Dance, baby dance!

[belongsontv]

Who| Milla Vodello & you!
What| Milla does what she does best, have a party. She wants to get to know her fellow tributes, as well as gather information on what's going on around the Tribute Center. What better way to do it then a party and teaching people how to dance?
Where| District 11 suites common room.
When| Mid-afternoon into the evening before curfew.
Warnings/Notes| Nothing as of now, will updated as needed.

After giving her suitemates some warning- and posting on the network, Milla didn't dally in putting together something for a party. It was a bit last minute, but Milla really can't resist. Having a party on her own terms, with people wanting to come seems like a better alternative to what she's seen of the Capitol so far.

Anyone who arrives will find the place decorated with colorful banners, a table set to the side with a mixture of Brazilian and Americana food alongside that lay some canned soft drinks. Booze is distinctly lacking unless someone feels the urge to bring their own. With the few kids coming, Milla opts to play it safe.

Furniture has been pushed around to leave more floor space open for dancing. Music is already playing, though Milla has given DJ-ing rights to Davesprite, so the music is likely to go from dance to irony tracks. Either way- you can definitely dance.

Comments

Dancing

[belongsontv]

Mingling

[belongsontv]

[wizardplease]

Haruto had heard tell that the newest arrival to the District 11 apartments had her heart set on having everyone dance, and had made a point to just gently, carefully stay out of the way of it all. There was nothing about this situation that made him want to get down and shake his groove thing or... whatever. But he couldn't avoid it entirely. It was right there, adjacent to his bit of living space. So when the music finally spun up, he poked his head in to see what was what.

...hey, was that a snack table? He's just going to sidle on over to it.

[a_minute_younger]

Gary can never resist the siren's call of party music, particularly when it's from an open venue, and especially not when the venue is his own. What was about to turn into a late-afternoon downtown snack run before curfew quickly turns instead into an always-important opportunity to meet new people and enjoy himself which, of course, Gary always takes in stride.

It's been his experience that the fastest way to catch people's attention is to get in the middle of things and start dancing with them, so that's immediately what he starts doing. It helps to be simultaneously the most outrageous and embarrassing dancer in the room; Gary moves how he likes, and that doesn't always match with what the music played would suggest. There's a lot of shuffling, spinning, whooping at Davesprite's sick beats, and getting in other partygoer's personal space with a friendly bump of the shoulders or hips. At least he's enjoying himself!

Re: Mingling

[hit_girl_mindy]

OK, ok, so it made maybe NO sense that she was here. It wasn't so much that she couldn't dance (given her penchant for crime fighting and killing it was obvious she could move) but more along the lines that there was precious few things to really enjoy lately. The curfew had made her surly, the recent arena had made her disheartened, and even an attempt at a fight with Moltov had gone south. There really seemed to be less to enjoy lately, and so maybe, just maybe, a actual social outing might be a good thing.

She was only half convinced of this, but she was here anyway, wasn't she, even in decent dress up because apparently Oceana was not about to have her walk into a social function looking "a mess". Lucky her.

No seriously, lucky her, the look was pretty decent.

[hit_girl_mindy]

"Watch yourself, Dashboard!"

Mindy was still getting used to this...dance stuff. Luckily, thanks to Oceana's keen fashion sense, her dress wasn't too short or too unwieldy for her to move in, but she was still feeling incredibly awkward, and couldn't shake the feeling people were laughing at her. This made dancing and not feeling like an asshat a conflict, and being jostled wasn't a help.

[korosu]

So, this kid isn't at all dressed up for a "party", and when the nice attractive lady on the communicator said "get-together" this isn't... quite what he expected. But whatever. There wasn't any stylist this time to dress him up in some weirdass pseudo-"prison ghetto" costume, so he's quite pleased to wander onto the District 11 common area wearing the exact same clothes he had on when initially replying. Which also happen to be the same clothes he's been wearing since he got here, in essence. There's a high chance they've been laundered at least once over those past few days, but who the fuck knows?

There are people already here, making him unintentionally fashionably late. Or some shit. But Kenny's not going to join them. (Yet.) Instead, he strolls directly up to Milla and waves cheerily. She did say she'd teach him, after all.

"Heyyy."

Almost too cheerful, really.

[belongsontv]

Milla wasn't quite sure when the little parka clad boy would arrive, but she figured he wouldn't be easy to miss. She was right in that regard, the orange parka stood out against the rest of the suite considerably as he made his way over to her.

Milla readily crouches down on Kenny's level with a smile. "Darling, hello! I'm glad you could make it. I was wondering when you'd get here."

[belongsontv]

With Haruto's reaction to the party, Milla hadn't really expected the man to emerge from his room until the music had wound down and people had left. Catching sight of him paroozing the snack table just earned a soft laugh from the psychic as she walked her way over to join him.

"And here I thought you wouldn't be attending the party." She has to tease him a little.

[belongsontv]

"I was wondering when you'd get here, dear! Welcome!" Any pondering on doubts is interrupted by Milla's approach. The Brazilian woman is just as bright and bubbly as she was on her video message. She extends a gloved hand for a friendly sort of handshake.

"It's a pleasure to meet you in person. Those devices leave much to be desired when to comes to knowing who you're talking to."

[hit_girl_mindy]

"Yeah, I can definitely see that," Mindy agreed, still wondering how all of this was going to gel together. "Nice to meet you, Milla. Uh. So how exactly is all of this going to work?"

Oh, right, shaking hands. She did that hastily, looking a little out of sorts.

[wizardplease]

Drat. He's busted. But he's playing it off as smoothly as he can, laughing as he snatches up a cookie. "I'm not allowed to take a look at what's happening on my own floor?" He can tease right back, lady. It's one of his many wizardy skills.

[belongsontv]

"With the face you made when I mentioned it- I am within my rights to tease you a little, baby!" She says with a easy sort of laugh and flip of her hair.

[belongsontv]

Milla for her part doesn't comment on the uncertainty and hastiness of the shake. She breezily continues, gesturing with her hands as she talks. "There is the main party- if you want to just talk with people or eat. Or you can dance. I'm teaching one or two people certain things. Or merely just dancing with them for fun."

[hit_girl_mindy]

"So what do I do when I wanna dance? I'm good with mingling, but I did come here so I wouldn't look like an idiot when I have to pretend to be sociable. When are you starting that?"

[a_minute_younger]

Surely Gary's baseline teasing will improve Mindy's soured mood significantly. At least he seems to think so. "Watch yourself, Primadonna!" The teen laughs and aims another gentle shove with his hip. "A guy with my perfect hourglass figure's gotta have room to move, ya know?"

[hit_girl_mindy]

"When you see a guy like that, let me know," Mindy quipped, casting him a dour look. She was actually feeling a little better now, seeing him: he was a pain in the ass, but at least he was an enjoyable pain in the ass.

Closed to Milla

[actually112]

Aang sits at the sidelines, but not because he's shy. He's staring intently at all the new dances around him, trying to get a sense of how everyone else does it. He doesn't want to randomly jump in with his world's dances when that's clearly not the theme.

When he notices Milla, he perks up, giving her a bright smile. "Hi! It's Milla, right?"

[korosu]

It's a bit odd, not really something he's used to, the crouching closer to his level. But Kenny's not exactly about to complain. Blinking a couple of times, he grins a little-- it's hidden beneath the confines of that hood, but at least it reaches his eyes.

"Yep! There's no way I'd miss out on this!"

[belongsontv]

The psychic perks up considerably herself when she sees Aang, all sunshine when she gladly moves over to properly greet the boy. She had to admit, he was cuter in person. "That'd be right, darling! I'm so glad you came to my party! I was hoping I'd get a chance to dance with you."

[belongsontv]

"Flatterer!" She says with a laugh, smiling brightly back at the young boy. "Now, what kind of dances do you want to learn sweetie? Or should I surprise you?"

[wizardplease]

There's a moment where he's flinching back at being called 'baby', of all things, but his cool and relaxed face is right back up in moments. "I'm just not sure that this place puts me in the mood for dancing." It's said with a smile, but he's quite serious. (And he has to wonder, sometimes, if he's the only one that's serious, here....)

[korosu]

"Ummm ... surprise me!"

With his own freed of their gloves--for once--he reaches for the woman's hands. She's gonna have to stand up again in order to actually lead him, of course, but he's pretty eager regardless.

[belongsontv]

"We'll start with a favorite of mine then, dear. The Samba." She offers Kenny's hand a gentle paternal squeeze before she rises back to her usual height. "I know how to Samba by heart."

[belongsontv]

That flinch doesn't go unnoticed, affectionate pet names might just be off the list for Haruto. Milla's smile is still genuine, even if she speaks very softly. "Sometimes, you need to find a little levity in a nasty situation, or you'll fall apart completely."