Snippet #1571820

Leon's eyes twitched towards Lucien when he mentioned about there being no shows tomorrow. As irritating as that guy was, that news was music to his ears. Even if he did have to ruin it with a revoltingly trite admission as to how much he loved his work. Yeah, we can tell, Leon thought to himself.

Kyle, having had less exposure to the man, seemed unaffected and happily ordered a drink for himself and Rebecca, who seemed to well up with joy at being called Kyle's "pretty lady friend". Leon rolled his eyes, thinking watch it Kyle, the guy's not as harmless as he seems...

As they continued to banter among themselves, onstage Louis was waiting patiently for the present song to finish. He could throw the ground-lift switch mid-song, but there was a small chance it'd cause a slight pop and some singers could get real funny about that, even though it was one small thing in the entire song. Better to wait for Evie to briefly mute the channel in between the songs, then hit the switch.

Back at the bar, Leon had gone quiet and distant. He didn't really care much about the show anymore (it had all sort of blended into one for him anyway), he was thinking of nothing but how he could spend tomorrow evening now that he knew Evie wouldn't have to work. Unless, of course, that arse John would find something he 'needed' her for, even without there being a show on. He gritted his teeth against the thought.

Another song rolled in with a nauseatingly opulent guitar line from Shaun, during which he gurned and leaned back and stood with his legs wide apart. It sounded rather like a rock ballad; which caught Leon's attention mainly because he hadn't been expecting one. A few of the hardcore fans at the front started waving their hands from side to side above their heads in time with the music, which made Leon chuckled. Not very 'goth' or 'metal'...but still, he guessed it could be passed off as "versatility".

The intro solo ended and Shaun slid forwards to begin singing. But suddenly there was an almighty crack which made Leon jolt in alarm. The sound through the PA was loud enough, made worse by the shriek from Rebecca which went through his head almost as much. Up on stage a blue streak of electricity jumped from the mic to Shaun's lips, throwing the singer down onto his back, where he lay groaning for a few moments, evidently with no clue what had hit him.

Leon gaped in surprise. It was quite a legitimate expression, since he couldn't understand why the problem would only just have arisen, but fortunately it made it appear to those around him that he genuinely didn't know anything about what could have caused the problem at all.

"Holy...." Leon stammered, "...did he just....is he OK?"