Later, on the day of the character battle, the tensome experimented with the endless hallways. They found a lot of areas that they had never noticed before, like The Cupcake Arena, The Meekrob Booth, and The Horrible Unsanitary Bathroom of Doom. After an hour or so passed in this fashion, they entered a room that was less than remarkable, considering what they had grown used to here.
Two of it's four walls were painted purple, the other two red. Just like dozens of other rooms here. Hanging every few feet were colorful screencaps from various episodes. Just like dozens of other rooms here. The walls also were graffitied with two-eyed, one-eyed, and Tak-style Irken logos, and phrases like "Do this smell?" and "Zim is an alien, all 180." There were also a few blacklights, and red lasers (not lazers, however) arranged in a neat pattern on the ceiling. Concealed fog- sorry, *smoke* machines covered the bottom foot of space in whitish mist. Most noticeably, there was what looked like an old fashioned 50's style jukebox, only with a more Zimmish color scheme. It was currently spurting out the "Determined Zim" theme, most notably in the background music for 'Parent Teacher Night' and 'Bloaty's Pizza Hog.' More than anything it looked like an IZ-themed dance club.
Still, it wasn't particularly bizarre, and no one was really overwhelmed by it. It would, in fact, be a stretch to say they were all whelmed by it.
"Eh, I could stand to pass this room up," said Bast, "you?"
"Gimmie a minute, I'm exhausted!" whined CryingChild.
"You know," Ztar said offhandedly, "You'd have a lot more energy if you gave up caffeine."
There was a small pause, and both broke out laughing. Abruptly the music stopped, adding about seven decibels to their laughter. Had this happened elsewhere, they might have been embarrassed, but surrounded by Invader Zim fans, even normally shy people like Idgie and CryingChild had become quite outgoing around people they didn't actually know. ('Tis the power of obsessiveness.) Kat moved to select a new song, and noticed there were fewer Invader Zim themed ones than she expected. In fact, the first column of songs she saw didn't seem to have anything to do with Invader Zim at all.
"Hey, look at this!" she called to the others. They crowded around and read the song titles:
Elton John- "The Last Song."
Aqua- "Cartoon Heroes,"
Nickleback- "How You Remind Me"
Liz Callaway- "Once Upon a December"
Jewel- "Hands"
Three Doors Down- "Kryptonite"
There was a pause, and then KidK spoke. "Didn't... I mean, I'm pretty sure I've read songfics with at least two of these, and I've written one with *that* one..." She indicated 'Cartoon Heroes.'
"Me too." Quin said, "In fact..." She looked over the list again, "I've read fics with each of these! Neat!"
They all agreed that it was neat, then covered their ears as a girl with green hair turned on a new song... with all of them inches away from the speakers. After they moved to a safe distance, CryingChild, with her incredible knowledge of music from the 60-70's, noticed something about the song playing.
"Hey, that's Norwegian Wood! ...I think. Why aren't any lyrics playing?"
No one could come up with an answer to that, so they just stood, listening to the music for a while. The combination of the IZ atmosphere and the repetitiveness of the music had a strange effect on our fangirls...
"Zim," Idgie sang softly,
"Landed on Earth,
To conquer the world,
GIR saw a squirrel,
"He,
Set up his house,
Then went to skool,
Hoping to rule."
Dragon snickered a little and picked it up,
"But,
Dib, he saw through,
Through Zim's disguise,
Saw with his eyes,
"And,
Chased Zim around,
Right to his home,
Stopped by the gnomes."
By this point several of them were already swaying to the music. Kat jokingly "conducted" with her fingers, (using gestures that would produce a most bizarre sound were they leading a real orchestra) as The Slayer cut in,
"He got,
Photos of Zim,
Zim went in his brain,
Caused him much pain,
"Gaz,
She flushed Zim out,
Dib flushed him down,
Around and around."
CryingChild punched The Slayer on the arm, then spun around as Quin caught the tune and joined in.
"Things,
Got worse for Zim,
The day Dib learned,
To him, water burns,
"Zim,
Went into space,
Covered with glue,
Built a balloon."
"Dib," Kat sang,
"Would not give up,
Talked to some guys,
With swollen eyes,
"His,
Dad kick him out,
What a disgrace,
Lost his briefcase."
Most of the fans in the room were dancing by now. The previously mentioned green-haired girl overheard them and commented:
"Zim,
He made a plan,
He was so mad,
His plan was so bad,"
She danced off towards the other side of the room without further comment. No one seemed to think this was unusual. Ztar felt the need to continue.
"He'd,
Put-kids-in-a-bus,
Bound for a room,
For certain doom.
But,
Zim blabbed his plan,
Dib got away,
Saw another day."
"Zim," Sang CryingChild, smiling,
"Fought Planet Jack-ers,
He rescued Earth,
Ain't that a first?
"Then,
He hypnotized,
His hated foe,
With Pos-tu-li-o."
"La-ter," KidK continued,
"On Halloween,
They came to find,
A place in Dib's mind,
"Filled,
With monsters galore,
Who often said,
Dib had a big head."
"Dib," Went The Slayer
"Brought tapes of Zim,
To "Mysteries,"
Said "Believe me please!,
"The guy,
Who hosted that show,
Was such a putz,
For calling Dib nuts."
"Then the," Bast sang,
"Al'ens from Squee!,
Abducted Zim,
Taped stuff to him,
"The,
The irony,
So thick that I,
Laughed 'til I cried."
"We," CryingChild sang once more,
Will always watch Zim,
Gaz GIR and Dib,
Keef and Old Kid!"
She then turned to Mel, her hands cupped around a nonexistent "microphone," urging her to join. Overwhelmed, Mel combined the few, basic bits of knowledge she had of the show, and in a quavering voice, sang:
"Zim,
Zim is from Irk,
Dib thinks he's a jerk,
And GIR dosen't work."
As if on cue, the song then stopped, and the spell was broken. "That was ... memorable." Bast quoted.
"So... Brainfreezies?" KidK asked.
"We just had some fifteen minutes ago!" Kat cried, "Let's at least wait two more."
"I wonder why they didn't put lyrics in..." Ztar mused, though she had a good idea of what the answer probably was. Dragon verbalized it:
"Maybe they knew something like this would happen. After all, this isn't just an IZ convention, it's an IZ FANFICTION one... Everyone here is an author, with song parodying in their blood, and stuff."
While a few of the fangirls debated this and others looked at their watches waiting for two minutes to pass, CryingChild hugged her cousin until her eyeballs seemed ready to burst out of her skull and splatter against the wall. "Mel's an IZ-hol-ic! Mel's an IZ-hol-ic!" she sang, in playground-taunting style.
"Oh, sure, grow up!" Mel frowned, folding her arms.
"Say!" The Slayer cried, "That reminds me..."
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What was The Slayer reminded of??! Why DIDN'T the song have any lyrics!? Will Mel's eyeballs burst out of her skull and splatter against the wall?? All this and less will be answered in the next DOOMED chapter of... When Fangirls Attack!!!
...By the way, it might interest you to know that they all arrived (arbitrarily :c) at the convention on Monday. That would make Day 5 Friday. And you all know what THAT means...^_^
Two of it's four walls were painted purple, the other two red. Just like dozens of other rooms here. Hanging every few feet were colorful screencaps from various episodes. Just like dozens of other rooms here. The walls also were graffitied with two-eyed, one-eyed, and Tak-style Irken logos, and phrases like "Do this smell?" and "Zim is an alien, all 180." There were also a few blacklights, and red lasers (not lazers, however) arranged in a neat pattern on the ceiling. Concealed fog- sorry, *smoke* machines covered the bottom foot of space in whitish mist. Most noticeably, there was what looked like an old fashioned 50's style jukebox, only with a more Zimmish color scheme. It was currently spurting out the "Determined Zim" theme, most notably in the background music for 'Parent Teacher Night' and 'Bloaty's Pizza Hog.' More than anything it looked like an IZ-themed dance club.
Still, it wasn't particularly bizarre, and no one was really overwhelmed by it. It would, in fact, be a stretch to say they were all whelmed by it.
"Eh, I could stand to pass this room up," said Bast, "you?"
"Gimmie a minute, I'm exhausted!" whined CryingChild.
"You know," Ztar said offhandedly, "You'd have a lot more energy if you gave up caffeine."
There was a small pause, and both broke out laughing. Abruptly the music stopped, adding about seven decibels to their laughter. Had this happened elsewhere, they might have been embarrassed, but surrounded by Invader Zim fans, even normally shy people like Idgie and CryingChild had become quite outgoing around people they didn't actually know. ('Tis the power of obsessiveness.) Kat moved to select a new song, and noticed there were fewer Invader Zim themed ones than she expected. In fact, the first column of songs she saw didn't seem to have anything to do with Invader Zim at all.
"Hey, look at this!" she called to the others. They crowded around and read the song titles:
Elton John- "The Last Song."
Aqua- "Cartoon Heroes,"
Nickleback- "How You Remind Me"
Liz Callaway- "Once Upon a December"
Jewel- "Hands"
Three Doors Down- "Kryptonite"
There was a pause, and then KidK spoke. "Didn't... I mean, I'm pretty sure I've read songfics with at least two of these, and I've written one with *that* one..." She indicated 'Cartoon Heroes.'
"Me too." Quin said, "In fact..." She looked over the list again, "I've read fics with each of these! Neat!"
They all agreed that it was neat, then covered their ears as a girl with green hair turned on a new song... with all of them inches away from the speakers. After they moved to a safe distance, CryingChild, with her incredible knowledge of music from the 60-70's, noticed something about the song playing.
"Hey, that's Norwegian Wood! ...I think. Why aren't any lyrics playing?"
No one could come up with an answer to that, so they just stood, listening to the music for a while. The combination of the IZ atmosphere and the repetitiveness of the music had a strange effect on our fangirls...
"Zim," Idgie sang softly,
"Landed on Earth,
To conquer the world,
GIR saw a squirrel,
"He,
Set up his house,
Then went to skool,
Hoping to rule."
Dragon snickered a little and picked it up,
"But,
Dib, he saw through,
Through Zim's disguise,
Saw with his eyes,
"And,
Chased Zim around,
Right to his home,
Stopped by the gnomes."
By this point several of them were already swaying to the music. Kat jokingly "conducted" with her fingers, (using gestures that would produce a most bizarre sound were they leading a real orchestra) as The Slayer cut in,
"He got,
Photos of Zim,
Zim went in his brain,
Caused him much pain,
"Gaz,
She flushed Zim out,
Dib flushed him down,
Around and around."
CryingChild punched The Slayer on the arm, then spun around as Quin caught the tune and joined in.
"Things,
Got worse for Zim,
The day Dib learned,
To him, water burns,
"Zim,
Went into space,
Covered with glue,
Built a balloon."
"Dib," Kat sang,
"Would not give up,
Talked to some guys,
With swollen eyes,
"His,
Dad kick him out,
What a disgrace,
Lost his briefcase."
Most of the fans in the room were dancing by now. The previously mentioned green-haired girl overheard them and commented:
"Zim,
He made a plan,
He was so mad,
His plan was so bad,"
She danced off towards the other side of the room without further comment. No one seemed to think this was unusual. Ztar felt the need to continue.
"He'd,
Put-kids-in-a-bus,
Bound for a room,
For certain doom.
But,
Zim blabbed his plan,
Dib got away,
Saw another day."
"Zim," Sang CryingChild, smiling,
"Fought Planet Jack-ers,
He rescued Earth,
Ain't that a first?
"Then,
He hypnotized,
His hated foe,
With Pos-tu-li-o."
"La-ter," KidK continued,
"On Halloween,
They came to find,
A place in Dib's mind,
"Filled,
With monsters galore,
Who often said,
Dib had a big head."
"Dib," Went The Slayer
"Brought tapes of Zim,
To "Mysteries,"
Said "Believe me please!,
"The guy,
Who hosted that show,
Was such a putz,
For calling Dib nuts."
"Then the," Bast sang,
"Al'ens from Squee!,
Abducted Zim,
Taped stuff to him,
"The,
The irony,
So thick that I,
Laughed 'til I cried."
"We," CryingChild sang once more,
Will always watch Zim,
Gaz GIR and Dib,
Keef and Old Kid!"
She then turned to Mel, her hands cupped around a nonexistent "microphone," urging her to join. Overwhelmed, Mel combined the few, basic bits of knowledge she had of the show, and in a quavering voice, sang:
"Zim,
Zim is from Irk,
Dib thinks he's a jerk,
And GIR dosen't work."
As if on cue, the song then stopped, and the spell was broken. "That was ... memorable." Bast quoted.
"So... Brainfreezies?" KidK asked.
"We just had some fifteen minutes ago!" Kat cried, "Let's at least wait two more."
"I wonder why they didn't put lyrics in..." Ztar mused, though she had a good idea of what the answer probably was. Dragon verbalized it:
"Maybe they knew something like this would happen. After all, this isn't just an IZ convention, it's an IZ FANFICTION one... Everyone here is an author, with song parodying in their blood, and stuff."
While a few of the fangirls debated this and others looked at their watches waiting for two minutes to pass, CryingChild hugged her cousin until her eyeballs seemed ready to burst out of her skull and splatter against the wall. "Mel's an IZ-hol-ic! Mel's an IZ-hol-ic!" she sang, in playground-taunting style.
"Oh, sure, grow up!" Mel frowned, folding her arms.
"Say!" The Slayer cried, "That reminds me..."
-----
What was The Slayer reminded of??! Why DIDN'T the song have any lyrics!? Will Mel's eyeballs burst out of her skull and splatter against the wall?? All this and less will be answered in the next DOOMED chapter of... When Fangirls Attack!!!
...By the way, it might interest you to know that they all arrived (arbitrarily :c) at the convention on Monday. That would make Day 5 Friday. And you all know what THAT means...^_^