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As Desperation Day dances went, this was probably not the most tacky ever. Of course given that it was Desperation Day, so tacky really went with the territory.

There was glitter, oh, was there ever glitter in a multitude of sparkly colours. But even more so, it seemed that the decorators had taken the 'Hearts Afire' theme literally as large cut out hearts adorned the walls. Each with a tissue paper 'flame' bursting from the top of it. Streamers in all shades of pink twisted across the ceiling, forming almost a canopy. Which hopefully would not be literally set afire. The Fire Department would probably disapprove of that. Also a lot of people's dresses would be ruined.

Let's stay away from any literal fire, okay, guys?

[Up early for timezones. ~~Wait for the~~ OCD ~~or I will STAB YOU, OKAY?~~ is up! And thre'll be a second post up later if this one gets insanely large (well, hell, why even say 'if')]

And the magic links: Arrival/Mingling | Punch and Food | Shadowy Corners | Chaperones | Dance Floor | OOC

[It never said Friday. Rly.]

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"There are dark corners here," he pointed out, tipping his head to one side just because that felt nice, no denying it. "And I'm sure I could have some pleasant experiences with anyone out there in these dark corners."

Yes, still being stubborn and yes, being deliberately jerky with some of his comments just to see if he could provoke her. Sometimes it was difficult but he did like to try.

"Since when have you settled for pleasant?" Still calm, for the moment. Considering their little arrangement was largely due to his pushing, Effy doubted he'd break it this fast just to provoke her.

"Since when have I been predictable?" he retorted, raising an eyebrow. "I'll settle for anything I feel like settling for, pleasant or otherwise."

Definitely trying to get a rise out of her now. Hopefully he'd just be able to reign it in before it stepped over the line.

"Pleasant can have many meanings."

"Be a shame if you did," she said, dragging that finger up his neck, behind his ear and around. "Settle." Because that sounded kind of fucking boring and would leave her at a loose end after all this. "Have to find someone else to entertain me.

"And I want you," she said, making sure to ennunciate every word on that last part.

It was always kind of heady to hear that from her since she wasn't one to outright say things like that. That sort of thing usually fell to him. Still, her opening it up a bit had him relaxing some and even reaching out to rest a hand against her hip.

"What do you want me for?" he asked, tone teasing this time. Nothing deep or meaningful here, just a fun game and just seeing what she'd say. "Just your entertainment for the night?"

"Maybe tomorrow, too," she told him, smirking now she really thought she was getting somwhere here.

And yeah, he was a little more than just entertainment to her. Shut up.

"What, you want me to be your Valentiiiiiiiiine?" he asked, lengthening that word for effect and smirking. "Take a special person to get me to stay that long."

Yeah right, he'd done it with her before. It didn't take much more than her giving some indication that she wanted him there. And she'd already done that.

"Think that's you?"

Effy shook her head mildly, choosing to firmly ignore that Valentine's jibe. "Already know it is," she said instead. Still had confidence in that, oh yes, for all the reasons he was already aware of.

Alex grinned and curled his fingers tighter against her hip. "Then, maybe you should get to showing me why. Wouldn't want to get stolen away to be another person's entertainment for the weekend."

"No," Effy agreed, tightening her grip on his shirt and dropping the other hand to do the same and backing away to tug him towards the door. "Wouldn't want that."

Didn't much feel like taking any risks on that count. Liked it much more when her plans panned out and he stuck with her, thanks.

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