Jul 18 23:59:56 <SavanahHolland>	The Post-Valentines Single's dance.. of course filled with both happy and sad singles alike to mingle and hopefully by the end of the night either feel less sad about being single- or heck, leave this dance with being single no longer plaguing them. Either way, this dance would certainly be a hit. A live band preparing to play later in the night, the huge gym set up with Vinnia as the Dj, a huge table of food
Jul 18 23:59:56 <SavanahHolland>	in the corner, complete of course with a huge punch bowl, tiny finger sandwhiches, nachos and a chocolate fountain.. among other foods that guests decided to bring, and Morgan bought straight out of her by now empty pocket. The lights dimmed, music playing as they let in hoards of students, the dance floor quickly filling.
Jul 19 00:03:14 <WetBeard>	Dracaz then is an outlier, neither happy or sad.  He's just there to be there, maybe he'll find something out, or witness something, he doesn't know, what he does know is that it's worth being there for. Although, he most definitely isn't dancing. He's probably just off /somewhere/. Probably where he can best get a view of the crowd without drawing
Jul 19 00:03:14 <WetBeard>	attention. Witnessing silently. It works more than likely, he probably just looks like someone with too much social anxiety to engage on the dance.
Jul 19 00:05:52 <Knave>	Emmett Epstein enters dressed for the occasion. Over-dressed, in fact. His untameable frizzy orange hair is nevertheless pulled into a ponytail with a red ribbon, which splays and bushes out as if actively trying to escape. His suit, deep red and of antique cut, appears to have been pressed - inexpertly and repeatedly - and sits on his awkward, gangly limbs and hunched body as well as it could be expected to. In his
Jul 19 00:05:52 <Knave>	lapel is a red rose which looks just so slightly /off/ somehow. Predictably, he has not forgone wearing a pair of goggles pushed up to the top of his forehead, but this pair at least have an ornate steampunk look about them. They could be mistaken for a cosmetic accessory if they weren't so hideously bulky. He tugs and his collar and looks around the room with discomfort for the only reason he came.
Jul 19 00:12:06 <Uracilo>	Hari stands by the buffet table, waving at people and shilling some heart-shaped boxes full of chocolate she offers to draw a crack down the middle of with black marker. She's wearing a little black dress with large purple dots so dark they're barely discernable, and a bright green skirt that clashes for attention. Her camera is around her neck, and on her head is a hat shaped like a city skyline, with little bits of reflective paper doing
Jul 19 00:12:07 <Uracilo>	the part of windows. Her hair hangs down, past the brim; three feet of it, in a myriad colors. Nobody's had the courage to ask her to dance, yet, and whenever someone appears to get too close she takes their picture and offers it for free with the chocolate, too, because no opportunity for marketing should go to waste!.
Jul 19 00:12:49 <SavanahHolland>	Velvet, for once at least, usually with these types of dances or even for her normal overdressed attire she wore silk.. however after awhile, it get's rather old and bland. She wanted to dress to impress, one person really anyways.. or perhaps she'd see Sebastian, and show him up by looking like the belle of the ball- perhaps anyways. A lovely velvet dark emerald green ballgown, a similar color to her deep
Jul 19 00:12:49 <SavanahHolland>	cat-like eyes that no other fabric but velvet could truely do justice. Layer upon layer of velvet, small silk sleeves to add some contrast, on her neck against her pale skin is a silver diamond necklace, handmade and sent to her from Germany just for this dance upon her request.. Milky white skin, flowing pale blonde hair that frames her doll-like face, pursed pink lips, she enters rather slowly, walking
Jul 19 00:12:49 <SavanahHolland>	gracefully with each step despite somewhat recently having had the courage to start walking about freely more often.. She shows a look of confidence on her face, but her body language seems to tell another story, shy and unsure.. trying to stay more so in the backlight.
Jul 19 00:13:33 <SavanahHolland>	(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/be/fe/e6/befee6b111ea64f3947a77f203d7b1ab.jpg < Image of her dress)
Jul 19 00:15:18 <WetBeard>	Dracaz has his little pocket journal out, he's scribbling down a record of everything he sees, whose interacting with who, what people are doing, observable characteristics and powers of certain people. The little things that really in the far run can make or break. He's not here for anything but a little headstart of everyone's mental states. He of course
Jul 19 00:15:18 <WetBeard>	has his back to a wall for security reasons to make sure no one is going to read his journal without him seeing them.
Jul 19 00:17:19 <mrs_padri>	Chloe, after spending a good ten minutes outside staring at the gym, debating whether or not to come in, sidles through the door. She's got her blanket, as always, but hopes to gather the guts to abandon it in a corner at some point in the night. She even wrapped up in a beautiful saphire blue scarf for the occasion. has high hopes: she's thinking
Jul 19 00:17:19 <mrs_padri>	of balls and masquerades and things from the books she reads, not school dances. Maybe some prince will come sweep her off her 'feet' and tell her he loves her for who she is; she's really setting herself up for disappointment. This place is filled with teenage boys and girls, not fairytale princes, and the people here /behave/ like teenage boys an
Jul 19 00:17:19 <mrs_padri>	d girls, not fairytale princes. Besides, Chloe is not a fairytale princess. Tentacle monsters don't make it into fairy tales as anything other than the antagonist's creature.
Jul 19 00:18:58 <Knave>	Turning, scanning the room, gloved hand hesitantly havering towards the goggles on his forehead, Emmett spots Elspeth and is immediately agog. He looks like a man who has not eaten for a month upon seeing a feast, and then like a man who has sat awake for hours working at a problem and struck an epiphany. And still, mixed in that, is dissatisfaction, and uncertainty, and anxiety. This opera plays out on his pinched,
Jul 19 00:18:58 <Knave>	ratty face before he draws himself up to his unimpressive height and crosses the room to Elspeth. He bows - /bows/ - stiffly and awkwardly when he comes near, and says fluidly, "Good evening, Fraulein Elspeth."
Jul 19 00:20:02 <SolongStarbird>	Vinnia sits behind the DJ table as students pile in. Not expecting such formal garb, she instead wore a more... casual outfit. Her monstercat tee was washed and ready, and she had even worn a skirt to try and balance between formal and casual, either way, she let a casual lounge tune play on half volume as people crowded in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVdBj4Swjpg
Jul 19 00:23:15 <SavanahHolland>	Elspeth notices many things.. she's always aware of her surroundings when the need arises.. and in this moment it certainly has. Emmett walking across the room to her.. stiffly bowing a smile spreads across her lips, something bright and cheery like a green meadow on the first day of spring, lightly blanketed with frost and the sweet smell of grass in the air. However.. she notices this boy, staring, taking
Jul 19 00:23:15 <SavanahHolland>	note, it's rather obvious to her.. and when his eyes go to their interactions, Elspeth gifts him a wink that tells a story, as if asking 'Hope you're enjoying the show~?' as if she outright purred it in his ear with only a look and a wink from across the gym. Her attention back on the taller nervous boy, the German girl looking quite pleased. "Good Evening, you look quite handsome tonight." she compliments,
Jul 19 00:23:16 <SavanahHolland>	moving to take his hand slowly with her white gloved one, slender and sleek.
Jul 19 00:24:52 <mrs_padri>	Now they look like a prince and princess. Chloe is enjoying watching, even if Dracaz isn't.
Jul 19 00:26:03 <WetBeard>	His eyes drift from the pages to her. He stares at her a bit. "As do you, afternoon." He slowly closes the journal.
Jul 19 00:26:38 <WetBeard>	(*Redact
Jul 19 00:28:13 <Knave>	"Not half so handsome as you are beautiful." He says with the discomfort of one unused to giving compliments he meant, his accent thickening around the words. His eyes now flit only to Elspeth when he can tear them away from the floor, but he does not resist her taking his hand, and adds with a distracted air, "I have thought of you much since we met."
Jul 19 00:31:20 <WetBeard>	Well, Dracaz doesn't take much of it. If anyone even goes to bother him he'll just lie and say staff told him to do it. So instead he'll just focus.
Jul 19 00:31:32 <SavanahHolland>	"Youh flatter me." she says, her accent seeming to come back as well, beforehand she seemed to have been trying to manage to keep it down, but no point, it's a charm that only seems to go best with a lady like herself. Giving a soft tender squeeze to his hand, her eyes brightening at the thought of her being in someone else's thoughts.. she certainly must have made an impression, exactly what she had wanted
Jul 19 00:31:33 <SavanahHolland>	afterall. Humming softly as a thin eyebrow raises in intrigue at his latter comment. "Howh soh~?" she says, her tone turning playful yet however still curious.
Jul 19 00:34:14 <Nicholas>	A cat peeks into the room, curious eyes looking about.
Jul 19 00:34:27 <Nicholas>	https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/5c/36/3f/5c363f4811a64d7e9cf0a800d798719d.jpg
Jul 19 00:36:42 <SolongStarbird>	The song ends, and Vinnia taps her mic. "Sooo... Welcome everyone to the single people dance extravaganza, or whatever the poster said it was called. I'm your local DJ, DJ Cauldron. So, as you can see, I had no idea whether this would be casual or formal, so, I want to know from my beloved party patrons, is this going to be a night of formal, meet-and-greet, cure-singleness? Or, are we all just here to have
Jul 19 00:36:43 <SolongStarbird>	a fucking good time?" Vinnia then holds out the mike to imply that she expects an answer from the audience.
Jul 19 00:37:36 <Nicholas>	"Have no idea what is going on." A tiny Lennox cat for voice says from the crowd.
Jul 19 00:37:41 <WetBeard>	Dracaz merely scoffs. He's having a splendid ol' time in the most sarcastic sense.
Jul 19 00:37:42 <Knave>	Emmett seems content - or simply absent-minded enough - to remain standing with his hand in hers, as he slowly loses the proud straightness in his back and falls into his habitual hunch. His face contorts with the effort of marshalling his thoughts for explanation, "You intrigue me, in ways I do not... I wish to know more of you, and perhaps to help you, if you would allow it. But... I speak too much, I think." He
Jul 19 00:37:42 <Knave>	straightens up again, seeming to remember himself and the girl he's holding hands with, "This is a dance, and I am rambling. We should dance, should we not?" Then he turns his head to the DJ. Audience participation had been blisfully absent from Emmett's life so far.
Jul 19 00:38:23 <Nicholas>	The cat hops up onto a table, looking around.
Jul 19 00:40:53 <Silvors>	Fuckthisfuckthisfuckthis. Fei felt like a complete and total idiot right now as she pulled her hood up. The girl was in a bulky jacket and some cargo pants as she made sure her glasses were secure and walked in. Why did she come to this? Why bother? The smallish Korean girl was regretting every choice of her life since coming to this damnable school. She walked into the gym and immediately made a turn, going to the corner
Jul 19 00:40:53 <Silvors>	and hiding there, phone coming out a moment later so she could at least look busy. A few flies had buzzed in after her, going to go up high against the ceiling and just sit there. Fei didn't like this one bit, so she just sat there, curled up a little, and tapped on her phone. Why did she come to this thing?
Jul 19 00:42:09 <Nicholas>	She may notice a cat looking at her with a questioning look.
Jul 19 00:42:26 <SolongStarbird>	Vinnia rubbed the back of her head, having received no clear answer. "Well... then... a decent mix of headbangers and slowdances sound good to you guys then?"
Jul 19 00:42:27 <SavanahHolland>	Looks like the faceless kids in the crowd seem to clash, most screaming for everyone to have a good fucking casual time, and others seeming dead set on some formal goodness. Elspeth doesn't seem to comment on either, far too busy with the boy with the tied back frizzy red hair, smiling even more as a faint blush appears on her pale white cheeks, the contrast he seemed to enjoy so much. Squeezing his hand once
Jul 19 00:42:27 <SavanahHolland>	more, looking into his eyes as he speaks, humming. "Perhaps" she purrs, leaning in rather close. "Ve should vait for a song to be decided aht least, vould make dancing so much more enjoyable if their minds could be made." she sighs, leaning in and leaving a peck on his cheek, grinning. "I ahm glad youh came."
Jul 19 00:43:18 <WetBeard>	Yes Dracaz notes all of these things, the couple that instantly was formed. The girl who came in and immediately regretted entry, the cat that was for some reason here, probably a pet or person, either is possible, the poor excitement the DJ incited.  The blanket ball that is the high school equivalent of a tumbleweed.
Jul 19 00:46:22 <mrs_padri>	Chloe would not appreciate that comment. Good thing she didn't hear it. She wanders over to the other corner girl; maybe she can actually talk to someone here. "Um..." It requires a lot of self confidence to start a conversation, especially with someone who doesn't seem to want one.
Jul 19 00:46:34 <SolongStarbird>	"In the vein of what appears to be a somewhat composed and... sweet beginning, I'll get us going with something at a bit of a happy medium, aight?..." Vinnia regains her air of professionality and drops the first track. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAGlTMboLHY
Jul 19 00:46:42 <Knave>	Emmett does not blush in response to the kiss - if anything, he pales somewhat. His mouth twitches briefly into a smile, but then his face is just one of perplexity. After some moments, his consciousness drifts close enough back to his body for him to respond, "I am sure that I was bound to. But I am happy to be bound." His tone indicates that he's not really thinking about the words.
Jul 19 00:48:29 <Nicholas>	The cat just sits on the table awkwardly.
Jul 19 00:48:42 <SavanahHolland>	Finally, music, perfect for dancing it seems, students crowding the dance floor as Elspeth squeezes his hand again "Cohme." she tells Emmett, dragging him to the dance floor.. in the strangest way, she seems to dance with a sense of grace.. but in the back of your mind, you get the feeling she doesn't dance often.. even though she has somehow managed to do so quite well.
Jul 19 00:49:39 <WetBeard>	Welp Dracaz has gotten all he's came for. He snaps his journal close and heads for the door.
Jul 19 00:50:26 <Nicholas>	The cat grows wings and flies over to the stage to get a bitter look at things.
Jul 19 00:51:37 <Silvors>	Fei looks up at the approaching girl, her eyes squinting a tad as she looks up and then goes to pull a little slip of paper out of her pocket and offer it. It's a notebook card that simply reads <deaf> in very spindly handwriting. The girl looked up and then slumpt back in her corner, glancing around. Someone approached her? That was the last thing she wanted.
Jul 19 00:52:23 <Knave>	Emmett dances with a tremendous lack of grace. It is painfully obvious that, once, as a child, he was taught to dance, and for some reason is trying to muddle through on half-remembered lessons rather than to simply dance like a normal person would. He exudes effort, as well as considerable frustration with himself. With an awkward foot placement, he apologizes in German, wincing.
Jul 19 00:53:20 <mrs_padri>	"Oh..." says the ball of tentacles. Chloe doesn't know what to do now. At least she tried to make friends with someone... She backs away and returns to being by herself.
Jul 19 00:54:03 <Nicholas>	The cat begins flying about again, it eventually lands near Chloe! A look of curiosity about it.
Jul 19 00:54:42 <Nicholas>	When the cat lands, it's dragonlike wings sink into it's back, disappearing.
Jul 19 00:55:11 <SavanahHolland>	She finds it oddly charming, cute perhaps, helping guide him through the dance, when she was very very young, before her feet were bound, her tutor tried to teach her how to dance.. she was four years old, so she failed horribly, but it was still fresh in her mind it seems. Usually the taller, and the male in dance takes the lead, but with these two its quite the opposite, Elspeth doing so rather than Emmett.
Jul 19 00:55:11 <SavanahHolland>	"Noh need to apolgize, iht's cute." she teases after a brief spin.
Jul 19 00:55:23 <mrs_padri>	"Hi there kitty cat." She reaches out and starts to pet the cat! She's always liked cats. Small cats especially; once the wild cats grow up, they aren't safe to pet anymore.
Jul 19 00:55:32 <WetBeard>	With easily no opposition Dracaz heads through the doors and exits. No reason to stay, sure he might miss something else that happens but he'll more than likely hear about it. So it doesn't even slightly bother him. Besides the info is /useless/ without knowing the people, and he knows no one there. So exit Dracaz.
Jul 19 01:00:16 <SolongStarbird>	Vinnia, rather than hyping everyone like she would ata  trappier event, is relatively calmly bobbing her head, and imagining why the other people here are single. That one is probably single because she's a ball of tentacles, plain and simple. Fei is a bit... induratized. Elspeth seems hellbent on getting kicked out for winding up not single, though. For that matter, why isn't demon ram guy carrying her?
Jul 19 01:00:17 <SolongStarbird>	Must be some magic or shit....
Jul 19 01:01:08 <Knave>	A blush - or the tinge of deeper white that passes for a blush on Emmett's face - comes at being called cute, and the comment seems to relax him somewhat. He no longer dances quite so stiffly, at least, but he is still not good by any means. "Thank you." He says, meek despite knowing that he should not be, "I confess, it is... astounding that one so beautiful would..." He doesn't finish, and that seems to frustrate
Jul 19 01:01:08 <Knave>	him just as much as his inability to dance.
Jul 19 01:01:23 <Nicholas>	Hello." The cat says.
Jul 19 01:02:34 <mrs_padri>	"Oh, you talk too?" She stops petting it. "Is it rude that I touched you, then?"
Jul 19 01:02:50 <SavanahHolland>	"Vould~?" she asks him quietly- curiously even, trying to push him to complete the thought he spoke to her rather unsmoothly, a rather odd duo it seems, one reeking of perfection, and the other stiff and well.. trying his best perhaps?
Jul 19 01:03:11 <Nicholas>	"Is alright. Am used to it." He chuckles. "People like petting cats, I guess."
Jul 19 01:03:39 <mrs_padri>	"I do. We had baby tigers at home. They're cute."
Jul 19 01:04:37 <Knave>	He shuts his eyes while he searches for the words for a few seconds, then finishes, "Why you would wish to dance with me." He seems dissatisfied with this wording too, but doesn't seem likely to do any better.
Jul 19 01:05:22 <Nicholas>	"Oh, interesting." The cat nods.
Jul 19 01:05:54 <SolongStarbird>	Well, time for a new song. Vinnia ramps up the pace a slight bit, but it is still in that area of moderate tempo, and therefore moderate dance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hd53EIKRXI
Jul 19 01:06:16 <gumbal1>	And in walks everyone's favorite soundcloud dj/professional stone person, Tyler! He's...looking as awkward as usual.
Jul 19 01:06:50 <mrs_padri>	"Um, are you a student?"
Jul 19 01:06:59 <SavanahHolland>	"Hm.." she thinks for a moment "Because- youh intrest- orh rather intrigue me mohre than most.. youh have an oddness toh youh I can't seem to place, I like intracting vith youh, teasing youh." she laughs softly "Youh are the first person I have ever danced vith." ever.
Jul 19 01:07:14 <SavanahHolland>	At least, in the real sense..
Jul 19 01:07:24 <Silvors>	The bugs caught him walking in. Fuckfuckfuck. Fei stood up, making sure the hood on her thick jacket was pulled up as she went to skirt around the edge of the party to leave.
Jul 19 01:09:07 <Uracilo>	Hari spots the straggler hiding under their hood. Seriously, what a bunch of loveless pansies. She follows Fei with no reservations, letting the chocolate boxes take care of themselves, carrying only one with her. "Hey, wait up!" She shouts, trying to reach the person as they near the exit.
Jul 19 01:09:35 <Silvors>	Fei kept walking as if she never heard the girl.
Jul 19 01:09:39 <gumbal1>	Tyler of course waves at her as she heads out. That's a nice hoodie, at least. Shame the person under it had to leave in a hurry.
Jul 19 01:10:47 <Uracilo>	Yes, well, if everybody stopped after being ignored once then... there'd be less harassment in the world? Damn it all, Hari's brain, you're not helping. She keeps chasing after Fei, walking behind her till they're outside. Maybe she just didn't hear her.
Jul 19 01:11:02 <Uracilo>	(they* just)
Jul 19 01:11:28 <Knave>	"I am honoured." He says with a smile that looks too uncomfortable on his face to be truly warm. Emmett begins to forget the specifics of the dance, and so improves greatly simply by not overthinking his steps, "I am glad that our intrigue is mutual."
Jul 19 01:11:49 <Silvors>	Fei kept walking once she was outside and would continue to 'ignore' the girl unless she physically touched Fei. Since, well, Fei didn't hear her. Fei will never hear her, barring extreme exceptions. She was out in the cold in her thick jacket, hugging it on tight as she trudged through the courtyard.
Jul 19 01:12:14 <SolongStarbird>	Vinnia spots her fellow DJ dude. Humorously enough, they haven't gotten to know each other very well. An offer at collab was exchanged, and never followed up on. Whenever he first glances over to the DJ stand, she waves.
Jul 19 01:14:18 <SavanahHolland>	"Iht certainly is" she finds herself rather close to him, every part of her expression teasing- she finds it quite oddly sweet his reactions, the way his cheeks pale rather than turn shades of pink like most.. it feels oddly innocent. "Are youh enjoying this soh far, I certainly hohpe I have noht bored youh."
Jul 19 01:14:43 <gumbal1>	Probably lost under a mountain of unchecked emails. Still, Tyler waves back, somewhat less awkwardly than before, before going over to meet new people. Like...this weird redhead. Either way, Tyler approaches Emmett. "Hey."
Jul 19 01:15:23 <Uracilo>	Hari eventually loses her patience and skips over to block Fei's path, holding the heart-shaped box as a shield. "Hey, slow down. I wanna talk! Free stuff, incoming!"
Jul 19 01:16:19 <SolongStarbird>	Vinnia was glad to have that brief exchange with someone she knew, considering Fei has left, and most of the others are not yet on her radar. But yeah. The song has passed thahalfway point and progresses into its second half.
Jul 19 01:16:50 <Silvors>	Fei blinekd a few times, stopping and looking at the girl in front of her. She didn't respond, just stared a bit with a gulp as she took a step back. Fuck. Did she get the notecard back from that girl earlier? No? Fuck. Fei very much doubted that this girl knew sign language.
Jul 19 01:17:39 <Knave>	"I am certainly not bored." Emmett continues smiling, and the little unnatural thing seems to be on the border of actually making it to his cheeks for once. He becomes bolder as he and Elspeth get closer. If he notices Tyler's greeting, he does not acknowledge it.
Jul 19 01:19:12 <gumbal1>	Okay yeah that's fine. Clearly he's not wanted here, so he just sorta slinks away, over to the DJ booth, to basically the onle person he knows here. "You sound like you're having fun."
Jul 19 01:19:22 <Uracilo>	Not a single sign. "Hey, what's the hurry? Don't just leave like that. Have some chocolate, pass it around. Great conversation start, that." The red box opens on its own, putting the chocolate on display. Hari tries really, really hard not to look inside. Live food is not funny anymore. "Eat one, alright? It'll cheer you up, guaranteed."
Jul 19 01:20:01 <SavanahHolland>	Poor Tyler, coming up to the two Germans that are kinda busy.. being creepy together. "Vell, thaht is good toh hear, I vill be honest and say that I am the furtherest frohm being bored." close.. really close now.
Jul 19 01:20:45 <Silvors>	Fei looks at her then at the snow on the ground, going to kneel down and write the word 'deaf' in it before looking up at the girl. All that talking was for naught, I'm afraid. She stands back up and looks at the candies... she does take one to inspect it since, well, open box of candy is the universal sign for free candy. She pops it in her mouth and gives a wave.
Jul 19 01:23:38 <Knave>	Emmett suddenly does not seem to know where to put his face, or his hands. Now, more than ever, he is allowing Elspeth to lead him. "That is good." He smiles, and gives a strange little giggle to himself, "I must say, it is rare for one to go so long without boring me."
Jul 19 01:25:20 <SolongStarbird>	Vinnia has prepared an epic crossfade into a softer song, and the two tracks seamlesslly melt together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPOUewuNKFE
Jul 19 01:28:12 <SavanahHolland>	Elspeth seems to.. her face rather close to his neck due to the slight size difference, soft warm breaths likely sending shivers down his body.. every move she made had a reason, to tease him is her main goal it seems, trap him- entrance even, it being one of her best skills afterall. "Hmm, I am glahd, I plan to keep youh intrested- as lohng as youh keep me intrested, sehr geehrter."
Jul 19 01:28:27 <Uracilo>	Oh! Well that explains it. She feels happier, for some reason. Maybe because Fei hadn't actually gone out of her way to ignore her. "Gimme a second..." She digs around her pockets sticking her tongue out in concentration, and produces a little notebook, full of numbers, that she tears the used pages out of. A four color pen with buttons follows soon after. "Hi, I'm Hari the daring. In a show of my large, beautiful, great and massive heart,
Jul 19 01:28:27 <Uracilo>	I've decided to confer unto you the gift of free chocolate!" The pen writes this out, in green and line by line, adding some flair to match her comedically overwrought tone. "You can keep the pen, too."
Jul 19 01:29:58 <Silvors>	Fei blinks a few times, holding the pen and then looking up at her before nodding her head and going to write out a simple 'okay. why?' Fei wanted to see the reason behind this choice. Why was Fei getting free chocolate? Fei was used to ulterior motives, even if those motives were just ripping out Fei's heart and stomping on it.
Jul 19 01:30:23 <SolongStarbird>	Vinnia turns to him. "You betcha! You know how long I've been trying to secure a gig here?" Vinnia laughs. "Sup, Ty?"
Jul 19 01:31:50 <gumbal1>	"Heh, yeah. Surprisingly little market for electro. I've been good, yeah." A lie, but a common one. "You?"
Jul 19 01:33:29 <Knave>	Shiver Emmett does, noticeably. He moves with Elspeth, his movements and his body simply answers to hers. And even as he becomes something of a willing puppet to her whims, something sparkles in his eyes. Perhaps it is just the lights of the dance. Perhaps it is the electrical impulses in his brain. Perhaps it is what the Greeks, the Ancient Greeks, called genius. "There is much of me you have not seen, Fraulein."
Jul 19 01:34:40 <SolongStarbird>	"Decent as you can be, honestly. Glad to hear you're alright too. So... yay being single, I guess?"
Jul 19 01:35:11 <Uracilo>	"You looked pretty sad, walking out of there with your hood up. I don't really like seeing that. Thought it'd cheer you up." She pauses to think, for a little bit, overacting with a finger to her chin. "Need any help getting back at someone? Not many other explanations, this time of year." The pen in Fei's hand wriggles out of her grasp and takes dictation, again in green.
Jul 19 01:36:26 <gumbal1>	"Yeaaaaah, like...nothing new. Better part of a year, now." Tyler...winces, slightly.
Jul 19 01:36:36 <SavanahHolland>	"I vish to learn as much of youh as youh vish to learn of me, ja?" she says to him softly, leaning up a bit more.. wishing she could see eye to eye with him, but her size did not seem to allow it- as much as she wished anyways. The dance slowly down as she moves a slender warm finger under his chin, lowering it so she can properly let him stare into her eyes. "Youh have yet toh see many parts of me.. devils
Jul 19 01:36:36 <SavanahHolland>	ahnd the like." she both means devils of the mind- and actual devils.. an array of them to summon when she pleases.
Jul 19 01:37:36 <SolongStarbird>	"Funny. Valentine's Day was actually the Day I got dragged off. So, a year and change for me." Vinnia is receptivee to the wince. "Sure you're alright?"
Jul 19 01:37:41 <Silvors>	Fei thought for a minute, taking the pen to write out <I was dating this girl. She had another girlfriend that I didn't know about. I was used to cheat. Or I was cheated on. IDK> And then she offered the pencil to Hari, but not before going to take her phone out of her pocket so she could type on it, taking off one of her gloves to show her hand. The other glove came off too, revealing a tattoo on the back of it that
Jul 19 01:37:41 <Silvors>	seemed to continue up her arm beneath her sleeve. <I want to go back to my room now. IDK why I even came.>
Jul 19 01:39:17 <gumbal1>	"...place's too dark. Man, ever since I got this thing on me," Tyler gestures to the stone collar. "I can't deal with the dark. I mean I'm sleeping with the lights on and shit, let me tell you."
Jul 19 01:39:54 <SolongStarbird>	"Oh yeah... what's up with the collar, might I ask?" Vinnia leans in.
Jul 19 01:41:07 <gumbal1>	"You ever do something really stupid and realize you have to live with it for the rest of your life?" Tyler glances over, with an uncharacteristic grin for the subject matter of unfixable mistakes. "Putting this on was like that. Can't take it off."
Jul 19 01:41:42 <Knave>	The proud posture Emmett had managed to keep since Elspeth kissed his cheek begins to evaporate when she turns his head downward, and his shoulders follow suit, bringing their eyelines closer by inches. "The like of devils are angels." He says, distantly and absently as he stares into her eyes. He almost forgets to move.
Jul 19 01:42:29 <SolongStarbird>	"Well that sucks eggs... What is it doing to yah? Something about needing light?"
Jul 19 01:42:53 <gumbal1>	"Yep. That and I'm basically stone Danny Phantom, so yeah."
Jul 19 01:43:22 <Uracilo>	Hari graciously accepts the pen and switches over to red. She doesn't talk out loud, now, choosing to just write down her words herself. Her writing style is flowery and pretty distinct, and the ink wiggles a little before settling on the page like it should. <Are you totally one-hundred percent sure? I think the best remedy to a broken heart is a combination of dancing chocolate and payback you only get one of those in a dorm room,
Jul 19 01:43:22 <Uracilo>	and it's the one that makes you fat> Her punctuation is rather horrible. The pen on its own is much better at it, somehow.
Jul 19 01:44:55 <SolongStarbird>	Vinnia transitions out of that soft tune with a bit more of a party, so to speak.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP9HA-20gw0
Jul 19 01:45:37 <SavanahHolland>	Her finger slowly slithers down his chin, down his neck, harshly grabbing the rather nice collar of his attire.. a breath away at this point, eye to eye.. it seems while others seem to chat, plot revenge, make refrences to children shows, the two of them are having their own little party of sorts.. "Hmm, tell me, is there ahnything youh desire?" she whispers.
Jul 19 01:48:48 <Silvors>	Fei shrugs, she didn't really care if she got fat. She didn't even know if she could get fat. Well, of course she can. She's a human girl. <I don't care. I'll be lonely if I'm fat and in my room. I'll be lonely here. NBD.> Fei types without even looking at her phone. It's kinda creepy.
Jul 19 01:49:24 <Knave>	He laughs again, gently, somewhere between a giggle and a cackle. He leans in towards the girl's ear, and says in a hoarse whisper just loud enough to be heard over the music, "Everything."
Jul 19 01:52:26 <Uracilo>	Creepy? Hari's phones are alive. In fact, here comes one, crawling out of an inner pocket of her dress and out her neckline. She holds it up, letting the pen write out her response in green as she talks. "We can hang out. Wanna exchange numbers? I have more chocolate in there, and we can dance if you'd like," she says, evenly, and shrugs at the end. She's not really a major fan of dancing, but it's alright as long as she doesn't look down.
Jul 19 01:52:26 <Uracilo>	Nothing's more embarrassing than the floor tile coming to life to hug your ankles.
Jul 19 01:53:27 <SavanahHolland>	Something similar in their goals, the want of everything- though perhaps that's often a person's goal in life.. despite most of them not being human, Elspeth lost her humanity a long time ago. "I cahn give youh that." she whispers back, a smile spread across her lips.. how intresting. She moves to manuvour his collar.. and before he can seem to react her lips find their way pressed against his, soft, warm,
Jul 19 01:53:27 <SavanahHolland>	perhaps everything he expected- and more.
Jul 19 01:57:00 <SolongStarbird>	"Well... I've dealt with a fair share of afflicted boys. The goal is to try and overcome the obstacle and not become the real life equivalent of pity party Eeyore, y'know? Try to find the positive in it.... Ohohooho! Lookee there! Elspeth is curing herself of singleness disease, or as I like to call it, ssingles! Geddit!?" Vinnia lightly presses her fist into Tyler's shoulder.
Jul 19 01:57:58 <Silvors>	Fei looks Hari up and down. Why? She thinks for a moment before going to shrug and nod, offering her phone to Hari, a blank contact open for Hari to enter her information into. Just her name and number. Fei, in the meantime, just stands there, grabbing one arm with the other. Being deaf.
Jul 19 01:59:20 <gumbal1>	Easier said than done, but easier faked than done, too. No real excuse. "Haaaa, nice. Though I, uh...thought she was dating Zeke." Tyler's good at not letting the jealousy bleed through. Damnit, he was going after Emmett himself!
Jul 19 02:00:04 <SolongStarbird>	"Well, if she showed up to a singles dance, something must have changed."
Jul 19 02:00:12 <Knave>	By contrast, Emmett's end of the kiss was reminiscent of a cold fish, at least at first. Nah, he doesn't really show improvement. His efforts to participate, when he is not simply frozen in reaction, are spasmodic and uncertain. He pulls away before he might have had time to improve. His expression is excited, but tinged with a wax of frustration and dissatisfaction that was becoming his signature for the night. He
Jul 19 02:00:12 <Knave>	can't seem to think of anything to say.
Jul 19 02:01:34 <Uracilo>	Oh crap. Hari looks away really fast. "Aaah... not the best idea, unless you want your phone to come to life." She's being doing a stellar job of keeping her sights on Fei's face. Looking at people's clothes always ends in mutual embarrassment. "Hang on..." the pen stops writing suddenly as she pulls it away from the pad and whispers something to it before sheholds it close to Fei's phone and it moves back and forth to press the correct
Jul 19 02:01:35 <Uracilo>	buttons. "Sorry about this..." she mumbles, forgetting Fei can't hear her.
Jul 19 02:01:45 <Uracilo>	(been doing*)
Jul 19 02:02:52 <gumbal1>	"I stopped keeping up after Zita." Tyler spares a glance over to the stand. "If you wanna go on break, dance a bit, I could fill in."
Jul 19 02:04:22 <Silvors>	Fei looks at the girl, an eyebrow raised at whatever she was doing. Fei was doing her best to read Hari's lips and then just looked pleased when the pen started tapping on Fei's phone. She waited for it to be all typed up and then pulled her phone away, texting a simple <Hey> to Hari. Still not looking at her phone. Fei is weird.
Jul 19 02:04:30 <SolongStarbird>	"Sure thing." Vinnia merges in the next track.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1BeYEepooo
Jul 19 02:04:47 <SavanahHolland>	Her fingers slithering up from a tight grip on his collar to lightly petting the back of his head.. playing with some of his firey red hair she seemed to enjoy so much, perhaps after these events she could claim it- or him rather- for herself. "Ih'm sure youh'll have plenty of chances toh improve." she whispers in his ear, some German tangling into her words.. Compared to his inexperience, is where Elspeth
Jul 19 02:04:48 <SavanahHolland>	seems to take over.. experience- and quite a lot of it within romantic ventures.
Jul 19 02:05:05 <SolongStarbird>	"I'm putting you in charge of the next track. I know you won't disappoint." Vinnia winks, and exits the DJ booth.
Jul 19 02:06:32 <gumbal1>	"Got it, boss." The wink is returned, and Tyler assumes direct control.
Jul 19 02:08:02 <Knave>	Hazily and in German, he responds, "I am happy to perfect the craft." His gloved hands, which he seems to regain control of for the first time in a while, find their way around her waist. In English, he continues, "I can be single-minded in my studies."
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Jul 19 02:09:40 <Uracilo>	Hari's phone chirps in her hand, and displays the message without her prompting. It saves Fei's contact information behind the scenes. Hari holds out the pen, using the phone to type now. <You can keep the pen it can write closed captions> She stops to wonder something for a second, and before Fei can make a move she kisses the pen and it starts vibrating slightly with rise and falls that follow the party's slightly muffled music. <It'll
Jul 19 02:09:40 <Uracilo>	keep a beat too if you want to know when there's sound> She adds, gifting the improved pen to the deaf girl.
Jul 19 02:10:21 <SolongStarbird>	Vinnia disappears into a group of background char-... I mean, dancers. She is soon seen in glimpses from between the gaps of the crowd shaking it and having a generally good time, even if she seems a little out of place in a tee and skirt.
Jul 19 02:12:00 <Silvors>	Fei looks at the pen. <I can feel vibrations already. It takes a bit of setup though. Thank you for the present.> Fei says with a nod, going to put the thing in a pocket... a pocket filled with a few spiders of various breeds, mind you, but a pocket. Her hand stays in there with it. <So I guess we're going in there?>
Jul 19 02:15:46 <Uracilo>	Hari nods, her own phone crawling about on her skin as she reaches over and lightly grabs on Fei's arm to pull her along back inside. She speaks as she goes, and her phone sends messages to Fei  as if taking dictation. "I hope the next song is good. Do you want to dance straight away? I need to check on my chocolate." And the box full of money, but that one has spikes.
Jul 19 02:15:56 <gumbal1>	The song fades out, as the next song fades in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sGWqARKLkA
Jul 19 02:18:26 <Silvors>	Fei shrugs. She could dance, but doing so required a beat and even with this beat-based pencil, she couldn't really do much. Still, with a few flies buzzing around the crowd she could probably get a decent hold on the style of music. <I don't care.> Fei will be honest, she didn't really think she would be meeting anyone at this. She had fully expected to come in and leave.
Jul 19 02:19:27 <SolongStarbird>	Vinnia dances her way back over to the booth, but instead of resuming her seat, she just says, "Love it! Keep it up!" and dances back off.
Jul 19 02:22:39 <Uracilo>	Hari rolls her eyes, a smile on her face still. "You're very non-committal. You had it that bad, huh?" She gives up on looking for her chocolate. The money box can handle any problems, anyhow, even if it'll get her in trouble eventually. "Let's go dance. I can make your clothes help you out if you'd like, though they won't be very good at it at first." And they'd be trying to hug her, truth be told, but she wasn't about to go telling
Jul 19 02:22:39 <Uracilo>	people that when trying to sell the idea.
Jul 19 02:25:24 <SavanahHolland>	"As can I." she says, the back of her voice still a purr as she slows down in his dance, leaning in and leaving with another short- yet mind boggling kiss, not giving him enough time to try to kiss back before she moves, her hand in his, off the dance floor- they had been there quite awhile. "I certainly hope youh enjoyed." she winks to him.
Jul 19 02:26:29 <Silvors>	Fei shrugs. She had been head over heels for Kat, but she had also had a history of stuff like that. Not relationship wise, but business and friendship wise. Noncommital was the name of her game. <I don't think I am? Maybe I am though? This isn't really my type of thing.> Fei was more used to being the one organizing and working on something, rather than attending it. Maybe that's why she was dressed in a thick jacket,
Jul 19 02:26:29 <Silvors>	gloves, and cargo pants at a gathering where some people were dressed formally, others casually. What was she dressed as by comparison?
Jul 19 02:29:26 <Knave>	"Y-Ja." He nods slowly and erratically, "Dancing with you was..." He flounders, fiddles with his free hand with the goggles on his forehead, "I was- It was very pleasant." He smiles, meek and small.
Jul 19 02:30:07 <Uracilo>	"You are, but don't worry! There's space in the world for everything," she says, and pulls Fei into a less-crowded corner, starting to sway to the music and eventually turning about to dance. Her focus frays a little, and soon enough Fei's jacket is swaying to the beat, too, along her shoulders.
Jul 19 02:32:26 <Silvors>	Fei felt it start to come alive before she felt it move, her body moving a little to dance before it started to sway, her eyes going wide as she looked at it then at Hari. Fei wasn't bad at dancing, but having a jacket dancing on you was, well, it didn't make dancing easier. It was rather distracting, but she rolled with it regardless.
Jul 19 02:32:31 <SavanahHolland>	She giggles softly, he was so odd- cute really, she found it intresting. She seems to drag him into the backarea, less people, music was less loud, and it helped that they were right next to the food table, Elspeth nabbing a strawberry to eat, offering him a bite. "Ja, dancing vith youh vas fun- pleasant as youh said.. though I realize nowh ve might noht exactly be the type meant for this dance.."
Jul 19 02:34:26 <Knave>	"I think I am not..." Emmett admits with one of his odd blushes, then nibbles at the straweberry. It is very much a nibble, in fact, rodent-like and involving mainly his front teeth. "Did I match your expectations?" He asks, with mild self-consciousness, gloved hands moving behind his back.
Jul 19 02:34:42 <gumbal1>	Tyler nods, and continues the mixing.
Jul 19 02:35:11 <Uracilo>	Hari stops, suddenly. "Ah, shit. Fuck. Sorry!" She starts patting down Fei's jacket, trying to get it to lie still, with little success. "D-don't hate me for this!" She leans in and hugs Fei, rather tightly, for a few fractions of a second.
Jul 19 02:36:54 <Silvors>	Fei shrinks beneath the hug. Not literally, she just draws her shoulders in and tries to make herself look smaller. It's not that she doesn't like hugs, it's that she doesn't like hugs from people who are practically strangers. <what is going on?> Fei typed that one without even touching her phone!
Jul 19 02:37:10 <SavanahHolland>	She seems amused with the nibble, finishing off the strawberry herself, stem and all before leaning in to lick the corner of his lips- a bit of strawberry juice there, she was only being helpful~ "Matched ahnd exceeded, I quite admire youh and how youh act, iht's cuyhte."
Jul 19 02:39:13 <Knave>	"I... I cannot say I comprehend. But thank you." He seems very distracted by the touch of her tongue, lips moving distractedly and eyes flitting about. "I find you to be more singular with each action. You are unlike any other I have known."
Jul 19 02:40:25 <Uracilo>	She pulls back, an apologetic blush on her face. Fei's jacket stays still after that. She pulls out her phone, typing out her response instead of letting it type for her. <Had to fix it I'm sorry I'll buy it off of you if you don't want to keep it> She looks pretty mortified. <I'm so sorry> she sends another text, before Fei can respond.
Jul 19 02:43:14 <SavanahHolland>	She moves to snake her arms around one of his, staring up at him with bright green eyes, much like a cat it seems. "Youh're making me bluhsh." she says, her German accent only growing thicker "I vould say the same toh youh, a special kind ohf odd I find myself enjoying.." she looks down at herself for a brief moment, seeming somewhat displeased suddenly. "Doh youh think ve could- perhaps leave? I doh noht
Jul 19 02:43:14 <SavanahHolland>	believe I vill be able to valk much longer.." there was a very harsh limit.. one hour.
Jul 19 02:44:29 <Silvors>	Fei shrugs. Hopefully the jacket hadn't told Hari about the bugs and spiders that filled the jacket's pockets. <I'll keep it. It's okay.> Fei said with a shrug before glancing away, a hand testing to make sure her glasses were on securely. <Warn me next time though.> Fei didn't like unexpected things. It was the same reason she had flies throughout the room to survey and look out for her. She liked to know what was coming.
Jul 19 02:45:27 <Knave>	"Of course." The thought of leaving seems to push him towards his comfort zone immediately, and he puts out his arm for her to hold onto as they walk, "I have no desire to stay if not to dance with you." He laughs again, a shrill chuckle, "And of even that, perhaps I have had my fill for one night."
Jul 19 02:46:51 <gumbal1>	And now, for a classic in electronic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ky-gventQo
Jul 19 02:47:13 <Uracilo>	Hari bows down in a final show of apology, her hair flying everywhere, and she tries to pull Fei in a twirl, an apologetic little smile on her face. "No surprises would be boring," she shouts over the din of the music, even though the other girl couldn't hear her. Her phone does, and sends a message. She starts dancing again after that, giving Fei a little more space, but only a little.
Jul 19 02:47:25 <Uracilo>	It's a good thing clothes can't talk.
Jul 19 02:48:53 <SolongStarbird>	"Aw shit! Ty is good!" Vinnia is clearly enjoying the music.
Jul 19 02:49:31 <Silvors>	Indeed it is. Fei twirled and kept dancing. She wasn't the best at it, probably barely even able to be considered good. She shrugs. <I like knowing what I'm getting into, I guess.> Fei said as she got tugged along, letting Hari lead their dance. <Thank you for the chocolate, by the way.>
Jul 19 02:49:36 <SavanahHolland>	"I believe I have as vell, perhaps we could jast go to the commonroom and spend sohme time getting toh know more of eachother." seeing as learning that was in both of their best intrests.. Taking his arm as she walks out of the dance with him, seeming rather pleased.
Jul 19 02:52:52 <Uracilo>	She shakes her head, setting a pace once the music changes and sticking to it. "It's no problem! I wasn't going to eat it anyways," she says, throwing Fei a smirk. "You sure you don't want revenge?" She whispers almost inaudibly, but her phone catches it.
Jul 19 02:52:54 <Knave>	Emmett is smiling along with her as they leave, front teeth bared and eyes alight. "Yes. That sounds very good."
Jul 19 02:54:58 <Silvors>	Fei thinks for a moment, both of her hands in Hari's as she danced with the girl. She didn't smile, but there was a very faint smirking grin. Barely noticeable. <If I want to get it, I'll get it. I want to calm done and not be rash.> You've had days to calm down, Fei. <Still, it was the worst valentine's day ever.>
Jul 19 02:58:40 <SolongStarbird>	Vinnia eventually finds her way back to the booth. "Hella good job man! I'm gonna stop before I start sweating like a pig. So, what were you thinking for the next track?"
Jul 19 02:59:13 <Uracilo>	"You're not the only one," she mumbles, closing her eyes in a face that screams "I-fucked-up" when she hears her phone send the message. She blamed it for it, a little. She'd be using her other phones for a while. "Sorry, don't mean to add to the pile. You've got enough to deal with."