Chapter 98: Closures May Vary
The audience murmurs in the Dream Waltz, before the lights dimmed down, and prompted them to start cheering as the red curtain illuminated.
"This song goes out to a special someone..." Adam voices echoes from the speakers in a charming tone, "You know who you are~"
The curtain rises, as a speeding, stepping-down beat played down. Adam sits on a throne with his head resting on his fist with his leg crossed over the other, his other arm on the throne as he holds a diamond cane. He wears black and white sequin clothes -- black on his left and white on his right on his upper body, and black on his right and white on his left side of his lower body. He wears a gold crown with white diamonds on it as well.
There are four shirtless men with him up there, all of them wearing skin-tight white tank tops with playing card symbols the middle of each shirt -- a red heart, diamond, and a black spade and club. The men with the heart and diamond shirt are wearing red gloves and tight red pants, while the men with the spade and club shirt are wearing black gloves and tight black pants. The stage itself has white and blue spotlights around here and there, zooming around as speckled lights run around, the stage decorated with large chess pieces and other card-themed décor.
"HOH!"
"~You think you will but I guarantee, that you'll never find a boy like me~" Adam sings in quick precession, "~Who serves you, better puts you on a thrown, satisfies your every need~"
"~I~" Adam propped his cane before he gets up and walks as the guys dance accordingly, "~Do as I like, say what I want, got all I need ~And I~" He gives a whimsical spin, tipping his crown forward a bit, "~Have my own crown, found it within, can't take it from me~" He wags his finger, as each man poses as he pass them by with a lyrical step on each one. "~Try as you may~ ... ~You can't bring me down~ ... ~I'm standing tall~ ... ~On solid ground~"
The card men swerve and step about him, chorusing around Adam as he gracefully and slowly moves in the center "~Play me~ ... ~Fool me~ ... ~Kiss me~ ... ~Seduce me~"
Adam gives a sultry grin and down cast of his eyes at the crowd, "You'll never have me, nuh-uh..." His voice echoes lowly in a seductive fashion, "The joke's on you," The men take a few very big playing cards -- each one an Ace of each symbol, and equipped onto their left arms like a large panel, and spins around Adam in a rotation, "~I'll never~never~never~never~never be your fool..."
The men spin out and whip around with their large card-shields as Adam picked right back up, "~You think you will but I guarantee, that you'll never find a boy like me ~Who serves you better puts you on a throne, satisfies your every need~"
"~Royal flush in my hand, joke's on you, all you got is a pair of twos~" Adam's hands flash a set of four playing cards on both hands, before they retreat back to his sleeves "~Traded your king in the making, so now all you do is lose~"
"~You'll never know ~You'll never, no ~You'll never get me~" Adam hits his chest with the fake gem of the cane, as the men twirl with the huge playing cards around in a four-spaced rotating wall "~You'll never know ~You'll never, no ~You'll never get me~"
The end of the cane hits the stage as the men align beside him, swerving progressively, "~Diamond digger, keep on diggin' greed will bring you down, deep in them mines~" Two of the men dip down below, and rise in a smooth move, "~To a place you won't be found~" Adam turns and walks slowly, the cane set onto his shoulder, "~Play me~ ... ~Fool me~ ... ~Kiss me~ ... ~Seduce me~" He says as he makes a seductive and rejecting gesture on each man.
"~You'll never get the chance again ~The joke's on you~" The card men rise and move their big cards up, and spin-rotate in a circle again "~I'll never~never~never~never~never be your fool..."
"~You think you will but I guarantee, that you'll never find a boy like me, who serves you, better puts you on a thrown, satisfies your every need ~You think you will but I guarantee, that you'll never find a boy like me, who serves you, better puts you on a thrown, satisfies your every need~"
"~Royal flush in my hand, joke's on you, all you got is a pair of twos~" Adam's hands flash a set of four playing cards on both hands, before they retreat back to his sleeves "~Traded your king in the making, so now all you do is lose~"
"~I, do as I like, say what I want, got all I need ~And I, have my own crown found it within~" Adam takes a second to take off his crown, flip it around, and places it back on his head, "~Can't take it from me~" The card men pose as Adam gives a dignified grab on the face, arm, or hip, and rejects each one by one in a regal way, "... ~Try as you may~ ... ~You can't bring me down~ ... ~I'm standing tall~ ... ~On solid ground~"
"~You think you will but I guarantee, that you'll never find a boy like me, who serves you, better puts you on a thrown, satisfies your every need ~You think you will but I guarantee, that you'll never find a boy like me, who serves you, better puts you on a thrown, satisfies your every need~"
"~Royal flush in my hand, joke's on you, all you got is a pair of twos ~Traded your king in the making, so now all you do is lose~"
"~You'll never know ~You'll never, no ~You'll never get me ~You'll never know ~You'll never, no ~You'll never get me~"
"~You think you will but I guarantee, that you'll never find a boy like me, who serves you, better puts you on a thrown, satisfies your every need ~You think you will but I guarantee, that you'll never find a boy like me, who serves you, better puts you on a thrown, satisfies your every need~"
"~Royal flush in my hand, joke's on you, all you got is a pair of twos~" The music reaches an ending rhythm as Adam turns and walks back towards the throne while the men circle and show their cards about "~Traded your king in the making, so now all you do is lose~" The men run and flip and spin with each of his own respective Ace card as Adam goes, turning about to face the audience.
"~You'll never know ~You'll never, no ~You'll never get me ~You'll never know ~You'll never, no ~You'll never get me ~You'll never know ~You'll never, no ~You'll never get me ~You'll never know ~You'll never, no ~You'll never get me~" The men pose wit the cards in a presenting fashion as Adam sits on the throne, his hands on the fake jewel and holding the cane up in front of him "~Haha... ~You'll never have me~" Adam lets the cane down, and resumes his first pose on the throne, with his cheek on his fist, and his leg, crossed, his face giving a very cold expression at Jessica all the way at the bar.
"You're a joke." Adam finishes, before the curtain falls, and the audience cheers and whoops out loud in a booming ovation.
~~~
"Agh," Adam rolls his head as he gets up. He's all sweaty in this stuffy outfit.
"Hey Adam."
"Hm?" The man with the Ace of Clubs shirt smirks as he holds up a deck, "50-Card pick-up." With that, he bends the cards, and makes them flip and shuffle and fly all over the place, scattering to the floor. Adam looks down at the falling cards before him. "Well? Pick'em up."
"Oh yeah?" Adam sneered as he holds his arms towards him, "Take this, filthy peasant." He moves his hands to hold his wrist. Something clicks and whizzes in the cuff of his sleeves, "Wait, gimme a second to..." He adjusts a few times, clicking the device inside his clothing. Something buzzes weakly before the cards in his sleeves dribbled out, attached together, "Ssshhit, hang on." The inside of his cuffs sparks and a puff of smoke comes out, "Ow! Shit shit shit!" He jerks his hands about as the metal bits bite at his hands before he quickly takes it off.
"Hahahah, smooth, Adam. Reeaal smooth."
---Several Months Later---
"Uugghh, are we there yet??" Adam whined as he and Merrick go hiking through the thick woods.
"Quit complaining, babe, this is good for you." Merrick says, "I'm doing fine, what are YOU bitching about?"
"I'm freaking melting here!" Adam groans as he sweats profusely. "I can't stand being all sweaty."
"Geez, your Mother was right, you DO whine a lot when you have to exercise. You used to come all this way just to see me when we were young."
"That was then, this was now." He grumbles. As he goes, he can hear the sound of a calm waterfall. He follows Merrick to the clearing trees until they come to a black rock area. Adam's eyes brighten as he sees the beautiful cascade of water pouring from a cliff. He can feel the cool spray around his hot face as he also notes a subtle rainbow, "Wooow..."
"When we were a lot younger..." Merrick says as he stands a one of the rocks, "This is where we always came to see each other. Inside that waterfall?" Merrick pointed, "There's this cave with glowing crystals growing inside it. We met for the first time inside that grotto."
