A formal dance.

[pendragon]

WHO: Everyone!
WHERE: The Atrium, Haven's Hub.
WHEN: Today! The dance will go on from the late afternoon until the early hours of the morning.
WHAT: Have your top hat and cane? This is a formal ball. The origination is a drunken Vandal and battle-worn Saber.
WARNINGS: Could be anything from bar fights to drunken swearing to people tripping over their own feet or people making out in a corner.

Welcome to the dance!      The Atrium will have its doors open in the late evening. For the first two hours, Vandal and Drift will be acting as receptionist and bouncer. After that, the doors close. At the reception desk, you will be required to sign your name and also hand over any weapons that you are carrying. (Within the building there is an inhibitor placed. No one will be able to use any weaponry on their person.)      The Atrium is decorated in royal purple and black, with accents of white and pearl. The decorations are standard fair for a ball. There's hanging draperies, table clothes, and colored lighting. Towards the outside of the circular Atrium, everyone will be under a glowing white light. Towards the middle of the dance floor, there is a much softer lavender that illuminates the immediate area.      Vandal and Saber organized and planned, and then helped with decorations. They will also be over seeing the event throughout the entire night. Vandal will be handling the reception desk and registration. We have Frenzy as our DJ in the Atrium, and Miko will be playing electric guitar for those who decide to visit the bar. Saber, Ironhide, and McCrane will be acting as security. They would be the best to contact should you have any.. safety concerns. Our bouncer, Drift, will be "on call" for security once his primary assignment is done. Kay organized and lead the decorating, and Ravage and McCrane helped with placing them. Melan and Joe gathered needed materials. Skidaddle is the one to blame for having the supply of available hats at the doors for any Cybertronian who tries to get past the one piece of attire rule.      Feel free to post in any sub-forum area you think your character would be present in (with or without an opening post), or merely tag others. Prose or action-spam is okay (and you may want to include this in your initial posts if you want others to tag you). Bonus: include links to garments your character may be wearing. This is entirely up to you! Have fun!      Make sure to add your character to the tags! (That's the registry.)

SHORTCUTS TO THE SUB-FORUMS:
Reception Area
Dance Floor
Lounging Areas
Bar
Walls

Comments

Elita One | either format is okay

[invisiblepinkboat]

Useless or not, which her decorative crystal necklace and longer strings wrapped around her arms and over her helm definitely weren't, Elita was sort of pleased she'd chosen this either way... The lights were caught in the crystals, intense faceted fires that threw reflections everywhere and while she usually wasn't much for decoration, she was... pleased with this.

For the moment, she was wandering the edges of the dance area, feeling out the music and how to move to it on her own, because she didn't actually know any formal (as in actual) dances, but dancing was similar to martial arts, she was sure.

Just a bit of care and following the rhythm of the music, instead of your spark and the battle.

Well hello~

[ichooseboth]

It was the glittering lights that caught his attention. Not that Elita ever failed to stand out, but even from a distance, the lights readily caught the optic.

Thankfully, she wasn't engaged with any of the other party-goers at the time he spotted her. So with a final adjustment to his long red cloak, he felt free to approach, snagging up a pair of lovely mixed cubes from the bar along the way.

"I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that so many people showed up - and in such finery. Things have been so busy lately they could use the break."

He smiled wryly by way of greeting - obviously for once, mask preemptively down for his own drink - offering Elita the second cube as he stepped in beside her.

Hello there~ ;D

[invisiblepinkboat]

It wasn't often she got to stand out since she was meant to work invisible, so maybe that was the reason for her choice, really. Elita tilted her helm up to give Optimus a smile, taking the offered cube and then trailing an glance over Optimus himself.

"I'm impressed by the variety, and on such short notice, really... And it seems you've managed as well, Optimus." After a little pause, Elita reached out to brush her fingers down the cloak, curious about what material had been used.

"It suits you." She smiled over the edge of the cube as she said it while fingering the cloak, a little less careless than other times, perhaps because of the setting and their extra... decoration.

[ichooseboth]

She may have been meant to work invisibly, but she was always noticeable to Optimus...unless she was actually invisible.

"As am I. But thank you. It is simply a costume I've had for some time." He nodded in agreement, holding out an arm to allow to her look over the cloak at her leisure. Optimus took the opportunity to more closely examine the crystals decorating Elita's frame.

"...I'd say your look is a good deal more impressive, though. You look lovely, Elita. Did you craft them yourself?"

[invisiblepinkboat]

Which did happen every now and then, even here.

She ran her fingers down the cloth a bit more thoughroughly at the wordless offer, her helm tilting slightly at his examination and held out her other arm a bit, letting the light play through the facets with her movements.

"Not so simple, I'd say. You look very impressive." Which was true enough; simple or not, the extravagant full flow of the red cloak, as well as the fall of it, underscored his lines and the simple authority the Prime carried himself with.

"Thank you." Her smile eas easy and deep as she nodded. "I did. Kind of. Barricade helped me, but we had a good base in the crystals from the trees out on the edge of Solus Prime's quadrant."

[ichooseboth]

Another nod from the Prime, audial fins twitching at the praise.

"Thank you. And ah yes, Barricade. He does have a variety of skills if I recall correctly," he smiles at the name, glad for the distraction as he silently tries to keep his examination of the crystals focused. They were lovely, but the simply served to enhance the wearer in his optics.

And this was supposed to be a dance, after all. Despite appearances, even he needed a moment to work up his own courage.

"Well, you both did a good job on them. They compliment you well."

[invisiblepinkboat]

That twitch makes her want to touch them, and Elita hides her smile by dipping her helm and rubbing a bit of the cloak between her fingers for a last time before stepping back just momentarily.

"He does at that. If nothing else, a processor for design; he gave me a more elaborate idea of what to do with these," said Elita, touching a large crystal that hung down in the center of the raised front of her helm, the strings from there swinging up to twine around her antennae. She did like the elaborate collection of stings twined around her helm.

"We certainly tried, through a bit of trial and error... luckily these crystals are durable." She paused, helm tilting and optics glowing slightly stronger at compliments. "And I can use them for other things as well, if needed. I doubt there'll be many chances like this again." She nodded around the room to illustrate, even if the "fancy" part was probably just to add to the distraction of the event from the slightly stressful situation earlier of the worms everywhere.

And if she wasn't quite as interested as she was, with the added little awkwardnesses between them, Elita would already have asked. But give her a moment or two more and she might.

[ichooseboth]

"Oh? I would like to hear more about them and what they could be used for - especially if they grew from trees, you mentioned?" His antenna twitched minutely once more, this time as the music changed.

...There it was.

Moment of truth.

He held out a hand, smile gone wry but earnest nonetheless.

"...Perhaps as we dance? If I may have the honor?"

[invisiblepinkboat]

She took the offered hand with no hesitation at all, and while she was smiling Elita did shake her helm, sending a small explosion of reflections from the crystals hanging off it with the motion.

"I'd hardly say no, but I don't know any formal dances, just as a warning." She would still be able to follow along pretty easily as matching her movements to someone else's was something she was used to, fighting hand-to-hand usually.

[ichooseboth]

Optimus' smile only widened, and he took her hand without hesitation.

"That simply means I have the pleasure of teaching you, if you wish."

A gentle tug had him leading her out to a relatively uninhabited section of the dance floor to give them room to move about - and room for mistakes.

"I'm hardly an expert, but I've had to attend a few formal functions in my time."

[invisiblepinkboat]

"I'd like that." Squeezing the hand she was gripping, Elita angled a smile up at Optimus, noting with some amusement the cleared area he led them to. She was rather confident they wouldn't need it, but perhaps it was good that it was there just in case.

"Then I'll listen to the expert," siad Elita with a tilted smile and a jaunty flicker to her optics, pleased at simply having the chance to spend what seemed to be a simple, low-complication moment with Optimus.

B] my my my

[rednotbluethx]

From his elevated platform, it wasn't too hard for Frenzy to spot Elita. In fact, he'd been waiting for her. Her pretty crystals glowed in the light, and hot damn did Frenzy really wish she wasn't some lousy Autobot. Either way, he still had plans.

"Yo! Elita!" She should be flattered he addressed her by her name. Frenzy waved a hand to catch her attention. Using the microphone, he shouted again, "Yo! You! In the crystals an' pink wit' the hot aft! Over here!" ... Well, it was nice while it lasted.

8'| Can you even dance, Frenzy?

[invisiblepinkboat]

Elita heard him the first time, and the only reason she didn't turn around immediately (even if that probably wouldn't have pre-empted the following microphone chout-out), was that she contemplated ignoring him.

Especially when he shouted at her. But, that probably wouldn't stop him, so Elita turned around, an upper optics ridge arched, and wandered over.

"I always thought my hips looked better, but we all like different things." That might have been more playful if she hadn't sounded so very dry. "Yes, Frenzy?" She paused at the edge of his platform, folding her arms over her chestplates.

It had been nice while it lasted, yes.

GUUUUUUUUURL

[rednotbluethx]

Frenzy leaned over the turntables, careful not to mess up anything. His smile was, as usual, greasy and borderline psychotic. "You an' me," he said, "we're gonna dance." He stepped back, quickly switching songs - as if he was preparing for this very moment. Soon, the hip dance tune switched over to something a little more old school.

Frenzy hopped down from the platform, arms akimbo. "Ya ready t'have yer world rocked?" he asked oh so quaintly.

What're you gonna do about, it, huh?!

[invisiblepinkboat]

She'd listened to the tape he'd given to her, and well, Frenzy, she was... not impressed. Or maybe a tiny bit, but also somewhat... wary. In the end, though, Frenzy hardly scared her.

"Oh, we are, are we?" she muttered mostly to herself, but did slid a step back from the platform to give them both some space. The choice of song earned Frenzy another dry stare, but all right.

"Since you're not going to use your sound ability, I doubt that'll happen. But I'm open minded." Though not as far as Frenzy probably would like her to be.

BEAT YOUR BUTT UP

[rednotbluethx]

Oh, come on, Elita. That song had some fresh ass beatz. How could you not like it?

Frenzy shrugged. "Eh, well, the music'll convince ya if my smoot tawkin' don't," he said. With that, he begun to dance - it was... Well, it wasn't bad. It was a little dorky at times, sure, but Frenzy could legitimately move. Even with his blocky frame. Just those couple of seconds where he snapped his fingers and stomped his foot just... kind of temporarily threw off the groove.

"Yea, baby, yea! Ya like dat!?" Frenzy spun and then did the Goddamn moon walk.

WOW RUDE THAT AIN'T GONNA WIN YOU POINTS, PUNK

[invisiblepinkboat]

Oh, all right then, it did.

"Perhaps." But then, okay, he could dance well enough, and it wasn't particularly hard to simply move with the song and around Frenzy either, even if she didn't quite relax, though when Frenzy did the moonwalk, Elita burst out laughing.

Not at him, but the motion was just... ahem, unexpected.

"You're not without some skill, no," Elita said, some laughter still lingering.

HEY IT'D BE ONE OF ~THOSE~ ASS KICKINGS ;)

[rednotbluethx]

Frenzy stopped, swept one hand behind his back, another across his chest, and bowed like a proper gentleman. Too bad when he stood back up, he was grinning like a perv again.

"Now, ya gonna move wit' me, toots?" he asked, sidling back up to her, shaking his hips. Maybe a bit too close, but like he even cared. "Try an' keep up if ya can~"

OH WELL IN THAT CASE... STILL NO

[invisiblepinkboat]

One step forward, ten steps back. Elita huffed and used Frenzy slide closer to make a twirl around him, giving Frenzy a tap on the top of his helm as she passed behind him and then slid in front again.

"This sort of dancing, I shouldn't have any issues keeping up."

Because this sort of dancing was rather close to martial arts, at least in the sense of moving with and against in close proximity to someone else... and that she could certainly do.

;m;m;m;m; RUDE

[rednotbluethx]

Frenzy gave a little "huh?" at the twirl then head tap. He turned around, quickly. The confusion was then replaced with a big grin. "Yea! Dat's wat I like t'hear!" He started shaking those hips.

"Yer lucky I'm lettin' ya keep up~" He swung up beside her, hip giving her leg a little bounce against.

baby, playing the teary-eye card ain't gonna get you anywhere

[invisiblepinkboat]

Oh, Frenzy. If he could just be less aggravating, the moments he was sort of adorable would be even more delightful. Laughing, Elita shook her helm and gently tapped her foot against his hip while taking another twirl around him.

"Of course. How could it be anything else?" He was an annoying little punk with an attitude she didn't particularly like, but at the same time he could have flashes of... tolerable behaviour.

I am so sorry you have no idea

[whirlybird_of_prey]

And suddenly, as she's watching the dance, here comes Whirl, Gangnam Style, sidling up to her. He has a hat. A MAGNIFICENT specimen of millinery, with a little LED message board. Which reads, because Whirl is all about subtle, "HEEEEEEEEEEEY SEXY LADY".

CLEARLY not sorry enough omg

[invisiblepinkboat]

Whirl. Whirl, no.

She can't quite stop the hand over her face as she looks over at Whirl, but does turn to face him a moment later. Her tolerance for this sort of thing has... unfortunately gone up with the presence of Frenzy.

Just a little.

"Yes, Whirl? Nice hat." She could even be serious, despite the little arch of an upper optic ridge.

[whirlybird_of_prey]

It is not a nice hat. It is the BEST hat. Because it is Whirl's hat.

"You're not looking so bad yourself." Wink wink. Which, with one optic, probably looks like he's got something stuck in it.

He does. His awesomeness.

[invisiblepinkboat]

Well, at least he tried, that should give him some points. She does end up smiling, though since she still has the hand covering the lower half of her faceplates, it's not... immediately obvious.

"I did try. Thank you," she says with a chuckle and then tilts her helm. "Enjoying yourself?"