Comments | mparkerceo: Gen!Con: Arlington, Virginia, Marriot Hotel

mparkerceo

Gen!Con: Arlington, Virginia, Marriot Hotel

Apr 21, 2007 13:11

Parker looked around and stared, and then put her face in her hands.

"It's a scifi Con!?"

Apparently, the nice convention they'd been booked in to play was hosting fans of Galaxy Quest, Strifenova Celestial, Bitterwoman, Wormhole X-Treme, Space Battles, Lost City, Wraithmist, Mr. What and every other scifi TV show and movie on the planet ( Read more... )

bigfoot, tom the exec, zero, hannelore, teal dear, anders, dean, parker, angela, billy, isabel, teddy, last show, xander, chad, flitzy, alec, z, jack, tailypo, river

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The Convention mparkerceo April 21 2007, 19:15:56 UTC

Full of costumed people trying to buy fake blasters and arguing if that guy in Space Battles was really dating his mentor off-screen or not.

Re: The Convention swerval_zero April 21 2007, 20:06:13 UTC

"It's a scifi Con!" Zero cried gleefully.

Re: The Convention mparkerceo April 21 2007, 20:10:13 UTC

Parker put her sunglasses on, staring around them. "I should have realized. Flitzy wrote me that 'all her friends' were coming plus 'those guys we met at your gig in Wheeling', but I just didn't put it together." She facepalmed. "We're playing to the geekest of the geek."

Re: The Convention swerval_zero April 21 2007, 23:16:12 UTC

"My people!" Zero called, flinging her arms open as if to embrace the convention as a whole.

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Teal Dear Suite, and Mr. Recording Executive mparkerceo April 21 2007, 19:16:46 UTC

From Top Vinyl, waiting for the band at their suite with pizza. Miss Convention Organizer is expected shortly.

Re: Teal Dear Suite, and Mr. Recording Executive bookyeve April 21 2007, 20:20:21 UTC

Tom, aka Mr. Recording Executive, is here. He has his happy face on. But he's looking a tad nervous.

"Okay, so... half your band are substitutes tonight?"

Re: Teal Dear Suite, and Mr. Recording Executive swerval_zero April 21 2007, 20:28:34 UTC

"Not substitutes, so much as temporary--" or not so temporary-- "replacements!" Zero said brightly. "Think of them as...Teal Dear 2.0."

Re: Teal Dear Suite, and Mr. Recording Executive bookyeve April 21 2007, 20:29:56 UTC

"Temporary," Tom said slowly. "Okay. And you're sure the music will have the same sound? How long have these guys been replacing Pippi and Nadia?"

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Pre-show set-up mparkerceo April 21 2007, 19:17:24 UTC

With Roadies and fans and the band and occasionally a very confused businessman wandering through the atrium of the Marriott.

Re: Pre-show set-up cantgetnorelief April 21 2007, 21:36:49 UTC

Yep, here was Anders, hauling boxes of equipment, doing his roadie thing, and muttering imprecations at the Strifenova Celestial fans.

"Bad enough they got Triad and Pyramid confused, but the jock-turned-resistance leader gets no love from these fans, what the frak?"

Re: Pre-show set-up bookyeve April 21 2007, 23:15:10 UTC

A couple guys in biking leathers who Anders might recognize wander by. One of them stops and frowns at him, looking like he's trying to remember something.

Re: Pre-show set-up cantgetnorelief April 21 2007, 23:24:46 UTC

Anders raised an eyebrow at the biker guys. "Oh, hi," he said, the picture of innocence. "Anything I can help you with?"

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Teal Dear Perform & Record! mparkerceo April 21 2007, 19:18:04 UTC

The band plays!

[set list by Zero, but the band can check in early]

Re: Teal Dear Perform & Record! swerval_zero April 21 2007, 20:23:36 UTC

Questing For Fun
It’s Called a Phone
Chupacabra*
Cuddlebug (Teal Dear Remix)**
Meow
The Pirates and the Ninjas
I Live My Life With 12-Sided Dice
Try Not to Die (Moron)
What Was That? (West Virginia Woods, 3 AM)
Magic Missile
News Squirrels Tell No Tales
Kicking Trolls

Encore: The Lightning Bug Theme
Encore 2.0: Freebird

*By Yasutora "Chad" Sado
**Lyrics by Dave Sterling, Music by Zero Hopeless-Savage

Re: Teal Dear Perform & Record! swerval_zero April 21 2007, 20:24:23 UTC

"Hello, everyone!" Zero said as she took the stage. "I'm Zero Hopeless-Savage, and this is Teal Dear. We don't look the same as some of you may remember us, but--look, free T-shirts!"

Re: Teal Dear Perform & Record! x5_alec April 22 2007, 01:57:37 UTC

Alec had gone for the tight shirt and even tighter jeans, following Zero onto the stage and taking up the guitar, carefully tuning it as he waited to start.

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Audience Reaction! mparkerceo April 21 2007, 19:18:38 UTC

Some of these people have been fans all year. Some of them don't know what the heck's going on.

Re: Audience Reaction! bookyeve April 21 2007, 20:01:09 UTC

There's a guy in the back, shifting back and forth from foot to foot, holding up a lighter.

"Awesome costume, man."

The guy merely nods, and hugs his little... pet? Closer to his chest, so he doesn't get crushed by the crowd.

Re: Audience Reaction! moonbrain_tam April 21 2007, 20:04:44 UTC

River was making her way through the crowd, trying to get to the front of the stage, when she noticed the man carrying a small animal. She leaned closer.

"Hello?" she said, addressing the animal rather than the man.

Re: Audience Reaction! bookyeve April 21 2007, 20:06:40 UTC

"Taily-po!" It said to her in a mournful little voice, blinking huge eyes at her. "Wants my taily po!"

In spite of the tone, River might have been able to pick up, in order: enjoyment, excitement, a case of the munchies, fear of falling, and glee in the music.

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