Dance Club - First Meeting!

[magicdancer]

Who: Shantae and Dance Club Members. Lurkers welcome!
What: The first meeting of the dance club! Let's see what you know!
Where: The dance studio
When: Backdated to Wednesday, January 29th

Shantae was starting to wonder about this club idea. There was no dance class currently at Smash Academy, and while she could practice her moves at the studio, she admittedly wanted more of a chance to use her skills. And seeing as there were no monsters needing thrashing, and no dance parlors to work in, a dance club seemed like a good way to do that. She was an expert when it came to belly dancing, that much was true, but she did dabble in other styles. As a result, she did a lot of research into other common dance styles, collecting music and teaching herself what she could to help organize things. She felt fairly confident she could pull it off, but she had never taught or instructed dancing before. And it made her a little nervous to think about. But if there was one thing she did well, it was swallow her own anxieties and just get things done. And that's precisely what she did.

When everyone who had signed up was there, Shantae began the introductions. "Well, glad you all made it. So this is our first dance club meeting! The main thing we want to do here is just have fun, learn some new steps, and practice the ones we already know! So what I want to do first is just go around the room and have everyone introduce themselves, and just mention any dancing experience you have. I'll start."

"I'm Shantae, and I'm from Scuttle Town. I'm a professional belly dancer and I've been doing it for years now!"

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[docilehearted]

Alorah was sort of beginning to understand why everyone had been frozen in place: the moving version of this group was a disaster. She pressed up against the wall, nervous about the very sudden elephant in the room. At the very least, the Shantaelephant seemed to be trying to restore order, though, so maybe Alorah ought to try and encourage that too.

Trusting that Shantae would be able to deal with the lecherous stranger with the dark magic, Alorah made her way over to Brown and Inigo, kneeling down next to them.

"Are either of you hurt?"

[cowardlyjustice]

Now, Brown had seen many things. He'd like to thing that, after awhile, the strange would leave him unfazed. And most of the time, it did! Nothing could still beat that moment in his life where a... freudian demon burst out of his rather unconfident schoolmate back in school.

(For more info, please peruse the nearest Gamestop to rent the long forgotten game, and do not leave the school until you find a curse mask after demons started appearing.)

But for whatever reason, he had not expected. An elephant.

Why was did an elephant still have to have alluring eyes. Shantae could kill him with that look, and it would still a nice way to die.

Oh- uh, right, more important issues. Brown snapped back to reality and groggily turned to Alorah, "why do elephants have nice eyelashes." No you idiot. "Uh, I mean I'm fine, completely fine! Ice cold. Cool. Flying fine."

You sure you didn't hit your head on the floor there, captain.

[manforflowers]

The transformation wasn't too much of surprise for Inigo, at least. He'd been around enough shapeshifters that such a sudden size change wasn't unheard of. Why an elephant though? It certainly didn't, er, match her natural grace and beauty... but he wasn't going to question it right now.

Inigo sat up and dusted himself off. His face was touched with pink, and his eyes were still moist, but that surge of adrenaline was enough for him to pull his smiling facade back on.

"Hello, dandelion," he beamed. "Now, don't fret - a smile suits your pretty face so much better."

[docilehearted]

Um. Well, to be fair, the elephant did have pretty immaculate eyes. (Was it in poor taste to ask a pachyderm for eyeliner tips?) But still, that was not the kind of response that one usually expected to hear. Maybe that spell had grazed this one a little?

Inigo, at least, certainly sounded fine, but even with a surprise elephant and a freaking-out pervert crammed into the hall, Alorah hadn't lost her attentiveness to others. Those red, watery eyes did catch her notice. Maybe he had some kind of allergy to her Aromatherapy? Or...

...Maybe it would help everyone to have a minute to calm down and shake off all the chaos. "It's a little hard not to fret when you two are getting attacked! You're sure you're both alright? I can't really heal, but I can do a little bit for you."

She glanced over her shoulder at Shantae and Schezo, half expecting for more rumpus to break out at any second. "...I'm not sure if this is going to be easy to explain, but... what exactly happened here?"

[magicdancer]

As soon as she was sure Schezo wouldn't be any more trouble, she cautiously let him down. Another flash of light, and she had turned back to normal. "Ready to calm down now?" she asked, hands on her hips.

[areiard]

Well, getting picked up like a toy by a large elephant did cool him down a little, but he was still furious of being dragged into this mess.

"If that Goggle-head is not thinking of running away still, I will calm down." He gave a glare at Brown's direction, folding his arms across his chest as he did.

[cowardlyjustice]

As he was about to launch into an explanation for Alorah, Brown flinched and turned his direction to Schezo when he heard an insult directed to him.

"Well y'know, mac, I was kinda runnin' out of time, gotta make like a rabbit!" Brown laughed loudly, and very much nervously.

[manforflowers]

That was when Inigo pushed himself off the ground. For someone who was humilated to the point of tears just moments ago, he suddenly seemed extremely confident and laid back. But, very deliberately, he stood between Alorah and goggleboy, and the dark mage.

With an easy-going smile, he told Schezo: "Now, there's no need to get worked up. Moreso than you already are, anyway. No one's gotten hurt, really - apart from maybe a bruised ego. It was all a big misunderstanding, yeah?"

All the same, he let his hand casually relax on the hilt of his sword.

[areiard]

Schezo couldn't help but let a laugh out. This entire situation, trying to be passed off as a joke? What else could he respond with?

Schezo, though, wasn't the type to laugh much. It was rare to see him laugh and even when you do, they weren't light-hearted genuine laughs.

"A bruised ego, you say? It is much more than a mere bruise when you are constantly treated a 'pervert!'"

He waved his sword, pointing the tip of the blade towards the two. "And you! Goggles! Stop joking around!"

[magicdancer]

Shantae put her hands on her hips. "You WERE the one who did a faceplant into my cleavage," she pointed out.

[docilehearted]

"Um," Alorah ventured from her spot down on the floor. "I'm sure all of this is a misunderstanding, that's all. It sounds like everyone's a little upset, but maybe we would all feel better if you got a chance for us to hear you out?"

She had already seen elephants and black magic and now Inigo with his hand ever-so-easily ready on his sword, all in the span of a few minutes. Alorah was not especially eager for round two of this puzzling rumpus to break out anytime soon.

[cowardlyjustice]

"That's right!" Brown agreed. "I'm sure this is all just some misunderstanding that we will all laugh it off one day in our lives."

If possible, as soon as he said those very words. if everyone starts to pint-point that it was all his fuck up, he wasn't quite sure that he would live long enough to laugh it off, or to regret it for ever deciding to discover that Inigo guy from that very barrel. Where was the nearest portal for time warping, he was going to smack himself unconscious long enough that he would have met up with Shantae today. Then again, that would trigger another set of time paradoxes, and they would be stuck in a stable time paradox and it would still be his fault...

Wait no, stop right there, stop thinking too fast before getting too caught up you forget to speak, Brown.

"Like, I mean, it was all just some tiny mistake. And y'know, it's no big, no big at all." A tiny mistake that was practically disastrous enough to be a butterfly effect of it's own, regardless.

[areiard]

Wow Brown, you should probably stop talking at this point. And Schezo was exactly that person who would pinpoint who's at fault.

"It was all because of you that this happened!" Schezo yelled at Brown, pointing the tip of his sword at the other as gesture. "It is your fault!"

[manforflowers]

Aw, that's not good.

Inigo's tone was still light as he said, "Now, please don't wave that thing around unnecessarily," but his eyes had become serious. His fingers were wrapping around the hilt of his sword now, just in case things came to blows.

[magicdancer]

"Look, can't we all just agree that everyone was partly to blame except me and Alorah?" Shantae suggested.

[cowardlyjustice]

"Exactly! I mean, it's not like it's Shantae's fault she has a nice pair-" Brown quickly slapped his mouth close before continuing any further.

... Maybe it was best that he kept quiet for now.

[magicdancer]

That's right, Brown. It was time for you to stop talking, if the look she gave him was any indication.

G... Guess who forgot to track this log? XD

[punchtheflute]

"I didn't do anything either." Sonny said entirely reasonably, opening up another large bag of overly salty snacks. He'd just been... watching. These people were all just really weird and way too excited!

"You know the best way to get over hurt feelings? Is to share a meal!" he said, walking over and offering the bag to everyone. "Come on. Don't be shy. Take as many as you want. We can all share some food and be buddies again!"

[manforflowers]

Okay yeah Brown maybe you should just not talk anymore. Ever again.

Maybe a different strategy was called for right now. With a nonchalant shrug, Inigo told Schezo, "See? He's clearly just a fool whose tongue runs even faster than his feet. Everything's cleared up now, so there's no need to waste your ire on him."

[areiard]

Inigo did have a point. At least that little accident seemed to have been resolved... in a way. He gives the blue-haired mercenary a look before lowering his sword.

"Alright. But I will remember you." He shoots one last glare at Brown's direction before turning around to leave the area, walking down the direction he was originally making his way in before getting caught up in the mess.