VOIDWITCH Performs
TOP WITCH (NEVER
FLAKK WITH THE VOIDWITCH)
Live at Lamentations
Featuring the genesis
of Spooky Juice
[Concerts]: The band 'Voidwitch' is performing in
a concert today at 'Lamentations' (Omni Station).
(Commerce):
Poet says, "Still time to make the show. VOIDWITCH playing soon at
Lamentations, Omni stations premier music venue."
Gwoss's mouth turns up as his face breaks into a smile.
Gwoss carefully removes a long duracloth duster.
Gwoss carefully removes a trim leather pack.
Gwoss carefully removes a ConflaGreat
portable incinerator.
Gwoss says, "All right I'm ready."
Poet breaks into hearty laughter.
The corners of Gwoss's mouth turn up in
a mischievous grin.
Gwoss wraps his arms around Poet and holds her tight.
Ibo proudly displays a
"Will you get it?" promo t-shirt for
all to see:
This Voidwitch promo t-shirt features
script reading "Will you get it?" across the
top of the chest. The main body of the shirt features an image of Poet Yi'jiaru, the Voidwitch. She's
sitting on her knees, her platform heels tucked under her butt and she's
wearing skin-tight metallic red polyleather shorts.
Her back is to the camera and she's topless, her body turned just enough that
you can see the curve of her breast. She's wearing a red lace blindfold. Her
head is tipped back, both her hands clasped in her snow-white hair, her horns
curving back towards you. Between her shoulder blades is an animation of her Telas ball tattoo. The answer switches every few seconds.
"Unlikely", "Don't count on it", "No", "Ask
me again".
Jaidyn lightly fans himself as the temp rises slightly in the room.
Ibo giggles.
Akiko wanders in from the southwest.
Ibo waves at Akiko.
Gwoss raises his hand in greeting to Akiko and says, "Hi!"
Akiko flashes a bright smile.
Akiko says, "Hello, hello! I hope I'm not too early."
Ibo happily says to Akiko, "Nope! Right on time. Thanks for
coming."
Teren boogies-to-his-own-beats in from the
southwest.
Teren waves.
Ibo says, "Teren!"
Teren says, "Hello, hello!"
"YO!" Gwoss exclaims
cheerfully to Teren.
IboÕs mouth turns up as his face breaks into a smile.
Gwoss's mouth turns up as his face breaks into a smile.
Teren says to Poet, "Hello majestic one."
Poet beams broadly at Teren.
Teren says to Poet, "Lovely as always."
With a subtle lilt, Poet says, "Oooh.
Can I keep this one?"
Zoe says to Poet, "As long as you let him stay in the
Ascendancy. I don't need my creative minds poached."
Akiko snickers softly to herself.
Gwoss says, "Maybe you can work out a time share."
Speaking with a voice that sounds like it comes from the void, Poet
says to Zoe, "Oh he can live wherever he wants. As long as he comes to all
my shows."
Jaidyn says, "Keiko is going to get jealous of all this attention,
Poet."
With misplaced emphasis, Poet says to Jaidyn,
"Good."
Gwoss attempts to stifle his amusement but cannot help laughing aloud.
Marcella enters from the southwest.
Ibo happily says, "Marci!"
Gwoss flashes Marcella a joyous smile.
Gwoss gives Marcella a hug.
"YO!" Poet exclaims cheerfully to Marcella.
Teren waves at Marcella.
Marcella waves.
Marcella nods to Poffy in greeting.
Poffy claps his hands together merrily.
Poffy says to Marcella, "Well! If it isn't the Omnidancer
herself!"
Locking his joints, Poffy moves jerkily
around, bleeping and blooping like an ancient robot.
Poffy says to Marcella, "Here you go, mon.
This one's on the house!"
Poffy slides a laser etched galaxy glass filled with a color changing
cocktail of citrus and vodka across the bar with a grin and a wink.
Marcella winks conspiratorially at Poffy.
Marcella chuckles long and heartily.
Poet takes a sip from a souvenir shotglass
filled with Trans-Galactic Gurgle Burster.
With a subtle lilt, Poet says, "Whoo!"
Gwoss says to Poet, "Want to do one more call out?"
In a harsh rasp tinged with madness, Poet says, "Sure."
(Commerce): Poet says, "Last call for the show. Come ogle
my ass while you can kids."
Poet flutters her eyelashes at Gwoss.
Gwoss says, "Yes, very nice."
Gwoss grins mischievously at Poet.
(Commerce): Poet says, "Also, t-shirts for sale on Omni and
Reynolds."
Ibo says to Poet, "I'm going to say those same words when I do
publicity next time."
Ibo laughingly says, "We'll see who draws in the larger
crowd."
Akiko cackles hellishly.
In a sultry, smokey tone, Poet says to Ibo,
"Ha! ok."
Teren discreetly looks at Poet's butt.
Teren discreetly looks at IboÕs butt.
Ibo playfully says to Teren, "I saw
that Teren!"
Teren narrows his eyes in contemplation.
Teren says to Ibo, "Saw what?"
Ibo say to Teren, "Mmm hmm."
Teren says, ""Just trying to make up my own mind about
something.""
Ibo attempts to stifle his amusement but cannot help laughing
aloud.
Ibo says, "I see, I see."
Ibo plunges his hand into a garish bag of festive sweets and
rummage about, emerging with a rattling candy asteroid clutched in his fingers.
Ibo plunges his hand into a garish bag of festive sweets and
rummage about, emerging with a green chocolate egg clutched in his fingers.
Ibo plunges his hand into a garish bag of festive sweets and
rummage about, emerging with a bright pink gummy steak clutched in his fingers.
Ibo plunges his hand into a garish bag of festive sweets and
rummage about, emerging with a green chocolate egg clutched in his fingers.
Ibo plunges his hand into a garish bag of festive sweets and
rummage about, emerging with a rattling candy asteroid clutched in his fingers.
Ibo plunges his hand into a garish bag of festive sweets and
rummage about, emerging with a glittering sugar-encrusted ring pop clutched in his
fingers.
Ibo gives a glittering sugar-encrusted ring pop to Teren.
Ibo laughingly says, "Ta-da! Winner of the ring pop
tonight."
Teren says to Ibo, "Why thank you!"
Teren says to Ibo, "Someone takes after a certain Keiko Trath."
Ibo says to Teren, "Really? Aww... YouÕre sweet."
Teren sucks thoughtfully upon a glittering sugar-encrusted ring pop
for a moment, enjoying the taste before getting bored and popping the entire
thing in his mouth. CRUNCH! After the gemstone is gone only a fancy nanoplastic ring remains.
Teren's eyes grow wide.
Teren says, "Oooh that's sweet."
Ibo flashes Teren a joyous smile.
Gwoss says, "Maybe we should do this."
Poet takes a long drag of a partially smoked joint of leesa skins, inhaling fragrant lavender smoke into her
lungs.
In a hissing, sibilant tone, Poet says, "Flakk
yes, we should."
Gwoss nods.
In a sultry, smokey tone, Poet says, "You
boys ready?"
Gwoss says, "Oh yes."
Ibo says, "Yup!"
The venue manager steps up on the stage and declaims with
enthusiasm that the concert of Voidwitch is about to
begin!
.
Ibo bustles about in front of the stage, pushing sliders on the
lighting and sound panels and checking wiring.
.
He nods, everything seemingly set to his satisfaction and
vanishes through the curtains to backstage.
.
Ibo steps back out on stage and moves to the front.
.
Ibo says, "This is a great crowd! ItÕs nice to see some new
faces. Thanks for coming out. Don't forget to pick up a red-hot VOIDWITCH
t-shirt at Reynolds or Omni. Enjoy the show!"
After finishing his spiel Ibo hops off the stage and cues the
lights.
.
Teren cheers wildly!
Akiko gives up a round of applause.
Jaidyn snickers softly to himself.
.
Three male dancers take the stage from the back, a Jin, an Amaian and a Human. All are barefoot and bare
chested, wearing nothing but skin tight black leggings. Each strikes a pose,
frozen in a dim spotlight.
.
Gwoss leaps up onto the stage and takes his place behind the Kith
drums. Alone on stage he begins the performance with a drum solo. The bass drum
booms with an opening beat as his hands fly over the other drums.
.
The beat goes raucous as the drum solo picks up intensity.
Lights flash across the drums in every color as the tempo hits a breakneck
speed.
.
Throwing his head back, Gwoss
unleashes a ferocious Roar.
Suddenly both the beats and the lights become muted as Gwoss slips into a hypnotic groove. Rock steady, he lays
down a tight bottom.
Merging into the groove the voidpipes
pick up from off stage.
.
Pyrotechnics ignite in a shower of sparks across the front of
the stage.
Ibo pushes up the sliders on the panel and the lights come up
bright. Lasers start to spin, their beams dancing across the stage.
.
Poet takes the stage and gestures and millions of microscopic
machines billow out from her feet, settling like a clinging, static-laden dust
upon every nearby surface.
.
She struts into the spotlight in tall platform heels with
sparkling ruby dust. She's clad head to toe in metallic red polyleather
and lace, shorts with garters, a bustier, ruffled
socks and fingerless lace gloves. She's also blindfolded, a strip of red lace
covering her blank white eyes.
.
Poet's tattoo glows silver beneath her void dark skin as it flows
and shifts, crawling up to form an intricate circuit on her neck and down her
back.
.
Boldly stepping into a stance with her legs set wide apart, she
thrusts an arm in the air and begins to sing.
.
"Hey Starmourn! I am the one and
only."
"I am the top BITCH."
.
"Whatever you do. HONEY."
"Never flakk with the Voidwitch."
.
.
Poet turns her blank, blindfolded gaze to the audience, and
hisses as she sings.
.
"I see you coming."
"I know what you want."
.
"Will you get it?"
.
Poet turns her back and shrugs, walking back toward Gwoss at his drumkit.
.
Her tattoo glows silver beneath her void dark skin as it flows
and shifts, a bouncing Telas ball appearing between
her shoulder blades. It turns to reveal "Don't
count on it"
.
The Jin dancer runs over to Poet, and falls to his knees in
front of her.
.
Gwoss chuckles and flashes Poet a smile and a quick thumbs up. The drums boom, kithlight flaring about
his arms.
.
Poet turns back towards the audience and props one foot on the
Jin dancers shoulder, her crotch right in his face. She moves into the chorus,
her voice a raging wind.
.
Poet's tattoo glows silver beneath her void dark skin as it flows
and shifts, forming a hideous snarling mask on her face, her blank white eyes
surrounded with lines of circuitry.
.
.
"The one and only."
"The top bitch."
.
"Never flakk with,"
"The Voidwitch."
.
.
Pushing off the Jin, Poet sweeps over to the Amaian
and takes him by the neck putting her head next to his, tilted as if listening.
.
"Tell me all your secrets,"
"But don't ask me to tell you mine."
.
"I may already know yours,"
"If I have you in my mind."
.
The Amaian whispers something to Poet.
.
Without missing a beat, Gwoss stands
up behind his kit and throws a drumstick at the Amaian
dancer, hitting him in the back of the head. The dancer drops to the floor and
Poet steps over him to get back to center stage. Satisfied, Gwoss
returns to his drumming with a wicked grin on his face.
.
Her hips swaying, Poet leaves the dancer stunned on the floor
and walks away.
.
.
"The one and only."
"The top bitch."
.
"Never flakk with,"
"The Voidwitch."
.
.
Poet moves to the front of the stage, and she and the Human
dancer circle each other. She trails her hand across his shoulders and then
down across his chest. She ends with her claws latched in his waistband.
.
"And when I'm done with you."
"When you've used up all your clock."
.
"I will thank you very nicely,"
"And put you out the airlock."
.
Poet puts her foot to the dancer's chest, and shoves him off the
stage.
.
Poet's tattoo glows silver beneath her void dark skin as it flows
and shifts, becoming a set of Jin characters running down the inside of her
right forearm.
.
.
"The one and only."
"The top bitch."
.
"Never flakk with the,"
.
The Jin dancer comes up behind Poet, and lifts her into the air.
.
Throwing her arms out, and extending one leg Poet spins as the
dancer turns her about and the arena booms with her voice as she sings the
final line.
.
"VOIDWITCH!!"
.
In a final, furious assault, Gwoss
smashes what ever energy is left out of his kith
drums. Winking out one by one a final drum roll reverberates throughout the
room.
.
The dancer returns Poet to her feet and she stalks off stage,
her swarm swirling about her feet.
His tail lashing the air, Gwoss
hurries after her.
As the performers leave the stage, Ibo swipes at the control
board with a flourish and the lights go black.
As the final song comes to its conclusion, the band announces that
the concert is over. The audience bursts into applause, whistles and cheers
echoing from all around!
Teren cheers wildly!
"Woot!" Ibo shouts excitedly.
Jaidyn whistles appreciatively.
Jaidyn cheers wildly!
Ibo cheers wildly!
Teren claps his hands together merrily.
Akiko cheers, wolf-whistling in and around her applause.
Zoe gives up a round of applause.
Poet tips her torso forward and moves one hand across in front of
her in the barest semblance of a performers bow.
Gwoss's mouth turns up as his face breaks into a smile.
Gwoss says, "Thank you all."
Teren says, "Great as always."
Gwoss beams broadly at Teren.
Poet
grabs Teren and twirls him about in utter glee.
Teren says, "Uhhh what?"
Poet grins mischievously at Teren.
Akiko says, "Wonderful, yes!"
Akiko beams broadly.
Zoe says, "Indeed. Glad to see you're performing
regularly."
Ibo happily says, "That was great! Even though Gwoss, you should have aimed to kill, but... creative
differences."
Ibo winks conspiratorially at Gwoss.
Gwoss says, "We already talked about this, weÕre not killing anyone
during the show."
Gwoss says, "That would be a higher cover."
Ibo rolls his eyes and giggles.
Teren says, "Wait, so is Ibo also in VOIDWITCH now?"
Ibo says to Teren, "Flakk yes I am!"
Poet nods at Teren.
Teren says, "It's a three piece, or a threesome."
"Heh heh heh," Ibo chuckles.
Gwoss says to Jaidyn, "She looks good in
red yeah?"
Jaidyn says to Gwoss, "Well I cannot argue
with that!"
The corners of Gwoss's mouth turn up in
a mischievous grin.
Poet strikes a pose
Poet breaks into hearty laughter.
Poet sways over to the bar, tugging off her blindfold.
Poet unties her blindfold and removes the lace from across her
eyes.
Teren says, "Just remember, don't flakk
with the Voidwitch, know your place."
The corners of Teren's mouth turn up in
a mischievous grin.
Ibo says to Teren, "Oh absolutely, I
would never. My day to day attire is this shirt..."
Ibo proudly displays a
"VOIDWITCH: DOMINATION" t-shirt for
all to see:
This concert t-shirt has a large holographic image splashed
across it's front: Atop a hill of skulls and bones, an imposing ebon-skinned
Jin woman stands like an obelisk, towering over a hoard of naked, emaciated Elgan lying prostrate in worship of her. She gazes
hauntingly at you with her disembodied eyes - solid white with a faint indigo
glow of optical circuitry. Her bleach white hair emits flashes of lightning
into the inky black sky of the void. Resting at her side, her forward-facing
palms unleash a mass of ashy nanobots swirling into
patterns of tormented faces that swoop down and ensnare her worshipers. Below
this, in electric-pink block letters, are the words "VOIDWITCH:
DOMINATION".
Teren says, "Ooooh I must say, it
captures Voidwitch quite accurately."
Ibo says to Teren, "Thank you! Time
for a spooky show right?"
Ibo says, "Who wants a spooky show?"
Akiko tilts her head and listens intently.
Teren says to Ibo, "OK, why not?"
Akiko says, "Spooky? Spooky is always good."
Ibo says, "I can't hear you! Who wants a spooky show?"
Poet: Voidcall Fog.
Poet clenches her hand and closes her eyes, focusing upon her iriil laced
armband. You grow very cold as an unnatural fog rises all around you, obscuring
everything in the distance. Strange whispers and ghastly echoes reverberate in
the depths of your mind as the fog clings to your body.
Teren yells, "Hell yeah! Spook me harder!"
Akiko clears her throat and says -slightly- louder, "Spooky is always good."
"Ha!" Ibo exclaims with gusto.
"Woot!" Ibo shouts excitedly.
Teren says, "Oooh."
Ibo laughingly says, "What a great crowd."
Teren looks dizzy, maybe about to fall over.
Teren says, "Oh dear, I think I was just touched by the hand of the
goddess..."
Concerned, Ibo says to Teren, "Oh no..."
Ibo says, "Tread carefully."
In a cold machinelike tone, Poet says to Teren,
"How hard did you want to be spooked exactly?"
Teren looks at Poet nervously.
* A faint moan drifts through the fog. *
Bowing his head, Teren says "I think I've learned
my lesson".
Teren staggers about.
Teren says, "OK I'll need lots of booze to process this one."
Teren takes a drink from a wineglass filled with cheap red wine.
The corners of Poet's mouth turn up in a mischievous grin.
Ibo laughingly says, "I meant a spooky performance for another
time."
With a tone of calm assurance, Poet says, "Well. We'll have to
work on a truly spooky show. I've no doubt there will be call for one at some
point."
Ibo says, "Absolutely! I mean... It'd be a travesty if a band
called VOIDWITCH was never spooky."
Ibo says, "It wouldnÕt make sense."
Teren says, "That would be something to see, I'd make sure my clone
was backed up first though."
Akiko says, "I shall certainly look forward to it! The sector
needs more spookiness in general."
Ibo says to Akiko, "That is SO true."
* The fog swirls, cold and chill around your feet. Faces form
and fade and skeletal hands clasp at your ankles. *
Teren says, "Aaaah!"
Ibo shivers violently.
Akiko just beams as she looks down to the fog. "See? This, absolutely!"
Ibo enthusiastically nods at Akiko.
Gwoss says to Poet, "Sounds like we have a mandate."
Akiko nods.
In a sultry, smokey tone, Poet says to Gwoss, "It seems so. A truly witchy, VOIDWITCH
show."
Poet nods.
Ibo claps his hands together merrily.
Gwoss says, "It was a dark and stormy night..."
With misplaced emphasis, Poet says, "We'll need a
cauldron."
"Ha!" Ibo exclaims with gusto.
Gwoss says to Ibo, "Make notes."
Gwoss takes a long drag of a partially smoked joint of leesa skins, inhaling fragrant lavender smoke into his
lungs.
Ibo says to Gwoss, "No need, I was
born for this."
Marcella closes her eyes as a sparkle of gold dances over her skin
for a moment and then settles, "I should have kept a
cauldron from Winterflame after all that trouble ...
"
Gwoss says, "Drinks on the Witch."
Poet claps her hands together merrily.
Gwoss drops 9 snifters.
Looking at Gwoss, Teren
bursts out laughing.
"Heh heh heh," Ibo chuckles.
Gwoss drops 5 tall glasses.
Gwoss retrieves a squat glass snifter filled with whiskey.
Poet takes a sip from a squat glass snifter filled with whiskey.
Gwoss takes a drink from a squat glass snifter filled with whiskey.
Poet gives Gwoss a peck on the cheek.
Ibo shifts over to an Ibo sized imprint
on the couch and curls up into a ball, while licking a lollipop and watching
the crowd.
Marcella sits down on a stool and tucks up her foot underneath
herself and dangles the other off the side of the stool.
Marcella takes a long drag of a partially smoked joint of leesa skins, inhaling fragrant lavender smoke into her
lungs.
Akiko beams broadly.
Akiko says, "I look forward to more VOIDWITCH concerts! And modeling
work, I understand..?"
Poet nods at Akiko.
With a subtle lilt, Poet says to Akiko, "You can find me in
the latest Jins Ōn Juice, in this very outfit."
The corners of Gwoss's mouth turn up in
a mischievous grin.
Akiko says to Poet, "I shall have to fetch a copy! I, er, may have let my subscription expire..."
Akiko ponders the situation.
Ibo gasps aloud.
Ibo says to Akiko, "You... let.... your... subscription...
expire?"
Ibo says, "Oh dear."
Ibo grows pale in horror.
Akiko says, "I know, I know, it is -terribly- shameful!
Terribly."
Ibo says, "That reminds me though!"
Akiko tilts her head and listens intently.
Ibo says, "I heard back from Nayami,
the chief editor of Jins 'n Juice."
Poet tilts her head curiously at Ibo.
Ibo says, "She's reached out to her juice supplier and, good
news, she may be able to track down one of those fabulous juice machines for us!
Or something like it."
Poet congratulates Ibo with some wild clapping.
Ibo laughingly say, "That'd be fun for the shows! There were
some interesting juices on the menu."
Ibo says, "We need a spooky show and a juice show."
Ibo says, "Maybe a spooky juice show."
Looking at Ibo, Poet bursts out laughing.
Ibo licks a figment of an imagination lollipop.
Gesturing vaguely, Poet says, "Spooky juice in the spooky
cauldron?"
Ibo says to Gwoss, "Oh yes! I LOVE
that."
Gwoss says, "I can write Spooky, I can write Juice, but I am not
sure I can write Spooky Juice."
Marcella ponders the situation.
In a harsh rasp tinged with madness, Poet says to Gwoss, "Can you brew spooky juice though?"
Gwoss says to Poet, "I donÕt know why not."
Poet congratulates Gwoss with some wild
clapping.
The crowd goes absolutely wild at the prospect of
Spooky Juice!
Marcella says, "If you had something like the Blaster where
you added something that made it foam and bubble?"
Marcella says, "Served in a little tiny cauldron?"
Ibo says to Marcella, "Yes! I love that too!"
Poet claps her hands together merrily.
With a tone of calm assurance, Poet says, "Yes."
"Ha!" Poet exclaims with gusto.
With a tone of calm assurance, Poet says, "I love it."
Gwoss says, "Good show."
Ibo licks a figment of an imagination lollipop.
Ibo says, "That was a good show. I felt like I was going to die
before hand, but that crowd was energizing."
Gwoss says, "Yeah great energy."
Gwoss says, "We need to play here more."
Poet nods.
With a tone of calm assurance, Poet says, "We should play
everywhere more."