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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[punchesyu]

"Y-You got it. One more coming up."

He nervously holds a finger up, for the bartender to bring another. At least now he can sit up straight once more, as he was leaning back to try to put any kind of distance between his face and her own. She didn't say she was going to break his face, so he takes that as a very small positive in this conversation.

Desperate to get the conversation back on the track of what Luci meant by that title, he immediately continues down that train of thought.

"For real, that kind of sounds like a title you'd get in the mafia or something...not saying you were!" He cries out, praying that he hasn't already dug the hole deeper than it already was.

[stylistic_disloyalty]

Luci rolls her eyes, hard, as Yosuke tries to backpedal before she could even have time to react. "Who needs the mafia when you're in a punk rock band?"

She'll take that back later, Xanxus.

"I know Christianity is beyond archaic, but if you'd ever read anything about it, you'd know that Lucifer has several names. The Adversary, the Old Serpent, the Lightbringer, Apollyon, the Father of Lies... I'll use one of them if the moment seems right."

if only this poor boy really knew, if only

[punchesyu]

"Yeah, sorry, theology really isn't my thing," he says, grateful that they're talking about this now. "Isn't that the dude who's in charge of Hell with all the demons and shit?"

Though he does seem half interested in what she has to say, since Lucifer was a name he at least remembered somewhat from school. Something associated with demons and crap, he can't really remember. But let's be real- that kind of stuff is actually cool.

"But why use it around other people in the label? I get that you have an image, but it's not like I'm one of Junkyard Carnival's crazy fans that buy into that. I mean, you don't seriously think you're actually Lucifer or anything, do you?"

If Only~

[stylistic_disloyalty]

The Dude In Charge of Hell With All The Demons And Shit.

Lucifer watches him over her second whiskey, coolly. Yeah, she is never snapping her teeth teasingly at this boy again. If anything, it'd be to warn him that she'll snap his dick clean off if she feels like it.

"You don't seriously think you're Yosuke, do you?" She lets that hang. "Yeah, that's how idiotic you sound right now."

when he finds out later it will be beautiful. please, rub it in his face

[punchesyu]

"That doesn't make any sense!" He says in protest. This girl has got to be crazy, he thinks. Unless she was taking what he said the wrong way. He's not sure.

"Dude, I know your name is Lucifer and all, but you're not an actual devil or something! You don't have horns, there isn't fire everywhere, and I'm pretty sure they wouldn't waste their time in the music biz. They've got better things to do, like getting people to sell their souls to them and stuff."

Oh she will. Right after she sets something on fire. 8]

[stylistic_disloyalty]

"What do you think I'm doing every time I go up on stage?" Luci's face splits into a grin and she runs her tongue over her teeth. "The 'Sign on the Dotted Line' method is outdated and slow. Why not entrance dozens of willing young people via rock music? Wider net, less work."

eeeeeeexcellentttttttt

[punchesyu]

Yosuke only returns her statement with a incredulous look, feeling as if his previous thoughts were only more solidified by that.

"That's what I get for thinking anyone's normal in Pride," he mutters to himself. "You might be taking the Lucifer thing a liiiiittle too far. That's just seriously creepy to be saying stuff like that and believing it."

[stylistic_disloyalty]

"Well what do you think you're doing when you gyrate your hips on that stage?" Luci asks, the picture of shock and innocence. "You think that makes those girls and boys want to enter the clergy?" She barks a laugh. "We're not stealing their souls like you'd steal a pizza, but they sure do belong to us for the duration of the show. Don't tell me you don't want that."

[punchesyu]

"Well of course I do!" He snaps back, finally seeing where she's going with this whole thing.

"But that's not even the same thing! You were making it sound way worse than it actually is! And it's still weird to even compare yourself to the devil or something!"