knightsoflegend | london ♔ well i'm not paralyzed

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london ♔ well i'm not paralyzed | but i seem to be struck by you

WHO || Andie, Faith, Jordan, Fiona, Faye, Bo, anyone else! [Closed]
WHAT || Andie's birthday bash! ... with a twist
WHERE || The Silver Band dance club
WHEN || April 1st, after 11pm [backdated]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

Being friends with someone as spontaneous as Faith can have its perks. She's invited the entire under-30 crowd at the castle to come celebrate her friend Andie's 21st birthday at an exclusive dance club called the Silver Band in downtown London.

The club is swirling with colors, as disco balls reflect silvery light that catches on the large quantities of glitter that cover just about every surface. The main dance floors are made of transparent glass, and the club is multi-storied, so that you can choose to dance higher up and see everyone below under your feet. Below the ground floor is a strange black canopy that seems to reflect odd flickering lights, almost like stars. There's a sort of classic opulence to the decor, and hallways branch off here and there to private rooms out of sight. Floating lights bob around the ceiling, that look almost like crystalline balls, except they're light as bubbles and can pop when touched.

Strangely, there are cobwebs in various areas of the club, mostly out of reach, as if it hasn't had occasion to be cleaned in awhile, but there's no traces of grime or dirt anywhere. Faith has a private room procured off one of the halls for the mini-buffet, because how can it be Andie's birthday without food??

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[Adam figures the after-after party is the place to be if he wants to meet anyone who's worth knowing. I guess he took the time to put himself together after dipping out on the squiring ceremony, because he's looking hella fly when he shows up bathed in all the refracted light at Club Seizure (Disguise: nat 20).

Obviously he doesn't really know anyone, but he recognizes Faith as the chick who shoved a flyer in his face back at the castle. That gives him a place to start. If nothing else, he figures he should probably thank her for the invite.]

So are you the birthday girl?

'Fraid not. I'm a Gemini. [ she peers at him over her drink with a mischievous smirk ] The birthday girl's named Andie. If you blink, you might miss her though.

[Figures. That would have been too easy. But he has no idea what she's referring to, so he just assumes Andie is getting ready to bounce.]

What, is she too cool for her own party or something?

Noooo but she's descended from the goddess of air and I guess you could say she's really light on her feet.

[He will just stand there like, 'sweet...' Because it beat the, 'o-oh...' he was feeling atm.]

I'd feel pretty lame if I didn't at least buy her a drink.

[The invite didn't exactly say present required, but he didn't even know the girl and he was all up in her celebration.]

Just look for the flash of really bright red hair.

I'm Faith, by the way! You?

I'm guessing that means you missed my marching down the stairs like a metal toolbox earlier. [A fact that seems to put him a little more at ease again because really. All dat pomp and circumstance was a little overkill.]

Adam. Thanks for the invite. [Even if she was passing that shit out to literally everyone.]

Ohhh, you were that guy. [ her smile is teasing, so it's hard to say if she... was there or not, really. ] And the more, the merrier.

So what's your story, Adam?

I think all three of us were that guy tonight. [He ain't even mad tho. He knows they all looked twelve shades of ridiculous ok.]

As far as my story, nothing I'm sure you haven't heard twenty times over already. Especially with goddesses running around. Literally. What about you?

I transferred here from the Ireland branch last year when my family moved to London. My dad took a job as the Chief of Police here, so it seemed like time. I've never really lived outside of Ireland before.

What's the verdict so far? [Give him the deets, gurl.]

Well, it's nice living so close to a big city, for one. We didn't have a whole lot in the way of nightlife out where I used to live. Kinda had to make our own fun.

[What the fuck, like moonshine and shit? Did they even have moonshine in Ireland? Didn't kids just drink beer from the womb? He takes a quick glance around the discoball-strobelight bubbles-glitterfest extravoganza. If she planned on this?]

Looks like you're adapting pretty well.

I did say I was a Gemini. [ she grins with delight, poking a thumb over her shoulder. ] We should dance!

I guess I can always track down your friend Andie later. [Besides, he wasn't like super stoked to approach her now anyway. (unsure)] Sure, why not.

Edited 2014-04-04 05:47 (UTC)

[ ♬ don't stop the music - rihanna

with a 19 dance check, faith is burning it up, as she pulls him out into the middle of the lively crowd. her hips don't lie, i guess. she slings one arm around his neck with a grin, rocking against him. at one point she tries to say something, but it's ten times more impossible to hear jack shit out here, so it looks like she's just mouthing words at him. when it's clear that nothing is getting through, she looks frustrated for half a second before an idea occurs to her, and the next thing he knows, he hears her voice in his head. ]

I said, isn't this place the best?

[ the mental link will last for a whole minute, and he can respond freely in his head too aw yis. ]

[Her dance check of 19 probably makes his dance check of 16 look a little pathetic by comparison, but at least he's not one of those white guys with no rhythm busting out The Carlton or like, DDR moves in the middle of the club or some shit. Because they actually exist.

And since her hips don't lie he don't see nothing wroooooong, with a little bump and grind. Because apparently I like aging myself.

Well, up until her voice enters his mind in an all too familiar manner. Then he just sort of stops for a hot second because that was probably the last thing he'd been expecting to happen. He recovers quickly enough, more excited than apprehensive for some reason.]

Just keeps getting better if you ask me.

[ faith looks delighted that he's willing to play along without even acting weirded out, and she turns around against him with a wider smile. ]

At least there's people in this castle who know how to have fun!

Tell me about it. After the squiring ceremony, I almost didn't bother coming.

[Once she's turned away from him, his hands move along her waist until they're resting on dem truthful hips and he presses himself that much closer. To anyone looking, it might seem like he was getting ready to tell her something from the way his head dips down toward hers, except for the fact that his mouth isn't actually moving.]

I'm definitely starting to think I would have regretted it if I hadn't.

Well, who wouldn't regret missing a real party?

[ she slides her hand over her shoulder to wrap around his neck while she moves against him. ]

Those squiring deals get so boring after awhile. I got Wynn to shake at least one up this year though! Probably the first one in a thousand years, or something.

Your powers of persuasion must be pretty killer if you managed to get that guy to break tradition.

[Maybe something to do with the fact that you can talk to people in their brains. Because it sure worked wonders for him.]

For a second I thought he was going to stab me with that sword during the whole oath of office or whatever.

He only stabs bad guys. [ she casts him a playful grin. ] You're not a bad guy, are you?

Depends on who you ask. [Did she really expect a straight answer tho.

They have been chatting it up in their heads for a hot minute, and despite Rhianna's repetitive plea to the contrary that shit comes to an end and begins transitioning into another song as their mental connection tapers off.

Adam uses the opportunity to get an actual word in before he's drowned out by the next round of pussy poppin' beats. He still has to be loud, but now that they're closer it's probably a lot easier to hear.]

I'm gonna go grab a drink. You want anything?

I think I'm gonna keep dancing! [ it's said with a carefree smile and it's clearly just because she's... having fun, not because she's giving him the brush-off. ]

[If he's offended he certainly doesn't show it. Probably because he's not. He nods and breaks away when she opts to stay, but then stops short to re-connect with her before moving off the dance floor. Honestly, he's not even sure why he does it. Apparently he felt comfortable enough to out himself here for whatever reason.]

Just make sure you've got one more in you later on. [Look, gurl could bust a move. He needed to secure at least one more dance in the event that no one else could keep a rhythm up in this bitch ok.]

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