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Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher
Who: EVERYONE
Where: THE ACTUAL MOON
When: Friday, May 27th through Sunday, May 29th!
Summary: THIS IS YOUR MOD-PROVIDED OPEN LOG FOR FOURTH WALL PROMAGEDDON!
Rating: May vary by thread, please mark accordingly!
Log:
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☆ YOU ARE HERE ☆
LOCATIONS OF NOTE:
• REDUCED G MOON BALLROOM
Accessible only via the balcony that connects back through to the regular ballroom, this unusual section of the moon base is the only major room in which the gravity more closely reflects that of the actual moon, as opposed to being artificially enhanced to better simulate the conditions Earthside. The dance floor is situated approximately fifteen feet below the balcony, recessed into the moon's surface where the rest of the base sits at ground level, and overhead a massive domed ceiling lets in a magnificent view of outer space, the moon's surface, and all the surrounding stars. The acoustics are just as good as those of the standard ballroom, and this dance floor will feature the same music as the other; the only appreciable difference is that in the Reduced G Moon Ballroom, gravity is mostly optional and you're liable to find as many couples spinning through the open air as you are with solid ground beneath their feet. Try not to get trapped in the middle with no momentum, or you might just need a rescue from some considerate stranger!
• REGULAR BALLROOM
A more traditional ballroom for the more traditional partygoer on the moon base: hardwood floors, vaulted ceilings, crystal chandeliers, and tasteful music. Of particular note are the balcony doors at the north end of the ballroom, which lead onto the observation balcony that overlooks the Reduced Gravity Moon Ballroom! Please don't block those doors; they're the only way in or out!
• DINING ROOM AND BUFFET
GOOD FOOD, GOOD MEAT, GOOD GRIEF, LET'S EAT! The dining room is an area accessible from both the ballroom and the hallway that leads between the reception area and the dorms, featuring scores upon scores of tables of varying sizes that might seat as little as two or as many as eight. On days when the party isn't in full swing, buffet-style meals will be served over a period of two hours at three times during the day — breakfast, lunch, and dinner. When the party is jumping, however, the table will remain perpetually stocked with entrees, sides, and of course a full complement of magnificent desserts for people to feast and snack upon as they so choose!
• DORMS AND SLEEPING AREAS
Your moon base home-away-from-home for the next three days! In the massive dorm wing of the base, you'll find vast corridors of hostel-style bunks available to be claimed. Unclaimed bunks will signal their availability by having their curtains open and empty bunk displayed; though the privacy curtains and beds themselves boast no particular security features, each bunk does come with a reasonably-sized trunk for storing a guest's belongings. Upon claiming the bunk, a guest will be prompted to register their trunk with a thumbprint, which thereafter will be used to lock and unlock their trunk. If you're worried about something happening to your belongings or valuables, feel free to lock them up for safekeeping!
• INDOOR GREENHOUSE AND FLOWER GARDEN
A secluded place where partygoers can retreat from the festivities for a little while, whether it be to catch their breath, for a tête-à-tête, or anything else that might involve the desire for a little more peace and quiet. Featuring small walking paths, real fresh flowers, and even a small inches-deep artificial burbling brook, the moon base garden looks to be a little slice of the planet Earth preserved here in outer space. Seems like all that's missing are the wild Pokemon!
• LIBRARY, MUSIC ROOM, SPA, AND ARCADE
An assortment of four general leisure rooms in the western wing of the Moon Base, most of which are fairly self-explanatory! So, if you feel so inclined, take some time to stop in, poke around, and enjoy yourself in:
▶ THE LIBRARY, which features muted lighting, plenty of hardwood paneling, and a quiet atmosphere for reading a book in one of the cozy armchairs or piling up a dozen to peruse at one of the available tables. You're welcome to find the usual Pokemon-ified standard fare of books here; unfortunately, research-inclined people digging for secrets about the moon base, Pokemon, or other such nonfiction topics aren't likely to unearth anything of any particular note this time. Alas!
▶ THE MUSIC ROOM, which boasts a wide array of instruments available for the guests to make use of, including a grand piano, a few guitars (both acoustic and electric), and a general assortment of other choices from the brass, string, wind, and percussion families.
▶ THE SPA FACILITIES, where guests are welcome to unwind and relax in the various pools, hot tubs, and mineral baths available. Swimsuits and towels are provided in the built-in changing rooms for anyone interested in making use of the spa!
▶ THE ARCADE, containing plenty of video games, games of skill, and other such electronic amusements for patrons to pass the time away with. Skee-Ball and Dance Dance Eeveelution are, of course, particular standouts from the array, but there are plenty of other traditional games to be found in here. You can also find playing cards, board games, and other low-tech amusements in here, as well!
• CRYSTAL GARDEN AND TERRACE
A beautiful garden-like area filled with growing crystals located just outside the moon base, visible from the windows in the moon ballroom and accessible via a warm-lit terrace that leads out onto what appears to be the planet's surface itself. It appears that some unseen apparatus is maintaining an area of atmosphere over the expanse of the garden, rendering it safe for guests to wander and explore even without the benefit of space suits or oxygen tanks. However, being a part of the actual surface of the moon, it is possible that perusing among the crystals will net you an encounter with a wild Pokemon, so be careful where you tread among the crystals!
This is the only area where wild Pokemon can be battled and captured, and being that it is on the planet's surface, note also that this area is subject to reduced gravity, similar to the moon ballroom! The wild Pokemon you can find out here are as follows:
Cleffa, Clefairy, Clefable, Staryu, Starmie, Lunatone, Solrock, Elgyem,
Beheeyem, Jigglypuff, Togepi, Carbink, Boldore, Gigalith, Aron, Crustle
All Pokemon will be Level 20-30!
• HOLODECK
At first glance, the holodeck appears to be simply a vast open room criss-crossed with yellow grid lines, looming in the northwest corner of the moon base. However, once inside, a visitor may find that the holodeck is much more than it appears: a virtual reality facility capable of recreating familiar places by a combination of transported matter, replicated matter, tractor beams, and shaped force fields.
Though the holodeck comes with a variety of standard preprogrammed environments to play with and experience — an average beach, a deep forest, an unremarkable porch in someone's generic backyard — its greatest facet is its ability to recreate environments and places from its users' memories. Been missing home for a long time? The holodeck can take you (and your guests) back there — for as long as you've got it activated, at least. Please remember to use it sparingly and in small doses, lest you become addicted to the fantasy and not the reality!
(Mod Note: To clarify, the holodeck is here to indulge a character's (and by extension a player's) imagination. You are by no means limited to just the uses detailed above; if you'd like your character to fantasize about being in a 1920s gangster setting and play around with it as a prompt that takes place on the holodeck, you can feel free to do so! Note that the holodeck comes with safety features that will prevent a character from suffering serious injury (either from themselves, from the environment, or from other people using the holodeck simultaneously), but it is possible to get some bumps, bruises, and scrapes from the experience! Feel free to ask us if you're not sure what you can do with it, but generally speaking it's there to be played with, so don't hesitate to play with it!)
☆ IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER: ☆
• THE GENERAL PROM SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS:
Friday, May 27th — Arrival at the Moon Base; FREE DAY FOR OPEN EXPLORING!
Saturday, May 28th — Red Carpet Moon Gala!
Sunday, May 29th —route_29's 6-Year Anniversary!
• The premise for how your characters arrived on the moon can be found RIGHT OVER HERE! Feel free to be confused and bewildered by this...lunar-cy!
• We recommend putting your character's location in the header of your comment, or if you're doing multiple locations in the same comment, mark them clearly so people can find you more easily!
If you're a former or current player in Route and haven't submitted your Transfer Application for Victory Road, there's still time; you can find it RIGHT OVER HERE!
• To all of our players — whether you've been here for six years or six minutes, whether you've played a dozen characters or just one — thank you so much for playing here and making Route the great place it's been for all this time. We've had some great memories together, and it's been a delight and a privilege to play with and mod for all of you. ♥
☆ PROM DIRECTORY ☆
* Characters marked with an asterisk are not currently members of Route.
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☆ QUICK LINKS ☆
THE PROM-SPECIFIC INFOPOST | THE FOURTH-WALL-SPECIFIC INFOPOST | QUESTIONS AND INQUIRIES HOTLINE | WALK THE MOON
Where: THE ACTUAL MOON
When: Friday, May 27th through Sunday, May 29th!
Summary: THIS IS YOUR MOD-PROVIDED OPEN LOG FOR FOURTH WALL PROMAGEDDON!
Rating: May vary by thread, please mark accordingly!
Log:
☆ YOU ARE HERE ☆
LOCATIONS OF NOTE:
Accessible only via the balcony that connects back through to the regular ballroom, this unusual section of the moon base is the only major room in which the gravity more closely reflects that of the actual moon, as opposed to being artificially enhanced to better simulate the conditions Earthside. The dance floor is situated approximately fifteen feet below the balcony, recessed into the moon's surface where the rest of the base sits at ground level, and overhead a massive domed ceiling lets in a magnificent view of outer space, the moon's surface, and all the surrounding stars. The acoustics are just as good as those of the standard ballroom, and this dance floor will feature the same music as the other; the only appreciable difference is that in the Reduced G Moon Ballroom, gravity is mostly optional and you're liable to find as many couples spinning through the open air as you are with solid ground beneath their feet. Try not to get trapped in the middle with no momentum, or you might just need a rescue from some considerate stranger!
• REGULAR BALLROOM
A more traditional ballroom for the more traditional partygoer on the moon base: hardwood floors, vaulted ceilings, crystal chandeliers, and tasteful music. Of particular note are the balcony doors at the north end of the ballroom, which lead onto the observation balcony that overlooks the Reduced Gravity Moon Ballroom! Please don't block those doors; they're the only way in or out!
• DINING ROOM AND BUFFET
GOOD FOOD, GOOD MEAT, GOOD GRIEF, LET'S EAT! The dining room is an area accessible from both the ballroom and the hallway that leads between the reception area and the dorms, featuring scores upon scores of tables of varying sizes that might seat as little as two or as many as eight. On days when the party isn't in full swing, buffet-style meals will be served over a period of two hours at three times during the day — breakfast, lunch, and dinner. When the party is jumping, however, the table will remain perpetually stocked with entrees, sides, and of course a full complement of magnificent desserts for people to feast and snack upon as they so choose!
• DORMS AND SLEEPING AREAS
Your moon base home-away-from-home for the next three days! In the massive dorm wing of the base, you'll find vast corridors of hostel-style bunks available to be claimed. Unclaimed bunks will signal their availability by having their curtains open and empty bunk displayed; though the privacy curtains and beds themselves boast no particular security features, each bunk does come with a reasonably-sized trunk for storing a guest's belongings. Upon claiming the bunk, a guest will be prompted to register their trunk with a thumbprint, which thereafter will be used to lock and unlock their trunk. If you're worried about something happening to your belongings or valuables, feel free to lock them up for safekeeping!
• INDOOR GREENHOUSE AND FLOWER GARDEN
A secluded place where partygoers can retreat from the festivities for a little while, whether it be to catch their breath, for a tête-à-tête, or anything else that might involve the desire for a little more peace and quiet. Featuring small walking paths, real fresh flowers, and even a small inches-deep artificial burbling brook, the moon base garden looks to be a little slice of the planet Earth preserved here in outer space. Seems like all that's missing are the wild Pokemon!
• LIBRARY, MUSIC ROOM, SPA, AND ARCADE
An assortment of four general leisure rooms in the western wing of the Moon Base, most of which are fairly self-explanatory! So, if you feel so inclined, take some time to stop in, poke around, and enjoy yourself in:
▶ THE LIBRARY, which features muted lighting, plenty of hardwood paneling, and a quiet atmosphere for reading a book in one of the cozy armchairs or piling up a dozen to peruse at one of the available tables. You're welcome to find the usual Pokemon-ified standard fare of books here; unfortunately, research-inclined people digging for secrets about the moon base, Pokemon, or other such nonfiction topics aren't likely to unearth anything of any particular note this time. Alas!
▶ THE MUSIC ROOM, which boasts a wide array of instruments available for the guests to make use of, including a grand piano, a few guitars (both acoustic and electric), and a general assortment of other choices from the brass, string, wind, and percussion families.
▶ THE SPA FACILITIES, where guests are welcome to unwind and relax in the various pools, hot tubs, and mineral baths available. Swimsuits and towels are provided in the built-in changing rooms for anyone interested in making use of the spa!
▶ THE ARCADE, containing plenty of video games, games of skill, and other such electronic amusements for patrons to pass the time away with. Skee-Ball and Dance Dance Eeveelution are, of course, particular standouts from the array, but there are plenty of other traditional games to be found in here. You can also find playing cards, board games, and other low-tech amusements in here, as well!
• CRYSTAL GARDEN AND TERRACE
A beautiful garden-like area filled with growing crystals located just outside the moon base, visible from the windows in the moon ballroom and accessible via a warm-lit terrace that leads out onto what appears to be the planet's surface itself. It appears that some unseen apparatus is maintaining an area of atmosphere over the expanse of the garden, rendering it safe for guests to wander and explore even without the benefit of space suits or oxygen tanks. However, being a part of the actual surface of the moon, it is possible that perusing among the crystals will net you an encounter with a wild Pokemon, so be careful where you tread among the crystals!
This is the only area where wild Pokemon can be battled and captured, and being that it is on the planet's surface, note also that this area is subject to reduced gravity, similar to the moon ballroom! The wild Pokemon you can find out here are as follows:
Beheeyem, Jigglypuff, Togepi, Carbink, Boldore, Gigalith, Aron, Crustle
All Pokemon will be Level 20-30!
• HOLODECK
At first glance, the holodeck appears to be simply a vast open room criss-crossed with yellow grid lines, looming in the northwest corner of the moon base. However, once inside, a visitor may find that the holodeck is much more than it appears: a virtual reality facility capable of recreating familiar places by a combination of transported matter, replicated matter, tractor beams, and shaped force fields.
Though the holodeck comes with a variety of standard preprogrammed environments to play with and experience — an average beach, a deep forest, an unremarkable porch in someone's generic backyard — its greatest facet is its ability to recreate environments and places from its users' memories. Been missing home for a long time? The holodeck can take you (and your guests) back there — for as long as you've got it activated, at least. Please remember to use it sparingly and in small doses, lest you become addicted to the fantasy and not the reality!
(Mod Note: To clarify, the holodeck is here to indulge a character's (and by extension a player's) imagination. You are by no means limited to just the uses detailed above; if you'd like your character to fantasize about being in a 1920s gangster setting and play around with it as a prompt that takes place on the holodeck, you can feel free to do so! Note that the holodeck comes with safety features that will prevent a character from suffering serious injury (either from themselves, from the environment, or from other people using the holodeck simultaneously), but it is possible to get some bumps, bruises, and scrapes from the experience! Feel free to ask us if you're not sure what you can do with it, but generally speaking it's there to be played with, so don't hesitate to play with it!)
• THE GENERAL PROM SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS:
Saturday, May 28th — Red Carpet Moon Gala!
Sunday, May 29th —
route_29's 6-Year Anniversary!• The premise for how your characters arrived on the moon can be found RIGHT OVER HERE! Feel free to be confused and bewildered by this...lunar-cy!
• We recommend putting your character's location in the header of your comment, or if you're doing multiple locations in the same comment, mark them clearly so people can find you more easily!
If you're a former or current player in Route and haven't submitted your Transfer Application for Victory Road, there's still time; you can find it RIGHT OVER HERE!
• To all of our players — whether you've been here for six years or six minutes, whether you've played a dozen characters or just one — thank you so much for playing here and making Route the great place it's been for all this time. We've had some great memories together, and it's been a delight and a privilege to play with and mod for all of you. ♥
* Characters marked with an asterisk are not currently members of Route.
THE PROM-SPECIFIC INFOPOST | THE FOURTH-WALL-SPECIFIC INFOPOST | QUESTIONS AND INQUIRIES HOTLINE | WALK THE MOON
Lust | Fullmetal Alchemist '03
Oh dear god.
Bad enough that it's one of those times when her nature reverts to that of the cold undead, but to find herself at this event? It's the last place she wants to be. At some giant celebration full of dancing and happy couples, in fancy dress. At least it's black.
She doesn't want to be here. She wants to be at home, curled in her bed, hugging Scar's pillow and watching bland television until she passes out. It's a familiar and oddly comforting routine. Instead she's stuck here. She sticks close to walls, trying to be small and invisible and out of the activity.
2. Holodeck
Once Lust finds the holodeck, it's hard to draw her out of it. For her the scene reflects a desert. There's an impression of a town of sorts, a single street lined by clay desert buildings with colored awnings. Her memories are hazy and fuzzy but the old ones are closer now than they were. They had been, since that...incident a handful of weeks ago.
This was her home. This place had been hers, familiar and close, in the days she had been called 'Isa'. The draw to linger and loose her grief in this place is too strong. It almost seems a blasphemy, but she can't help herself. There's nothing left, now, but those fragmented and fractured memories she tries so hard to build a life from.
This pale fantasy is all she can have.
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You wouldn't think such a big guy could move at all quietly, but Ralph could tell Lust's spirits weren't the highest and it had taken him a little while to figure out what to say. Finally he just settled on sidling up next to her and offering her a single chocolate cookie that he'd found on the refreshment table.
In his other hand were like twelve vanilla ones.
"Nabbed the last one."
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"Thank you." She glances down.
"I didn't want to come. I threw the invitation away."
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He thought and he thought and he thought.
"Y'wanna know what always makes me feel better when I'm blue?"
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She doubts it will help, but she know Ralph means well. He wants to help. She's come to realize that he's her closest friend in this place. A part of her simply wonders when she'll lose him, too.
She nibbles at the cookie, not terribly hungry, but appreciating the gesture.
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Ralph then looked back to Lust to see what she thought of the idea.
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And perhaps she can get herself kicked out of this event. She's at her full homunculus strength, after all.
So she smooths her skirt and grasps another chair, easily lifting it and bringing it down to smash on the floor.
She hadn't intended to break it, but god, that had felt good.
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Lust may be staying out of the way, but Envy can always find her if he's looking. And he was looking, because honestly? As much fun as he's having up here, he knows he'd be feeling a whole lot different if something like this had been happening anytime soon after France had vanished, or even this much time after it, if he'd been here "alone". He still feels that painful twinge in his chest, even with everything being mostly okay now.
His little sister isn't in that position, and it's obvious she's feeling pretty gloomy. He wants to at least try to help. He slides over to lean on the wall next to her.
"Wanna know what I found?"
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There probably are, here. Moon Pokemon, at the very least. She attempts to put up a facade that she's fine. It's difficult, she was anticipating having a quiet night alone at home.
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He can see right on through that facade, but he's got one of his own up. The one way of reassurance and comfort he feels like he's really good at is being a distraction, which won't work if he looks really concerned or tries to bring up what's bothering her. So while he's not looking incredibly excited because that also probably wouldn't help, he's got a calm, affectionate smirk on.
"Have you seen all the rooms over on the west side? I found one over there I wanna show you."
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But apparently she's going to now. She knows Envy won't be put off. She pushes herself off of the wall and gestures with her hand for him to go on ahead. He's only trying to help.
And she supposes he can't be in the best of moods, either. It's been far longer for him, but he's here as alone as she is. They may as well be alone together.
"Let's see it, then."
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"I found this. And there's even swimsuits to borrow."
And you know what swimsuits are? Not a fancy prom dress!
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1, the buffet
[From the ether, WRATH EMERGES.]
[He's dressed in a tailored purple suit-- the same one from last year, although it fits a little better now (something that Lust herself probably had something to do with, on account of being the only one making sure the kid wasn't a walking fashion malfunction) and holding aloft an ENTIRE BOWL of chocolate covered pretzels, which he took straight off of the snack table.]
I found these!
Do you want some?
They're salty and sweet!
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You really shouldn't take whole bowls of things.
[There's no real chastising in her tone. And she says nothing about this particular bowl of things. If anyone complains, it will only give her an excuse to channel some of her useless emotions. As long as he isn't stealing from people or harming anyone, she's not about to comment much on his behavior this evening. This sort of thing is likely very exciting for him.]
And yes, I do, thank you. Are you enjoying yourself?
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[Clearly that meant he had to also make sure nobody ELSE got any.]
[Still very pleased with himself, he holds the bowl out for her to take from as she pleases.]
And, yes! This is even better than Joker's party, or the other party! There are so many things to do! And I can do alchemy again, look!
[There's a crackle as his hand BECOMES ONE WITH THE BOWL. ... Which immediately spills half its contents on the floor because he's waving it around.]
... Oh.
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It's just a feeling in the air, something he picks up on without needing any glances from Angel to tell him otherwise. For a moment, he pauses where he is, pondering on going back through the holodeck's door that's set as inconspicuously as it can be in one of the clay buildings, but stops.
"...Nowhere quite like this in Kanto or Johto, eh?" An attempt at conversation, t gauge if she hates the very idea of company or not.
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She glances over her shoulder. She hasn't been wanting company, but she doesn't mind him. Joker's in that vague and difficult to define category that means 'family' to Lust. Her body language is tired, but not defensive or hostile. Off to her side, her Houndoom is curled up, and he lifts his head at the sound of voices. Lust rests a hand on him and turns to face Joker properly.
"It's the place I was born. I remember it, a bit, now. You aren't intruding on anything, if you were worried about disturbing me. I'm just not in the mood for a party."
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There's a temptation to ask more about this place, but he holds it back. Instead, he smiles up to her. "It's a pretty loud place right now. I can understand why folks would want ta retreat ta somewhere quieter, especially if they're not in any mood for celebration."
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It's cruel, really. Maybe with a haze of enough strong liquor, the whole thing would bearable.
"But this is...nice, I suppose."
She really doesn't know what it is, actually. But she's grateful for it, all the same.
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"...If this place is already bein' used by someone and ya still want time ta yerself, Invidia could help ya out. Zoroarks and illusions, ya know how it is. He wouldn't mind makin' one for ya too."
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Hey Lust. What's a nice lady like you doing on a planetary satellite like...
[The room he finds himself in isn't just a room. It's full of what looks like a town out in the Middle East somewhere.]
...this?
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[Lust has no expectation of privacy. She doesn't mind that Blake's followed here. It's just an illusion, anyway. A pretty dream to have while awake.]
I'd much rather be home, in pajamas, physically capable of getting drunk.
[She notes his stunned curiosity.]
Not what you were expecting, was it? This is the home of my birth. Please don't let my unnatural corpse pallor fool you, I come from a desert tribe. How has the evening been treating you?
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[It's hard to picture Lust in pajamas. He keeps thinking of the striped kind with a nightcap and it is not working.]
The food's good, the drinks're free, and we're on the damn moon. What else can you ask for?
[He gets a better look on her face, and the glibness falls out of his voice.]
But instead of being out on the dance floor, you're in here thinking about home.
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[Lust simply shrugs.]
Don't mind me. I barely remember my home. It was lost a long time ago. Everything from my first life has been lost. I'm in little mood to dance.
[She sighs and tucks back a bit of loose hair, feeling far too heavy of heart to be on the moon.]
I'm sorry I'm such miserable company of late. I've always been prone to wearing maudlin to the hilt.
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Nah. Going by what you told me, you have plenty of right to look back at the past and spit in its eye now and then.
[He puts his hands in his pockets. Talking about feelings isn't his strong suit, so he has to go after it without much finesse.]
Did something happen?
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