and the bass keeps runnin runnin

[250mhzwabl]

Who: Anyone who heard the announcement, caught a flier in the plaza, of heard by word of mouth. Everyone's welcome!
What: A rave! Well, "rave." Luceti makes everything a little different.
When: June 21st, nightfall to early morning
Where: the beach near Adele's house
Summary: It's the first day of summer! This calls for bonfires, naturally, but why not spice it up with loud music, flashing lights, drinks, dancing, and a conspicuous lack of curfew?
Rating: PG to PG-13, please move anything steamier to appointments or Adele will take the hose to you



Getting all the firewood, food, and drink out to the beach had been, honestly, the hardest part of preparation. Whatever else one might say about running things on magic, it certainly did cut down on the trouble of constructing edifices and machines to run the entertainment side of a party. As it stands, the setup is labour-intensive but otherwise minimal, and there's not much to do by sunset. Escape the house before Max and Zevran, the culture-displaced madmen, can put any more eyeliner on him. Arrive at the beach. Light the bonfires. Make sure the bonfire-cooking-compliant food is set out. Put up a table loaded with bottles, cups, ice, and permanent markers. Thank the resident doctor and quartermaster once more. Plug in the stereo system.

The speakers and light show have been with him since he left his house, in the form of the resident god of mischief, and they confer over sheets of paper with track names and times written on them for a little while just before the start. That's the last of it, and by the time the sky above the mountains is beginning to darken into twilight, the first thumping, trilling strains of dance music begin to echo out across the sand.

It's the shortest night of the year. Best make every second last.

[OOC: Feel free to post your character for mingling, since this entire event is very free-form anyway. For everyone's enjoyment there is a drinks table, food, several bonfires, the ocean (lifeguards not on duty, splash drunkenly at your own risk), and of course a dancing area with lights and music. Music will probably be primarily EDM with a heavy bass line, but occasionally wander into the territories of electro-swing and the like to give even less modern partygoers a chance to show off. The light show as well will stray out of the typical at times, with the expected abstract wheeling and flashing lights giving way to more complicated illusions. Don't be surprised to find yourself and your fellows occasionally dancing in a forest glen or a Rivendell look-alike for a few minutes at a time. Loki is working the tech booth, after all.

The party will go as long as people stay and are enjoying themselves, so have fun and tag around!]

Comments

[voidseeing]

I'd regret not taking my chances more. Life is boring without a little adventure in it.

[When you know you only have a limited time to live, you become a lot more willing to take risks.

... but asking to come inside with her would be too much of a risk for now, so he's not going to push his luck there.]

[tearmeanewone]

[And Elizabeth really doesn't know that she potentially could invite him inside, so she just turns to him and smiles when they reach her door.]

Well, thank you for the adventure tonight. It certainly made things less boring.

[voidseeing]

[He returns the smile, and because he is going to be a gentleman for once, he keeps his word about just one kiss and doesn't move to initiate anything else.]

I consider myself something of an expert on that subject-- maybe next time I'll give you a hands-on demonstration.

[Despite the wording? He actually does mean it in a perfectly innocent way.]

[tearmeanewone]

Oh, I'll look forward to that demonstration then. I'll run out of ways to keep myself excited someday. [Elizabeth looks down the hall awkwardly--how exactly did they end this? Did she just... say goodbye?]

[voidseeing]

Then I'll look forward to giving it to such an eager student. But for now, I think a "good night" is in order-- I'd rather not get in trouble for keeping you out late. I saw how that man was watching after you at the dance.

[And by that he means Jack.]

I have plenty of time to make a bad impression on him later.

[tearmeanewone]

Man...? You mean Jack? [Elizabeth laughs, maybe sounding a little uncomfortable. She did go to this party because Jack had invited her, then she left with Gai, but Jack was married...]

[Too complicated for this late at night.]

He's not my father, you know. [Elizabeth raises her eyebrows.] I'm not certain a bad impression would do much of anything. I think I can be out as late as I like.

[voidseeing]

Good. I'll keep that in mind for later too.

[But right now, though he doesn't want to admit it to her, all of that dancing and activity has left him feeling somewhat winded due to the virus. Like it or not, he needs to rest.]

And good night, before I forget to say it to you. It'd be a shame for a pretty girl to end up with dark circles under her eyes from a lack of sleep.

[tearmeanewone]

[Pretty girl... Elizabeth is almost sure she'll never get tired of hearing that. She smiles, blushing lightly and tucking her hair behind her ear.]

And... it would be a shame for a handsome boy to end up with dark circles too. [And that's the most forward she's been in her whole life. It's probably fairly obvious too, given the way she laughs it off nervously and backs up reaching for the knob on her door.] Good night, Gai.

[voidseeing]

[Somehow hearing those words from her makes them actually worth paying attention to; he won't blush, but his smile does soften just the tiniest bit.

He can't say he doesn't like that slight blush on her cheeks, though.]

Good night, Elizabeth. I'll see you later.

[After he spends some time trying to figure out this whole "feelings" thing, because it's kind of weirding him out.]