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deercountry2022-12-03 05:49 pm
strongroots) wrote in deercountry2022-12-03 05:49 pm
[CLOSED-ISH (people can be bumped into!)] it's shopping time, girls
Who: 2B (robussy) and Chizuru (tealeafs) , and their pals (including Robby's (strongroots)): Scorpia (cuddlery), Vi (faceblocks), Jinx (opheliac), Tory Nichols (abornfighter), Saeri (inkedspell), Ruby Rose (onekindsoul), Ezra (ezra_of_lothal),
When: 2nd December
Where: Starting in Wilful Machine and ending in Cellar Door!
Content Warnings: N/A, will be added if/when relevant.
( toplevels: scorpia - vi - jinx - robby - 2b )
The cold weather of November and light brush of snow has smothered the streets well into chillier mornings come December, and only threatening to layer more the deeper into the month it gets. For now, the snow it...somewhat manageable; shovelled and pressed down from the busier streets by foots and hooves, and the market stalls are determined by how daring the sellers are feeling, and if luck is on their side.
Mostly, it's the time of the month when you have better luck owning a store front, putting out a light that you're accepting customers, and hope they come to you for the month.
A certain group is. Or a certain group will try. Heading to their meeting spot in the Wilful Machine is at least easy when using lamp travel, meeting them at the canals that will certainly lose their business for the month and the water freezes. Some busy work was done beforehand to find out potential visits that would be keeping their doors open, and to gather a variety in selection for tastes to be explored. After all, how can you know what you like when you don't have options?
CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES
→ The catalogues have been changed to match the season, cloaks and warming outfits illustrated in their pages, with some examples on display and available on a rack, if you can fit into them. Tailors are all too happy to help in sharing how they can offer different colours, certain bloodstones to add warmth, or to make certain cloaks lighter, but no less effective in keeping off the cold; and oh, are you thinking about secret compartments for your blades? There's plenty.
There's always something for everyone: modest skirt-pants, turtle-neck dresses, stylised jackets, and even more colourful options. And are we going to miss out on the boots and more boots shopping? Please. Don't forget to accessorise too, from necklaces, bracelets, and whatever else might catch your eye.
HAIR, NAILS, AND SKIN
→ Finding the right outfit is good, but we can't forget the other essentials in dressing up: Yourself. Getting your hair recoloured on the spur of a day out might be too much--or, is it? There's options, from short buzz cuts to examples of what's in fashion. Some products even have paleblood in it to give hair that extra wow in the dark (and you bet hey loved the glow of the blood last month!). The same goes for the nail polishes, the selections ranging from bright to night-black to luminous. Those who offer nail products also offer to do nails right there, and even with a hand massage; and even those who will do your make-up will throw in a relaxing facial beforehand, if you find the right spot (and are willing to barter the right goods).
There's no one style for all in these establishments, with the only limits being what you dare to try and your imagination. Feeling gender-neutral today? Well, aren't you in luck.
FOOD, DRINKS, AND DANCE
→ There's the cafés along the way during this day out that may catch one's (or a few) eyes for a quick drink to warm one up, a certain smell to draw a person in (is that freshly cooked herby bread? Heck yes). But as the day goes on, the night drawing in earlier these days, there is a place to put an end to this shopping trip (and once purchases have been securely put away): dinner, drinks, and a floor for dance. People are free to come and go as they please with the group, but there's a table waiting for any to come in a nice cosy tavern, for people to show up again in their newer outfits, should they please. It's a good time for chatting, relaxing, to do it off their feet; to get rosy off some drink if that's their flavour.
And then the end of it will take them to one last stop: into Cellar Door. Their cheeks might be freezing by the time they get there, but the dance clubs are always warm and alive, buzzing as soon as you walk in. It might be busy on the dance-floor, but there's booths available, spots where those unused to the activity can get up their courage, ... or take advantage of the very pretty drinks they serve here.
Maybe it's not your scene, or you can give anything a go once -- in the end, what matters is that you had fun.
( ooc: hey gang, hope this write-up helps with making toplevels!! please feel free to bring up any fashions or styles, the above pics were just examples. There's no real set places being visited, and your character doesn't have to be around for every single thing. 👍👍 )
robussy) and Chizuru (tealeafs) , and their pals (including Robby's (strongroots)): Scorpia (cuddlery), Vi (faceblocks), Jinx (opheliac), Tory Nichols (abornfighter), Saeri (inkedspell), Ruby Rose (onekindsoul), Ezra (ezra_of_lothal), - --and whoever the else wants to come along, it's ok i'm not watching the door to this thread, feel free to bump into the shopping gang if u really want!!
When: 2nd December
Where: Starting in Wilful Machine and ending in Cellar Door!
Content Warnings: N/A, will be added if/when relevant.
The cold weather of November and light brush of snow has smothered the streets well into chillier mornings come December, and only threatening to layer more the deeper into the month it gets. For now, the snow it...somewhat manageable; shovelled and pressed down from the busier streets by foots and hooves, and the market stalls are determined by how daring the sellers are feeling, and if luck is on their side.Mostly, it's the time of the month when you have better luck owning a store front, putting out a light that you're accepting customers, and hope they come to you for the month.
A certain group is. Or a certain group will try. Heading to their meeting spot in the Wilful Machine is at least easy when using lamp travel, meeting them at the canals that will certainly lose their business for the month and the water freezes. Some busy work was done beforehand to find out potential visits that would be keeping their doors open, and to gather a variety in selection for tastes to be explored. After all, how can you know what you like when you don't have options?
CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES
→ The catalogues have been changed to match the season, cloaks and warming outfits illustrated in their pages, with some examples on display and available on a rack, if you can fit into them. Tailors are all too happy to help in sharing how they can offer different colours, certain bloodstones to add warmth, or to make certain cloaks lighter, but no less effective in keeping off the cold; and oh, are you thinking about secret compartments for your blades? There's plenty.
There's always something for everyone: modest skirt-pants, turtle-neck dresses, stylised jackets, and even more colourful options. And are we going to miss out on the boots and more boots shopping? Please. Don't forget to accessorise too, from necklaces, bracelets, and whatever else might catch your eye.
HAIR, NAILS, AND SKIN
→ Finding the right outfit is good, but we can't forget the other essentials in dressing up: Yourself. Getting your hair recoloured on the spur of a day out might be too much--or, is it? There's options, from short buzz cuts to examples of what's in fashion. Some products even have paleblood in it to give hair that extra wow in the dark (and you bet hey loved the glow of the blood last month!). The same goes for the nail polishes, the selections ranging from bright to night-black to luminous. Those who offer nail products also offer to do nails right there, and even with a hand massage; and even those who will do your make-up will throw in a relaxing facial beforehand, if you find the right spot (and are willing to barter the right goods). There's no one style for all in these establishments, with the only limits being what you dare to try and your imagination. Feeling gender-neutral today? Well, aren't you in luck.
FOOD, DRINKS, AND DANCE
→ There's the cafés along the way during this day out that may catch one's (or a few) eyes for a quick drink to warm one up, a certain smell to draw a person in (is that freshly cooked herby bread? Heck yes). But as the day goes on, the night drawing in earlier these days, there is a place to put an end to this shopping trip (and once purchases have been securely put away): dinner, drinks, and a floor for dance. People are free to come and go as they please with the group, but there's a table waiting for any to come in a nice cosy tavern, for people to show up again in their newer outfits, should they please. It's a good time for chatting, relaxing, to do it off their feet; to get rosy off some drink if that's their flavour.And then the end of it will take them to one last stop: into Cellar Door. Their cheeks might be freezing by the time they get there, but the dance clubs are always warm and alive, buzzing as soon as you walk in. It might be busy on the dance-floor, but there's booths available, spots where those unused to the activity can get up their courage, ... or take advantage of the very pretty drinks they serve here.
Maybe it's not your scene, or you can give anything a go once -- in the end, what matters is that you had fun.
( ooc: hey gang, hope this write-up helps with making toplevels!! please feel free to bring up any fashions or styles, the above pics were just examples. There's no real set places being visited, and your character doesn't have to be around for every single thing. 👍👍 )
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just once, she looks around the club - making sure d's not here. which is silly - because she'd feel him. well, if word travels she'll deal with it then. #worthit.
vi looks at saeri with a bit of doubt. sure, she can try. she might even pull it off, but it's hard to imagine what's more embarrassing than this. then again, sometimes it feels like the pthumerians really do get their little shots in. yeah, they run the show, but maybe they like to popcorn.gif while it's on once in a while. can omens ...fuck with this randomizer? because ...wow.]
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Then she sees the song. Well, fuck. She could insist a change, but doing that would be saying it means something. And this being Vi means she would know exactly why, exactly what. After all the levels of vulnerability they have cycled through, going back and forth on...can she really give in that much?
Hell, no.]
They've got a theme tonight.
[But she doesn't hesitate to snag that mic and shift around to the little stage and plops the mic back onto the stand. She blocks out whoever else could be watching, focuses on the music as it starts to play and manages to only let out a nervous chuckle right before she starts.]
… I love myself
I want you to love me
When I feel down
I want you above me
I search myself
I want you to find me
I forget myself
I want you to remind me
I don't want anybody else
When I think about you
I touch myself
Oh, I don't want anybody else
Oh no, oh no, oh no
[Her voice has a bit of rasp to it when she sings, which works for the song, but she's trying not to take it too seriously. She works that mic stand too, running her fingers all over it and back up the mic, intentionally suggestive, but in an overdramatic way. She doesn't want this to get too deep. She wants it fun and easy and to not think about how honest these lyrics are...]
You're the one who makes me come runnin'
You're the sun who makes me shine
When you're around, I'm always laughin'
I want to make you miiiiine...
[By the end of the song she's dancing around the stage with the mic stand, her hands all over it, but someone might notice that she doesn't touch herself a single time during the entire song until the end when she runs her hands through her hair and tugs on it just a bit when she keeps singing "I touch myself." Yeah that's all you're getting from her just to keep this PG...13-ish.]
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she's committed to this bit, and she's seeing it through - but notably keeping her hands off herself - and vi can't decide if she's relieved or disappointed. maybe the answer is somewhere in the middle? or maybe it's both. there's a definite eyebrow raise at the song's conclusion, her hands in her hair ...that's something vi hadn't known she'd wanted to see.
yes, her ridiculously hot friend is singing this on stage - it makes sense that she'd feel something: she's not dead. and she has eyes, thank you very much.]
Definitely a theme. And I owe you a round of shots for that one.
[a bit of a gesture to several patrons, some stealing glances over, some still staring.]
I think you won. Let me get this right, though. When you think about me and touch yourself, it's a facepalm isn't it?
[grin.]
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[She doesn't touch alcohol. After one Not-So-Great experience as an underage person doing something she shouldn't have, she's very much not going to touch alcohol ever. But she's not going to get into that right now, instead sliding up to the table with Vi with a too pleased smirk.]
But that is quite an assumption. Maybe I should have picked "You probably think this song is about you, don't you, don't you."
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her grin's a smirk and she's laughing through it.]
Maybe you should have. I bet you would have killed it. The hair pulling? A plus. That and the uh, mic. You've got fans now.
[a little wave to the patrons still looking their way, because why not.]
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When Vi points out the other patrons, it's like Saeri really notices them for the first time. She sees the ones laugh, one of them even waves. She's struck by a strange sense of...she doesn't know what, it's not something she's used to feeling. Her cheeks are hot, her hand comes up to brush some of her curls back behind her ear again, thick as they are when twisted and pulled to one side.]
Oh yeah? They'll have to settle for their voyeuristic entertainment. I was performing for an audience of one.
[Perfect save, right there.]
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It was Robby, wasn't it? Was it his eyeliner? 'Cause I did that liner and if I do say so myself, it's fucking fantastic.
[yeah, just playing it off like she doesn't know who else her friend could mean.]
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You're right! It's so on point, I'm jealous. If I wasn't so gay rainbows are too tame for me, I'd be looking. You definitely have the right touch.
[See what she did there, Vi, haha.]