Swift and the guys grabbed the already drunk Grimm and brought him to table in front of the stage. The first performer was Queen D and her guild of entertainers. It was a burlesque show with a video game theme. Every performer would cosplay a character and slowly reveal more and more skin while moving to the beat of the music. First person up was a man cosplaying as Hercules, but called himself Hunkules instead. He was a muscular man that stuff his pants. He was dancing seductively and even went out to the crowd and teased men and woman alike. The next performer was a woman as Cortana. Every couple of seconds she would slowly unzip her suit revealing more cleavage. She would turn and bend over showing her assets. When she would go into the crowd she would motorboat herself using the heads of any audience member. She even went up to the table and allowed Grimm to do it. The table cheered and edged him on. Grimm enjoyed every drink second of it. She went back on stage with a wink. She completely went do to pasties and panties and blew a kiss to the audience before leaving for the next performer.
During this time Grimm looked around the crowd and saw Bronze. He started to drinkingly yell out to him to join.
"BronzeToothy!! Come over here! They have free boobies ya virgin!"
Bronze was beat red and quickly walked to the table.
"Shut up! I'm not a virgin" he said trailing off.
Grimm introduced Bronze to the group. Everyone was surprised to hear he was in a band guild and was going to perform.
"So Bronze. What's yours bands name" Power asked?
"Midnight moon. We are kinda an indi band. I think we are good."
"Okay cool. A friend of ours will like you guys."
"Happy to have a new fan. What's their name?"
Before Power could reply an androgynous performer came up to their table, quickly grabbed Bronze and shoved his face into their chest. He was loving it. All the guys at the table were cheering. Grimm was patting him on the back. They all were having a grand time.
The person let go of Bronze. His face was beat red and heart skipped a beat when he looked over seeing the performer wink and blow a kiss to him. He had a shit eating grin on his face.
"Ahem."
The voice caught him off guard. He turned around in a panic seeing Moon there. She watched the entire thing.
"Come on lover boy. Lazy is about to preform and we need to get ready" she turned to the group. "Good to see you guys again. Oops"
She covered her mouth realizing she ruined the surprise.
"Lazy is going to perform!" Grimm yelled while wide eyed looking at the group.
Bronze was in a state of massive embarrassment and shock. These people he befriended were friends with the person he didn't like. He had mix feelings. He quickly left without saying anything. Moon waved goodbye and left with Ocean and Melody.
They started to head back stage.
Melody left to go help Lazy get set up, while the rest of them set up on their own.
Outside at the party. Queen D was doing the last performance before the concert started. She was dressed as Link from legend of Zelda. It was a baby blue nearly see through cloth wrapping her body. She would tease by having it fall down her shoulders with her back to the crowd. People were cheering and drinking and having a good time. Her performance went on for nearly 10 minutes. During which time she used one of her skills; Energy Entertainment. Everyone watching started to feel more energized and pumped up watching the show. They cheered louder and harder as the show went on. He grabbed an audience member, brought them on stage, sat them on a chair and started to give them a dance while everyone watched. It was a grand time for a climax of the show. She kissed them on the cheek before sending them back.
The curtains started to come down as she left the stage. Lazy and Melody were setting up for their show. Queen D wished them luck and left. Her circle of friends were waiting for her and squealed over how amazing the show went. Lazy was getting nervous. The two were setting up 6ft metal pylons and Tesla coils.
"Listen. All you have to do is zap the pylon that lights up and I'll do the rest. Your song you picked is going to be funny. You ready?"
Lazy shrugged and swallowed his nervous.
After 20 minutes of set up the curtains were drawn. The sea of people shook his nerves. It was quite besides his guild cheering and yelling for him.
He was standing center stage with multiple pylons around him. Melody was on stage with a mic and gave him a thumbs up. He hit some buttons on his key board. The pylons lit up one after another. Lazy would send a bolt of electricity and it would make the sound of an instrument with an electrical after sound.
The music he was playing was very familiar to the audience. They couldn't tell what it was. Then Melody started to sing and they instantly knew the song.
"We're no strangers to love
You know the rules, and so do I
A full of commitments what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just want to tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you"
The entire crowd was moaning and laughing. They all couldn't believe they were being Rick Rolled. Half the audience complained and laughed while the other half started to sing along and dance. Lazy and Melody played the some time completion. The crowd was still energetic from Queens skill. Some people even used their skills shooting into the air like fireworks.
Lazy and Melody gave a bow after the song. The curtains started to descend. The audience whistled and cheered.
Behind, Moon and her band started to set up their stuff. Moon ram over hugging them both.
"That was amazing loves! Rick rolling the entire audience. I assume that was Lazys idea."
She let go and grabbed Lazys hands. Had handing him the gems.
"For you love. This was our deal."
She kissed him on the cheek and went to set up. Bronze was setting up his drum set and was fuming. He wanted to be the apple in Moons eye. Lazy left and went to go join his friends. While the band was setting up, Lazy quickly made 3 of his gene devices and asked to collect blood from the band. Bronze bluntly refused. Lazy was able to get two of his devices mostly filled. He took one and collected from himself and planed to take another from power. He quickly left the staged to join his friends.
They congratulated him and laughed how funny it was. Power allowed him to take some blood for one device. Nitro was kinda bored and asked for one device and left to his room. Lazy stated and chatted with friends. Some audience members started come to the table and talked to him about how much they loved it. They learned he was in the Guilded Losers and their guild name started to spread.
After a couple minutes of chatting the curtains started to raise again for Midnight Star. Bronze was sitting behind at the drums, Ocean was on the right side with her guitar, Ocean was on the left with his keyboard and center stage was Moon with her base and mic.
Bronze started the song with a couple taps of his drum sticks. The band was mesmerizing. The had a weird fusion of synthwave and indie rock music. Moons soft voice was extremely calming. It was like silk to their ears. As she sung she used her skill to calm everyone and bring them to a higher point of emotions. The crowd was dead silent as she sung. Some female audience members were crying, even some male members shed a tear.
It was beautifully somber music. Singing about how beautiful this new world is, yet saddened by the loss of family and friends. People started to look around at their new friends and huge one another. They were happy to have these new loved ones to experience this world with. She finished playing her song and the band got a standing ovation.
The band felt blessed. Their dream in real life never came true but for this moment, this one moment, it was real. The all shed some tears. They could accomplish their dreams in this world.
The curtains slowly came back down. The crowd was just as loud as before but more controlled. They cheered and whistled and clapped for this band.
Behind the stage the next band, Phantom, showed up and congratulated the band. Their metal band face paint was smeared. They eyes were read and swollen. They were extremely happy for Moon and her guild. They actually started saying how nervous they were. They are only a tribute band for the actual band Ghost. Even if isn't their songs that wanted to knock everyone's socks off.
Moon and her band wished them well and left to go sit in the crowd.
They say a reserved table next to Queen and her performers. There were a couple of other entertainment groups around. They all said how amazing their song was and should go on tour or have huge concerts. Queen told Moon she plans to take over a huge concert hall in KC and have weekly shows for people. There's no Hollywood or anything, they have to make it themselves. She told her that she'll wait till they get to KC before giving an answer.
At the main groups table Lazy got up and told the group he only wanted to see Moons band and would then head to his room. He wished everyone goodnight and left. Swift also decided to leave. He had to go get Tantrum and do some light training. Grimm was more sober now and told him goodnight. Just Power and Grimm at the table they looked around and saw Bronze. They started yelling for him to join them. He shook his head before both Ocean and moon nudged him and told him to have fun. He begrudgingly got up to join them. They laughed and chatted while the next band got set up.
"That was an amazing performance" Grimm said.
"Yeah man! I was tearing up a little" Power said while rubbing an eye.
"It was nothing mate. I'm just glad to have a dream come true."
The curtains started to be drawn again. There were multiple guitarist, drummers and bass players on stage. The person in center stage with a mic also had a black saxophone. The band looked drastically different from the band before. Every member besides the singer was wearing robes and silver faceless masks. The lead singer had on black and white face paint that was smeared.
The band started lowly playing and drawing everyone in. The songs were about the devil and giving into ones animalistic nature. The singer used his skill to start drawing the crowd in. It was almost cult like with people chanting and singing along. Those singing didn't even know the words but somehow knew anyway. The songs were like Alba songs just too creepy for the theater. Everyone was rocking along to this smooth melody of darkness and malice. It was the longest and final performance of the night. The crowd was energized but also controlled. When they finished everyone cheered and clapped for them. The band was proud and shoot with their performance. The curtains started to go down one last time. Everyone quickly started to leave. Some players even started to go to the same room together. Everyone was ready for the night.
Grimm and Power said their goodbyes to Bronze and other audience members. Walking back they saw Swift and Tantrum doing some light training. He waved to them and continued to train. Next they decided to check on Lazy and Nitro. Both of them were curled up in balls on their bed in pain and sweating. They tried to help as much as they could but Grimms healing could only do so much. They knew they would be better later and let them rest. They each went to their rooms and went to sleep. It was a good night. Much needed.