Flandre's Quest (Touhou) World - (Madness Quest)

[X] Play along with the event.


"And you, Satsuki? Are you going to order anything right away?" Satsuki looks at her menu before shaking her head. You smile and press the button to summon the server.

"Ah - you said …?" You nod and look down at the stage; most of the audience seems to share your disapproval of the man's attempt, although they are rather polite about it. "Oh." The man perseveres as a young woman approaches your table.

"You called for assistance?" You nod excitedly and lean toward her.

"Yup! So this karaoke thing, how do we do it? Do we go down there and talk to someone?" She blinks, seemingly taken aback by your interest, but after a brief glance at Satsuki she nods at you.

"No, all you need to do is press this button, then hold your wristband against the display -" You press the indicated stud and then hold up your wrist. After a moment the glossy screen turns green. "… Like that, yes. And that means that you've been accepted into the queue. When it turns blue that means you're the next singer, and if it turns red that means you're supposed to be on the stage. If you want to sing something with multiple people, all of you need to hold your wristbands up to the display. There's a waiting area down by the stage -" You hop up and look down.

"Where that person is?" You point at the pale-haired person, wearing casual normal clothes, sitting on a padded bench. The server nods.

"Yes. You can see what song you'll be singing down there, but once you enter the waiting area you aren't supposed to leave." As the badly-singing man finally steps off the stage, to much applause, the person waiting bounces off the bench and hurries up the stairs to the stage, taking a small stick from the wall. "There are two kind of microphones, hand-held like she's using, or the headset kind if you want your hands free. Ah, sometimes the people in the private rooms elect to participate, so there won't always be someone on the stage performing, so make sure you keep an eye on the indicator light." You watch the girl as she sings; she doesn't have the right voice for the song, and it's in English, but she does surprisingly well … but if it's the same 'Rules of Nature' song that Koakuma mentioned, you're not sure what to think about the familiar's taste in music. It is, mercifully enough, short, and you see the three men with exaggerated swords walk down to the stage as your light turns blue.

"And the balance between meals and songs is recorded on a computer, right?" The server's head jerks back to Satsuki, as if she'd momentarily forgotten your servant existed.

"Yes, that's right. If you become members, you can 'roll over' a certain number of performances per month …." She looks at you and Satsuki uncertainly, hand poised over one of her pockets, but after sharing a look with Satsuki you shake your head.

"I'm sorry, but we're only visiting for a few days." A ragged cheer sweeps the room as the music for the three men starts, and you cock your head at the incongruous spectacle. They aren't merely singing - and although they aren't really any good, they aren't nearly as bad as the other dressed-up performer - they also seem to be dancing. Something choreographed, given how well they know the moves. "Mmm … do I have to come back up here to do another song, or is there one of these things down there, too?" The server nods again.

"You do have to come back here, to help prevent people from monopolizing the stage. And if you do three songs in a row, unless there is at least a five-minute break between each song, you'll be locked out from performing for fifteen minutes." You scowl and she shakes her head. "Another establishment had an incident where someone tried suing the establishment after he damaged his voice by singing too frequently. Of course, nothing came of it, but it's easier to simply prevent such things. You also cannot request a song that has been performed within the last half-hour, to prevent individuals from getting into singing 'contests,' and no song can be sung more than three times within a single hour." You nod and she looks down at the stage. "Anyway, if you're going to be performing, you should get down to the stage. Hare Hare Yukai isn't that long a song." You bob your head and wave at Satsuki before darting down toward the stage. Instead of taking a seat on the bench - if the server was right, sitting would probably be a waste of time - you look around the area. The title of your song - Dear You - doesn't mean anything to you, of course.

More cheers erupt as the trio finish their performance, and you grin at them as they depart the stage. The one in the black robes looks slightly ill, but the ones with fake armor look pretty pleased and nod at you. "Good luck, young miss," says the one with outrageously-spiked hair, and you wave and bounce up the stairs, disdaining the 'microphones' - the room isn't so big that you can't make yourself heard, especially since you won't be prancing around. Maybe you can let Giltless do that? Satsuki waves, and you curtsy politely, just before the words to the song appear on the wall. Even with the characters lighting up as you're supposed to be singing them, it takes you an embarrassingly long time to get the timing down, but you think you did fairly well. More importantly, it's actually very nice to hear a piano again, and you fix the music in your mind; you'll have to play it when you get back to Mid-Childa. The message of the song, though ….

Muted applause rings out as the music fades away, and you curtsy again before making your way back to your table. Satsuki tries to smile at you, and you bow your head. "It's too bad they couldn't have picked a happier song," you say, but she shakes her head.

"It's fine, Flandre-sama. It was a happy song, anyway …." You open up the menu again, waiting for the next performance, and it happens to be someone in a private room, a girl singing, not too badly, a song about someone named 'JoJo'. You look down, but the waiting area is still empty.

"… I'm going to try singing something else, okay?" Satsuki blinks, drawn out of her introspection, and nods. You hold your wrist over the light and it turns green, then blue, and you look down to see a tall red-haired woman walking purposefully toward the stage. You hop onto the bench as she starts singing a bouncy song about an obsessively-loving sister. Your next song is something called Run for Your Life, which is probably going to disappoint you on at least one level. You extend an invitation to Headless and Giltless, but they seem to share your misgivings; Headless even sticks her tongue out at you. Oh, well.


What do you do?

[ ] Try to get Satsuki to sing something next time.
- How?

[ ] Get Giltless to do a song.

[ ] Meet some of the other performers.
- [ ] The three swordsmen.
- [ ] That pale-haired girl.

[ ] Just sing every once in a while.

[ ] Other?