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Clarion Mods ([personal profile] hall_monitors) wrote in [community profile] clarionprep2016-01-16 03:07 pm

[open] PUT ON YOUR DANCING SHOES

who | Everyone, students and staff alike!
what | An opening mixer to celebrate the beginning of the school year.
when | Friday, September 16th, 1921
where | The Great Hall.
summary / warnings | Everyone is invited to put on their glad rags and strap on their mary-janes for a night of music, dancing, light refreshments and polite socialization. Please warn for language, etc in individual threads.








It's a beautiful, crisp September evening, and outside the wind blows gently, rustling crisp leaves and sending piles of them scattering across the stone courtyard. It might be chilly outdoors, but inside, the Great Hall is warm and inviting.

The crystal chandeliers overhead have been lit with hundreds of candles, sending warm light dazzling over the walls and the marble floor, and up on the dais at the far end, a jazz band is playing lively music, the trumpet and saxophone underscored by steady drums and the thrum of the upright bass.

Students and staff alike have turned out in their best fall fashions; hair has been pin-curled all afternoon in preparation, the ladies' dorms abuzz with hot irons and hairpins and pressed powder--the gentlemen's, with spit-shined shoes and starched bow-ties and the scent of hair grease.

The cooks have been hard at work in the kitchen; along one wall are lined table filled with fancy canapés, bowls of sweet punch (non-alcoholic, of course!), sweets, and various other fancy foods. Students stand near these tables making chitchat while taking a break from dancing, mingling with their classmates and maybe making new friends while they're at it.

The center of the room is filled with lively dancers, rich and poor kids alike showing off the newest dance craze--mainly the Charleston, though it's yet to earn that name as the song won't be released for another two years--as well as the foxtrot and the waltz, when the music allows for it. Shoes click smartly against the marble floor, beads and tassels fly, and curls bounce as students let off the last bit of steam before the semester begins on Monday.

As the night goes on, the punch and canapés are gradually replaced by hot chocolate and cider and slices of pie for dessert, as a last treat before the evening inevitably draws to a close and students are shuffled off to bed--though some may choose to linger, or sneak around the empty school after-hours, if they're daring and not quite ready to sleep.
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[personal profile] dollphilia 2016-01-17 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
It takes a few minutes, but Violette shifts a bit and grumbles as she turns over halfway and lifts up an arm covering her face to see who disturbed her. Dang it, just as she was about fall back into a deep sleep...!

"No.", is all she says, before rolling back over to try and get some sleep again.
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[personal profile] youngengineer 2016-01-17 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
"No?" Tony pulls back from being under the table and looks at the contents. He might not be near any gravy but there's a spoon in a dish of hand whipped cream that's meant to accompany various kinds of cakes and puddings. He takes the spoon and leans back under the table, holding it with cheeky intent.

"Sure you don't want that pretty little dress spoiled?"
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[personal profile] dollphilia 2016-01-18 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
'Ugh, he's not going away?' she thinks, and turns towards him again, only to see that he has whipped cream with him this time.

"..."

Violette dead-eyes the spoon, looks at Tony, and then back to it again before she gives a shrug.

"Does it matter?"
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[personal profile] youngengineer 2016-01-18 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
"Most people don't like cream stains on their clothes. And really, have you smelt cream that's been on your clothes for a few hours? Not a great smell."

With her not offering him a reaction to the whipped cream he sticks the spoon upside-down in his mouth, eating the cream it contained with a grin.
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[personal profile] dollphilia 2016-01-18 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
She returns his grin with an apathetic lineface.

"So? It's just clothes." she says, and lets out a yawn before continuing. "And it's to be expected. Bacteria and mold thrive anywhere, so it's obvious cream would break down just like that."
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[personal profile] youngengineer 2016-01-20 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
Tony just blinks at her reaction, then gives a shrug losing all interest. If she's not going to be interesting to Tony, he's hardly going to hang around. His mind won't allow for anything other than the interesting.

"You know you're right. Enjoy the dust then." Tony offers her a quick nod before letting the tablecloth he was holding fall back to the floor.