[ Warning; Incoming Game. Warning; Incoming Game. Warning; Incoming Game. ] [ It's the Winter Formal! Again! Damn, that was fast. ] [ Once again, there's the usual things; the multicolored lights, the dance floor, the snack tables, the punch bowls (currently alchohol-free; see if it lasts), and the troupe of techno-bards performing music that has a beat sufficient to be danced to. ] [ ...pause. BRB. ] [ And we're back LIVE from the Canyon College Campus, where the Winter Formal is happenin'! So I'll let it happen. Session Start! ] * Istvan is, once again, working security. Not the door, at the moment, though. Thankfully. He's wearing his brand new red dragon scale full plate, and it's pretty damn spiffy looking. Especially with the red bowtie around his neck. * Istvan is also wearing the Official Formal Security Sash (TM), and has his war pick holstered to his back. He also has a medium-sized pouch at his side. * HKenji steps up to the door Istvan is guarding so vigilantly, escorting Tia. He's actually wearing a rather sedate, two-tone kimono in gold and light brown, the better for Tia to show off against. * Tia shows up grinning broadly, one arm in Kenji's. As last time, she is dressed in a shimmering, long gown that seems to have been tailored from moonlight and morning mist. This time, though, it has delicate, silver butterflies perched here and there among the folds of lustrous fabric. * HKenji bows slightly to Istvan, just a little bit of angry glare in his eyes. * Seylin walks into the hall with Patrick. She's wearing a deep cobalt- blue dress that's sleeveless with a high neck, cut low enough in the back to accomodate her wings. The skirt is slim, straight, and floor- length. Her auburn hair is mostly loose, with a single braid on the right side, held in place by a silver clip set with blue stones. * Seylin has a corsage of white roses, tied with a blue ribbon, on one wrist, and a silver bracelet set with another blue stone on the other. A pair of silver and blue stone earrings completes her outfit. * Istvan raises an eyebrow at Kenji, then bows to him and Tia. "'ey guys. Nice dress, Tia." * Tia 's long, blonde hair is mostly loose, interwoven with the same silver butterflies in some places. * Patrick is wearing a stylish, yet simple suit. The shirt is white with an azure tie the same color as Seylin's dress, and a black sports- coat over that. His lapel has a white-rose boutonniere on it, and for once he's dressed up to an occassion. He has black dress-pants on, and obviously by Seylin's influence also has black-leather shoes on his feet. He keeps a warm smile on his face, although most know this can mean any number of things. * Tia grins at Istvan. "Thanks, Isty! I like your bowtie!" * Istvan grins, and adjusts his bowtie. "Well, it is a formal. Goes with the scales, too." * Patrick keeps step with Seylin, who for some reason has diverted most of his attention. I wonder why. * Will is shoved through the door by Alcinoe. His hair is a bit ruffled for some reason but is otherwise happy to be at the prom with a date. He's wearing a navy blue three-quarter-length coat with a standard-collar shirt, a vest and tie. * HKenji frowns a little and leads Tia inside. ... holy crap, Seylin. What'd take to get Patrick into a suit, a crowbar? * Seylin laughs. "No, I just asked." * Tia walks inside with Kenji. * Patrick grins at Istvan. "That and a sledgehammer." Ah. *makes little 'whipped' gestures at Patrick* * Patrick just smiles back. * Seylin smiles at Patrick, nicely oblivious to Istvan's gesturing. * Alcinoe walks in, having shoved Will in. She's wearing a floor- length, emerald-green, satin dress with spaghetti straps (leaving her shoulders mostly bare) and a strap-up back. Her curly, orange-red hair's pinned up, with a couple locks in front spilling down, and she's wearing matching gold and red-dragon-scale jewelry. She's also grinning. Oh, is she grinning. * Will gets his balance back and waves. "Hi guys." * Istvan waves at Will and Alci, as well. "You needed to be pushed into the dance, Will? With her on your arm? Shame." * Patrick laughs. "Hey Will. Why's Alci pushing you?" Hi, Will! * Tia grins and waves at everyone else, too. * Seylin waves to the others, having managed to tear her attention away from her date. "Hi, guys!" * Will looks slightly abashed. "Er.. Do I have to answer that question?" * Patrick grins. "Not if ya don't want to." Nah. Just teasin' ya, man. Which is why he won't. Howdy, Seylin. * Alcinoe waves back. Ariake popped by while we were setting up to say she'd be a bit late... her date decided to work on some project in his suit, and set it on fire a bit. * Seylin giggles. "Oh dear. Well, I hope they get here soon." * Tia laughs. Ah, he don't *need* a suit. And, as long as I have most of you here... *starts to open pouch* ... the dragon talons made for poor keepsakes, but I came up with a better idea. * Tia blinks at Istvan. What have you got there Isty? * Istvan pulls out a piece of red dragonscale shaped like a dragon, and made into a hairpiece. "This one's yours, Tia." Wow, Isty! It's so pretty! Thanks! * Patrick whistles and smirks at Istvan. "What'cha have to kill for that?" * Tia takes the hairpiece and admires it delightedly. It also has some writing in draconic on the back... check to see if I wrote it right? [ It is pretty, actually. Red dragons have such pretty scales. And they're such smug bastards about it. ] Had some leftover scales from making the armor... stuff too small or too oddly shaped to make plates from. So I made use of it. * Patrick chuckles. "For once you didn't get a joke." * Tia reads the draconic written on the back of the hairpiece and bursts out laughing. * Tia hugs Istvan. "Thanks, Istvan! I love it!" * Istvan pulls out another hairpiece, shaped like a pair of wings, and hands it to Seylin. "Yours, Sey." * Istvan grins at Tia. * Seylin takes it. "Thanks, Istvan!" She smiles brightly. It's very pretty. ^_^ * Istvan pulls out another hairpiece, this one shaped like the holy symbol of Galahad. "Yours, Alcione." * Alcinoe blinks and takes the red, shield-shaped hairpiece. She holds it up to the light and laughs. "Ya shouldna. Ah didn't even know ya fer a couple weeks." * Tia hastily takes the hairpiece and slides it carefully into her hair. "Heehee! How does it look?" Yeah, well. You survive a dragon fight with me, you get a gift. s'the rules. * Patrick looks at the hairpiece Seylin got. He whispers to Seylin. * HKenji reaches up and slides it a little to one side. "There, Tia." * Tia beams. "Thanks, Kenji!" * Alcinoe nods and sticks the shield in Will's hair. Let's see if he notices. For the guys, obviously, hairpiece was out. So... * Seylin whispers back and winks at Patrick. * Tia catches Alcinoe putting the shield in Will's hair, and she giggles. I wouldn't necessarily say that. You can wear mine, Kenji. * Patrick smirks and utters a very short whisper to Seylin, nodding. * HKenji smiles a little. "That won't be necessary, Tia." Well, okay. * Tia smiles back. * Seylin hands hers to Patrick and turns around. [ If Will notices, he gives no sign of it. So much for a high Wisdom score. ] * Istvan pulls out pendant-type things. One, with two crossed swords shaped like a katana and a wakazashi, he gives to Kenji. ANother, shaped like two eyes with arrows poking out of them, is for Patrick. Last one is shaped like Bahamut's holy symbol. Guess who gets that. =P * Tia claps her hands. "Pretty!" And, for me... well, the armor. Not quite as pretty, but a bit more functional. *nods sagely* I think it's pretty, Istvan. * Tia grins. * HKenji smiles a little and takes the pendant, tucking it into his sleeve. Yeah, it ain't bad. Got some nice shine ta it. * Will doesn't notice anything out of the ordinary. "Thanks Istvan. This is awesome!" * Patrick nods and takes Seylin's pin and puts it in her hair, placing it a few times before he's certain it's in the right place. No prob, man. *blinks; looks behind the group* ... now, if you'll excuse me, I'm needed at the door. Elves and very little leather. *mutters; walks off* * Seylin turns back around and smiles at Patrick. Not that she's stopped. "Thanks." * Seylin blinks. "Again?" * Alcinoe shrugs. She eyes Will, who seems to have fallen into a stupor. I would have thought they'd have learned from last year... Anyhow. Shall we dance? I want to dance! * Patrick nods after looking at it and then Seylin, smiling back. He glances over at Istvan. "Again?" He manages to aleviate Isvan of the pendent for him before Istvan ran off. * Will notices Alci eyeing him. "Is something wrong?" * HKenji shakes his head sadly at Will and leads Tia out onto the dance floor. Ya were quiet. Didja even notice Istvan gave ya somethin'? I'm sorry, but leashes are not allowed in the dance. Especially when they're attached... there. I did thank him Alci. * Patrick grins at Seylin. "It *is* what we came for, isn't it?" ^_^ So let's go! ... why? Well, aside from the fact that people could trip over it... how are the other guys here supposed to dance if all their legs are crossed in sympathy? * Patrick leads Seylin out to the dance floor, then. He snarkily says "They're elves," as if it ment something. * Alcinoe looks at him for a long moment, then her eyes catch something in his hair and she grins. "So ya did. C'mon." And she grabs him by the hand and pulls the other cleric to the dance floor. And put on some damn pants when you come back! *shakes fist* * Will is pulled by Alcinoe into the dance floor. * Seylin dances, and she dances well. She's very light on her feet, as is to be expected. * Patrick dances along with Seylin. He's not quite as light, but he's not *that* bad. Well, he doesn't fall over, anyways. * Tia has followed Kenji onto the dance floor and is jiving wildly. * Seylin is graceful enough to make up for Patrick's mistakes. * Alcinoe keeps grinning and starts to dance. She's... not that great, honestly. But at least she's unashamed in this and looks like she's having fun. * Patrick keeps his eyes out for the SFC, though. * Istvan has a few quiet minutes at the door before he is covered in shadow. He looks up... "Um, I'm sorry, but this event is usually humanoid only, for safety rea- oh, you're the treant girl from last year? Still haven't gotten that fixed?" * Seylin only has eyes for Patrick. It's Too Damn Cute (tm). * HKenji does his best to dance in this... rather freestyle manner, which is much more like Rokugani dancing, so he does quite a bit better than this "waltzing" thing. * Will tries to keep up to Alcinoe on the dance floor. He doesn't dance so well, but is able to keep on his feet at least. Ah, okie. So you just thought it'd be fun. And your date too? *pauses* Well, I suppose it's okay. Just be careful of the other dancers... by the way, you look different from last year... ... oh. Got your roots done. Makes sense. * Istvan steps aside, and lets two 8-foot tall treants in. One is wearing a tux. The other, a dress. Look, Kenji! Tree people. * Alcinoe glances that way, then blinks. "Huh, wonder how they got let in." Hardly the strangest thing I've seen in these lands, or even at this school. * Tia thinks. "Like what, Kenji?" * Seylin manages to tear her attention away from Patrick for a second and notices the treants. "That's not something you see every day." * HKenji opens his mouth, then closes it again. * Will blinks at the treants. "Don't know. Wierd" I guess that black slimy thing underground was weird. It was. Ah mean... Ah guess they don't look so bad. * Patrick breaks his contact from Seylin and looks behind him. "It isn't. Still, it's not that unusual if you hang out in the preserve area of the campus." ~_^ * Tia grins. "Hee!" * Alcinoe blinks a couple more times, then shrugs. I was stuck in Lockpicking 101 back when you were doing Elementary Forestry, I think. * Istvan sighs, and rubs his forehead. "No, you can't have a water elemental as your date. Even if that is a very nice suit it's wearing." *pauses* "Aw, tell it to stop crying. I hate to see a grown elemental cry." You'd be better acquainted with them if you took more walks in the forest. * Patrick nods and smiles at Seylin. "Maybe we should take more walks in the forst, then?" * Seylin smiles back. "We should, really." Ooh, will you take me, Kenji! * Alcinoe goes back to dancing! She edges a little closer to Will, possibly to see what his reaction is. * Will dances stiffly in place eyeing Alcinoe. * HKenji reddens a bit. "Ah... certainly." * Patrick chuckles. * Alcinoe smiles innocently at Will. "What?" She pats him on the cheek. "Relax, boy. Yer too tense." * Seylin leans forward and whispers something to Patrick. * Patrick keeps step with Seylin, leaning down a little to hear it over the music. * Tia flings her arms around Kenji's neck. "Yay! Heehee!" * Patrick whispers back and smiles. * Will relaxes a bit. "I'm trying." See? Ain't too hard, is it? * HKenji turns bright red. * Will dances a bit smoother and nods. * Seylin returns the whisper and smiles as well. Not that she wasn't already. But it's the "Awww, it's wuv" sort of smile, not the scary typical Patrick smile. * Patrick smiles back in a, well, his non-damn-creepy smile. * Tia grins at Kenji. "Are you okay?" Ah... yes. Sure? Quite. * Tia grins again. "Okay." * Seylin waits until the song ends, then asks, "Anyone want to get refreshments?" * Tia raises her hand. "Me!" She turns and grins at Kenji. * Alcinoe looks around. "Mebbe in a bit." She frowns a little. * Patrick grins and nods. "Sure." ^_^ Something wrong, Alcinoe? Huh? Oh, it's nothin' ya need ta worry about. Whats up? Okay. If you say so... * Patrick looks over at Alcinoe and smirks. "You can't hide it from us. We can talk after the formal, though." * HKenji nods to Tia. "As you wish." * Alcinoe rolls her eyes. "Really, it's nothin' ya need ta worry about." She takes Will by the arm and starts pulling him for the exit. "C'mon, Ah gotta find somebody." * Seylin doesn't seem entirely convinced, but heads off to the refreshment tables, Patrick following. * Will follows Alcinoe out. "Who are you looking for Alci?" * Patrick glances as Alcinoe and Will walk off. He grins evilly as he walks along with Seylin tothe refreshment tables. Friend of mine. He didn't show, and it ain't right. * HKenji heads over to the refreshments with Tia and grabs her a cup... okay, a flagon... okay, a small keg of punch. Ok. Thanks, Kenji! * Tia guzzles punch for a bit, then puts the punch down and grins. * Seylin gets a cup of punch and sips delicately. ... oh, he's not crying? He's trying to give me something? *blinks; picks up soggy note on the floor* ... oh. He's a royalty from the Elemental Plane of Water. Well, if the administration says he can come in... *steps aside; a lovely human girl and a water elemental in a tux enter and start dancing* * Tia offers Kenji the mini-keg. "Want some?" * Patrick gets a cup of punch and tastes it. Assuming it's not poisoned or spiked, he chugs it. * Alcinoe eventually escorts Will out of the room, waving at Istvan as they leave. * HKenji shakes his head a little and holds up his own tiny cup. * Tia pours Kenji some punch. * Istvan shakes his head, then pauses. "Something's wrong..." He looks around for a moment, then spots Patrick by the punch. "... ah. That'd be it." * Istvan walks over to the punch bowl, and puts an arm around Patrick. "You weren't planning on putting something in the punch, were you?" Oh, Istvan, he wouldn't do a thing like that! Right, Patrick? * Seylin has an edge to her voice that's normally not there. * Patrick grins back at Istvan. "You underestimate me. Of course not! See, if I was going to I'd be a lot more subtle about it." ~_^ Of course. He spiked the brownies. * Tia finishes her punch and puts the keg back on the table. She looks around. "Hey, Kenji? Where'd Alci and Will go?" [ The dastardly villain! Spiking innocent brownies! ] Alcinoe had some business to attend to. * Istvan pats Patrick on the back. "Good, good. Because if you did, I'd have to drop you in the pit. And this year, we have dire gerbils." Oh. Is she okay? *grins; walks back to the door* Girbils this time? Geeze, Transmutation 207's been busy this year, hasn't it? I like gerbils! Guess so. * Seylin eyes Patrick. "You really *weren't* planning anything like that, would you?" * Patrick looks at Seylin, smiling. "Only person's drink I'd add something to today would be my own. Like hot sauce." ~_^ * Seylin giggles. "Good. Because otherwise, I'd say you were losing your touch." * Patrick chuckles. "And we both can't have that happen." ^_^ Nope! * HKenji shakes his head sadly. "Still experimenting with that abominable stuff?" Can I have some? * HKenji shudders. Experiment nothing. You have no clue how much someone'd pay for sauce that's so hot there's a warning on the label. ^_^ Can you handle it, Tia? ~_^ * Tia shrugs. "I've ever tried it." I tried it. Once. It took me a week to get my voice back. But I was the one who asked, and he *did* warn me... No weapons allowed. None. *pauses* Well, if you don't want to go all the way back to your room, we have an extradimensional space you can keep them. I'll just note it down in the log book so you can pick them up afterwards... Just keep it well away from me. The very smell is revolting. * Tia considers Seylin's words for a moment. "Hm, maybe I don't want some right now, then." She grins. * Seylin grins back. "Probably a good idea. And not all the stuff Patrick makes is spicy beyond belief. Remember the ice cream?" It's not *that* bad, Kenji. ^_^ * Istvan starts writing... "Okay. One longsword... three longswords... eight longswords. One double axe. Three whips. Two flails. One huge frikin' greatsword. Five maces..." * Tia nods. "The ice cream was good!" We should have it again when the weather gets warm. * Tia nods. "We should!" The ice cream was... an interesting taste. I still have trouble believing it is made from your... milk. * Istvan continues writing as a pile of weapons slowly but steadily grows in size. "Fifteen bolas. Two falchions. Three warhammers. Six sickles. One gnomish hooked hammer..." Hey, alchemy can do a lot that you don't think can happen. ^_^ * Istvan keeps writing. The pile is now about three feet tall. "Two greatclubs. One greataxe. One glaive. Four tridents. Twenty-three throwing axes. Four longbows. Thirty quivers of arrows..." * Patrick looks over at Istvan. "Someone's never heard of a bag of holding before..." * Seylin glances over at the pile. "Is that even *possible*?" * Tia glances over too, "Where're all the weapons coming from?" Well, the person carrying them *is* a Griffotaur. True. But, still... Griffotaur? ... I'm afraid to ask. Five nunchuks... two heavy lances... six light lances... y'know, you really should think of investing in a *bag* of holding, instead of those Boxers of Holding. * Seylin points at the doorway. * Patrick points at the guy that's half-griffon/half-human. Much in a similar way as Tia's half-human/half-dragon. * Tia giggles. "He looks kinda like me!" And why the heck does a griffotaur wear boxers? *pauses* Modesty. Good answer, actually. * Istvan sighs, and keeps on logging in the weapons. "Twenty-three daggars. Four slings. I am *so* not counting all these sling bullets..." * Tia calls over, "Need help, Isty?" Nah, I'm okay... *blinks; stares* You carry around a catapault. In your boxers. *looks up at the griffotaur* You, sir, are my hero. One catapault. Enjoy the formal. * Tia giggles. * Seylin looks at Patrick. "Want to dance again?" * Istvan watches as a security wizard banishes the ridiculous pile of weapons into extradimensional space. "Leave the catapault there outside. I can threaten to launch people who try'n sneak in without a ticket." * Patrick looks back, smiling. "Sure." ^_^ * HKenji smiles and shakes his head sadly, then gently guides Tia back out onto the dance floor. "I think Istvan is having all the fun he can handle, Tia." * Ariake arrives, her date in tow! She's wearing her Dress of Holding once again. * Tia follows Kenji. "Yeah, he looks like he's having fun. Maybe we should be security next year!" Hey Ari. Your date okay? * Seylin waves to Ariake as she heads back to the dance floor. "Hi, Ariake!" That would, however, mean not participating in the festivities. * Ariake nods. "Much better, thanks! It took us a while to put out the fire." * Tia jumps up and waves to Ariake. "Hi, Ari!" * Ariake waves back to Seylin and Tia cheerfully. * Patrick grins and waves over at Ariake as he heads back with Seylin to the dance floor. * Tia looks thoughtful. "True. And I like dancing. And punch." * Istvan pulls a red dragonscale hairpiece in the shape of a lightning bolt from his pouch, and offers it to Ari. "Momento of the dragon hunt. Gave everyone else theirs already." * Ariake takes it, and peers at it. "Thanks, Istvan! This is impressive work..." No prob. Now go have some fun, you crazy party animal. * Ariake grins, and heads off to the dance floor with her date. [ Ariake's date is Tim Larson, a handsome geek that some of you recognize as another technomancer on campus. ] [ He follows Ariake obediently onto the dance floor, and proceeds to bust an unimpressive groove when the music's right. ] * Istvan surveys the dancefloor. His shoulders droop a bit as he watches all the people having a good time, but after a few moments he shakes it off and goes back to doing his job. * Seylin dances some more. Her groove is impressive! * Patrick dances, trying to meet the groove and doing an okay job of it. :P * Ariake dances. Her groove is moderate. * Tia is busy dancing when she glances over at the door and notices Istvan. She glances at Kenji. "Poor Isty. We should invite him over to dance with us!" * HKenji grins. "I was just about to suggest something to that effect. Why don't you let me work a little magic, hmm?" * Tia grins. "Okay! Can I help?" All you have to do is wait. And look fetching. * HKenji leads Tia gently off the floor. Okay! I can do that. * Tia grins and follows along. And, um. How do I look fetching? Just like that. * Patrick grins and watches Kenji's plan go into action while dancing. Kenji may not always do this kind of thing, but when he does it's priceless. Heehee, okay! * HKenji ambles easily up to Istvan's guard post. "It would seem that the entries are slowing somewhat." * Seylin keeps dancing, but turns some of her attention to Kenji. This should be interesting... Yeah... been doing some walk arounds, but the head of security wants me by the door until they close 'em, in case we have a repeat of last years succubus incident. I see. So you don't think the problem with the dragon ended matters? Who knows? Sure as hell ended it from the dragon. But all we need is one punk summoner who thinks it'd be funny to summon a sandworm outside... Tch. You should be enjoying yourself. * Tia is waiting where she was told to wait, but she looks over and grins at Kenji and Istvan. Should. No date, though. And I got a job ta do. * HKenji leans in towards Istvan and whispers. * Seylin is still dancing, although she's managed to edge her way a bit closer to Istvan and Kenji, and she has a curious look on her face. * Istvan blinks. "With who?" * Tia grins at Seylin. "What do you think they're talking about?" * Patrick is dancing too, and on occassion glances over at Kenji and Istvan. * Ariake is dancing, not paying attention to whatever's going on. ^_^ ... appreciate the thought. Seriously. But I don't need your pity. I'm okay. Getting Istvan to have a good time. * Tia nods. "Do you think he's coming to join us?" I'm not sure. It'd be nice if he did, though. * HKenji frowns a little and whispers more. * Tia nods again. "Yeah!" * Ariake is describing some adventures to her date, and making hand motions along the lines of "...and then actually ripped his spleen *completely* out of his chest cavity..." It's sort of unnerving. M'fine, Kenji. You got a beautiful half-dragon over there who I'm sure would much rather dance with you than me. * Istvan frowns. * Patrick injects the phrase. "But you shoulda seen the other guy" into Ariake's conversation. * Tia looks to Seylin. "Why's Isty frowning?" ... just lemme be, Kenji. * Seylin sighs. "Guess he's not going to join us after all." Awww. * HKenji frowns angrily. * Tia looks disappointed. * Patrick smirks. "Eh, he will eventually." * HKenji whispers three short words and then stalks away. * Istvan nods at Kenji, then wanders off into the crowd. * Seylin sighs again and returns to her dancing. * Tia blinks. * HKenji begins working his way through the crowds, every now and again stopping to say a few words to a seemingly random woman. * Patrick grins and whispers to Seylin. * Seylin giggles and whispers back. * Tia walks around, trying to keep Kenji and Istvan in view. * Tia is bested by her curiosity and starts trailing the two through the crowd, trying to catch up. * HKenji makes his way back to Tia and holds out his hand. "Shall we dance?" He seems MUCH more cheerful now. * Tia takes Kenji's hand and nods. "What happened?" * Istvan picks up a dwarf that was tryng to look up a girl's skirt and deposits him in the Pit o' Dire Gerbils. "Eat up, guys." *goes back to patroling* [ A girl comes up to Istvan. She's petite and pretty, with large blue eyes behind glasses and a soft face framed by blonde hair. She's wearing an unrevealing yet flattering strapless red dress. "Uhm, Istvan? Would you care to dance?" ] * Istvan blinks. Do I know her? [ Not really. She's in one of your classes, and you've talked to her sometimes, but other than that... ] * Istvan rubs his neck. "Umm... sure, if you wanna." * Istvan looks confused. [ Behind her stands a girl with short red hair and dark brown eyes, dressed in a form-hugging tuxedo. And there's another girl behind her. In fact, there's a line. Of girls. Looking at Istvan hopefully. ] * Tia notices the line and blinks. * Ariake notices it, even, and blinks. *mutters* ... oh, I'm gonna throw him out a window for this... * Seylin sees the girls and giggles. "Okay. Apparently, it worked." * Patrick notices the girls and grins. "Like a charm." Did you do that, Kenji? Would I do something like that? * Tia thinks for a moment. "Maybe." Good answer. * Istvan shakes his head, and gets to dancing. He's not bad at it, per se... just obviously uncomfortable. The full plate doesn't help. * Tia grins when she sees Istvan finally joining in the fun, takes Kenji's hand, and breaks into a upbeat dance. * HKenji smiles and gives in to the Lord of the Dance. Very good answer. ^_^ * Patrick keeps dancing, wondering if the GM's gonna throw any more stuff at us. * Istvan is trying to put a game face on, chatting politely with the girls he's dancing with, complimenting their dresses, trying to remember their names, etc. The more astute observers of people amongst you will notice that he's *very* tense. * HKenji takes a moment between dances to sidle up behind Istvan and whisper, "Relax and enjoy yourself, Istvan." * Seylin looks over. "Aww, poor Istvan. Think we should rescue him from the horror?" * Istvan shoots Kenji a look, then goes back to trying not to completely embarass himself. * Tia whispers to Kenji, "You did do that, didn't you?" * Ariake nods as she passes by Istvan. "You're doing fine." * Patrick looks over and grins. "He's fine." ^_^ I certainly could have done it. * Tia giggles. I'm glad you got Isty to dance! He's not a bad dancer, either. * Tia nods in agreement. Not in the least. ^_^ * Tia leans over and kisses Kenji on the cheek. "You did a nice thing, Kenji." * HKenji smiles a little. "Perhaps I did." * Istvan keeps on dancin'. Fortunately, he's got a high Con, so he's not getting tired. Also fortunately, he has a decent Dex, so he's not stepping on some poor girl's feet in full plate. * Tia continues to dance with wild abandon! * Patrick dances, yo. * Seylin keeps on dancing, every so often shooting a look at Istvan and his current partner. * Ariake dances! * Istvan is also doing his best not to offend any of the girls by showing like he doesn't want to be dancing with them. * HKenji releases Tia to dance with some others every couple dances so he can keep an eye on the front doors. * Tia doesn't seem to mind and enjoys herself. * Patrick keeps dancing with Seylin, although he still keeps an eye out for the Seylin Fan Club. [ Istvan does a good job, and has plenty of girls to keep happy. ] [ Will comes back in through the door, followed shortly by Kardos, who immediately does the fish-out-of-water thing. ] * Tia sees Will and Kardos, and she jumps up and waves madly. "Hi, guys!" * Seylin waves to Will and Kardos. "Hi, Kardos! Welcome back, Will! Where's Alcinoe?" * Patrick waves at the two boys, grinning. * Tia runs over to Will and Kardos and bounces. [ Kardos watches Tia bounce and turns red. ] * Will waves back. "Hi guys. Alci is talking with the headmistress right now." * Patrick whispers to Seylin. * Ariake looks over and waves at the two of them. * Tia blinks. "Huh? Did she get in trouble?" No. I don't belive so, Tia. * Tia looks puzzled. "Why'd the Headmistress want to talk to her?" * Seylin whispers back. Alci mentioned some girl talk thing. I don't think it's important. Girl talk? With the Headmistress? Hey, it can happen. ^_^ * HKenji walks up with Tia's keg and a small cup for himself. "What's important?" Thanks, Kenji! * Tia grins and takes the keg. "Alci's talking to the Headmistress about something." * Istvan finishes dancing with a tall, red-haired human, then looks to his next partner... Vall's cousin, the dominatrix elf. "... I'm going to fucking kill him." [ Too late. ] [ Alcinoe rearrives, meanwhile, chatting idly with the Headmistress of the school. ] * Tia waves as Alcinoe arrives. "Hey, Alci!" * Ariake waves and heads over to the rest of the group with her date, done dancing for now. * Seylin waves enthusiastically to Alcinoe, and politely to the headmistress. * Patrick notices the headmistress and Alcinoe as this song ends. "Maybe we should go talk with the rest of the group?" ^_^ * Alcinoe smiles, waving back. Sure! * Will walks up to Alci and offers her his arm, "Welcome back. Had a nice chat with the headmistress?" Hiya, Headmistress! * Alcinoe takes it. "Yeah. Ah didn't expect her ta come to the dance." * Patrick walks back to the rest of the group, leading Seylin. He's smiling as creepily/brightly/whathaveyou as ever. "Hey Alci. What'cha up to?" ^_^ * Tia walks up to Headmistress Bygasse, keg o' punch in hand, grinning. [ Beatrice Bygasse, Headmistress of the School for Adventure, waves back to Tia. "Hello, Tia. Are you enjoying the dance?" ] * Istvan dances with the elf for a minute or so, with her more than a little too close for comfort, before she bites his ear. Hard. "Ow! Dammit..." *pauses; grins evilly* "You know, there's a strict no- violence policy here... ladies, I'll be right back." * Tia nods emphatically. "I am!" She turns and grins back at Kenji. She definitely is. Everybody is having fun. Though some are having it in spite of themselves. * Istvan scoops up the elf under one arm, and carries her outside, closing the door behind him. After a few moments, you hear what kind of sounds like a loud THUNK, a wooshing sound, and a high pitched scream getting steadily fainter. * Alcinoe waves at Patrick. "Just here, enjoyin' the dance. What're you up to?" [ "That or they will be, soon." Beatrice goes on to reprimand Kardos for not being on the dance floor, and promptly drags him towards it. ] * Tia giggles. * Alcinoe spots that and giggles. * Seylin laughs. "Wow." * Istvan comes back in, looking significantly cheerier, and goes back to finish with the line of ladies. * Patrick motions his head at Seylin, smiling. "What do you think?" He watches Beatrice go pull Kardos onto the floor, laughing. * Ariake grins. * Tia waves at Istvan as he passes by, and she smiles. * Istvan nods at Tia, then eyes the remaining women. Shaking his head, he puts on his best smile, and waves for the next girl to dance. * Alcinoe leads Will back onto the dance floor. She's being much gentler about this than before. [ And so the dance passed into the night, and everyone had a good time. Yes, even Istvan. ] [ Session End! ]