Mau5in' Around

Chapter 8

“But I~~~ just wanna play it right. We~~~ we’re gonna get there tonight!”

Raven lay on her small, new bed on her back, listening to more of Dead Mau5’s tracks. Mau5 had given her some strange memory back-up chip and a pair of old speakers for the time being so that she could listen to his stuff. If she was going to be his dancer, she needed to start getting familiar with each song. The more she listened to it, the more she began to fall in love with the unique sounds. It was incredibly addictive. But as Guy had said; it could just be that she still had the red liquid in her system. Mau5 also had said that ‘drug’ enhanced those feelings you get when listening to his music. She could tell… she could not possibly keep still while listening to the music. Her head, foot or hands had to be tapping to the beats. The rhythms were pulling her on invisible strings, forcing her to move. 

“It is great music… but damn... whoever came up with the lyrics isn’t that great.”

Each time a singer was featured in one of Mau5’s songs, they had a good voice. But she found all of the lyrics to be just okay. There was nothing very creatively striking about them. 

Well at least they could sing; she’d give them that. 

Raven shut her eyes and continued to bob her head and twitch her feet back in forth to the beats. She tried to visualize what kind of dancing she would do to the music. She was beginning to get so lost in the electronic synths, that she didn’t hear someone creep into the room. It took her a minute to sense the feeling that someone had their eyes on her. She slowly opened her eyes and flinched to see a big red Mau5 looming over her with an idiotic grin.

“Oh shit..” She said under her breath as she quickly sat up and scooted away from him.

“Still listening to my music? You must really like it~” He said, still giving her that pleased grin.

Raven was quiet for a few seconds. She then nodded. “Yeah.. I won’t lie. It’s brilliant music.”

“Oh~ thank you.” Mau5 said, shutting his eyes and giving a dramatic bow. 

Raven sat awkwardly away from him. “So.. wots up?”

“Nothing, nothing… I just… thought I’d stop by and see how you were doing,” Mau5 replied, now putting his fingers together perfectly. This was a habit that she noticed he had. It was sort of an interesting habit. “If you don’t mind… I’d like to show you something.”

“Yeah? Wot’s that?” Raven asked, suddenly feeling nervous.

Mau5 gave a soft frown as he observed her. “Don’t worry… it’s nothing bad. Stop being so nervous~”

“Well, it’s kinda hard to after the last thing you showed me was a needle with drugged liquid.”

His ears drooped slightly. “I’m sorry if I scared you. But Raven, I didn’t want you to go. I was afraid you wouldn’t come back.”

Raven sighed. “You’re right, I probably wouldn’t have.”

Mau5 looked down at the floor, his large, white eyes blinking dramatically. “I just want to show you something. And I want you to know I’m not going to hurt you.”

“Okay...” Raven replied. She relaxed her pose and sat at the foot of the bed now, waiting.

Mau5 squatted down in front of Raven and lift his hands slightly in front of him. He took in a deep breath and released it slowly. His gaze seemed to be fixed on the ceiling above her. Raven waited patiently to see what exactly would happen.

It was soft and low at first. Then it grew steadily. At first, she thought she heard something. But as time went by, she became sure; there was a bass line humming deeply in the room. Raven blinked curiously as she looked about the room. She couldn’t tell where it was coming from. A smile crept up Mau5’s face as he watched her. She looked at him, her eyes rounding with surprise.