Fifth floor common room, Wednesday evening

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The fifth floor wasn't really Cassandra's floor, but she had handwavily agreed to meet Namine there. She was busy moving furniture out of the way to create as wide an open space as possible. Somehow this meant that most of the seating was pushed out into a circle around her clear space.

After a critical look over her work Cassandra nodded to herself and idly went through a few stretching routines, waiting for her friend's arrival.

[ooc: Cassandra's here to teach Namine something about how to dance, but she'd be glad to teach anyone else who asked her too. Or, you know, do the other things that you do in a common room.]

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[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

Naminé peered in curiously, then greeted the other girl with a smile. "Are you certain you want to try this?" she laughed. "I'll apologize in advance for any smashed toes."

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"Don't worry," Cassandra grinned, "I won't let you smash any toes." She waved a hand, gesturing for Namine to step out into the open space.

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Naminé stepped into the area, still hesitant. "Well, then. I shall place my faith in you. And at least I'll have warned you."

She fidgeted slightly, with her hands behind her back. "How do we begin?"

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"At the beginning," Cassandra said simply. She stepped forward, and held out a hand, gesturing for Namine to take it. "Dancing is like talking. Only... more honest. It's... harder to lie."

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Naminé swallowed hard, and then took Cassandra's hand. "All right."

She was nervous. Too used to sitting and thinking, so her body wouldn't listen to her whims as easily as she'd like. And she was overthinking it already, step closer, nod ...

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Irulan entered the common room and paused, curious.

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Cassandra started off simply. Just a slow walk in a circle centered around their joined hands. Anything, really, to get the other girl in motion.

"It really is like talking. To do it right, you have to listen too." She grinned just a bit, "And... you can always learn new... words." While Cassandra knew she wasn't good at talking, she also knew that she needed to distract Namine. Get her thinking about words, and let her body move on its own.

[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

Naminé stepped, tentatively, falling into the pace. Listening. Right. This was just walking. Walking wasn't hard. Follow the movement, find out what she had meant about new words.

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Once they'd settled into the rhythm of stepping, Cassandra pressed on Namine's hand gently, indicating that they should turn and go the other direction. She watched carefully, she thought the other girl would pick up on the signal, but she was ready to explain if needed.

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Cassandra looked up and offered a polite nod. Then decided a wave might be in order too.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy had had a sudden thought, and was looking for Cassandra in hopes of discussing something with her. Oh, and look, he found her. "Cassandra, hey."

[irulan-atreides.livejournal.com]

Irulan returned this with a nod of her own, she can do the not talking thing very well but thought it polite to add, "Hello."

[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

It took Naminé a moment of wondering why her hand was being squeezed, and then she guessed. Change? She stumbled slightly before turning to move the other way.

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"New word," Cassandra grinned as they shifted directions. She squeezed again to indicate a change back to their original movement, "Just have to get used to... listening for them."

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"Hi," Cassandra replied. "I'm not... in the way am I?"

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She looked up and then grinned a bit, finishing a last series of stretches before waving. "Hi."

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

The couches weren't really facing the TV at the moment. That made Sokka sad.

On the other hand, there was a floor show going on, and it was pretty good. "WOOOO! KISS! KISS! KISS!"

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Naminé nodded. "My vocabulary's increasing already," she smiled, following the change a little more closely this time. Okay. Squeeze meant change. She could do this.

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"Okay," Cassandra continued, "Everyone has slightly different... words they use. So it always takes a few minutes when you first dance." She lifted one hand, moving it to guide Namine is a pirouette, "But most words are... natural. They move the way you should move."

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Sokka received a rather disapproving look from Cassandra for his troubles.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"How's it goin'?" Billy was doing a good job of hiding it, but he was a bit nervous. Not that he could trick someone as trained as she of course.

[irulan-atreides.livejournal.com]

Irulan shook her head, "Not in the least, I am just visiting the room. What are you doing, if I may ask?"

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"Pretty good, going to teach a friend about dancing." She eyed him and his nervousness, "What's up?"

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She grinned, "I'm going to teach a friend to dance. She says she's not very good at it, and I am, so..." she trailed off with a shrug.

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka stuck his tongue out at Cassandra, and gave Naminé a thumbs-up.