"So you're going to a karaoke bar? Isn't that risky? Especially since you have Muse Septima and you can get tracked down by the Sumeragi or something else could happen?" Copen questioned.
"If Zeno's upset his work ethic's gonna slump and I'm not takin on any extra work I don't have ta do." Naomi answered.
"In short you're doing this so you can be lazy?" Copen assumed.
"Ya know you're sayin that to a person who took off their regular vacation days cept holidays right?" Naomi interrogated.
"Why did you do that? So you can stay at work and study all the files you can?" Copen guessed.
"So I can stay away from here for a bit, it screws with my head." Naomi replied.
"When will you be back exactly?" Copen wondered.
"I dunno, I'll be back when I'm back I guess." Naomi responded.
"Can I come?" Lola begged.
"Uh..." Naomi droned.
"Me too?" Mytyl hoped.
"Why I say yes I have no idea." Naomi surrendered.
"Yay!" Mytyl and Lola cheered.
"But if you embarrass me in front of my boss or anyone else there, I'm not speaking to whoever embarrasses me for a week. Got it?" Naomi notified.
"Got it." Mytyl and Lola confirmed.
"Great, we should be back around ten." Naomi informed.
While walking to the karaoke place, a question popped into Mytyl's head.
"What's a karaoke bar?" Mytyl pondered.
"It's a place where they have machines that show lyrics of songs and you have to sing them instead of the machine. The machines are like boxes with screens that turn the lyrics you need to sing in a different color compared to the ones already sung. There's a microphone with a wire hooked up to the machine." Naomi explained.
"I guess it was a bad idea to come." Lola sighed.
"I can hold the mic for you Lola." Mytyl offered.
"We're here, anybody else havin second thoughts bout this?" Naomi queried.
"Nope!" Mytyl cheered as she grabbed Naomi's left shirt sleeve and pulled it while Lola shoved Naomi from behind into the building.
"If the phrase denial is the first step on the road to enlightenment then by the time I get outta here I'll be like Buddha." Naomi muttered.
"Ay Naomi! We saved you a seat!" Zeno yelled.
"Embarrass me and it's the last thing you'll ever do got it?" Naomi snarled.
Mytyl and Lola nodded nervously.
"I didn't expect ya ta bring company." Zeno noticed.
"Yeah, I think I'd better sit elsewhere." Naomi supposed.
"We'll sit somewhere else." Mytyl notified.
"If anyone looks suspicious, lemme know." Naomi informed.
"So, who's going to sing first?" Zeno wondered.
"How about we go in alphabetical order with the person who came up with the idea last?" Naomi suggested.
"Why not regular alphabetical order?" Zeno interrogated.
"So we can save the worst for last?" Naomi squeaked.
"We've heard your singing, it's great. Oh, you don't want to sing because you're worried about us gettin found or somethin right?" Zeno remembered.
Naomi nodded.
"Aight, you can sing last if that makes ya feel better." Zeno offered.
"Thanks." Naomi thanked.