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Caritas - Thursday evening [Open]

After Daisy's visit to his apartment, Ben made his way to Caritas with a smile on his face. Tino looked curious about the smile. "Don't forget what I told you last week," Ben said. He pulled a remote control out of his pocket and pressed the button on it. Red balloons started to fall from the ceiling.

"99 Luftballons
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont
Hielt man fuer UFOs aus dem All
Darum schickte ein General
Eine Fliegerstaffel hinterher
Alarm zu geben, wenn es so war
Dabei war da am Horizont
Nur 99 Luftballons"

Sure, it was a protest song, technically. But Ben was protesting Tino's previous lack of balloons, so it still worked.

[OOC: Sorry for the lateness. I was at work extra long tonight.]

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Balloons.

BALLOONS.

Shilo came in, and sat down. "Hi. Vodka sour," she said, bluntly.

"Bad day?" Ben asked as he prepared her drink.

"I just informed my entire cabin about my love life via song," she replied, putting her elbows on the counter so she could rest her jaw on her hands. "The only way it could have been worse is if my clothes had decided to melt off my body at that exact same moment."

"Yikes," Ben said, putting Shilo's drink down on the bar. "If it helps, you're not the only person to be singing about stuff like that tonight. Misery has company."

Shilo took a sip from her drink before speaking. "It helps a little," she admitted, "although I hate to think of anyone else having to talk about male spiders dying in the pursuit of sexual gratification."

"Congratulations. You win the award for 'Thing I Least Expected to Hear Tonight,'" Ben said. "Your prize is that drink being on the house."

Shilo giggled. "Thanks... I guess."

"You're welcome," Ben said. "I also would have gotten you a trophy, but it was kind of short notice."

She grinned. "Awww. Couldn't you just make me one from an empty beer bottle and some straws?" she asked.

"If it's not gold-plated, it's not a real trophy," Ben said. "But now I want to get a real trophy like that."

Shilo covered her mouth as she started laughing even harder. "Oh God, if I ever find someone who can do gold plating, consider it done," she said once she'd composed herself.

Mary was willing to do anything to get away from having to listen to Gunther sing. And in this case, anything turned into making her AA sponsor very unhappy.

"Club soda with lime, please," she said, taking a seat at the bar.

"Don't tell me. The lime is to help you forget all the embarrassing secrets you revealed through song today," Ben said as he starrted to pour Mary's drink.

[OOC: And I'm heading to sleep in like five minutes. SP?]

"It's just there for flavor. So far I've managed to contain myself," said Mary. "I did sing in the shower, but luckily no one was around to hear me."

Aphrodite had decided it was a great night for a drink, and maybe to see what might happen at Caritas. After all, she'd actually sung a song today, in full view of several people on the street, and used her powers as well. The strange thing? No one had blinked. Except for her.

So, maybe there would be more singing at a place where it was supposed to happen.

And maybe it would be someone else. Dite stepped up to the bar and ordered a tequila sunrise.

Mary got all flustered when she saw Aphrodite, especially now that she knew who she was. But she couldn't avoid her forever. She took another sip of her drink, worked up the courage, and moved to empty bar stool next to her.

"How are your room service boys working out?"

"Mary! What a nice surprise!" She grinned at the mention of the three gorgeous guys Mary had to run room service. "Oh, they're wonderful. Javier, with his accent, and Carlos with his arms, ah! Thank you so much for doing that." She touched Mary's arm, but then reached for her drink.

"It's really good to see you. I almost thought you were avoiding me."

Her skin started to tingle again, especially as she remembered what happened the last time she was here with Aphrodite, but Mary tried to stay relaxed.

"Oh no, I haven't been avoiding you. ~~Not on purpose.~~ One of my employees came back to Fandom after being away for a while, and she asked if she could pick up an extra shift. I didn't mind cutting back just a little," she tried to explain. "And I haven't had a need for anything from your shop lately."

"Not even me?" She winked. "Seriously, I enjoyed our last evening out. Wouldn't mind doing it again, you know?" Switching the drink to her other hand, she reached over and ran a finger over Mary's knuckles. "We could take this into the back room, if you'd rather."

She was trying rather hard to ignore the sudden burst of disco music.

It took a moment for Mary to realize that she was actually singing along with the music.

"People everywhere
A sense of expectation hanging in the air
Giving out a spark
Across the room your eyes are glowing in the dark."

Hearing Mary begin to sing, 'Dite first smiled. When she heard the words, one eyebrow rose.

When she herself started to sing, she rolled her eyes.

"And here we go again, we know the start, we know the end
Masters of the scene
We've done it all before and now we're back to get some more
You know what I mean"

Without even thinking about it, she reached out a hand to take Mary's, rising from her seat.

It was odd, but having been through similar bouts of Fandom weirdness, Mary just went with it. She also stood, up, her hand in 'Dite's.

"Voulez-vous (ah-ha)
Take it now or leave it (ah-ha)
Now is all we get (ah-ha)
Nothing promised, no regrets."

"Voulez-vous (ah-ha)
Ain't no big decision (ah-ha)
You know what to do (ah-ha)
La question c'est voulez-vous

Voulez-vous..."

They weren't quite dancing yet, but Aphrodite was starting to move to the music, her hips swaying. Holding one of Mary's hands, she reached for the other.

"I know what you think
"The girl means business so I'll offer her a drink"
Feeling mighty proud
I see you leave your table, pushing through the crowd"

Sadly, there was no dance floor at Caritas, but Mary didn't care. She'd missed dancing and she'd danced with her girlfriends at Las Vegas often. Dancing with Aphrodite was no different.

"I'm really glad you came, you know the rules, you know the game
Master of the scene
We've done it all before and now were back to get some more
You know what I mean

Voulez-vous (ah-ha)
Take it now or leave it (ah-ha)
Now is all we get (ah-ha)
Nothing promised, no regrets."

There was dancing, and there was -- twirling?

"Voulez-vous (ah-ha)
Ain't no big decision (ah-ha)
You know what to do (ah-ha)
La question c'est voulez-vous

And here we go again, we know the start, we know the end
Masters of the scene
We've done it all before and now we're back to get some more
You know what I meeeeean"

And that was 'Dite pulling Mary against her before spinning her back away, keeping perfect time with the music.

There was a big smile on Mary's face, because this was actually kind of fun.

"Voulez-vous (ah-ha)
Take it now or leave it (ah-ha)
Now is all we get (ah-ha)
Nothing promised, no regrets

Voulez-vous (ah-ha)
Aint no big decision (ah-ha)
You know what to do (ah-ha)
La question cest voulez-vous

Voulez-vous..."

Edited 2009-07-17 05:46 (UTC)

Oh, fun indeed. 'Dite's smile was just as big.

"Voulez-vous (ah-ha)
Take it now or leave it (ah-ha)
Now is all we get (ah-ha)
Nothing promised, no regrets

Voulez-vous (ah-ha)
Ain't no big decision (ah-ha)
You know what to do (ah-ha)
I can still say voulez-vous"

But she had to wonder if Mary knew what the French lyrics meant.

"Voulez-vous (ah-ha, ah-ha, ah-ha)
Voulez-vous (ah-ha, ah-ha, ah-ha)"

And what the answer to the question would be.

Mary didn't know what the lyrics meant in French, but that didn't matter to her. It would be like asking who was singing the ah-has in the background.

"Voulez-vous (ah-ha, ah-ha, ah-ha)
Voulez-vous (ah-ha, ah-ha, ah-ha)

Voulez-vous (ah-ha)
Take it now or leave it (ah-ha)
Now is all we get (ah-ha)
Nothing promised, no regrets"

Once again the steps of the dance led 'Dite to pull Mary against her, but this time she kept her there, sing the last of the chorus to her, with her.

"Voulez-vous (ah-ha)
Ain't no big decision (ah-ha)
You know what to do (ah-ha)
I can still say voulez-vous."

And as the music began to fade, 'Dite smiled at the woman in her arms. "Voulez-vous." Leaning in, she kissed Mary firmly, sliding one hand up to the back of her neck, moving her lips against Mary's, letting a touch of power fill the kiss. As she pulled back, she smiled.

"Would you like to?"

Which was the question they'd been asking each other in song.

And while Mary certainly enjoyed the kiss, there were little alarm bells going off in her head. She'd promised herself after last week that she was going to take things slowly.

Or actually throw things into reverse, since she wasn't quite sure who she was dealing with.

"I... I have to go!" she said, grabbing her purse. "It was a lot of fun and I'm sure I'll see you around. Bye!"

And with that, she fled from the bar.

Aphrodite's first instinct was to stop her, but that was quickly squashed.

Instead, she stood on the floor they'd just been dancing on and watched Mary flee. Arms crossed, she stepped back to the bar and sat on her stool, reaching for her drink.

"I thought the song was fun." She sighed and took a healthy swallow of her drink.

"Betcha Max would have said yes."

Then she finished her drink and left. Alone.

BALLOONS!

BALLOONS!

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