13498/Threads of Light Entwined

Threads of Light Entwined
Date of Scene:	04 December 2022
Location:	Sion - Lounge
Synopsis:	Rave holds a show at Sion and meets a fan at the afterparty! Karolina is understandably a functional disaster but asks the bluenette to dance.
Cast of Characters:	Karolina Dean, Naria Shepard

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Karolina Dean has posed:
    A great Saturday night and an even better show at Sion! The turntables have turned, though, and the next act is getting set up while more ambient beats thump through the club. Karolina has taken a break from warming up the dance floor on this cold December night and is 'chilling' in the lounge herself. A drink has found its way into her hand, a fruity-looking affair with a big chunk of pineapple sitting in it. She's dressed for a night out, too, with those jeans and that faux-fur lining her jacket and her boots! A rainbow of bracelets adorn both wrists and her shirt is tie-dyed with a rainbow llama pinata on it.

Naria Shepard has posed:
The music was thumping, the songs were fun and the show was amazing...but all good things had to come to an end. Singing, playing music, dancing...even Rave needed to take a break!

Wrapped in her usual net shirt over bikini top and skirt with those long socks the neon bluenette moved towards the bar, smiling brightly.

She could actually drink legally now after all!

"Oh hey," a voice speaks up behind Karolina, revealing Rave in all her glory. "What's that pineapple thing? That looks good!"

Karolina Dean has posed:
    Karolina takes a looooong sip. She might be super warm, and it might be cold outside, but there's still the whole energy of the party she's trying to put a little chill on. When she hears the voice behind her, she's answering the question in her warm, cheerful voice even before she turns around. "Oh! It's a Caribbean Cruiser! It's like a pina colada but it's got more pineapple and mango and goes lighter on the coco--AHH!"

    She just about squeaks seeing who it is talking to her. "Rave! It's you!" she laughs. "Oh wow! Ah. Um. Do you want to try it?" and without even thinking, she's lifting up the glass and holding it up for the neon bluenette.

Naria Shepard has posed:
"Oh neat!" she begins only for the exclaimation from the girl who was apparently a fan or at least had seen the show reacts to seeing her to bring a bright grin from the bluenette. "Hi!" she simply offered before the offer of the drink earned a shrug and she leaned forward, smoothing a neon lock behind her ear and taking a sip from the straw.

It was probably a little forward...but Karolina offered! Also, it wasn't like she could get permanently sick, right?

Karolina Dean has posed:
    "Yeah! I usually get the Electric Lemonade, I know how to make them myself! It isn't uh..." Karolina blinks, stammers, and blushes, "...because they're neon blue or anything... that's just... how they look.." she shakes her head. "Anyway!" the flustered blonde pulls her drink back when Rave is finished sampling it so she can take a sip to calm her nerves.

    "Sorry, I've been to a bunch of your shows. Didn't think I'd catch you in the lounge... Hey! Can I buy you a drink?" she asks, cheerfully. "I'm Karolina!"

Naria Shepard has posed:
The sip appreciated, Rave gives a little tilt of her head before she giggles at the blushing admission before she nods her head. "It's okay, I'm kinda a fan of neon blue too!" she offers with a wink, shrugging her shoulders.

The smiles, a little nod of her head and a fishing of her phone out to beckon for the girl to join her in a selfie.

"Sure, gimme one of those things."

Karolina Dean has posed:
    "I would never have guessed!" Karolina teases playfully. Then she's beckoned over for the selfie. "Oh! Hold on!" she warns, then takes off one of her bracelets, laying it on the bar next to her drink. Her body is suffused in a rainbow aura, but here in the lounge where mutants and metas are welcome, nothing wrong with letting her colors shine! "There!" she states as she gets close. "Now the both of us can shine for the camera, right?"

Naria Shepard has posed:
Certainly letting colors shine was very much the theme here, indeed that glowing rainbow aura seemed to brighten up Rave's own neon light...then again, she was known to being fueled by light. "Perfect!" she beams, flashing that smile to take the photo as they press in close, the image of the two girls likely going to end up in either the artist or the hero feed!

"Always nice to meet another glowy girl...and a fan!"

Karolina Dean has posed:
    "That'll be posted later, right?" Karolina asks, "I can give you my Twitter handle if you want..." she smiles. "I want to save that picture." As she talks, she reaches back behind her to take that bracelet, and the moment she touches the metal, her aura fades. "Ah! What can I say? I love a lot of things. Music is one of them. And... I don't know... another cute glowy girl that does music too? How can I resist?" she asks, cheeks still flushed.

    Then she turns, politely waving down the bartender and asking for a second one of what she's been sipping on. Then she turns back to Rave, giving her a lopsided smile. "I try not to miss any of your shows, but sometimes work and class just interfere..." she sighs.

Naria Shepard has posed:
"Of course!" Rave grins, the bluenette tilting her head to the side at the fading glow. Still the order of the drink has her sitting down next to Karolina, shrugging her shoulders. "Sure, feel free to grab it!"

The praise brings a smile, but the talk of the work brings a knowing nod. Any fan of the bluenette might have seen her hero feed, but it made sense that she might know the face of another heroine or two. Not to mention her connection to the birds.

"Hey! Just knowing you enjoy my music is enough!"

Karolina Dean has posed:
    "Great!" Karolina exclaims happily before hopping back into her seat. "Oh man..." she laughs, looking over at Rave's face. "I uh... you... probably deal with a lot of crazy fans on a regular basis... sorry. I'm.. usually a lot quieter when meeting my musical idols. Um. Not that. I really have... but I do visit Strawberry Fields in Central Park really often. It's... a more solemn affair, you know? But. Here you are. And. Right here. With me."

Naria Shepard has posed:
A shake of her head, even as she finds herself being given the ordered drink and taking a sip with a little sigh of delight. "You're really far from the craziest...and who said you needed to be quiet after all?" A grin, Rave turns to the girl, leaning in just enough to talk softly over the music. "I mean, my name is Rave...not library!"

Karolina Dean has posed:
    "Yeah? Not the worst?" Karolina asks, slowly circling the rim of her glass with her finger until she bumps into the pineapple chunk. She picks it up and nibbles on the near-frozen part that's been buried in her drink. "Or.. the craziest? I mean, careful, I could flirt with you and give you gay cooties or something...." she does a playful bit of jazz-hands as she continues to be flustered. A little bit of useless lesbian and a little bit of being somewhat star-struck.

    "...Library would be a weird name for a performer..." she adds as an afterthought.

Naria Shepard has posed:
A snerk from Rave, the bluenette turns to face Karolina as she drinks, a long slow draw from her straw. Obviously Karolina was playing with her, right, given her previous interviews and articles she'd shared (not to mention pride performances) that made it pretty well known the girl was Bi. Karolina wasn't the only one with a rainbow asthetic after all.

Leaning in to sip her drink lightly she shrugs. "I think I've already got a terminal case."

Karolina Dean has posed:
    Maybe Karolina had forgotten, but the reaction she gets is not the reacction she expected. So she blinks, stares, and then chows down on her pineapple a little more. A few more times. "R-right... Goddess what am I -doing-?" She puts the pineapple down and rubs the side of her head with her free hand. "Sorry. I seem to have come down with a sudden, severe case of foot-in-mouth disease. Can you forgive me?"

Naria Shepard has posed:
"I think I'll manage," Rave grins, playfully toying with her straw in her drink as she's left with the blushing rainbow glow girl. Maybe she was enjoying talking to someone equally luminescent? Still, she sips her drink, ever confident and unbothered before offering a shrug of her mostly bare shoulders. "So Karolina, did you really come out here just for my show?"

Karolina Dean has posed:
    Meanwhile, a contrast to Rave's confidence, Karolina seems to be trying to re-compose herself. At the question, though, she looks up, those blue eyes blinking. "I... yes, actually. Is that... strange?" she asks, tilting her head. "Once you get past the investment of a good blender, making drinks at home and being able to prance around barefoot in your underwear is /way/ better than hitting a club..." she smiles, warm and radiant. "...but sometimes there's stuff you've got to experience in person. Concerts are one of those things. Venues where the sound isn't perfectly modulated in a glass booth. Where you can feel the energy of the crowd. And..." her smile softens, "...get a chance at meetings like this."

Naria Shepard has posed:
"No? At least I hope not. That's kinda the point of the show, y'know? To make people come here and dance? Party?" The bluenette shrugs before laughing and gesturing to herself, spinning on the spot. "I mean, I'm a skirt away from basically doing that right now."

As for the meeting? That brings another beaming smile and a nod as she sips her drink before she lifts one digit to make a little 'flick' motion, a small glowing neon 'heart' manifesting for a moment.

Yes, Rave was practically emoticon reactioning actual conversation.

Karolina Dean has posed:
    "I mean... we could dance a little bit... not that there's much dedicated space in here where it's quieter..." Karolina muses, considering the possibilities of dancing with the delightful DJ. Then the hart pops up and she blinks at it, and blinks again long after it's vanished for good measure. "Oh wow... I can't really get my stuff down to such fine detail.... not... without cutting holes in things..." she sighs.

Naria Shepard has posed:
"Oh I have my own 'Pew Pew' too," Rave confirms, giggling a little at the praise before the mention of dancing earns a little nod of excitement and a 'far too fast to be safe' draining of her drink before she starts to turn for the dancefloor with an excited bounce to her step.

It was probably lucky she hadn't used her speed to try and get there!

Karolina Dean has posed:
    At the sudden devouring of her drink, Karolina's eyes open wide. "Oh whoa! Hey. Do uh. Do you have to worry about a brain freeze with that? You know, ice cream headache? I.. don't.. but I have friends who do." She pauses, watching the bouncy bluenette head for the small space between tables for shaking one's posterior. It's much smaller than the main club floor but enough music is bleeding in to make it worthwhile. So of course the blonde follows.

Naria Shepard has posed:
It didn't seem that Rave minded in the slightest the lack of space or the headrush ache of consumingly cold alcohol that fast. Already she was moving to the music quite happily as she began her dancing. Perhaps she might remind Karolina of one or two of her other teammates, particularly one with less human inhibitions than most, but Rave was simply a happy Meta living up to her namesake it seems.

Karolina Dean has posed:
    Karolina hadn't quite finished her drink, but she did consume most of it--and most of the pineapple that came with it, too! She rolls her shoulders a little, feeling strangely stiff. Maybe it's her anxiety getting the better of her. But she gets within arm's reach, and while her own smile is usually the bright, infectious one, she can't help but feel Rave's happiness as she starts to dance. "Hey... Rave. Thanks. For. Dancing with me."