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[borrowedheaven]

♬ Comfort Eagle - Cake

WHO || Finnick, Myri, Buffy, Spike, Elena, Dawn, Des, Rafael, Gar, Kat, Mark, Jade, Burt, Violet, Archer
WHAT || Pre-concert shenanigans
WHERE || Chicago, IL
WHEN || July 1st [forward dated]
HOW || Actionspam

It's been a long time since Team Failboat's been all together, but that doesn't mean the team members have been idle. Rafael & Finnick have been working hard to refine their show and record their albums - and if they don't pull off the show of a century, NOVA records will fall entirely into the hands of the sinister Chad Becksworth and his evil Shadow-hating cabal. In the meantime, Myri & Elena have acted as members of their ensemble to keep an eye on the villains' movement at NOVA's New Orleans Headquarters - but there's been suspiciously little to indicate that they're doing anything but gearing up for their own "Back to the Fans" tour, which will be launching concurrently in Miami on the same night of Raf & Finnick's concert in Chicago. Myri & Kat attempted to interfere with the recruitment of Nadia Reichenov by Keijen Blade and Decker Greenwall, and while Myri seemed to have made some impact on the girl, she still chose to join them, and where her allegiance lies remains unknown. The other members of the team have been intermittently set out on missions to destroy the other labs across America where Chad's scientists have been conducting hideous experiments on Shadowkind, splicing their DNA with that of humans. Gar has been hard at work in the lab, unraveling the mysteries of the mind control chip they'd created. Jack and Thomas have been probing the defenses of Andres Isle, where the Talisman is rumored to have been taken by the sinister Dimitris Sarandis, Prime Minister of the Isle and member of the dark cabal. Meanwhile, Des has been babysitting Jade after her club was destroyed by Chad's forces, so that she can join Rafael and Finnick onstage at the concert.

Now everyone is en route to Chicago, where the impending concert is tied in with the opening of the brand new Chicago skyscraper office of NOVA Records, where Burt is planning to move his end of operations, further symbolizing the growing divide between the feuding brothers. Tensions mount in these last few days as final preparations are made.

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Backstage before the show

[starfucker]

[ there's still a couple hours until showtime, and burt will send people constantly to retouch your character's hair, makeup, and general existence. the knights will have special box seats for the show, but until then they're free to hang out backstage amid the hustle and bustle.

please use this thread to post open backstage comments. ]

watching the opening of the 'back to the fans' tour | single thread!

[starfucker]

[ as the hour of showtime approacheth, burt hunkers in front of a tv screen in one of the dressing rooms, anxiously drumming his fingers on the arm of his chair as the symbol for Chad's "Back to the Fans" tour comes up, showing a live stage broadcasting from Miami, Florida, where the show is kicking off. ] Chad bought up all the big name cable networks, but we got all the public audiences. [ still, he sounds nervous as Ryan Seacrest appears on screen and begins talking about NOVA Records newest innovative tour approach - a hodge podge of musical styles meant to launch a brand new line of artists from R&B to heavy metal. ] They got Seabiscuit? [ he slams his hand down in a fist onto the table beside him ] We don't have. A fucking celebrity host.

[isisagent]

Mr. Ed still owes me a favor... I could call him in?

[starfucker]

Oh good, we got a fucking comedian on set. We could just throw this cocksucker up there, let him do his stand up routine, I'm sure it'll be a killer.

[isisagent]

Oh, I do trivia too. Let's see... Did you know the average adult male's collarbone will break from just 7 pounds per square inch of pressure?

Hah! Crazy right?

Now enjoy stroking your $4.95 goatee, I'm going to go find myself a Martini...

[starfucker]

Did that thundercunt just threaten me? Do I have to call fucking security?

rafael's dressing room | ota

[romanticidal]

[ anyone who walks in on raf (which should be safe, since he came to the concert dressed...) might find him checking the guns he wears strapped beneath his suit jacket, or pacing back and forth palms together, pressed against his lips.

boy seems a little nervous. ]

Re: rafael's dressing room | ota

[isisagent]

Hey guy. [Archer stomps in unceremoniously, after creeping for a bit]

Nice hardware. What kind of firepower you got there?

[romanticidal]

[ he looks up in mild surprise, but relaxes when he sees it's one of the knights. maybe he shouldn't... since it's this knight. ]

Beretta 92-FS series. [ he shrugs as he double checks one of the cartridges ] It would not be my first choice, but I like the shorter recoil.

[isisagent]

I guess, sure. When I'm trying to conceal a gun the size of Madonna's fat ass, my primary concern is the recoil. [He laughs, drawing his jacket open to show his pair of Walther PPKs]

Stainless Walther PPK, 0.32 Chambered ACP. Perfect for stealth and stopping power. Also the gun that killed Hitler, can't get much more American than that... But at least you aren't using that standard issue paperweight the knights hand out.

[romanticidal]

You do know the PPK is a gun of German design, no? [ he looks down at archer's guns, then back up at him challengingly. ]

backstage door | open to the first person to tag this

[nosdacariad]

[ anyone who pops outside for a smoke or some air might run into mark out here, pacing on his phone. he looks and sounds agitated, and they'd catch the tail end of his conversation: ] I never agreed to that! I can't-- [ he stops abruptly, paling, and then shakes his head ] Fine.

I said fine.

[bigbad]

[Did someone say smoking? Spike lights up and raises an eyebrow at Mark, not disguising his interest in the part of the conversation he can hear at all. He leans against the wall as he waits for Mark to finish.]

[nosdacariad]

[ when he turns around, he sees spike and looks a little anxious about having been overheard, but he just turns around and mumbles a: ] Yeah, yeah, got it. Goodbye. [ before clicking the phone shut and dropping it in his suit coat pocket. he hesitates, back to spike for a moment, before turning around to face him, wiping the irritation from the conversation off his face ] ... Hey.

[bigbad]

[Spike raises an eyebrow at him.]

What was that all about?

[nosdacariad]

[ he swipes his fingers through his hair wildly ] Nothing. Just... personal ... stuff... is the show going on soon?

Have a seat!

[borrowedheaven]

[ finally, it's close to time, and raf and finnick are called backstage, while the others are directed to their seats. since jade only has a number near the end of the show, she joins the knights in the balcony box seats reserved for them.

they'll have to split into two levels, each of which affords six seats. please indicate what seat your character is taking off this handy map so we know who is sitting by who when the concert post goes up.

for example, jade takes seat 5 on the lower level as she settles in to watch the first half of the show.

pre-concert chitchat can go here! ]

Re: Have a seat!

[isisagent]

[Archer takes what he only assumes is the best seat in the house - top box seat 3.]

Alright... [Looking about...] now where is the liquor

[savemyself]

[ there's an incredibly beautiful dark haired woman taking a seat two down from archer, wearing a very pricey looking dress that knows just how to flatter her. she has some kind of exotic accent, but who the hell knows or cares what it is because boobs. ] I do not think it is that type of concert.

[isisagent]

[Totally missing what she said, due part to the accent and part to the boobs, then making an assumption based on the accent...]

Oh fantastic. Help, I'll take two Bombay Martinis please. [He tosses his credit card at her] And make it quick.

[bigbad]

[Spike snatches the card out of the air as he sits down (ref 18).] Should be careful where you leave these things, mate.

[nothingsodivine]

[Des has a seat next to Jade, because she wanted it that way. And he is so uncomfortable in his suit.]

Now would probably be a bad time to mention I don't know if Finnick can actually sing, huh?

[borrowedheaven]

[ she chokes out a laugh and looks over as if to see if he's serious ] Some 'manager'. It'd almost be worth it to see Burt's face.

[nothingsodivine]

I bet he's figured it out. Ten bucks says Finnick's lip singing to some recording of a nerdy guy with no stage presence belting like Usher.

[borrowedheaven]

And they won't care. [ she looks out at the audience filling in the hall ] They don't want real, anyway.