[X] Get Giltless to do a song.
Once again, you simply stand in place while singing. Run for your Life actually frustrates you anyway, because the occasional English phrases throw off the rhythm you build up while singing in Japanese - not that you're entirely sure you're matching how it should sound, anyway, but it's still enough to frustrate you. Applause breaks out once again, and you curtsy before returning to your seat. Satsuki is looking down at the table when you get there.
"I don't seem to have good luck with these songs, do I?" She looks up, surprised, then smiles and shakes her head.
"It's fine, Flandre-sama. They're … making me think. Before, when … when I was human, I just … went along with things. I never really tried to do anything to make me stand out. That sort of thing isn't really encouraged, anyway, but … it never even really crossed my mind. And now that I am different … I still try to stay in the background, don't I?" You smile and shrug.
"Maybe a little. But now you're surrounded by powerful personalities a lot of the time, aren't you?" She nods.
"I am. My wonderful master and her sister, the mages of the Bureau, Illyasviel-san, the librarians … it still seems like I'm the only one who doesn't know what to do. So, um - thank you for trying to teach me everything, Flandre-sama!" She bows so quickly and so low that she nearly hits her head on the table, and you giggle and pat her shoulder.
"Don't break the furniture, Satsuki." She laughs self-consciously and pretends to fix her hair. "I'm going to think about things for a bit; if I don't notice you saying something, just shake me gently, okay?" She gives you a confused look but nods. You sit back in the booth and close your eyes, sinking into a half-aware state. "Giltless?" An image of Headless and her sister sitting against each other in bed fills your mind.
"What is it, Flandre?" Headless seems … grumpy, almost irritated about something.
"I was wondering if Giltless wants to come up and sing something." Headless's mouth twists poutingly and she looks at her sister.
"Well?" Giltless hunches her shoulders and leans into Giltless, looking for comfort and security.
"But … I'm not very good at singing, and I don't know the songs, and I don't know who any of those people are …." You blink and look at Headless, who just gives you a one-shouldered shrug. Not going to be any help.
"I don't know any of these songs, either, but if you want, I can sing with you - or Headless can." You correct yourself immediately, although you aren't even sure if Headless will cooperate. In fact, she scowls at you.
"Why are you doing this, Flandre?" You cock your head to the side. "Trying to get Giltless to do something, especially when she's already expressed that she's not really interested?" Giltless hunches her shoulders as you glower at Headless.
"I'm just trying to be nice, Headless. If that's not allowed, I suppose I can leave." You turn away from them; it's not often that you and Headless get into fights - it's hard to remember the last time it happened, in fact - but when you do it's best to just stay away from each other. One of the many useful things about the mental construct.
"Um! Um …." You stop and half-turn so you can look at Giltless. "Um … are you going to keep singing?" You nod and she takes a breath while holding tightly onto Headless's arm. "Um, if … if it's not too much trouble … if you start singing a song, and it seems like a good one, can I join in?" You barely hesitate before nodding once.
"Of course you may." She smiles and nods before leaning against Headless again.
"Thank you!" You smile and nod again before waking up. You blink a couple times before cocking your head at Satsuki. She smiles shyly.
"I … um, I got thirsty …." You giggle and shake your head. You're not worried about her drink.
"No, I was just wondering if whoever came up here said anything about me." Her smile fades.
"Mm. She - the same person who was up here earlier - she said that I should make sure you don't wear yourself out, and that even if young kids don't seem like they're bothered by crowds, sometimes they really have trouble with them." You stare down at the stage as a new song starts - one entirely in English, with poor rhythm, hardly any music. You shake your head; you don't share your sister's immediate disdain for the English and anything they've made, but sometimes they just don't seem to make sense. You listen to a couple more songs before signing up again; the light turns blue almost immediately, and you shake your head a little more sadly as the girl down there doesn't even bother trying to sing the Italian parts of the song. You look at the name of your song and sigh at the nonsense title. The performer finishes and wilts her way down the stairs; you smile at her and pat her arm, and she laughs self-deprecatingly before collapsing into one of the benches. You slow near the microphones, pondering the nonsense title, but walk up to the stage without one anyway.
The song starts off incomprehensible, and doesn't get much better - parts of it are in Japanese, but other parts are in a bizarre language even you stumble through. Even worse, it seems designed to have been sung by at least two people. Still, you manage it fairly well, and the applause is louder for you than it has been for anyone else that's sung while you were here. You curtsy and return to your seat, making a note to see if Amy can find you the words to a song called "Exec.paja#Misya extracting". Or, better yet, a recording of what it's supposed to sound like.
Two more songs pass - an energetic song performed by the pale-haired girl, and a slower, sadder song in English by another red-haired girl - before it's your turn again. Once more, an English title greets you - I Say Yes - and you brace yourself for an obnoxious song. Once you finish the first set of lines, however, another mind pushes itself into the forefront, and you let Giltless take control. You have to reign her in a bit, to keep her from overrunning the lyrics, but you let her put power and feeling behind the words, and unlike you, she moves. Nothing absurd, of course, but she spins and waves her arms, and clasps her hands, and she smiles.
And then she finishes, and instead of a curtsy, she waves to everyone, and blows kisses, and bows before scurrying off the stage, letting you take back control once she's halfway up the stairs. People are still clapping and cheering, and the swordsmen are gawking at you. Even Satsuki looks a bit shocked, and you smile and wink at her.
What do you do?
[ ] Just sing occasionally.
[ ] Go meet some of the other performers.
- [ ] The swordsmen.
- [ ] The pale-haired girl.
[ ] Other?