<strong>Nadia Simone - Roughshod Club</strong><br/><br/>The air was as electric as it ever was. Nadia was touching up her makeup before the show when Renee burst through the door excitedly and pounced on her. "Holy SHIT, girlfriend! I just talked to Gary! He said we're nearly full! We're gonna rock this motherfucker!"<br/><br/>Nadia tried to sound more annoyed than she was. "You just fucked up my eyeliner, jackass."<br/><br/>Renee laughed. "Naw. It looks cool. Leave it like that. Here. Do the other eye too." She grabbed the eyeliner out of Nadia's hand and moved in for the kill.<br/><br/>Nadia ducked quickly and grabbed the eyeliner back from her. "I'll do it, thanks. Go get Aaron. Tell him we're on in ten minutes, and he better beat the shit outta those drums."<br/><br/>"I'm on it."<br/><br/>The next ten minutes were a blur until a single voice cut through the crowd. "GIVE IT UP FOR MANUAL AUTOMATIC!"<br/><br/>The band sprang into action. Five steps onto the stage transported Nadia from reality into the realm of fantasy, and she came into the audience's view.<br/><br/>"Hello Paradiso! Get the fuck UP!" With a flourish, she stomped on the trigger switch she'd set up for the pyrotechnics and the carefully positioned fountains of fire erupted from the darkness.<br/><br/>Nadia shut everything else out and dove headfirst into her song.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body"><em>When I was darkness at that time,<br/>With trembling lips I shed my tears<br/>The more I fight, the more it hurts<br/>your broken promise wounds me deeply<br/><br/>Nobody can save me, <br/>God, I have one request<br/>Stop tearing my love apart.<br/><br/>I need your love<br/>I’m a broken rose<br/>your song is scattered sadness<br/>my lonely life... <br/>I have nowhere to go<br/><br/>I need your love<br/>I’m a broken rose<br/>Oh baby save me from frozen pain<br/>With your smile <br/>your eyes<br/>just sing dear <br/>just for me<br/><br/>I wanna need your love…<br/>I’m a broken rose<br/>I wanna need your love…</em><br/><br/>(Note: This song is actually a translation of the opening theme from the anime Nana; <br/>you can listen here:rose - ANNA inspi' NANA(BLACK STONES) [official video] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggREiQTs_aY#))<br/></div></div><br/>Nadia tapped the echo switch on her mic and the last line of the song repeated itself over and over. She turned around to signal the next song in the set to her band-mates, but something felt strange. The echo seemed to continue long after it should have faded out.