A Night in West Egg

[professorlionface]

WHO: EVERYBODY OF ALL AGES
WHERE: The Xavier Institute
WHEN: The night of June 16th, all night!
WARNINGS: Who can really tell anymore? Probable language. Possible violence. Copious dancing.
SUMMARY: PROM PROM PROM PROM PROM PROM PROM
FORMAT: OPEN

The guests into an auditorium transformed. Through the magic of papier mache, the room has been decked out like a speakeasy, the refreshments laid out on a very makeshift bar that will not stock alcohol as long as they can prevent it. The whole room is cast with a cool blue light, and a jazz band's been hired to take the stage for an hour before leaving the rest of the evening to the DJ.

It was time to get this party started.

quick-links!
DANCE FLOOR
REFRESHMENTS
SIDELINES
OUTSIDE

Comments

[dupable]

[ You know, he's not normally the type to bug people when they're reading, but when someone bothered to come all the way to a dance just to read, it seems a little silly to him. It's gotta be annoying to concentrate with all the noise going on around.

So he's tilting his head to the side a little as he stares at the book. Not that tilting his head helps him figure out what it is she's reading at all. ]

You know... this is kind of a shitty place for reading.

[webline]

[ glancing up from book chan.

wh oh is this kid ]

Yeah, you're telling me.

[dupable]

[ Just a random passerby, miss. ]

Why come all the way here just for that?

[webline]

[ she's still a little awkward when it comes to saying this but: ]

Um... my boyfriend? He asked me.

[dupable]

[ Well if it helps, John doesn't seem to react at all to that news. ]

I guess that makes sense. Maybe you can talk him into leaving early if you don't like dances much though?

[webline]

I probably will. Though less talk, more begging, honestly.

[dupable]

You can always go without him if he doesn't want to go yet. You came for awhile, so that has to count for something.

[webline]

Is that like, okay though? Am I allowed to do that?

[dupable]

I don't see why not.

[webline]

I'll tell him I'm leaving in a bit then. I don't want to be that person who stands him up.

... Or whatever.

[dupable]

Pff, it's not standing up if you already came with him. It's just kind of confusing if you left without telling him, because then he'd spend all this time looking for someone that wasn't even here.

... Probably.

[webline]

You're pretty smart. Like, sagely advice and stuff.

[ she pauses ]

John, right?

[dupable]

[ Woah what? How did she know? ]

Yeah?