Dresden Academy

Winter Social - Friday, December 9th (open to all)

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12/4/11 02:28 am

The events committee pulled off a rather impressive decorating scheme given their limited budget this year. Old silver and blue candles lit every alcove, sparkled above students heads as the floated around the ceiling. A spell created snow that fell among the candles and dissipated just as it reached the shoulders of the students partying below.

Recycled ribbons and streamers in a wintery palette draped on the walls, off the back of chairs and the small stage that graced the far end of the ballroom. Tables were draped with cloths in various shades of icy blue, some silver, some pristine white (at least until the students managed to spill their beverages).

Music hummed in the corner as a local cover band warmed up their instruments. The usual spot for photographs was set up just inside the doors. Professors wandered around the periphery, making sure the students were on their best behavior, though as these things usually ended up, the students were a lot better at misbehaving than their professors were at stopping them.

Tags: !eventastic, adelaide legaux, arnaud powell, bernadine ford, carly travers, cinna thompson, faculty, hawthorne nikitin, kazamir de kooning, luka nikitin, riley bloodfeather, steven suzuki, veronica cantrell

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• actingup

  12/14/11 06:59 am (UTC)

  

  She laughed, a little shrug lifting her shoulders. "I'll keep that in mind should the urge to purge overtake me." She winked at him. "Yeah. It's been a good dance beside that. You?" He didn't usually last this long at these things, always kicked out for some infraction (usually the dress code).

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  • loudandclose

    12/14/11 07:35 am (UTC)

    

    "Great. Really great." He could still see a few people bending over and retching, but the barfgeddon seemed to be abating. With any luck people would stop, the teachers would dissipate the smell, and things could get back to normal.
    
    He flinched slightly at an ear-shattering scream from amidst the crowd. It sounded like Cinna had finally seen him and was ready to launch into a tirade as she dragged him out... but seconds later she stormed out right past him and Maddy, not even passing him a second glance. "Oh shit... princess got sicked on."

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    • actingup

      12/14/11 07:46 am (UTC)

      

      "Well what do you know, you might end up making it all the way through a dance," she teased happily. "You're not even going to know what to do with yourself. I don't remember you ever even dancing at one of these things."

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        12/14/11 08:04 am (UTC)

        

        He shook his head. "Uh uh. I don't dance." That was a total lie. He could dance Single Ladies better than Beyonce, and his sister had the video evidence to back it up. Little asshole. "I'll watch you dance. Or stand animatedly with you."

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        • actingup

          12/14/11 08:17 am (UTC)

          

          "That doesn't sound at all creepery." She giggled and pushed at his shoulder. "You know I've studied all kinds of dance, but when it comes to these things I'm all over the map." She rolled her eyes, grinned at him. "I'm horrible at modern dance."

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            12/14/11 09:03 am (UTC)

            

            Riley shrugged. "Ah, who needs that modern crap anyway huh?" Not that he really knew what old-timey dancing was like. It was probably waltzing or the heel-and-toe or something. "But I bet you can Dougie with the best of them," he teased.

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            • actingup

              12/14/11 09:07 am (UTC)

              

              She laughed. "It's not as good as my mashed potato." But then she thought he was just being nice. "So are you a horrible dancer, or just not into it at all?"

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              • loudandclose

                12/14/11 09:12 am (UTC)

                

                "Dancing is a bourgeois pastime. Just another historical expression of class warfare. You got the time to dance then you're not working the fields all day, are you?" He sniffed dismissively.

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                • actingup

                  12/14/11 10:10 am (UTC)

                  

                  "It is not," she replied with the tiniest slap of reproach to his arm. "Even poor people dance. Maybe not as much as the bourgeois did, but they had parties where dancing was involved. Ever see Oklahoma?" Then she laughed because there was no way Riley had ever seen the musical. "Ever hear of river dancing? It's a form of expression that uses your whole body. It's a beautiful thing."

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                    12/14/11 10:18 am (UTC)

                    

                    "Riverdance." He gave her a Look. "I am not riverdancing with you. I don't care what kind of fancy shit you got on under there. I am not going to have a single fucking thing in common with Michael fucking Flatley." As if she would just up and show him what she had under her dress anyway, but even as a potential bribe she was NOT going to get him to riverdance.

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                    • actingup

                      12/14/11 10:22 am (UTC)

                      

                      "You wouldn't dance with me if I showed you my fancy underpants?" she asked, both shocked and amused. "They're RED!" Then she blushed furiously, almost the same exact shade as her underthings. "Oh what am I talking about? You're only interest in my underpinnings is purely scientific. It's not like bribery. You wouldn't be that interested in these. They're just regular underwear. Well... Not terribly regular. I think they're very nice. Even a little bit fancy. Not like anyone will see them anyway, but they make me feel good."
                      
                      She put her hand over her mouth, entirely horrified that she was rambling about the mystery of her fancy underthings to Riley. She wasn't about to blurt out on top of that she didn't even have a bra on to show him, so if he asked she'd just be showing him her breasts. It took everything in her power to stop those very embarrassing words from coming out of her mouth.

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                        12/14/11 11:02 am (UTC)

                        

                        He smirked slightly. "Do go on." He certainly wasn't going to deny her the opportunity to tell him about her underpants. "I might be convinced to stand awkwardly on the dancefloor!"

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                        • actingup

                          12/14/11 11:05 am (UTC)

                          

                          She pushed at him awkwardly, still embarrassed enough that she might just die of mortification. "I've described them enough that you don't even need to see them," she finally managed to squeak. "Oh you're enjoying this."

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                            12/14/11 11:20 am (UTC)

                            

                            "I am," he admitted shamelessly. It was very fun to get Maddy into one of her rants, because given the right topic she'd take the conversation such interesting places. "You're my favourite person to annoy."

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                            • actingup

                              12/14/11 11:52 am (UTC)

                              

                              "You're incorrigible," she admonished. "And I wouldn't call it annoy. I'd call it embarrass beyond the point of social decency."
                              
                              But then she bumped his shoulder with hers, a very affectionate gesture that was very physical. "Can't I just be your favorite person period?"
                              
                              He was probably hers, but to admit that would send him into a tizzy she wasn't sure she could deal with at the moment.

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