Log:Voice of an Angel, Scene 1

Voice of an Angel 2012/01/23 	 Flyne Lorelei Shadow Star Girl Cobalt 1

Location
The Coliseum was always impressively large, but the renovated stadium is breathtaking. It stretches in a vast oval, with the narrow ends climbing to a greater height, giving the impression of a great ship; from this "bow" and "stern" lights shine down upon the arena. Large screens relay any action too remote to see directly.

Scene
It's a big music show night at Colonial Bay City's Coliseum. The lead act are the Warlocks, a techno-rock band who have been stars of the genre for years. Some critics have, admittedly, claimed their performances haven't been as fresh and powerful of late but they still sell-out a venue. Other supporting acts are the White Sound Trio, and appearing for the first time in the USA, Chrome Angel.

Everyone who's anyone is attending. The Mayor is there, along with most of the A-list celebs in Virgina, and a sell-out audience of 60,000.

Music is something that Jeremy actually pays good attention to, even more than school work or heroing really. This concert he's had tickets to since they went on sale... some advantages to being able to fly really really fast after all. He's not in costume for the concert, he's waited in line and everything else. For now, he's just a teenager, if an odd one.

Casey is in the crowd with a few friends from the university. Techno-rock isn't really her thing, but hanging out is. . o O ( Who knows -- I might even like it. )

"I can't wait." One girl is telling her friends as they wait in line behind Jeremy. "The Warlocks! Like, wow! I have all their chips."

"Who's the White Sound Trio?" one of the group of girls asks.

Lorelei pretty much has to be here, as it's a place one has to be seen. She is, moreover, in the company of a fae gentleman who desires to experience this aspect of human musical culture. Though Lorelei is beginning to suspect he's more interested in her, or possibly her rank.

"Oh, they're a rock-jazz group. Okay, I guess, if you like that kind of stuff."

Jeremy looks over his shoulder, "They don't really mix with the techno-industrial sounds of the other bands but... if they've got a good lead who knows. Killer voice can carry a band easy as a beat can."

"You really know all the bands don't you, Macri. Who's Chrome Angel?" another girl asks.

Flyne is here clinging to something up high away from the crowd. Flyne's simply interested in why so many people would gather at such an event, and even more interested in all the different smells of all the different people. Either way though, it still doesn't like to be near so many different people, thus it's somewhere away from them.

The girls see Jeremy and giggle, "Wow. You're Cobalt, aren't you?"

Lorelei is escorted to the VIP box, seats close to the Mayor.

Lord Lanrannin seems entertained watching the great mass of natives, though a wrinkle to his nose suggests he doesn't think much of their smell.

Back with Jeremy, the girl who was asked about Chrome Angel shrugs, "Never heard of them before. Anyone?"

Lorelei handles the tricky matter of introducing Lanrannin, who expects formal greetings, to various VIPs who are used to being rather more informal.

Jeremy winks at the girls and lifts a finger to his lips, "Ssssh, I'm in disguise." He says playfully, "Just Jeremy tonight." .oO (I hope... to bad IG couldn't come...) Then he snaps out of his momentary thoughtfulness, "Nah never heard of them. I'm guessing they're some euro-industrial group. At least I'm hoping." He smiles.

The mayor is his usual friendly to people who matter self and chats politely with Lanrannin, expressing curiousity as to whether the Fae has heard modern human popular music before and saying he'd be interested in Lanrannin's opinion after the show.

Flyne also didn't get a ticket, and decided to simply sneak in. This being done by going up the walls of the coliseum, over the top, and down into it from there. Hopefully there weren't any security guards up there making sure people didn't do that. That said, Flyne isn't the easiest of creatures to spot regardless.

The audience makes its way to seats, the Coliseum quickly filling. The noise level grows with numbers of course, excellent acoustics boosting the ambient sounds.

Casey talks amongst her friends in line. Neel, a nerdy Indian guy from her Alien Studies classes, and Tiff, a goth looking girl with a Warlocks tour t-shirt.

Jeremy sighs as it seems a seating only, "Maaaan, what a bummer. No mosh pit." Of course /he/ would like a mosh pit...

Lorelei finds herself trying to explain electronics to Lanrannin, are rather wishes she understood the science better herself. . o O (Bad as trying to explain magic to humans....)

Tiff says, "Seriously, Case -- this show is gonna make your head explode. You'll be hooked."

"Uh, sure," Casey says in response, a little distracted. o O ( Is that Cobalt? Forgot to thank him for the day trip to Australia. Well... next time I see him as Star Girl, I will... )

The stage lights come on and the first act out is the White Sound Trio. Two guys and a girl, dressed country style. One guy on drums, one on a syth keyboard, and the girl playing a sax. It's an instrumental set, jazz-rock, and brilliant if that's your kind of music.

"Well that explains the lack of mosh pit." Jeremy says to anyone whom might be near by enough to hear him. Since it's not really his thing, he ends up lounging in his seat and just waiting for the rest of the show.

The noise quietens to almost nothing during the White Sound Trio set. Then the group finishes to the sound of cheering and clapping, and the audience noise swells back up as the stage lights go out for the change over to the next act.

The group of girls behind Jeremy in the line weren't lucky enough to have tickets for the seats next to him, but they are waving to him from several rows back and over on his left.

Lanrannin seems to perfer the quieter music. But he watches and listens throughout with great attentiion. He even tries to join in the human-style clapping and cheering.

Casey claps too. During the break between acts, she starts to check her PDA.

Flyne, with its hands already in use, doesn't clap. It just kinda stays where its at.

Jeremy looks around out of... well lack of anything else to do. The problem with having only a few friends is you don't have anyone to go to concerts with if even one or two can't make it. Still he waves over towards the girls, hopefully so they stop pointing him out as in a crowd like this he almost feels normal.

Lanrannin does in one break asks Lorelei, in the fae language, "I know humans are hard of hearing, but do they really need their music this loud?"

The stage lights come on again. In the middle of the stage holding a microphone is a single female. She's silver-skinned, a reflective skin like chrome, and dressed in a silver figure hugging dress. She has angel's wings beating slowly behind her back.

"Oh wow!" Casey says. She leans over to ask Tiff: "Who's that again? That outfit is totally wow."

"Chrome Angel," Tiff says. "She's big overseas."

The girl starts singing... and the audience noise cuts off sharply as people are captivated by her voice, the purity of a nightingale, a voice that seems to speak directly to the inner soul.

Jeremy blinks, "Are those real wings? Is she a meta or is that just a really kick butt costume..." He stands up though, wanting to get a good look and also so he can hear her singing better.

Lorelei listens, rapt.

Within seconds, the only sound is the girl's singing. The audience is hushed completely. She's singing a ballard, her voice clear as church bells ringing out.

Flyne also seems intriged by the singing, though it stays put where its at.

Lanrannin leans over to whisper quietly into Lorelei's ear, "I wasn't aware you had a twin sister." and looks questioningly at Lorelei.

Lorelei whispers back, "I don't!" And peers more closely at the singer.

Crome Angel comes to the end of her first number... and the crowd stays silent for long seconds after she stops... before exploding in applause, standing as one and clapping until the Coliseum is echoing with it.

"Ok, that's not Euro-Industrial, but I'll take it." Jeremy says to himself as he stands and claps with everyone else. He can appreciate beauty as much as the next 17 year old guy for sure.

Lorelei joins the applause, but is still puzzled by Lanrannin's comment. She asks the mayor if she can borrow his opera glasses.

Casey looks over to her friend Tiff. "You're right -- I'm hooked!" She claps enthusiastically.

The singer stands in the lights, as if soaking in the applause, for almost a minute. Then she lifts her microphone again and the audience sound stops as if cut off by a knife.

Flyne still keeps on just simply existing where its at. Though despite not showing it, its still moved by the music.

The mayor nods absently and hands his opera glasses over to Lorelei.

Lorelei frowns. "But she is a doppel, surely...."

Crome Angel starts singing again, a intricate vocal melody in a minor key, the words fluid and almost musical notes in themselves, the language unknown to all but two of the audience and maybe a scholar or two, although those would hardly be at such an event.

Knowing the fae language, Lorelei can hear Chrome Angel is singing a love song, wishing her lover would return to her.

Jeremy listens rapt with attention as he might have listened to Enya, enjoying the sound even if he hasn't a clue what she's actually saying. Either way... she's made a convert.

Lorelei glances at Lanrannin, then back to Chrome Angel. She's only aware of one doppel that is reported normally to have wings - but she's pretty sure from behaviour it's not her. At least, she *really* hopes not. But she definitely want to talk to her"

Chrome Angel has the audience entralled, sixty thousand people listening to her with rapt attention, emotion streaming from them towards the girl in the center of the stage.

Casey reaches to wipe something from her cheek. She looks at her fingers. Tears? She didn't realize she was crying. She rubs her eyes and listens to the performance.

The light coming through the open roof dims, as if a cloud was passing overhead. Virtually nobody notices though, so intent and rapt on the song and singer.

Lorelei thinks. o O (Wait a second - mustn't get too much into it. Could be she's pulling something, like Glamour did.... Though it's an amazing performance...)

On the roof of the Coliseum, Flyne smells something strange, like the air around a fire. Not smoke but the sharpness of air heated to incredible temperatures. It's coming from above him, above the Coliseum.

Flyne looks above itself, up into the sky. Flyne tilts its head, as it climbs to the ground. Once there, Flyne allows its claws to deform as bat-like wings sprout along its arms. After they finish forming, Flyne lifts off into the sky, looking to get a closer look at what's causing that smell.

As Flyne flies upwards, above him, just for an instant, terrible light and heat flares out from a area of the sky high over the Coliseum. Then the light and heat is gone... and there's a hundred and eighty feet of flying jet black dragon, smoke curling up from its scales.

In the Coliseum only a few notice when the sky through the open roof flares a bright as a photographic flash, and for as short a time. Seconds later a pulse of warmth follows as heated air expands down into the Coliseum, although no hotter than a summer day by that point.

Normally, Jeremy'd just be down for listening to the music. The flare of light however makes him think that there might be a laser light show or something as is common at many concerts and he looks up. "Now that's not something you see every day." The teenager says to nobody in particular, suitably distracted by the humongous black dragon. He looks around, then looks back up, perhaps trying to decide if it's a threat or part of the show. Nah, must be part of the show!

Casey's eyes widen as she looks up at the sky. o O ( I don't think that's part of the show. ) She excuses herself and starts looking for somewhere to change.

Flyne just simply gazes in awe of the beast, not sure of what to do. It mutters something to itself, then wishes it could do something about it. Flyne looks around to try to find something to alert everyone in the place about this terrifying development

For those who noticed and looked up, the dragon is starting to descend towards the Coliseum.

Lorelei looks up at the change of light... . o (A dragon?!) She stares a moment, to make sure all is as it appears.

Jeremy is still not paying enough attention it seems, or doesn't think the dragon is real or a threat or something. He's just listening to the singer!

Flyne takes it upon itself to dive /right/ for the singer. Flyne wants everyone to know about this yesterday. It can't think of any better plan at the moment.

The dragon roars, "DUN-KEL-ZAN!" in a voice that is loud enough to make the Coliseum vibrate as it continues its descent. Crome Angel continues singing, now holding a single note of piercing intensity as her face lifts to the sky.

With everyone mesmerized by Angel, Casey finds a spot in a stairwells to change into her costume.

In front of Jeremy a nerdy looking guy explains to his friend, "It's lasers. They do everything with lasers."

Flyne stops diving for a second as the dragon roars, then simply looks to the crowd to see their reactions."

Lorelei doesn't know if she'll be any use against a dragon. But she says, "Dragon!" to Lanrannin - she doesn't know how he is an a fight, but most fae men, especially the nobility, have some ability - and starts moving to a point where the dragon will be able to see her clearly.

Faces everywhere in the Coliseum lift after the dragon roar, but most seem to entralled by the song Crome Angel is singing to react. There's a few screams but no mass panic.

Jeremy must think this is a very cool stage show because he cheers as the dragon roars along with probably others! Especially since the singer isn't reacting in any apparent fear... though she could be locked into one note like that...

Flyne then resumes diving, aiming to grab the singer and take her for a flight.

Star Girl comes out of the tunnel and into the stands again. She tries to find Jeremy. "Cobalt!"

The dragon closes its wings to pass through the roof opening and then spreads them again. A single downbeat batters at the ears with thunder as the dragon slows its descent and comes to a landing in front of the singer...

Flyne accellerates, and tries to ram /straight into the dragon/. Though if it comes anywhere close it'll be a miracle.

The dragon roars again as Flyne slams into its back, jerking at the impact but not getting driven to the ground. Then, as a stunned Flyne rolls off the scaly back... the dragon shrinks, changing form, until there's a jet black skinned man in black scaled armor standing in its place. Crome Angel ends the sustained note, and steps forward into the arms of the man. The two embrace and kiss.

The audience come to their feet, yelling and shouting and clapping, "What a show!" "Fantastic." "It's lasers I tell you."

Flyne just drops from the sky after hitting the dragon, stunned from the powerful attack. As it falls it thinks o O (Flyne needs to ramming into things...) Though Flyne is still awake.

Star Girl reaches Jeremy's seat. "Hey Cobalt... Hunh, maybe I got all dressed up for nothing."

Lorelei thinks. o O (Part of the show? Oops. Still, he *is* a dragon...)

Jeremy is one of those cheering along with the others though when the dragon gets attacked and shudders he looks towards the source and frowns. when Star shows up he blinks, "Star? Hey! Looks like someone is trying to mess up the show though!" He shouts to her.

Shadow has been enjoying the show from one of those random places that only Ninja's visit, you know... tops of screens, things like that. So, when the alien attacks the dragon he frowns behind his mask. "That was most definately not planned."

The scream of rage from the stage door is unheard in the thunderous applause as the five members of the Warlocks band burst through it. A moment later stunned silence comes as one of the Warlocks lifts a hand and throws a ball of lightning at the embracing duo. "Upstage US! You silver skinned bitch! Die!" he yells.

"What the -- ?!" Star says. "The Warlocks... are really Warlocks?"

"Looks like." Jeremy says, angry now, "Not cool." And a halo of blue energy flashes into being around him as he reaches out to try and take hold of Star's hand, "Hold on, I'll get us there."

Star Girl takes Cobalt's hand.

Shadow jumps off the top of the sign, his descent slow and controlled as he aims to appear behind the warlock's.

The ball of lightning strikes the embracing figures and sends them hurled backwards in leaping arcs of electricty. They strike the ground and lay motionless,

Lorelei makes her way to the stage as fast as she can, leaping as needed over the heads of the audience....

Jeremy takes hold of Star Girls' hand when she takes his and in a burst of cobalt blue energy Jeremy launches them into the air and over towards the stage in a flash placing himself and Star Girl in between the downed performers and the Warlocks. "Not cool, you guys are supposed to have some class!" He shouts as he comes to a landing and lets go of Star Girl's hand so she can do... whatever it is she wants to do. Even as he is landing however chaotic energy boils up from inside and then consumes Cobalts eyes before he unleashes a cone of brilliant blue energy at the Warlocks, trying to catch as many of them as he can!

The leading Warlock who hasn't acted raises a hand and shouts. An energy wall of electrical discharges appears between them and Cobalt.

The electrical barrier shields the band members from Cobalt's attack.

Spreading out to get out from behind the electrical wall, the three Warlocks who haven't acted to this point release balls of lightning at Cobalt, Star Girl, and Lorelei.

Star Girl stands besides Cobalt. "Wait! You guys are angry because she's a good singer? Definition of lame, guys. Just knock it off -- you have like a whole stadium of fans waiting for you -- Woah!"

Jeremy takes the blast of lightning to the chest, not even trying to avoid it and he slides a few meters back on the stage before he comes to a stop. "Aww man... my shirt!" He looks at the warlock who threw it. "I am /so/ taking that out of your hide!" The blue skinned teenager says bitterly.

Two of the lightning balls hit. The last, aimed at Star Girl, misses the hero and blows through a highly expensive speaker, ironically one with a Warlock's logo on it.

Lorelei barely manages to land on her feet after being hit by the blast.

Shadow ceases his fall, and instead teleports behind the main warlock behind the wall, curtains between the two of them despite the close distance.

Lorelei recovers her composure, and, knowing she has the attention of at least one of the Warlocks, poses for him. "That's not upstaging - now this *is* upstaging."

Smitten by Lorelei's stunning pose the Warlock drops his hands, standing slack faced and dazed.

Star Girl tries grabbing the Warlock who tried to shoot her.

The Warlock evades Star Girl's grip as she stumbles on a fragment of the blasted loudspeaker.

Flyne shakes its head and gets up. Flyne looks around, and decides to continue with its previous course of action. It goes for flying over to grab Crome and fly away.

Flyne heads off /away/ from Warlock, aiming to get her out of their reach, given that she's the target.

Jeremy is still standing, having not been knocked off his feet really by that lightning bolt, just slid back away from them a little bit, "That's the best you've got? Seriously? Give up now and I won't have to break you all like little twigs. Your performing days are over."

The lead singer of the Warlocks screams in rage at Cobalt's disparaging comment. Then he shouts, "G-minor chord." One of the Warlocks throws a lightning ball at another. The second catches it and throws it at the third. The third at the lead singer, the ball becoming brighter and more energetic with each pass.

As the lightning balls come in Jeremy's eyes flare into brilliant blue energy and he shoots rapid fire four beams of energy at the lightning balls. Three get tagged and dispersed by the chaotic energy but the fourth gets through and slams into Jeremy's chest, zappppp. With a grunt Jeremy gets flung backwards and he smashes into the raised stage! But, "Gotta do better than that punks..."

Star Girl watches Cobalt get blasted. She turns back to the Warlocks, eyelet's narrowed and a little angry. She puts her hands together and fires a blast of energy at the Warlocks frontman.

The Warlock targeted by Star Girl hurriedly lifts a hand to raise an electrical barrier in front of himself. The barrier bends under Star Girl's attack but doesn't go down.

Shadow appears behind the Leader, and strikes hard.

The leader of the warlocks' turns around as shadow appears behind him, however the Ninja manages to land a solid punch that propells him forward, where he hits his own barrier.

Struck by Shadow's Heron strike the Warlock's lead singer is slammed into the electrical barrier he just erected to block Star Girl's attack and crumbles at the foot of it looking dazed.

Lorelei keeps posing for the one drooling Warlock - if she can take him out of the fight the odds are better.

Flyne searchs for a place somewhere around the area that's out of LoS with the Warlocks, and not crowd-reachable to put Chrome. After which, it'd start flying back towards the stage.

Jeremy continues to stay where he is, down on the stage, not even trying to get up yet as he watches the battle field adjust to the ebb and flow of battle. For now though... no point in standing up if he might just get knocked down again. Better to wait...

The Warlock's drummer shouts, "Drumroll!" and the four active Warlocks lift hands and throw balls of lightning at a point in the air above and between them. The balls merge together and then explode in a thundering blast of sound.

Star Girl dives out of the way of the thunderblast.

Shadow advances after the leader, unwilling to let him get away, even if the rest of the group can still lead. The head certainly needs to be cut off to prevent all the teamwork these people are doing.

Jeremy stays on the ground even as the sound blast washes over him and he smirks, "C'mon..." And then in a flash of blue energy Jeremy is launching himself into the air again. He closes the distance in an instant, positioning himself so that he can tag Warlocks, without being blocked by a barrier this time! "You shouldn't have given up your day jobs." F-KOOM! A blast of energy cuts through the air in another wide cone aimed at the Warlocks!

Two of the Warlocks are hit by Cobalt's cone and sent tumbling.

Another Warlock is struck by Shadow and sent flying across the space to land in a limp heap on the stage.

Lorelei tries once again to put this Warlock down for the counts. . o O (I must be losing my touch... he shouldn't still be standing!

Lorelei smiles as the guy falls unconscious with a happy look on his face. She turns to find a new target.

Flyne flies back toward them aiming to grab one of them and fly off with that one too.

Jeremy blinks as the purple alien zips by and he glares hard .oO (Later... take it out later. People at risk right here.) And Jeremy's attention focuses on the two whom he knocked down last time. His eyes burn with cobalt energy before they unleash another blast at the pair hoping to take them out of the fight for good.

After Cobalt's second cone the two affected look frazzled around the edges. One of the pair shouts, "Finale, last chord, no encore!" and the three conscious Warlocks explode into human shaped lightning. Then flash away to the nearest piece of electrical sound gear and vanish inside it.

Lorelei sighs. "Got away. But was this really about the other act?"

Jeremy smirks as they bail, "Well, they just went from international rock stars, to international criminals. Poor career move if you ask me..." He looks over towards Lorelei and blushes deep purple before he looks away, "Well we've got two of them to question. Lets get this electrical gear away from them before they wake up!"

Star Girl looks around. "Everyone ok?"

Flyne is a bit startled by the telepoting Warlock, but shakes it head and heads back to where it put Chrome, grab her, then heads back to where all of the heroes are. After Flyne returns, Flyne nods at Star, "Flyne thinks so." Flyne puts Chrome back down.

Shadow glances around, "I am fine, thank you for asking." He says with a bow to Lorelei, then he peers around, "I'm not sure..." he looks around for any other possible motive.

Lorelei spots someone in the audience and heads that direction.

"We need some paramedics for the performers!" Cobalt calls to the crew who is hopefully nearby still, after all, the angel and the dragon are still down after being mega-blasted by the Warlocks!

Chrome is starting to show signs of coming back to consciousness.

"Yes, Cobalt. We'll get the Coliseum's doctor here right away."

Lorelei says, "Morlock. Fancy meeting you here..."

Shadow follows after Lorelei, although he isn't sure who Morlock is... some sort of angry piece of granite?

Star Girl walks over to Cobalt and holds her hand up for a high-five. "Not too shabby... Even though I hardly did anything."

"They're fine, Flyne can sense damage in people. They're just knocked out, not actually hurt. There's no need for doctors." Flyne explains.

The dwarf looks up. He's sitting on a raised platform on the seat so his head is level with everyone around him. "Ah. Lorelei. Yes, this is a surprise, isn't it?"

Lorelei says, "So tell me.... did you have anything to do with this little altercation?"

Jeremy was going to high five Star Girl back but then Flyne talks and Jeremy's demeanor changes from generally alright to, less than alright. "Doctors." He says flatly, "You, whatever you are, can't be trusted. Ever." He even moves to interpose himself between Flyne and the downed performers.

Morlock smiles, "Not at all. I'm here to listen to the music." Prehaps hoping Lorelei wouldn't notice, he slips a clenched hand, probably with some small item held in his palm, into his jacket pocket.

Shadow glances at Lorelei, "Friend of yours?" He asks the other woman, he hangs back a little from the far more charismatic person.

Star Girl shrugs and offers: "He got them to safety during the fight, right?"

"Flyne's not here to stand in your way or against you Cobalt. Nor is Flyne here to cause trouble." Flyne states, "Flyne isn't your enemy. Though Flyne made an error in judgement and must face the consequences. Do as you will." Flyne does nothing to interfer with Cobalt's moving between it and the performers.

Lorelei leans forward. "That seems a bit coincidental to me...."

Morlock starts to perspire a little as Lorelei leans over him, his eyes drifting to barely hidden areas.

"That's good because I don't really need that much more reason to drop your @$$ off on pluto and leave you there." Jeremy says to Flyne and clenches his hands into fists. He looks towards Star, "This, alien thing, attacked me to defend a villain." He shakes his head, "It can't be trusted." But, at least, he doesn't actually go to grab Flyne and drop it off on Pluto thankfully. All the stuff with the crowd and Lorelei completely out of sight and mind for the teenager now.

Lorelei palms the object for now. "Are you sure you've mothing more to tell me?"

Morlock stutters, "I... I'm just doing some talent scouting."

Lorelei says, "I see. And did you see any interesting talent?"

Morlock manages a smile, "Oh, yes."

Shadow peers between Lorelei and Morlock and then shakes his head. . o O (Stupid Gaijin sleezebag)

Chrome twitches and then opens her eyes, "Dunkelzan?" she asks worriedly, trying to sit up and look around.

Lorelei sighs. "Well, let's just say from now on I'll be keeping an eye out for coincidences involving you. I hope there won't be any more." And she turns, and goes to see how Chrome is. Before Morlock notices what she took from his pocket.

Star Girl frowns, a little upset by the stand-off between Flyne and Cobalt. Chrome's awakening is a welcome diversion. "Hey," Star says, walking over to Chrome and kneeling beside her. "Don't try to move. Let the docs check you out..." After a moment she adds, "Great show, by the way."

Chrome rests on an elbow, "Dunkelzan? How is Dunkelzan?"

Flyne at Star, "Flyne attacked Cobalt to defend someone that was helping us." Flyne looks back at Cobalt, "Dumping me on pluto is your threat? Flyne has already lost just about everything it ever cared for. It's lost is entire culture, its family, its indentity, its everything. You try to survive for a week in Flyne's society with only knowledge of how to speak the language and see what it's like trying to adapt to a new world of which you know little to nothing about. In Flyne's home, there aren't 'heroes' and 'villains', there are those who do as they are told and those who do not. We are forced to defend ourselves through whatever means possibly. Pardon Flyne for not being able to understand human 'morallity' immediately. Flyne has realized since that this is a totally different world with much different rules to how things and learned from past mistakes. Anyway, there are more important things to do." Flyne isn't too happy, this is obvious.

Shadow walks back with Lorelei, he eyes the Alien and shakes his head, he's on Cobalt's side of this debate, disgusting aliens. He nods to Cobalt, ignoring Flyne's diatribe about moving to a new culture. "How is she?" He says pointing to Chrome and the Black armor clad figure.

"Maybe you shoulda stayed there then." Jeremy snaps back at Flyne, "You know what... screw this noise. All you do is make excuses without ever once offering an apology. You don't belong here. I wouldn't be surprised if it was you who attacked the dragon on its way down for the performance! I saw it get hit, just didn't see what did it!" He shakes his head and blue energy flashes into being around Jeremy before the teenager launches himself skywards off the stage and once high enough, a boom as the sound barrier breaks. Jeremy's gone.

Flyne sighs, shakes its head, and heads off as well. It thinks to itself o O (Flyne is going to regret what its done. But what does it really have to lose?)

Lorelei checks on her doppelganger and the dragon.

Chrome is conscious. Her eyes widen when she sees Lorelei, "By the Spirits of the Land and Air. You're me." she says - in Fae.

Lorelei responds in the same language, "And you're me. Or a doppelganger - where are you from?"

Chrome switches back to English, "Should we speak this tongue so your friends may understand us? Dunkelzan and I are from a neighbouring plane of reality. I came here from my people's new home to save Dunkelzan. How is he? Nobody will tell me."

Lorelei says, "I don't know, I was gong to check on him next - just a minute..."

Lorelei goes to check just that.

The dragonman in black armor is still out cold. Not injured but he was on low stun from Flyne's action before he got hit by the Warlock's lead singer.

Lorelei says, "He's out, but I don't think he's otherwise injured."

Star Girl watches Jeremy disappear into the sky. "Still haven't thanked him. Shoot."

Chrome sighs in relief, "Praise the Spirits. I could not have borne losing him again."

Shadow glances between the two Lorelei's and shakes his head, "Powerful Kami to have taken such hits and be uninjured."

Lorelei nods and smiles. "I'm glad you found him - but how did you meet? I haven't met his double in this world."

Lorelei can't help but be curious.

Chrome says, "In the mountains of Solitude. I was on a spirit quest and Dunkelzan was guardian of the Temple of the Seven Peaks. We knew as soon as me met each other that we were born to be soulmates."

Lorelei doesn't recongise those places. And - well, a fae and a dragon seems improbable, given what she knows of history. But - she certainly seems to love him... "Sounds like something from a romance."

Chrome winces, "Please. Don't remind me. Some flea-ridden Drow author wrote a dreadful novel about us. It was full of lies and falsehoods but it sold millions of copies and many people believed what was written in it."

Lorelei says, "Ugh... I thought the gossip magazine were bad enough."

Star Girl hmms, looking back and forth between Lorelei and Chrome. o O ( Near as I can guess, they're the same person, just from other dimensions... Wonder if there's another version of me wandering out there. Hm. I always wanted a sister... )

Lorelei says, "Now you've found each other - will you be leaving again?"

Chrome nods, "As soon as we can. There is much to do to make our people's new home fit for inhabitation. We should be there helping. But we cannot leave without an event such as this. It takes great effort to open the passage between realities. The emotions of this many people are sufficient but not any lower numbers."

Star Girl smiles. "Wow. So the concert... it was some kind of ritual?"

Shadow says, "And the... boy band ruined this? Or was it sufficent for your cause?"

Lorelei says, "I see. I wondered how you would cross, since the paths never lead to worlds where there are doppels...."

Chrome shakes her head. "No. It was a concert. But the emotions released were sufficient to allow me to open a way for Dunkelzan to come to me."

Lorelei says, "I was sure, when I heard you sing that song, that you were truly seeking a lost love."

Chrome nods.

Lorelei says, "So - now you'll need another concert to leave? You spoke of a new home - where is that? What became of the old home?"

Star Girl says, "What language were you speaking earlier? Normally my suit can translate stuff, but this time I got zilch."

Lorelei says, "That's the fae language - you know, like they speak in Undermoon."

Chrome tells you, "Yes. We will need another event like this. Our sun exploded. We knew it was going to happen. The Old Ones had foreseen it many years ago. In time for us to find a new reality unoccupied by others. Everyone was leaving, but one of the passageways became blocked. Dunkelzan went to fly the people waiting there to another passageway. But instead of going through it he tried to return to the one I was going through. But he.. he didn't make it back in time. "

Shadow says, "And then he survived a sun blowing up?" He tries to decide if Chrome and the lot are aliens or Kami, they talk about being from another world... all this of course is hidden behind his mask, "And these lightning friends of yours? Do you know where they come into play/"

Star Girl says, "I'd totally come to hear you sing again, Angel!"

Lorelei says, "I see.... so much can be lost in the shifting of the ways, I know. The first home of the fae is lost forever, so they say - at least in our worlds."

Chrome shakes her head, "Nobody can survive a sun blowing up. Well, nobody I know of. When I opened the passage I had to open it across the realities and back in time to before he was burned. That's why I had to come here, to your reality. I needed to be closer to our old reality than our new home is if I was to open the passage far enough back in time."

Lorelei says, "And why you needed a concert so big!"

Lorelei looks at the object still palmed in her hand.

Chromes answers Shadow, "I did not know them, the Warlocks, until I saw them backstage tonight."

The device is a simple gray box about the size of a TV remote. It has an on/off switch, a single green LED light that is glowing. Beside the light is a label - Voice Match Indicator.

Shadow nods his head, "Okay so... you had this planned, why didn't you tell anyone? Who did you tell, someone must have known or else... this surprise wouldn't have happened."

Chrome says, "The Warlocks were frightened. They have been frightened a long time I think. They were also using chemicals. On the surface they pretended to be fearless and confident but beneath it they were scared they had lost the power to hold a audience. And the more scared they became the more chemicals they used. I... I have an ability to know those things after meeting someone for a short period of time."