Upon Vestia: Chapter Thirty

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Skye nodded and smiled a little "It's a little scary though, when you only see your own kind then see a city with the others."

(Sorry about the slow replies, I've been pretty busy with stuff today, so I'm slower than usual)

"I mean the talent show would be our way to scope out talent for bands and stuff," James said brightly. "Anyone can join the talent show." He nodded, "Yes, bribing with cool prizes is a great way to get people interested!"
He didn't notice Rigel sneaking out, the conversation was too distracting.

Tala was taking a break from dancing and eating more snacks.

Luka grabbed a few more snacks, glancing at the door. She wasn't very good at being subtle. oops?

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Matt nodded "of course, some secretive sorts still won't show off their skills but we'll find out one day." He laughed.

Rigel headed to the cafeteria to get some food before heading to his ship to set up a dinner for himself and Luka when she came.

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Starr nodded again "Yes, some will be too shy to show off, but others will be quite willing to show off their talents."

"I sure look forward to seeing who decides to show off," James said.

Ellie nodded. "Just imagine all the musicians there must be here. And the cool magic user tricks."

"Heck yeah. And who can actually sing, or dance? or like.. do crazy acrobatic tricks." Matt continued.

Luka decided this was a good chance to sneak out.

"We shall see when we have that talent show." Starr said with a chuckle.

James noticed Luka sneaking out, and tried to hide his gloom when he saw Rigel was also missing. Oh well, at least she was probably having fun with Rigel?
He couldn't help worrying though.
He pulled his attention back to the others. "Should be so much fun. Should we hold off until the kids are back, or do it before then?"

Matt looked thoughtful. The idea of hte kids doing a talent show was omg adorable. "we could always do more than one." He suggested. He hadn't noticed Luka, but he did notice James' sudden expression falter. "You okay?"

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Luka made her way to the Devil. (to the devil!)

James put on a smile. "Yeah, you're right, two shows is a good idea." He nodded, "I'm fine, don't worry about me. Just, you know, thinking." He wasn't going to share his thoughts around Ellie, that would be begging for trouble.

Matt nodded, he'd ask about it later, when they weren't you know, on a stage in front of everyone.

"Right, one more song, then i'm getting a drink!" Matt declared.

"Drinks!" Ellie cheered. "You've earned it, playing all that music. Starr and the dragons can have, uh, tea with us?"

Tala's ears perked up.

"One more song, I'm down for that," James said.

Matt flexed his fingers. "right, any final requests?"

Starr shrugged a little and looked to Ellie then to James to see if they had a preference. "We can drink, it just won't do anything unless it's hard liquor." She reminded Ellie.

"Final requests? You make it sound so grim," James told Matt with a laugh. "I vote anything, as long as it's catchy, not too crude for a party, and has a chorus we can sing too loudly."

"I agree with James, that sounds like a good way to end the live music," Ellie agreed. "Oh yeah, I kinda forgot," she told Starr, "I just kinda think of all booze as being bad for you guys, I guess. Beers for the dragons if they want, then!"

Matt thought about it for a bit, then launched into a bouncy pop song.

Starr smiled and let them have the stage for the last song. The dragons that knew the song would play or sing along according to their talents.

James and Ellie sang along, Ellie kinda making up the words when she forgot one, but mostly remembering. Tala danced.

Ethan just watched the spectacle, slightly baffled by everyone's enthusiasm.

Mourn watched people dance, looking amused.

Silence just stared, her expression blank. She'd shifted back into her natural form as it was substantially more comfortable, but all this celebration was a bit bewildering to her. People seemed happy though, which was nice.

Hewitt took himself to one side but he didn't leave, he would never admit it, but the entertainment was well... mildly entertaining.

Amity smiled pleasantly and made sure everyone had drinks.

Ethan went over to join Mourn, waiting for the guy to notice him to say, "They're strange, aren't they?"

Mourn grinned up at Ethan from under the table, crawling out so he could actually SEE ethan's face. "Hello other robot!" he declared loudly.

Ethan snorted. He'd be insulted to be called 'other robot' by anyone else, but from Mourn, it was just kind of funny. You couldn't really take Mourn's bizarre nicknames personally for some reason, maybe because it was so clear he wasn't using them with any sort of hostile intent.
"Hello. Having fun down there?" He asked.

"Under table good place, hard people to reach, can't take food." Mourn nodded as if this made perfect sense. He slowly got to his feet, putting his empty plate on top of the table. "Being small useful."

Ethan blinked. "People are trying to take your food?" He found that hard to believe, the people on this ship were unusually well mannered in general.

Mourn shrugged. "no want risk." Hey, habits died hard. On his old ship, yes, people stole his food all the time.
Here? not so much, but he wasn't risking it.

"Sensible," Ethan decided after a moment. "Although it is weird to see someone hiding under a table." Oh, he'd seen terrified slaves try that on mirror Vestia, but not really anyone else.

Mourn cackled. "No hiding, securing!"

Ellie clapped when the song was over. "We're so awesome, guys!" she enthused. She went to grab a beer.

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"I guess I don't know the difference then, because that looks like hiding to me," Ethan said dryly.