C&C HOLIDAY JAMJAR ICE HOTEL HELL: PARTY

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WHO: AHAHAHAHA. Just... just tag yourselves in.
WHERE: The Gorsewick Hotel
WHEN: December 19th. 5PM-7PM for setup, 7PM onward for dinner.
WARNINGS: Let's just cover for your basics unless something more specific comes up.
SUMMARY: Miles Edgeworth and Remus Lupin are hosting the second comm-wide holiday party and have rented out the dining hall in the Gorsewick for the night. Everyone comes in for food, warmth, and (relatively... hopefully...) civil company. Whether or not they can leave is another story.
FORMAT: IF IT FEELS GOOD, DO IT! Long prose, action brackets, rapidfire dialogue, present tense, past tense--whatever floats your narrative boat!



The Gorsewick is not all that large a hotel, although it would very much like to grow up to be one someday, a mere five stories tall and having only a small parking garage to its name. The owner is clearly an optimistic sort of fellow, building a place like this in the City despite the risk the existence of imPorts poses to it and the hits the tourism industry has taken from their antics; bigger places than this have been smashed to pieces by enormous grey lizards with bad cases of heartburn.

Sadly, it just isn't paying off. At a time when people should be on vacation, packing his rooms to the max, the Gorsewick is... really, really empty. The groups renting out the dining hall are pretty much the only things keeping it afloat this month.

Still, appearances must be upheld, and although it is mildly understaffed, it is currently no less well-cared for. The handful of people on duty that night are friendly and the place is clean as a whistle--no bugs, no rats, no dust, nothing like that. He may be running a sinking ship, but the owner is damned determined to keep it a tidy one on the way down.

Come on in.

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[notadartboard]

"No?" Sanji took up position, his hand comfortably on her waist. "You didn't make it to the prom dance? I admit I only really danced with Miss Dazzler that night..." No, it was no use bringing up the past. It didn't matter. "Anyway. Let's make up for it, shall we?"

[temporaltossed.livejournal.com]

"I was there for a little while, I guess I forgot about that." She placed her hands easily enough and started to move, years of martial arts and living with a ballerina and German rogue making her light on her feet, telepathic abilities making up for any lack of knowledge of the steps.

"How have you been since you've been back?"

[notadartboard]

Sanji led with the grace of his own martial arts training, and the elegance of a gentleman. "Oh...it's been an interesting month so far," he replied. "Two of my crewmates came in at once, that was the biggest shake-up I suppose."

[temporaltossed.livejournal.com]

"I saw that," she chuckled at the memory as they spun about the floor. "They seem... nice." Crazy, more than a little off-center, wacky... any number of other adjectives she could come up with.

[notadartboard]

"They're decent enough." Sanji wouldn't disagree on any of the other points, just because they were his crewmates and friends didn't mean they didn't annoy him sometimes. "It makes life interesting, that's for sure."

He came out of that spin with a little dip, and kept right on dancing happily.

[temporaltossed.livejournal.com]

She giggled a little at the dip, but didn't miss a beat as they resumed the dance. "How did you all meet? Where are you all from?"

[notadartboard]

"Ah, well, that's a long story," Sanji said smartly. "They were already in Luffy's crew when they stopped by the restaurant where I worked. They're all from the East Blue, but I was born in North Blue. And now we're all in the same pirate crew~."

[temporaltossed.livejournal.com]

"Cute poetry," she snickered. "But what do you really do? Do you actually take over ships and steal their stuff?"

[notadartboard]

Sanji laughed, he wasn't even really trying that time. "Other ships, no. Luffy's in it for the adventure, so most of the treasure we raid is from ancient ruins, things like that."

[temporaltossed.livejournal.com]

"So, you're like Indiana Jones of the high seas?" She's giggling a little harder now. "That's kinda awesome."

[notadartboard]

Sanji hated having to admit that he didn't know who that was. Damn popular culture. "It keeps people from missing their treasure," he suggested with a grin. "There's one legendary one we're seeking, and I'm sure we'll get to it someday."

[temporaltossed.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure you will, you all seem very dedicated." She spun out again, enjoying herself for the first time all evening. "You're pretty good at this, you know."

[notadartboard]

Sanji whirled her back into his arms and brought the dance to an end with the finish of the song with a flourish. "I have had a little practice," he said suavely with a laugh. Before the next song could start, he took Rachel's hand and kissed the back of it. "Thank you for indulging me, Miss Rachel."