young hunks taking shots stripping down to dirty socks music up getting hot kiss me

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CHARACTERS: Who's that giiiiiiiiiiirl... it's anybody!
LOCATION: Space Babylon; it's still open for regular business so even if you're not there for the vampire party planner, it's all good.
WARNINGS: DRINKING? Language, most likely. Potential drug use. ( will update as needed )
SUMMARY: YAY KLAUS IS GONE let's party like we could have died at any moment for months upon months.
NOTES: I have no excuse for this cop out of a log.





❝ PARTY ON, WAYNE ❞

❝ PARTY ON, GARTH ❞

Comments

mingling around - so open you have no idea

[talkstoengines]

[Kaylee is just really excited for the excuse to wear her layer cake dress, she is wearing a bright grin to match it and moving around the room, waving excitedly to everyone she knows and basically everyone she doesn't know, too. She'll talk to anyone, offer anyone a drink, or even a dance if they're so inclined and don't mind possibly having their toes stepped on.

Or she could just talk your ear off about engines, too.]

[astrogate]

[ Kara has never been one to just go to a party - opting instead to just make her own fun when she could - it was easier that way.

But for some frakken reason, Kara had the urge to see what all the hoopla was all about this time.

So here she was glancing around the bar, a look of mild annoyance spreading across her lips (what the frak kind of music is this) as she took in the sights.

That is until... she spotted Kaylee.

...what the frak is she wearing? ]

Where'd you get that thing? [ she asked with a hint of amusement as she approached the girl, her lips curling slightly in the corner. ]

[talkstoengines]

[Kaylee's grin is just as bright for Kara as it is for everyone else - and her question doesn't alter that state, either. Instead, she twirls around to show it off fully.]

Like it? Got it on Persephone, Cap'n once got invited to a fancy party, he took me along to make him look respectable.

[astrogate]

[ the look she gave kaylee at that, was more amusingly surprised than anything as she nodded slightly in understanding. because...really?

What the frak kind of world did this girl come from? ]

It's interesting alright. [ she said with a faint smirk, not wanting to be outright insulting to the girl, but still not able to hide her amusement - she did seem to love the frakken thing after all. ]

I take it your parties aren't exactly like these ones here, huh?

[talkstoengines]

The one on Persephone was real fancy, not usually the sorta thing I go to. They had a floating chandelier! [Kaylee is enthusiastic as always, waving her hands a bit as she talks.]

[astrogate]

[ Kara isn't able to hide the strangeness she finds in that - not that she would have really tried to hide it - but whatever, it's strange. And all she can do is slowly nodded for a moment; her eyes drifting around the room again as she slowly took it all in again. ]

I guess things are a bit different from back home. [ she stated, more for herself than anything as her attention turned back on to Kaylee. ]

Bit of a culture shock, huh?

[talkstoengines]

It's not so bad. For me, anyway. I'm used to bein' in the black, been traveling around for over a year. Others don't seem to be so lucky.

Re: mingling around - so open you have no idea

[doc_pompous]

[Unlike Kaylee, Simon had not been gifted any clothing upon arriving on the ship--which is okay by him, but when she invited him to a party and said she'd be wearing her dress...it sort of made him wish he had something other than the black jumpsuit.

Luckily, that dress sticks out like a sore thumb, and it proves something of a relief that Simon can find Kaylee so easily. When he enters the club and picks her out of the crowd, he's quick to sidle up, managing to look incredibly stiff about attending such a gathering.]

So this is...the party.

[talkstoengines]

[And of course, when Simon appears he gets the extra-special smile that Kaylee pretty much reserves only for him (and possibly occasionally Serenity's engine on a really good day).]

Hey you! This is it. Just drinkin' and dancin'. [The 90s Earth club music is something else, though. Kaylee sort of tries to move to it, but she can't quite figure out how, so she stops after a bit.] Wonder what they call this kinda music.

[doc_pompous]

Just drinking and dancing, okay.

[He nods along, still scoping out the place, and deciding right then and there that if Kaylee can't move to the music, he certainly won't be able to.]

I'm not sure how good I'll be at the dancing, but I can...can I get you something to drink?

[talkstoengines]

[She grins.] I'm not much of a dancer, either. I just like watching.

A drink would be great, though! Wonder if they got any decent whiskey.

[doc_pompous]

I'm sure you're great. Better than me, anyway.

[He pauses at that, glancing over the the bar.]

Something like whiskey, maybe.

[Space moonshine is what he's anticipating.]

Let's go take a look, I'll get you something.

[talkstoengines]

Not with this kinda music. Never heard anything like this before. [She laughs, and takes his arm. She almost needs the help, her skirt is so big and the bar is so crowded.]

Lead the way, Doctor.

[doc_pompous]

[Her dress, ridiculous as it is, is certainly endearing, and he finds comfort in the familiarity of it--in the familiarity of Kaylee, their arms linked, her indomitable cheerfulness.

Strange, from-another-era music aside, he knows how these sorts of things work, and orders drinks for both of them, presenting her with a glass before taking a sip of his own.

His facial expression probably says it all.]

Well, um. I'm sure it's the best they can do, out here.

[talkstoengines]

[She takes a little sniff, then shrugs and drinks. No problem, really.]

Better than mudders' milk!

[Yep, that's Kaylee. Glass is always half full.]

[doc_pompous]

I'll give them that. It's...better than liquid bread.

[Look he's gonna try again, even. MAYBE THIS TIME HE CAN--nope. Nope, can't keep a straight face.]

Are they making this in the bathtub, or something?

[talkstoengines]

[Oh, Simon. Simon, Simon, Simon. Kaylee is just going to give you a Look.]

You should know by now - people make do with what they got, in the black.

[doc_pompous]

[Simon knows that Look. It's the 'you said something really dumb and offensive' Look, and it gets a visible wince.]

Sorry. No, you're right.

[talkstoengines]

[Good boy, Simon. She smiles faintly, takes another sip, and leans against him a little.] I think this is a good party. Everyone needs to relax once in a while.

[doc_pompous]

[Relaxing is always a little easier said than done, especially when Simon is involved. But he tries, sighing a little and making an apparent effort to take another mouthful of drink.

The more of it in him, he knows, the more relaxed he'll be, and less he'll mind the taste.]

I'm...working on it. Do you know who picked the music?

[Because it is kind of weird.]

[talkstoengines]

[She shakes her head a little, and does make a slight face as he draws her attention back to the music. It's... certainly different.]

Nope. Maybe it's, uh. Ward and Resnik's favorite?

[doc_pompous]

[He manages to laugh a little, at that.]

Somehow I don't feel like they're the type to enjoy anything.

[talkstoengines]

Really? [She smiles faintly.] Somethin' tells me they enjoy each other once in a while.

[doc_pompous]

[Blink blink. Blink. He doesn't seem to get it at first, but soon enough, it sinks in.]

Wh--you think so? The two of them?

[talkstoengines]

Sure, why not? [She shrugs, still smiling faintly.] Imagine, only two survivors of a terrible accident, you gotta pick up the pieces... [It's obvious to her.]