Ziggy Stardust Nexus Album Release Party

[ziggyplayedguitar]

Why not in the Nexus had started all of this and now skekSa's bar had glitter and space themed drinks for the night, karaoke and a band playing for the release of a new album. Ziggy had decided this was the best course since so much of his family and friends couldn't go into his world to be there for his own party in his own world.

Of course, as with any good party this one was open to any who had stumbled into it and there were those directly invited as well. And flashy posters too. He was going through the ends of a sound check with the band when the bar opened.

There was a merch table, with the usual swag and new album to buy on CD and Vinyl, where they would be signing autographs and doing the whole meet and greet thing. Why not have fans in more than one universe? It had been a trip explaining this all to Mick. Weird and Gilly before dragging them through the portal. Ziggy still imagined there was going to be some crazy moments later in the night. They didn't even know he was an alien, or half alien anywway. All of this was going to blow their minds for sure.

After the show they had plans to spend the night just hanging out with drinking, karaoke, a DJ, and the usual bar fare. Ziggy had left Sa to the food and drink though he had put in a few requests for food his own species could eat.

Ziggy fussed with everything before heading backstage to drink and get dressed. About an hour after the bar opened they came out on stage and played through the whole album front to back plus a few from the previous.

[OOC: Feel free to mingle, karaoke, DJ, dancing, drinking, etc. Will post the band meet and greet below at the swag table as a top level. Any questions feel free to DM me here or on Discord.]

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Isamu and Minoru - Come say hi to the twins!

[itmeanstruth]

Pre-Concert

"While I am happy to accompany you to the album release party in support of your friend's artistic endeavors, I do not know how or why I let you talk me into attempting to be even an eighth as colorful as he is." Isamu wiped his hands on his shirt, the spray color in his hair getting everywhere.

"You can study the effect of Anthean empathy on an audience, or whatever." Minoru smirked, taking in the sights and waving to various friends he'd met around town.

"The first thing I am going to study is the space-themed menu."

"Suit yourself!"


Post-Concert

Well, it was definitely somebody's first time at a Ziggy Stardust concert...

For someone who found casual conversation with Antheans to be deeply satisfying, the effect of Ziggy's empathic powers being broadcast on stage were completely overwhelming - but in such a good way!

"Minoru!" Isamu held his brother up as they stumbled back toward the bar. "Minoru, what has gotten into you?!"

The younger twin was exhibiting clear signs of intoxication. But he wasn't high on alcohol or drugs - unless Ziggy's own high was broadcast along with his emotions. (and maybe it was...) No, Minoru was high on life! And the residual effects were very slow to dissipate.

"Didn't you feel that? Don't you STILL feel that?!"
"Feel... what?"
"ALL OF IT!" he smiled, flailing happily. "Ziggy, the music, the people, Ziggy, the memories, Ziggy, the colors, the sound, the vision!!"

"What I feel is a headache coming on. Even with earplugs, live music is always uncomfortably loud." he sighed, and looked around in desperation. There were a lot of people exhibiting similar behavior to some extent. Was this what he meant by the effects of Anthean empathy? "Excuse me! Can I get some help here? Please?"

[iamjustvisiting]

Tommy had come for curiosity and he was watchful. Though Tom and Aletayria were the lead pair of the household, Tommy was the suspicious one who watched over everyone. The witch and her behavior still didn't sit well with him.

The concert had came and went when Tommy notices the two young men. He watches for a moment and then recognizes them. He's seen them before. He doesn't move from where he's sitting at first but eventually their noise gets to him. The please for help finally draw his eyes. He looks very human except in proportions; tall, slim, and with oddly long fingers and limbs. Tommy though almost looks more like Lucifer than Ziggy, even in mannerisms.

He stands aloof for a long time and then ask flatly. "What is wrong with him?"

[itmeanstruth]

“Nothing’s wrong!!” Minoru grinned.

“If I could hazard a guess, I would say he consumed something psychoactive, but I know my brother. He doesn’t do that.” Isamu added, keeping Minoru on his feet. “He’s been like this ever since the show ended. Perhaps even before it ended.”

“What a show! Could you feel it too? Isn’t it wonderful?!”

[iamjustvisiting]

Tommy looks at them somewhere between disinterested and put out by their presence. They're really struggling and the babbling was annoying. Humans talk so fast all the time.

"Was he alone with Ziggy?" Tommy had an idea what could have happened with a color haired pretty boy given his nephew but says nothing out right.

[itmeanstruth]

“Oh! That sounds like a fun idea!”

“No. No, it doesn’t.” Isamu wasn’t the stronger of the pair, but somehow, he still managed to direct Minoru right back around in a circle. “Alone? I do not believe so. We haven’t seen him since the Meet and Greet. Aside from the concert, of course, where he was quite impossible to miss.”

Unfortunately, Isamu has a tendency to babble, and it only gets faster when he gets more flustered.

[iamjustvisiting]

Tommy watches all of this with a slightly inclined eyebrow though the rest of his features are neutral.

"Then it is the empathy and not sex." Tommy is totally disinterested and the delivery is flat without accent or anything else. "It will fade."

[itmeanstruth]

“I assure you, the chances of it being sex are astronomically...”

“THIS is what sex feels like?!” Minoru interrupted before his brother could finish, but it more than proved his point.

[iamjustvisiting]

Tommy is still just observing but then rolls his eyes at this whole mess before him. Picking up his glass and the bottle of gin he fills it all the way to the top and takes a drink.

"Maybe they should if he is falling over like this without it." He's dramatically more and more disinterested in this process even if it is amusing to see humans falling all over his nephew like this constantly. Maybe it was better Antheans didn't go to Earth if humans were going to act like this.

[itmeanstruth]

“Oh WOW. This is what sex is like! And you can have it from all the way across the room!!”

Isamu raised an eyebrow, both at Minoru and at the somewhat helpful stranger. “...I beg your pardon?”

Minoru just laughed.

“This fades, you said? Correct? How long until this fades?”

[iamjustvisiting]

Tommy's eyes drift over to where Ziggy is in the room. If anyone developed the ability to fuck pretty boys across the room, he would have felt no surprise hearing that particular name.

"It's better if you are closer together." Tommy tells him wondering if he needs less gin or more gin at this point to function in this situation. His eyes turn to Isamu when he utters that question. Tommy merely shrugs. It was an observation of this human and his behavior.

"How strong is the connection between them?" Tommy asks while his eyes settle on the twins.

[itmeanstruth]

“Why?”

More gin, definitely.

“The connection between them? Well, they are friends...” Isamu stuttered, looking for a sign from his brother about whether to say more. As if that were even possible at the moment. “...though Minoru has admitted an attraction of sorts.”

[iamjustvisiting]

Tommy stares at Minoru for a long time and then sighs though it is only in the motion of his body without any real sound to it.

"You should find that out for yourself." Tommy eventually tell him. There's no way he is going to stand here and think about a kid in his family and sex.

Tommy shrugs again. Definitely more gin and he downs the whole glass before pouring another. "He will need to sleep it off like a hangover."

Tommy was getting the idea that the one had a crush on Ziggy and that there was something going on more than that. It was speculation but he wasn't going to say anything.

[itmeanstruth]

Isamu sighed as well, but much more audibly. Inwardly, he was simply grateful that the most intoxicating thing Minoru usually consumed was a light beer every so often with coworkers.

Never mind that the voice of reason here was hitting the bottle quite hard himself.

“So, overnight then. I am both relieved and understandably frustrated.” He confirmed. “Is there at least a way to lessen the effects of this empathy in the future? You do not seem to be under its influence yourself.”

Isamu would admit that the concert was more enjoyable than he would have expected, but he certainly didn’t get high off of the experience like others appeared to be.

[iamjustvisiting]

"Or longer?" Tommy couldn't be sure because everyone was being so vague about this person's connection to his nephew.

There's a glance and a moment where Tommy thinks about being uncivilized and just drinking from the gin bottle. Instead he sips at the glass and glances between the effected human and Ziggy across the room.

"I'm not human." Tommy drinks more gin. There is not enough gin. "I don't want my nephew's attention that way either."

Whatever way that might be though Tommy was really stuck on the idea that it was something sexual just because the intensity of the Anthean mind during it.

[itmeanstruth]

“Longer?” Isamu’s eyes widened. “It cannot possibly be simply a matter of humanity, as I am not currently out of my mind. As a matter of wanting.... Oh! No... no, I suspect that would be the farthest thing from your mind. Point taken, sir.”

“You’re Ziggy’s uncle?!” Minoru grinned. “Can’t believe I finally get to meet you!”

Isamu kept his brother at bay before he could accost anyone with hugs.

“If this is indeed based on attraction, I still find it rather peculiar. I cannot say I’ve known my brother to express any desire for that sort of attention from anyone. Ziggy offered quite a few flirtatious advances, though now it is limited to good-natured teasing. Minoru... likes him? I would say like a crush, but that connotes infatuation, which is woefully inaccurate. He cares about him. They are friends.”

“What’s not to LIKE?!” He smiled. “Antheans feel like warm hugs. And they’re not even warm!”

[iamjustvisiting]

Tommy instantly regrets saying anything about being related to Ziggy. Gin... there has to be enough gin for this night. A disgruntled gaze passes before he speaks.

"I am." and that is all he gets on the matter of who he is.

Tommy is starting to get amused and a strangely out of place looking smile starts curving the outer edge of his lips.

"He's like a warm hug." Tommy repeats to Isamu before downing another glass of gin. Tommy raises a brow and looks a Minoru.

"Ziggy doesn't appear to be busy. Do you want me to call him over here to visit?" And then Tommy waits for the answer. Infatuation seems a very apt word given the behavior..

[itmeanstruth]

On the bright side, this was a bar. When that bottle’s empty, there’s a pretty good chance of finding more.

“Sure!!” Minoru promptly answered.

“Are you certain that is wise?” Isamu asked.

“Does it HAVE to be wise?”

[iamjustvisiting]

Tommy was going to need it. It is only a thought to get Ziggy's attention and ask him to the bar.

"You wanted to know how long this will last." Wise or not that was the question they wanted answered. Seeing how the two would interact was the best way.

It isn't long before Ziggy is coming through the crowd to join them. He has some bright colored drink in his hand and no one needs to be an empath to see that he is high as a kite and drunk. He's also barefoot by this point though his make up has incredibly stayed in place.

[itmeanstruth]

“By putting them back into close proximity? The hair of the dog that bit you is not a logical hangover cure.”

But Ziggy was already sauntering over.

Isamu stared at the rock star as though nothing he has ever read in any book could have possibly prepared him for a moment like this. Spoiler alert: it hadn’t.

And in that moment, Minoru sprung free. He wrapped his arms around Ziggy’s chest with a surprising compromise of energy and reserved gentleness. He rested his head against the other man like he was the softest pillow and hummed contentedly. “That was amazing. You were amazing. Everything feels amaaaaaaazing...”

[iamjustvisiting]

"This isn't a hangover. This is hitting a high." Tommy corrects.

Ziggy is a bit unprepared for the hug but laughs and manages not to spill his drink. He wraps his arms around Minoru, maybe a little low on the back though even drunk he is trying to respect Minoru's wishes. His emotions are wild and teetering very close to lusty. He does give him a quick peck on the cheek. "I told you it would be. I am not disappointed with the results."

Tommy motions at the two with his drink. "That is going to take awhile to wear off." He takes a drink of gin. "They like each other. Are they always like that?"

[itmeanstruth]

“I fail to see how that makes it any better of an idea...” Isamu began, but was cut off by Tommy’s nudge to observe.

Minoru hugging someone wasn’t that unusual. But those long, drawn out embraces were reserved for close friends and family. Ziggy’s wandering hands were easy to miss. (How did he not spill that drink?) But the peck on the cheek? Isamu’s jaw dropped.

Minoru pouted over-dramatically, rubbing at his cheek. If Ziggy left any lipstick, it just got smeared.

“I gotta buy the album. Hear the songs again. As soon as you got on stage, It all ran together and was over waaaay too fast.” He laughed. “...but it’s not over? Somehow? Doesn’t feel over!”

Isamu turned to Tommy.

“I have not had the opportunity to observe them often, but aside from being under the influence of... something... I believe so?” He bit his lip. “Does that complicate things?”

[iamjustvisiting]

Ziggy laughs at the rubbing. "I don't wear the cheap shit that wears off."

Ziggy's energy is all happiness right now and the talk of music gets him thinking but he shakes his head. "I'm still here and it's still a party. Do you need a drink? You need a drink."

Ziggy hasn't let go of the hug, is still managing to drink and not make a mess.

Tommy finally breaks into the faintest hint of a smile. "It looks like he wants the influence to be there. I think you may have lost him for the night. Do you need a drink?"

Tommy is pouring another glass of gin but watching the two out of the corner of his eyes. The psychic influence certainly wasn't going to calm down with that going on.

[itmeanstruth]

Minoru still pouted, “you’re cold and it’s wet...” before bursting into laughter. Depending on the drink Ziggy was enjoying, it probably also felt sticky.

Despite being high on Anthean empathy, Minoru was thankfully still himself.

“A drink?” He scoffed, happily nuzzling again. While Ziggy’s lipstick wasn’t going to come off, Minoru’s hair streaks most certainly would. That was very cheap stuff. “I think I’m ALREADY drunk - on YOU! Just when I thought talking to you felt good... this feels... my FEELINGS have feelings!! How do you DO THAT?!”

It felt indescribably good.

Isamu meanwhile, glanced helplessly between the scene in front of him and the observant Anthean.

“One if us should remain in full control of our mental faculties tonight, at the very least. That would be the prudent and responsible thing to do. However... given that we are unlikely to be leaving any time in the near future, I think I will take you up on that offer.”

Not gin, but something. Maybe a beer or something thematic. Isamu could be a sucker for wordplay.

[ziggyplayedguitar]

"I'm definitely not wet yet." Ziggy downs the rest of the drink and sets the glass down somewhere convenient.

"I'm still not doing anything." Ziggy grins. "I could let you in on purpose. If you want to feel me."

He's flirting in the ways he might be able to get away with.

Tommy is watching curiously since he hasn't personally seen what happens when Ziggy is around humans. "Your sobriety isn't going to effect this situation."

Tommy observes the human and then turns to the bartender and orders a watermelon vodka martini. They were a drink that Tommy preferred when not drinking gin.

[itmeanstruth]

Isamu narrowed his eyes slightly, “My sobriety will impact my ability to properly assess and analyze the situation...”

It felt wet enough for him. Those kind of flirtatious teases would get Ziggy nowhere, but apparently, he’d stumbled upon a kind that were much better received.

“How can you POSSIBLY not be doing anything?! The concert... and the... the NOW!” Minoru exclaimed, flabbergasted and excited all at the same time. “Wait wait wait... there’s MORE?? Seriously?!”

Oh boy.

“...On second thought, I concede.” Isamu sighed. He turned to the bartender as well. “Asahi Black, if you carry it, please. If not, perhaps you could make a suitable recommendation of something local on tap?”