[OPEN] The monster mash

[theearth]

Who: Badri and YOU.
What: Impromptu halloween masquerade
When: Halloween night, 10pm onwards
Where: A wedding chapel in Vegas. Y-yeah.
Warnings: None - shoot me a PM if anything needs adding!


[ Any of the Numbered who have set foot outside today are likely to have seen some of the rather unique posters plastered around on every available building/lamppost/fence/beloved family pet. Observe the glitter-saturated horror. ]



[ Y E A H. Regardless of which echo boundary they're in, the notices are everywhere. Some lucky Numbered may even have had one shoved into their mailbox! GOSH. There's also an address for a weddng chapel in Vegas (confusing many Fussen locals in particular) and a note that masks are mandatory and will be provided to people who don't already have one. How considerate!

C'mon, Numbered Specials. Party with Badri and forget all the horrid stressful things that are happening. ]

Comments

[charcoalfeather]

Oh, no. It's just that I was just too worried... I guess.

[About what, she couldn't really decide on. There was the obvious answer of "Raye would not take it well" but there was also "I've never done this before at all and my own insecurities were dragging me down".

Such was life.

The wait for Raye's next reply was quiet. It was entirely up to her what happened next, and Rakka wasn't going to complain, not after everything else that had happened. It was a little amusing that they'd both shed their masks. It was probably symbolic in some way, but Rakka didn't bother to think about that.

Of course, with the masks off, Rakka's surprised look as she was pulled closer to Raye was much more apparent. Nerves were at an all time high now, and the emotions in Rakka's chest could barely be contained.]

...[Still, she smiled brightly, probably the largest smile she'd had in weeks.] Yeah, I'd like that. You're getting good at this.

[guitar_case_vagabond]

Right.

[It's not that it isn't fair to worry about. Go back just a little in time and Raye might not have reacted quite the same. But things weren't the same between then and now, she'd lost a lot, nearly lost her life all together. It made her not want to let things slip away so easily, and even if she might be a little unsure, what she knows now is holding Rakka like this... she feels better.

The hurt and anger over what happened, and the guilt of what she'd put her friends through because of it, it's not gone but right now at this moment, it just feels better.]

I'm not too sure about that. [Rakka's smile brings one to her face as well, a touch smaller but no less genuine. It's nice to see and some of her nerves dissolve, enough at least to let her arm settle around Rakka's back a little more comfortably and actually start taking a couple of steps with the music again.] Let me give that leading thing a try.

[charcoalfeather]

[It was part of Rakka's plan all along. She had seen Rsye lose so much recently, and she knew Raye would try to muscle through it, no matter how bad things were. Whether she would have admitted it or not, she needed someone to be there for her.

And Rakka wanted to be there for her. It felt right, in a way. A guardian angel of sorts.]

Uh? [She found herself momentarily flustered by Raye's smile. It had been a while since she'd seen her do that. She gave a nod though.] Sure, go ahead.

[Settling into the groove, Rakka made herself comfortable against Raye as they danced. She knew that there was no way this would fix all their problems.

But, for now, it helped.]