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The circus felt, empty. The humans were off on their adventure. Zooble had even agreed to come. Caine was floating around with nothing to do. He had already made the arenas for the next 20 adventures and his hyperactive brain was searching for something to do. He could visit the sun and moon? No he didnt have the energy to deal with that, moon was always flirting with him. He glanced at the crt computer displaying the adventure.
“Woah, this is new” pomni said, walking through the portal
“It sure is… something I suppose" Ragatha replied, glancing around. They had all been given formal clothes, she herself was in a dark glittery blue dress with a deep V and a slit that went up to her thigh, small spaghetti straps lay across her shoulders, as her hair which had been lengthened to about her mid back, hung heavy with beads and small charms.
Pomni shifted uncomfortably In her dress, she didn't normally wear dresses and this, certainly was out of her comfort zone. It also was glittery with a v though much shallower than Ragatha's dress. Two slits ran up both her legs, revealing the mismatched red and blue heels she was wearing. The dress was an even split between red and blue, and her hair was free from her dreaded hat, instead having parts pulled back with a yellow rose holding it in place.
Gangle looked down and laughed giddily, spinning around and looking at her dress, it was exactly the type she loved! It was shorter than the others, landing about mid “thigh”. It was a pale blue with a white petticoat underneath, the short puffy sleeves joined with the dress beneath matching pale blue flowers. She sported a large red bow behind her mask, and with a matching ribbon leading around her waist with a matching bow at the back, the whole accompaniment screamed feminine, and Gangle had missed being able to wear clothes she liked.
Zooble chuckled at Gangles obvious excitement, before reviewing their outfit. Caine had placed them in a suit, thank god. It was black pants, waistcoat and tie, and a deep purple shirt with large sleeves. Chains adorned the tie, and some hung from the belt leading around their waist. Their parts had changed too, somehow. They all matched the colour scheme as much as they could, but being that they all are practically neon, it was a hard fight. Either way, somehow it all was cohesive and good enough.
A bright blue light passed over Kinger's face, he seemed even more lost to the world than normal. However, he looked dapper in a royal purple suit that almost matched the purple of Zoobles shirt. It was almost plain in its simplicity, except for small amounts of embroidery along the hems of the jacket and waistcoat, and the bright contrast of the pure white shirt beneath the waistcoat.
Jax stood, tapping his foot unhappily, just a few paces behind the group. He didn't bother to inspect his new outfit, other than registering that it was a suit. He hated formal events, and when he had to go, he normally went for jeans and a nice shirt. Maybe a jacket if he had too. But now, he wore a dark green tie and handkerchief contrasting with the dark, dusty pink of his suit. He failed to loosen the tie as he marched in front of the group, still inspecting their outfits to determine where he could sulk for the rest of the adventure.
The large room had been decorated with a plethora of streamers, glitter and balloons. A large banner on the back wall declared ‘ Digital circus Dance”. The roof had fabric draped across, intended to resemble the roof of a circus tent, contrastingly, blue and purple lighting danced across the floor. The back wall was dedicated to punch bowls and digital snacks. A few chairs were scattered around the walls, leaving the centre of the room open. Music played from crunchy speakers as the default NPC’s trailed in behind the frozen humans.
“*SPROING* this. “ Jax said suddenly, sauntering over to a chair in the corner, as far from the dancefloor as possible.
Pomni glanced behind her, seeing kinger had wandered off, and gamble was laughing, leading a bemused Zooble onto the dance floor, comedy mask still intact.
“ So, uh do you want to get something to drink?” Pomni asked awkwardly, pointing behind her with a thumb
“Huh? Oh! Sure pomni!” Ragatha replied, seemingly snapping back to reality. Pomni traced where she was looking before, oh. Jax in the corner, he was tapping his foot unhappily. Whatever, his loss. Pomni grabbed Ragatha's hand, dragging her towards the punch table, Jax’s eyes following them.
Gangle had dragged Zooble towards the centre of the dance floor and paused grabbing both of their arms, putting them on their waist and begging to sway, adding her hands to their waist. Zooble stared fondly at gangle, who was laughing and dancing about.
“I love your dress hun, it really suits you.” They said, flicking one of the flowers on her shoulder.
Gangle blushed fiercely and replied “I love your outfit too, zu zu! Caine really did a good job for us!”
“For once” they laughed, “ I feel bad for Pomni though, she doesn't seem to like her dress much”
Speaking of pomni, she was staring at ragatha who was laughing hysterically at something she had said. She took a small sip of her drink, someone had snuck stupid sauce in, she had passed but ragatha and taken some in her drink. Possibly why she was laughing so much at something that was not that funny. She kept stealing glances over to Jax who was staring off into space and fidgeting.
Jax, although he looked like he was considering suicide, was actually considering going up to pomni and asking her to dance. Not that he was going to, but like he was considering it. She did look beautiful In that dress, the colours were slightly darker than her usual circus outfit, and he thought that the flowers in her hair complemented the outfit far better than the hat she usually had to wear did. He was quite surprised that Caine had let her go without this adventure. Fuck, he wanted to dance with her, he wanted to kiss her, he wanted to- but he couldn't . It would end badly and he knew it. She wouldn't like him anyway. Especially after last week. He had blown all his chances then, especially in this stupid fucking suit. He felt himself getting openly upset, so he took a few breaths, and put his elbows on his knees and leaned his chin on his hands, staring blankly at the dance floor.