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

[adamndoctor]

McCoy respectively stands and gives a little bow. He's being a gentleman--albeit a slightly drunk gentleman. He sat back down a moment later, raised his glass to her. "Yes, I'm havin' a blast," he said, chuckling. "What can I do you for? Lookin' for some company?"

[originaldragoon]

Rose had to smile some at the bow before she gave a shrug. "Not in exactly, but I would not mind it for the moment. McCoy, correct?" This was the first time she got to meet him face to face after all.

[adamndoctor]

"Correct," he said, "but please, call me Leonard." McCoy tilted his head. "I think you gave me your name once, too, but... Well, my mind's kind of sloshing about in whisky right now." He chuckled.

[originaldragoon]

"Very well. Leonard it is then." She sat down before she answered. "I am Rose."

[adamndoctor]

"Rose." McCoy nodded. "So, tell me Rose," he said, half-smiling, "what alternative universe do you hail from? You seem human enough. From some sort of Earth?"

[originaldragoon]

"I am human, but I am not from a world known as Earth. The world I am from is called as Endiness." She gave a small shrug as she took a sip of her drink. "I had never even heard of Earth until I arrived here. There seems to be quite a few people from there."

[adamndoctor]

McCoy nodded. "Ah. I wonder if there's a version of Endiness in my home universe." He shrugged. "To find another planet inhabited by humans would be quite an eye-opener. I imagine religious people would flip their bibles." He chuckled. "Earth has its problems, but... Well, I'd prefer it to space. Unfortunately, I have more for me among the stars than I did on Earth."

[originaldragoon]

"'Flip their bibles?'" Rose tilted her head some at that comment. "Do I even want to know why?"

His comment about space travel caught her interest though. "So you travel among the stars. What is that like?"

[adamndoctor]

"As in, many religions would probably drop dead from a heart attack at the idea that God created more humans elsewhere in our vast galaxy. Turns out - 'He' pretty much did," he smirked, raised his glass. Swirled the liquid inside. "Makes you feel a little inferior, doesn't it? I think a lot of humans were shocked and unhappy when we made first contact with an alien species. As if the idea of lifeforms much like ourselves or far more superior existing was going against everything they believed."

He shrugged. "We're more open now, though. Certainly less people thinkin' there ain't no intelligent life besides ourselves out there." McCoy laughed. "Sometimes that's debatable, though." He looked to Rose. "You got any religions your people follow?"

Another shrug. "It's dangerous, it's horrifying, it's stressful, and some days you wake up thinking it's your last day alive." McCoy knocked back a drink. "But, hey. The scenery's nice."

[originaldragoon]

"Sounds like a normal day on a battlefield." She gave a small laugh at that.

"It is silly to think that humans were the only intelligent form of life. On Endiness, human beings are only one form of intelligent life," she explained and then gave another short laugh. "Though, we are the most populace. There are others like the Winglies, Sprites, Gigantos, and the Merfolk that also inhabit the world."

She nodded some. "And yes, we do have religion on Endiness, that most of the population follows. Our creator god is known as Soa. According to legend, he planted the seed that grew the Divine Tree, and from the tree all 108 forms of life were born."

[adamndoctor]

"There was a time, believe it or not, where we humans did think that," McCoy said. "A very, very long time, in fact. Good thing we wised up. Wow, that would be egg on our great ancestor's faces." He smirked and took another drink. "And... Sprites? Merfolk? Sounds familiar. Lots of folklore and mythology includes spirits and... mermaids, I guess?" He shrugged. "Fairytales, that's what we call 'em."

And for a moment McCoy remembered his daughter and sort of frowned. "Yeah," he said, sitting upright. "Loads of religions on Earth. Some old, some new, some lost to time. Some simple, some just ridiculous and outrageous." He looked to Rose. "One of Earth's more famous and highly practiced religion features just one God. Named God. And... I'd venture to say the bible has some stories not too unlike your... Divine Tree and whatnot."