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Homecoming Dance

Who: Students, faculty, chaperones and the like
What: The homecoming dance!
When: Sunday, August 4th
Where: Luceti Valley High
Summary: It's "An Evening Under the Stars"! Teens swing and bop and find true love. Adults less so. It's sure to be a memorable night!
Rating: Varies by thread, but if it gets questionable, take it elsewhere!

The Luceti Valley High School gym has been decked to the nines by the Homecoming committee. The theme for the evening, "An Evening Under the Stars", is evident everywhere from the ambient lighting to the snack table. Banners, balloons, streamers, and colored lights decorate the area, turning the usually musty, jock-filled gym into a warm and colorful space to invite romance. A multicolored balloon arch welcomes attendees to their ballroom for the evening, where they can find a few different events to participate in.

There's the dance floor, naturally, a wide space covering most of the room and teeming with new flames and old flames alike. The band is set up on the stage against the wall, playing all the hottest tunes of the age so students can "Rock Around the Clock" all night long. There will be a fair distribution of fast, swinging songs and slower couples songs. Snag your date for those, or maybe ask someone new!

Aside from the dancing, there are refreshments set up for students and chaperones alike along the wall opposite the band. There you can find your usual school dance fare: "midnight" blue punch, star-shaped cookies and brownies, a nighttime sky cake, and, well? That's it. Looks like the PTA fell a bit short this year.

In the corner near the entrance is the photo booth, where couples can pose against a star-filled background for (overpriced) photographs so they will never forget this night of nights. In the opposite corner of the room, there is yet another door, normally an emergency exit but now used as a gateway to a small outside space where attendees can find fresh air and a bit of privacy. Lights, benches and balloons decorate this area as well.

The night promises to be memorable for all. Whether that's for better or for worse remains to be seen!

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[OHGOD OHMAN OHGOD OHMAN why is Uncle Jade here? Ion wasn't expecting to see any adults he knew chaperoning this event and he was grateful for it. But really, of all the people he could have run into here, it had to be Uncle Jade?]

[Not that Ion had anything against his Uncle -- it was just that he had the uncanny ability to see through just about anything and a knack for finding out secrets you'd much rather stay secret. And though Ion and Kohan have been playing things down this evening to avoid suspicions from their peers, there was definitely enough evidence to count against Ion's earlier insistence that he was "just going with friends". After all, it seemed like Kohan was the only friend he was with.]

[But it was cool! He just had to be casual. He won't be found out if he plays it like there's nothing to be found out.]

Uncle Jade, what a surprise to see you here. I didn't know you were chaperoning tonight?

You mean you didn't check my day planner? That's just careless of you, Ion. [He says with a light-hearted air. As tense as things have been with Nephry in the past, Jade always liked living out his role as uncle. Most likely because rather than the direct involvement and investment of a parent, it was a role that mostly called for trolling.]

I suppose I just didn't think you would be interested in something like this...

[Since it was no secret that their high school was far from first-rate and was one of the few places in the city where the rich and poor seemingly mingled freely amongst one another. Which was something he just wasn't sure Jade would approve of, really.]

I hope you haven't had any trouble already? It seems like things have been rather tame so far.

[He feels gross just being here and watching all this inter-class mingling. But it's a small sacrifice to make for the noble mission of spying on his daughters' love lives. Besides, once the mission is carried to completion, Jade is sure that his family will have no more reason to attend any such dances ever again.]

Tame? Very much so. This whole affair is very... [He looks over the state of the room, the opposite of impressed.] modest.

[A pause.]

However, there's something I'd like to ask you, Ion.

[Modest? Well, it was just a high school dance. All things considered, they did pretty well in decorating the place! Though Ion can't help but wonder if the things would have turned out better if some of the wealthier parents had the time/energy to participate in the PTA as well...]

[The sudden mention of questions pulls his from his thoughts -- oh, this could be bad.]

Yes? What is it?

["The PTA" is one of Jade's favorite jokes.]

You'll have to forgive me. This question may be rather unusual, after all, and the answer is one that should be obvious. However, I feel the need to ask it regardless, just to gain confirmation on a particular matter.

...all right?

[He's trying oh-so-hard not to show how nervous he is. Sure, whenever he sneaks into the casino for a game of cards, his pokerface is unbeatable, but when it came to matters of the heart, he was practically an open book.]

[And then, he outright asks it.]

Are you a boy?

[#✈☠$✖&☢%$☣!?!?!?]

Why are you asking me that? You know I am.

So you are one. My apologies. I'm a particularly forgetful uncle. [He says very calmly, hiding his usual sarcasm.] Moving along, then, what about that teenager with the silver hair?

[Yeah, not even Ion can hold back a very short look of utter horror when Jade asks -- which probably gives him away all too easily. But he quickly scrambles to hide it behind a conveniently placed cough.]

Oh, you mean Kohan? He's just one of the friends I came here with. Neither of us were able to find a date in time.

[...it actually kind of hurts to lie about this, but the last thing he wants is for Jade to find out. Nevermind what would happen if he told his parents -- what if he told Kohan's?]

Kohan? Ah, so that's the name of your boy friend over there. [He leaves a slight space between the words "boy" and "friend" in order to technically not be calling him an accusation while leaving room for Ion to slip up from him close the words still are regardless..] That's a shame. Two young gentlemen having trouble finding women to court?

He's not my--!

[Oh. Oh dear. Okay, play it cool, he can still recovered from this! He takes a moment to clear his throat.]

...what I mean is, it isn't as though we had any trouble. We both just waited too long to ask anyone, and most of the girls who wanted to go already had dates.

[There's a slight ghost of a smirk on Jade's face at Ion's outburst. A moment of 'Aha!'. But he acts as casual as Ion.]

You must both be simply heartbroken. In the future, I suppose that your father should be able to give you better pointers on acquiring dates.

I'll be sure to keep that in mind, then...

[Well, they did have a "talk" of sorts before the dance, but not quite on that particular subject.]

[He takes a small edging step backward, glancing back towards the dance floor. Maybe he should try and escape before something comes out that he can't take back.] Oh, but I suppose I should be getting back, then. My friends will wonder where I went off to.

[Dryly.] I'm sure that they're assembling a search party as we speak.

[Even though... he can see Kohan from here. And may try just a light-hearted wave towards him just to undermine Ion's point.] You should run along, then - try to score yourself a kiss, why don't you?

[Oops, there's this face again. He's not so sure there's much point in denying it now.]

Uncle Jade!

Yes, my nephew? [He says with a grin as he adjusts his glasses. They gleam.]

[...he's caught. He knows that much. But the question was, could he trust his Uncle to keep quiet about it? He wasn't so sure. Jade was always such a difficult man to read.]

[But scruples about same-sex couples aside, at least Kohan was of a social standing that Jade could appreciate?]

...please don't say anything about this to anyone. We're not ready for anyone to know yet.

[It's true. Homosexuality truly isn't as much of a problem for him as cross-class relationships would be. It might not cause as much of a scandal. But just in case? It's more useful for him to hold onto it. He and Nephry are at odds, after all. So it's good to have leverage.]

Feel free to take your time. Consider it to be a good practice for your future. You'll most likely need to bury many a scandal in your future, after all.

This isn't something I plan on burying. [He says it just a bit too quickly, and perhaps even a bit defensively. He and Kohan were serious... or at least, Ion was. They hadn't talked about it too much, but... Kohan was serious too, right? Otherwise surely he wouldn't go to the effort of sneaking around so much just to see him, right?]

Is that so? My, then I expect it will be quite the show when you decide to truly take it public. [It's amusing how defensive he is of it. It puts Jade at ease.]

[Uncle Jade certainly had a way with words, didn't he? There was nothing particularly nasty in what he said, and yet the words stung in ways he didn't anticipate nonetheless.]

[But Ion knew there would be no point in arguing further. He can only hope he's done enough damage control to prevent things from becoming any worse.]

...that's all I wanted to say. I'll be going, then.

Not so fast, Ion. Hold it right here! [He says unusually sternly and stares Ion down, as if ready to tear him down at any moment.]

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