Canon is, of course, Rock of Ages (2012 film)

[openyourmouth]

You really think you're up for this? Just crawl behind the eyes, like you can see any better from there... or is it all just a projection? A dream of rock 'n' roll past. Smudge the mirror and see what version of me comes out.

I keep telling you. No one else can get in here. [Taps forehead]

And even if you could, where would you send me? The castle? The sex islands? Take away the crowds and the spotlight and what's left?

[Long pause...]

... I don't even know what I'd be without it anymore. And I know me better than anyone.

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[malebolge]

The castle's rather popular lately, isn't it?

You never know. You might win a new crowd over wherever you'd end up.

[openyourmouth]

I'm not the one who needs it.

[Points lazily at his mun] She thinks she can take me away from everything that defines me, and still hear my voice?

You should see her agonizing over these "tags", man. Takes forever to finish just one.

[That's because it's not easy to write crazy drunk, you bastard. >_>]

[malebolge]

She's at least putting in the effort for you, right? At the very least, you could help her out.

[openyourmouth]

Help her send me to some soul-sucking castle?

... Too bad it's not six years ago. I could have used a concept like that for an album back then.

[Again, it's not clear if he's being sarcastic or serious. What is emoting properly, anyway?]

[malebolge]

[You, sir, are quite odd.]

At least if she'd send you there, it's after its latest event.

[openyourmouth]

[Yes, he is.]

... You mean the thing that got Punky all weepy?

[Her name's Rise, Stacee. Stop giving people weird nicknames. >_>]

[malebolge]

Hey, judging from what I saw from the sidelines, she's got good reason to be upset.

[Ilya's totally predicting that she's upset at herself for spontaneously hugging Pixy too.]

[rune_warlock]

[Yep, ignoring the 'sex islands' comment. The prude]

Crowds and spotlight? Are you some kind of bard?

[openyourmouth]

[He laughs at that one.]

Sure. Some kind.

[Because why not? He's been called less accurate things.]

1/3

[rune_warlock]

Some kind? Care to expla--

2/3

[pint_sized_carnivore]

Whoa! Tom Cruise?! You're talking to Tom Cruise?!

I love you as Ethan Hunt

3/3

[rune_warlock]

...

[openyourmouth]

[Stacee raises his black-nail-polish'ed fingertips to his lips and lightly blows a kiss in Chie's direction, before chuckling to himself and turning his attention back to the strange bard-obsessed woman. And he gives her an amused shrug and slight tilt of his head.]

That was a new one. But hey, give the people what they want, right?

[Who's he to judge if some jailbait chick gets off on calling him weird names?]

[rune_warlock]

I- I guess.

Forgive my friend Chie. She has been here longer than I, and it seems this place drives people mad. As you could also tell, it is a crowd I live with in here, and there have been newcomers in recent weeks.

I miss this inn being strictly female...

[openyourmouth]

[Suddenly, he leans forward, and speaks in a very serious tone, while gesturing a circle in the air with his finger.]

...... We're all mad here, Alice.

[Cue another laugh as he leans back again.]

[rune_warlock]

It's Fenris. Do I even look like a rabbit-girl?

[memory_of_fire]

No matter where you go there's always a spotlight and always a crowd.

[openyourmouth]

Damn right. But can the little princess over here handle me long enough to find it?

[Dammit, Stacee, who told you you could be lucid enough to insult your mun again?]

[memory_of_fire]

Well you have to give her some credit, she knows enough about you to bring you here.

The muns generally have to be fans of us to even bother bringing us here.

[openyourmouth]

[He just laughs. Of course she's a fan, but that doesn't make her qualified. She could just as easily be screaming and begging him to sign her tits.

(Dammit Stacee, I can hear you, you know!)]

So what's your deal? Mun likes goth chicks?

I thought the makeup thing was over in '83?

[memory_of_fire]

Kind of a random assumption to think I'm goth. I was also raised in the 70's so yeah I kept up some of the aesthetic.

[She looked down.]

Though if you're talking about the pale skin that is for an entirely different reason.

[selfconfessednutter]

[Meet another confused rocker]

Y-you might know you better than anyone, but do you know anyone else better than them?