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The boys are back in town [Colin/Closed]
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Post by Colin, Luke & Bellamy on Aug 17, 2018 11:38:49 GMT
Bellamy flashed a smile at Dio. "Eh, it's fine, we gotta tell the story somehow" he said. Colin noted that Dio was acting rather responsively to others' feelings and was glad that the other Impmon was actually pretty nice. Then it was time for the karaoke. Dio pulled Carlos up to take the first turn, but seemed hesitant. It seemed he wasn't sure about what to do. So he then went back to Bellamy and asked if he could take the first turn. To this, Bellamy's grin widened. "Luke, hold my drink!" he said, passing his glass to Luke. The Elecmon muttered "...okay" and put it on the table, watching his brother eagerly take the stage. As tipsy as he was, he really was in the mood to just let loose and show his stuff. Colin and Luke were kind of excited, Bellamy always performed well, even if a little inebriated. He loved singing after all, and wasn't afraid to show off and have some fun. "Yo what up Whitewater!" Bellamy cheered into the microphone. "I'm Bellamy James and It's time for Karaoke night here at the Caritas! So let's all let loose and have a bit of fun!"Quite a few other digimon approved of this energy and cheered back. All except a cranky looking digimon who folded his arms and pouted. "Hmph, I was meant to say that" the MCmon said, but, eh, seemed this furry Impmon wanted the stage, so, eh, let him have it. Bellamy chose his first song and let it begin to play through the speakers, moving his body slightly to the beat, his tail swishing rhythmically. Colin chuckled a little at the choice of song. His partner preferred to sing to English language songs after all, especially ones sung by women. From where Bellamy was standing, words appeared on a screen in front of him, but he knew the song by heart and didn't need to use it. "You, change your mind, like a girl, changes clothes~ Yeah you, PMS, like a bitch, I would know~ And you, over think, always speak, cryptically~ I, should know, that you're no good for me~"Then came the chorus and Bellamy's dance moves got more energetic as he flourished around the stage. "'Cause you're hot then you're cold, you're yes then you're no, you're in then you're out, you're up then you're down~ You're wrong when it's right, it's black and it's white, we fight we break up, we kiss we make up~ You don't really wanna stay, no~ But you don't really wanna go~ You're hot then you're cold, you're yes then you're no, you're in then you're out, you're up then you're down~"By now Bellamy's energetic routine had energized those watching, waving their paws to the beat. "Heh, Bells was always a pretty big showman" Luke told Dio. He and Colin were thoroughly entertained and were glad to see Bellamy enjoying himself as the song continued. Yes, his Brooklyn accent was somewhat prominent, but his singing voice was still bold and trained. The Impmon even did a small dance routine in the musical solo then recovered for the final chorus, even going as far as conjuring a flash of fire when he said "Hot" and a flurry of ice when he said "Cold". Eventually, his three minutes was up and as the song came to a close, he took a bow. He seemed well received as the opening act, but he had used rather a lot of stamina to do that, panting at the end. "Thanks, Caritas, you're awesome!" he complimented the audience, then jumped down off the stage for the next one to take over, walking up to Dio. "And that's how it's done, pal" he said, grinning. "Wanna have a go now?"
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Post by Carlos Rey on Aug 23, 2018 15:03:49 GMT
"Hah, no kidding, your bro's sure enjoying himself up there." Dio replied with a chuckle, as he joined in with the cheering crowd for Bellamy's performance. Who would have thought karaoke was so fun? By the end of it even Dio found himself clapping happily as his friend walked down from the stage. "Woo! Nice going Bellz, that was quite the show..." He would congratulate the other imp, patting his back as he came down from the stage, before smirking a bit, "...now let me show you how a true ruler does it!"
Without a moment's hesitation he was already on top of the stage, taking a quick glance at the selection of songs they had in store, looking for something that would catch his interest. "Nope, too cheesy, too hyper, too new, too old..." it would take a solid twenty five seconds of looking until Dio would stop and nod in approval once he found something to his liking. "Get ready Caritas! Tonight, on this momentous, super special ocassion, The Dark Lord Dio shall perform!" The audience replied with a couple of claps and isolated cheers. Not the reaction Dio was waiting for, but it was enough for the time being. The bass from Dio's chosen song then slowly started playing, taking Carlos a bit off guard at first. Dio was really going for that one? His answer came rather quickly. "Pressure! Pushing down on me~ Pressing down on you, no mon ask for~ Under pressure! That brings a building down~ Splits a family in two~ Puts people on streets~"Besides the rather unexpected song pick, the first thing Carlos noticed was that Dio had a pretty respectable singing voice. Clearly he had some practice, though compared to Bellamy's previous show it was quite understaded, something surprising coming from the Dark Lord himself and his larger than life ego. "It's the terror of knowing what this world is about~ Whatching some good friends scream~ "Let me out!""
Carlos was expecting something trying to one up the other impmon's show and dance, but there were no fireworks, no ice, none of that. Just a small imp, alone on top of a stage, singing his heart out in front of a crowd, moving to the beat. And (in Carlos' humble opinion) doing a pretty good job at it too. The song eventually came to an end, and after taking with a quick bow the small self proclaimed ruler had come down from the stage and was back with the group. "Nice going dude, didn't know you had it in ya." Carlos laughed, petting the short imp's head. "Phew, yeah I know, we're both quite awesome." He nodded with a grin and a wink aimed at Bellamy. "Still, that was exhausting, I need nourishment. Everyone! Let's go get something to sate our thirst."
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Post by Colin, Luke & Bellamy on Aug 30, 2018 12:42:17 GMT
Bellamy swiftly relinquished his place on the stage for Dio to take his place. The tipsy Impmon didn't have any quips for this, he waited for Dio to find his muse. And he was impressed that he found it in under a minute.
As the bass started, Bellamy gave a "whoop!" of approval, he loved this song and looked forward to see how Dio would perform it. Colin was a little less enthusiastic though, he was more of a fan of modern music, but, well, as long as the music couldn't be attributed to his memories of being driven to and from school with dorky out-of-touch music blaring from his father's car, he could take it.
And Dio was singing a combination of David Bowie and Queen, wow, that was awesome, at least in Bellamy's eyes. He applauded loudly as it ended, by now starting to think that Dio was starting to qualify for the second most awesome Impmon in the world, but he kept that quiet.
As the song came to an end, others wanted to make their mark on the karaoke dance floor. But MCmon had other ideas.
"Hey now, there's humans in the house tonight, why don't we give them a chance?" he asked. "After all, human music's been flashed around in front of us for so long, these humans sing so much better, why don't we give 'em a chance to prove it, eh?!"
Colin gave a nervous gulp as he saw the other digimon in the Caritas approve of this idea. And he turned pale as attention was turned to him.
"You there, human! Why don't you give us a dose of your showbiz?!" MCmon asked, but then added in a whisper, "Don't worry, I'll only play a song you know, so, give me a wink when I land on something that's your scene".
Colin was slightly grateful for this as MCmon played a few seconds of songs he didn't know, all until he landed on his parents' favorite song. Something from the 80's. Colin winked, and MCmon immediately started the show, speaking into his microphone with a spooky voice. Colin added to the suspense by stiffly walking to the front of the stage as a zombie would.
"Grizzly ghouls from every tomb, are closing in to share your doom And though you fight to stay alive, your body starts to shiver For no mere mortal can resist the evil of... the Thriller!”
The music began with a burst and Colin pretended to be dazzled by the light, stumbling backward as Luke and Bellamy took positions behind him, also mimicking being zombies. Colin grabbed the microphone and began to sing. While his voice sounded kind of awful since it had only recently just broke, he tried his best to keep it in the spirit of the song.
"It's close to midnight, something evil's lurking from the dark Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart You try to scream, but terror takes the sound before you make it You start to freeze, as horror looks you right between the eyes... you're paralyzed!"
At once, Bellamy and Luke seemed to synchronize dance moves behind him as he reached the chorus. Colin could tell that this seemed to be going well, even with his terrible singing voice, it just seemed to be the spirit that mattered.
" 'Cause this is thriller~ Thriller night And no one’s gonna save you from the beast about to strike You know it’s thriller~ Thriller night You’re fighting for your life Inside a killer thriller tonight, yeah!"
It was probably the energy from his partners that got him through the whole song, but by the end, Colin was thoroughly delighted at the experience. Even though Bellamy and Luke's spontaneous dance performance had exhausted them, they still made it as though Colin had made the best performance here. Nonetheless, their energy was expended for the time being.
"Heh, man, I never knew karaoke nights could be so fun" Colin remarked as he sat back down, pouring and drinking himself a big glass of water.
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Post by Carlos Rey on Oct 8, 2018 2:53:40 GMT
Truth be told, Dio was ever so slightly flustered at the positive reception his singing had garnered, specially when it came to Bellamy's applause. He smiled back at him as well, but not with that classical air of superiority, but a genuine smile of happiness. For the first time in a long time, he was getting an actual compliment from anyone besides Carlos' half hearted attempts at presserving his pride.
It felt quite nice, and made the impmon glad to have had this night out, regardless of what could happen next. For him, that single moment was enough to consider it a success.
But they weren't quite done with the karaoke it seemed! As Colin reluctantly accepted the invitation to take the stage (accompanied with his partners) Carlos thought of going there and join in on the fun, but knowing his own taste in music, it would probably be tricky to pick something all of them knew.
He couldn't have been farther from the truth.
As a familiar tune blared from the speakers, neither Dio nor Carlos could contain a loud "Whoo!" as a familiar spooky smash hit started. Not only was he pleasantly surprised Colin knew it, he was a bit surprised to see how into it the teen was getting. Even down to making the eerie Vincent Price monologue!
Oh god, they were really going for it, wasn't he? Carlos had to hand it to Colin, that took courage. Or a lot of booze, but that was out of the question for many reasons besides the obvious one. Soon enough however, they were both joining in on the singing from below the stage, doing a rather poor, admitedly attempt at the Thriller dance as well. Was Colin's singing on tune? They frankly couldn't care less, they were having too much fun with it regardless.
The pop song finally came to a close, the duo clapping loudly and whistling in approval as the other three came down from stage.
"Damn Colin, you handled it like a champ!" Carlos said with a hearthy laugh, patting Colin's shoulder while giving him a thumbs up. Either the song and dance had been that good, or the alcohol was starting to get to him. Didn't stop him from doing a double take at Colin's passing comment however. "Wait was it your first time? If so it could have fooled me."
"Bweheh, you guys are all freaking precious!" Dio added, cackling with joy as he saluted them with his now empty cup. "We so have to do this more often!"
"Agreed," Carlos noded, as he sat back down as well, before carefully taking the glass from the imp's swaying hand. "..but I reaaally think you should give the drinks a rest, Dio."
"...y-yeah you know what? Eff the drinks! I dun need that to have fun!" The imp nodded, with a grin, making exagerated arm gestures as he said so, perhaps to add more impact to what he was saying...though this ended up playing against him, as he quickly lost his balanca and landed rather close to Bellamy. Without skipping a beat however, he was quick to...hug (yes, hug) the other imp, snickering a bit as he did so. Was he doing this to save face or had his fall been deliberate? It was hard to tell, really.
"I-I just my brothers in arms...paws...gloves...whatever" He nodded as he said so, head going back and forth like a boat rocking in a cloudy day.
"...bros...forever." He added, a content smile as he did so, even if for some reason his tone sounded...uncharacteristically sad as he did.
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Post by Colin, Luke & Bellamy on Oct 15, 2018 8:47:10 GMT
As Bellamy cheered for Dio, he felt a feeling of camaraderie too. The Impmon realized deep down that, after everything, Dio was a digimon that had been through the same as him, not only in their trials in Old Terminus, but, possibly before. And, since Bellamy loved being cheered at by others, he thought that Dio might feel similarly pleased at being cheered at. Especially after that great performance.
And following that, when the time came to support his own partner, especially considering Colin's own nervousness of performing on stage, well, Bellamy did his very best to support him. As did Luke. And the end result was that of a young human showing the moves of another world. Since most of the digimon here approved of the presence of humans, they were pretty happy to see it happen. Some scowled, but none took notice, and they made no moves.
As for Colin himself, well, while he would have never performed that in front of his peers in Shibuya High, that he had done it in front of an audience of small furry or scaley digimon and still got a good reception, it felt really nice.
Colin beamed at Carlos's praise. "Heh, thanks... oh wow, I don't think I've ever done something like that" he admitted. Probably from all the cringe he had had to put up with his father's singing and his mother's dancing. Underneath it all, Colin had simply had the urge to entertain, and from there his energy had come. "Ah... gosh, yeah, that has actually been my first time doing that, wow" the young man admitted.
"See how great it is letting loose, eh?" Bellamy asked, grinning at him. The Impmon agreed with Dio, this was fantastic. Of course, perhaps not too much booze as to render the evening at an end. They would spare the floor for the time being to others, letting other patrons of the Caritas have their chance. Bellamy was about to order another non-alcoholic drink when Dio suddenly sat next to him and hugged him.
Bellamy realized at once how drunk Dio was, but at the same time, he appreciated it. "In Vino Veritas", the saying went, according to Luke anyway. And, well, Bellamy felt really happy to know that Dio liked him that much. In truth, Bellamy had more acquaintances than friends, normally he thought of other digimon as just those that had done Colin a good favor and so therefore he tolerated them too, but after what he had been through with Dio, he felt that he was something definitely more than that. Not quite of how he felt about Coronamon, but, definitely someone he felt was a valued friend.
Still, Dio seemed a little sad here. Bellamy didn't want that to hurt the other Impmon at this moment. "Yeah... we're bros, pal" he answered, patting his back. Not literal ones like he was with Luke, but, close friends. Now and always. Honestly, even though he was a little tipsy himself, well, he meant that.
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Post by Carlos Rey on Dec 11, 2018 4:50:12 GMT
As the imp practically threw himself to the other in a sudden bout of emotion, there was a short moment where the more rational, less drunk part of his brain practically screamed in terror as realization hit him, and doubts began swarming him. Had he been to rash and sudden? Would Bellamy mock him for showing himself being this vulnerable? Would he turn him away?
This all went away as soon as he felt Bellamy's hand patting him in the back reassuringly, Dio seeming a bit surprised for a moment, but completely relieved in the next one. Suddenly, it almost felt like doing this had been the right choice.
"Yeah, bros..." He repeated again, the words reassuring him and giving him solace. He didn't know really why but the simple mention of brothers was enough to elicit a rather powerful response from the imp, as if the word itself highlighted something inside of him. Something...missing? Yet somehow...it being used like this by his friend also gave him reassurance, and felt like things would be just fine, despite everything.
Of course, after a while Dio would finally get a hold of himself, and would finally separate from the other digimon, looking a bit embarrassed.
"A-apologies, I don't know what came over me..." He'd stammer a bit as he went back to his seat, rubbing his eyes a bit to clear the small (but noticeable) tears forming on his eyes. Geez, for a self proclaimed Dark Lord he was sure acting like a softie.
"You're ok, dude?" Carlos asked, somewhat worried about his partner's rather odd moodshift, but the imp simply replied with a shrug.
"Don't worry, I'm quite fine." He said, forcing a smile. It was clear he was trying not to worry him too much, and was doing his best to seem untroubled. He wouldn't be able to keep his face of calm for long however, and would look straight at the other impmon. After taking a long breath, he'd finally say,
"You're a nice guy Bellamy, and I'm glad I met you, even if the circumstances weren't ideal...or perhaps exactly because of that." He nodded, smiling. He'd slouch on his seat, his head now resting rather wearily on Carlos' side. "So glad in fact, I'll make it up to you someday...I'll make you Archduke of the Dark Area! How does that sound?" He said loudly and proudly, with an even wider smile. "...and you'll own a mansion made out of...smaller mansions and..." he paused for a moment to yawn, looking rather sleepy. He continued to trail off for a bit, sounding more and more tired by the minute, as he continued to name all the luxuries being rolalty could Bellamy probably get, before... "...a steed of diamondssss..." ...falling completely asleep on top of Carlos, even letting out a loud snoring sound as he did.
The man was a bit taken aback, but far from surprised. With all that booze, it was only a matter of time for his friend to run out of energy and decide to sleep. "Oh well." He said, gently patting the sleeping imp's head, chuckling softly. "Guess the Dark Lord's way past his bedtime, heh."
Taking one last sip from his now empty glass, he'd glance at the trio and simply smile warmly to them. "So guys, I know this might be sudden but...what Dio just said? I kinda share the sentiment: I'm grateful to have met you all, and not just because we kinda owe you our lives." It was true, the man still felt rather indebted to both Colin and the twins for not only making their first day on the DW a very informative one, but also helping them survive in a place they might have otherwise not survive in. Beyond that? Well, he simply enjoyed their company, that was about it really. And if Bellamy could hopefully be a positive influence on Dio? Well even better.
"What I'm saying is...I had a lot of fun, and I'm sure so did Dio. Maybe we could do this again someday?"
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Post by Colin, Luke & Bellamy on Dec 11, 2018 11:21:34 GMT
As Dio seemed to accept his embrace, Bellamy tried his best to conduct himself in a way that would make it purely platonic. Thus the most he would do here would be to pat Dio's arm in a gesture of reassurance. Bellamy was also glad that Colin and Luke didn't seem to pay much attention to this, it felt like something that was probably best not commented upon for the time being.
Bellamy chuckled at the apology that Dio gave. "It's okay, I'm pretty shitfaced myself, I won't tell anyone what happened here" he promised. Colin and Luke would hopefully enforce that.
While Bellamy was drunk, and Luke was a little tipsy too, Colin, completely sober, would at least hear Dio's words without question. Bellamy listened to what Dio had to say, most of it seemed to be drunken banter, but, he was glad to hear that Dio seemed to honestly like him. The Impmon was touched by this as well. He didn't really take this worldview seriously that someday Dio would take over the digital world and would make him an Archduke, but, the sentiment behind it felt nice. "Heh, thanks, if ya get to that point one day, I'd be happy to accept" Bellamy replied. And, even if this was just a silly charade, if Dio managed to achieve this goal, Bellamy at this moment would be honored to accept that post.
Then Dio passed out afterward. Bellamy sighed, supposing that meant the end of this awesome night. He supposed that was for the best. One or two more drinks would have done the same to him. And of course Colin and Luke seized upon this.
"Yeah, that's fine, we should probably call it a night here" Colin answered Carlos. "But first, uh, just double checking, do you have my Tamernet details?" he thought this was important here. Colin regarded Carlos and Dio as allies here, and he thought it would be important to add them to his contact list, in case they needed help down the line.
Once that was sorted out, Colin would aim to wind things down. Luke was thankfully sober enough to walk by himself. Bellamy was not. And so Colin would be tasked to leave Caritas carrying the Impmon in his arms. Not that he minded, Bellamy didn't weigh much.
"Well then, glad to catch up with you guys again" Colin said to Carlos and Dio. "We'll see you around some time" he promised, then, after opening a portal, returned back to base on Earth, where they would recover and continue on as usual.
[Thread Exit]
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