Karaoke Time!

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*There is a karaoke machine in the bar. It is very large and very pink.

Therefore, Xander assumes that it must be evil.*

Wow ... didn't know they had an open mike night ...

*He approaches the karaoke machine slowly. It lights up and looks inviting-- as inviting as a possibly-evil-because-of-its-pinkness karaoke machine can be.*

Whoa!

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*Xander sees Andrew and Meg.

He hopes they missed his ... song. Other than that, he also does not know what to say-- until he remembers his conversation with Death.*

Meg! Uh, your Aunt is disappointed in you. Just thought I'd give you the heads-up.

... Hey Andrew, how's it going?

[stilljustandrew]

Hey. Uh. It's going okay ...

um, Xander? This might sound like a weird question, but ... when are you here from?

[balletrat]

*Meg looks a trifle wary.*

Er. Which aunt? And, any particular reason?

[xan-shaped.livejournal.com]

*to Andrew* 2003.

... You?

*to Meg* The one with the killer personality. For, um, Lucifery reasons.

I've got to stop making such bad Death jokes.

[stilljustandrew]

Uh, also 2003. Um. Spring.

[balletrat]

You really should, *Meg agrees, and then sighs.* Drat it. I'll have to talk to her - oh, well, at least it wasn't Moiraine, she's scarier.

[xan-shaped.livejournal.com]

*to Andrew* Oh! So you're our Andrew.

And who's Moraine? Or do I not really want to know?

[stilljustandrew]

*Andrew blinks. "Our"?*

[balletrat]

Moiraine's my aunt-by-marriage, *Meg explains.* She's all . . warrior-of-the-light-y. I'm very fond of her but she would not be happy to hear about Lucifer.

Not that, you know, any of you are - so! Karaoke!

[xan-shaped.livejournal.com]

*Xander pales.*

NO. No karaoke. EVER.

[stilljustandrew]

What? Why no karaoke?

[xan-shaped.livejournal.com]

*Xander looks around shiftily.*

What? No reason! No reason at all that is in any way humiliating. The machine's just evil. How was your day?

[balletrat]

I think, *Meg says cheerfully,* you two should sing a duet.

You know. Friends finding each other again and all.

[stilljustandrew]

*Andrew grins.*

That'd be cool.

[xan-shaped.livejournal.com]

*Xander is about to reply "Hell, no!" but he feels the Karaoke Demon take control again. He grins and nods instead.*

[balletrat]

*Meg beams and leans back to watch the show.*

Break a leg, guys!

[stilljustandrew]

*The music has already started: a bouncy rock beat vaguely reminiscent of Barenaked Ladies.*

*Andrew has never heard this song before in his life. Neither has Xander. This is not going to stop them.*

*Striking a pose, Andrew sings.*

I want to go where no man's ever gone before
And I want to wield my evil father's laser sword
One little step for me-e-eee
Gets bigger when there's no gra-vi-ty
And I'm gonna fly high in the sky
Faster than the speed of thought
I ... am gonna be an astronaut!

[xan-shaped.livejournal.com]

*Xander dances around. When appropriate, he uses his fingers as "pistols."*

I want to be the fastest draw in the wild, wild West
In boot and spurs and a ten-gallon hat I'll be well dressed
I'll catch the bandits and throw them in jail
I'll win a shoot out at the OK corral
Oh bury me not on the lone prairie, don't fence me in, Roy
I ... want to be a cowboy!

[stilljustandrew]

*There's more dancing. And harmonizing. Because we have reached the chorus.*

People always ask me, "When you gonna grow up
And when you do what will you be?"

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That's when I always tell that if I'm gonna grow up
I'll do it on my own sweet time and what I become is still up to me!

*Xander and Andrew do-si-do before the bridge starts.*

[stilljustandrew]

*Andrew air-guitars on the bridge.*

In the sandbox and on the jungle gym
Barbie dolls and Tonka trucks were made for her and him
I don't know
I don't kno-o-ow...

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*Xander harmonizes with Andrew, playing air drums to his air guitar.*

But you just ask my mom and she says I can be whatever I want to be
And you just ask your dad if you can come over and play with me-e-e-e ...

[stilljustandrew]

*There's an instrumental break here. Andrew air-guitars some more.*

I want to have a Stetson hat and a long trench coat
And I want to find a case-solving clue on a bloodstained note
Mysterious dames will hire me
To solve their dead uncle's mystery
And I'll carry a gun but I'll only shoot the bad guys
I ... want to be a private eye!

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I want to say, "Land ho! Argghh! Avast!" and "Batten down the hatches!"
And I want to have a peg leg, a hook for an arm, and two eyepatches
I'll run you through then make you walk the plank or
I'll tie you to a two-ton anchor
I'll be a pirate I'll show no fear
I ... want to be a buccaneer!

*Xander and Andrew do a complicated jazz routine, wherein they swing each other in circles, clap hands, and even leapfrog.*

[balletrat]

*If Meg ever had a chair - and I say she did - she has fallen off it.

Silly Meg. Don't you know rolling on the floor laughing gets your tutu all dirty?*