Ready Or Not, Gonna Make It To The City...

[laszlo_jamf]

When; May 19^th, from sunset to evening and beyond! (Just watch out for midnight, Cinderella...)
Rating; G to PG-13?
Characters; Anyone and everyone...and maybe a few more
Summary; Finals are over, the spring dance is here--finally a way for everyone, student and teacher, to relax! All the planning, preparation, and hard work has paid off. Students of all ages and grades are invited, and their teachers are sure to be there too. The school superintendents (read: the Deities) have done their very best to light up the Square. So whether you're from Westerberg High, Trinity Girls' School, Cutler's, Bikini Bottom Middle, or City U, you must have received your engraved invitation by now. Dress is formal, but the occasion is celebratory. Come one, come all. (And even those who aren't cursed may still come to take in the decorations, the food, the entertainment, and the merriment... or they can take pictures for blackmail when this is over.) So come and spend an evening under the stars...
Log;

[This is an open log for the Fast Times at City High dance event! Tags can be open or directed to another character--just throw a label in the subject line. Feel free to NPC wait staff, refreshments, music, and anything else you might encounter at such a soiree. Have fun!]

Comments

[negativegate]

"Dancing, obviously," is her immediate response. She doesn't explicitly notice him standing straighter, but she does suddenly feel a little more conscious of their age difference--she skipped a few grades, so she's younger than him even though they're in the same year--and stubbornly tries to ignore it. It's not like they're here as anything but friends, and it doesn't matter anyway!

So she reaches out her hand to drag him over to dance. "Come on! They're playing some good music."

[blackshadow]

"Right—"

It would figure that Tyr's shorter than most guys in their grade, but still manages to be much taller than the girl he decided to spend the night dancing with. That's just bad luck...

The thought doesn't stay with him long, though, as Rita drags him over to the dance floor. His poor cup is abandoned on the ground as he stumbles along. And now that she mentions it, the music is surprisingly good.

And he's surprisingly reluctant to let go of her hand once they're there, but this isn't the kind of a dance people hold hands for. Though he's sure some sap is doing that...

[negativegate]

It's not like being shorter than Tyr is anything new to Rita, either...She doesn't know why she's suddenly thinking about it. The music is a good distraction, though, and she lets go of his hand once they find a good spot.

"Ready to keep up?" Her smugness returns, though not as much as before.

[blackshadow]

"You better be."

Nevertheless, her smugness is rubbing off on him as he starts dancing, and it doesn't even seem hard to find the beat right now.

[negativegate]

"Hmph! You know it!"

She makes a little huff at him as she starts moving to the music, her sandals making little clicks on the ground as she dances and does a spin. As smug as she is, it's nice that they're both keeping up with each other--there's nothing annoying like not being able to let loose!

[blackshadow]

All she gets back from him is a wide grin that grows wider as he watches her spin, her dress and accessories catching the coloured lights that decorate the square. Part of him wants to tease her for showing off, but she's having too much fun for him to have the heart to do so.

Besides, he's surprised how well she dances when he never sees her putting in effort in P.E.. They're keeping up with each other pretty well!

[negativegate]

PE is always so annoying to Rita when she'd rather be studying science and doing experiments. Tonight, though, she came with the full intention of partying, and Tyr's grin makes her feel suddenly light--impulsively, she reaches out to poke his nose, with a playful "good enough for you?"

[blackshadow]

It gives him a start and he almost backs away, but- What? Did she really just...

He laughs after a second and goes in to pinch her side. He knows she skipped a few grades, but she's such a kid!

[negativegate]

Tyr's such a kid, too! Rita yelps and grabs his hand, then takes the opportunity to try and spin him with the music, just because.

[blackshadow]

...Well, it's a little awkward to be spun around by someone shorter than him, but be obliges, spinning around while he laughs some more.

"You're such a kid."

[negativegate]

"Huh?" She blushes, indignant, and spins him again with a huff. "Like you're one to talk!"

[blackshadow]

He spins again, too, and tries to give her a twirl. "I'm not talking."

[negativegate]

She goes along with the movement, and starts to find that being annoyed with Tyr while they're dancing is...kind of hard. "Then what do you call it, huh?"

[blackshadow]

"Stating the obvious."

And Tyr just wants to tease her a little. She's a lot of fun to dance with...

"Like saying you're a good dancer."

[negativegate]

Now he's just making her more smug, and she responds with, "You're damn right I'm good!"

Another spin, and maybe as an afterthought or because she sort of wants to reciprocate, she adds, "And you're not bad, I guess."

[blackshadow]

"You're not going to give me a big head by being honest." She's a lot of fun to dance with, smug or not.

[negativegate]

"Sure about that?" And she's just teasing now. The atmosphere and the dancing--it's all really loose and exciting, even more than she thought. Maybe it's Tyr.

[blackshadow]

"I'm positive." He doesn't have any regrets about choosing to take her. He knew she was fun to joke with, but it's really fun now.

[negativegate]

"I don't know. You're already pretty confident." She feels like she could dance the night away with Tyr. Not a bad end to the year at all.

[blackshadow]

"What's wrong with confidence?" Definitely not a bad way. She's a lot of fun to dance with herself, too.

[negativegate]

"It might give you a big head, remember?" Just to send his words back at him. She's smiling the whole time, though.

[blackshadow]

"And I said it wouldn't." Just to remind her, too.

...In the back of his head, he wonders if he could pick her up and spin her. She looks small enough.

[negativegate]

"We haven't put it to the test, you know." She grins at him, hand on her hip even as she continues to move with the music. She can't remember the last time she had this much fun dancing.

[blackshadow]

"Then what are you waiting for? I thought you liked testing things."

She looks like she's having fun, too - though since he's having fun, that could be colouring his perception.

[negativegate]

"Are you volunteering to be an experiment?"

So much fun. She laughs a little now.