KARAOKE PARTY!

[teenidollinda.livejournal.com]

Who: Linda, Kite, everyone else in the mansion who wants to come.
Where The Dining Room
When: Saturday Night, January 12th
Rating: PG. At most, PG 13.
Summary: Linda has been talking about a Karaoke Party with Kite for weeks now, and finally it’s a reality.
the Story:


The sky was darkening, and soon it would be night. It was almost time. Time for the party.

Linda had to thank the mansion. Over the past weeks, it had been giving her CD after CD and eventually a karaoke machine itself. By now, the musical collection for tonight was well into the thousands, containing any song that anyone ever might even think to sing. She was excited. No one would be left out because they lacked a song. In fact, no one would be left out. Or else.

Spinning about the dining room, a trail of confetti flying about behind her, Linda danced to the music in her head while finishing her decorations. Bowls of food and snacks lined the tables along the sides of room while a massive stage took up the back wall. All of which were now covered in a coat of confetti. The room seemed to sparkle, almost as if it wished to join in the party as well.

“Kite!” Linda called, “Kite! It’s like, almost totally time! We’ve got to like, totally greet everyone and stuff!”

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[azureflamegod.livejournal.com]

...What.

Kite kind of stared. That was, um. Interesting.

...That was a real song?

"Ahhh..." he mumbled. "Good?" The AI shrugged a little.

[master-of-dudes.livejournal.com]

He'd been expecting a bigger reaction. Probably not the same as he got in Tokyo, but at least a laugh at the silly song.

"...You didn't like it, did you? I can sing other things too..."

[azureflamegod.livejournal.com]

Huh? Wait, BB was sad now? He didn't want to make him sad! What did he do wrong?!

"Ah, uh, no!" Kite insisted, "It was fine--ah, great!" Just impossible to follow and completely irrational, but he didn't want to hurt his friend's feelings!

[master-of-dudes.livejournal.com]

He wasn't wholly convinced, but Kite looked a little distressed at his expression, so Beast Boy did his best to smile.

"Glad you liked it! I tried to pick a silly song, and this one had your name in it!"

Shaking away whatever lingering sad feelings he had, he then continued, "So, um, what about you? You wanna sing something too?"

[azureflamegod.livejournal.com]

Kite still felt pretty bad. He didn't mean it was bad, it was just... odd? But he hadn't meant it in a bad way!

"Ah, well, thank you. I liked it, really. It was good," he said sheepishly.

And now more about Kite's singing. The Azure shrunk back a little. "Ah... no thanks, fine..." Linda's duet was one thing, but he was going for minimal-singing tonight. And he was really awful anyway.

[master-of-dudes.livejournal.com]

He blushed a little. He wasn't used to so many compliments on his singing in one night. "Um, thanks..."

His smile dropped, however, when Kite hesitated on singing. Tin foil might mess up his systems, but cardboard wouldn't.

"You'll do fine, dude. Seriously, do you even want to know how bad I used to be? Still people liked it. And even if it's not the best, it's better to try, right?"

[azureflamegod.livejournal.com]

Not this again. Why did everyone want him to sing so badly, anyway?

"Nnn, but more experience, haven't even been speaking for more than quarter year," Kite said, fiddling with his hat a little. "Haven't even existed for very long... Needs a lot more refining." He still hadn't even turned two yet, despite his programmed mental age. Beast Boy probably had years of experience compared to him.

[master-of-dudes.livejournal.com]

"Experience, schmexperience." Beast Boy waved his hand dismissively. "All that matters is heart, dude, and you've got plenty of that. Besides."

Oh god the grin was back. This time the lighting of the room perfectly cast menacing shadows over his eyes. "Tinfoil might mess with you, but I still have cardboard."

[azureflamegod.livejournal.com]

Heart? Kite thought it was more like actually being able to stay on-key and to the beat. He really couldn't do either very well.

"...Cardboard?" That was something new, at least. How could cardboard possibly be threatening...?

[master-of-dudes.livejournal.com]

Beast Boy replied in a sing-song voice, "If you don't sing, you'll see~"

[azureflamegod.livejournal.com]

"A-ah, but..." This just wasn't fair anymore. Didn't he get any say in the matter?

He wasn't really worried about the cardboard at all, but... he still didn't want to disappoint his friends, either, so...

"Nnn, fine, just once," Kite sighed. There was no point in arguing, anyway.

He pressed some buttons at random on the machine and hoped for the best, and sure enough, lyrics started scrolling.

" drawn in by unseen cold hand,
I pass even as it flows to eternity.
As your eyes look away the hazy distance,
what is revealed to them, I can see.

As the moonlight shines on my bitter cold fin
Frozen tears of begin to flow anew.
I look at the sky. That tant far off dream,
it always has me in its view..."


(OOC: And believe it or not, the song KEEPS GOING! .O. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=T0_1lHTnImY) also, kaito-mun is lazy with her songs :|)

[master-of-dudes.livejournal.com]

Now that he wasn't completely hammered, Beast Boy didn't exactly view Kite as the next big hit. Still, the boy had tried, and that's what really mattered. Besides, he wasn't that horrible...

"Pretty good dude! I didn't know your voice could reach that high! I actually think it's kinda--"

Unfortunately, Kite's singing didn't sit so well with everyone. Or everything. To say the very least, Beast Boy's boom box, lovingly named "William XIII", decided to commit electronic suicide. It was the most astounding display of sparks and screaming music anyone had ever seen.

Beast Boy just stood there, face pale and jaw open in horror. There wasn't really anything he could say. Oh wait, yes there was.

"OH GOD!!!!"

[azureflamegod.livejournal.com]

That could have been worse.

Suddenly, they were interrupted by the sudden and loud demise of BB's boom box. Kite gaped. His voice... killed it!

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" he yelped, jumping down to come to the boom box's aid. But there wasn't really anything he could do, there wasn't much to save. The AI's expression just dropped from cheerful to mortified. "I... I'm sorry, it's all my fault!"

Oh man. Now Beast Boy was going to hate him for sure! He exploded his boom box with his horrible singing!

[master-of-dudes.livejournal.com]

Under normal circumstances, Beast Boy would have tried to be more comforting to the AI, but... holy shit, dude.

"Dude. You like. Imploded it. Your singing killed my boom box." Beast Boy was honestly in more awe than angry at Kite. He kept staring at the broken pieces in a mixture of astonishment, horror, and sadness.

"It just killed itself. A non-sentient object just committed suicide because of someone's singing. That. That's amazing and terrifying. Seriously dude. What the hell was that. It just frickn' exploded."

[azureflamegod.livejournal.com]

"Ah, ah... I'm sorry!" He couldn't think of anything better to say. Beast Boy was right, he exploded his boom box. What else was there to say?

"Ah... I-I can get you a new one?" the Azure Knight offered. It didn't really mean much due to the closets, but... well, he had to say something. Kite just felt awful. He knew he was bad, but to think he actually destroyed electronic equipment with his voice...

"I'm... really sorry, Beast Boy," he muttered, staring at the little broken pieces all over the ground. Was he going to be mad at him now? Would he have to suffer through the silly string (whatever it was, but it was probably bad)?

[master-of-dudes.livejournal.com]

Managing to tear his eyes away from the awful wreckage that was formerly William VIII, Beast Boy noticed just how distraught poor Kite looked. It's not like he had meant to break his boom box.

He sighed, then patted Kite gently on the shoulder. "It's fine, dude. He was pretty close to dying anyways after I kicked his speaker in that one time..."

Beast Boy smiled a little to reassure the AI that he wasn't upset with him. "That was... impressive. Man, I haven't seen something explode like that since... well, I got here."

[azureflamegod.livejournal.com]

"But... I killed it," he said, continuing to stare at the little heap of plastic and metal chunks. "Killed it with my voice." In all of his memory files and knowledge, never had he even considered it possible to completely destroy a boom box with sound alone.

The smile was a little reassuring, but still. "...Nn, told you I was a bad singer." Neither of them could really deny it now. But at least Beast Boy wasn't going to get mad at him. The AI sighed.

"Certainly interesting..."

[master-of-dudes.livejournal.com]

Beast Boy's smile slipped a little. He rubbed his hand behind his head awkwardly. "I'm sorry, dude. I shouldn't have made you sing if you didn't want to..."

Man, now he just felt guilty. He just wanted Kite to have some fun, but pressuring the poor guy into doing something wasn't going to help things.

"Well, aren't I a..." He paused, then morphed into a donkey and brayed sadly. The little green equine's head drooped and his long ears fell back in shame.

He thought the point got across pretty clearly.

[azureflamegod.livejournal.com]

Kite shrugged. "Nn, could have been worse," he said. "No one died... ah, well, no one sentient." Honestly, he should have expect something like this to happen. Crazy things always seemed to happen whenever Beast Boy was around. "Will keep working on 'singing', maybe..."

Unfortunately, the pun completely flew over Kite's head. "A... donkey?" Well, um, that was true. The AI cocked his head slightly, confused.

[master-of-dudes.livejournal.com]

Beast Boy morphed back, chuckling a little at Kite's naivete. "Erm, close enough. Going for jackass, there..."

Smiling at Kite, he added, "Ah, well, if you wanna keep working on singing, that's great! Just... it's probably not to best to do it around anything electronic."

No way in hell is Kite going anywhere near his game consoles. His Charemeleon is almost a Charizard. Just to be safe, he might start stashing his DS under his pillow from now on.

[azureflamegod.livejournal.com]

"...Ohhh!" Kite exclaimed. "I see! ...Ah, but you're not, really." He paused, then sheepishly added, "And... will pick something different next time." Filing personal note, 'avoid songs with high octaves when singing, high notes = bad, possibility of electronic malfunction'.

Wait, wasn't he technically electronic? Perhaps he should run a few scans later, just in case. He never thought singing could cause explosions like that.

[master-of-dudes.livejournal.com]

The shape shifter glanced back at his shattered boom box and sighed. Turning back, he grabbed Kite's wrist and pulled him towards the stage with a smile.

"C'mon. The night isn't over yet! We can still watch the others sing; and hey, my voice doesn't kill things. I might still sing again!"