i'm wrecking this evening already

[gam8lignants]

WHO: EVERYONE
WHERE: some strip club and some regular club
WHEN: October 5
WARNINGS: sort of? underage drinking, it's a strip club i mean come on, a lot of the people in this log should be warnings for themselves
SUMMARY: Davesprite decided he wanted to go to a strip club, and Vriska and Nill decided they wanted to go to a regular club. The clubs are at different times so if you want characters to go to both, go for it!
FORMAT: whatever you're feeling

[SET UP IN COMMENTS]

strip club ; dance club

Comments

open!

[uhhh]

[ from the very first second Tavros walks through that door all he can think is, i don't want to be here. it's crowded, it's LOUD, it's hot and it smells funny, people give him and his forever-long metal legs weird looks and remark on his horns. thanks to certain special help he's managed to find clothes that fit but aren't especially dressy—but here in the darkness of the club it doesn't seem to matter all that much. someone jostles him and he mumbles an apology, looks around and spies a free stool at the bar, and that's where he parks himself (thankfully he manages not to knock the people sitting on either side of him off their chairs when he sits down).

the bartender asks him what he wants to drink and he fumbles for a minute and then says uhh, water, and everyone within a five-foot radius of him gives him a weird look so he adds, with alcohol? and then they start laughing at him so he just grimaces, flushes a deep brown and turns away to watch the crowd, instead.

at least the bright side is that to anyone who doesn't know what a big dork he is, he sure is statuesque and good-looking, sitting there casually on that stool. ]

[dogwitch]

[At least Tavros isn't hard to miss. Jade spots him and makes her way over, carefully sliding up on his right side between his seat and the stool next to him.]

Hey. [She smiles brightly at him.]

[uhhh]

[ at first he doesn't think the person next to him is talking to him; it's probably some pretty girl here to meet the person next to him. she's wearing a really nice dress! he turns his head to look (slowly and carefully, so he doesn't destroy anything), and realizes with a start that it's Jade. after the split-second surprise, he smiles back. ]

Oh wow, hi, Jade!

[dogwitch]

[She lets out a small chuckle.] Wow, yourself. Those horns are certainly more impressive in person. [She reaches up and pokes the one closest to her.]

[uhhh]

Hehe, I don't think they really fit all the way on the screen, so, I can see how you would think that.

[ a faint laugh, caught somewhere between embarrassed and giddy. jade is talking to him okay it's exciting ]

You look, really nice in person, too.

gently touches

[gam8lignants]

[Too bad Vriska knows what a huge dork he is. She's been staring at him for like thirty minutes, thinking about if she wants this to be how they see each other face to face for the first time in the city. Honestly, it would probably be the least awkward place to do it. So she sashays over, flipping the mass of her hair over her shoulder. She glances at her drink, cocking her head to the side and staring at him with white eyes.]

Nitram, are you seriously drinking water?

squeals shrilly

[uhhh]

[ Tavros had spotted her fairly early on, was partly struck by how pretty she is and partly struck with irritation because he's still not sure if he's ready to see her. to solve the problem he did what he does best: avoids it. but soon enough he gets his mind made up for him and turns in time to see Vriska standing in front of him.

he opens his mouth soundlessly before he comes up with something to say. ]

I didn't know what else to, ask for.

oh uvu

[gam8lignants]

[It's weird. The last time she saw him back in the bubbles they were on talking terms and everything was fine. Or as fine as it could be for having your mind melded for a few minutes.]

Ask the bartender, toreadork! It's basically their job to suggest drinks to people.

[uhhh]

Oh. I just sort of figured, since he was pretty busy that I wouldn't bother him with not knowing stuff.

[ why be a bother when water is just as well, anyway? it's nice and safe and he has no idea what could happen with some of those weird sopor drinks. ]

open!

[finperial]

*The good thing about him sitting down is that it means that shorter trolls-in-human-form can come around from behind and drape their arms over his shoulders.

As is happening now.* Taaaaavros! Don't look like such a gloomygills. This is supposed to be fun!

[uhhh]

[ his head turns a little bit, shoulders jumping in surprise, but it doesn't take him very long to realize who's there. he grins embarrassedly over his shoulder. ]

I'm having fun! Just, watcing and all that.

[finperial]

You don't look like you're having fun! *Hooking one arm around his shoulders, Feferi swings around in front of him so that they can be looking at each other more easily. What is personal space? She touches the tip of a finger right below his mouth.* See? This is giving it away, with the things you aren't saying.

*She slides that finger to the side. Trying to pull his mouth up into a smile. But with only one finger on one side it's not working well.*

[uhhh]

[ not on its own, but the effort gets Tavros to crack a smile pretty easily. it's not especially hard to do, but Feferi makes short work his uneasiness. he even laughs a little! ]

What things, am I not saying?

[rainbowbright]

[ this is hardly the worst part of kanaya's night. this she can handle. she's still tipsy from the strip club, but she's definitely slowed down in the different atmosphere.

and tavros is tall enough that she doesn't feel as weird around him, so she eases onto the adjacent to his, something colorful and fruity in her glass. ]

You don't appear to be enjoying yourself.

[uhhh]

[ Tavros smiles as she approaches, already a few drinks in but holding up pretty well (thank his enormous stature). he's in-between them at the moment and back to people watching, so the company is obviously welcome. ]

I'm, having an okay time, I guess. It's not as bad as I thought it would be.

[rainbowbright]

[ she lazily points a finger at him, definitely drunk. ] Annnnnd yet, you remain seated here as if you're courting the idea of growing roots! You are aware of the purpose inherent in the title of a dance club, are you not?

[uhhh]

[ oh dear, Kanaya. his grin grows a little, shrugging one shoulder. ]

I don't think it would be a very good idea, for me to dance, for two large, unwieldy reasons.

[niveous]

[Nill is aware of what Tavros used to look like--of all the trolls, his horns are the most distinctive, she thinks. So when she sees some giant man with similar horns parked at the bar, she figures that it's probably him. And what kind of past-and-future friend would she be if she didn't say hello?

Luckily, she is short enough that even sitting, his horns aren't a danger to her (she still doesn't think it's fair, how trolls all grow up to be incredibly attractive and tall--minus Karkat, he was about the same still). The blonde smiles at him as she gets closer, wings fluttering behind her back. Hopefully they'll be distinctive enough for him to recognize her.]

[uhhh]

[ Tavros doesn't recognize her at first, so as she approaches with that smile he sort of assumes she's looking at someone else next to or behind him. but then he starts to get the impression that maybe she isn't so he blinks once or twice and grins awkwardly back. a pretty, unfamiliar girl at the club is gonna talk to him? what is this sorcery???

but right as he's getting ready to say something he spies the wings and recognition lights on his face. that's right, it was the girl he thought might be a fairy or something! ]

Uh, hey! Nill, right?

[niveous]

[Sadly, Nill is spared one of his pick-up lines, amirite? Anyway, she nods happily when he gets her name right. She really liked Tavros--he was sweet and unassuming in a way that reminded her of herself when she'd first arrived. She wondered if aging had changed that.

From the pauses in his speech, she doesn't think it has. Which is nice.

Nill gestures to her throat and shakes her head. I cannot speak. She then offers him her hand with no further explanation because it's sort of hard to say, Hey I'm going to "talk" in your head if that's okay without a pen and some paper.]

[uhhh]

[ he doesn't quite understand what's going on here, there's a questioning look and a faint tilt of his head (emphasis on "faint" because much more might make him clock some guy next to him in the head). maybe she wants to take him somewhere? or to shake, which he's come to understand as a standard human greeting. whatever the case, he takes the offered hand with faint, confused smile. ]

[sometimelater]

[ aradia plops down on a stool next to him, peering up at his horns and leaning on the bar. this isn't really her scene, but hanging out with tavros is! ]

I bet you could really do some damage with those!

[uhhh]

[ he's glad for the company, that's for sure! it isn't so bad when his friends are here; if he were left completely alone in this place he's pretty sure he would only give it an hour at best before he'd be sneaking away again as soon as Vriska's back is turned. ]

I kind of have done some damage, with them, already. I'm just, trying not to do any more.

[sometimelater]

If they weren't so big, I'd say you should try dancing. You really grew up well, Tavros!

[uhhh]

[ a noncommittal shrug on the dancing idea. even without the horns, he doesn't really know how. ]

Hehe, thank you. You did too, even if it's in a human way. You're still, really pretty.