http://molotovmartinis.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] molotovmartinis.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] capeandcowllogs2009-03-29 07:29 pm

the formal (icon of hell optional)

WHO: [OPEN]
WHERE: the Brandt Banquet Hall
WHEN: Sunday March 29
WARNINGS: B|
SUMMARY: the superhero formal. Will things explode?
FORMAT: whatever you feel like


There are extensive tables for hor d'oeuvres, small desserts, and champagne as well as an open bar. Room for dancing is obvious, flanked by a small group of musicians. And there are alcoves for the shy, the hiding, the amorous, the machinating, or the creeper lurking.

[identity profile] notyetwritten.livejournal.com 2009-03-30 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, she didn't seem completely irritating, so he shrugged.

"More or less," he said. "The person I wanted to go with couldn't come."

[identity profile] willofjustice.livejournal.com 2009-03-30 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Not completely irritating -- now there was a compliment one could take to the bank. Hopefully Amelia wouldn't completely alter that perception by the end of the conversation.

"Is that why you're sitting back here?"

[identity profile] notyetwritten.livejournal.com 2009-03-30 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Fakir shrugged again. "That, and I don't care for crowds. I'd prefer just to observe."

He sipped his Shirley temple.

"... do I know you?" he asked. It was so hard to remember; so many people talked to him on the comms and most were expressed only by their numbered IDs. He never knew if he was talking to someone he'd talked to before.

[identity profile] willofjustice.livejournal.com 2009-03-30 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
That was the difficult part, yes. "I'm not sure," she said with a laugh. "I think maybe they should have pictures sometimes on the communicator too. I'm Amelia, though."

[identity profile] notyetwritten.livejournal.com 2009-03-30 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"Amelia," he repeated. "I am Fakir."

This was followed by an awkward silence. Fakir was terrible at small talk.

[identity profile] willofjustice.livejournal.com 2009-03-30 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
She squinted a bit at this, thinking. "I think we might have talked once, maybe -- back when you arrived? It's okay, though; it was a long time ago."

"What do you do now?"

[identity profile] notyetwritten.livejournal.com 2009-03-30 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"I think so, yeah," he said, finishing his shirley temple.

"I... work at the library and go to school, mostly," he said. "And in my spare time I study ballet and fencing. Nothing exciting..."

[identity profile] willofjustice.livejournal.com 2009-03-31 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
She considered this a moment. "Ballet and fencing . . . are they anything like each other? Sometimes people who use swords describe fencing like a dance. Or is that just rumor?"

[identity profile] notyetwritten.livejournal.com 2009-03-31 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes," said Fakir, "They are quite similar in some ways. Different movements, often, but they require the same level of discipline."