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golden_hawke-=Hawke's outside today, squaring off with his Lockjaw. They both stare at each other, both unmoving as something unheard by the general public actually sets Hawke off. As the Lockjaw watches, Hawke attempts to practice something like this with the animal as a partner of sorts.=-
I have not had troubles with dance before. -=Hawke doesn't look entirely pleased with this as he tries to work on 'lifting' on the balls of his feet.=- There is little dancing. Not the way I learned it. It is...posturing like great birds do.
-=A turn, holding his arm out, and a :/ expression on his face.=- There truly is nothing more than this to dance? You do not truly touch another. There is no holding one close and sharing with their breath. It is... hopping on feet very slowly.
-=Yeah, that little flutter of his feet for a dance step? He executes it well enough, but he feels silly.=-
There will be other dances at this party, yes? Please?
I have not had troubles with dance before. -=Hawke doesn't look entirely pleased with this as he tries to work on 'lifting' on the balls of his feet.=- There is little dancing. Not the way I learned it. It is...posturing like great birds do.
-=A turn, holding his arm out, and a :/ expression on his face.=- There truly is nothing more than this to dance? You do not truly touch another. There is no holding one close and sharing with their breath. It is... hopping on feet very slowly.
-=Yeah, that little flutter of his feet for a dance step? He executes it well enough, but he feels silly.=-
There will be other dances at this party, yes? Please?
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Date: 2011-11-15 02:49 am (UTC)My cousins and I tried to teach one of Father's dogs to dance, when I was a girl. He was as reluctant to learn as your friend.
[The lockjaw becomes less frightening each time she sees it. Really, she is starting to consider it almost cute, in its way.]
Would you wish to practice indoors, where it is warmer, or continue outside?
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Date: 2011-11-15 02:53 am (UTC)Wherever we are, I will be warm. -=And he can't help but give her That Look.=-
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Date: 2011-11-15 03:24 am (UTC)Then I shall meet you in a few moments' time. I have only to see to the fire before I leave the house.
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Date: 2011-11-16 02:36 am (UTC)I will wait patiently.
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Date: 2011-11-16 04:31 am (UTC)I shall not keep you waiting long.
[And true to her word, in a short time she has made her way to his home, wearing one of her warmer dresses, and a cloak over top of it. Nothing too heavy, but it would do for the current weather. She missed summer, and being able to wear lighter, sleeveless dresses. Catching sight of him and his lockjaw, she lifts an arm in greeting.]
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Date: 2011-11-16 11:57 am (UTC)[offline]
Date: 2011-11-17 12:35 am (UTC)It is good to see you again when I am not in tears.
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Date: 2011-11-17 01:44 am (UTC)[offline]
Date: 2011-11-17 02:03 am (UTC)Which look, tears or smiles?
[Teasing.]
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Date: 2011-11-17 02:55 am (UTC)Yes!
-=He holds her close and nuzzles against her temple with a purr.=-
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Date: 2011-11-17 03:33 am (UTC)There are some who would be offended to hear that tears suit them.
[She is content to be held for a moment.]
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Date: 2011-11-17 12:03 pm (UTC)You have come to teach me to dance? Tell me, Juliet. Am I hopeless?
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Date: 2011-11-18 12:41 am (UTC)[She giggles and shakes her head.]
No one is hopeless in terms of dancing, Hawke. But to learn the sort of dancing which I know best, it is better to have a partner of one's own form. Your lockjaw will not be dancing as I do.
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Date: 2011-11-18 02:13 am (UTC)[Darkling] cannot dance at all.
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Date: 2011-11-18 02:18 am (UTC)Then it is fortunate that I can, and that I enjoy doing so.
Now, shall I demonstrate the steps first, or guide you as we dance?
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Date: 2011-11-18 07:53 pm (UTC)Guide me. I learn better while doing things.
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Date: 2011-11-20 03:05 am (UTC)[She smiles, then lets go of his right hand, to gather her skirts in her left, lifting them up above the ankle so he could see the steps while they practiced. His left hand, she raises to near eye level.]
We begin thus.
[And she leads him through the steps of the dance she had seen him attempting before, slowly at first, and then faster, and with livelier movements.]
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Date: 2011-11-20 03:15 am (UTC)[offline]
Date: 2011-11-20 03:31 am (UTC)You are learning very quickly. Far more quickly than I did when I began my lessons.
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Date: 2011-11-20 04:08 pm (UTC)[offline]
Date: 2011-11-20 04:55 pm (UTC)I do nothing of the sort. I speak the truth. It took weeks for me to learn proper dancing. I think if Tybalt had not been so adamant, and so tolerant of my mistakes, I would have given it up and declared myself better fit for a convent than a ball.
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Date: 2011-11-20 06:18 pm (UTC)[offline]
Date: 2011-11-20 06:39 pm (UTC)Or perhaps you are simply a natural dancer, like my cousin.
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Date: 2011-11-20 07:15 pm (UTC)[offline]
Date: 2011-11-20 07:29 pm (UTC)[She's been adding some of her favorite embellishments to the steps as they've practiced - ones she's danced with Romeo, and ones she's made certain never to do when forced to dance with Count Paris, in hopes he wouldn't find it quite so dull.]
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