sigh. Carnies.

The second the lockdown is lifted, Luci springs into action. She's mass texting everyone involved:

It's time. Tomorrow night, we ride at 7PM for an 8PM start. Get your best shit dry cleaned.

There's already an exodus happening out of Pride HQ given they weren't the only ones on lockdown either, so slipping out is easy enough. They converge on the location, Luci makes good on her suggestion and hands the techbooth a wad of money to stop playing recorded dance mixes and let them take over the stage. She can already see one guy frantically texting into his lap as she explains what's about to happen. Perfect.

"You should tell your manager to call in more bouncers and remove some of the tables, this place is about to be packed."


((OOC: Welcome to the culmination of the EP plot! Not much else to say but here's a description of the stage setup courtesy of Garnet for anyone curious, and LET'S ROCK!))

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[magic_to_do]

[Trucy wants to ask what she means. What made her so afraid of Ms. Lesedi? But... not right now. Right now she just has to get her out of here.]

I won't. I'll protect you, no matter what.

[blindfoldcode]

[Kido tries for a chuckle. It doesn't sound very good to be completely honest.] I'm not asking for that.

[magic_to_do]

Too bad, then, 'cause that's what you're getting!

[Trucy will always do her best to protect her family.

That chuckle has her worried though. Kido sounds like she's hurt pretty bad. Trucy will help her into the cab and even give the cabbie extra to keep his mouth shut about this.]

We'll be home soon, okay?

[blindfoldcode]

I'll pay you back for this. [Sitting is hard and she has to basically sit on the edge of the seat and lean back to avoid being in unbearable pain.]

Don't throw yourself into danger because I'm an idiot.

[magic_to_do]

You don't have to pay me back for anything. You'd do the same for me.

[Trucy will put a gentle hand to Kido's shoulder to help stabilize her when the car turns or stops.]

[blindfoldcode]

You wouldn't hit somebody with a bass. [Trucy's too good a person for that.]

... Tiger's never gonna forgive me when he finds out.

[magic_to_do]

Probably not...

[No, Trucy really isn't the type to use violence under any circumstances.]

And Tiger'll be mad, but he'll come around. Don't worry about it.

[blindfoldcode]

Are you going to scold me when my face feels less like it's going to fall off?

[magic_to_do]

[She thinks it over for a moment, then shakes her head.]

Nope. I kinda think Tiger'll have that covered. I miiight ask you not to do this again though.

[blindfoldcode]

Not planning on it. At least, not without a better back up plan.

[magic_to_do]

What kind of back up plan?

[Genuinely curious here.]

That Xanxus guy is really strong...

[blindfoldcode]

[She closes her eyes, thinking...] Maybe a knife. [Then she remembers she's with Trucy and that's not a good thing to say and her eyes shoot open and she looks over to clarify that SHE WAS NOT SERIOUS.] ... I was joking.

[magic_to_do]

[That is a good call, Kido, because Trucy was over here actually wondering about the possible applications of throwing knives. If they had the element of surprise, they miight be able to...

Wait, it was a joke?]

Oh, okay. I kind of think a knife wouldn't be enough against that guy anyway.

But... actually, I also don't think we need to do anything to him. Doesn't he seem like the type to mess things up for himself all on his own?

[blindfoldcode]

[She doesn't actually want to kill anyone, Trucy. Jesus.]

Yeah, well. Karma wasn't taking long enough. [And Kido's too pissed to be patient enough to let him mess things up.]

[magic_to_do]

[She was thinking more pin him to the wall with his clothes 'cause that would be really funny.]

That's the thing about Karma, it always pops up when you least expect it to. You have to be patient with that sort of thing.

[Not that she wants bad things to happen to anyone exactly, but she also figures it's only a matter of time before Xanxus pisses off the wrong person.]

[blindfoldcode]

[He could probably just tear himself out of it, to be honest.]

He would've left Tiger to die.

[magic_to_do]

I know. He's a bad person.

[Her voice gets quiet, but there's a firmness in her tone.]

But you.... you're not. You're better than him. So don't let anger drag you down to his level.

[blindfoldcode]

I'm not that much better that I won't fight back when my friends get hurt. [She tips her head back against he headrest again.] We already lost somebody. I don't want that number to grow, especially not because of a jackass like that.

[magic_to_do]

I don't want to lose you either.

[She shakes her head.]

We can't lose you. You hold our whole band together, Kido.

[blindfoldcode]

If I'm what's keeping System Crash together, we're fucked.

[That was very blunt. She just hit a guy with a bass, Trucy. You sure you want that to help hold anything together?]

[magic_to_do]

That's not true. We need you. I mean, I think we're all pretty essential. Our band is kind of....

[She pauses, trying to think of how she wants to put this. Brace yourself, a truckload of Trucy weirdness is on it's way.]

... like a tree.

[blindfoldcode]

[Trucy she is in so much pain do you really wanna do this?]

We're a tree.

[magic_to_do]

Exactly!

[Sorry. Trucy's brain works in really weird ways.]

See, Pinkie is the lead, so she's like the tree trunk. Because that's where the tree starts, right?

[In a wrong kind of way, sure.]

And Tiger is like the branches, because he's always trying his hardest to reach higher and kind goes in a lot of different directions. You're the bark. Because you protect us.

[blindfoldcode]

Yeah? And what was Sayaka?

[Kido that's mean. Being in pain does not grant you a free pass to be a dick.

She is kinda trying to prove a point, though. They're not a tree--when one of them disappears the rest can move on.]

[magic_to_do]

[Her voice gets quieter.]

The leaves. Really bright and pretty and trees always look lonely when their leaves fall off...