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]

[In turn he rests his on hers, sticking close as he watches the bodies move on the dance floor. He can feel the hum of the speakers through his toes.]

I think this place'd be hard-pressed to get rid of us, at this point.

[tryit]

God, how long has it been for you guys again?

[That it's been more than half a year for herself alone seems crazy. She can't imagine being stuck here longer, watching other loved ones and friends disappear back to their home worlds.]

[selfhelp]

Too long. If I'm still here by May that'll be the start of my third year.

[His second birthday here is coming up, too. Basically it's been way too long.]

[tryit]

Is it wrong of me to hope that you will still be here?

[Or, if he's gone, that they're all gone. It already sucks being here without Simon. But without Billy, Teddy, or Tommy? Ouch.]

[selfhelp]

...I don't think it's wrong, no. Every time someone from the team went home before, I've tried to be happy for them, but... I just couldn't. I felt like crap.

[Cassie, Jonas, Tommy, last time... it hurts, losing them. Even when he knows he'll see them when he goes back, too. And every day he wakes up praying that he'll still find Teddy lying there beside him. Every day he makes sure to get back into bed after his morning routine so Teddy can wake up and find him there, too. That fear is awful to live with.]

[tryit]

[She nods, totally getting it. Knowing Cassie had gone home had been hard. Was that even the proper phrasing? Who the hell knew what Cassie went back to, if there even was anything for her to go back to. And losing Simon... She won't ever get to see either of them again.

Story of her life.]

Yeah. I keep telling myself that I should be thankful for the time I've gotten with Simon - with all of you - but... Feeling like crap's a good description.

[selfhelp]

It's gonna suck for a while, but... it gets better. I know people say that all the time, and no one likes to hear it, but that doesn't make it any less true. And who knows? Maybe he'll be back someday. Then you can sock him one and tell him not to do it again.

[tryit]

[She laughs dryly.]

You know it. [Beat] Same goes for any of you, you know, if you disappear and come back.

[selfhelp]

Oh geez. I think you'd have a hard time getting between me and Teddy if that happened to either of us, but I wouldn't actively deny you a good punch.

Just please don't break my nose.

[tryit]

Like you couldn't magi- [She manages to stop before finishing the thought, but a look of guilt still flashes through her face.

Thinking before she speaks. One of these days, she'll get around to that.]

[selfhelp]

[A month or two ago his response probably would have been a lot worse. As it is, he can't help but go a little stiff against her, but he doesn't pull away. It's not her fault.

He musters a smile; it's still a sore spot, so he doesn't try to force an entirely happy one, but he wants to at least let her know that she's forgiven.]

I've never been any good at healing myself, to be honest. So you'd better punch Teddy instead.

[tryit]

[She's torn between tightening and loosening her grip around him when he stiffens. It's her fault. And a part of her wouldn't blame Billy if he wanted some space right now. But she's happy he stays and she returns the slight smile with one of her own.

This could have been much worse. Even if she still wishes that it didn't have to be this way at all.]

I'll keep that in mind. Or punch you somewhere a lot easier to heal.

[selfhelp]

I'd appreciate that. Though hopefully I'd at least remember why I was getting punched.

[Admittedly that's one of the scary parts about going home- the fact that it's entirely possible that he won't remember a damn thing, that all of these memories will be gone forever, all his friends and relationships completely erased... it's depressing as hell.]

[tryit]

[That's something she didn't even consider. With Billy, Simon, or anyone else. It worries her a little. What if Simon did come back and didn't remember her? Or if Wanda disappeared and came back...

Man.]

Then I guess I'd just have to knock some sense into you.

[selfhelp]

I'd welcome it, I think. Or at least try to thank you after I remembered why I got punched in the first place.

[tryit]

[That gets a small grin. She holds up her glass in a brief toast.]

It goes both ways, y'know. Just in case.

[selfhelp]

[He lifts his own glass to tap it against hers, returning the smile more brightly. It's a happy night. He wants to make her smile, even for just a moment or two.]

Yeah, I know. And you're lucky mages have terrible attack stats, or you'd be in real trouble.

[A small surrender there, after her slip-up earlier. See, he can do it sometimes, too.]

[tryit]

[It does get the small smile he hoped for. A look of gratitude, relief that he's clearly forgiven her for the earlier slip up.

What would she do without him?]

You know me. Luck and I go hand and hand.

[Once in a blue moon, anyway.]