littleladylord (littleladylord) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-04-06 20:34:00

Entry tags:

cindy lord, inactive - mickey rayner, inactive - nicolette hall, steven garrick

Double Date.
Finally, it was going to happen. The restaurant she'd booked came with countless high recommendations -- although a few complaints about the price tag that Cindy could happily ignore. It was a half bar, half 'soul food' establishment. And that included a great deal of cooking with bacon. And tonight was Karaoke night.

This was going to be fun.

She arrived at the browstone to pick up her girlfriend and their co-daters.

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	greengenes 2011-04-09 02:50 am UTC (link)
	Mickey shook her head. "The poor U.S.S. Bacon. Devoured by a Bacon-Eating Sea-Monster on its maiden voyage." She laughed. "And yes, yes I am." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hawkgirl 2011-04-09 06:28 pm UTC (link)
	"It's still not safe to go into the water," Nic nodded. "I dunno. I usually have to be a little drunk." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	madeofgoesfast 2011-04-09 06:31 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm sure there's worse things than getting you a little drunk. Anyway... yeah, sure. I'm game for some singing, why not?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2011-04-10 01:56 am UTC (link)
	Cindy orders lemonade and some collard greens (with bacon). Just that. The craze-hunger of the orange ring had put on a few pounds. "What do you want to drink, Nic? If I order it on my mother's account, they won't card." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hawkgirl 2011-04-10 09:52 pm UTC (link)
	"Wait. I can drink, not get carded, and it's all cool? They have beer here, right?" Nic ordered half the menu it would seem and asked for extra bacon on the side to boot. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	madeofgoesfast 2011-04-10 10:00 pm UTC (link)
	Bacon cheeseburger, two patties, extra bacon, extra cheese. Even if it wasn't that long, it feels like its been forever since he's had a good burger, and he's indulging. Not carded aside, he sticks with soda. Alcohol just metabolizes too fast to be worth it, but a root beer float is more than welcome. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	greengenes 2011-04-10 10:26 pm UTC (link)
	Mickey ordered a ceasar salad with extra bacon bits, and taking advantage of the no carding thing, a cosmo. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2011-04-10 10:36 pm UTC (link)
	"Yep, they have beer. And yes, it's a thing. Stuff on Mom's account gets no questions." Cindy drinks her lemonade, and soon everyone gets their food and drinks. Cindy's greens are vanishing.... quickly. Very quickly. But she will not order more. She won't. "Good stuff, isn't it?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hawkgirl 2011-04-10 10:39 pm UTC (link)
	Nic made happy hawk noises as she inhaled her food. Thank god for Thanagarian metabolism.... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	madeofgoesfast 2011-04-10 10:43 pm UTC (link)
	Thank goodness for a speedster's metabolism - if he was even properly ddigesting things. He's not quite sure anymore, but he knows this tastes amazing, enough that he gets more of the bacon-cheese fries to accompany the burger when the first vanish. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	greengenes 2011-04-11 12:58 pm UTC (link)
	Mickey devoured her salad, taking sips of her cosmo between bites. "This is good. This is really, really, really good." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

littleladylord
2011-04-13 01:59 am UTC (link)

Cindy watches them eat for a while, then eventually gets up, mutters "I promise my ability's completely under control," and makes her way to the stage.

"I would like to apologize in advance for foul language," she announces.
"Do you want the edited version instead?" the attendant asks.
"No thanks."

And soon, she's singing. And her eyes don't leave Nic.

There is something kind of odd about Cindy singing Fuckin' Perfect. She enunciates a bit too much, for one thing. But as in most things, Cindy tries her best.

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	hawkgirl 2011-04-13 10:11 am UTC (link)
	Nic is munching away at her second bacon-related entree with extra bacon and a side of bacon when Cindy starts singing. As she gets going in earnest though Nic's wings perk curiously. "Think she's doing that one on purpose?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

madeofgoesfast
2011-04-13 04:14 pm UTC (link)

"Yep, I think she knows exactly what she's doing. Excuse me, I think I'm next."

Yeah, this is going to be a fun night, he's sure of it. Especially once they get a couple drinks in Nic.

On which note, while it takes some digging to find on the playlist, he goes straight for slowing it down, but with some fun cadences and clever lyrics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-zrztGoycY

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	greengenes 2011-04-13 07:29 pm UTC (link)
	Mickey took another sip of her cosmo, cheering for Steven went he to go sing. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2011-04-14 01:29 am UTC (link)
	When Cindy returns after her song, she sits down next to Nic with a smile (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hawkgirl 2011-04-14 11:09 am UTC (link)
	Nic took a sip of her beer then pushed her plate--this one not fully stripped of its bacon--away from her as Cindy sat down. She responded to her girlfriend's smile by stretching her wing to curve about her. "I think I ate too much bacon," she whispered. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2011-04-14 02:28 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh dear," Cindy says, cuddling a little. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	madeofgoesfast 2011-04-14 03:06 pm UTC (link)
	Finishing up his song, and not picking up on other conversations, Steven heads back to the table. "Alright, someone else is up, unless someone wants accompanyment." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	greengenes 2011-04-14 07:18 pm UTC (link)
	"There's such a thing as you having too much bacon?" Mickey laughed. She grinned. "I'll take a whack at it." Mickey got up, going over to briefly glance at the song choice before going to the karaoke machine and starting to sing (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2011-04-14 07:22 pm UTC (link)
	Cindy watched. "Congratulations, Steven. It's apparently your turn to serve as a Creature of the Night." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

madeofgoesfast
2011-04-14 07:37 pm UTC (link)

Steven loves this song. He really does.

He has one memory of being rebellious, for a Garrick, and going to see the release in the 1970's in one lifetime.

In another life, or maybe the same, he's not sure, he took Wally, then Bart, and eventually Jai and Iris to go see it as something of a Flash family induction ritual for the later generations.

Now... Mickey is nailing that song even better than he's ever remembered it.

"...Wow... yeah, I volunteer for that duty."

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	hawkgirl 2011-04-15 10:07 am UTC (link)
	Nic pushed her beer away as well and her wings tucked back towards her a bit. She hadn't been this quiet since returning from the crap with Tharok. "She went as Columbia once for Halloween," Nic offered. "It was pretty school." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2011-04-15 02:54 pm UTC (link)
	"I bet it was.... Nic, are you okay?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hawkgirl 2011-04-15 03:18 pm UTC (link)
	"Don't feel well," she said. "That means you guys have go sing another round and skip me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)