Week 9 Heroic Mission- Layne Yr & Prime's Grand Dinner and the Crazy Da'uhnb Dance Party at Casablanca station

Orleos's face immediately became one of quiet contemplation at Prime's words. Prime was observant and sharp, that much was certain, but it was that glossy eyed look he had, it was not missed by Orleos, but he doubted Prime would be brazen enough to try anything here with this many people. Not to mention that Prime was no longer a part of the 'old' Unity...right?

He stashed away his doubts and concerns for the festivities at hand, he'd look into it later, but for now, "You are most astute Ser Prime, things are not merely what they appear to be, more so with some than others."

He raised an eyebrow when Gootes made his entrance, if anything he was a different 'shade' of Da'unbh, when compared to what he had knwon of Xec Cex, then again, not everyone was the same. He turned when Damien made his entrance and noted that young Lanaedra was not present, he thought better of making a comment, it wouldn't do well to alienate a possible ally.

Standing in a spot to long made his legs itch, he had the urge to go about to meet others, "It has been quite the pleasure to meet you Ser Prime and to see you again so soon dear Layne, but I do believe I'm going to stretch my legs a bit and 'mingle' I guess." He nodded to Childeen on his way out and entered the main dancing hall that was Gootes Dance Party.

From his vantage point he could make out Damien at the bar from his wings, he couldn't see who was in front of him, but he'd bet it was Lanaedra. He scanned the sea of faces and noted that nothing was of particular note...he narrowed his eyes, dancing with the Da'unbh Gootes was a willowy looking woman, with what appeared to be flowers in her hair, and from what he could see, she was quite beautiful.

Not beautiful in the sense like Lanaedra or Layne, it was a unique beauty, one that was strangely intriguing. He resolved himself to walk over to her and ask her to dance, as he got closer he noticed that her dress was covered in ferns.

Upon his approach she turned towards him and two shades of jade met one another, "If I may? Would the lady join me for a dance?"

The tall blue-skinned alien barely had a chance to reply before the two were swept away by the gyrating crowd. Through Marianette, the Oleifera delighted in the freedom of movement, the beat of the music, and the multitude of races all celebrating together. When that particular revel came to an end, she caught a glimpse of the Da’uhnb from across the floor and gave him a wave of recognition.

“Would you care to dance?”
Marianette looked round, and came chest to face with a broad, stocky man; his military bearing, white beard and scarred face announced his age and determination. She recognized him instantly from the various TRILAT teleconferences and personal communications – General Garmin Fe. His presence was much more commanding and potent in person than she had anticipated, while she was a good head taller in height she couldn’t help but feel felt slightly intimidated by him. His eyes and shoulders carried the weight of many years’ warfare and responsibility – Oleifera privately wondered if he ever put such cares aside, even for an evening for enjoyment. Well, he was here…

She gladly accepted his arm, and found that he was a passable partner. She was able to blithely dodge any possibly calamitous missteps, and her elegant silhouette against his broad form turned more than a couple heads toward the dance floor.

When the song came to its conclusion, she curtsied gracefully and he solemnly bowed. The general motioned them towards a table, but before she could sit she was approached by an eye-catching man, dressed in an impeccable black and silver outfit. His green eyes caught hers, and hearing the orchestra strike up a delicate air she acquiesced to his offer to dance. She turned back with a small toss of her living locks, and smiled at the stocky Garmin Fe, saying, “This one will return shortly – we have much to discuss!”

Facing her new partner, she grinned cheekily and introduced herself, “I am Marianette of Oleifera, it is my pleasure to make your acquaintance. I do not believe that we have met – what is it that you do, good ser?”

He noticed that General Garmin Fe was standing just offside as the woman curtsied and bowed slightly to him in greeting, and Fe nodding in response. The man was certainly more intimidating in person than over commchannels.

As the woman turned back towards him, a small smile slid onto Orleos's face as she accepted his proposal to dance and grew even wider as she announced herself, 'So this is a 'child' of Oleifera.' he thought.

The orchestra began to play a waltz as their next piece. Not missing a beat, he bowed in greeting, "I am Orleos Sacrenine, Director of Sacrenine Fine Arts. I run a company of the IRLC dedicated to unearthing treasures of the past and creating new works to please the senses. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Lady Marianette."

He held out his hand to her, "If I may?" She took his hand in kind, as the music picked up signaling the beginning of the dance, he spoke up quickly, "Do forgive me if I preform badly...it's been a long time since I've done something like this, so I apologize in advance if I make a fool of myself."

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It was time for Prime’s gamble. He smiled, and moved back to Layne Yr, offering to dance. As they danced, Prime silently signaled to his agents amongst the guests to be ready with a simple, easy to miss gesture.
Orelos had a sinking feeling that something was very wrong.

Some short time after Prime’s dance with Layne Yr, two members of the Unity in suits made from constantly swirling silver material drew swords, and the sound of a soft chime echoed in the room; it was a signal that a duel was to begin. Members of the Unity made a circle around the two combatants, who bowed gracefully to one another.

There was a moment of utter stillness, heavy with anticipation; and then the two duelists ran at one another, their light harmonic blades seeking flesh. The duel itself was like a dance, and the combatants move so quickly it was hard to even see their blades. The blades never touched over the course of the breathtaking duel, and blood had not yet been drawn…

Prime silently signaled to his other operatives in the room, who did not know about his spider meks in the vents. They would watch for hunter operatives or assassins, who would likely take the opportunity to strike. Prime considered that one of his operatives was the likely assassin, and so had some of his spider meks give him eyes on his operatives. Prime noted that many of his scout meks across the station were also in position. He wanted to be aware of any saboteurs or assassins acting in this moment of confusion, such that he might ruin their bodies with kinetic force.

Prime continued to take in data from his scouts as he stood next to Layne Yr, hoping for a chance at eating the being known as Quiet. It would be dangerous, and he had no idea as to what would happen…but that was part of the joy.
He turned to her and grinned, whispering into her ear “Do you have a weapon? If anything will happen, it will happen soon, dear.”

“Ancient art, you say? You should come visit ZEIST of Zahaz sometime soon, we have a whole department dedicated to studying Oleiferan art and culture, you might especially be interested in our Myriad pieces…” Oleifera was really getting into this whole “dance” phenomena. Perhaps the sudden consciousness shift from a potentially tens of thousands of years old massive lumbering tree form to a two meter tall lithe and apparently attractive creature was turning its… canopy?... slightly. Marianette beamed as the dance began… then felt a slight shift.

She glanced towards the source of the wave and saw Unity Prime make a quick gesture from his position at Layne Yr’s side. He was not making himself available to the Builder subnetwork, she could not access his thoughts. The disjunction was offputting…

Marianette gasped and held tightly to Orleos’ arm as the Unity duel began, the flashing swords and swirling grey fabric unnerved her. She glanced back at the General, watching for any notes of surprise in his visage, then looked back towards where Layne Yr and Prime stood together.

“I think… I am going to take the General’s offer of a chair,” she whispered to her partner, “Just in case anything… untoward happens.” She smiled quickly, dropped his arm and walked briskly back towards the stocky form near the bar.

Diplomacy check to see if Garmin Fe knows what's going on, and to not offend Orleos with abrupt departure. (Profession Diplomacy 6)

The dance was most enjoyable, he had to admit. While he would misstep every now and then to the delight of his partner, if her giggles were anything to go by, it was rather non-disastrous. Twirling through the crowd, he noticed Layne and Prime not to far away dancing with one another. The two were precise in each step and turn they made, perfect dancing partners.

A small gesture from Prime made him curious, but with a sudden turn, Prime was blocked from view again. It was odd, but then again it could be nothing and Orleos was being overly paranoid.

Orleos was rather startled by the abruptness in the way which their dance ended, but the surprised look upon Marianette's face when she turned towards the duel that had begun made him understand why.

When her sudden desire to leave for Fe's side was announced, he played the part of the gentlemen, "But of course, not to worry."

Seeing the two members of the Unity duel was definitely eye-catching, but that was not what was most important to him right now. What he had the desire to do was to drink in order to settle his nerves, a bad feeling was in the pit of his stomach, though he couldn't figure why. He strode over towards the bar with the intention of ordering another glass of Non-Distilled Binber Wine.

When the glass arrived, he sat on a bar stool and with glass in hand, turned to watch the spectacle taking place.

Gootes was boogieing down and saw all his guests having fun.
It made the blue reptiliod alien feel really good.
Right as the best part of the song came on, there was a pretty little forest maiden trying to talk to him.
He tried singing the words of the song to get her to join in. Two hanger ons come in close singing with him.
As he turned back to the tiny forest maiden she was dancing with Orleos. He made sure not to cut in but tried to get them to join him in a group dance.

"Hi all Gootes Macbride, just staying alive."

"Having a good time, having enough wine, just tell me what you need, no there aint no greed. Just people of all species, playing for the eve."

"Hi Marianette how is Oliefera?
Hi Garmin Fe how was your day?
Hi Sacrenine, another glass of wine?
Hi Damien, who's your pretty friend?"

Frantic questions flowed while the Da'uhnb tried to dance.

Group dance number

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Reroll sixes

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Reroll Nat 6 (12 high so far)

Come on awesome group dance scene

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The entire group whirled and spinned.
It was beautiful and it was a win.
It was a time for Love and a little sin.
But only the good type that can happen between friends.

As the group dance number ended, Gootes was breathing hard. He needed another drink and flagged down a waiter.

"Gootes need Sex on the Beach!"

Despite his reservations Initiate Tiduk's nervousness caused him to down one too many glasses of wine, when he saw Gootes announce a group dance. Initiate Tiduk lost himself in the excitement and began to dance.

(gonna use agility to calculate if he can dance or not, this might be funny)

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rerolling 6

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Gootes walked over to a person he didnt recognize who was drunkenly dancing but had a good rythm.

To Initiate Tiduk, he said, "Feel it in your soul
You got lose control
Till it hits your toes
And music and the beat
Makes you move your feet"

Gootes teaches Initiate Tiduk a few steps and some Pop and Lock moves and then the pair dance together in the center of the circle.

The big reptiliod put an arm around Tiduk after next pair of dancers walk up and says, "Gootes likes your style. You Gootes friend now!"

Suddenly Gootes got a strange look on his face and said, "Gootes needs to use the Rest room, be back after draining the lizard. Hahahahaha Gootes crack himself up."

And then Gootes left the people dancing but only for a few moments while he went to use the rest rooms. Even Da'uhnb need to pee once in a while.

A tiny SUARM scooted into the main party, unnoticed in the great hubub of what appeared to be a well choreographed dance. Claptrap activated a holoprojector within his chest. Beside him appeared his mistress, the Lady Lil'ye'ahn. "I managed to make it to the ball, better late than never." Her image looked down at Claptrap, laughing. "Does this make you my fairy godmother?"

Claptrap made a sour buzz, almost like the human equivalent of a razpberry. "I've downloaded enough earther fiction to know that your sense of humor is transmitting well enough." Claptrap had been on extended leave for programing upgrades, and was glad to be back to work at his friend's side -so to speak. He had taken the time to have his 3foot chassie polished to a high chrome sheen with the crest of Ft Lendill etched upon the left of his chest.

Lil'ye'ahn's hologram was so solid she appeared to actually be there in the flesh. And there was a lot of flesh showing. Her dress shimmered green and silver, the color changing as the fabric moved. Low cut in both the front and back, high cut slits along both sides. Her lovely red locks in an intricate braid that encircled her head, with a single lock escaping to curl down and frame the right side of her face, where she allowed the rosebuds of her mask to show. The heart pendant from her brother hung just above her cleavage, other than that she wore no jewelry. Her crystal spike heels added another 5 inches to her lithe 6'2" frame. Though she could not duel in her holographic form, she still wore her razorvine whip wound along her arm and fastened at her wrist by a rose.

" Well, shall we go mingle?" She spied the door to Prime's private party and headed inside to meet and greet....

Ragman walked in, looking like a normal earther businessman. Looking around, he saw Lady Lil'aye'ahn.

Walking over, he stopped and gave her a little bow. "Lady, it is good to see you. We are trying to keep your forces safe. but if you'll excuse me i could really use a drink."

with that he turned and walked over to the bar and asked for a bottle of whiskey. Cutting the top off the bottle, he tipped it back and drained the bottle in two gulps.

Damn, but he hated trying to be diplomatic when he just wanted to kill everyone standing against him. 'oh well, for this once, i will leave the problems to a different me to deal with,' he thought.

Looking around he decided to just relax and have fun for one night before he had to go deal with all th crap of reality again.

walking over to a random young lady, he asked her to dance and proceeded to just ignore his problems for a bit. Dancing with different partners all evening sounded like a good plan

Initiate Tiduk bowed before Gootes "I thank you, you are a goodsh guy, I hope we can havesh peacsh between ush, I think I drank a bit too mush"

Initiate Tiduk continues to wave to Gootes while he goes to pee.