>Be Renate Pfeiffer, German exchange student >I rarely get called that though >Due to my talent with the cello, the music professor gave me the nickname "Octavia" and it just stuck with everyone else >Don't really care about what the "in crowd", or whatever they're calling themselves, do >I'm in another country, studying in a different continent, and making my family proud by playing in both formal events and sponsored concerts >Don't know about you, but that's good enough for me >However, I can't seem to get Alvina, some electronica-obsessed girl, off my back >Apparently, her parents forced her to go to one of my concerts in an attempt to get her off that horrendous music, and she recognized me from school >Now she won't leave me alone and constantly tries to get me to listen to what she calls "Vinny's Epic Wubs", whatever the hölle that's supposed to mean >I refuse to call her that as well >Alvina is a beautiful name, rich in history and culture, both in literature and song >Vinny sounds like some sort of Italian mobster >Stupid, idiotic, uncultured, incompetent Italians... >Anyhow, I seem to be able to avoid her easily enough between classes by wearing a green wig >No such luck after school >I recently heard from her that there was a new student attending the school >Some guy named Norman, and apparently he was a Neo-Nazi! >Truth be told, part of me wants to strangle him, but another part of me pities him >After all, apparently his parents set him up for failure by giving him that name in the first place >Norman, as in old deutsche for northerner? Referring to Prussians and Scandinavians? >Ugly, stupid, barbaric, irredeemable Scandinavians... >That was like calling one's son Bennito! >However, some purple girl can't seem to stay away from him >According to Alvina, she claims to be a princess from some horse world >Typical slavic, starting the day with a bottle >Friday night >Somehow, Vinny "convinced" me to go with her to some club she works in during weekends >The way she "convinced" me reminded me of stories my grandfather used to tell me of his time in the Deutsche Demokratische Republik >"Remind me vhat I'm doing here." - I asked her coldly. >"Oh come on, don't be like that! Since apparently no shop can fix your computer and you don't have a cellphone or a tablet, I might as well show you my album by playing it live!" >Note to self: Reread grandfather's journal in order to come up with better lies >"Well, I've got to get to work now. Go on and have fun, I'll catch you later!" >Before I could answer back, she was gone >Perfect. There was a reason I brought my green wig >Putting it on, I made my way to the front door. No one would recognize me as long as I had it on >Few people coming in and out, I'd be able to slip out unnoticed >Almost at the door >"Hey, it's Octy!" >Octy... >No way... >There's no way that imbec- >"It's you, isn't it? Yes it is! Wow, didn't think you liked going to clubs!" - I heard as I felt my wrist being grabbed just before being turned around to face... >Brad >How this Irish-descended neanderthal recognized me with my wig, I don't even know >"Hallo Brad. It was gut seeing you. If you'll excuze me, I've got to go." - I said, trying to turn around and just leave >"Wait! Come on, me and some friends managed to get a table!" - he replied as he pulled me towards said table >To be honest, I fully expected the table to be occupied by the testosterone-filled anglo-saxons and zulus of the football team >I'd never expected the neo-nazi guy and the slavic girl >Correction, just the new guy. The girl fit perfectly here >"So as I was saying, Ted passes the ball to me so I start running over to their..." >Brad just continued talking and talking... >The looks on both... er.... oh, right, Norman, and the purple slav, told their thoughts quite clearly >The purple girl looked genuinely interested in Brad's explanation of a sport as barbaric as the original English-invented game it was based on >Norman, on the other hand, looked ready to jump off a cliff >With nothing better to do, I decided to talk to him >"You do know people from many colorz and breedz go to clubz, right? So vhy are you here?" - I asked casually to someone so filled with hate >"... wait, are you calling me a racist?" - he asked, apparently insulted by my question. Typical >"No, I'm juzt vondering vhy you decided to come here." >"Well, I had to get my mind off school, and Brad invited Purple to come here, and she invited me, so I thought what the hell, might give it a chance." >He seriously calls the only person who talks to him Purple... >"By the way, what's with the wig? I know your hair ain't green." - It was a fair question, to be honest >"To hide. I play in high-clazz eventz. Have had my own concertz. I'm ze best cellist in the ze school, and is the reason I'm in zis country in ze first place. I can't be seen here." >"Ah..." - he answered emptily. "Well, don't worry. I won't tell anyone about you partying or anything." >"Danke, I suppose..." >Be Vinny >It's time to start the show >"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHAT DO YOU WANT?!" - I yelled into the microphone >"PARTY" - yelled back the club >"GOOD! BECAUSE DJ-HU3M4N IS IN DA HAUS!" >And here we go. With skillful movement of dials and buttons, I began doing my thing. >Lets see what Ms. Fancy thinks about this now >Be Renate >OhdearGodwhatinthefuckisthatnoise! >The crowd is definitely going crazy, and what had been people dancing earlier has now turned into a riot >"AWRIGHT, COME ON TWILY! LETS DANCE!" - yelled Brad, pulling the purple slavic girl to the dance floor >However, she apparently didn't see it fit to leave her friend behind, and grabbed his hand, dragging him along >"Vell, you enjoy your night. I've got to gAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" - I couldn't help but yell as my arm got grabbed again, getting pulled into a human chain heading into the last place I ever wanted to be in >The Dance Floor >Minutes passed, feeling like hours, the sheer human ocean keeping me trapped there while being bombarded with what could only be described as a computer's sound card having a seizure >"COME ON OCTY, DANCE!" - yelled out Brad despite him being right next to me >Then again, with this noise, yelling was the only way to communicate >What happened next caught me by surprise, as Norman grabbed my hand >"COME ON, LETS DANCE!" - he said as he tried to lead a dance with me >Or rather, it looked like dancing. Then again, compared to the random spazzing of everyone there, a drugged monkey would look like an expert dancer >"OK, JUST DO AS I DO!" - he said, moving from side to side, making hand and arm gestures, and so on >I'm just glad he didn't ask me to flail my arms >As much as I hate to admit it, and as horrific as the noise was, this was rather fun >This went on for a few more minutes before the "rythm" of the... -can't actually call it a song, but rather- noise slowed down >"Oh! Hold on, let me try something!" >"Try something? Vhat do you mea- WOAH, HEY!" >"Relax. I saw this in a movie." - he said as he began spinning while holding unto me >For a moment there, I thought he was trying to do some salsa, which kind of eased my mind >That turned into horror when the idiot let go >I would later learn that what he was trying to do was some sort of disco move, and the movie he was referring to was "Airplane" >When I regained my composture, I looked around to try and get my bearings >I found myself next to one of the gigantic speakers >At the slowest point of the song >OHSWEETMOTHEROFGO- >WUB-WUB-WUB WUBWUB WUBWUB-WUB-WUB-WUB WUBWUBWUBWUB WUB WUB-WUB-WUB