Day of Restoration: Nightmode's Victorian Fetish Ball

[Keara Aithne]

Keara turned at the sound of a familiar voice and gave him her quirky, shy smile, that pulled at the corner of her lips.

“Greetings darkling. Nice it is for you here to see. Admit I must that expecting I was not for any of my family here to find, so quiet we all are. Nice it is for wrong in that to be.”

She nodded her head and then stepped away from Lorde to quickly embrace her grandchilde. She wasn’t as used to hugging him as she was some of the others and she still wasn’t sure if her affections were welcome but he was family and so the effort had to be made. Loving those of her blood, and Enver’s came all too easily and there was but one exception; that being his most recent mistake, the female she wouldn’t even allow herself to name in thought.

[Levi DAmico]

“Ah,” he said lackadaisically. There was nothing more to say on the matter of getting out and meeting people, but Levi might file it away as something to ponder over later. He liked to try and solve everyone’s problems even if they hadn’t asked it of him.

“Unfortunately, I’ve got a white man’s rhythm, so… No. I don’t dance. Sorry, bella.” Levi shrugged at his own words because, well, he wasn’t even willing to try. “If you wanna dance though, I’m not gonna hold you back.” He offered up a slight smile, his small way of assuring her that he wasn’t the jealous type. It wasn't like he owned her, and they weren't dating, so, why would he mind if she danced with anyone?

[Lorelai]

“Oh no…” she said lightly shaking her head, causing the blonde waves to shiver about her. “If you don’t want to dance, I’m happy to stay here. Though…”

It was obvious that she was about to contradict herself in that way that women do. Yes, she would stand with him and watch other’s dance around the room if she had to, but she wasn’t about to give up so easily, not when (in her mind) there was another alternative; one she was about to offer up for his consideration.

“You could just put your arms around me and we could sway to the music.”

She didn’t hold out much hope that this suggestion would elicit a positive response but it had to be asked, as surely everyone could sway, if they wanted to, even if they didn’t have rhythm. It all came down to a matter of desire.

[Lofyn (DELETED 481)]

The blonde shrugged slightly, following Zodiac's movements with little effort. "Opened the jewelry making business. If you get anyone trying to give you zombie teeth, or feral teeth, or the like, please send them my way. I have a few ideas. Just not those ugly gold teeth the gangsters wear. Those are not what I'm looking for."

Lofyn laughed, blue eyes skittering over the crowd, observing the rest of the crowd. She loved it here, already. "Unfortunately, I'm running both of my businesses from my apartment in Beta Towers. Can't afford a storefront."

[Xian]

Xian nearly jumped back in surprise as Keara stepped close for an embrace, but his Other prevented the reaction and stepped forward instead. Xian felt awkward in her arms, but the Other part of him found it comforting. He lingered slightly, then drew back.

"I couldn't resist," he admitted. "I know so little about our kind, know so few among us, that I felt I had to be here." He stopped short of admitting more. No need to share his crazy more than he had to.

"I do hope more of the others come."

He nodded to Lorde. He didn't know her well, but he remembered that she had been kind, or at least very helpful when he had returned to their home wounded.

"It is," he paused, thinking quickly, but carefully. "Good to see you here." He hoped it didn't sound as awkward as he thought it did.

[Zodiac]

"Well, if you want some free advertisements or some showcase space, I think we could work something out if that would help." The gypsy mystic wiggled the fingers on her left hand displaying the set of 'claws' the woman had made for her before. "I get a lot of feedback on these so I could send some business your way easy. But your apartment? Geeze! How do you have any you time with friends and such if you tripping over work stuff?"

Zodiac glanced about and saw they were still the only ones making full use of the dance floor. "I think we scaring the amateurs from getting up and strutting their stuff." She kept giggling now.

[Levi DAmico]

Levi couldn’t help but roll his eyes at her. As if she would be happy to watch others dance. It was obvious to him what was going to happen here tonight. Lorelai wanted him to dance with her, be that perfect Romeo, and he was going to let her down. She’d say that she wasn’t bothered by it, but she would be and she would resent him. He would resent her for that too and they’d both end up dissatisfied and angry with the other. This was exactly why he hated women.

“I’m not sure this is swayin’ music, sweetheart,” he grumbled lightly, umber eyes surveying the crowd, ears piqued to the weird melody. There were so many strange people here in this strange little place. Is that why they were Vampiri or was that just a coincidence of the venue? Regardless, Levi didn’t want to dance amongst the freaks.

[Keara Aithne]

Keara settled herself comfortably, standing between the two she both knew and loved. There were others about them of course but none of them drew her attention, at least not enough to make her want to engage them in conversation. Without Enver at her side to distract her, she was more than aware of the people about her, the exits, etc. She didn’t feel threatened, it was just who she was but without him old ways were quick to return and she soon found herself wanting to reach out and touch one the walls nearby.

“Hope that too I do, though perhaps so comfortable they are not for in this environment to be. Like I do this place, even when undecorated it is. Though come here often I do not. Need I do not for to socialise. But appeals it does to my need for darkness.”

[Lofyn (DELETED 481)]

"Somehow, I don't find that surprising," Lofyn giggled, easily leading the other woman from the center of the dance floor towards the fringe. Her usual bracelet, with its black deal blood vials and fang accessory, is on her right wrist, giving the slightest jingling sound.

"If you have any ideas for advertising, I am certainly all ears. I haven't the slightest clue how to bring interest to either of my businesses, from the darker side of the city."

She still danced, but far more subdued now. Less of an enchantress, more of an idle free spirit who just couldn't help but move.

[Lorelai]

“I could ignore it if you could,” she said quietly.

She didn’t expect him to give in to her request and so she settled her hand in his, twining their fingers as she looked about the room. The music was much heavier than anything she might choose to listen to herself, and seeing as how she didn’t listen to all that much music (having not even had the opportunity while living in Hoshkosh) she didn’t recognise a single song, but that didn’t matter; she listened and tried to focus on the more harmonic tones.

“Would you like something to drink Levi? I could fetch you something if you like. Mordechai offered me blood but we both know I don’t find that all that palatable.”

What she couldn’t tell him, was that while she wasn’t able to drink blood, she was (unsuccessfully) attempting to train her body to imbibe other liquids.