CHAPTER FINALE ♔ darling can't you see it's now or never

[romanticidal]

♬ Astronaut (A Short History of Nearly Nothing) - Amanda Palmer ft. Zoe Keating

WHO || Rafael Giovanni, Eterna Jade, Burt Becksworth, Isabella Alessandro, Finnick Odair, Myrilandel de Tanos, Buffy Summers, Spike, Elena Gilbert, Dawn Summers, Desmond Descant, Jeanne Gar, Kat Samcelot, Mark Sandazhard, Violet Fiore, Sterling Archer
WHAT || CHAPTER ONE FINALE: Rafael Giovanni & Finnick's televised international concert debut
WHERE || A music hall in Chicago, IL
WHEN || July 3rd, 2013 [ forward dated]
HOW || Actionspam

The hour is finally upon our heroes, to learn whether their crazy plan to invest in making Finnick and Rafael international superstars under Burt Becksworth's management will pay off, and keep control of NOVA Records out of the hands of Chad Becksworth and his sinister compatriots. Now, as the Knights finish taking their seats in the balconies directly overlooking the stage, the concert goes live, broadcasting around the world, to where even other members of the Knighthood in London can gather to watch.

The camera pans across the endless sea of gathered, curious fans, who shake their arms wildly for their two seconds of fame, and then zooms in on a blonde figure on one corner of the stage, where she stands ready with a microphone: Buffy Summers.

[ the action of this post will be continually propelled by the interspersed musical numbers performed by finnick and rafael. each musical number will be up for a short amount of ooc time, in which players are free to create mini-thread responses directly to that song comment. these can be for internal reflection, to make commentary to the neighbors seated in their rows, for backstage convos for those involved in the program, or for 'host' commentary between some songs by archer and kat. threads that result from these responses should be kept short and sweet, as each song is only 3 to 5 minutes long, which doesn't leave a lot of time for in depth conversations. ideally, by the time the next 'number' is posted (as a direct response to the last musical number comment), your response threads from the previous number should be considered over and done with, and you can continue anything going on in them as a new mini-thread under the most recently posted song. in order to keep track of when things are rolling on to the next song, I highly encourage everyone to please track this entire post. ]

Comments

[witchwoman]

[She turns and watches Rafael, still smiling, but after a moment, she turns back to Finnick because she's kind of over the moon for the guy.]

He is. [She pushes herself up to get closer to his ear so she can say quieter.] You were better.

[65]

[he nuzzles the side of her face and whispers back:] You just think that because you love me.

[witchwoman]

[She stills, pulling back slightly to look at him. Love? She hasn't thought about it, hasn't had time. But it feels right. Her contemplative expression shifts, the corners of her mouth lifting slightly, twitching into a smile.]

Yes... Yes, I think I do. [And that's it. It's simple, really. She loves him. It's a wonder she didn't realize it before.]

[romanticidal]

[ ♬ hey leonardo - blessed union of souls

totally necessary song cue ]

[65]

[that was his way of testing the waters tbh. his tone was flippant enough that she could laugh and excuse it as him not using the word seriously if she wanted to — but only if she wanted to. because unlike her, he had thought about it, but it was never the right time. that, and he tends to be much more guarded with his feelings than he seems. but now he doesn't have to be, and it's like a weight's been lifted from his shoulders. ]

Good. It would be dreadful if my feelings weren't reciprocated.

[and you're too stupid for life if you think he wasn't going to kiss her after that.]

[witchwoman]

[Oh and here come the butterflies. Myri turns towards him, kissing him back like her life depends on it. She doesn't care who might be watching. Fans will probably try to murder her if they catch this.]

[65]

[lbr they're probably too busy jizzing to rafael at this point to even sort of notice.

besides, finnick has decided that now that his part of the concert is over he and stardom are professionally done, despite whatever burt may be thinking. (oh and he's still kissing her right now. one of his hands twines through her hair while the other stays against her back, pulling her in as close as possible. )]