Folk styles, huh? I never learned folk dancing. Alright, let's go with this, then.
[ that's fine, she'll default to ballet. which is something to do in sneakers, but whatever! she's doing it! and she's very good at it! all my ballet knowledge is from princess tutu, but it involves a lot of twirling and jumping. pas de deux and whatever. ]
Ballet. [ she's grinning as she does a bow because, again, she loves to be admired! thanks! this is great for the ego ] It almost looks like flying, right? And it's super hard to learn.
A bunch of them. Tap, hip-hop... [ she actually? mimes some moves quickly as she lists before stopping suddenly ] Hm, it probably doesn't do anything if I just list them, right? How about you show me yours instead?
[ She also has no hesitation about getting up, getting into position. Normally, she has her swords and foxflame for extra flare, but she's still plenty enthusiastic, dancing in circular motions, starting slow and then picking up and then slowing again. ]
[ honestly, there was a reason for it, and it's that grace is a quick study so after a second she'll try to follow her movements? and match? so they can dance together. ]
Sure. [ she'll stop following her, holding out a hand ] I learned ballroom too recently, if you want to try. It's-- [ she thinks about it and laughs, clearly quoting someone else: ] a dance couples do as a bonding activity.
Great! So just follow my lead, okay? Some of the steps are backwards.
[ she'll drag her around and place her hands at the Right Spots, but otherwise yeah they are absolutely going to practice ballroom dancing with no music in the middle of the planetarium with all the stars around? as one does ]
[ it's so romantic! and she's happy to sway along with grace. ]
Yeah, like Wales and Freendrache. The kingdoms that have kings and castles, and stuff. My little village doesn't have anything fancy like that. I guess normal people know ballroom dances where ya come from?
Oh, yeah. It's a special train. It's huge. [ the tail takes her by surprise because honestly, she'd kind of forgotten, so it's lucky yuel moved for it instead!! ] All the cars are like their own little worlds, and sometimes to pass through you need to do some stupid little puzzle or quest. In this one, it was learning ballroom dancing.
It's like this place in that it's dangerous and I chose to be there, but we didn't have people killing each other on the train. And no one wanted to leave, so we weren't trapped.
[ that does not seem like a real "we weren't trapped" notion ]
Uhh. I don't think it's weren't trapped just because ya didn't want to leave. [ But anyway - ] That still sounds really excitin'... Seein' new things all the time.
It's pretty great. [ she says it like it's her personal train, and, honestly, yeah, maybe. also totally ignoring the line about how that's not how trapped works she cannot hear suddenly ] The train goes on forever and the cars change places when no one's in them, too, so you can always see something new.
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Can I see? I'm a dancer too.
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[ that's fine, she'll default to ballet. which is something to do in sneakers, but whatever! she's doing it! and she's very good at it! all my ballet knowledge is from princess tutu, but it involves a lot of twirling and jumping. pas de deux and whatever. ]
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Either way, Yuel is totally captivated, and when Grace slows to a stop, she bursts out in claps. ]
That was so beautiful! Yer movements were so precise—I was always pretty bad at that kinda thing. What's this style called?
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[ i wish she wasn't an egotist but here i am ]
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Yeah, when ya kept yer leg in the air like that! And on yer tip toes! Whew. [ her tail is swishing excitedly... ] What other styles do ya know?
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Well, if ya insist.
[ She also has no hesitation about getting up, getting into position. Normally, she has her swords and foxflame for extra flare, but she's still plenty enthusiastic, dancing in circular motions, starting slow and then picking up and then slowing again. ]
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It feels... intense?
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Yer right! It's a sacred dance where I come from... It was used to seal away a horrible monster many, many years ago.
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A horrible monster... huh. [ she sounds curious ] So now it's passed down through the generations, I guess? For tradition?
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I've always only done these two though... I really wanna learn the styles from different worlds! Can ya teach me?
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I think I've seen it. That's the type of dancin' they do at parties in the big kingdoms.
[ She's only seen it from afar though, so she'll happily take Grace's hand. ]
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[ she'll drag her around and place her hands at the Right Spots, but otherwise yeah they are absolutely going to practice ballroom dancing with no music in the middle of the planetarium with all the stars around? as one does ]
You said the big kingdoms do this?
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Yeah, like Wales and Freendrache. The kingdoms that have kings and castles, and stuff. My little village doesn't have anything fancy like that. I guess normal people know ballroom dances where ya come from?
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Sort of? It's not common, but anyone can take lessons if they want to. I learned on the train, though.
[ me: wow i hope granblue has trains ]
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But Yuel spins gracefully, taking care that her tail doesn't knock Grace as she does. ]
The train? Was there enough room?
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[ She loses track of the steps for a moment, thoroughly distracted by the magic train. ]
That sounds like so much fun! [ ... ] Wait, it wasn't like this place, was it? Were you were trapped and people died?
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[ that does not seem like a real "we weren't trapped" notion ]
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I'd love to see it one day... I wonder if it's possible to see each other's homes?
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