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lilahisntsadanymore · 2 years

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After James revealed Y/n's embarrassing secret, she thought she's done and had no chance with Sirius. She had no idea how wrong she was.

Pairing: rockstar!Sirius Black x popstar!reader

Words count: 2.4k

Warnings: no magic involved, happens in the 80s

Mia is of course made up by me and this story is lightly inspired by the Doja and Noah's "drama".

Pics of outfits I described are under the fic.

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Rockstar boyfriend

Y/n Y/l/n woke up with a headache. The world was spinning around when she tried to get up from the bed. Nevertheless, she had to get up if she didn't want to puke on the white hotel sheets. Y/n definitely had a hangover, but it doesn't hurt to party once in a while. Especially when you were so close to winning a Grammy.

"Have you seen the- oh my God, let me help you," Y/n's manager and best friend, Mia, walked into the room. She rushed to the bathroom after hearing what Y/n was doing. She grabbed the singer's hair so that they didn't fall into the toilet.

Y/n coughed. "Have I seen what?" She turned her face to Mia.

"Oh, yeah, the news. They're talking about you, but I guess you haven't seen it yet."

"I suppose they'd be talking about artists who attended Grammys. I didn't win one, but still I was there and the media like to talk, so..."

"No, not just that," Mia stood up and went to grab the remote.

Y/n walked behind her friend and sat on the bed. When Mia turned on the TV, a woman's voice reported on what happened yesterday at the Grammys' after party. Suddenly, a photo of Y/n was displayed. She stood next to James Potter, a member of a rock band The Marauders. Neither of them were posing to the picture, they weren't even aware about being photographed.

Y/n tried her best to recall what they talked about, but she didn't even remember talking to him. She drank way too much yesterday.

"...turns out love is everywhere, even at the Grammys and Y/n Y/l/n can't hide it anymore." The TV lady finished.

Y/n choked on air. Her eyes widened, but she had no idea what's going on. "Me and James? Didn't he have a girlfriend?"

"He does. A wife, actually, Lily. But it's not about him. Just keep watching."

The screen switched from the presenter to a video from yesterday. A young woman with a microphone stood next to James. It was an interview.

"I'm with James Potter from The Marauders, " her smile was so wide, making Y/n wonder if her cheeks don't hurt. "Your band has been discovered recently, you brought that fresh breeze into the current rock scene."

Y/n scoffed. Fresh breeze? What kind of a description of a rock band was it? She clearly was a beginner journalist.

"I don't think that's correct," visibly tipsy James interrupted, "we're inspired by and look up to David Bowie, The Clash, Queen. Nothing new in my opinion."

"But still, you're unique-"

"Yeah, apart from our inspirations we also try to come up with original ideas and people seem to enjoy our music so far."

"People love you, as much as people love Y/n Y/l/n, who is also there. We saw you talking to her, is there maybe a collaboration coming up?"

James smiled mischievously. "It's not a collaboration we talked about. I can tell you that secret if you promise not to tell anyone," James shortened the distance between him and the microphone and lowered his voice to a whisper, "Y/n asked if I can hook her up with Sirius."

The young journalist seemed shocked. This was going to make her a lot of money.

Y/n turned the TV off and groaned. "Did I really do that?"

"That's what you told me on our way back here."

"How could he tell that to the reporter?" Y/n asked, a tint of frustration in her voice. "It's so embarrassing! What will I do now?"

She could deny it, but she didn't want to. It was the truth, Y/n was into Sirius, but he probably wasn't into her and that's what made it embarrassing. But then if he somehow was into her, she would ruin her chances with him by denying she likes him.

But what were the chances Sirius was into Y/n? Pretty low. She wasn't a rock singer, she sang pop, her style was far away from the rockstar's girlfriend aesthetic. Sirius most likely thought Y/n is just another boring, industry plant popstar.

But that wasn't true. Everything Y/n achieved, she did with her talent. She didn't pay industries to promote her, people simply loved her music. It wasn't just her fifteen minutes of fame, she was going to be great, maybe even an icon for the future generations.

"Don't answer questions." Mia said in a casual tone. "Control your emotions. And pack your stuff, cause we're leaving in a few hours."

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"Don't even say no comment, just pretend they aren't here." Mia said for the last time as her and Y/n were about to leave the hotel.

Lots of reporters and journalists gathered by the hotel, waiting for the singer to walk out. Y/n was used to that, but usually they asked about her music, not about her love life. Y/n didn't know if she can handle that.

Y/n put on her sunglasses before walking outside, had to protect her eyes from all the unnecessary camera flashes.

Pretend they aren't there. Ignore. Easy to say for someone like Mia. She had her emotions under control that's why she made such a good manager. Y/n wasn't so calm. She could hear the reporters shouting different questions, all about what she said yesterday, about Sirius and how she felt about him.

"Is this true what James Potter said about you and Sirius Black?" Another journalist questioned. "Does Sirius know about it?"

Y/n felt anger build up in her. If it wasn't for James telling the secret to the journalist, Sirius possibly wouldn't have known. Y/n had to speak up about it. She couldn't just leave it like this.

"You're making such a big deal out of it, of course he knows about it!" She shouted furiously. "The whole world knows about it! I trusted James, he shouldn't have told anyone! That's so fucking stupid."

"What will happen between you and Sirius now?"

Before Y/n said anything more, Mia decided to drag her into the car. Her job as both the manager and the best friend was to make sure Y/n won't embarrass herself.

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People loved drama, which meant the world lived the Y/n drama for the next few days. Y/n stayed in her house in London, waiting for the topic to cool down.

Y/n sat by the kitchen counter and poured herself some water. At least the whole situation could benefit her as in she would get even more recognizable. Mia told her people already started buying more tickets to her concerts and many more CDs are being sold as well. Maybe it was embarrassing, but at least Y/n didn't embarrass herself for nothing.

Suddenly, the phone in the living room rang. Y/n quickly finished her glass of water and ran there.

"Yeah?" The girl picked up.

"You won't believe who called!" Mia's voice exclaimed on the other side. She didn't even wait for Y/n to guess. "Sirius!"

"Sirius? As in Sirius Black? From The Marauders? And what could it be that he wants?"

"He wanted to talk to you. I'll give you his number and you'll call, only if you want."

Y/n sighed loudly. "Didn't he say why he wants to talk?"

"He did not...so, do you wanna call him?"

Y/n didn't answer immediately. She hesitated, but eventually agreed. "I mean, what do I have to lose, right? I have no chance with him anyway."

"Don't say that, Y/n. It's not the end of the world, you could have anyone you want."

"Anyone I want except the one I actually want."

It was a difficult decision for Y/n to call Sirius. For fifteen minutes she just sat on her couch with her eyes glued to the phone.

What did he want to talk about? Was he going to confront Y/n about her crush on him? God, this was going to get so awkward. Y/n was a grown woman and yet she felt like a high schooler in that moment.

Eventually, Y/n won the fight with her inner self. She decided to make that call.

"Hello?" She said. "Y/n Y/l/n. My manager told me call this number."

"Oh, hi! I was starting to worry you won't call."

Fuck, was the first thing Y/n thought. Her heart sped up at the sound of Sirius' voice. It really was him. The first time Y/n talked to him was going to be one of her most awkward conversations.

"Yes, uh..." she paused, "I'm sorry for what I said. You know, I wasn't sober, not at all. I understand you might be angry or upset. And you have every right to be!" She frowned at how high-pitched her voice came out at the end.

Sirius chuckled. "I'm not angry. I'm actually quite glad you said what you said."

Glad? Were Y/n's ears deceiving her? Y/n had no idea what to say, she was shocked.

Noticing how Y/n stays silent, Sirius continued. "I was wondering if you're free to meet up sometime soon?"

Y/n gulped, hoping it wasn't audible through the phone. "I- I think I'm free until Monday," she stuttered, "then I start a tour."

"Perfect! Do you mind if I come over?"

"No, I don't. I'll send you my address. I mean, I'll tell Mia to do it, and she will send it to your manager, and they'll give it to you." Y/n laughed nervously, rubbing the back of her neck.

"Alright, love, see you later." Sirius chuckled at Y/n's little ramble, then he put the phone down.

The girl's heart fluttered at the nickname. It wasn't as awkward as it could be. And Sirius wanted to meet her! What a success.

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Friday was the day the meeting was scheduled for. It seemed like a good idea, because the band had studio on Saturday and Sunday.

Y/n promised to herself to not treat this meeting like a date, but she couldn't stop herself from dressing up. Usually, she didn't wear a leather skirt, a white top with thin straps and almost knee high platform leather boots around the house, but she decided to wear it that day. Her makeup consisted of a simple wing eyeliner, mascara and red lipstick in a shade darker than usually.

As the girl took one last look at herself in the mirror, the doorbell rang. She ran to the door, almost tripping over on one of her furry rugs.

"Hi, nice to see you." She greeted, moving a strand of her hair out of her face.

Sirius smiled at the girl. "You look so good. You always look good, of course, but today?" He whistled playfully, causing a smile to appear on Y/n's face.

"You look pretty well, too," she gestured at the man's outfit.

He was wearing a simple white t-shirt, but with a dark red suit jacket on top to fit his black suit trousers with thin stripes that gently fell onto his black bovver boots. The boots fitted nicely with the choker around his neck.

When Sirius walked in, Y/n led him to the living room. Just as she asked if he wants anything to drink, he pulled out a bottle of wine he was holding behind his back all this time.

"I'm sorry again for what I said," Y/n started a conversation as she set two wine glasses on the coffee table.

"Told you, it's no problem. Actually, I've wanted to get to know you better for a while." Sirius confessed. "I just didn't think that a pop princess like you wouldn't be interested in a rock musician."

"You were wrong then. I find you very intriguing."

Sirius laughed. "I'm so glad James got drunk and told the reported you asked him to hook you up with me."

You don't even know how glad I am for that, Y/n thought, but decided to keep this for herself.

Turned out that the pop princess and the rock prince have actually lots of things to talk about. The chat was going so smooth, they didn't even notice how much time had already passed. And how much wine they already drank.

"...and then we kicked him out of our bus." Sirius finished telling a story about how a psycho fan once broke into the band's tour bus.

"Where was the security?" Y/n asked, laughing.

"No idea! All I know we're better than the security."

"Oh, definitely. Did the psycho even make it out alive?"

"Yeah, for sure. Maybe he just... broke a bone, or something."

"Broke a bone?! What did he say at the hospital? 'Uh, yeah, I broke into The Marauders bus, but they beat my arse'?"

"Definitely something like this. Hey, at least he didn't press charges."

"But you could."

"We didn't though. It's too much work honestly."

The couple broke into laughter, swallowing some more wine. They put the glasses back on the table and looked at each other.

"I wrote a song about you."

Y/n's eyebrows raised at the confession. "You? Wrote a song? About... me?"

"Yeah, we were gonna record it tomorrow. I think you're gonna like this."

"I'm really curious about the lyrics..."

Sirius scooted closer to Y/n, leaning on the back of the sofa, almost putting an arm around her shoulders.

"You have to wait to hear it, I'm not spoiling the surprise." He whispered.

With their faces only inches apart, Y/n looked into Sirius' grey eyes just to catch him staring and her lips. The girl slid her finger under the rockstar's choker to pull him closer and connect their lips.

Sirius kissed her back, pressing his weight on her to make her fall back so that he was on top of her. When their lips parted, he had some of her lipstick smudged on his lips.

"Dark red lipstick suits you," Y/n pointed out, "matches the jacket. But I bet you look even better without the jacket." Or clothes in general, she added in her mind.

"Wanna find out?" Sirius asked flirtatiously, gaining a nod from Y/n. "You got any bedroom in that house?"

"Upstairs, first door on the left."

Sirius stood up and took Y/n into his arms, one arm supporting her back, the other under her knees. For more support Y/n put her arms around Sirius' neck. The man carried the popstar to her bedroom, closing the door with a light kick.

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The clothes I tried to describe (but Y/n without the jacket):

#marauders x reader #marauders imagine #marauders era #hp fanfic #marauders #hogwarts #sirius black #hp fandom #Sirius Black x reader #sirius black one shot #sirius black imagine

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kaypeace21 · 3 years

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I still think it'd be sad (but interesting ) for s4 to end with Will, El, maybe chrissy too in Brenner's clutches ...

I mean just looking at some s4 films said to be inspo for s4...

- Kirsty (in hellraiser 2) & Kristen( in elm street:dream warriors ), are both trapped in a mental hospital and dealing with evil psychiatrists (brenner) and supernatural monsters . And Kristen also has powers (chrissy?? Chrissy/kristen also look similar too) .kristen befriends Nancy (who isn't a subject). And one of the other kids/subjects is a kid named William (into d&d + calls himself a wizard). In hellraiser 2 , kirsty is dealing with interdimensional demons and a evil psychiatrist trying to exploit teens' abilities to open portals to other worlds.which obviously gives Brenner/ el vibes in s1.

- Will in his st comic also throws the book "house of stairs" at the demogorgan. The main characters are a gay boy in love with his bff and a girl with a buzzcut. They're kidnapped by a evil psychiatrist working for the government - who wants to brainwash them and turn them into weapons. Mike in s1 "I think these bad men took Will."foreshadowing, maybe?

- society: William (Bill) is forceable sent to hospital, he's knocked out by an injection to the arm and kidnapped (like s2 Will). Then the hospital worker lies and tell his best friend , "Bill's dead". Faking Bill's death. Which also reminds me of how Brenner and others faked el's m*scarage at the hospital. And try to trick Terry into believing that fake story.

- Assassin's creed: gov fakes artists death , and he's sent to hospital like environment to be experimented on. His drawings are usually of shadowy looking monsters (reminds me of Will). The dr exploits his ability to explore memories (which also reminds me of El).

-also in st s4 bts: that one person in the hospital gown looked alot like noah (Will)

- And chrissy's actress (grace) on Instagram posted "so she floats" and a blue butterfly (like kali). The quote "so she floats" is from the old belief witches float in water. She also deleted a post (that she made right after being announced as chrissy). Its of her laying on a hospital bed (in water) with the quote "mostly dead - all day". This is a princess bride quote (which is on the st s4 inspo list). The quote is refering to Wesley. They say this cause everyone assumed he's been dead the whole time- when he's actually alive. Also it's an obvious parallel to brenner faking Will's death (in water) in s1 too. Along with possible proof chrissy isn't actually dead.

Also, starship troopers was on the s4 list. The main character in that was thought to be dead but was shown to later be alive . And guess what... the actor who played him is grace's (chrissy's) actual dad.

Also look at this other instagram post she deleted . And the tiktok she kept.

I shouldn't have to explain all the rabbit immagery in the series again. But i'm just mentioning the lab connection . it connects to the lab cause when El escapes and runs from the gov, the song "white rabbit " plays. In suspicious minds brenner compares his experiments to rabbits. And in the 6 comic, when several numbers try to escape the guard says "they're rabbiting".

Also the deleted instagram post has a caption - it's a quote from a character from Mouline rouge. Said character sings a cover of bowie's heroes. And that song is an infamous hint of faked deaths in st.

I probably wouldn't analyze these posts so much, if she didn't delete them tbh.

I just wouldn't be surprised if Brenner does his usual move of "faking kids' deaths" before taking them as subjects...

Aka he did so with El . Tried to fake Will's death. Maybe chrissy's? Or even sarah too?

I just remember my old sarah theory that sara's death was faked by kali under brenner's orders ...but I'm not getting into that possible can of worms XD

#will byers #el hopper #chrissy #stranger things #mike wheeler #martin brenner #stranger things theory

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ithisatanytime · 3 years

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celebrity deaths dont really effect me, david bowies death made me sad but david bowie was a different kind of celebrity and i was attached for personal reasons, Skyes mom had a handful of CDs that were always in rotation, david bowies greatest hits was probably my favorite but the best of bob marley is pretty close too. that being said, it really sucks that the two comedians who died were actually funny. how the fuck did that happen? with all the unfunny comedians pushed into “stardom” now its kind of baffling. in a way though i guess im glad it wasnt a fraud like tom segura or any member of that whole joe rogan camp of so called comedians because i think that would have cemented their legacy and wed have to pretend they were talented for years. this way i guess people will be exposed to what comedy used to be like as norm macdonald and trevor noah are remembered

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teagan-grey-blog · 8 years

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this is halloween

october 31st teagan, bowie, iris, noah, finn, & ray location: disneyland

Bowie fixes her cape on her little red riding hood costume nervously as she looks around for a familiar face while she stands near the punch bowl. She hums and bites her lower lip as she gets herself a drink.

Noah showed up to the work party ridiculously early. Like first person early, and was sad he couldn't make more of a grand entrance in his spider-man costume. Not that he thought he'd get a lot of attention, but he figured that if at least a few people turned around when he came in that they'd admire how good of a costume he had. Instead he was the first one there and had been sitting in a corner trying not be noticed as the first one there who showed up alone while everyone else started to file in with dates and friends. After a good amount of people come in, he decides it's okay to walk around and no one will whisper about how he was indeed the first person to arrive. "How's the punch?" He asks the girl standing there, and when she turns to look at him he grins, "Whoooaa, awesome little red riding hood costume!"

Iris arrives on time with a few other girls from the shop all dressed as different emojis. Making sure she's not stepping on the small train of her red dress, Iris strikes a pose with her friends, mimicking the dancing girl in the dress emoji then laughing as she waves them off, "Go, mingle and make friends. I'll catch you guys later." She smiles to herself and smooths down the skirt of her dress before wandering around to find something to drink.

Teagan comes into the party in her Zenon costume, her hair done up in little space buns while silver, metallic, spandex like material clung to her body. The girl stopped after taking a few steps into the building to see if she could find anyone she knows, when a body knocked hard into her side. "Ow! Way to watch where you're going!" She made a face and rolled her eyes.

Ray stumbles in slightly intoxicated and readjusts the cowboy hat on his head, a half assed costume that he put together at the last minute. Aware of the fact that the majority of the people in the room know who he is, his eyes search the crowd for someone he actually knows.

Finn makes his way to the party with his vampire costume all done and a random girl on his arm. She wasn't someone he really cared about but didn't want to show up alone. As soon as they entered, she ran off to her friends and he rolled his eyes before looking around and narrowing his eyes at Ray's back before walking towards him when he feels someone run into him. A groan left his lips and he rolled his eyes, "I have 20/20 vision, clearly you weren't looking."

Bowie looks around nervously, not really sure if she should stay or not when she hears a voice, "Oh!" She jumps slightly and looks over at the guy, "It's good--" Bowie's voice gets cut off as he speaks up again. She laughs and shrugs a little, "Oh thank you, I kind of wore it last year already but.."

Teagan narrows her eyes at him, "I was literally standing here and you barged into me. I think it's fairly obvious who wasn't looking."

Noah grins at her and laughs, pouring himself some punch, "I'm sure no one will realize, besides, if it ain't broke, don't fix it." He laughs and his brows furrow when he realizes how dumb that sounded and quickly drinks from his cup.

Iris looks around for some drinks and finally settles on the punch bowl, grinning once she notices Bowie and Noah and gives them a slight wave, "Hey, cute costumes."

Noah moves his cup away from his lips and smiles at Iris, "Yours is awesome!" He laughs and does the pose that the emoji she's dressed as does.

Ray wrinkles his nose because so far he has only noticed Teagan and Finn bickering which does not sound like his idea of a good time. He rolls his eyes as he subtly watches them, hoping they'll provide some sort of entertainment until he finds someone else..

Iris lets out a loud laugh at Noah and applauds him, "I'm not sure that's a pose for Spiderman but you're making it work." She smiles at him before extending her hand towards Bowie, "I'm sorry, we haven't met but hi, I'm Iris. I work at Mad Hatters."

Noah blushes deeply and internally face palms, laughing softly to himself before drinking more punch.

Bowie sips some of her punch as she nods her head and smiles over at Iris as she shows up, "Hi..I'm Bowie. I'm Rapunzel." She shakes her hand and looks over at Noah with raised eyebrows.

Finn narrows his eyes at Teagan, "No..you walked into me. I'm not some drunk." He shrugs and lets out a soft huff before looking around and seeing Ray, "Oh great..we got an audience."

Noah raises his brows, "Oh!" He quickly reaches his hand out and grins, "I'm Noah. I... hand out ice cream."

Iris gives Bowie an impressed look and does a little curtsy with a giggle, "Hello, princess." As she watches Noah with a smirk, she shakes her head and pats his shoulder, "Don't be modest. You're the best ice cream man in the park and you know it."

Ray chuckles as he hears Finn and turns to full face them with a grin, holding his hands up innocently, "Please, don't stop on my account."

Teagan looks at Finn like he's nuts before looking over at Ray, "Amazing costume, did you steal it off Woody's head?"

Bowie laughs and raises her eyebrows as she shakes his hand as well, "Well, it's nice to meet you. I do love ice cream, I'll have to try it." She sips her drink with a smile, "You two know each other?"

Finn crosses his arms and narrows his eyes at him, "Ray." He chuckles softly at her words and shakes his head, "Probably."

Noah laughs at Iris's words and he nods his head at Bowie's question. "Sometimes I work outside of Mad Hatters, so when she needs an ice cream fixing, I'm her guy." He blushes more, "Not her /guy/ but like.. Her ice cream man person."

Ray rolls his eyes at the two of them and tips his hat in their direction, "Woody wouldn't stand a chance against me and we all know it." After a pause he laughs, "I'm guessing you two didn't come together but if you did, you really need to work on your coordination. Hell, I'm better at walking in sync with Finn at this point."

Bowie pulls the cape closer to her neck and giggles, "Well, that's very nice of you to..you know be her ice cream man person." She looks between them both, "How long have you been working here?"

Teagan makes a face, "Ha ha."

Noah chuckles and lets out a deep breath, feeling his face flame up more. "Just a few months now, how about you?"

Iris shakes her head fondly as she watches Noah's cheeks change colors then shrugs at Bowie's question, "I'm pretty new, just a few months in. What about you?"

Finn rolls his eyes at Ray and looks around, "Did you smuggle any drinks in, Gaston?"

Bowie smiles and bites her lower lip, "I've been here for close to a year. I don't usually come to these parties though." She hums and looks around, "Even though I've been working here for a while I feel like I barely recognize anyone here."

Noah grins at Iris when they say almost the exact same thing at the same time and then smiles at Bowie, "There's like a billion people in here so that doesn't surprise me."

Ray gives Teagan a sarcastic smile then pretends to look offended, "Do you not know me at all? I'm hurt, Finn." He chuckles and discreetly pulls a flask out of his pocket with a smirk, "Of course I did and maybe I can share if you agree to play nice."

Teagan holds her hand out for the flask, "Ladies first?"

Iris gives Noah a wide grin and shakes her head with a laugh, "Yeah, don't even worry about it. Aside from the girls I work with in the shop, Noah's probably the only other person I've recognized. I don't know any of the character people at all." She stops herself before correcting her statement as she motions towards Bowie, "That's not true, I know one now."

Finn laughs and raises his eyebrows up at Teagan, "Fine, let the space cadet go first." He shakes his head, "You better share or your ass is gonna get mauled by 6 year olds tomorrow who want to kick you."

Ray fights a laugh and shakes his head as he starts to hand Teagan the flask then holds it out of her reach for a moment, "What would Mickey say if he could see you now?" He sighs once he hears Finn and hands the flask over to Teagan, "That's an empty threat because the little shits will figure out how to do it anyway."

Bowie nods her head with a laugh, "I guess so. Everyone is in costume too." She smiles and looks around, "Honestly..I only came because my supervisor suggested I should."

Teagan raises her brows when he stops and she gives him a look, "That I should be promoted and replaced immediately." She takes a swig from the flask and holds it out to Finn.

Finn smirks with a small shrug and crosses his arms, "Probably but I won't encourage it."

Finn takes the flask from Teagan with a half smirk and sips from it before handing it back to Ray with a face, "What cheap shit is that?"

Noah smiles at Bowie, "I know both of you." He peeks around and points over at Finn, "And Finn, but he looks occupied."

Iris follows Noah's gaze and nods, "Oh yeah, I think I've met him once or twice." She turns back to Bowie and shrugs with a smile, "Hey, it's cool. Big parties like this aren't for everyone but it's good you came out tonight! I've been dying to make friends but it's hard staying cooped up in the store all day."

Ray crosses his arms as he watches the two of them then takes a long drink, making a face as he shakes his head, "The cheapest of cheap but it'll get the job done. Let me remind you I'm the one being generous enough to share, even if it's shitty."

Teagan opens her bag and holds out her flask to Ray with a smirk, "Give and you shall receive. That's not cheap shit and it'll do a much better job than whatever you just tried to poison us with."

Noah grins and nods at Iris's words, "And it's probably hard to make friends when you're signing autographs and taking pictures all day. I'm glad you came though, how else would I know the punch is actually good?"

Bowie laughs and nods her head, "Yeah, I know Finn. And I kind of know the other two but not very well." She smiles and raises her eyebrows, "I'm not a party person really but I do enjoy a margarita every once in a while but it doesn't seem like they have any for a Disney party." Bowie smiles and nods as she holds up her punch cup before sipping it.

Finn laughs and shakes his head as he raises his eyebrows down at Teagan, "Who knew you also would be carrying one after you tried to assault me."

Teagan looks at Finn and narrows her eyes, "I'm not going to share with you, if you keep pretending like I'm the one who ran into you."

Noah chuckles, "Maybe a virgin one."

Ray puts his flask away and chuckles at Teagan, "Would you look at that.. You were holding out on us, Minnie."

Finn laughs and shakes his head, putting his arm around Teagan's shoulders with a pout, "I'm sorry...I definitely ran into you, Space Girl."

Iris realizes she got distracted talking to the two of them and quickly pours herself a cup of punch with a laugh, "Yeah, it's mostly G rated fun around here for now but maybe later we'll kick it up a notch? But for now, I'm cool with punch."

Bowie smiles and nods her head, "That could be fun. I might have to go home though. My boyfriend was coming to my apartment after work unless I can bring him?"

Teagan shakes her head and laughs, holding her flask out to Ray more, "You first, Gassy. Try to leave some for the handler."

Noah raises his brows and nods his head, "Yeah, I mean, we're not an exclusive bunch." He grins at Iris, "Right?"

Ray takes the flash from Teagan and sips from it with a hum, "Mm, no promises. This is much better than what I brought. You might have to pry this from my cold, dead hands, Finn."

Iris nudges her elbow against Noah with a grin and nods at Bowie, "Right. You should definitely bring him along! We'd love to meet him."

Finn smiles before narrowing his eyes at Ray before holding his hand out, "C'mon asshole, it's not yours. Don't be so entitled, it's not a good look."

Bowie smiles and nods her head, "I'll have to ask him but an after party sounds fun." She looks around the party with a soft hum.

Teagan smirks and shrugs Finn's arm off of her, "Yeah, he might suck your blood if you don't share."

Noah smiles widely, "I've never actually gone out for drinks after work with people from work, it does sound fun."

Finn rolls his eyes and nods his head, "She's not wrong."

Bowie grins a little with a nod, "Well, there's a first time for everything..I haven't either."

Ray chuckles at them and passes the flask over to Finn, "Relax, jesus." He nods to him with raised eyebrows, "Drink up, big boy."

Teagan looks at Finn, "But not too much, I need it to last me all night."

Iris smiles at them and sips her punch, "It'll be so fun! I've only been out with other people once so far but it got pretty crazy. In a good way, I promise."

Noah grins and nods, "We're trusting you, Iris."

Finn bites his lower lip as he takes the flask with a nod before taking a small swig and handing it back to Teagan, "That's much better."

Bowie holds her hands up innocently, "I can't promise anything yet! But if not tonight..maybe another time?"

Teagan smirks and nods, "Of course it is." She inspects the flask, "Thank you for not getting fake blood on it."

Noah laughs and nods, "Yeah, of course, no pressure!"

Iris raises her eyebrows at Noah and laughs with a nod of her head, "Whoa, there. Don't go trusting me with your life or anything but yeah, it should be fun. And Bowie, if you can't make it tonight I'm sure there will be another get together some time soon. They seem pretty frequent around here."

Ray nods along a little to the music that's been playing in the background as he feels a good buzz settle in. Turning to Teagan, he holds out a hand for the flask, "Alright, one more sip of the good stuff and then I'll fuck off. What do you say?"

Finn shrugs with a laugh, "I'm not a savage. My fake blood is very well done." He raises his eyebrows at Ray, "Is that a promise?" His admonishes Teagan, "Get rid of him while you can."

Bowie giggles as shakes her head, "I'm sure you would throw a great after party, Iris."

Teagan looks at Ray skeptically, "Not even a please?"

Noah looks at Bowie and smiles, tilting his head to the side, "So do you like David Bowie or do you cringe every time someone sings one of his songs to you?"

Ray makes a pained face and keeps his eyes on the flask, "Only because I love alcohol... Please.."

Teagan grins cheerfully and places the flask in his hand.

Finn raises his eyebrows with a laugh, "There he goes..finally someone got him to be nice."

Iris shrugs a little before finishing her punch and smiling at them, "Not a huge party thrower, more of a party goer. But if you guys ever want to come by my place for some drinks, I'd be happy to have you over!"

Teagan laughs, "And I didn't even have to flash him, what a concept."

Bowie giggles softly and shakes her head, "I don't hate his music I wouldn't say I'm a huge fan though. My mom did love Bowie but she mostly loved the name."

Ray "Hilarious." He narrows his eyes at Finn and takes a long swig from the flask, handing it back to Teagan as he purses his lips together and looks around, "Well, this was fun, kids. But if you'll excuse me, I have some more interesting people to talk to."

Noah grins and nods, "It's a cool name." He looks at Iris, "So is Iris. And going to your place would be awesome! You know... For drinks. Not cause I like, really want to see the inside of your place. I just think it'd be cool to hang out?"

Teagan takes the flask and smirks, "Good luck with that, because you won't." She eyes Finn and laughs, "Well, at least when it comes to me."

Iris smiles as she listens to Bowie and nods, "It's a pretty kick ass name, I'm a little jealous of it." She raises her eyebrows at Noah as a wide grin pulls at her lips and she giggles, "Yes, Noah. I'd like that, too. Whenever you want, just let me know."

Finn chuckles with Teagan and shakes his head before narrowing his eyes at her, "Oh come on! I'm not the worst person in this room, Minnie."

Teagan gives him a look, "You both need to stop calling me that."

Noah smiles widely and he blushes before scratching the back of his head, knowing he kept talking when he should've stopped.

Bowie smiles and nods the girl, "I'm not a very kick ass person but thank you. Your name is so pretty." She looks between them and giggles softly at Noah."

Ray rolls his eyes and gives them a wave with a smirk, "See ya around, Minnie. Finn."

Teagan glares at him, "Bye, Gassy!"

Finn chuckles and flicks off Ray before smiling at the girl, "Sorry...Teags?" He raised his eyebrows with a laugh.

Teagan playfully gasps, "Look at that, you do know my name!"

Iris notices Noah's blush again and smiles without bringing it up, not wanting to tease him about it. Raising her eyebrows at Bowie, she shakes her head slightly, "You think? I go through phases of loving and hating it, I don't know. My dad always calls me his little flower which was cute until I was about twelve. It got old reaaal fast."

Noah laughs, "If it makes you feel any better, My dads still call me Noah Bear."

Finn rolls his eyes with a laugh, "I know everyone's name." He shrugs and crosses his arms, "Point someone out I bet I know their name."

Ray walks away from Teagan and Finn and nods to a few people in the crowd he recognizes before joining a random cluster and slowly taking sips from his flask.

Teagan laughs, "How will I know if you're wrong?!"

Iris grins widely with a nod, "It does make me feel better because that's actually adorable. I might even start calling you that."

Bowie laughs and finishes up her punch, "Both of your nicknames are cute and I'll have to remember them as blackmail if ever necessary." She raises her eyebrows tauntingly and grins.

Noah feels his eyes widen and he blushes deeply because of both of the girls, laughing bashfully, "Oh man.."

Finn laughs and shrugs as he looks around the room, "Pick people you know orrr you can go ask them if you don't believe me."

Teagan points over to Iris, Bowie, and Noah at the punch bowl, "Name all of them."

Bowie giggles and shrugs a little bit as she moves to get more punch, "Don't worry Noah, you seem nice enough that I won't have to use it."

Finn laughs softly and nods his head, "Easy. You probably know Bowie. She's a Punzie. The pretty brunette works at Mad Hatter's her name is Iris. And the guy is Noah. Not sure where he works but seen him around randomly." He smirks and raises his eyebrows.

Teagan grabs Finn's wrist and drags him to the punch bowl and she smiles a little at Bowie, "Hey, nice cape." She looks at Noah and Iris and speaks bluntly, "What are your names?"

Noah grins proudly, "Peter Parker!" He pauses, "Wait, my real name?"

Iris blinks at Teagan and laughs a little as she looks at Finn, "Who wants to know?"

Bowie smiles shyly at Teagan and nods her head at her and Finn before raising her eyebrows.

Teagan holds her hand out to Iris, "Teagan Grey, Minnie Mouse. Finn told me he knows everyone's names and I putting it to the test."

Finn furrows his brow as he follows behind her before chuckling and raising his eyebrows, "Hey everyone. Excuse her, she is still learning manners."

Iris takes Teagan's hand with a polite smile and nods, "Nice to meet you, Mrs. Mouse. I'm Iris. Currently living life in the fast lane selling shit at Mad Hatter's."

Noah quietly speaks under his breath, "Damn, she did mean my real name..." He smiles, "And I'm Noah. I sell ice cream."

Teagan grins at her, "Nice to meet you, Iris." She nods at Noah, "Noah." Teagan glances at Finn, "Okay, you got them this time."

Finn smirks widely and puts his hands in his pockets, speaking in a sing-song voice, "Tooooldddd ya..."

Ray frowns as he empties his flask and wanders over towards the punch bowl, sighing as he sees Finn and Teagan again, apparently unable to stay away from them.

Iris raises her eyebrows at Finn with a smile, "You remembered my name? Bonus points for that."

Teagan wrinkles her nose, "Stop smirking or I'll have Ra--" She stops when she sees Ray, "Never mind." Teagan laughs and waves at Ray, "Where are your more interesting people to talk to?"

Ray narrows his eyes and shrugs, "I'm feeling charitable tonight. And I ran out of alcohol."

Finn shrugs a little with a laugh, "I remember everyone's names." He looks up and raises his eyebrows, "Oh great.."

Iris takes a look between Ray and Finn and remembers Finn mentioning being the handler for Gaston. With another look at them, she connects the dots and laughs, "Oh, wait. Don't tell me. You must be Gaston."

Teagan smirks, "Gassy for short."

Noah lets out a loud chuckle and then quickly coughs into his elbow to cover it up.

Ray arches a brow at Iris before glaring at Teagan's nickname and glancing back at Iris, "Am I supposed to know who you are?"

Bowie moves out of the way of everyone else and watches them with a small laugh.

Finn sighs softly as he moves over to the table and gets himself some punch.

Noah looks at Bowie and grins before whispering to her, "I'm guessing you know them?"

Iris rolls her eyes at Ray and crosses her arms over her chest with a smile, "No. Let's keep it that way."

Bowie smiles a little and shrugs her shoulders, "Kind of. They probably don't know my name but I've seen them around."

Teagan rolls her eyes and hands Ray her flask, "Drink, maybe it'll make you nicer."

Noah grins, "Well, if Finn does then at least Teagan does by now." He chuckles, "And if they know your name it's not like they'll forget it."

Ray chuckles with a shrug, "Fine with me." He raises his eyebrows as he takes the flask and sips from it before holding it out around to the group, forgetting that it doesn't belong to him, "That isn't likely but who am I to pass up a drink. Anyone else need a little kick to their fruit juice?"

Bowie laughs and shakes her head, "You'd be surprised how many people forget my name." She looks up as she hears Ray and furrows her eyebrows.

Teagan folds her arms over her chest as she looks at Ray with raised brows, "Overly generous there, Ray?"

Finn holds his cup out and raises his eyebrows at Ray.

Noah grins at her, "I don't think I ever could."

Iris pours herself some more punch and shakes her head at Ray with another roll of her eyes.

Bowie smiles shyly and sips her drink, "Well, thank you. Must be a Ziggy Stardust fan."

Ray pretends not to hear Teagan with a smirk and pours a little bit into Finn's cup, nodding towards Bowie and Noah, "Hey, Blondie. Ice Cream Man. Alcohol?"

Noah laughs, "Me? Oh, I mean, my dads love that album." He chuckles and raises his brows as he hears Ray, "No thank you."

Teagan throws her hands up as she groans.

Finn nods his head in thanks before downing his drink quickly and tossing the cup away before stumbling off to find his 'date' and get away from Ray for a bit.

Bowie laughs softly and shakes her head before looking up at Ray and holding her cup out, "Sure, don't poison me..I don't have a true love here." She mumbles quietly.

Teagan watches Finn and furrows her brows before she calls out, "Bye, Finn!" She shakes her head and looks at Iris, "You'd think the boys here would be less moody, right?"

Iris watches Ray and looks at Teagan then frowns a little before raising her voice so he can hear her, "Hey, give her her flask back and offer us your own shit if you're going to be sharing."

Ray shrugs at Noah, "Your loss." He holds the flask out to Bowie and pours a small amount into her cup with a smirk at her words, "What was that? You think I'm your true love?" He laughs loudly before handing Teagan her flask back but first he shakes it a little, "Hear that? There's still plenty in there to last you through the night."

Teagan grabs her flask and ignores him just like he ignored her.

Bowie widens her eyes slightly and shakes her head, "No it was--" she starts before he turns away and she shrugs as she sips her drink.

Noah laughs, "Now I kinda get why Finn ran away."

Iris rolls her eyes and mutters, "What a piece of work."

Bowie laughs softly and shakes her head, "I think Finn is just jealous of him though. He acts kind of douche-y sometimes like him."

Teagan giggles as she hears Iris before whispering to her, "I say Gassy is Gaston for short but really its for all the air in his head."

Noah raises his brows and laughs, "Jealous? Of that guy?"

Iris grins at Noah and motions for him to move closer to them, "You're safe with us, Noah." She sips her punch and giggles with the girls, "I don't get what their deal is. Life's too short to be so grumpy or whatever."

Teagan laughs, "Oh, I'm just as grumpy. Just nooot quite like them."

Ray frowns when he realizes he's out of alcohol and sighs, settling for getting a cup of punch. When he glances around the group, he just now realizes that Finn is gone. He sips his drink and asks no one in particular, "Where did Finn go?"

Bowie shrugs a little at Noah before looking up at Ray with a laugh, "He ran that way a few minutes ago. Seemed like he wanted someone to go chasing after him."

Noah feels his cheeks heat up about how he is now surrounded by three very cute girls, and he glances at all of them and takes in the moment.

Iris grins at Teagan with a shrug, "So far I seem to be handling your kind of grumpy much better. I'd say you're in the clear."

Teagan giggles, "Thank you, Miss Iris." She drinks from her flask, "Raymundo, if you're so concerned about his whereabouts, it should be you who chases after him."

Ray listens to both girls and huffs, sipping his drink, "God, he's so dramatic. Someone else can chase after him, I'm too drunk for his shit tonight."

Iris glances at Noah with a grin and raises her eyebrows at him, "All good over there?"

Bowie bites her lower lip and feels her phone buzz in her bag, "I can go find him..I have to check my phone anyways."

Ray shrugs and waves an arm out, seeing an opportunity and taking it, "Be our guest."

Noah raises his brows as Iris catches him and he chuckles, "Mhm, yep! I'm perfect." He looks at Bowie and raises his brows, "Oh okay. We'll see you after though?"

Teagan gives Ray a look, "I caught that one."

Bowie raises her eyebrows and laughs at Ray, covering her mouth, "Wow, you're actually a dork." She shakes her head and nods her head, "Probably." The girl moves past them and pushes Ray's arm down before looking around for Finn.

Iris shakes her head with a grin at Noah then turns towards Bowie as she leaves, calling out to her, "If not, remember we're getting together for drinks soon!" She looks at Teagan with a grin, "You're invited too, by the way. There's no set day or time or anything but I'm thinking about getting a small group of people together at my place some day if you're interested."

Teagan raises her brows and grins widely, "Yeah, totally. That'd be so fun."

Ray was so proud at his reference but furrows his brows at being called a dork and shakes his head, "I resent that." He downs the rest of the punch and stays on the lookout for Finn because he lowkey wants to know where he is.

Iris grins as her eyes light up and she nods excitedly, "Really? Okay, awesome. I'll have to figure out what exactly works for everyone but once I do, I'll let you know."

Noah whispers, "Do you think he heard and we have to invite him?

Iris wrinkles her nose at Ray and leans in a little closer to Noah, lowering her voice, "I doubt he'd want to slum it with us so called nobodies. Besides, if he did hear, he'll probably forget. Here's hoping, anyway."

Noah chuckles and grins at her, "Fingers crossed."

Teagan looks at Ray, "You are literally looking for him like a puppy waiting for his owner to come back."

Finn can't find the girl so he shrugs and walks back over to the group to see if they have more to drink.

Teagan looks at Finn, "And he's back! They always come back."

Ray raises his eyebrows and shakes his head, "I'm just trying to make sure the guy hasn't run off into the corner to cry or something.." He shrugs before half smiling when Finn comes back, "The man of the hour. You couldn't stay away, huh?"

Finn rolls his eyes and shrugs a little at both of them, "Anymore booze?"

Iris crosses her fingers at Noah to reinforce it and bobs her head along to the music, "I almost half expected solid Disney tunes to be playing tonight and if that was the case I was going to blow my brains out."

Noah laughs loudly, "Oh my god. There probably wouldn't be anyone in here if they were."

Teagan takes out her flask and eyes him, "What's the magic word?"

Ray holds his hands out and shakes his head, "All out over here."

Iris swings her arms a little in an exaggerated dance move as she laughs, "On the other hand, I don't know.. We could really get down to It's A Small World... No?"

Finn hums softly as he thinks, "You're my princess, Teags, give me booze, please?"

Noah widens his eyes and laughs softly as he watches her, "I mean, I'd definitely need some drinks in me for that."

Teagan hands it over and smirks, "That'll do. Not sure if there's really that much, Ray says there's plenty but he's drunk."

Finn grins as he shakes the flask and shrugs a little, taking a small sip, "Thank you..here you finish." He hands it back to her.

Iris nods in agreement with a laugh then motions towards Teagan's flask, "What about now? Unless you're not into drinking which I completely respect."

Noah smiles and shakes his head, "No, I'll drink, I just.. Am used to mixed drinks. With like little umbrellas in them." He chuckles and his cheeks turn pink.

Teagan laughs, "Oh, thank you!" She drinks from the flask and sets it back in her purse.

Finn chuckles with a shrug, "I would throw a way better costume party than this."

Iris grabs another cup of punch for herself and grins at him, "Those are the best kinds of drinks, I don't blame you. I'll make sure to have those when we all get together."

Ray almost pouts because he isn't offered any alcohol but has definitely had enough for the evening and speaks loudly to Finn, "No you wouldn't." He laughs to himself but glances at Iris in interest when he hears her, "We're all getting together? What did I miss?"

Teagan feels her eyes widen at how loud Ray's voice comes out and she laughs, looking at Finn, "So why don't you then?"

Noah raises his brows when Ray asks about them all going out and he whispers out of the corner of his mouth, "Crossing your fingers didn't work."

Finn looks over at Ray quickly and narrows his eyes at him. "Maybe I will. I mean my roommates won't mind. They love parties."

Teagan shrugs and nods, "Go for it!" She jabs Ray in the side with her pointer finger, "And you be nice!"

Iris groans at the sound of Ray's voice and waves a hand at him, "Nothing, nothing! You missed nothing."

Noah chuckles softly to himself and drinks from his cup to try and hide it.

Ray gets overwhelmed by everyone talking to him at once and just scoffs at them, "Whatever. You all know a party's not a party until I'm there so when you're serious about one, let me know." He shrugs, thinking he just said something insightful instead of basically nonsense.

Iris looks around the group, making eye contact with everyone except Ray before snorting with a laugh.

Finn shrugs with a smile as he leans against the table and watches Ray's scene before patting his back, "You need air, buddy."

Teagan giggles to herself and finishes whats in her flask before going to where the water is and filling the flask with it. When she comes back she hands it to Ray, "Here you go, you're okay."

Noah laughs and looks around for Bowie, "You think Bowie's doing alright out there?"

Ray leans against Finn without meaning to and accepts the flask with a nod, "Thank you." He holds it up in a cheers motion before quickly downing the water.

Iris arches a brow as she looks around for a blonde with a red cape but shakes her head, "Maybe she had to leave. I'm sure she'd come back to us if she could. It's not like she knew anyone else here, right?"

Teagan laughs and she sighs softly before looking at Finn with a playful expression of exasperation.

Noah nods his head, "Yeah, you're right. There's just a lot of people, I'd get worried if you got lost in a crowd, too!" He raises his brows, "Not that I think about scenarios where I would worry about you."

Ray frowns a little as he holds the flask back out to Teagan but keeps leaning quite heavily onto Finn, "That. Was not.. Alcohol."

Finn shrugs a little before raising his eyebrows, "God, I wish I was getting paid right now."

Teagan puts the empty flask away, "Nope, and it also wasn't enough water to save you from the brutal hangover you're going to have in the morning." She laughs at Finn's comment, "Imagine if you got paid every time he got drunk, you'd be rich."

Bowie walks back into the party after not finding Finn anywhere and raises her eyebrows when she sees he is back with the group, "Oh hey..you found Finn."

Iris sips her punch and shakes her head as she gently touches his elbow, "Hey, I'm sure she's perfectly fine. But it's okay if you do worry. I mean you're only human, so don't sweat it."

Ray grips Finn's arm a little and hiccups with a laugh and points to Bowie, "I found Blondie."

Noah freezes and his eyes widen when she touches him and he smiles at her and laughs, nodding before Bowie comes back. "Hey! I was getting worried about you. He actually came back to us."

Iris smiles widely as she moves her hand to give Bowie a wave, "Hey, girl! I thought you ditched us."

Finn rolls his eyes and nods his head, "Good. Her name is Bowie. Talk to her like a big boy, not some drunk five year old."

Bowie giggles as she watches Ray and Finn before shaking her head, "No, I just had to make a phone call so I was doing that while looking."

Noah smiles and nods, "Glad you're back!" He pauses and stutters a little before not finding anything to say and he just stops and drinks his punch.

Ray gives Finn an unamused look, narrowing his eyes, "Blondie is easier to remember and it sounds close enough." He turns to Bowie and blinks at her, "Do you care one way or the other?"

Teagan lightly hits the tip of Ray's cowboy hat so it pushes down and covers his eyes, "Yeah, /Bowie/ is so hard to remember."

Iris sips her punch with a look of disgust towards Ray and shakes her head at Noah, "Do me a favor and don't ever become that. There are too many of them in the world already."

Bowie smiles shyly and shakes her head, "I don't really mind all--" She stops as Teagan pushes down the hat and laughs a little before moving drinking some of the punch.

Noah goes to put his hands up innocently and accidentally drops his cup, "Oh, crap." He quickly bends down and picks it up.

Finn groans and nods his head, grumbling under his breath, "Wish I was rich right now."

Ray frowns when the room goes black and lets go of Finn to push his hat back up over his eyes, "Hey, watch my costume.. I put a lot of effort into it."

Teagan purses her lips to fight a giggle but then ends up giggling loudly, "Oh, mhm. I can.. Totally tell."

Iris widens her eyes at him and tries not to laugh, covering her mouth as she sees the little bit of punch spilled on the floor, "Oops. How about we shuffle away to the other side here.. Get away from the evidence."

Noah laughs embarrassedly, "Let me just.." He quickly grabs napkins and lays them down on the liquid he spilled, "I just don't want anyone to slip or anything."

Bowie looks up at the others and laughs a little, "Everyone did great with their costumes."

Ray takes his hat off and reveals incredible hat hair to show off the hat, pointing at a random detail on it to show everyone, "Look at this shit. It's like.. authentic."

Finn rolls his eyes and takes the hat before putting it on his own head, "Can you stop talking already?"

Bowie leans in to look at the detail before the hat is taking away and she pulls back with a giggle.

Teagan laughs loudly and shakes her head, "Oohhh my god." She looks at Finn, "An authentic undead vampire cowboy!"

Noah picks up the napkin and tosses it, "I think I got it all." He pushes his glasses up the bridge of his nose.

Ray narrows his eyes at Finn and wrinkles his nose, "That looks terrible on you."

Iris grins with a nod of her head and then shrugs a little, "Sweet recovery. I think I'm the only one who noticed so you're in the clear."

Noah laughs and nods, "Thank goodness for that!"

Finn smirks and shrugs a little, "I think I look amazing, don't I?" He looks at everyone else with a grin.

Teagan arches a brow and laughs, "I'm not boosting anyone's ego tonight."

Bowie shrugs with a little smile, "You look great..ish."

Teagan points at Bowie and laughs, "She's got the right idea." She takes the cowboy hat and puts it on her head, "Now I'm a space cowboy."

Finn rolls his eyes and crosses his arms, "You characters always steal my thunder."

Teagan pouts at Finn, "Poor baby."

Iris laughs and takes a small sip of her punch, "You both look much better in it than Sir Gassy, that's for sure."

Ray huffs at everyone and takes his hat back, securing it on his head with a frown, "Oh whatever. Vampire cowboys and space cowboys aren't even real things so you both looked dumb."

Noah chuckles softly at Iris's comment.

Teagan rolls her eyes, "It's a movie, Raymundo. Why are you two soooo sensitive?"

Bowie holds her hand up and giggles as she speaks quietly, "Maybe they can't handle their drinks."

Finn shrugs a little as he leans against the drink table, "You all put me in a bad mood." He huffs and crosses his arms.

Teagan dramatically rolls her eyes, "Whatever. I'm gonna grab some food, does anyone want any?"

Iris can't help but keep laughing at the situation before her head perks up at the mention of food, "Count me in for anything edible. I think I just heard my stomach growl."

Ray rolls his eyes with a shake of his head, mimicking Finn drunkenly, "You all put me in a bad mood.."

Teagan smiles at Iris and nods, "You got it. Bowie, Noah, want anything?"

Noah shrugs and smiles, "I'll take whatever, thank you."

Bowie smiles with a shrug, "I could eat a little, I guess."

Finn gently punched Ray's arm, "Food might make me less grumpy. And anything to get some space between me and this fool."

Teagan sighs and nods, "Okay. Come with me then, you can help carry plates."

Finn nods his head with a laugh, "Don't sound so miserable!" He pushed Ray's hat down on his face before walking away.

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Finn chuckles and nudges her arm, "Come on."

Teagan raises her brows and looks at him, "Where'd your bad mood that we all put you in go?"

Iris pours herself another glass of punch and hums as she looks around the room, "Did anyone else think this party would be a little more uh, I don't know, magical?"

Ray glares at Finn but the other guy can't see it because of the hat in front of his eyes so he pushes his hat back up so it's resting normally on his head and crosses his arms over his chest, "This fucking sucks."

Finn shrugs and rolls his eyes, "I'm still in a bad mood. I just want food."

Teagan looks over at him, "You should be promoted to Grumpy."

Bowie laughs and shakes her head, "They never are." She raises her eyebrows at Ray, "I mean we are having a better time than that, right?"

Finn scowls at her and shakes his head, "And be as sunshiney as you to be a character?"

Iris sighs as she sways along to the music, "I had such high hopes.."

Ray flares his nostrils briefly and shrugs, "Could be a hell of a lot better, that's for sure."

Teagan grabs a plate and starts to put food on it, "As if you're already sunshiney and being a character and would take that away."

Noah looks at Iris and grins, "We can throw confetti at people?"

Iris raises her eyebrows at Noah and lets out a laugh as she nods excitedly, "Oh, I am so in. But I don't have any confetti?"

Noah looks over at the table and grabs a handful of confetti decor, "I've got some now."

Bowie hums softly and leans back against the punch table, nudging Ray a bit, "Cheer up."

Finn laughs dryly and starts to get more food on a plate.

Iris follows his lead and sets her punch down to grab a handful of confetti with a smile, "Who's target number one?"

Noah chuckles and nods over to Ray.

Teagan eyes him for a moment, "What's got your undies in a twist anyways?"

Ray gives Bowie an unamused look, "And how am I supposed to do that?"

Iris follows his gaze and nods with a sly smile before using her free hand to tug his arm as she carefully creeps behind Ray.

Finn shrugs and shakes his head, "Nothin'. Ray just irritates me."

Bowie shrugs with a small smile, "I dunno. You could..dance?"

Teagan rolls her eyes and laughs, "Ray irritates everyone. Can't let him put you in a bad mood."

Noah tries not to laugh as he goes with Iris and he does a countdown from three with his fingers.

Ray takes off his hat for a moment and blinks at her, "Do I look like I feel like dancing?"

Iris giggles quietly and nods on three before letting out a cheer as she and Noah toss the confetti on Ray and she laughs loudly because they timed it perfectly and it gets all in Ray's hair.

Noah throws the confetti up in the air so it lands on Ray and tugs Iris away before he can turn and yell at them.

Finn huffs softly and eats a cookie, "Yeah but he purposefully does it."

Bowie opens her mouth to speak before confetti goes everywhere and she widens her eyes and laughs loudly.

Teagan leans against the table and laughs, "Honestly, I think it just comes naturally to him." She squeezes his shoulder, "Cheer up, buttercup."

Iris keeps laughing as they hurry away from Ray and starts wiping her eyes once they're a safe distance away from him, "Oh- oh my god.. That was the greatest moment of my life."

Noah doubles over laughing and shakes his head, "Oh man, thank god he's drunk and will be moving slowly."

Ray was going to run a hand through his hair until he feels something on his head and narrows his eyes as he sees some confetti fall from his head, yelling as he looks around, "What the hell?! Who the fuck did that?"

Iris takes a few deep breaths as her laughing slows down and she nods in agreement, "We picked the perfect first victim, that's for sure."

Finn shrugs a little as he turns to lean next to her, "Yeah, maybe but doesn't make it any better."

Bowie giggles and covers her mouth as she looks around, "Uh...well not it!" She grins and shrugs a little, speaking quietly, "It's your best look yet."

Teagan takes a bite of food, "No, but at least you know he's not malicious. Just.. an idiot."

Noah stands up straight and lets out a deep breath, "Wow, okay, that was too much fun."

Ray shakes his head at her and drops his hat on the floor as he starts clawing at his hair with a frown, "Get it out, get it all out."

Finn nods and laughs softly, before wrinkling his nose again, "Yeah, he just has it easy. It's not fair."

Bowie shakes her head and reaches up hesitantly to run her fingers through his hair, "It's confetti, it won't stay too long."

Teagan stands up straight, "Well, if it makes you feel any better, Noah and Iris just dumped confetti in his hair and not yours."

Iris giggles as she looks around at the other party guests excitedly and nods, "I feel like a kid, this is awesome. Who's next? Couple making out in the corner or the breakdancing guy on the dance floor?"

Ray keeps shaking his head to try and get the confetti out and leans his head forward more when he realizes she's helping him, mumbling angrily, "I can't believe this. Who does that?"

Noah grabs another handful of confetti, "Think we'll be able to sneak away as fast as last time?"

Finn glances over at Ray and laughs at the sight before shaking his head, "Probably the first time he has ever been fucked with." He smiles a little before looking around the party, "Do you think everyone else in here thinks this party is a little lame?"

Bowie shrugs with a small laugh as she gets most of the confetti out, "I think it's all good." She smiles a little before looking around, "It's all in good fun. If you find out who did it, just prank them back."

Teagan eats something else and nods her head, "Probably. But hey, getting to dress up for Halloween and also free food."

Iris scoops some confetti into her hand and raises her eyebrows at him, "Oh, definitely. We make an excellent team."

Noah chuckles and nods, "Let's go."

Ray tries to fix his hair but gives up after a moment and looks around with a frown, "Where did my hat go?" He narrows his eyes at her and shakes his head, "Whatever, I don't prank people. I'm not twelve. That just put me in an even worse mood."

Finn chuckles and looks down at his costume, "Yeah, I guess so. One of the many perks of Disney is the delicious snacks. I dream of those Boysen Apple slushes when I go home."

Teagan laughs softly and nods, "There you go. Now come on, we have food to deliver."

Bowie bends down to grab his hat and hands it to him, "What will make it better?"

Iris grins with a nod as she leads him towards the couple and mouths the words, "Ready.. Set.."

Finn groans and pouts a little, "I don't wanna go hang out with him."

Noah smirks and mouths, "Go." He tosses up the confetti at them.

Teagan starts to walk backwards towards them, facing Finn and she smiles and shrugs, "Then I guess you'll be hanging out aloooone."

Ray almost smiles at his hat and puts it back on with a huff, "I don't know. Nothing. Probably have to sleep it off."

Iris grins as she throws the confetti up in the air above them and calls out to the couple as she motions for Noah to follow her, "Here's to loooove!"

Noah laughs loudly as he follows Iris, "Nice addition to that one!"

Finn frowns and rolls his eyes, "Fine! Go have your brain cells killed by him." He smiles with a shrug as he continues to eat chips.

Teagan pouts at him before turning around and heading over to where she left everyone.

Bowie finishes her drink and smiles a little, "Well..you can go do that." She raises her eyebrows as she sees Iris and Noah out of the corner of her eyes, "Oh there's the culprits."

Iris giggles as she hurries away with him and nods, "Right? I thought it would be a nice touch. Kind of awkward if they just met tonight but hey, what do I know?"

Noah grins at her and chuckles, "I think that would just make it even funnier."

Ray "I might." He glares in the direction of Iris and Noah but furrows his eyebrows in confusion as he squints, "Do I even know them?"

Bowie raises her eyebrows with a giggle, "They have been hanging around us all night well..most of it at least. That's Iris and Noah." She shakes her head with a small shrug, "You do need to get some sleep, Cowboy."

Teagan goes over to Ray and Bowie, "I come bearing food."

Iris peeks over her shoulder to look at the couple who seem very confused and laughs some more as she turns back to face him, "This was the best idea. I've had more fun in the last five minutes than the rest of the night."

Ray frowns as he tries to piece it together but shakes his head, "Nope, nothing." He starts to say something else but glances at Teagan before his eyes drop to the food on the plate and he nods, "I like food."

Teagan laughs and pats his back, "Go to town, buddy."

Noah grins widely, "I'm glad that a bit of confetti turned your night around!"

Bowie smiles softly at Teagan and takes a fry, eating it and leaning back against the table, "Thanks, food is always good."

Teagan flicks a piece of confetti off of Ray's shoulder and she looks over at Finn, motioning him to come over.

Finn rolls his eyes and grunts before walking back over to them, "What?"

Teagan grins at him, "Nothing. Glad you came back."

Finn shrugs a little with a small smile before eating a piece of funnel cake, "Want some?"

Teagan nods and smiles, "Thanks.." She rips off a piece and pops it into her mouth.

Iris nudges his arm with a laugh and shrugs, "More like you turned my night around. Thanks for suggesting the whole thing, it was awesome."

Ray doesn't hesitate in grabbing a bunch of food and basically stuffs his face because he is a lot hungrier than he realized.

Noah smiles even wider, "I'm glad I could do that. And that there was confetti laying around. It was very handy."

Teagan widens her eyes as she watches Ray, "Please don't choke, I've only given the heimlich twice."

Finn raises his eyebrows as he watches Ray and mumbles, "Pig."

Bowie laughs softly and shakes her head at Ray's eating, "The food might make him less drunk at least.”

Teagan nods her head and looks at her and Finn, "Here's hoping."

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Hi, Ben! Hope you had a good day, or at least a calm one! I think your tree is adorable, and I love your tree topper! It’s so pretty! Also, my congrats if Mo leaves it alone. Most of the kitty parents I know are full of horror stories about their cats climbing the tree/trying to eat the tree/trying to eat things off the tree/etc. XD One friend’s cat earned herself the nickname Monkey because the very first thing she did the night they brought her home was go right up the tree. I’m pretty sure that was at least a decade ago, and the only person who ever calls her by her actual name at this point is probably my friend’s dad. Another friend complains every year that she can’t use tinsel on her tree anymore because her cats will try to eat it.

And omg, that Disney/TW thing was terrible. Most of them seemed to only be using the most shallow, surface level reading of the characters, as usual they seemed to forget that Disney made animated films before the early 90s, and also as usual, Noah and Melissa got left out, despite having been there the full run of the show. I think I usually headcanon Peter more CN than anything else, but I can see the logic behind some NE being mixed in there, too. Some of that could be because I tend to see his apparent desire for power as more of a trauma-based need for control than just purely for its own sake. (It might have helped if they’d been a bit more consistent with his character…)

It’s probably because I was out of the fandom for a while, but most stuff I’ve seen that addresses it typically has the Hales being of British Isles descent. I think that’s mainly because the name itself is English (I think?), and it helps to explain the abundance of Celtic mythology/imagery if it’s something they brought with them when settling the town. I’m not particularly bothered either way, though, and always enjoy a chance to learn about other culture’s customs. :D And I love how everyone just agrees that Peter is the type to just casually speak like a dozen languages, just because he can. XD Also, I’m now picturing a springerle rolling pin that’s nothing but wolf images, a quite literally hand-carved hand-me-down (that I’m going to pretend was stored in the vault.)

And yeah, I figured the other kids would adapt pretty well, but I definitely foresee an issue with Jax. I feel like it’s going to come down to one of his siblings having to step in, probably either Malia (because he actually likes her) being like “Hey, could you maybe try not being such an obnoxious douche-nozzle to my dad before I punch you in the throat? Do I treat your dad that way?”, or Ben just being like “Why are you so mean to Poppa?” and then Jackson will have to face the full effect of the sad puppy face that got sprung on Stiles. XD

I feel like it would make sense for it to take a few full moons for a turned wolf to achieve a full shift, especially if there’s no genetic component. Almost all the wolves we see turned in the show have a rough enough time adapting at first without throwing in something like that. I definitely think it makes more sense for born wolves to have an easier/quicker time of it, especially at first.

I love both of the recent previews. I seriously have been ferally screaming over the pinned one all day. XD The swagger. The mountain ash. The “goddammit Peter, he’s not afraid of you, he’s afraid for you” of it all. And the section when he’s first shifting is good, too (no matter when it was written.) That’s going to be freaky as hell, even if you’re expecting it. And the whole thing with the way his bones are cracking and such just feels like it emphasizes how warped and wrong it all is, at least to me, because as best I remember, the few times we see a full shift in the show, it just sort of seems to flow from one to the other. Also, it just occurred to me that his alpha form was almost like a perfect balance of the American Werewolf in London and Underworld versions of full shift. I’m curious to see if he maintains that version or if the presence of his mates/pack help him heal to a more normal version. Part of me wants to see him get better because I don’t like seeing them hurt, part of me really wants to see his beast form tackle hug Noah and Chris and try to cuddle in their laps. XD

And oh, man, those window seats just made me want them to have one in the rebuilt Hale house, maybe in like a loft or an upper floor, that’s big enough for the three of them to cram into, or the kids, or assorted combos thereof, in whatever forms they choose. Especially for like during storms and stuff. Just, all the cuddles, and reading stories to the littles, and taking random naps in the sunshine, and everything.

Also, now I’m picturing Noah and Chris singing shit like “You Make It Feel Like Christmas” and “Cuddle Up, Cozy Down Christmas”, or like that “Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy” thing Bing Crosby and David Bowie did, while trying to make Peter a surprise breakfast, and it’s adorable. And I’ve been listening to way too much Straight No Chaser holiday music to deal with the idea of them all singing together in anything approaching a rational manner. And is he not supposed to look at them like they’re part of the menu? I’m pretty sure if Peter was given the option of what he’d like to eat first…well. XD

Those poor teachers. They probably thought they’d lucked out with this one after Stiles and Malia, and then the holidays came around… (Just wait until they get the next round of Haleargentski children…) XD

And I’m going to hold you to that promise of romance XD (not really, if it doesn’t work out that way, don’t worry.) I would say “my body is ready”, but that feels like it might come across somewhat awkward. XD Although it did occur to me that given how he is about the whole “your all’s shirts are way too tight to share” thing, when it gets to that point, Noah’s probably also going to have one of those “it’s been a hot minute, so some things aren’t quite what they used to be” type moments like Chris had with Peter at the motel, though I think he’d be more likely to try and joke it off, and Peter’s just going to be like “Gods, you two really are as bad as each other sometimes”, while happily reassuring both of them, because he can, and he enjoys it.

And wow, I’ve rambled on so much longer than I meant to given that I have an early shift tomorrow (or today, really… ’>.> ) So, I hope you got some decent rest, and your meds are helping like they should, and that you are happy with what you got done on the chapter. I hope that today goes well, too, and that you find some good candy at post-holiday discount prices, if that is a thing they do there (or will that not happen until after Christmas?) Anyway, I hope you have a good day, whatever else happens. Take care! *Hugs!*

Hey hey, I honestly had a pretty good day yesterday, a little busy because of last minute store runs and an uncooperating phone. (oh joy, had to reset the bastard twice) but other than that, pretty good.

Treated myself to a new game for Sinterklaas. It’s the Spiderman Game of the Year edition, I didn’t have that game yet and it was on sale for like 28 bucks and people left really good reviews. Maybe if I get some money for Christmas I might also get me the Miles Morales one, the new one. But I’m also getting Cyberpunk cause I pre-ordered it back in April, so we’ll see. I might just wait until Miles Morales goes on sale too in a couple of months. Still have to finish Valhalla first though XD.

And you’re not gonna believe it, but Mo left my Christmas tree completely alone. He does not care about the Christmas tree. He does not care about plants. He does not care about BOXES. I honestly think my cat is broken, but then again, I am typing this while he is sleeping in my lap and purring, so who cares.

And Omg XD I am eternally grateful Mo didn’t do that but I love Monkey and can see why they got that nickname XD What a rascal!

I mostly included NE for Peter because apparently that’s what Ian Bohen considers Peter’s Alignement to be. I personally think he’s more CN too (though I am probably basing that on his trauma.)

I actually made a personal alignment chart for the characters in Once Upon A Time here. (Though I forgot to include three characters namely the Nurse, John, and Danny. I think Danny would fall under either NG or LN and he would probably tell someone if someone’s shoe laces were untied, and the nurse more under LE I guess, considering her background, though I feel like she’s not evil for evil’s sake she more or less was driven to it and as such has a strong need for revenge regardless of whom she hurts, though she tries to redeem herself later. (and that’s all I will say due to spoilers). And she would probably tie the person’s shoe laces for them, old habits die hard.) John I feel like would be CG or LN and he’d be the person to untie his own shoes in solidarity. (kinda like his grandchildren Stiles and Malia, where do you think they got that one from?)

But yeah I’m still not sure how to feel about the Disney one. I can kinda see with some of them where they were coming from but none of it feels ‘flawless’ or particularly right to me? Idk. I honestly feel like Kuzco and maybe Pocahontas were the two biggest Nopes for me. I mean Scar kinda fits, Elsa, I can see that, but none of it I truly identify these characters with. Idk.

And I feel like Peter or John probably had the foresight to store some of their most prized family heirlooms in that vault. Such as a copy of the family photo, Peter’s triskelion necklace piece, a springerle with wolf inscriptions, some video tapes of the family, personal artifacts of each family member, and Talia and John’s claws, family recipes, some gifts John made for his grandchildren, and John’s journal about the family history, werewolf lore, and lots of dirt on both Elias Stilinski and Gerard Argent.

I feel like Peter speaking lots of languages also just makes sense. He seems to be the type to have connections everywhere and to have little birds everywhere listening in for him. He would also be the type of person to either have connections to or keep an eye on the Russian and Italian Maffia, he learned French and Polish for Chris and Noah, Spanish is just a useful language to learn because it's vast. And German and Dutch were taught to him from a young age, probably some Latin too. So I can see why many people would headcanon Peter as mutli-lingual, it just makes sense for his character.

Malia and Ben ganging up on Jackson is my new favorite image. Can you imagine what the combined power of those two will be? Also just any of the teenagers realizing they can deploy the younger sibling to be absolutely adorable and people will do anything for that face, no matter what the teenagers are asking.

As for Peter’s wolf, why not both? There’s no reason why he can’t act like an overgrown puppy as a beast and still heal and slowly revert back to his original form over the course of a couple of full moons as his mind heals from the trauma.

They’re definitely getting a windowseat big enough to seat three adults, four teenagers and a couple of little ones. Surrounded by books, a few curtains and lots of pillows. it needs to happen.

And you guessed it, there’s gonna be a shy moment where both Chris and Noah get self conscious about their bodies. Noah because, well, he gained some weight, got a bit older, has some stretch marks although he’s still goddamn fit considering what he does and he tries to play it off as a joke, Peter will show him just how sexy he is, really. And Chris has another moment because he had another baby, so more pudge, more stretch marks and due to his humanity, more scars. I think I’ll let Noah handle that one first and then Peter helps. Chris of course also worships Noah’s body, because holy shit, none of them is exactly in bad shape, but Noah’s definitely been hiding way more. Also Noah’s tall now, so Chris just sort of melts when the taller man sweeps him off his feet. We also need some Omega/Omega love in this story.

And wow, now I’ve been rambling XD. I’m gonna make me some late breakfast (it’s 1 pm) and grab some coffee and then start writing.

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New Post has been published on https://shovelnews.com/take-a-strange-trip-through-noah-hypnotiks-teen-aged-mind/

Take a strange trip through 'Noah Hypnotik's' teen-aged mind

By Jesse, Everett Public Library staff

School’s back! I guess I’m at a funny age. I’m old enough to fool myself into thinking I miss the excitement of a new school year, but I’m also young enough to remember all of the terror, uncertainty, and anxiety that I experienced throughout middle and high school. Because of my job, I’m also fortunate to spend a lot of time with tweens and teens, both in the library and when I visit schools, and I am constantly amazed at how many teens seem so much more articulate, organized, and driven than I feel now, let alone compared to my own teenage years. I guess all of this is to say, WOW the adolescent years can be weird!

Noah Oakman, the 16-year-old narrator of David Arnold’s The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik, seems to understand this fact better than most. Noah certainly has his quirks: inspired by his favorite poets and philosophers, Noah has taken to wearing the same outfit every day, what his friends refer to as his “navy bowies” (navy pants and a David Bowie shirt). It’s not just that Noah likes these clothes. He also appreciates that they allow him to avoid wasting time and energy deciding what to wear. Noah also tends to get lost in his own thoughts and has peculiar obsessions which include an old man he sees walking the same route each day, a strange yet wonderful YouTube video, and a photo dropped by a local rock star. These are a few of Noah’s titular strange fascinations.

Outside of his unique interests, Noah leads a fairly normal life. He has loving parents, two great friends, seems just popular enough to float by in high school, and is a good enough swimmer to garner some serious scholarship interest from colleges. But Noah is also supremely stressed out. His senior year is beginning bringing with it the end of an era for him and his two long-time friends. He doesn’t fully understand his little sister and worries how she will fit in with those around her. And despite being a good swimmer, he secretly loathes the sport and has no idea how to tell those around him. Rather than confront this final problem he is faking a back injury, a lie that seems to be leading him into an ever-deepening hole of deceit.

All of these stresses are wearing Noah down, which is why he finds himself drinking far too much at an end of summer party and following home a strange young man who promises to help him “exit the robot.” When Noah wakes the next morning, everything seems to have changed: his DC obsessed friend now only reads Marvel comics; his mother has an old scar on her face that was not there the day before; his old, useless, and mute dog has regained its youth and its shrill yap. Noah does not understand what has happened and fears for his sanity. As he tries to gain some level of comprehension, he discovers that his fascinations seem to be the one constant between his old life and new. He hopes that understanding the connections between these fixations might be the key to a return to normalcy or at least the closest thing he has ever known to that.

Though at times Noah is a bit pretentious, perhaps even mopey, I found it easy to root for him. He is a bundle of anxiety and self-doubt and genuinely seems to struggle to understand the value he offers to those around him. Arnold has shown in his previous work that he has a keen understanding of the teenage years and the impact that the strange mix of social pressure, ennui, feelings of isolation, and turbulent emotions can have on a developing brain and this latest work is no different. It is as odd and disorienting as it is genuine and warm-hearted. If you’re looking for a strange trip through a teen-aged mind, buckle up and grab The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik.

Visit the Everett Public Library blog for more reviews and news of all things happening at the library.

Source: https://www.heraldnet.com/life/take-a-strange-trip-through-noah-hypnotiks-teen-aged-mind/

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Kings of loser comedy: how Flight of the Conchords took off

New Zealands fourth most well known folk-parody act are on a sold-out arena tour. Is there a shrewdness behind the duos laidback shtick?

Few comics ever play London’s O2 Arena and fewer still oversee three nights in a row. Those who do tend to have some things in common: a relatable observational style, limited creative desire and ruthless commercial savvy. None of which applies to Flight of the Conchords, perhaps the unlikeliest act ever to reach those airless elevations of the comic stratosphere.

I insured Flight of the Conchords last week, warming up for their forthcoming realms tour with a run at the 140 -seat Soho theatre. Watching their suite of kooky sungs about medieval romance, piano-playing seagulls and spoonful thieves, laughing at their low-key converse and minutely detailed interplay, the believed to be their imminent transfer to arena stages was supremely incongruous. Not least to the Conchords themselves.” We’ll continue that in for the O2 ,” they’d remark, after this or that improvised quip or ramshackle moment of fun.

If you first learnt Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, as I did, in a dingy cellar on the Edinburgh fringe 15 years ago, you are able struggle to wrap your head around the scale of their new tour. But if you factor in a Disney film, writing an Oscar-winning song for The Muppets, a sleeper make HBO sitcom, and the fact that this musical-comedy duo is one of the funniest and most talented acts to come along in two decades- well, an explanation have started to take shape.

It’s certainly not down to any dead-eyed careerism. In my 20 years of interviewing comics, few showed as shambling and un-starry as McKenzie and Clement in 2003– the year they were nominated for Edinburgh’s Perrier award. The previous year, theirs had been the festival’s breakout present, due largely to word-of-mouth enthusiasm spread by fellow comics.

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Watch the chant Hiphopopotamus vs Rhymenoceros, from episode three of Flight of the Conchords.

Their shtick was artless banter spliced with improbable comic ballads , notable for their pernickety lyrics and eclectic musicianship. Zoological rap combat Hiphopopotamus Vs Rhymenoceros was an early favourite (” They call me the Hiphopopotamus/ My lyrics are bottomless” and” I’m not a large water-dwelling mammal/ Where did you get that absurd hypothesis ?”). The Humans Are Dead, with its” binary solo” and robo-vocal report of the cataclysm, was another, while their Space Oddity spoof Bowie’s in Space was achingly near the mark.

With merely a couple of acoustic guitars and a digital glockenspiel, they were maestros of every pop music style imaginable, although they concealed their talent with gags.” You can tell when we’ve learned a new chord ,” they told me,” because we’ll use it in our next three anthems .” On stage, they played losers who thought they were wins. Off stage, they were wins who pretended to be losers. They’d been invited to Hollywood to pitch a project, they told me- but” you needed a clearly defined suggestion of what you wanted to do, and we didn’t have any suggestion at all “. So they were sent packing.

I left that interview unsure whether I’d gratified the “real” Clement and McKenzie or an extension of the gormless act. From the off, they excelled at clambering true and fiction- as per the blissful bit of onstage talk in which they guess when the other is in character (” You’re in … now you’re out … now you’re in …”) It helped that they took deadpan to whole new tiers of blankness.

” It’s so dry and so Kiwi ,” says their compatriot and fellow comic Rose Matafeo, who is not alone in tracing much of the Conchords’ distinctiveness back to their national character.” The constant self-deprecation, the playing it straight, these are so common in New Zealand. We’re at the bottom of the world, so isolated. We’re like what the fuck is happen if “youve left” someone alone in a chamber for a day .”

Jarred Christmas, another New Zealand comic, is surprised how far this took them.” I never envisioned there’d be an international espouse of that. I’d never seen that happen, comedy-wise .” Christmas co-starred in the Conchords’ eponymous 2005 Radio 2 sitcom, as did Jimmy Carr, Daniel Kitson and Rob Brydon( the Conchords have always surrounded themselves with fast-rising flair ).” What struck me ,” Christmas says,” is that no matter how laidback they find themselves, they’ve always believed they’re good enough. You’ll notice that, on the radio demonstrate , not one of their chants was played in full. So they retained the rights, rather than those defaulting to the BBC. Clearly, they had their visions set on something bigger .”

No strife, only placid acceptance … the HBO series Flight of the Conchords. Photograph: BBC/ Paul Schiraldi/ HBO

Something bigger duly came in 2007, with the launch of the duo’s HBO sitcom, again eponymously named. They played themselves as hapless immigrants in New York, inducing zero impression as a band whose director( played by Rhys Darby) moonlights as a culture attache at the New Zealand consulate. The series feigned to taunt their homeland’s eccentricity and boringness. But, really, it celebrated those qualities. Eccentricity and boringness were the show’s touchstones, while its USP was the radical flatness of McKenzie and Clement’s performances. They took the faux-real stylings of The Office et al and ratcheted up the humdrum, but blended it with wildly incongruous flares of carol in which Bret and Jemaine’s fantasy lives paraded in all the regions of the screen.

The show ran for two series, featuring soon-to-be-illustrious co-stars( Aziz Ansari, Kristen Wiig) and winning Emmy nominations. Clement and McKenzie likewise won a 2008 Grammy for best comedy album. The series was never more than a cult hitting, in the UK at least, but its significance outperformed its ratings. It opened the world up to indie Kiwi culture and alerted American Tv to overseas flair. Where McKenzie and Clement led, the likes of Trevor Noah, John Oliver and James Corden have followed. Likewise, in its depiction of failure, in its disdain for TV conventions( it was part-improvised ), and in its uniquely hip brand of musical comedy, the present proved more influential than its modest impact at the time might suggest.

Conventionally, failing in comedy has been something to rail against: it’s the fight that builds it funny. In Flight of the Conchords, there is no battle, merely placid adoption.” It demonstrated you didn’t have to be an alpha male ,” says Christmas- and in so doing, it winged the flag for a new generation stimulating more arty and intimate, less obvious and aggressive slapstick. But it cross-fertilised that strain with the gentle surrealism of Spaced and The Mighty Boosh, to show that you could be dorky losers and rock deities, showed bachelors and lotharios.

Key to this were the hymns, two per episode, that underscore the flights of fancy that offset( or should that be overtake ?) Bret and Jemaine’s feckless real lives. The songs alter current realities, moving the plot along in unreal routes, as if singing yourself out of loser-dom genuinely were an option. Narratively, it stimulated tenuous sense, but you were enjoying the hymns too much to care.

” One of the hardest things in musical comedy is to write a number that people want to hear again ,” says Phil Nichol, of 1990 s Canadian musical comedy act Corky and the Juice Pigs.” Usually, once you’ve heard the gags at the end of each stanza, you know all you need to know. But both Jemaine and Bret are astounding musicians. They write stuff that stimulates you think,’ Wow, why didn’t I write that ?’ Their ballads are exceptionally replayable .” Many of them match or even overshadow the trails they pastiche- such as the Emmy-nominated Carol Brown( based on Paul Simon’s 50 Lane to Leave Your Lover ), or the Peter Sarstedt take-off Rambling Through the Avenues of Time.

The villainous crustacean Tamatoa voiced by Jemaine Clement in Disney’s Moana. Photograph: Allstar/ Walt Disney Productions

It’s certainly a rare accomplishment to stimulate musical comedy cool . A rarer feat still is to alumnu from writing funny sungs to winning best chant Oscars, which McKenzie did in 2012 with Man or Muppet from that year’s Muppets movie. Clement’s interim job has been even more eye-catching, with voiceover roles as Fleshlumpeater in Steven Spielberg’s The BFG, as the villainous crustacean Tamatoa in Disney’s Moana, and as intergalactic criminal Boris” the Animal” in Men in Black III.

” People who discovered them at the movies have then gone back and watched Flight of the Conchords ,” says Christmas.” And the sitcom did what The Office did: it stopped at its peak, arguably before its peak, so people have remained perpetually desperate for more .”

And now they’re get it, as McKenzie and Clement touch down for the UK leg of their world tour.” They’ve just been so consistently good over their entire job ,” says Matafeo, who credits the life she’s living today as a New Zealand comic, based in the UK and working internationally, to their example.” Everyone has their own special relationship with a stage of the Conchords’ job. Some people learnt them early, at Edinburgh. Some people- like me- recollect downloading bootlegs of their hymns from the internet. And some people came to them after the sitcom finished. It’s all been so good that, whenever you encounter them, you fall in love with them .”

Flight of the Conchords are at Portsmouth Guildhall from 5-7 March. Then touring the UK until 3 April. Phil Nichol’s tour Your Wrong starts in September . li>

Read more: https :// www.theguardian.com/ stage/ 2018/ disfigured/ 04/ flight-of-the-conchords-comedy-tour

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