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"Go up," you say to Raven.

"Already on it," she says as she floats up.

The crowd slowly stops dancing around, gaining control of themselves again. You notice a couple little boys looking up from under Raven.

"Oi!" you say as you shoo them away.

"I spotted him!" she says as she points.

You look while she flies in that direction. You make your way through the crowd as they just loiter about. You spot Dennis as he's about to take a turn onto a side street, but you start to hear trumpets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_tiKaNzx-8

"Dancin'! Dancin'! Danciiin~!" Dennis sings as he hits multiple disco poses. "Dancin' machi-iii-iiine~! Oh baaabe! Move it, baby!"

Raven is caught under Dennis's power again as she lands and she starts really popping and shimmying her shoulders.

"Automatic, systematic!
Full of color, self contaaained~!
Tuned and gentle to your vi-iiibes~!
Captivating, stimulating!
She's such a sexy lady!
Filled with space-age desi-iiign~.

She's movin', she's groovin',
Dancin' until the muuu-sic stops now... yeeeaaa~eeeaahh!"

Raven sways her hips as she bends her knees, and keeps going as she comes back up, then does a cross between trotting a kicking to get some real bounce in her step.

"Rhythmatic, acrobatic!
She's a dynamite attraction!
At the drop of a coin, she comes ali-iiive! Yeah~!
She knows~ what she's doin'! Sheee's~ super bad now!
She's geared to really bloooow~ your mind~!"

*Bwa bwaaaa~! Bwa lalala bwa!*
*Bwa bwaaaa~! Bwa lalala bwa!*
*Bwa bwaaaa~! Bwa lalala bwa!*
*Bwa bwaaaaaa~!*

With the trumpet flares and guitar riffs, Raven waves her right arm with feet apart, then brings her feet together and arm down to sway and drop, resetting with each one. You storm over but Raven stands in your way, hand up in your face and a finger wagging at you. It even starts to go in rhythm with the music.

*Bwa bwaaaa~! Bwa lalala bwa!*
*Bwa bwaaaa~! Bwa lalala bwa!*
*Bwa bwaaaa~! Bwa lalala bwa!*
*Bwa bwaaaaaa~!*

"Dancin'! Dancin'! Danciiin~!"

"Silentium!" you shout as you hurl a mute spell at Dennis!

Dennis is hit like a punch to the face and he staggers back! Dennis sits up and you can tell he's saying, "Ow...!" but the sound is blocked. When he realizes that, he's clearly shocked, and maybe even appalled. But Raven keeps dancing to the music!

"What?" you say. "That's not possible! Dennis stopped singing!"

"Then why am I still doing this weird trot?!" she shouts as she bounce-steps in a circle.

Dennis has a smug smile beaming off his face as he shrugs, playing dumb. You use binding magic to keep him tied up and chained to a light post. He frowns while you brain storm why Raven is still dancing against her will.

Dennis's power comes from singing. Anything he sings, even if it's just random words, are given power. He explained himself it is about hearing him. But if he isn't the singer, then how can it linger? Oh no, his power's affecting how you think.

Words given power... That's a lot like magic spells and incantations. Therefore, the wording used is key. What has he sung since all this started?

Let's Face the Music and Dance. Well, that is a bit straightforward, and has already been happening. Music causes dancing.
Boogie Oogie Oogie. Get down, boogie oogie oogie, 'til you just can't boogie no more?!
And wait! As if to emphasize on it, Dancing Machine has the line "dancing until the music stops."

Those three elements combined implanted a very strong psychosomatic suggestion that while music is playing, Raven will dance, even if she's about to collapse! You have to stop the music! But in a city like New Orleans, on Bourbon Street, easier said than done.

To start, you grab Dennis's mp3 player and stop the song. Raven stops and catches her breath, and you hurry over to block out sound.

"Sana probationem," you say as you swirl your hand around her head.

"What?" Raven says loudly. "Hey, why can't I hear anything?"

You get your phone out and quickly type an explanation.

I used a spell to keep you from hearing things, so Dennis couldn't use his powers on you

"Oh... That makes sense," she says, still loudly. "Oh, wait, am I being loud right now?"

You nod your head.

"Sorry..." she whispers. "But, didn't you use a silence spell on him?"

You nod again and type a new message.

He's already planted a psychosomatic so that you'll dance to anything
you need to not hear anything until we have a way to undo it

"But-"

You cut her off with a pointer finger on her lips, then finish typing.

and no, I don't think he'll cooperate to do it himself

"Oh, true," she says. "But, how do we know it isn't already over? You muted him and stopped any music currently, right?"

You nod, and think about that. One part was "boogie until you just can't boogie no more," but the rest was about the music ending. Which part supersedes the other?

A) Test it
B) Don't risk it
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