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daybreakacademy2019-03-08 08:37 pm
ohgoodgrief) wrote in daybreakacademy2019-03-08 08:37 pm
Wastin' Away Again~
Who: Teachers! TA's! RA's! Other graduate students! Other students who are crashing (or god help them, working there??)
When: March 8, 2019, in the evening.
Where: A karaoke bar in Soleil.
Warnings: Alcohol
Sometimes, after tests are done and mysteries uncovered, the teachers need to relax.
Which is why there is karaoke! The faculty of Daybreak Academy have converged, through random inspiration and not a terrible lot of planning, on one unsuspecting bar in Soleil on a Friday evening. A few drinks (or more!) are to be had; however, there is also a stage, with a microphone and a big screen -- which shows a music video for whatever song is on -- and the lyrics. A friendly little green ball bounces over them.
It is time to sing your heart out.
It is time... for karaoke.
When: March 8, 2019, in the evening.
Where: A karaoke bar in Soleil.
Warnings: Alcohol
Sometimes, after tests are done and mysteries uncovered, the teachers need to relax.
Which is why there is karaoke! The faculty of Daybreak Academy have converged, through random inspiration and not a terrible lot of planning, on one unsuspecting bar in Soleil on a Friday evening. A few drinks (or more!) are to be had; however, there is also a stage, with a microphone and a big screen -- which shows a music video for whatever song is on -- and the lyrics. A friendly little green ball bounces over them.
It is time to sing your heart out.
It is time... for karaoke.
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Uh, I don't know. I figure you'd probably be fine. A lot of popular songs are about, love, sex, or partying.
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You'd think that, right? But then sometimes you sing a completely decent power ballad and it's "seriously publicly inappropriate" and "totally still illegal in this country".
[...Is this even still about the karaoke, Jail? Because that's starting to sound weirdly specific.]
I mean, yeah, okay, technically I was in the fountain outside the bar and not on the actual stage? But it was still on the premises, it's not like I wandered into a goddamn convent or anything. And I'm pretty sure they got all the glitter outta the water eventually.
[She shakes her head.]
It's a fucking double standard, is what it is.
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Maybe in a few years! Takes ages to get out. It's why it's both the best and the worst invention in human history. Only exaggerating a little.
Man, what I would have given to see that. Sounds hilarious!
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[Jail snickers along with him. If you can't laugh at yourself... or your past near-misses with getting arrested for public indecency... what can you laugh at?]
Think it might actually still be up on the internet, somewhere... unless that was that other time. It gets kinda hard to keep track.
[A surprisingly large amount of Jail's life can be found on youtube. It explains less than you'd think.]
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Wow, uh. Apparently you're in good company. It's practically an entire sub-genre.
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...probably doesn't help that I spent a while in Florida, come to think of it. That kinda thing just happens a lot there.
[Jail definitely isn't every Florida Woman article, but she's a few of them.]
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Please. Florida doesn't actually exist. It's just some joke or "meme" the Americans came up with.
[where did he get this idea? The world may never know.]
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[Avery doesn't think that Florida is real.]
[A fully grown adult man, who is multiple centuries old and quite possibly some demonic creature of great power, legitimately believes that an entire U.S. state does not exist.]
[This is the best thing that's happened to her all year.]
[She probably shouldn't, but... honestly, she's only mortal. She can't not fuck with him.]
I dunno, man- sure, they say it doesn't exist, but are we really sure there's nothing down there? Maybe that's just what the government wants us to believe.
I mean, the politicians? The news? They've all gotta be in on it, dude. Those alligators have gotta be coming from somewhere, and I think they don't want us to find out the truth.
[This is it. This is what her entire career of theft, lies, and constant bullshitting has been building up to, even though she didn't know it. This one moment... and this simple, all-encompassing question.]
[Can she convince this man that the state of Florida is a conspiracy theory.]
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I said it's a meme, not a conspiracy--something to make fun of all those people who steal things by shoving it in their pants.
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...you're saying that like it doesn't work.
[He does realize he's talking to a known thief, right?]
It's totally doable, you just gotta have the right kind of pants. Shit, I could walk away carrying, like, every bottle in this bar, with the right pair of khakis.
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And I swear I read about someone trying to smuggle out a snapping turtle that way. A snapping turtle!
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Some things you do to turn a profit. Some things you do for fun. And some things? You do just to say you can.
And if anyone ever calls bullshit, then you can take off your pants and show 'em the scars to prove it. Who's to say that's not worth a couple pints of blood and a trip to the emergency room?
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Oh. My. God.
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[Do you see this face? This is the face of no regrets. In other words...]
[Yes, Avery. There is a Florida Woman.]
[And now she drinks at your bar.]
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I'm sitting at a table with Florida.
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Not all of it. Didn't have enough room in the car to bring the whole state with me.
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You know what I mean. You're like... the mascot or something. Or the meme. Whatever.
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The prime suspect, maybe.