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The Devil's Nest - Thursday 3/22

Neil whistled good naturedly as he came into the Nest for his night's work. He waved to Mazikeen as he gathered up some clean bar towels and headed behind the bar.

Tonight's cleaning theme seemed to be all about sweeping the Nest out from wall to wall and if the music playing in the dance area just happened to cause Neil to dance with his mop, well...really he couldn't annoy Mazikeen any more than he already did, right?

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Before he got to dancing with the mop, Neil spent some time cleaning down the bar from one end to the other.

That brass rail could land aircraft, honest it could.

Parker stopped by the bar for a refill once she started getting tired. "Diet Coke with lime, please. Hey Neil."

"Good evening, Parker." Neil said with a cheerful grin.

Flipping the towel he'd been wiping across the pristine bar with up over his shoulder, Neil pulled down a glass, iced it and filled it with the requested soda before neatly hooking a slice of lime to the lip.

"There you go! Have a good time out on the floor?"

"Awesome. I really wish Caritas would get one, but what can you do?" Parker shrugged and settled in with her soda, taking a small sip before taking the lime and dipping it in the drink. "The music is great. I saw you enjoying yourself earlier."

"Ahh, well...it helps give both bars a unique flavor?" Neil suggested as he went back to cleaning off bottles.

Parker's comment caused him to chuckle and blush a bit.

"Well, my partner didn't seem to complain," he said with a wink, since...well when was the last time you heard a mop complain?

"True enough. The other bar that was open for a while was mainly distinguished by its grunginess," Parker admitted, then grinned as she looked at the mop. "Might as well find your own fun while you're stuck at work, and can't hit the dance floor yourself. Just like I'm trying to." She took a quick lick of the lime, and swayed to the music as K.T. Tunstall started up.

Neil grinned, dark eyes twinkling.

"Who says I can't?"

Parker's eyes lit up, and she looked around, then said, "Your boss? But if he's not here...." She held out her hand and wiggled her fingers, looking hopeful.

Wriggling his eyebrows, Neil put down the bottle he was cleaning and the bar towel and came out from behind the bar.

Already picking up the rhythm of the music as he approached, he reached out his hand towards Parker.

"No harm, no foul...shall we?"

"Definitely!" Parker was good and let him take the lead as "Black Horse and A Cherry Tree" started up, since she had no idea how good a dancer he was, and tango-moves were for boyfriends and best-friends-with-training who could take that kind of thing.

Neil bowed slightly at the waist and lead Parker back out onto the dance floor. (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomtownies/1531098.html?thread=68565210#t68565210)

The chairs were all brushed up to within an inch of their lives and he cleaned and polished every bit of wood in the place.

Careful to clean around Lucifer, if the owner of the Nest was about tonight.

In a sort of celebration of spring, Neil had bouncy and upbeat music playing tonight, despite the look of death he got from Mazikeen.

Or maybe that was a look of disgust as he boogied down with a mop, hard to tell.

River had to bail due to injuries. Parker decided to do enough dancing for both of them.

Well it's 3a.m. I'm out here driving again
Through the wicked winding streets of my world
I take a wrong turn break it but I'm too far gone
I've got a siren on my tale and that's not the fine
I'm looking for

I see a stairway so I follow it down
Into the belly of a whale
Where my secrets echo all around
You know me now but to do better than that
You've got to follow me
Boy I'm trying to show you where I'm at

Hey pretty
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
Through my world
Hey pretty
Don't you wanna kick and slide with me
Through my world....

Shimmy and twirl and dance and don't think, don't think at all.

Actually to his credit, Neil had grown up learning how to dance ballroom, which included foxtrot, waltz, tango and being a child of his generation he'd learned dances like the jitterbug and Lindy hop to Western swing from his peers.

Properly leading Parker out onto the floor, like a young gentleman was expected to do, Neil gracefully took the lead. Again, his upbringing came into play in that his hands behaved themselves, even as he lead Parker through gradually more intricate and fast timed dance steps, learning her skill level and upping the anty as the music played along.

Parker glee'd as Neil starting doing more complicated steps, and spun away, then back, smiling in delight.

Well my heart knows me better than I know myself
So I'm gonna let it do all the talking.
I came across a place in the middle of nowhere
With a big black horse and a cherry tree.

"Dip me?" she asked, voice raised above the music.

"As the lady wishes," Neil responded and he drew Parker close to stabalize both their footwork and bring their balanc into sync so that when he turned and swung her into a deep dip, she felt secure in his arms, despite his lanky apperance.

Though he lead, it was a dance style that was all about making his partner feel like the one in control, like queen of the world and Neil obviously had fun with it when he was out on the dance floor.

Parker laughed and was dipped, enjoying herself hugely, and did some impromptu free-dancing around Neil on the next verse, then spun back to a semi-waltz. "Thanks! I like dancing alone, but it's more fun with a partner. All of my usual buddies are off being angstful for the night."

Neil laughed as Parker danced around him and he danced in place as she made her circuit, ready for when she was back in step with the partner dancing once more.

"Some nights are like that I suppose but I agree, much more fun to dance with a partner so I am happy to oblige."

[ooc: Tearing apart doorways, afk for a few hours!]

Parker stepped sideways and back, relaxed and happy. "And this keeps me from having to hit up a stranger for dance-time. Not enough guys understand 'I want to dance, not a date' as quickly as they could. So this is fun for me."

I'll be AFK till later this evening, mod Mazikeen if you need immediate service before then.

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