Teenagers Scare the Living Sh*t Outta Me

Sage was relieved beyond belief that she no longer had to keep drinking. She wanted to focus on other aspects of the party. Sage had never been one to fit in with a party, but she was going to try to do better now. Not being able to let loose was something she was done being teased about. So that was one thing Evie was right about. Sage needed to forget about her worries.

Also, Evie and Seyyal were most definitely drunk. Sage knew how to handle Seyyal, but Evie seemed beyond her abilities.

"Never heard of Lord of the Ring before, so that reference is lost on me. But I do understand dancing. Out of the three of us, I think I will fare the best at that aspect of the party." A smirk rose up on Sage's face. With her tired eyes, it made her look more confident in her dancing abilities than she was. Like Seyyal and Evie were nothing compared to her. But Sage wasn't a dancer at all. Liking to dance didn't make her good at it. But she was fairly certain her mediocre skills could outperform two drunk people.

"Awww, you're so shyy!" Madeline said, laughing again as she wrapped an arm around Jazz's shoulders. She might have also been using Jazz to support some of her weight. It was becoming increasingly apparent that the alcohol was hitting her. "That's ok. I don't need a nerd herd. We can go find our own dance corner, where we don't need to worry about a girl with 8 tails accidentally slapping you across the face with them every couple seconds."

She paused. "...They were so fluffy though! Like I just wanted to bury my face in them, you know? So she wasn't thaaat bad... uh, bye nerd herd!" she waved at the group that had formed around them, and once again pulled Jazz off in a new direction.

And thus their next choice of action was decided. Evie didn’t want to leave the drinks but, well, she was drunk enough to be at least satisfied for the moment. She realigned herself in the air and grinned.

“Soooounds like a plan!” She laughed, her own words slurring. “To the dance floor!”

She then proceeded to float across the room to the dance floor, flying right over Maddie’s head as she pulled Jazz away. After a dramatic spin in the air, she landed in an unoccupied spot amongst the dancers and turned to face them with confidence that the alcohol only improved. And then she danced.

She danced…well, she danced better than one might expect, actually. She was definitely uncoordinated, and just a little bit off beat from the music, but her powers left her light on her feet and far more balanced than a drunk person should be. Not to mention, she was clearly still energetic, bobbing and swaying to the music without a care.

Evie flashed a smirk at the two of them and winked, gesturing for them both to come and join her. She gave a particularly challenging look to Sage, she could talk to talk, Evie wanted to see if she walked the walk.

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The two of them were so drunk. Evie more so. It would've been hilarious if Sage wasn't so naturally so focused on staying aware. So it was only funny enough to get a few chuckles out of her.

And Evie was pretty good at dancing. Surprisingly so. Sage somewhat regretted her choice of words. The music and the "vibe" here were different than back home. She was also unfamiliar with this world's way of dancing. It was time to improvise.

Improvisation on the battleground was key to winning a battle. Here, however, it was different. Sage tried to copy Evie's floaty movements but couldn't manage. The best she could do was swaying her hips and shoulders, mimicking a (very amateur) bellydancer. Her soberness certainly didn't assist with her tenseness.

"You make this look so easy," she said to Evie. Turning her body to her close friend, she faked an annoyed tone. "Seyyal! This can't be fair, yes? I'm certain she's using her powers, and unfortunately, I left my Vial of Enhanced Dancing back home."

Azucena just sighed and flashed Alma a slightly apologetic look when Cyril shrugged it off, just standing a bit awkwardly between Bel and Lyric as Cyril socialized with an ease she had to envy. Taking a sip of her drink, Azu piped up when asked about local bands.

"My sister Tanzi is a sound mixer, and well, she loves playing with music, and because of her, local bands are what I kinda know the best," she explained somewhat shyly, though starting to feel the alcohol in her White Russian starting to take hold.

"Wow, I did not know that, Azu. That's really cool," Bel said, obviously impressed at Azucena's confession. Then looking at Cyril and then to Alma, she shook her blonde head. "Sorry, I am still not overly familiar with the local music scene here. What type of music do they play?" she asked the group as she unconsciously brushed a lock of her long hair behind her ear.

Evie, shameless cheater that she was, simply grinned at Sage's complaints. She crossed her arms in front of her, before leaning her entire body forward until she was standing at a blatantly impossible 45-degree angle. A move clearly only possible by adjusting her gravity.

"If you're gonna step to the queen you gotta bring everything ya got!" She cackled, looking smug. "Come ooooooon, you gotta loosen up! Both of you!"

She then reversed directions, changing gravity until she stood straight again, then continuing to move back until she was leaning in the opposite direction. Evie rested her hands on the back of her head, looking as if she was leaning against an invisible wall. She smirked at them, still looking smug, her whole expression and demeanour seemed to say 'impress me'.

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