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

[bigbad]

[Yeah, he doesn't have to know a damn thing about Spanish to get the point there. He'll even add his own opinion.]

...bugger.

[savemyself]

I told you not to underestimate him.

[ as spike looks out, he'd notice something else that catches his eye as well. from his angle on this upper balcony, he can see a figure standing off in the wings on the far side of the stage, completely visible, watching the proceedings with a rather emotional look in his eyes. he's a tall man, with long dark hair and a thin beard, as well as perfectly chiseled, somewhat boyish features. he's dressed in a dark gray suit and has his hands folded in front of himself. it's hard to say how long he's been standing there, but something about him is very difficult to look away from. his expression makes it seem as if he's very personally connected to what's unfolding on the stage, but he looks almost deeply saddened by something. ]

[bigbad]

[wtf is Orlando Bloom doing here? He nudges Isabella with his elbow, pointing over to the guy.]

Who's he?

[savemyself]

Who is who?

[bigbad]

That bloke. [Riiiight where he's pointing. Come on, he's not really hiding.] See? Far side of the stage.

[savemyself]

There is no one there. [ she sounds pretty irritated by spike's changing the subject to be insane ] Your eyes are playing tricks.