Xion walks through the mall, looking around. It was a fairly quiet day for her, even if the mall itself was as crowded as always. She was here to look for a new book, and the good bookstores didn't exist outside the mall anymore. Her preferred holes in the wall had been bought out, and now she just had Barnes and Noble to go to. Not bad in itself, but certainly not where she wanted to go first.
As she turns a corner though, the black-haired girl blinks. "What is that?" She speeds up a bit, not quite jogging towards the stage set up right in the center of this corner of the mall. Someone was up on it, trying to sing something she knew had at least seven different overlapping singers that also had differing lyrics at times. As her blue eyes take in the scene, and some people cheering on the singer, she hears a buzzer go off.
"Song synchronicity fell under 35%! Better luck next time!" The young man curses the machine, putting the microphone back before stomping off the stage. A couple of others who were likely his 'bros' went to comfort and joke at him about his performance. According to Xion's memory, he'd been about halfway through that song. Well... if no one else was going up now, why not try herself? But what to pick...
"Reason fooorrr the lies..." Oh! There was a good one. Heh, thank you rando blondie on the road. It looked like the song picker didn't have anything set into memory and used YouTube. Well, that just made this so much easier! Uh... there were 4 members in it, right? Yeah! Thankfully, Xion didn't need to sing any differing lyrics, but there was a lot to do. But she'd manage!
She looks to the three other microphones that popped up from the stage as she gets into position with her own lead one. This was gonna rock people's worlds! Xion grinned as the music kicks on.
Roxas hums to himself as he walks through the mall. He had one place to go today: FYE was having a sale on some shows, and he wanted to see if they finally had that set of... What was that? Someone was singing a really bad cover of a song he didn't know, but at the least he could tell someone was messing up because they kept on jerking to a stop here and there. The blond wonders what was up with that as he goes.
As he turns a corner, keeping his eyes scanning for FYE, he hears a mechanical, female voice interrupt the singer after a buzzer. "Song synchronicity fell under 35%! Better luck next time!" Oof. That was harsh to announce it to everyone nearby.
Still, Roxas was a floor above it, so he didn't worry about it. ...dangit, why was there a barricade to the entrance of that store there? Now he'd have to go down the escalator and find the other one on the opposite side if he wanted to... he knew this song.
Looking to the stage that hadn't been there last week, Roxas blinks. "Didn't I almost run into her before?"
"Subete dato omoutteta chiisana sekai kara mieteru
Uso to hontou ga zenbu kousaku suru keshiki
Tsumarisou ni naru Weakness"
Oh hey, he knew this one.
"Sorerashii ketoba dake narabenaide
Hora ne mata urayamu dake
Sore ja nani mo kawaranain ja nai?
"Reason for the lies iiwake bakari shiterarenai
Reaching for the lights jibun ni uso hatsukenai
Shi to puraido nigirishimeta ryoute de tsuyoku tsukande"
Wow, that girl had a good voice!
"Reason for the lies dare ni mo odora saretakunai
Reaching for the lights mada mada sagashiteru tochuu
Karamawari no renzoku demo kiyasume nante iranai dakara
Ki ga sumu made kakenukeru dake
A reason to be there!"
Heh, now that was some cute dancing she did in the short break.
"Mahishita atarimae ni shoumou sarete yuku kankaku
Ikisugita yasashisa ni fuan wo kanjite wa
Oboresou ni naru Regrets~
"Hoshii mono dake zenbu erabanaide
Futsugou wa mienai furi
Sore ja nani mo kawaranain ja nai?"
...the sign said anyone could come up and join while a song was going on. And it looked like she was averaging a good score, but...
"Reason for the lies ari no mama wo kanjiteitai
Reaching for the lights kakushin wo himeta honne
Atsuku iki ga tsumarisou na mune ni kodou kizande"
But she was already so far, and...
"Reason for the lies dare ka ni nante narikirenai
Reaching for the lights ookiku fukaku naru kokyuu
Kireigoto de gomakashitemo nattoku nante dekinai dakara
Fu ni ochiru made mukiau dake"
"A reason to be there!"
Huh. When'd he come up here? She looked surprised too. Still.
"Asu no iro wo kimeru no wa"
"Dareka ja naku jibun dakara"
"Wakatta you na kaoshite-"
"Toritsukurou hitsuyou nantenai kara~"
They look to each other, and she grins while Roxas smiles back. A quick nod before they focus on singing again.
"Reason for the lies nomikomarete shimawanai you ni
Reaching for the lights nigiru te ni chikara komete
Hitotsu hitostu irozu iteku asu wo omoi egaite
"Reason for the lies ari no mama wo kanjiteitai
Reaching for the lights kakushin wo himeta honne
Chigau keshiki mitsumitetemo shinpai nante iranai dakara
Ki ga sumu made kakenukeru dake
A reason to be there!"
Roxas pants a bit before they look at each other again. She laughs a bit as the machine announces the synchronicity rate as "77! Good job!" before she moves forward to choose another song.
"Know this one?" She shows the pad with her current YouTube search results.
"...yeah. I can handle that one. I'd rather sing Believe, though." The girl laughs a bit at that. "What?"
"Let's see if we get kicked off or not for this one!" She grins at him again. "I'm Xion. Nice to meetcha!"
"Roxas. The pleasure's mine."