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Douxie flopped onto the Lake house sofa. Claire nudged his legs off so she could sit and pull Jim next to her. They were chatting about the destruction of Arcadia Oaks High.
“At least we’re never going to have to present to Señor Uhl again.” Toby cheered. Jim chuckled.
“There were way to many close calls with him.” He agreed. “Like when someone turned me small and didn’t know if I could be turned back.” He looked at Blinky. Blinky raised one arm and opened his mouth.
“But it worked did it not, Master Jim?” He pointed out. “And we received a valiant ally.”
“All I ever heard from him is that he likes a Barry Manilow.” Krel said. “What is a Barry Manilow?”
“He’s a singer.” Douxie said. “Not my taste but he’s been around for years.”
“It’s not like he’s Papa Skull.” Claire said with a grin. This sparked a debate over the best concerts they’d been to. Claire insisted the Papa Skull concert she’d attended with Steve was the best.
“It was amazing. Right Steve?” She turned to the blonde who shrugged.
“It was alright. Nothing like my ninja warrior queen performing at battle of the bands.” He said, eyes glazing over as he thought about Aja.
“Forget him.” Toby said. “We should be talking about the awesomeness that is All Good Things. Best alt rock group out there.” He started mouthing this place it ready to blow.
“Papa Skull is way better!” Claire exclaimed.
“Guys, guys.” Jim soothed before the argument blew up. “They’re both good. Besides Techno is clearly the superior genre.” Claire and Toby both rounded on Jim, who held his hands up in surrender. Douxie grinned.
“Clearly you’ve all been missing out.” He said. They turned to him.
“What’s the best concert you ever saw?” Claire asked. Douxie thought about it.
“I can’t pick between two. There was the Vienna concert in 1808. It was four hours of Beethoven. My favourite classical composer.” He said with a grin. “And then there was live-aid. 1985. Watching Queen perform is one of my favourite memories.”
“Queen?” Blinky cocked his head. “You saw royalty perform?”
“Nah it’s this band, huge in the 70s and 80s. They wrote some of the best songs I’ve heard.” Douxie said. He could wax poetic about Queen.
“So they inspired Ash Dispersal Pattern?” Claire asked. Douxie waved his hand.
“Sort of. We were inspired by a lot of bands.” He explained. “Look no matter what you think of it, Bohemian Rhapsody was a master piece.” He could still remember walking into places and people would belt it out.
“Bohemian Rhapsody.” Blinky repeated. “It sounds delightful.” Douxie’s grin widened.
“Here let me play it.” He pulled out his phone and soon the room was filled with music. Suddenly everyone was dancing. Steve did some air guitar and Toby used a broom like a mic. Jim and Claire were dancing and Aaarrrgh bobbed to the beat.
“It’s not bad for Earth music.” Krel said. Douxie barely heard him fully ready to start shrieking ‘thunderbolts and lightning, very very frightening’. Soon they were all joining in. As the song came to an end Blinky applauded.
“Oh bravo. I see why you like it so much.” He cheered. “Perhaps you have some other melodies to share with us.” Blinky looked eager.
“Alright then, hold on to your ears. I’m about to take you on music tour for the ages!”