Halloween 2020!

[Gerrit]

"Yeah, maybe I've bitten off more than I can chew." Gerrit says with a sheepish smile - even if Alice couldn't see it, were she able to filter out the loud music she could maybe make out some fear-traced awkwardness. Not a nice thought, but he was glad that one of the two women broke off of the group for a bit.


A thankful glance towards Cassandra. Her light mood made it easier to get back into the groove. She also recovered from him of doubting the Freehold's friendliness a little too loudly a little too close to the Queen. Great, so the sheepish smile is getting worn out tonight. "Oh sorry, I didn't want to imply otherwise." Cassandra supported his point, though in a more diplomatic manner. He nodded along her remarks - especially about the hanging out more - and looked around. John seems to be having fun.


When the Darkling addressed Gerrit, he stopped and looked at Cassandra. You're too much man. Was this code? The Ogre frowned as he wrecked his brain for John's exact choice of words back then, but he wasn't sure anymore. He said he never uses those colloquial slang words, right? Does man cross the line already, is he feeling unwell? Gerrit looked more closely at John. He was laughing, having a good time.
Of course he couldn't ask John directly, that would defeat the point of a secret language. Dang it, we should have specified more clearly.


In the end he decided to better be safe than sorry. The Stonebones playfully patted the Whisperwisp on the back and Cassandra another look with a big smile. "Dude, talk about took much - I know you basically just arrived but could we go out for a second and catch some fresh air?" He sincerely hoped he wasn't crashing John's party here, but he'd rather apologize for being paranoid than to let his Courtmate down.


What a rollercoaster!

[James Turner]

"Yea, Graverobber is a character from Repo. Both character and pseudo-narrator for the show. I recommend it if you haven't seen it." He offered Jennifer a bright smile but internally he was relieved when it looked like the group would split off and there wouldn't be so many people in close proximity to him.


The blush never got a chance to retreat as Sera complimented him. "Thanks. Not often I get the opportunity normally it's a welcome reprieve." He really wanted to dig into Alice's condition, find out what happened and when but felt like it would be supremely rude to someone he had just met so he let the comment fall by the wayside for now. Maybe another time.


"Thank you, yours looks great too." He said with a smile to the demoness, demon, he wasn't really sure how that worked. He didn't really have much to add into the Scooby conversation, he'd seen it he was familiar with it just not any of the recent works. He also didn't feel he fit into any of the paradigms or tropes of that particular group.


"Thanks Sonnie, it's John though. People keep doing that, guess it's a problem with those really boring names like mine, yea?" He smirked adding into Sonnie's joke as he could though. "Ballet, I thought you told me belly?"


You saw that yes? You know what that means? It's just a lip bite John, you're reading too deeply into it. Am I? YES! No I'm not, fool of a Took! Whatever John just don't make a big deal of it. Right, don't make a deal of it. Just wait...


And then she started singing and his mind connected with that scene, imagination filling in the blanks and he brought up his drink to hide his reaction as he downed half of it letting himself get back to fake baseline. Putting on airs was fucking exhausting. When she said the corset was too restricting though the cup left his lips and he waved around to the club and most of its denizens. "Don't think most here would complain about that. A little discomfort is a small price to pay, right?"


He could hide his face, he could hide his mood, he could hide a lot of things. What he couldn't hide was the flinch as Gerrit touched him. He knew the Ogre meant well and it was a gesture meant to comfort but he couldn't help his nature. Another bit of weight leaving his shoulder as it wasn't him retreating but being pulled aside, that was an easy enough social excuse to slip away quietly and keep face.


"Sure, no problem man. But someone has to come grab me if Bela Lugosi is Dead starts playing yea?" He waved his hands to the other changelings at this as he was most Familiar with them, finishing the rest of his drink in one go and setting it on the bar as they slipped outside for now.

Continued in Fresh Air...

[Alice Hart]

The Kine are grouping together, finding strength in numbers as their lizard brains, recognize the predators in the room. Listening to the conversations, and drinking the peach kir, she feels the disconnect. The talking the music, a familiar cacophony, but one she was unused to, as time between the last time she did this and now, was vast.

IT takes her a moment to register the compliments,

"Thank you." She says surfacing from the depths, to latch onto the life preserver. "You'd be the first to compliment the pale pastels. I had someone tell me I looked like a ghost when I wore white." Sometimes she liked Vivian, and sometimes she very much didn't. The Succubus berating her fashion choices and Curse shaming her when they met was one of them.

[Seraphina]

Offering a smile with a shake of her head, “No thanks, I suck at dancing.” And it was true. When the talk of a picture was mentioned, she made sure to turn herself to not have her face anywhere in the background. One had to be careful.

Laughing at Sonnie, “I did! That’s a huge accomplishment!” then a snort as she kept laughing, “Wow, you have set your goals high, may the odds forever be in your favor.” A solemn nod.

“You show them how it’s done Sonnie!” she cheers her find on. Because of course she did.

Watching the large group break up, she felt a bit of sadness. But that was social part of her, thriving in a crowd.

Back to Alice, “Not everyone can pull of wearing them, some look completely washed out. But not you.” She compliments, basing her opinion off the costume, and then laughs, “Oh wow. Did you take it as a compliment or insult?” trying to figure how best to reply to it. “Whites not bad, but it can be such a hassle to keep clean.” Didn’t stop her from wearing it, but there was a struggle.

[Jennifer Hazelton]

"Thanks for the recommendation. I am always looking for new shows."

She would have replied further to the Dune fan, but he heads out with some of the crowd. Jennifer is feeling a bit more comfortable with the size of the group now.
"I think you look beautiful in whatever you choose to wear." Jennifer replies to Alice, sincere. "I can imagine you in pastels."


"Fugly? Did I hear that right?" She asks the woman who was so beautiful, she almost wondered how she could be real.
Her Curse asserts itself as always, her words coming out snake - like. The woman complimented Alice and earned a second look from the Nosferatu. Alice deserved all the compliments, beauty that she was.


"Yes, I am a Scooby fan." Jennifer's serpentine voice replies.
She decides to re - direct the camera and photo reference for the moment.

"Can I take a pic of you two?" She gestures to Skye and Clark. "Baphomet and Clark? Ha, I don't think I caught your real names. I'm Jenna."

[Skye]

Watching the ghost girl in a marveled surprise.
"Ohh that is surprising I never would have guessed." Dance wasn't really first on her mind. "Still that is amazing, sadly I am an amateur to the bones now gymnastics that I can do with ease but dancing not so much I mostly just let my body take control." Or when she had the chance to gymnastic moves instead unless someone could lead the dance.

The group seemed to be splitting up and the need to move on ceasing, taking away her camera seemed like she didn't want to join in.
"Sure but you gotta send it to me." Placing herself next to Superman whilst holding her arms in a Baphomet pose waiting for the pic to be taken. "And it's Skye, with an e at the end nice to meet you Jenna."

Eyes fluttering, brain going on in a rapid thought pattern gahh she always failed when she tried this being direct were her one way to do things but it always had the opposite effect. True it did work as an armor that way whilst leaving her in control but that was not her goal here, raising her hands to her face slowly dragging them back in an attempt like she fixing her hair. Bending heavily backwards whilst just letting her mind rapidly think only to realize that she really doesn't have any other way of sincerity in.
In a flash throwing herself back up and looking towards Oracle/Jenna with a defeated but kind and calm look.
"Sorry I am really not good at this but would you like to go out sometime? I do mean on a date." Yeah she really wasn't good at this and had never really been on one before but at least she was open and sincere.

[Kaze]

Kaze laughs, "Sure!" He says to Jennifer, seeing Skye strike a pose in character for Jennifer to take a picture, and striking a pose of his own as Superman.

"Hi, Jenna! Call me, 'Chase'!" He says.

When Skye makes her move to ask Jennifer out on a date, Kaze grins and says, "Okay, I'm going to dance a little now. It's kind of a tradition with me."

He moves out onto the dance floor and manages a passable 'move to the beat' kind of improvised dance style, seeming to enjoy himself quite a bit!

1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2020-11-19 23:28:51	Kaze rolls 4 to dance (Expression 1 + Dex 3) (10 Again)	8, 5, 4, 5	1 success

[Sonnie Wu]

"Right, right. Johnny-Boy it is!" Sonnie nodded to the Darkling as she took a gulp of her rum, giving him a thumbs up with her free hand. "Can't it be both? Ballet dancers have bellies, after all."

"Oh, Sera," she shook her head at her friend, "Don't be so down on yourself. I'm sure if you applied yourself, you'd be a great dancer! Maybe you just need more practice?" Encouragement!

She looked from Skye back to Sera, then sighed. "Nobody seems to know how to dance, apparently. How sad." The Beast looked around, "There's snacks, right?"

Jennifer spoke of Fugly, and that got her attention. The woman's odd lisp was curious, but Sonnie wasn't one to make fun of it. "Fugly's my dog! It's an affectionate name... and possibly ironic, depending on how you feel about him."

[Cassandra Reeding]

Cassandra walks back inside the club, not talking to many people. Perhaps the outside had just drained her some. The idea of being around so many people a little bothersome. Still, could be worse.

She makes her way to the dance floor, ready to just vibe to the music. She smiles as she lets the rhythm just take her away. Her unhardened mien seems to just glitter with the mood of the pieces, only seen by fae eyes, of course.

2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2020-11-20 11:29:48	Cassandra Reeding rolls 7 to Dancing Dex 3 + Expression 4 (10 Again)	3, 6, 10, 2, 8, 3, 3, 5	2 successes

Her dance isn't half bad. She dances with a graceful movement, almost mesmerizing enough to watch if one wished to. She was happy. By the end of a few songs, she wishes her close friends a goodbye and gets ready to take her leave. "I'll see you two for dinner soon," she says quietly before addressing the others.

"Bye Sarah, Sonnie, and other friends I've met this evening. We'll all vibe together hopefully on another night," She says with a polite smile before exiting.

[Alice Hart]

Alice ducks her head, the motion jerking as always, she's more conscious of it now, surrounded by kine. "Thanks," she says, a part of her meaning it. Lately, she hadn't cared. She wore what Lyssa chose, her mind had never been one for fashion, and now, she couldn't see what was the trend of the moment, she cared less. Or, she didn't want to care. She needed to with her position, knowing that how she presented herself reflected upon the Prince, but she didn't care as much as she had, losing her eyes was the best thing that had ever happened to her.

Contemplating that, she fades into the background, allowing for the living to live.

Sorry for the meh post, but I wanted to get something up with my wrist as it is, so, if anyone wants Alice's attention just @ Alice, and Saber