(Open Log) Dance Club - Prom Edition

[magicdancer]

Who: Shantae, Poor Unfortunate Souls
What: Shantae gives emergency dance lessons for the clueless before Prom.
Where: The Dance Studio
When: May 19 - 30

Shantae had never seen a prom before, but she had heard of grand balls at the Sequin Land Palace. And knowing it was going to involve a big formal dance, Shantae knew that was a subject people were going to be very interested. So when the next set of posters for the Dance Club went up, they all announced proudly that she would be offering ballroom dancing lessons. One on one or in the club. She had learned from Inigo that some people might not want to learn this kind of thing in a big group, and she wanted to accommodate those people.

Her poster making quality had not gone up since her first flyer. Incidentally, she discovered the existence of gel pens.

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[punchtheflute]

Sonny needed to learn how to dance. Pretty badly.

But luckily enough, he didn't mind learning in a group setting! So he just showed up to the club meeting.

"Hi!"

[forgetbeam]

Kiyotan also walked into DA CLUB

Completely by mistake. Yes, the normally careful and punctual Kiyotaka had mixed up the scheduling between private sessions and dance meetings. It was his own damn fault, really - he was so flustered over the realization that having a girlfriend meant he probably couldn't skip this stupid prom thing and that he probably needed to learn how to dance this year that he scribbled down the wrong time and high-tailed it out of the halls before he was caught staring at the poster.

So here he was. Already feeling fifty shades of humiliated. What if he just ran away.

Nah, he couldn't do that. He was just going to have to deal with his mistake. Either way, he was accomplishing his goal of learning to dance, so...

"I--! I am here for a dance lesson!"

[punchtheflute]

"Yeah, me too! Hi Kiyotaka!"

Awww. Look. It was Vivian's Mom! Maybe he wanted to learn so he could teach Vivian how to do it too? That would be really nice.

...hopefully this lesson would be a little less chaotic than last time. With arguments and elephants and guys hiding in barrels.

[magicdancer]

Shantae nodded at the new arrivals. "Hey Sonny, hey Taka," she greeted. "Well, I guess now we can get started! Have you two ever danced formally before? Like been to a wedding or a ball or anything like that?" she asked as she went to set up some music for the practice.

[forgetbeam]

"Oh! Hello, Sonny Moe!"

Kiyotaka might not have known him all that well, but besides accidentally eating shadow bugs he seemed like a decent enough guy. Definitely one of the less chaotic participants in the Great Friendship Pony Disaster of 2014. And really? Seeing that the club wasn't even packed almost put him more at ease. Almost.

Not that one could tell with how rigid as a board he remained as he answered Shantae. "You don't dance at a wedding!" Spoiler alert: he had never actually been to a wedding. But he certainly didn't associate them with dancing. "But I have never danced anywhere."

[punchtheflute]

"Sometimes you dance at a wedding. I went to that one wedding a little while ago on that Island for that little red guy and the Archaeology teacher. Lots of people danced there! I didn't dance, though. Mostly I just ate cake. And Pineapples. And all those fancy little jello molds and fruit sculptures and..."

And stay focused, Sonny Moe.

"Oh, wait, no. I've never done formal dancing. Just regular dancing with my Brother Marie while we listened to Justin Beiver."

So... jumping around like an idiot basically.

[magicdancer]

"Well, it looks like we'll have to start at the beginning," she said. "All right, let's start with a really simple standard slow dance. So one of you want to volunteer for a demo?" she asked.

[forgetbeam]

Kiyotaka tended to jump at the chance to volunteer to demonstrate for a lesson, but in this case... It was way beyond him. He didn't want to humiliate himself from the get-go.

His only option was to cast Sonny to the wolves.

"Well... Since Sonny Moe already has the most experience between the two of us, it only makes sense that he should demonstrate!"

Jumping around like an idiot wasn't experience, Taka.

[punchtheflute]

No, but Sonny Moe was always happy to jump around like an idiot so it all works out.

"OK! I'll volunteer! What should I do?"

He took a step towards Shantae and rocked back and forth on the balls of his feet. His body was ready.

[magicdancer]

The music started as Shantae stepped up to Sonny, looking up at him. "Okay, I want you to hold my hand here," she said, taking one of his hands in hers, "and put your other hand here on my hip." She guided his other hand to rest on her hip, as she put hers on his shoulder. "All right. Now I'll lead for now, so just watch my feet for now. Follow what I do. When I step forward, you step back. If I step to the side, so do you. Taka, you watch too. Ready?"

[forgetbeam]

"Got it!"

Jeez, dancing already looked way too intimate for someone as prudish as he was. But he would be strong and watch very intently.

[punchtheflute]

Sonny blushed a little as he placed his big meaty hand on her hip. He supposed he'd expected this, having at least seen some formal dancing on TV.

"Hrm. OK! I'm ready!"

[magicdancer]

"All right then... Step." She stepped forward to see if he would trip over her feet.

[punchtheflute]

Nope. He stepped. Very carefully and very slowly. She had little feet and he was a heavy guy - he didn't want to accidentally send her to the nurse with a broken foot.

[magicdancer]

"Good, good," she replied encouragingly as she led the dance. She stepped forward, to the side, forward again. She turned them around and stepped the other way, all to the rhythm of the song.

[punchtheflute]

Sonny was doing his best to keep up, but it was difficult watching his and her feet without appearing as though he was staring down her top. So, his head was sort of off to one side and he was following her lead by sight more than by feeling where she was going to move next.