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melodiesoflife2016-05-11 08:56 am
mindofathief) wrote in melodiesoflife2016-05-11 08:56 am
Dancing All Night
Who: Everyone
What: A slumber party at the Observatory so the Heroes can experience something nice for once.
Where: Old Observatory
When: Night of May 12th - Morning of May 13th
Warnings: If your character comes, there's a huge change they'll catch the sickness from someone else who's infected but doesn't show the symptoms. Duster will have many regrets in the future.
[All those that had been invited to the Observatory tonight would see all the windows on the bottom floors lit up before sundown. Duster and Zelda had spent most of today setting up bedding and rearranging the furniture in preparation, and then Duster had to run back home to change into his new suit.
There were multiple rooms with lights set up. One has a corner turned into a makeshift stage where musicians could perform. Two had tables of food. Several rooms were left alone for partygoers to have private moments (Tamekichi suggested that). There was also a box of beer bottles as a sad attempt at a bar, with an empty bottle marking the area where party games were to be played, Spin the Bottle included (all that was Tamekichi's suggestion, too).
Duster greets the arrivals at the door with a soft smile, wearing a periwinkle suit, a white dress shirt, a red shit, and black dress shoes.]
Welcome to Club Ixen! It's time we had some fun.
What: A slumber party at the Observatory so the Heroes can experience something nice for once.
Where: Old Observatory
When: Night of May 12th - Morning of May 13th
Warnings: If your character comes, there's a huge change they'll catch the sickness from someone else who's infected but doesn't show the symptoms. Duster will have many regrets in the future.
[All those that had been invited to the Observatory tonight would see all the windows on the bottom floors lit up before sundown. Duster and Zelda had spent most of today setting up bedding and rearranging the furniture in preparation, and then Duster had to run back home to change into his new suit.
There were multiple rooms with lights set up. One has a corner turned into a makeshift stage where musicians could perform. Two had tables of food. Several rooms were left alone for partygoers to have private moments (Tamekichi suggested that). There was also a box of beer bottles as a sad attempt at a bar, with an empty bottle marking the area where party games were to be played, Spin the Bottle included (all that was Tamekichi's suggestion, too).
Duster greets the arrivals at the door with a soft smile, wearing a periwinkle suit, a white dress shirt, a red shit, and black dress shoes.]
Welcome to Club Ixen! It's time we had some fun.
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Then I ask that you show us a few steps of one- perhaps mixing in a few of another, if you find they fit.
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...All right. This dance has a rich and interesting history, but that's not what you're interested in, right?
[She stands with her feet apart, rolls her shoulders, and clears her throat. Then she treats K'pandolu to The Chicken Dance.]
Bocka bocka bocka bock, bocka bocka bocka bock, bocka bocka bocka bock! *clap clap clap clap*
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[but it was the dance she asked for, so that's fine. She laughs in delight, clapping for Rialynn at the end.]
Very nice! Where did you learn that?
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[She sits down, one leg stretched out in front of her, the other foot tucked underneath.]
All right, your turn. Truth or dare?
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[she hums, and nods.]
Truth. [she likes Rialynn enough to think she won't take too much advantage of that.]
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Most kids are happy to have any excuse to be the center of attention. Harvest dances are perfect for that.
[But now she has to think of another truth? She has to think about that one for a while.]
Hmmmmm... Have you ever been in love before?
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In love?
[she looks uncertain for a moment, then nods, ears flicking.] There've been a few people I'd… consider that way… Did you wish to hear the details?
[…K'pandolu Tohka: huge proponent of Valentione's, kind of terrible at her own feelings. But technically she answered the question!]
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[She wasn't going to force it with the rules of the game, but if K'pandolu wants to share, Rialynn's always eager to listen. Who knows, it might wind up being part of a poem or ballad in the future. So she scoots closer, allowing them to talk to each other while the others continue the game. No eavesdropping allowed.]
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She edges a little closer, pushing back a little bit of hair (which falls back anyway, but there it is).]
There was… a Hyur girl, when I was younger, before- mm, before the lesser moon fell. [better not to say Calamity, she thinks. Even if it's a different one.] She was enthusiastic, and driven, and she got me to race her… She's probably working her way up to becoming a captain, but I haven't seen her in years.
There's… there was a Hyur man, too. He cared, I think, but most of the time he seemed so cavalier… [she shakes her head, tail twitching.] And then there's the Admiral- there's just something in the way she walks, and her speeches… They hook right into you, and you can tell she means every word she speaks. She matches action to suit words, too- she's incredible.
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[Rialynn is surprised. She can't even manage falling in love with one person. The thought of three is staggering. Don't mind them, they're off having their own conversation outside of the game at this point.]
Are any of them here in Crystallis?
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It's not that unusual, is it?
[they weren't all at the same time, too, though her feelings about Thancred and Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn did overlap.
She brings her knees up to wrap her arms around them, ears falling.]
… Does it count if they don't remember you?
[But she shakes her head after a few moments, picking herself up.]
What about you, though? Someone must have caught your eye too, I'm sure.
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[By now, Rialynn is painfully familiar with their existence. As the conversation starts to turn toward Rialynn, she artfully pushes it away again.]
No, not at the moment. Sorry!
[She's not really sorry.]
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It's… a little of both, I suppose. Though it was not that he woke up…
[she looks disappointed- perhaps as much for the lack of distraction as anything.]
No? No one at all? That's a shame; I'm sure there'd be someone who'd well appreciate your heart.
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[She'd be more agreeable to the notion if she felt like she had some degree of control, but when decisions of that nature are made without her input, romance takes on a pretty scary face. All the more reason to talk to K'pandolu about her own problems instead of Rialynn's. She jerks her head to indicate they should leave the game for now and talk in private, since it seems like a personal sort of thing.]
Let's go to one of the side rooms. Tell me about this guy.
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[look K'pandolu met Lady Lisette of House Valentione and took to trying to help lovers like she was meant to (despite the actual details being kind of a mess), she is all for love. Still- that hasn't involved so much of her own feelings, so she fidgets with her hands for a few moments before nodding.]
All right.
[she casts a look at the rest of the room before moving out.]
So… where should I start? Where we met?
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[But she'll always love other people's stories of love, and retell them whenever possible so long as it doesn't wind up causing trouble for the original owner of the story.]
That would be great!
[Rialynn picks one of the many mattresses laid out and sits down, reclining on her hands.]
Was it love at first sight, or did it work up gradually?
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It was hardly that. Oh- he's handsome, and he speaks well, but- my mother and aunts had warned me that there could be traps hidden behind honeyed words. And a fresh face in town- and Ul'dah, at that- can well be an easy mark.
[she pauses for a moment, and huffs, shaking herself.]
I was working on making a name for myself, though, and I was tasked with tracking a person down- a lady of the Ul'dahn court, in fact. That was how I met him- he'd been looking for her as well. I didn't think very much of him then, but… voidsent appeared, and we fought them off. He… wasn't bad, actually.
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A man with a talent for combat can be somewhat alluring, particularly to those who are also handy in a fight. What happened after that?
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… He's capable of some quite graceful moves. I, ah… [perhaps this is a little embarrassing, but- now that she's started-] I've tried to perform some of them.
Well- I [passed out, but that doesn't really lend itself to the story] had a vision, which was rather distracting- and contained some information he thought better to follow up on sooner rather than later. So we parted ways at that point, and I didn't see him again until getting into some trouble with a golem.
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[Rialynn's heard stories of similar creatures, puppeted by mad wizards, but they're just stories. Such things have never existed in her world as far as she's aware. She holds her legs loosely, curious about the rest of the story.]
And after that?
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They're creatures of clay and stone, brought to life by magic.
[she links her fingers together.]
I had another set of visions- of his past, points between five years past and my meeting him. That told me there was more to him than the flirty words… That there were matters he took seriously.
We were a little occupied, though- I'd just helped defend a man who was marked by one of the Syndicate- one of the most powerful men in Ul'dah- so we parted ways again. He'd recognised that power, though… or that's what I think when I look back on it, at least.