http://puppywithatutu.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] puppywithatutu.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomtownies2011-10-22 07:14 am

Homecoming Dance | Town Hall | Saturday Evening | Post I

Glitter encrusted moosen stood guard in the entry to the transformed Town Hall, reminding all those in attendance that the night was about all things Canadian. Or things the Student Council had deemed Canadian - plus a whole lot of glitter.

Sparkly red maple leaves and paper geese hung from irridescent streamers, setting off the food tables as very much separate from the raised dance floor in case the terrifying papier-mâché beaver didn't make it obvious that the timbits were for eating. Or for dunking in the maple syrup fountain. Beyond pure sugar, there were plenty of bite-size portioned food and nonalcoholic beverages to push the theme into the bellies of all, no matter how tight the dresses!

Beyond the dance floor, the shadowy corners glowed with the twinkle of glittery maple leaf garland and a Joni Mitchell inspired moose that had been strategically positioned to look rather tragic in its lyric-covered glory. Yes, glory. For the evening was to be glorious. Or at the very least entertaining.

Welcome to your 2011 Homecoming Dance!

[ Arrive + Mingle | Photography | Drinks + Snacks | Chaperones | Dancing | Shadowy Corners | OOC | PSST: Go vote! | Post2 ]
furnaceface: (Shadowy)

Re: Arrive + Mingle | Homecoming 2011

[personal profile] furnaceface 2011-10-23 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
A question like that was going to get a slightly awkward fidget out of Jono. He wasn't really ancient or anything, but how old was too old, exactly?

//Twenty-three,// he ventured, raising his shoulder in a continuation of that fidget. //With another birthday coming up in a few months.// There was another moment of awkward silence before he ventured, //... Too fast?//

He knew time in his world was going quickly. It was just difficult to think of it that way. For him, it was Fandom being painfully, achingly slow.
trigons_child: (Glancing sideways)

Re: Arrive + Mingle | Homecoming 2011

[personal profile] trigons_child 2011-10-23 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
Raven sent him a gentle brush of comfort. "I only wish I had been able to spend more time with you over those years," she said. "Other than that it does not bother me. I am older than I seem as well."
furnaceface: (Reassured?)

Re: Arrive + Mingle | Homecoming 2011

[personal profile] furnaceface 2011-10-23 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Comfort... Oh, Raven. Jono closed his eyes for a moment, just long enough for him to picture himself leaning into that emotion the same way he would have nuzzled what was left of his face into a gentle hand. And then he nodded, opening his eyes again, looking down at her curiously.

//How much older?//

It hardly mattered to him, really. His last girlfriend's true age couldn't even conveniently be measured in centuries. But in the face of this conversation, he couldn't help but ask.
trigons_child: (Hair in face)

Re: Arrive + Mingle | Homecoming 2011

[personal profile] trigons_child 2011-10-23 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Raven hesitated a moment, biting at her lip. It wasn't exactly a pleasant reason she was older than she appeared. "About two years older," she said. "That is how much time passed while I was...away." And then several more weeks as Sebastian's captive.

She smiled at Jono, trying to make light of it. "Although the sin of Pride is almost as old as mankind, is it not? Would that make me -- what is the term for it? -- a cougar?" She learned so many new words from Rumor Gal.
furnaceface: (Aura)

Re: Arrive + Mingle | Homecoming 2011

[personal profile] furnaceface 2011-10-23 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
... Dear lord. Jono had a thing for older women. Ancient women. Ancient women who were physically younger than himself. Ancient goth women who were physically younger than himself and who happened to be physical manifestations of intangible concepts.

From DC.

//If you ever call yourself a cougar again, I'm going to be forced to just start laughing and perhaps not stop,// he decided. The jury was out on whether or not the laughing would be totally hysterical. //I'm dating th'girl. If th'sin happens to be part of th'package, then so be it.//
Edited 2011-10-23 18:13 (UTC)
trigons_child: (Black)

Re: Arrive + Mingle | Homecoming 2011

[personal profile] trigons_child 2011-10-23 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"While I like to hear you laugh, not stopping could be a problem," Raven decided. "So I shall refrain from the use of the term." Besides, she felt more like a teenager than someone thousands of years old. If she didn't have any conscious memory of it, it totally didn't count.

"Unless I think you are being too serious or somber," she added, "in which case I will use it as a secret weapon."
furnaceface: (Told you so)

Re: Arrive + Mingle | Homecoming 2011

[personal profile] furnaceface 2011-10-23 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
//Sneaky.//

Jono was quite fine with Raven being sneaky, of course. It kept things interesting.

//Dare I ask just how serious is too serious, then?//
trigons_child: (Smug (just a lil' bit))

Re: Arrive + Mingle | Homecoming 2011

[personal profile] trigons_child 2011-10-23 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"That would be telling," Raven said with a smile.

"It would depend on when and where we were." And how much the situation demanded a serious attitude. And how much in need of a laugh she thought he was.
furnaceface: (Casual conversation)

Re: Arrive + Mingle | Homecoming 2011

[personal profile] furnaceface 2011-10-23 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
//Ah, so it's conditional sneakiness, then,// Jono replied, clearly bemused. //I suppose I'll have to hold my breath and keep alert, then. Never know when a situation like that might arise, after all.//
trigons_child: (Fingers to lips)

Re: Arrive + Mingle | Homecoming 2011

[personal profile] trigons_child 2011-10-24 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
"It is either that or tickle you," Raven said sweetly. "Or if you are in a really bad mood, perhaps both."

She could be ruthless, Jono. Totally without ruth.
furnaceface: (Wtf?)

Re: Arrive + Mingle | Homecoming 2011

[personal profile] furnaceface 2011-10-24 11:12 am (UTC)(link)
Completely ruth-free!

//... I would argue that I'm not particularly ticklish, but I know better than to say something like that to you.//

Because she would kill him with empathic tickling. It wouldn't be pretty.
trigons_child: (Smile 2)

Re: Arrive + Mingle | Homecoming 2011

[personal profile] trigons_child 2011-10-24 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"Because I am a horrible cheater," Raven said, not sounding contrite about it one bit.

"But then I will kiss you until you forgive me," she added. "Will that make it all right?"
furnaceface: (Told you so)

Re: Arrive + Mingle | Homecoming 2011

[personal profile] furnaceface 2011-10-25 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
//That,// Jono decided, //would make it much, much better.//

Either that, or he'd just pass out from sheer sensory overload. One of those.
trigons_child: (Feeling sexy)

Re: Arrive + Mingle | Homecoming 2011

[personal profile] trigons_child 2011-10-25 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"I will tell you a secret," Raven said, leaning in close until her lips were right at his ear.

"I love kissing you," she whispered. "I will never tired of it."

Really, it wasn't much of a secret.
furnaceface: (With a Giiiiirl)

Re: Arrive + Mingle | Homecoming 2011

[personal profile] furnaceface 2011-10-25 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
She was going to reduce his legs to pudding, at this rate. It was pride, mostly, that let him keep his composure, quirking a sideways glance her way, not quite able to keep from smiling.

//That works out very nicely in my favour, you know...//

Just a soft kiss. Nothing really to write home about. Placed carefully on her lips, at least in his mind's eye. It lingered, though. Light and heartfelt.

//I won't ever get tired of it, either.//
trigons_child: (Tiny smile)

Re: Arrive + Mingle | Homecoming 2011

[personal profile] trigons_child 2011-10-26 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
"Good," she said with a soft happy sigh.

She pulled back but kept her arm linked with his. "I suppose we should continue inside," she said. "But promise me you will dance at least once with me tonight?"
furnaceface: (Dressed Up - With Date)

Re: Arrive + Mingle | Homecoming 2011

[personal profile] furnaceface 2011-10-26 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
//At least,// Jono agreed, nodding and walking into the hall with her.

... So many moose. And did that one have Joni Mitchell lyrics written on it?

//In fact, we might just spend most of the evening on the dance floor, if you'll let me get away with it.//

He'd missed being close to her. That was likely to become fairly apparent as the night pressed on.
trigons_child: (Smile - pleased)

Re: Arrive + Mingle | Homecoming 2011

[personal profile] trigons_child 2011-10-26 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"I did not wish to be greedy and claim you all to myself all night," Raven said, though her smile said she'd be absolutely delighted to do so. "I know there are other people you may wish to spend time with."

And friends of her own to talk to as well, though she'd happily take as much Jono time as she could get. Even if it hadn't been very long for her, she wanted to make up for the time it had been for him.