[Open] Open Mic Night

[Tori]

As the two finished the song, the crowd, Anne especially, let out a huge round of applause. Anne gave a short whistle and a shout-out to them, "Yeah, Eve and BaoChen! You guys rock! Woo!" she shouted, holding up two rocker hand symbols to the two.

[Tori]

Anne laughed along with Eve and her comment about a fan club. "You both were pretty awesome, I gotta admit there." she grinned, tossing an extra bottled water over to BaoChen looking as though he could use some hydration as well. "BaoChen, you really were amazing though, you know that? Just keep performing like that on stage and all those jitters you had before will go away instantly." Anne explained, hoping she was helping, though wasn't entirely sure if she really was. Since she did have a tendency to speak before thinking.

[Redeim]

BaoChen grinned at the fanclub comment, and then even wider at Anne's comment. "Thanks! I was really nervous at first, but now I'm all pumped up!" He looked at the girls, "Do... do you think I could do a solo? It is open mic night, after all." He asked, looking for more for encouragement than an opinion.

[Tori]

Anne chuckled at BaoChen's comment about being so pumped up. "Hells yeah! You'd be awesome up there. Especially for a solo." she praised, exaggerating on the word 'especially.' "Seriously though, you should totally do it. The crowd'll love you!" she added in, attempting to pump him up even more if it were even possible.

[ivanatemps]

Keila goes up to them "Hi I'm Keila. You two were amazing up there." she smiles at them then looks to Anne "You were so right about their duet."

[❀ Melíssa]

    Oliver, Natalia, and Chelsea were checking out the downtown scene, specifically to see if this quiet town had anything to offer that would remind them of the city, when they heard the music coming from Mud & Grinds.
    Natalia was the first one to skid to a halt. She took a look at the flyer in the window advertising open mic night, and let her ears take in the sound. "Shall we?"
    "Um, of course," Chelsea gave her a look of impatience before pulling open the door. They caught the tail end of the duet and applauded.
    Oliver whistled through his teeth and elbowed Chelsea. "See, it can't be so bad here if this is what we find on our first night out?"
    "Yeah, maybe we just found some people to jam with when we're not on the road. Or maybe, we just found some new band members?" Natalia tried to get closer.
    Noting Chelsea's pout, Oliver threw his arm around her shoulders and followed his other sister.

[Redeim]

BaoChen got the encouragement from the person he wanted and went back up. He told the back stage crew that he'd be singing the song Grenade by Bruno Mars, and they nodded and then set it up for after the person on stage.
Once the person on stage was done, BaoChen took a few deep breaths, bouncing on his toes nervously. You can do this. He told himself enthusiastically.
He walked onto the stage, trying to exude his confidence instead of showing he was nervous. He smiled as he found Eve and the group, then looked around at the rest of crowd. The music started up, and he began singing. His voice sounding nervous at first, but within a couple lines he got back on track.

[Tori]

Grinning even wider when BaoChen decided to go up, she sat back up in her chair, excited to hear what BaoChen was really made of. Watching him get set up onto the stage, she smiled wider, with a look saying Go for it BaoChen! You got this!.

As he started the song, sounding a bit shaky and unsure, he soon got back up with his voice sounding amazing. Anne could just picture BaoChen being the new Bruno Mars up on that stage as he sung. Anne looked over at Eve a couple times with more than just a proud look on her face, and when he finished the song, Anne being one of the first people to start applauding, she threw out a whistle, shouting, "Woo! You rock BaoChen! 'knew you could do it!"

[Redeim]

BaoChen grinned and waltzed over to the others. However, once he reached the group, he looked more vulnerable as he waited for opinions, "H-how'd I do?" He asked his friends meekly.

[Tori]

As BaoChen walked back over to the group, all she could do was smile. "You did great, BaoChen. Awesome job up there." she praised, hoping to see and hear more from him soon. As well as Eve. "And trust me, the more you do this, the more confident you'll feel. But no matter what you'll be awesome. I can guarantee that."

[ivanatemps]

Keila smiled "Nice to meet you." She listened to BaoChen with the others and cheered after he finished

[❀ Melíssa]

    Natalia decided to make introductions since Chelsea was hanging back. She approached the girl with the funky colored hair. "Hey, I'm Nati. This is Oliver & that's my sister Chelsea. Heard you singing, that was petty awesome."
    Chelsea just gave a sigh and Oliver nodded, "What's up."

[Redeim]

BaoChen felt like a million dollars once he got the compliment he wanted-one from Eve. He smiled as he was introduced to the other people, muttering a small "thank you" at everyone else's compliments.

[Tori]

Anne turned towards the rest of the crowd that seemed to have joined them. "Oh, hey." she said casually with a quick wave of her hand. She opened her mouth to introduce herself then, when Eve beat her to it. "Yeah, what she said." she giggled, "So any of you guys planning on going up there?" she asked, not realizing Eve had just asked that. Anne was like that though, she hears one thing, but not the other; goes right over her head really.

[Redeim]

BaoChen blinked a couple times before smiling, "Sure, that sounds awesome! I look forward to it!" He told Eve, trying to hide that his heart began beating a little bit faster.