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Henri

He does not catch everything said prior to Levon's announcement, so he suggests, "Oh! Emma, please. Do something from one of Dolly Parton's Christmas Specials."

While Henri current music taste at this time is EDM, he has fond memories of watching Dolly Parton's musicals with his sister when he was much younger.

Emma

Emma looks at Ian and grins wickedly. "You can if you want to... I bet you could do a mean Santa Baby rendition." Then she looks at Henri and nods. "I will put that under advisement, but I am not a fan of country. At all."

"You are naughty!"

Miranda grins and wags a finger at Levon.

Henri

Handing out the glasses he carried over in helping Skye, he finally sits down beside Miranda then holds up his glass and simply says "Cheers, everyone!"

After downing a good third of his glass, he asks the group, "So, any ideas what karaoke game we want to do?"

Ian

"Karaoke game? Is there such a thing?" Ian asked taking a drink of the pint. "Karaoke is something you do. You find a song that means something or you think... I stress think... you can sing and try it. Maybe occasionally dare someone else to do an embarrassing song. But I have also heard tell of a tradition called the "Blind Suicide Karaoke" where your friends or DJ put you in for a song you undoubtedly would never do."

Ian reaches into his pocket and pulls out a set of dice. One purple. One blue.

"That is where these come in. We come up with game where the dice chooses the type of song and the number of singers."

He holds up the blue die.

"The blue die is the singer die. 1-3 means Solo; 4-5 means a Duet; 6 means a Group song.".

He holds up the purple die

"Meanwhile the purple die is the song type die. 1 - Holiday; 2 - Country; 3 - R&B; 4 - Rock; 5 - Rap; 6 - Blind."

"Note if you roll a 6 on the purple die the blue die doesn't matter. Blind songs are solo songs."

"As for deciding who won. Sheesh people we're just going to have some fun."

They finish off their game and the drinks and head for the student bar where the karaoke is being held. As they walk across the campus, they notice many groups of students presumably heading out to an evenings entertainment in all sort of directions; many on campus to persue hobbies or frequent bars, quite a few heading into the city where there is more on offer but obviously at more cost.

It is getting towards nine now but, although low in the sky, the sun is still shining and it is still warm but with a nice refreshing breeze; welcome after the heat and activity in the bowling centre. Sarah and Tony are walking arms around each other, obviously still feeling part of your group. Miranda slips an arm through Henri's as they set out. The relationship between them is warm and relaxed.

To your right, you catch a glimpse of Mr Harding and Miss Beech, hand in hand, heading out towards the city along with Ben and Tina. They are all laughing; some sort of banter between Mr Harding & Ben; but they don't see you.

To your right a group of lads are helping one of their group climb a lamppost to hang a large bunch of multicolour baloons. He keeps slipping as his friends are a little unsteady on their feet, probably already visited a bar or two.

Looking back, as the laughter dries up suddenly, they see Mr Harding looking back in your direction, his eyes on a group that has just passed them. Looks like a group of bikers, leathers with chains & studs, facial and arm tatoos; they look very out of place here.

{Skye}

"Our kind of crowd, Levon?" Skye has an edge in her voice. She starts to note how the group walks and moves - taking stock on any counter-measures to the leathers they wear. She slips her hand to her cell and to the 999 auto-dial button. "Perhaps we can just keep moving along."

Ian

Ian's grin at the sight of Mr Harding and Miss Beech but disappears as they pass the group in leathers. He eyes them and gauges their level of threat but doesn't act defensive or aggressive towards them as they pass.

OOC: Just a side note. I read Miales' post "Ian's grin at the sight of Mr Harding and Miss Beech but disappears as they pass the group in leathers. He eyes them and gauges their level of threat but doesn't act defensive or aggressive towards them as they pass."

I admit I was not paying the most attention, and I swear it read as: "Ian's grin at the sight of Mr Harding and Miss Beech but disappears as they pass the group in feathers. He eyes them and gauges their level of threat but doesn't act defensive or aggressive towards them as they pass."

I was lost, for a second... seriously I thought Ian was worried our eyes would be pecked out by a group of people in bird costumes. Then I reread things, and it made a bit more sense. But I really wish they had been in bird costumes.

Levon
"I'm not in the mood to mix it up with a bunch of bikers."

Even as he says that he places a hand on the small of her back and whispers, "Let's just keep our eyes peeled and our minds clear."

She was capable of handling herself.

{Skye}

"Damn skippy - as my father always says." Skye nodded back to Levon as the group continued on to karaoke.

Henri

He is not too surprised to see a group of bikers waking around here. Perhaps one or more of them have friends attending the University here. He subconsciously hugs Miranda's arm a little bit tighter when the group is closest to them, and then relaxes once they are heading away again.
Hearing Skye's comment to just keep moving, Henri is inclined to do just that.

They move ahead of the bikers but a glance round shows they are heading the same way.

A fan of karaoke perhaps? Heading elsewhere? Or looking for trouble?

{Skye}

"How far is it to this place?" Skye isn't nervous, but calculating. She tries to lighten the mood a little bit. "And Ian....this karaoke dice game....How do we know who wins? And what happens to the loser? I'm usually better at beer pong."