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"Yeah..." Wiping at her eyes Lupe says "We could..."

Music from the main mall, not canned, Live begins to play...

Lulu has gotten herself and some others on a dias! A mic in her hand.

Linwood the centuar has set up a keyboard

A mix of garou , Changelings, and dreamer friends....

Lulu calls out "This one's for Lupe, Sam, and May!" The galliard has a limp, but her spirit remains undimmed as she starts to sing

🎼 "Thank you for being a friend
Traveled down the road and back again
Your heart is true, you're a pal and a confidant..." 🎼

Lulu is not the only singer, for Piper is there by her side as the two share that mic

She leans in, perhaps not aware of Lulu's nature, but always prepared to jam and Piper has learned that this girl can SING!

Sam looks up in surprise, and is torn between laughing and blushing.

Or, well, both!

The Satyr's vocals adding something other than melody, a thread of hope, and joy. It battles with the doldrums that the mall has become.

Okay, Lupe does cry. It's a good thing no strangers are seeing that though. SHe'd have to kill them all. "Awww dammn it"

May leans forward as if feeling the music like it was sunshine or a warm breeze!!

Piper makes eye contact with Sam as she belts out the refrain, 🎶 Thank you for being a friend!"🎶 And the Gwydion can hear the truth in the line sung straight to her - if there was any lingering upset over the treasure debacle, clearly it has been forgiven.

A bright smile back!

And the Galliards own gift blessed by spirits most will never remember sings to Lupe and does what Galliards do, ease the burden of the Alpha. All get a feeling that the world is not lost, that it is not all gloom, and damn it, it's not just worth fighting for, it's worth LIVING in!

Sam catches her breath, momentarily enraptured by the galliard's song.

"Gaia but I feel great" Lupe admits, feeling satyr's gift flow with joy intended

Her energy redoubled by the smile from Dagmar, something so rarely seen lately, that Piper spins a bit more glamour into it, hoping to spur the same from surrounding mortals.

And May? May glows to those who can see it...

as Piper performs and sends a bit more glamour, May releases a golden light

And when we die and float away
Into the night, the Milky Way
You'll hear me call as we ascend
I'll see you there, then once again! 🎶

And.... there tthey are, chimerical recreations of the Golden Girls, dancing about the band with abandon

Piper almost drops a note, and tears, joyful ones, prick at the corners of her eyes. She knows these ladies, her moms used to watch their show!

And some of those chimeraa look not so much as the actresses, but old silver haired versions of Sam, Lupe and May

Though Sam as Rose and May as Blanche is something to see! No one is surprised by Lupe as Dorothy

though as more are made... their might be change up. Sam bumps against May and... woo.. three more golden girls. This time 'old Sam' is Dorothy! Lupe as Blanche? HILARIOUS

But the un enchanted don't see that... but boy do they feel it!

Piper notices as they finish that song up... they also have mortals, sons of adam, daughters of eve, scarce compared to crowds of old...

Sam takes May and Lupe's hands, dancing with them.

but still here, and drawn

Even a few changelings have been drawn! There's a redhead off to one side, smiling a bit at the chimera. And next to her, a slender, dark clad figure, holding a few shopping bags.

Lupe grins "Ah, fuck what folks might say" And dances

May laughs "Damn right" Hand clasped with each friend

LInwood says "Songs ending... we should do it again or start another one?"

"Take lead, if you want, Piper?" Lulu grins

Piper BEAMS! She starts to strum on her acoustic... the chords are recognizable!

Sam sighs, happy and content.

She looks around at the glow, at the bloom of chimera, and grins.

And... oh.

🎶 Little darling
It’s been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling
It feels like years since it's been here

An anthem to Seelie fae, in a way!

Lulu laughs softly with delight, she knows this one, and harmonizes as back up to Piper's powerful voice

Cairrean is clearly not completely heartless, she enjoys the music as much as any, but then again, Clurichaun's are known for being musically inclined, perhaps second only to Satyrs. She sways a bit to the music.

Symon... endures.

Perhaps he would enjoy real Beetles more.

"Damn she's good" Lupe says speaking of Piper, she KNEW Lulu was good

Poor Symon...

As May the Dreamer hears 'here comes the sun' a chimerical sunrise floods the mall with golden and pink light... beautiful, this dreaming dawn, harmless to most. But likely annoying to a sluagh senses

Makes a fantastic back drop for the band though!

Symon murmurs something to Cairrean, and he slinks away into... ah thank goodness, a Hot Topic.