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[dragonhoard]

DM: Broderick Best
Byron told me to ask you about astral projection.

DM: Velvet Vespertine, later
The basement demon asked me to prom.

Comments

Adrian/Velvet

[halfnight]

Our employer is a highly eccentric vampire with eclectic tastes and inscrutable motivations. Someone needs to tango.

Adrian/Velvet

[dragonhoard]

I guarantee you nobody else is going to be doing choreography.

Adrian/Velvet

[halfnight]

Oh, fine. It's a good thing that I sourced multiple dress options. I'll have to go with one that looks best stationary.

Adrian/Velvet

[dragonhoard]

We can dance like normal people at a prom.

Adrian/Velvet

[halfnight]

You never went to prom, did you?

Adrian/Velvet

[dragonhoard]

Well, no.

Adrian/Velvet

[halfnight]

So what are you basing the behavior of normal people at prom on?

Adrian/Velvet

[dragonhoard]

General cultural knowledge.

Adrian/Velvet

[halfnight]

I cannot wait to see what your books taught you about how to be a good prom date.

Adrian/Velvet

[dragonhoard]

If you have any expectations you should be explicit about them.

Adrian/Velvet

[halfnight]

What if it's just a little more fun for me to imagine you nervous about getting it right?

Adrian/Velvet

[dragonhoard]

As long as I don't get in trouble for getting it wrong.

Adrian/Velvet

[halfnight]

The fear of getting in trouble is the point, darling. But most likely the worst that happens is I laugh at you.

Adrian/Velvet

[dragonhoard]

I would rather you didn't laugh at me.

[...] I got stuck in the astral plane the other night, by the way. Unrelated.

Adrian/Velvet

[halfnight]

Oh, very well. I want a red rose corsage.

Who or what trapped you on the astral plane?

Adrian/Velvet

[dragonhoard]

A remarkably reasonable request.

Byron gave me a new magical ability. It was a reward for exceptional performance. But I don't have very good control over it yet.

Adrian/Velvet

[halfnight]

Are you wondering if there's a trap?

Right. You're sure it wasn't secretly an assassination attempt?

Adrian/Velvet

[dragonhoard]

No. I'm buying you a corsage.

Byron does not want to kill me.

Adrian/Velvet

[halfnight]

The perfect date. I'll just have to find something else to make me laugh.

Sadly, you're right. He's far too spineless for that.

Adrian/Velvet

[dragonhoard]

He's actually just resolved himself to be less of a doormat, so he might surprise you yet.

Anyway, Broderick is going to teach me to control it, I think. It'll be useful if it isn't life-threatening.

Adrian/Velvet

[halfnight]

Did you inspire this? Or is it the whole "I'm a werewolf and I'm proud" thing?

Try not to die, please. How did you get unstuck from the astral plane last night?

Adrian/Velvet

[dragonhoard]

I'll give myself 15% credit. I think I get under his skin.

I didn't do anything. I waited it out. After awhile I [...] fell asleep? Sort of. It's hard to explain.