For this chapter, and another one, I'm thinking of renting a space in the Visalia Convention Center for hosting my very first rave, despite not ever having attended one at all.
It takes place the night after I and Lincoln run into Chandler trying to kill us, and I, while taking Lincoln on his path of self-discovery, and now trying to keep him alive, but before jumping ahead, I will say the following.
Having seen Transformers Seige, the first chapter of the War for Cybertron trilogy, I've seen the second episode, which, spoiler alert, showed how Soundwave was able to hack Ultra Magnus's frequency and learn that he told Optimus Prime about the Decepticons planning to look for the Allspark and use it to reformat the Autobots into their faction. The video shown is a fandub based on the original G1 voices, which too many people are salty about. I, on the other hand, am neutral, as the voices might help define the roles of the characters and create an intimidating atmosphere compared to other continuities.
Knowing this, I might think about establishing a clandestine frequency to communicate to Milo with, but I'll worry about that later on. Now, for this chapter, sometime that night, remembering to make sure Lincoln and I keep a low profile to keep those Mafiosi from hunting us, I decide to rent out a room for a rave and invite interested people for Lincoln and me to make friends with. Hopefully, none of them are tied to that mob.
At the convention center is a large enough room in which the rave would take place, housing lots of people, and with lots of foods, some of them being Cheetos-themed, like the Cheetos Mix-Ups, Mac 'n' Cheetos, equivalents to Cheetos Chicken Fries, and Chicken Sandwiches with Cheetos in them. There is also grilled cheese with Cheetos in them, Cheetos Mozarella Sticks, and other items that don't include Cheetos at all, like veggie trays and party trays, and calorie-intensive foods there as well for the party to last for more than 3 hours, which is how long my YouTube playlist I'm using for this is. Also included are iconic well-known beverages and water. And to pay tribute to an old trend, Pringles flavors that can be stacked in threes, with no two flavors being the same.
I imagine at the rave, Lincoln starts dancing to the following songs, which are part of a YouTube playlist of mine. I just hope some of the partygoers don't have a negative viewpoint on the way he dances to the first song, which is probably how females dance. And I'm not sexist, just to clarify. And to add in more clarity, the lights would change colors to each song, vibrate based on certain things of the Approaching Nirvana songs in the playlist, and flicker on and off based on the notes, chords, keys, beats, rhythms, etc. I guess for a lot of them, Lincoln and I, and everyone else would have varying dance moves per song. Might I remind you that a number of these songs aren't really songs to dance to? In fact, during the no-dance songs, patrons could visit the concessions stand and probably get grub to eat. The first 17 songs are Party in the U.S.A. by Miley Cyrus, Buzzin by Mann and 50 Cents, Real Synth Music 2 by Stefan Netsman, Bad Romance by Lady Gaga, Boots and Boys by Ke$ha, Just Dance(Gaga), I Know What Boys Like by The Waitresses, One Way or Another by Blondie, Paparazzi(Gaga), Poker Face(Gaga), Rain on Me(Gaga and Ariana Grande), The Sweet Escape by Gwen Stefani, Telephone(Gaga and Beyonce Knowles), That's Not My Name by The Ting Things, TiK ToK(Ke$ha), Violet by Hole, and Womanizer by Britney Spears.
Now, imagine Cristina and Paige attending the party as a result of having discovered it. Upon noticing Lincoln, they decide to approach him, which is much harder to do with Lincoln being too focused on dancing, and dance moves being taught by me. Something that repeats itself during the next six songs: Rhythm of the Night by DeBarge, Get Naughty by Raphael Lake and Aaron Levy, On the Floor by Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull, Dance of the Violins by Jesse "F-777" Valentine, High Score by Teminite and Panda Eyes, and Bad Pitched by Insan3Lik3. Maybe during the next two songs, Gravity by Umpire and No Doubt's cover of It's My Life by Talk Talk, the two girls could get Lincoln's attention and talk with him about important things that I brought up in the first 2 chapters of this whole thing. They could iron things out. Maybe Cristina and Lincoln will be on good terms again. Yes. Let's add those in. Maybe they could meet me and I could get in on the conversations as well. I might need to work on the dialogue.
Now, with old friends on good terms with Lincoln again, and new friends being made by him regardless of age, said new friends being live-action and of my hometown, there could be dance moves being taught for a lot of the following songs, or people catching on to each other. Hopefully, none of the Mafiosi are at the rave. The first song following It's My Life is Viva La Resolution by Huw Williams. The next song, Be the Hero by Marc Burrows(recognized as one of the many songs by 12 is Midnight), could involve Cristina and Paige dancing to it like Sid and Ronnie Anne, with me pointing out that the former two must've gotten it from the latter two. Also, for the three hours the party is going on, it is being live-streamed and broadcast on YouTube. Now, there could be more songs that I could introduce to Lincoln via this rave. The songs are on the actual YouTube playlist as well. They include Initial Talk's 80s-style remix of New Rules by Dua Lipa. Imagine Cristina and Paige doing backing vocal lip-syncs to this version of the original song. That could be interesting. Now, let's keep going. These next two songs could give them and Lincoln a good idea about the "dead" genre of music known as disco. They are Treasure by Bruno Mars and Let's Groove by Earth, Wind, and Fire.
This next song's inclusion sounds interesting to me and could serve as an act of paying tribute to Michiganian YouTube user nkrs200, who also goes by Ryan. It's called Secrets of My Life. The next three songs could actually give us four and the other partygoers a longer break from dancing than the other times. They are Reckless by Olivaw, Cold War Games by Gabrielle Lewis(stolen by Gavin Luke), and Survive by Soara. We get back to the spirit of dancing with Tonight by RobinG and Miss Luna(not to be confused with Luna Loud or Princess Luna) and Born Limitless by Uppermost. Maybe another break via Monody by TheFatRat and Laura Brehm.
Now, imagine for the following songs, the lights change colors based on different tones. For the A-flat, I'm thinking blue. For E, red. For G, green. And for B, yellow. For some parts of this first song, I'm thinking the floor could be blue, and yellow at the right moments, with no light from the walls. These songs include How Far We've Come by Silvia Hound and ArtAttack, T-Mass's remix of Don't Let Me Down by The Chainsmokers and Daya, Fall to Light by Laszlo, and Here Again by Approaching Nirvana and Veela. And then one more break thanks to Chimes by Hudson Mohawke, while the flashing colors are still used, even during these following songs: Violet Eyes by TheLivingTombstone and Archie, the instrumental version of Here Again by Approaching Nirvana, and the final one on the playlist and the rave. The song is Strobe by Deadmau5. After it ends, it's already midnight, and Lincoln and I would return to my home to crash for the night, parting ways for the moment with Cristina and Paige, to maybe someday encounter another reunion with them. As for the song, there would probably be some kind of "slow dance" thing from 0:00-3:52, which then gets more intense later on. You could get ideas from actually listening to the song.