witchesreign | homecoming dance!

[Balamb Garden has taken off around the Balamb coastline! The seaside and clear night sky can be seen through the windows and from the balconies. The halls are mostly deserted besides the stray student walking about, and even the usual faculty members are missing from their posts around the school. There's a certain festive energy through the air, the source coming from the happily decorated ballroom located on the second floor.

[At exactly 2100, as soon as the dinner rush ends, the Garden chime sounds and the intercom clicks on. The Headmaster speaks to the Garden.]

The Homecoming Dance is now beginning. Your attendance is requested at [2F] Ballroom.

I repeat, the Homecoming Dance is now beginning. Your attendance is requested at [2F] Ballroom. The ball will run until 2400. Students leaving the ball after curfew are to return to their dorms immediately.

The ball and its festivities tonight are being sponsored very generously by the Garden Festival Committee.

[After the announcement, the intercom falls silent. The faint sound of music can be heard from the second floor of the building.

[Within the ballroom, there is a stationary stand for punch and food, as well as roaming caterers offering drinks (grape juice) and canapes.]

Voting is now closed. There is a thread here for announcing and crowning the winners; on-lookers are free to react in the thread.

Attendance is entirely optional, so with most of the faculty at the dance, characters are free to roam the rest of the school! However, as Balamb Garden is flying around the Balamb coastline, they will not be able to leave (unless you can fly or really like heights and don't mind injuries...), and any characters left behind will be stranded for a few hours.

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[Espio doesn't show until fairly late on, but he wasn't going to miss out completely. He got Nida to cover him for a bit just so he could come and investigate.

He's not particularly recognisable, though. Even those familiar with his polymorphus form might have a bit of trouble, given that he's actually made an effort to look presentable and convinced someone (Mikuru) to braid his hair. Loose tie aside, he looks fairly smart in a green shirt and black trousers.

So, any particular reason why Espio of all people has bothered to look decent?

Yes. A person, actually. And he was looking for them until he got distracted by the food.]

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[Tired of dancing for the time being, Chase works his way over to the food, taking off his tuexdo coat and loosening the tie and the first two buttons of his shirt as he goes.] Oooh, food looks really good this year. Got any favorites?

[Who the hell is this guy... sorry, Chase, Espio's kind of only here for one person, so complete strangers striking up conversation is a total waste of time.

Oh, well. He has a full hour, at least...]

Not in particular. I'm just going for the ones with meat on them.

[None taken my non-chameleon man. He's just making idle chit-chat, feel free to shoo him away at any time. He won't take offense.]

Any one with meat in particular?

Those.

[Points at some with salami. They're apparently quite popular, as there's only a couple left.]

But I'm not really here to snack.

Thanks, man. [And with that he'll take one of those and try it... Oh, it is good.]

Waiting for your date then?

You could say that. I just hope the hints to show up didn't fly over his head - I didn't actually tell him I was coming.

Why didn't you just... oh, I don't know... ask him directly? [And with that he'll try a little hotdog.]

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[Shrug.]

Because he thinks I'm busy, and I wanted to surprise him.

[Oh. Ooooooooooooooooh. Boy can be slow on the uptake sometimes.]

Are you and him a thing?

Wasn't that obvious? You asked if I was waiting for a date. Of course it's a thing!

[Holds his hands up in surrender.] I've assumed things before and I get yelled at. I figured I'd rather be right and yelled at then wrong and yelled at. Especially with those date auctions and gag bids that wind up winning.

[Oh, right. The date auction. PROCEED TO DENY ALL BIDDING ACTIVITIES.]

I think you'll find more actual dates than date auction ones here. There weren't many people in the auction.

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Shouldn't you be driving? You're going to ruin your surprise.

"Surprise"?

[Shrug. This kind of is his surprise. For Toby. Yeah.]

Nida's driving for an hour.

Good, guess that will probably make it moot then, eh?

Seeing as I was going to bring Toby up to see you.

And I came down to see him, so I guess that works out.

Assuming he's here. I kind of didn't tell him I was coming.

He's here. He's actually less shy this time from what I can tell.

You know...

He also seems a bit more child-like, or... maybe naive, is the word. I know he's younger, but it's only by a year... I'm finding it kind of weird. I guess it's just that isolation thing.

Aye. He's... all those things, but I still love him the same. He's still Toby, eh.

I know. Me too.

It's just that, even though he started it, and I'm pretty much going with what he wants, it kind of almost feels like I'm taking advantage of him.

Because you remember things he can't?

I guess. There's that feeling that he's trusting me way too much.

[Stares.]

Is there a reason he shouldn't trust you so much?

Other than the fact I hit him?

Guess not.

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