Is Love a Tender Thing?, Wednesday, 6/12

[withoutverona]

"So, where's the most common place to either pick someone up or take a date?" Dojima asked impishly as they all arrived in the Danger shop. "The clubs, of course!"

"You may not think it," Romeo said. "They may not be the kinds of places you like at all. But sometime, someone will likely take you to one, and passing the night dancing is far better than spending it in a corner in a sulk."

"And if you don't like your date? Dancing does not require talking," Dojima pointed out. "Maybe you'll find a new date. Maybe you'll find a new drink! Or a new band you enjoy. In any case, going to the club is something that will probably happen to you at some point, so today, we're going to practice."

"Of course, it will not always be love with everyone you meet on a night like this," Romeo said. "Nor even on most nights. Which is why this club has some patrons who may not be as pleasant as one would hope."

He smiled, perhaps a touch sadistically. "Try to have fun anyhow."

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Re: THE CLUB! [6/12]

[suitably_heroic]

Hey, Atton knew clubs - or places like this, anyway. And hell, for Nar Shaddaa standards, this place seemed ridiculously clean and above-board.

So he had no trouble getting into it and blending in with the crowd; in fact, he might have almost started to enjoy himself...

...until he found out about the virgin drinks. "Should've known they'd dump us in a dry dungpit."

Re: THE CLUB! [6/12]

[club-duds.livejournal.com]

"Isn't life a dry dungpit?" asked the guy in glasses next to him. "Just one barren disappointment after another?"

Re: THE CLUB! [6/12]

[suitably_heroic]

"Aren't you cheerful?" Atton drawled. "I don't know about you, but I'd probably enjoy my barren disappointment if it involved actual drinks."

Re: THE CLUB! [6/12]

[club-duds.livejournal.com]

"Even in this intellectual wasteland?" he asked. "Please. The gender politics behind Rhianna and her music aside, even a decent gin can't save some of these people."

Re: THE CLUB! [6/12]

[suitably_heroic]

"What, did someone get killed over this 'Rhianna' being?" Atton asked, eyeing the guy. "Because usually it's not real politics until someone starts firing off a few shots."

Re: THE CLUB! [6/12]

[club-duds.livejournal.com]

"I wish, but that's my point," he said, stabbing a finger at Atton. "Everyone's so busy in their 'oh, I'm a rebel,' thing while dancing just like everyone else out on the floor, that the real revolution is laying by the wayside with no one to pick it up and fire the first shot of a post-modern society clean of preconceived sexual or gender notions."

Re: THE CLUB! [6/12]

[suitably_heroic]

There was a short pause on Atton's end.

"Right," he said. "Sorry, but I'm not from this galaxy. I have no idea what you're talking about."

Re: THE CLUB! [6/12]

[club-duds.livejournal.com]

"I know," he sighed, shaking his head. "It does feel like lightyears, doesn't it?"

"Can I buy you a drink?"

Re: THE CLUB! [6/12]

[suitably_heroic]

Atton was starting to wonder if the blond with the romantic notions had it out for him. "Not a chance," he said, "Go walk up someone else's loading ramp."

Charming. But then he was already mid-turn back into the crowd.