slow dancing in a burning room

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slow dancing

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FORMAL OR INFORMAL, WITH MUSIC OR WITHOUT, YOU COULD BE AT A GLAMOUROUS GALA WHILE A SINGER CROONS SOFTLY OR IN THE SILENCE OF YOUR OWN LIVING ROOM. WHEREVER YOU ARE, YOU HAVE THE URGE TO DANCE. DID YOU ASK YOUR PARTNER OR DID THEY ASK YOU? HAVE YOU GOT TWO LEFT FEET OR IS THE VIENNESE WALTZ YOUR JAM? IT COULD BE AWKWARD, IT COULD BE ROMANTIC. EITHER WAY IT'S CUTE AS HELL.

 

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Jill Valentine | Resident Evil (games)

[flipkicking]

[aureately]

[Older woman CHECK, attractive older woman, DOUBLE CHECK, attractive older woman standing to one side, all alone at the party, TRIPLE CHECK!!! Aaaaand stepping to her and holding out a hand with a flourish~]

Would the lovely lady care to dance~?

bahahaha Kida X'D <3

[flipkicking]

[She's not usually the kind to stick to herself for too long at these things, but not recognizing anyone yet + tendency to drift off in thought lately distracted her longer than she realized.

At the approach, though, she does look over -- aha, oh, wow, young. Young enough that Jill's smile is as amused as it is reflexively polite.]

She might. But this isn't a pity offer for the lonely girl, is it? [Teasing, teasing, totally and openly teasing.]

Jumping to DW won't save you from him~ X'D <3

[aureately]

[lmao YEAH young, sixteen to be exact, but does he get points for bravery and boldness? That extended hand is pulled back to join the other in quite literally waving away the very thought, and Kida laughs lightly at the teasing. 'Might' isn't a flat out 'no' after all~]

No no, nothing of the sort, I assure you! Truly I simply couldn't resist following the light of your loveliness, drawn forwards irresistibly like a moth to a flame--and here you are, every bit the ~SUPER BEAUTY~ your radiance promised!

yeaaaah kinda learned that lesson from Sync, lmao

[flipkicking]

[He does. Twenty points, unless this is some kind of dare that his buddies put him up to or smth.

She can't help a brief but genuine laugh at that. Not even out of high school and yet--] --You're aspiring to be a real charmer, huh?

You know you love the Sync Snark Attacks, don't even lie X'DDD

[aureately]

[lmao OH no, Kida needs no urging to be a Wannbe Romeo. In fact, his friends would be more likely to attempt to deter him from approaching her, though they…usually just let him be. They know a lost cause when they see one, I guess…|D

Oh laughter, laughter is good--at least this kind of non-mocking laughter is. Kida flashes her a bright grin and presses a hand to his chest, because now it’s time for some joking melodrama.]

Only aspiring? Ahhh, loveliest of visions, you wound me a second time--Cupid’s arrow took its toll first, after all, and left me with a chasm, a deep hollow that only you could ever truly fill! It’s impossible to tell if my ~PURE WHITE HEART~ will ever fully recover, especially if you injure me a third time by denying me the saving grace of a single dance!

pffffffffff hush u

[flipkicking]

[Worry not, Jill possesses no mocking laughter in her -- only during cruel personality-switch events as she beats up someone she cares about.

...So Kida's in the clear.

That actually prompts something of a brief grin, and Jill seems to consider it.] Ah, that puts me in a bad spot. I'd hate to be to blame for something that terrible.

[A pause, then -- okay, she offers her hand, as she would have when he was offering his, with another quirk of a smile, because why not. Then, so he can drop the dramatic (but amusing) titles, she adds in simple introduction,] Jill.

:P <333

[aureate_ly]

Oh yes yes, the guilt would be horrifyingly heavy, outright unbearable, simply crushing, I'm sure! There's clearly nothing else for it!

[--And oh, she's given in accepted already? :O Well then... Kida flashes her a big grin at that, and lightly takes that outstretched hand.]

Kida. Kida Masaomi.

[He says it like Bond. JAMES Bond, or at least tries to. And for once, he'll not try the name joke.]

|3 <333

[flipkicking]

[No harm, no foul. She'll never hear the end of it if any of a certain few people see her dancing with a kid, but since when has Jill Valentine ever cared about what people think?

Oh, that's right. Never.

Not to mention she'd hate to shoot him down after all that hammy charming talk.]

Pleasure's mine. So what are the chances you dance half as well as you can smooth-talk?

HAVE THIS ONE TOO (it is really not Jill's night...or is it X'D)

[tooprettysrsly]

[eeeeeeeeey sexeh laydeh~ Zelos will be working his way closer, easing through the crowd until he's at her elbow.]

...And what is a beautiful woman like yourself doing all alone in a place like this? Surely you've just been left unattended for a moment--someone as gorgeous as you couldn't have here come by herself.

PFFFF if [strike]she were ten years younger[/strike] he were ten years older, maaaaybe XD

[flipkicking]

[Lord what is with all the younger people out tonight

He's getting a glance and a brief raise of her eyebrow before she catches herself, smiling. Not a bad greeting, but it's been a while since anyone's laid it on that thickly upfront.]

I guess I was feeling adventurous. Party-friendly men are a rarity in my life, I'm sorry to say. [She doesn't sound too sorry about it, but hey, she's not the kind to complain.]

Now now, The Great Zelos Wilder doesn't judge or turn away ladies on account of age~

[tooprettysrsly]

[THE NIGHT IS FOR THE YOUTH or something maybe idk

Well she's gonna get even more, and even thicker if she lets him keep talking. X'D]

Heh, gotta love a lady who's brave enough to do things herself if no one else wants to take the plunge~ But that truly is a shame about the men in your life. It's outright ungentlemanly of them to leave such a stunning beauty without an escort for the night!

...how generous

[flipkicking]

[Absolutely unfazed by the compliments. Not that she's missing or ignoring them, but still, not reacting.]

One of them'll pay for it later, don't worry. [There's some wryness to her smile for just an instant. She may rock the skirt, but she still wears the pants.]

So I assume you're escortless, too, if you're taking time out of your night to worry about me.

ikr, he is just so ~GIVING~ ^_____^

[tooprettysrsly]

[And Zelos is unfazed that she's unfazed so there! lol and just keeps on working the usual angles.]

Not quite. It's more like I'm a wandering knight, ready and willing to step in should any lady have need of me, but not pledging myself to any one of them specifically.

[She seems pretty sharp, not at all one to fall for the usual charm, and he is what he is; there's really no hiding it from someone who'd rather see an ugly truth than be blinded by a pretty lie. Still, there are ways to make his behaviour sound a little more acceptable to the more cynically-minded.]

...Though I might just have to make an exception if a woman like you asked me to stick around. ♥

ALL THAT GENEROSITY MUST BE SUCH A BURDEN

[flipkicking]

Ah.

[There's something of an understanding look at that simple response -- along with something like wary (but harmless) amusement -- but she doesn't explain herself. She just glances out over the crowd for a moment; maybe idly, maybe looking for someone, maybe proving that he's not the center of her attention, or maybe just because she wants to.

Hard to get would be an appropriate term here. |D]

That sounds awfully noble when you put it that way. So much that I might feel guilty, pulling you away from any other women in need. [Another glance, still amused, now a shade teasing. As long as he doesn't come off as a creep or a sleaze, she doesn't mind playing along.]

NAH, HE'S TOTALLY USED TO BEARING UP UNDER IT, IT'S JUST HOW HE IS~

[tooprettysrsly]

[oh, you can't play a player, sis

plus he likes it when they play hard-to-get--how else could you explain his enthusiasm when it came to tormenting teasing flirting with Sheena? And playing along? That gets you double bonus points, definitely. ♥]

Guilty? Heh! [Guilt what is that, don't want any of that here, N O P E this is strictly a FUN ONLY ZONE k] You shouldn't be worrying about a silly thing that like here. Tonight's for forgetting all that other boring stuff, and just relaxing and having some fun.

SO VERY ADMIRABLE 83<

[flipkicking]

[Oh, the warning 'advice' Sheena would give Jill if she were here...]

Fair enough. [A brief, acknowledging tilt of her head] Then I guess I wouldn't mind company, if you have an opening in your patrol.

[...And since he's probably gonna take her up on that although she has the feeling he'd stick around even if she didn't concede, she adds,] And call me Jill.

...I *did* warn you, didn't I... B]

[i_of_the_storm]

[This particular situation poses an interesting sort of problem. A bit of tactics might even be involved here, simple as it is to put pressure on her weak points. Because Jill might not hate him like she really should, but there's still no reason that she would willingly dance with him; she would walk away, take herself out of the situation altogether rather than put up with his cruel actions and oftentimes even crueler words.

But she cares, and he knows it, and he's decidedly not above using that to his advantage.

Moving silently as a shadow, he whispers into place beside and just slightly behind her right elbow and says with a smirk:]

...Dance with me, or I'll go shove Luke's head into the punch bowl until he drowns.

...somewhere, a table is being flipped.

[flipkicking]

[Despite being caught off guard, Jill doesn't jump, turn around, or even really move; on the contrary, she goes very stil. It's subtle, but enough tension shoots through her frame to tell anyone who can read it that she opted out of a more dramatic reaction.

Her head turns slightly to the right after a moment, although she still doesn't look at him -- it's just barely enough to put him in her peripheral vision, her focus still apparently on the crowd at large.]

Like I could trust you not to go and try it anyway?

[Her tone is the one thing that's not subtle -- it's short, hard, and every word is biting. Her use of the word try is very much intentional.]

Just one? 'BD

[i_of_the_storm]

How could I, if I'm busy... [There's a slight, pointed half-beat pause, and the quotes around the next word are very clearly audible.] ..."dancing" with you?

[Because of course, actual dancing isn't what he's really interested in.]

I'm fast, but even I can't be in two places at once. Lucky for you.

SHE HAS SOME SELF-RESTRAINT /huffs

[flipkicking]

[That's one way to hit the nail on the head.

Being who she is, if there's a way to protect someone, especially someone she cares about, Jill jumps at the chance sometimes literally -- even if it means sacrificing something with regards to herself.

She doesn't want to be around Sync, to be subjected to whatever abuse he'll try to throw out this time -- especially on a night like this where she doesn't want and shouldn't have to deal with any of this kind of crap.

But.

She's still unchanged, but she's stopped looking around the area; her gaze is fixed somewhere, not really seeing as she considers. Even if she went and found Luke before Sync could (and, what? Chaperoned him for the rest of the evening?), he's not the only person Jill calls a friend, and Sync knows that. If she walks away now, she wouldn't put it past the brat to take it out on several people, if he could find that many, just so she'd have to live with knowing that she could have prevented it.

Some people -- Chris, Tifa -- she wouldn't worry about. Others, though...]

I hope one song will be enough. [She finally looks over her shoulder at him -- there's no real anger in her eyes, just something hard, grim, and like she's steeling herself for something unpleasant.] After that, my dance card's full.

[i_of_the_storm]

[Well, Sync is quite a tool, though generally he prefers screwing with people to hammering them down. But hammering them down is good, too. B]

Watching her steadily through that lengthy pause only makes his smirk grow even wider, because even if she has her poker face on, he knows what she must be thinking--that she can't risk what he'd do to Luke, or Ion, or Nill, or any of the less-combact-oriented family friends who are out and about tonight. That she has no choice but to accept his offer, because keeping him in sight is the only real way to keep the others safe.]

We'll start with one song. After that, we'll see.

[Unless that dance card is filled up by Wesker (which is v. unlikely for many reasons), Sync is gonna do what he wants, Jill.]

BTW I don't think this falls under the "cute" requirement in the meme summary, Sync B[

[flipkicking]

[She just glances ahead again -- for what reason isn't obvious, but it only lasts a second before she turns towards him fully, offering a hand with the same expression.]

Au contraire--you can't deny that it is indeed "cute as HELL". BD

[i_of_the_storm]

[With a smile that I don't have the iconspace for that would probably look rather pleasant to an outsider, anyone who doesn't actually know Sync or what he's capable of, he holds his out as well...but he doesn't quite take her hand. Nope, he's going to make her place her hand in his.

And if she doesn't...well now, you wouldn't want him to get bored and have to go find some other means of entertainment, now, would you?]

ONLY "HELL" APPLIES AND THAT DOES NOT COUNT

[flipkicking]

[Jesus.

Visibly annoyed and only just refraining from rolling her eyes, she concedes and takes his hand, loosely.

And wanting to get this over as fast as humanly possible, she tugs him lightly after her as she heads for the dance floor.]