#elsewhere

"Nah, it's cool, you're not a daughter of Eve, I can't hurt you, not the way I did ... " A smile "Come on, play with me... Ithink I remember how this works" And he starts strumming the guitar...a tune that's not ancient but certainly not current

"Your lipstick stains" he begins
"On the front lobe of my left-side brains
I knew I wouldn't forget you
And so I went and let you
Blow my mind"

She smiles, reassured, and her head nods as he starts playing - she joins in...

"Your sweet moonbeam
The smell of you in every single dream I dream
I knew when we collided
You're the one I have decided who's one of my kind..."

They harmonize well, the sheer joy of the song infectious "Hey, soul sister
Ain't that mr. Mister
On the radio, stereo?
The way you move ain't fair, you know
Hey, soul sister
I don't wanna miss
A single thing you do ....tonight"

Spike peeks out seeing them sing together and rolls her eyes good naturedly

Oh, she's been playing music in Goldfinch and around, and working with musicians, giving lessons... but there's just something about being in sync with another Satyr that she hadn't realized she'd been missing.

As the song finishes, she gives Spike a little wave... and then grins over to JJJ - a hint of a challenge as she immediately transitions into the middle of another song!

'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play
And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off (Whoo-hoo-hoo)

Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break, break, break
And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off (Whoo-hoo-hoo)...

Bombastic and energetic, she shakes her head, curls bouncing as she rocks a bit of Taylor Swift on the Uke.

Spike makes an exagerated GAH

JJJ breaks into a laugh and strums on that guitar along then when it's his turn to take a verse he goes to

"I got the eye of the tiger
A fighter
Dancing through the fire
'Cause I am a champion and you're gonna hear me roar
Louder, louder than a lion
'Cause I am a champion and you're gonna hear me roar

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh"

She scootches to one side, making room for Spike if she wants to join them!

Picking up on the energy, she improvises with a bridge and some wordless vocals, and sweeps over into,

"Hey, I just met you and this is crazy
But here's my number, so call me, maybe
It's hard to look right at you, baby
But here's my number, so call me, maybe!"

You took your time with the call, I took no time with the fall
You gave me nothing at all, but still, you're in my way
I beg, and borrow and steal, at first sight and it's real
I didn't know I would feel it, but it's in my way!

Your stare was holdin', ripped jeans, skin was showin'
Hot night, wind was blowin'
Where you think you're going, baby?

Chin up, challenge, does she answer?

Spike rolls her eyes, squares her shoulders and then swaggers between them, and hits them with a song that is not her usual style

"Here come bad news, talking this and that (Yeah!)
Well, give me all you got, don't hold it back (Yeah!)
Well, I should probably warn you I'll be just fine (Yeah!)
No offense to you
Don't waste your time, here's why

(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do!"

Piper breaks into a huge smile and sings along through the end of the song! If anyone was still trying to sleep in, they're probably woken up NOW, or at least AWARE that the goats are jamming.

Groans from nockers and a few pooka peek out

Bach struts through, huge body jiggling a wicked look on his face as he belts out...

'Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars
And live in hilltop houses driving fifteen cars
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
We'll all stay skinny 'cause we just won't eat" He pats his belly sending it to waver like a lava lamp
"And we'll hang out in the coolest bars
In the VIP with the movie stars
Every good gold digger's gonna wind up there
Every Playboy bunny with her bleach blond hair, and we'll
Hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar, oh
Hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar!"

GROANS...Spike shoves him as if trying to push him back INTO The lake

But some do sing along even with that

A wicked look, and Piper calls over...

"Hey now, let's be nice. After all, somebody once told me..."

...the world is gonna roll me!
I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed
She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb
In the shape of an "L" on her forehead!

If he's going down for cheezy bad songs, she won't let him crash and burn alone as she belts it out!

Folks join in, as much as last night punished uncool songs, it seems a new challenge to bring out the chesiest ones are in

And Spike pushes her too, more playful than real force, but she also joins in. JJJ was already there.

And Spike snorts, feigning anger as it's her turn to transition... "Say you don't know me, or recognize my face.." ANd she points to her 'war face' as she puts in the faces of each other satyr one after the other real close...

"Say you don't care who goes to that kind of place
Knee-deep in the hoopla, sinking in your fight
We got too many runaways eating up the night!" Then she backs up and actually fucking TWIRLS

"Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember?
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll"

"You kiss your grandmother with that song?" Bach laughs but joins in too

"Handle that song carefully" A pooka calls out "It's an antique"

A WHOOP at the twirling!

JJJ laughs "I can't top that, I give up... " Then he stops "Wait, no no ... Never gonna give you up!" ANd an all too familiar set of music abuses her guitar

"Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you."

"INTO THE LAKE!" She shouts, through laughter.

EVERYONE agrees with that... JJJ , being a gent, hands the guitar over back to her, as he is seized by the hooves and arms and hurled by Bach and Spike into the lake with a splash

Carefully tucking away both instruments far from danger, she trots over to the edge and waves down at the sodden satyr below!

He rrises, spiting lake water a folks if they get too close

"That was fun"

The Reefer Madness showin that night is fun as hell, pooka end up in full cooperaion with the satyrs at mocking it