DreamLyrics™ Play-by-Post Forums Modern/Historical DUC: Durham University Campus Saturday night at the..

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."

Ian

"Win? It isn't a contest. Its just a way to make it fun and interesting. It isn't like any of us do this as a serious hobby. Well except probably Tony or Sarah. Maybe Emma. She looks like she's ready to belt out Adele. Or Patsy Cline."

Levon

The group of friends have had enough strange and violent encounters already. They seemed to be magnets for trouble. So now, seeing the bikers follow he whispers to Skye, "Let's see if they're following. Let's split off here and find defensible spots." Then to all of the others, "Keep on going where you were headed. Skye and I will catch up with you. Just keep the eyes in the back of your heads on a swivel."

There were now three places for the bikers to go. Either they follow Levon and Skye, or the rest of the team, or in a completely different direction.

Levon and Skye would stay close enough to the others to make sure they could help each other out if there was trouble.

Henri

He looks at Levon to find his expression is dead serious, so while he thinks this might be a bit of paranoia Henri accepts Levon's instructions without question.

After about 30 seconds walking in deep thought he says to the rest of them, "Probably look odd if all of us keep looking behind."

Ian seems the tallest of them of all now, so he asks, "Hey Ian, perhaps you do it?"

Ian

Ian had been content in just casually keeping note of the group in biker leathers, but the antics of Levon and now Henri has made that nearly impossible.

He lightly grumbles to their group. "I swear we are getting paranoid. And that is saying something after the gym."

He glances back at the following group.

Emma

"Is it paranoia if an invisible demon really is after you? Better safe than sorry, right?" Paranoia was what got her into starting self defense classes, but she was not that good yet, and dealing with bikers did not sound like fun at all.

The 5 bikers look fierce with their striking leathers, piercings and tattoos but their mood at the moment seems good humoured. They are laughing together and two of them high-five each other. They are following behind the group whilst Leven and Skye peel off around a corner, looking engaged with each other as the bikers pass. They do not seem to be interested in the group before them, nor in Levon and Skye as they pass.

Ian

"Guys not sure why we are so worked up. They just seem to be going where we are and they appear to be looking for a good time."

{Skye}

As the bikers continue on in the convivial state, Skye takes the opportunity to steal a kiss from Levon. She hangs on him a second before laughing. "Guess we should know better than assume the worst in people. Let's catch up...slowly." Was a giggle or a growl as she kissed him again.

Henri

While it is never bad to be aware of your surroundings, he shrugs his shoulders at Ian's comment and says, "Guess you're right, Ian."