Like thunder screaming out for a flash of lightning

[flawed_immortality]

[Cor's not great at this whole party thing, especially as this time it's not just a family gathering but intended for the friends they'd made here as well. The video starts with Cor sitting in a cushy white and grey striped armchair, a stone fireplace beside him glowing warmly. It's a classy set up and far above the townhouses they've been in.]

It's New Years, celebrations are in order. His Majesty, Ignis, and I have obtained a larger space and we'd like to offer our home for the festivities. Feel free to stop in, have some snacks, and await midnight with us.

[Locked from Regis]
[He looks a little paranoid at first, double, then triple checking that he's done this right.]

It's also his Majesty's birthday. He's always eager to sweep it under the New Years celebrations but he has no reason to shy away from any such celebrations here. Don't let him.

[Action - Party Start~]
[The new house is really very nice. It's nothing compared to the Citadel but it is very nice. Clean and homey with the accents of warm wood that, if Cor didn't know better, he'd have thought was reclaimed.

There's a fire in the hearth, hor d'ouerve trays laid out on the kitchen counters. The replicator is of course available to anyone who wants something specific, though you might be surprised to find she responds to voice commands and is distressingly cheerful to talk to. The house is open for examination! Go on, explore folks, mingle away.]

[Action - Midnight]
[As chill as the night is Cor makes a point of slipping through the crowd throughout the evening. There's a number of Lucis Caelums and other magic users as well. So when the time comes near he does his best to usher everyone into the backyard, or at least onto the back porch.

He's certainly not the one to lead the countdown, no someone more energetic can do that, but at the final count a series of spells get fired into the night sky. They may not be traditional fireworks but a few Flares, Thundaras, and spells he has no names for will work well enough, don't you think?]

Comments

[scourgingstars]

It is entirely different. For one thing, I know how to fight.

[ardyn.]

[astralera]

[ Era shifts her style of dance on the next beat, twirling and moving her leg between his in a way where she can easily throw off his balance. Her arms flow with the music, elegant and graceful as the rest of her movements, and as she hooks her leg and lunges, she brings her elbow just a hair's breadth shy of hitting his lower back in a way that would severely damage a kidney. ]

I can kill both man and monster using dance.

[scourgingstars]

[WHY ARE YOU BULLYING HIM]

I know how to fight with a sword, is that better?

[astralera]

[ Because it's fun and you're dumb Ardyn ]

Surely you learned hand-to-hand combat prior to picking up a sword?

[scourgingstars]

...Era, I was born with the ability to literally possess a sword on my person at any given moment. I never needed to learn hand to hand combat.

[astralera]

[ Baffled, she resumes control of the dance and spins them around, shifting back to an easier (boring) shuffling dance for his benefit. ]

It is not a matter of weaponry or lack-thereof, but of familiarizing yourself with your body and the movements of others. You've positioning of your limbs to consider as well when wielding any weapon.

If your were trained in combat it would have included key elements of hand-to-hand methods, even if you did not fight with fist and foot.

[scourgingstars]

Either I wasn't or I don't remember, but that's quite beside the point. As far as I know, dancing isn't quite a combat art where we're from.

[astralera]

I had always considered combat akin to dance, even before Mistress Nashmeira took me on as her pupil.

[ She adds a bit more complexity to their dance in the form of dance steps that flow like the foot movements of a close-quarters sword fight. ]

Even with the magical disciplines I know, it has always felt like a dance.