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

[nothingsodivine]

[Des cringes.] He could be a little more subtle about his "I Would Do Anything For Love" problems.

[borrowedheaven]

Somehow I get the feeling he couldn't live with himself if he didn't try.

[nothingsodivine]

That's what worries me about him. [A man who has a problem finding something worth dying for vs. a man who knows exactly what he would die for.]

[borrowedheaven]

[ in an eerie voicing of his sentiments, jade says: ] Maybe you'll judge me for this, but I almost envy him for it.

I don't know what I'd be willing to go so far for. I can't imagine feeling that much about... anything.

[nothingsodivine]

Nothing wrong with wanting to feel something. I wouldn't say I envy having his emotions, but... I dunno. It might actually be worth it to experience something that'll make you do handstands in the street. ,small>[He spreads his hands.] That's the point of the curse though. Once you find that one thing, you realize you wanna live- and that's when it hits you. In theory.

[borrowedheaven]

Maybe there's a point in there, about how it might be worth feeling that much for just one moment - even if it was the last one you got.

[nothingsodivine]

That one moment that makes you value living. [Because you considered your short life so pointless, you will live forever... had been the start of that curse. It had so many layers to it, but "find something worth dying for" was only the way to break it. To find something worth dying for, you had something to live for, something that made you feel truly alive. And that's why he did what he did- he helped people. Except you can't go into a curse looking to break it, because nothing counts then. It's not real. You have to come by it honestly without wondering what you might get out of it.

At this point, Des isn't even sure if he's here because of the talisman or because of Jade or because of what anymore.]