Opens the door...

the Respite Saloon & Parlor -- MarcusWade@bwr, Sara Leigh, Elizabeth lizzie Bowman, Bank Manager Sam Jenkins, ZachariahCovell, Liberty Walsh^@bwr, Bartender and MuscleMan Bubba, war whooping hollering group, MuscleMan Mac

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The rest of the scene goes smoothly. No one falls over. And honestly, he's impressed.

So the notes at the end are to watch your feet. Then, there is much to discuss with Elodie. They promise to let you know either way, though. (l/p)

And still

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See it was easy to recover her dignity once she dismissed her mistake as someone else's, and not hers. Wow, she should dissociate more often, there's no way this carries the risk of potential psychological consequences later on…

…or is actually the result of conditioned behavior consequent to the fact that this has been a successful model for handling stress all throughout her life…

AHEM! Anyway, the admittance, that capitulation, that concession, that surrender opened herself up for the temptation of victory that split her grin only to be quickly tamped down into a dry, wispy echo. "Yeah. Yeah it has."

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Clever, clever. Isn't the stage a magical place?

You could.. in heel... hot dman, woman. Though what htat has to do with the Club.

If you let him, he's going to use your joined hands to pull you in close enough te resume the dance. "Yeah," a teasing reluctance to the word

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Oh be not mistaken, Holly was now officially using the scene as a means of handling her embarrassment, like it was Alice that tripped, not her!

Holly could do Jiu-Jitsu in heels! She has, on at least one occasion. No, she's still not allowed back at Club Rockshore.

"What—" She began as she started to be set back on her feet, using her being placed upright as a punctuation for the other half. "—eveR! It's been working, has it not?"

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Your commitment is making his look lacklustre, then, because he absolutely moved as Leo in that moment, and was worried for Holly, not Alice.

It's a miracle that looked as good as it did. Eyes staying with yours, so that you can see the concern mixed in with the laughter - you seem okay? That was th silent question he was asking you in this breathless moment.

He lets out a laugh at that, fond exasperation back once more. "That's one of the definitions
of assault."

It takes him a moment longer than it should to realize he should't just... stay like this with you. Making the move look easy and natural, he's bringing you out of your 'dip', before settling you fully, carefully on your feet.

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Call it a weird mental artifact of her continued commitment to the scene, but she basically reacted as Alice would have, not as Holly would have, just shrinking up a little bit and simply letting herself be rescued.

Holly would have flailed in panic, or maybe even accidentally throw an elbow in her scramble to try and avoid busting an ankle on her way down, or landing on jewelry.

In a small flurry of movement, though, they almost made it look like a convincing dip, if it weren't for her comedic birdsquawk of a slip.

…her eyes were locked to yours, wide and faithfully damming back laughter between tightly sealed lips, both of humor and embarrassment.

After vetoing the giggle from bursting forth, she proceeded awkwardly…

"I have a very physical style of breaking the ice," she responded with a line from the script which… just somehow managed to fit into the situation.

Lingers

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Hold up, this is a stunt?
Though he would agree that the audition is going well. He's having more fun with you than he had with anyone else, certainly.

Eyes widen in alarm - he was just following the blocking, fully had not meant to pull you off-balance.

You start to fall and he's already got a hand holding yours. There's a more deliberate tug, this time, to slow your descent so that he can move in close to wrap his free arm around your waist, supporting you, holding you up - he lets go of your hand then, to wrap that arm around you too, to make sure he isn't going to accidentally drop you.

It all happens in a flash, and now they're in some kind of parody of a dip, with his arms wrapped tightly around you, holding you upright. "Shit, Holly, you okay?"

Poof

Coffee is gone
Bowl is empty

I should sleep

tourist

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See, and now they were performing stunts?
Was this audition FLYING, or what? It's going SO well!

"Alright, I'm gonna spill a drink on—" and she forgot the part where you were about to lightly tug her close.
You didn't even pull hard, it was just a slip of her memory for the blocking of the scene, and she fumbled mid-step in the re-join of the dance and…

…Holly's noise of alarm was that of a Squawk. Like a bird that just got seized unexpectedly as her footing gave out!

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