57 academics just punched the air.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[For the past few days, Jilly had been more than a little...

odd.

She hadn't shown up for her art class. Her sketchbook languished beside her bed, untouched. And when she showed up at work at the coffee shop she was wearing a ridiculous amount of makeup.

Other than a few trips to the music room (and a few surprisingly good vocal warmup sessions), she hadn't done anything too strange.

That is, until now.

She's wearing red tights and a headdress that's almost as big as the rest of her. Expression serious, she strides to the landing and the top of the stairs leading into the lobby, and strikes a dramatic pose.

And then she begins to sing]

♫ I-I'm going to find a happy-

I-I'm going to find a happy-

I-I'm going to find a happy place. ♫

[OOC: Open over the journals or to anyone in the lobby. People watching can simply gawk or, if the castle is feeling particularly cruel, might feel compelled to join in as backup dancers. For an idea of what they might be doing, check out 1:05 and 1:58 in the video.]

Comments

LOBBY

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[She might sing at you. You might dance with her. It's like April Fools in July]

OVER THE JOURNAL

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[she's a bit distracted right now, but she'll be with her adoring (or not so adoring) fans as soon as the song ends]

[artsy]

That was pretty.

[percepts.livejournal.com]

[ a bit of applause!! ]

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[sounding pretty pleased] Thank you!

...I feel like I haven't done that in ages.

[sexyhitchhiker.livejournal.com]

[just. stares. Is this why she hasn't seen you lately?

...Fuck it. This is too good to pass up. She grabs her cell phone takes a picture.]

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[and she'll smile and pose for the camera. Nothing strange here. Nothing at all]

Natsuki! I haven't seen you in ages. I'm glad you're okay.

[what with vampire attack and all]

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[there's a pleased hum as she picks up her journal again] Thank you!

[percepts.livejournal.com]

What do you call that style of music? Alternative or something? I don't really listen to a lot of that, but it was nice anyway.

[sexyhitchhiker.livejournal.com]

[safely tucking away the phone]

I can take care of myself. [can't help but glance at the headdress] How are you?

[onlyanapple.livejournal.com]

...That was new.

[jammin-with-ed.livejournal.com]

{Slides upside down down a pole, landing on her hands and flipping around before ending on her feet behind Jilly and starting to dance with her]

I finally have a reason to use this icon :P

[hulloeverything.livejournal.com]

[Where did Eleven come from? And why is he dancing like a derp? These are questions we shouldn't ask]

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

It's a little bit of blues, and a little bit of its own thing. I never liked just sticking to one style.

[which was true of her art as well, not that she remembers that at the moment]

How are you, Nudge?

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[this is all perfectly normal. Really]

Good.

I've been getting practice in when I can. [a small frown as she reaches up to touch her throat] The last few days it's felt like I haven't warmed up in ages. But I'm feeling more like myself, now.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

Mmm... I just finished writing it yesterday. I'm pretty happy with it, actually.

[so cheery....there's nothing odd about this at all.]

\o/

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[she's smiling when he does, though, bopping along with the beat at the top of the stairs]

♫ Seven thousand eyes are watching
watching home and no ones touching
Army of the city workers secretarys lawyers brokers
heading for a london station
Hoping for a quick salvation ♫

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

♫ I have found that stress and nonsense
puts me in a zone of avoidence
could my mind be moving faster
pulling like a super cluster
can be hard to trust a felling
bubbly and ends seeeeing ♫

[nodding in approval at Ed's acrobatics]

[jammin-with-ed.livejournal.com]

[Grins at Jilly and keeps on' dancing around behind her.]

[hulloeverything.livejournal.com]

[He's at the bottom of the stairs, doing his entire Drunken Giraffe dance]

[onlyanapple.livejournal.com]

Oh that's...

[No. Wait]

You wrote it?

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

♫ We're going to find a happy-
we're going to find a happy-
we're going to find a happy-
a happy place
a happy place
a happy... ♫

[as the song trails off, she bows, the headdress defying gravity as she does so]

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

♫ I'm going to find a happy-
I'm going to find a happy-
I'm going to find a happy place! ♫

[later, she will never let him live that dance down]

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

Of course.

[duh]

[onlyanapple.livejournal.com]

I never knew you wrote songs...