forget your troubles, happy days are here again / you better chase all your troubles away

[highf]

So here's what you missed on Glee:

After getting slushied in the face for years and dealing with Karofsky's bullying, Kurt's decided to take a few defense lessons from the Black Widow herself - ( "I... just wanted to say thank you, again, for letting me participate in this course, and how much I'm looking forward to future lessons. You kind of blew

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[bothgodown]

It would not due if she were to come to such a party without passing her complements to the hosts. It is a fun and formal affair, one that suits her manners even as the alcohol goes gently to her head. Her dress is different enough to make a scene but not so different that it makes her feel out of place.

"A dear and happy birthday to you," she offers with a smile as she gently shakes her head at the offer of the microphone. "I should not wish to spoil it with a song of my own especially not when thou does sing so well."

[highf]

While Kurt can't claim himself to be the greatest Shakespeare fan or buff around, there's absolutely no way for someone to build such a deep interest in theater without having dived into the man's works at some point or another, and Kurt certainly likes most of what he's read. The idea that such iconic characters, penned centuries ago, can be lifted off their pages and dropped on the island is still beyond Kurt's comprehension, and when he turns to find Miranda dressed to the nines, her dress the most accurate that he's seen at the party yet, it takes him a moment before he catches his breath.

"Thank you," he smiles, quietly setting the microphones aside and abandoning the spontaneous singing session to drop down and spend a greater amount of time with his esteemed guest. "And no, no, I'm sure that you would hardly spoil the karaoke machine; these things are practically made for abuse. Not that I think you'd be capable of abusing it in the first place."

[bothgodown]

Being here does wonders for Miranda's sense of belonging. Even though there is much about this party that still seems odd and out of place, despite having lived for months in this time, she is certain that is getting used to it more and more each time.

Laughing she shakes her head. "Oh, I assure you that I am certain that any attempts that I should make would be most dreadful," she says quite confident in her inability to do something that she has never really tried. "Are such things not meant to be used by those with talent already?"

[highf]

"Are you kidding me? The whole point of a karaoke machine is to give a star moment to anyone, no matter how awful at singing they might be. Actually, there are plenty of people who use it just for that purpose, belting it out and knowing that no one will judge because it's... well, it's karaoke," he adds with a tilt of his head. Pausing to give her a better look, Kurt sighs before long, grinning as he reaches to pat her shoulder and encourage her on stage. "Come on, you'll be wonderful. Besides, we can always turn up the background music enough that people will be more distracted by the bass than the singing."

He grins, enthused, hoping that she'll take his offer- though admittedly, he has no idea what song to start her off with. Probably something a little more repetitive and easy to mimic.

[bothgodown]

His certainty is something that she finds to be quite admirable. There are a great many things that Miranda wishes she could go forth with such a manner. Of course she is more than find banging about on the drums, but that is a different sort of thing all together. Pursing her lips together in momentary thought, she wonders if she ought to give in or save herself the embarrassment.

A moment later a smile breaks across her features as she nods. "All right. I do think that I could give it a try. Perhaps it should not be so terrible that others would protest."

[highf]

"Oh, come on, if anyone protests I'll just hit them on the head with a water balloon; I've got plenty, and I'm not afraid to get a little wet. In spite of the Dolce and Gabbana, in fact," Kurt confesses, before tilting his head in the direction of the machine and holding out a hand to help her on the stage. It's true that she could turn out to be especially disastrous; Kurt's never listened to her sing, after all. But still there is a sense of wonder about it, at a character from so long ago, from such a different time and culture, that he finds he honestly can't mind the idea of bearing a few potentially off-key lines.

"And we can always turn the volume up if you'd rather have the background music directing your melodies. Professional singers do it all the time. Well. The ones more geared towards mass appeal and celebrity, but still."

[bothgodown]

Those names mean nothing to her, though she assumes it must be something like the tailors who did fashion Kurt's lovely clothes. But there is something delightfully wicked in the notion of it, in the very idea that those who would mock her would meet a very damp fate. It is a enough to make her toes curl, but instead she smiles and nods eager to give into the strange fun of it.

"Oh, sort of like the ones in rock and roll? I do like them." Miranda has grown rather fond of such muscians, even if they do sometimes give out nonsense. It is something that draws her in a bit like a sprites song. "I suppose that might be better. I can follow music, but I have never tried to sing before, but it shall be new. I dare even hope that it shall be fun as well. I thank thee for it, I do."

[highf]

"Did you just say rock and roll?"

Come to think of it, Kurt supposes that it isn't too hard to picture someone like Miranda being fond of the genre, once the initial culture shock bleeds away. If anything, he looks her over with a thoughtful, appraising air, already trying to determine for himself the likely artists that she'd take to. He's tempted to have her try a little AC/DC on for size, if only because he thinks that the idea of Miranda tossing her hair about is positively charming in its own way, but better than throwing her at a song she hasn't so much as heard before, Kurt decides that he might as well go off of her experience. Give her something that she'll enjoy.

"That settles it, c'mon," he urges her, guiding her to the stage. "Tell me a song you've heard, or even an artist, obviously someone's given you plenty of exposure to the music."