eleventh bubble; video/action for ecruteak.

[timelymaid]

Hey! I'm not sure if everyone watches the EV News - I do, and they have the catchiest little intro jingle, don't you think? [ Pausing to hum that. You're welcome. ]

Anyway! Is anyone planning to go to this prom thing? And has anyone else managed to procquire a silver ticket? I have to say that seeing all those pokeballs drop from the sky was sort of fun! I actually can't take credit for catching my silver ticket, though - Panini caught it. I think he was sort of having a field day with things to catch from the sky, actually. I'll have to keep that in mind for the future.

I've never been to a dance before. So I entirely plan to go! Besides, it sounds like it's happening in a new place, which is exciting. Have any of you been to dances before, though? I wouldn't mind hearing about them if you have!

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[viiru2alert]

[...It's a pattern.]

[Okay, patterns. Sollux can do patterns.]

[He slides his foot forward to match Aradia's.]

Like that?

[timelymaid]

[ Ah-hah. She thought that explanation might go over better. Aradia beams outright. ]

Yes! And then after you do that, I step like this - [ Demonstration time. ] It's just a pattern of steps. Forward and back, side step, side step. See?

Not so hard after all, right?

[viiru2alert]

...I guess.

[Squinting intensely at the floor.]

I'm still going to be bending my head over here like an idiot, though.

[timelymaid]

Not after you figure it out! It just takes a little bit of time. And doing it more than once. And also trusting your partner, although I like to think you have that part down already.

[ The other parts she's unsure of, since this is Sollux. ]

But look! You're not melting or anything. It's a miracle. Dancing isn't that bad! Who knew?

[viiru2alert]

Who knew.

[In the most grudging tone humanly possible. This is so awkward and wow he just wants to just stab himself through the head with a medieval polearm.]

Also, for the record, I'm not the one who's an expert at time and doing things over again, so it might take a while.

[timelymaid]

[ The fact that there is continued laughing at him probably doesn't help. It would be laughing with him, except nope she's the only one laughing here. ]

I know! But it's okay. We have plenty of time! Even without fudging things.

[ That's not something she knows for certain, though. They could only have today, or tomorrow, or a week from now. ]

But it's nice that you're acknowledging my expertise! Leave all the time-related shenanigans to me. Or to Dave. Only professional timemasters need apply.

[viiru2alert]

Noted.

[And then Gira's swaggin' Heir of Time AU Sollux jumps in and-- yeah no.]

Don't tell me there's a dance called the Temporal Tango. If you do I think I may actually nonlethally kill myself.

[timelymaid]

...Ooooh, not that I know of, but I'll check later and there should be!

[ You knew that was going to happen, right? ]

How, exactly, does one nonlethally kill oneself?

[viiru2alert]

In ways that only a Mage of Doom can understand.

[timelymaid]

You pull that card whenever you don't have an actual answer!

[ And look, Sollux - you went one whole comment without tripping! Good job. ]

[viiru2alert]

It is an actual answer, which you can't comprehend because you'reSWEET MOTHER OF FUCK!

[And then there was a troll-kid pile on the dance floor.]

[timelymaid]

[ His brief flash of competence made this a surprise, and the shouting definitely threw her off balance.

SOLLUX. Why did you trip her, too? ]

...Ow. [ Followed by laughter. ]

[viiru2alert]

[He can't be good at it all the time. Otherwise Aradia might actually start to like him, and Sollux's subconscious just won't allow that.]

Ah, shit! Sorry.

[timelymaid]

[ Sollux, you know she already likes you, right? ]

Very graceful! We'll file that under failed but fun attempts, I think?

[viiru2alert]

Eh, yeah.

And now you know: don't try to dance with Sollux Captor.

[timelymaid]

That's not at all what I know! What I know is that you need more practice.

[viiru2alert]

Let me guess, you're going to actually make me do it.

[Bugger.]

[timelymaid]

Of course! Maybe by the next time our friends have a party, you'll be good enough to dance with me there!

[viiru2alert]

Doubt it.

[timelymaid]

That's because you're a pessimist!