Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.

[maximoff_girl]

Who: Wanda Maxiomff, Kate Bishop, + Anyone who wants to show up
What: Club HQ's grand opening
When: January 31st
Where: HQ (Across the road from house 14)
Summary: Kate and Wanda finally unveil their Nightclub.
Rating: PG to PG-13.


[After a lot of preparation, opening night for Luceti's newest club is finally here. The music is loud and insistent, the kind where you have to shout a bit to be heard above the noise. Flashing, moving lights above reveal the purple decor, mostly devoid of chairs, and plenty of room to dance. A well stocked bar should be able to provide liquid courage to anyone too nervous to shake there groove-thang sober, while a patio out back affords a space for anyone wanting to have more intimate (or just quieter) interactions. There's also a coat room, for anyone looking for a warmer spot for intimate interactions.

The doors open at seven, and will stay open until two am-- plenty of time to drink, dance, talk and generally have a good time. When the DJs aren't spinning, a house mix is put on, so there's never a quiet moment.]

Comments

[selfhelp]

[Billy arrives on time with Teddy in tow, dressed in a new shirt and a pair of dark, slimming jeans. His first goal is to check up on the hostesses and see if they need any extra help, and if they've gotten things under control, he'll try to steal a dance from each of them at some point, too.

Otherwise he'll be doing a blend of wall-flowering and dancing with his favourite boy.]

[halfnhalf]

[Speaking of his favorite boy, Teddy's wall-flowering with him for the moment. The song is nice, but it doesn't seem to be catching their interest enough to get out and dance to it. With one hand holding his drink and the other on his boyfriend's shoulder, Teddy leans over and speaks in a louder voice than usual to be heard over the music.]

Think we should've queued up some of our music for this? [He knows they've certainly got a lot of tunes they could've offered to the DJ gods.]

[selfhelp]

[Billy idly swishes around his drink and glances back at the DJ area, shrugging his shoulders and leaning back against Teddy.]

Eugene and I did a music swap forever ago, so they probably have most of the good ones already.

[He's actually kind of hoping that it'll play their song at some point, though he isn't holding his breath for it.]

[halfnhalf]

Yeah, and the rest of the good ones are on mine. I should do a music swap with them sometime.

[Billy has some good ones, but Teddy has a lot of top hits on his, as well as several songs from the electronic craze that America's going through. Still, he kind of hopes their song comes on too, but considering it's kind of a slow song...]

[selfhelp]

You should. But I wouldn't worry about tonight, at least. While our computers were connected I got a look at their tunes. They've got a lot that you'll like.

[They're the local DJs, after all. It's expected that they'd have all the popular stuff. At least until the zombie apocalypse hit.]

[halfnhalf]

That's a relief. You know how many clubs I went to that played the worst kinds of songs?

[... Not a lot, admittedly, since he's still young and he didn't like the methods he had to use to get into said clubs for his friends.]

[selfhelp]

Ah, right. You party animal.

[Not that he knows a lot about that stuff, but he does know that Teddy was Greg the Asshole's tag-along celebrity to all kinds of places.]

Maybe we can make a request or two to the DJs. We're friends with the owners, after all.

[halfnhalf]

[Teddy snorts and rolls his eyes at that name because lol, him, a party animal. Even when he was friends with Greg, he was never a party sort of guy unless the company was good.]

Yeah... I've got a certain song in mind I'd like to hear. [He squeezes Billy's shoulder gently; he knows what he's talking about, right?]

[selfhelp]

Heh. Me too.

[He leans in and bumps his head against Teddy's, smiling meaningfully. He gets it. He may or may not have already put in a request, actually.]

[wildbluevagner]

[Later on, Kurt's had a few drinks and manages to stumble across Billy, while looking exceptionally worried. Well, an alochol-induced worry.]

Billy! Oh man, oh man...

[selfhelp]

[That... is not the sort of expression he'd expect to see at a club dance, and it's immediately pinging his concern.]

Kurt? What's wrong, what happened?

[wildbluevagner]

[He looks at him and shakes his head.]

This bad. Really bad. Billy, I'm really going to...? No, no way, man!

[selfhelp]

[Billy quirks a brow. Sniffs the air between them, curiously.

....]

Kurt, how much have you had?

[wildbluevagner]

Um... I don't know, does it matter! [Kurt tugs at his own hair anxiously.]

There's something I have to ask you!

[selfhelp]

[It kind of matters, but okay. This could be either horrible or really entertaining.]

Uh. Ask away, then?

[wildbluevagner]

Okay, okay. It's about my future... and I'm going to need you to be straight with me. No matter what. [He raises a finger as if making a point, and leaves it dangling in the air.]

[selfhelp]

[Oh geez. Already he's more uncomfortable than ever.]

H... hey, I have a rule about that kind of thing. I'm not making any promises.

[maximoff_girl]

[When Billy tracks down Wanda, she'll likely be out on the dance floor, gyrating and flowing in a way that's not entirely in line with her usual hunched shoulders posture. Out on the dance floor, she's larger than life, practically glowing.

Or maybe actually glowing. With her, it could be either, really.

It doesn't take her long to notice Billy once he's near by, and she sends him a big, enthusiastic grin, stopping her dance and moving quickly to him.]

Billy! You made it! ... I love your shirt!

[selfhelp]

[He grins and approaches until they're next to each other, hand lifting to greet her.]

I wouldn't miss it. And I love your dress. It's very you.

[In a good way, at least. This is a side of his sort-of shy and awkward not!mom that he never thought he'd see.]

[maximoff_girl]

Thank you... Bulla made it for me. She's-- great. [It's a side most people don't get to see, mostly for fear of being told she can't go dancing any more. But there's no one here to tell her what to do, so there's no one to tell her she can't dance.] Have you been here long?

[selfhelp]

Not sure... a while, I guess? Parties aren't really my thing, but I promised Kate, so.

[Can't let down a BFF, especially one who's hurting, even if she won't easily admit it.]

[maximoff_girl]

You also promised me a dance. ... So you're still only, like, half done with your promises for the night. [That's MATH, yo. ]

I'm surprised you're not into parties. ... You seems so-- friendly. [Friendly people like to be around other people, right?]

[selfhelp]

Hey, you can be friendly and not like parties.

[He thinks, anyway.]

That's not exactly it, though. I... like parties, kinda. But I like my own space, too, so I can only handle them for so long before I get sick of the crowds. I'm an introvert like that.

[maximoff_girl]

Introvert, introvert... My brother calls me that. ... I'm not sure if it's true, though. ... I'm camera shy, but-- I don't think that's the same thing.

[selfhelp]

No, not really. Introvert's like... people who feel more energized when they're on their own. It's not that we don't like being around people, it's just that it gets really tiring really fast. The opposite's an extrovert who gets energized with people. So if getting out and socializing with your friends is what gets you excited then that's more like you.