[Pyrr Solstice Festival] Nytelyfe Wyldfyrr Rave

[swiftyuki]

This party only happens for the night owls. It's a child friendly event, showcased by many famous names and local artists playing their hearts out at these parties. During then, a special magic is cast on the torches that line the perimeter of the central plaza in Avalon that changes the colour and activity of the flames to something that reacts to the music played in tune to the rhythm and changes colours like a visualiser. Food and drinks are supplied by local eateries, taking into account their general menus outside of the festival specials.

[fluffymcsnuggles]

[Refs]

Louise had to say she loved a lot of holidays, all for very different. Though nothing topped the Wyldfyrr Rave. She liked to think she was a big fan of music- being employed at a music shop does that to you. That- and she had been working on a little trick with her limbs for this year.

She was definitely going to stand out this year! She had set her left arm upon the table adding in the last bits of wiring in for her new installment. She stuck her tongue out to the side in concentration as her spare arm moved deftly around to put everything in its precise place. She grinned excitedly as she saw her the displayed arm light up with a soft pink glow through all the casing. She wiggled it around a bit and saw the traces of light it left behind for a little more than a second but enough for the delay to be noticeable. She had taken notes from photomancy for the effect she had wanted with her limbs. she made the glass casing for the lights out of light crystals. Pretty clever if you asked her. She made multiple tests to figure out their 'battery' life so to speak and it lasted a good while.

Changing the colors would be the next priority. Still, she was happy enough to get it working thus far. When she moved the detached arm around different angles the light slowly transitioned colors. Perfect! Just use the light's refraction for color adjustment.

Once she had gotten one down it was time to add it onto the others. This stuff was still in prototype stages but hey- the best research is done out on the field! She just had to make sure to bring her sparkling pink tool belt to make repairs on the go. It shouldn't be too hard with some spells to fix any issues as well. She rolled up the blueprints adding a few more notes and went back to readjust and make improvements where she found she needed them.

After a good few days of a weird sleep schedule and ceaseless tinkering, she got it all together. Louise spun around excitedly watching the lights now turning to a neon turquoise trail. Now time to get dressed and ready for the rave!!!

She wanted to wear something that best shows off her mechanical limbs. Louise slipped herself into some small lilac shorts that hugged her legs. Her shirt was low cut tight lilac holographic halter top. Her bright pink hair was tied up in two pigtails decorated with rhinestones that reflected the light she emitted. She put on a bright pink sparkly lip gloss and eye makeup that transitioned from a soft blue to a pale purple, then a pastel pink also dotted with holographic sparkles.

Admittedly this sort of strange and attention-grabbing attire wasn't actually unusual for Louise. But the serious makeup job was. It took at least two hours...It was so worth it though! She looked outside and found it was already dark. Oh dang this did take her a while...

She got up and stretched grinning as she watched the lights trail behind her. She clicked her heels together activating the aero crystals and began to skate through the Pillar Steppes to arrive at the central plaza. She wasted no time making a beeline towards the food stands. Time to see what goodies people brought this year~.

[Sparky]

[Refs]

    Music was the life blood of every self-respecting punk. That and a kick ass rebellious attitude. And, wouldn't you know it, Ty had both under lock and key. That being said, for the summer Pyrr festival, the young man completely felt at home in the biggest fuck off party itself- The Wyldfyrr Rave. Look, Ty wasn't a dancer, he could bust a sick fucking move and breakdance like a gods damn beast. However, he liked to keep that on the down-low. The young man was not someone who looked to be the center of attention. You could bet your sweet ass the guy was enjoying the hell out of the bopping beats, but he wasn't one to linger near the center of the crowd.

    Now, you slap the young fucker down in a mosh pit with heavy metal dumping machine-gun drums and he'd go absolutely fucking ape shit. So would Luke. So would, well, a good few of the lost boys. Speaking of Luke, however- that young techy was no where to be seen. The guy was at the festival, sure, which was a nice change for once. However, Luke was never a party guy. Again, mosh pit, fuck shit up, etc. etc. etc. [Insert image of both of them beating the snot out of guys during a concert here]. But raves and parties? Those were, shockingly, antithetical to Luke's personality, despite the fact that the guy loved electronic music even more than Ty did. 

    Didn't bother Ty none, he could wander off and get himself into trouble on his own. Just like Ty could get into the very same shenanigans by himself. Sure it was definitely one hundred and ten percent better with a good buddy at your side, however, that didn't mean Tyler was a slacker when it came to causing chaos. The guy had been separated from Luke for a few years now and he'd been doing just fine on his own. 

    Tyler skulked around the outskirts of the main crowd, most of his attire was pretty bog-standard. However, he'd picked a specific T-shirt this time around, with a vibrant splatter-designed graphic ape head that looked pretty sweet in normal light. In the black light bullshit of the rave though, the real secret came to life. That shit was hella vibrant under the uv's. His usual jeans were instead swapped to cargo shorts, and cloth had been tightly wrapped around his legs just below the knees. To be frank, Luke's style with the wrapped arm was actually pretty cool to Tyler, and he liked to think he could figure out a way to meld it into his own punk shit the way Luke had his.

    Two different aesthetics, two different punks. 

    To complete the whole "Mad Slugger/Street Goon" look, Ty added two cuffs on both wrists with complimentary designs, as well as a bandanna wrapped around his neck with abstract teeth forming into a smile. Both designs shared the same effect under the uv lights as the shirt did. All he needed was his baseball bat resting on both shoulders, but bringing a weapon to a public party was bad taste. Not that he didn't have it in his backpack somewhere but-

    Ehem, that was besides the point. 

    Circling the crowd like a shark, the young man was content breathing in the atmosphere. A few nods to some dudes chilling like villains, a couple salutes to some groups vibing up a storm. It easy to forget sometimes that while Ty wasn't exactly the most noticeable or the most talkative, the dude was still fairly sociable. And, surprisingly, unlike the general air he gave off would insinuate, he was actually in his element right now. 

    Only thing missing was the aforementioned buddy at his side to help start a ruckus and really get the party started. That kind of revelry would have to wait. Right now, Tyler wanted to grab a snack before the main event. On tonight's docket: Starting a dance competition and kicking ass. Considering that was the plan, it was probably for the best that Luke didn't come. Dude had two left feet, and was damn near impossible to teach. Oh well. Tyler sidled up by one of the food stands and browsed the selection. It was fairly classical in style, most of the more exotic snacks were further down the line. This one was closer to some standard fairground type shit. Just gotta decide what to grab that won't make a mess before I go out and start some shit. the young man thought idly. Something light-ish. 
    
    "Yeah, I'll grab a corndog an' a chocolate shake. Goin easy on it for right now." The man behind the stand nodded and took the gold when it was offered, handing off the small meal for Ty to gun down. He lingered by the stand for just a little bit longer, slurping up the last of his shake as he formed his plan. When to make my move, I wonder...

[fluffymcsnuggles]

[Refs]

Louise had saved up as much as she could for the week to get some of these pastries she was dying to get her hands on. She had to be careful though since her arms were sensitive she didn't want to get them too dirty. Ah, the days where she could eat jelly-filled confectionaries without care was over. Louise had instead snagged a few lollipops from a stand and a caramel apple which she was currently working on right now.

She was still chowing down on it bit when she spotted a familiar face. Wasn't too surprising Ty would be here. He did own the music store after all so no duh would he want to go to a place with music. But it was just nice to see a familiar face. She made her way over, soft violet lights trailing behind her as she approached.

"Hi Ty!" She gave a big wave nearly dropping some of her candy. She stumbled as she went to slow down and catch everything before it hit the floor. What a relief. "How long have you been here?" she asked. It would be super embarrassing if he was here for like- hours and she had no clue. Well, she hadn't been there all too long anyway so she should cut herself some slack. "Is that a chocolate shake? I love chocolate. Where did you get it? Does that place have strawberry shakes? Those are sooo good! Do I have enough money for that-?"

Louise took another bite of the caramel apple and rummaged around her pockets. Not before she stuffed all those lollipops into her top. She grinned as she felt some gold still lying around. That probably was enough, unless they were crazy gourmet milkshakes.

[Sparky]

[Refs]

    A familiar voice got Ty to look up from where he'd been squatting on the ground. It was hard to miss the bubbly pink haired techie, more-so than ever seeing as now she was trailing lights after her. Now that shit's more like it. Fucking wonderful to see someone getting that into it. The young punk smirked up at the pink haired girl, trying not to laugh a bit at the lights trailing after her. It was really impressive, and so, totally, utterly Louise. 
    
    "Yo." Ty gave a small, two-fingered salute towards his "employee-friend." Empliend. Friemployee. Friendloyee. Frienyee. The title's still a work in progress, don't judge him. "Oh, yeah it's that stand right there. They have all kinds of flavors, so I'm sure you could get a strawberry milkshake. It's only two gold, too, so not super expensive. Cheap for festival food, if you ask me." 

    For festivals of all kind, it wasn't unheard of for stands to ramp up their prices ever so slightly. It was a way to gouge people just a little bit more to bump up their profits. Of course, not every stand did this, but you'd be hard pressed not to find someone selling shit like a burger for fifteen gold, not counting extra toppings. The capped crusader himself didn't exactly vibe with that shit all too much. If he were to set up a stand he'd probably keep his prices around the same, maybe put it up one gold more than normal just so he could break even after paying for however much it cost to rent to spot he claimed. 

    "Yeah I've been here for an hour or two, just skulking about trying to decide the best time to start some chaos. Y'know?" Hidden eyes scoured the crowd. The pumping beat, pounding deep into his chest, his very core. Gods damn did he love parties like this. "I'm thinkin' bout hyping people up into a dance competition, show a bit of my skills, y'know? T-pose to display dominance on all the fuckers. Heh." 

    "By-the-by, nice lights. Absolutely love 'em. That shit is perfect for this kind of place. I'm sure you're gonna draw a lot of eyes with that." Slurping down the rest of the shake, the young punk stood up and stretched out. It was a bit nicer now that he had a fellow shenaniganizer here alongside him. A partner in theoretical crime, and one who was just hyperactive enough that she'd probably go along with his hair-brained schemes. "I'm gonna have to ask you at some point to make me gloves or something that do the same thing. Maybe install something into my skateboard wheels." 

    A smirk had made its home on the young man's features. There were a lot of ideas rumbling around under that baseball cap. Terrifying. At least, for anyone who just wanted to have a nice, calm, uneventful night. But let's be real here, who in their right mind came to a rave expecting calm?

[Naya]

[Ref]

   

There were so many people!

Naya's eyes were massive as she wandered over to the outskirts of the party atmosphere. People were streaming in from all over, all different races! She had only vaguely heard of some of these people and she'd never actually seen them! This was the best possible thing she could have stumbled upon. Well... She did follow someone with a really sparkly coat here because she liked all the pretty colours but it was the best coincidence!

The young woman turned to her trusty undead dire wolf, Chompers.

"What'cha say Chompers? It's reeeeaaall pretty in there, ya know? Maybe we's could even find some good stuffs to eat! Or another person with a sparklies coat to follow!" She nodded as though it made perfect sense and Chompers just gave her a sidelong look.

"I knew you'd agrees wit' me! Let's go!"

She threw her hand forward and marched into the festival, Chompers spending a moment sighing without lungs before following her. 

The vast majority of people gave her a wide berth but she was kind of used to that, took her ages to learn that it was because of Chompers and not because she smelled. She always made sure to go bathing in any rivers or lakes that she found, so she was quite happy with her own cleanliness thank you very much.

Chompers however was both undead and a giant wolf, his own cleanliness didn't matter and she had to give him baths occasionally which was always a rough experience. Wrangling a dire doggo empowered by death magic was a precise art.

After a few minutes of walking, she suddenly stopped and took a few steps back before turning around to gaze into a stall that was selling sweets. She'd had some before but these ones looked extra fancy!

She stepped up and stared up at the candy apples for a few long moments before pointing at one.

"Give please!" She declared firmly and the woman running the stall gave her a smile and then mentioned something about some kind of metal... 

Naya spent a few moments looking incredibly confused before remembering that money existed.

And that she had none.

"Uh... I gots some shiny rocks if ya want them?" She said, reaching into one of her pouches and putting up a few random nicknacks that she'd found on random corpses and in the woods. She then frowned and put up a few small metal discs she'd found in someone's pocket and to her surprise, the lady accepted them and then gave her some back of different colours. 

It was safe to say, Naya was amazed.

She took her stuff back, took her candy apple and then had to swat at Chompers with her free hand to get him to stop chewing on the corner of the stall. With her various important tasks done, she stepped into the middle of the path, messily bit a chunk out of her apple and stared off deeper into the festival, waiting to see if anything would catch her eye.

[fluffymcsnuggles]

[Refs]

She had to admit she was loving all the stares she was getting as she made her way across. This was probably a really good advertisement strategy. Not like her unusual limbs made her stand out already amongst every day. A lot of her inventions were mostly to make things more fun in her opinion. Granted, what she considers fun varies wildly and could give anyone whiplash.

She let out an excited gasp as he informed her about the shakes. She made a beeline towards the stand and paid the fee to get her strawberry shake. "I can't believe I could miss something so obvious! But there's like- a ton of food vendors here it's impossible to pick just one place." So much to eat! Louise didn't have the appetite like she used to, but she still enjoyed her sweet treats. She just couldn't handle as much in one sitting. Maybe she could take stuff to go! But it could all go stale or rotten within a few days which would suck. She took a big sip of her shake and grinned.

"Oh! You want a lollipop by the way?" she asked, plucking a blue colored lollipop from her holographic halter top. She finished off the rest of her caramel apple so she could make better headway on the strawberry shake. "What kind of chaos are we talking about here? Like- blowing something up chaos or making people riot kind of chaos?" She was so down for either. She'd just have to make sure to cover her ears during an explosion. The noise wasn't all too pleasant to deal with up close.

Louise idly swayed to the beat of the music, her skirt swinging back and forth to the beat. "A dance competition? That sounds super fun! I bet you'll kick everyone's ass. Is there gonna be prizes? Or is it the title of best dancer ever? I like that title. What if I joined? Wait no it might be cheating..." She mumbled. Louise had two left feet with her normal limbs until she got these new ones. She was much more graceful now- but she still admittedly knew very little about dancing.

She gave Ty an excited grin as he complimented her lights. She twirled in a small circle, the lights slowly shifting to a pale pink and she finished her spin. "You really think so? I love these things!!! I would use them every day but I have no clue how much battery power they use," she admitted. It would be a dangerous game if these things didn't last super long. This was her first test run, and what better way to test it than to REALLY test it.

"I'd love to do that for some gloves or wheels. I think wheels would be better because then the energy could be generated from the motion of the wheels to have the lights turn on. Oh, maybe I could make a whole board so they wiring could be protected a little bit. I also had to sort of figuring out how to make the bulbs work but I just repurposed some light crystals for glass. I think if I look at some of the models I made for my arm and stuff I could use that as a reference for gloves. But I'm no seamstress though so I'm gonna have to grab some old pair." Her brain was already lighting up with endless ideas on how this could be used. Imagine people everywhere using this stuff. The world would be a much cooler place with some splashes of vibrant color.

[Sparky]

[Refs]

    "That's more like a tiddy-pop than anything. Why'd you just shove it down your shirt like that, there's gotta be better places to put them?" She literally had pockets with coins in them, and, sure, they might not be massive but one would think Louise could still just kinda like... slip them into a pocket for a brief moment? Then again, this was Louise Ty was dealing with. It wasn't exactly as though the pink haired girl thought things through all too critically. The guy'd pretty much figured that out as soon as she started working at Gorilla Groove. "Plus, blue's not my thing. More for cherry or grape."
    
    Yes, because that's the thing that dictated whether or not he took someone titty-pops. Ty's shadowed gaze watched a young girl bumble about the crowd with a big fucking dog in tow. Admittedly, the dog looked pretty ragged. Almost like a zombie. Given necromancy being a thing, it either was completely the case or it was just really good make-up. The young punk decided to hedge his bets more towards the former rather than the latter. 

    Tuning back in as Louise started rambling about what kind of chaos he was interested in inciting, the young man watched her sway back and forth. Always so high energy, so hard to keep still. The young man wasn't exactly unused to that sort of thing, however he did pause as she began muttering about her potentially cheating. "Hmmm...?" A hum rose quizzically up his throat, hidden gaze studying the young woman before him. Is she just talking about her limbs? Tyler didn't believe her having prosthetics gave Louise any sort of advantage. She'd had them so long one could make the argument about her being just as natural with them as if she'd had her normal fleshy bits. 

    He smiled a bit at her happy twirl. Who could look at her cheerful excitement and decide "Yeah, that pink hair bitch? Fuck her good vibes." Especially at a big ass festival like this. This place was brimming with good vibes! Already Louise was off on one of her tangents, but the capped crusader had already tuned out as he stood up to his feet. 

    "Listen, Louise. Let's level." Turning to face her, the young man folded his arms over his chest. "If you wanna have fun throwing yourself into a dance competition, you throw yourself into a dance competition. This is a party, the whole point is to have fun. You having prosthetics isn't any sort of cheating. As far as prizes go though..." 

    Ty shrugged. "Really just street cred. Showing off. Flexing on everyone who isn't as good as you. Look, man I'm not going in here thinking I'm going to win a trophy, I just wanna set the scene and show everyone how to really party. You know? It's just for laughs. And I definitely think you should take part." The young man tapped his knuckles against Louise's arm, a grin playing at his lips. "Just be careful with the high energy moves, though. Unless you got shorts on under that skirt. S'all I'm saying. Natural born party animals don't give a fuck, but you don't strike me as one of them." 

    Hands stuffed back into his short's pockets, the young man turned from Louise. The beat was indeed bopping and everyone seemed to really be getting into it. The party had just barely gotten started. "By the way, nice outfit. Never expected  a hyper-active dweeb like you to wear something that bold." He teased, walking out towards the main dance floor.

[fluffymcsnuggles]

[Refs]

"If it was a tiddy-pop my titties would be popping out Ty. I dunno why I put them there I just did. It's sorta easier to just pick the favor I want here instead of having to rummage around my pockets to grab the right one," she said. Because that logic completely makes sense Louise... Now she went to grab him a cherry lollipop instead while tucking the blue back into her top. Louise was a critical thinker, unfortunately, it only applied to very specific situations or subjects.

At events like these Louise was much more comfortable, with such large crowds people were less willing to be judgemental. Or perhaps this was just such a good atmosphere that is reflected in everyone's attitude. That was probably it! She had received a lot of compliments tonight on her looks. Especially her limbs and she got to advertise herself like CRAZY! If she could make more of this stuff she'd be like- super-rich.

"I- well... I guess..." she mumbled. It seemed like fun but also she didn't want people to really judge her dancing? Dancing competitions made her acutely aware people were watching and she preferred to not be watched as she dances. Plus street cred sort of sounded like a lame prize. It wouldn't last that long in people's minds anyway. "If it's for fun I'll try. Just don't get upset when I blow the competition away!" She stuck her tongue out and grinned.

"Can't say I am no. This is the only ever party I've been too.
I'm not trying to be thatoutgoing." No, she definitely wasn't wearing shorts. She didn't want to flash total strangers so she'd have to tone it down. If she was physically capable of it at the moment. Just no super high kicks- she can't do many moves that require flexibility so maybe she won't have to worry too much about flashing.

She followed after him as he turned to walk away. Louise gave a mock gasp of offense and placed her hand upon her chest. "Have you not seen my outfits Ty?!
I am the MOST bold!" She couldn't deny that she was, in fact, a hyperactive-dweeb. But lacking boldness! Sure- just not with her fashion choices.

[Sparky]

[Refs]

    "Yeah, sure, whatever you say, Louise. I'll make sure to tell my future children just how 'bold' you were as I kicked your ass in a dance-off." Ty's neck cracked side to side as he looked out towards the crowd with a shit-eating grin. Only stopping for a second to loosen himself up a bit, the young man cast his hidden gaze back towards his pink haired friend. "Squad up, Pinky, let's make this shit a real party." 

    Quiet. Subdued. Casual. Level-headed. These were all many words that had been used to describe Tyler throughout his life. The guy rarely bore ill-will towards people without good reason, and he usually gave people the right to live their life  however the fuck they wanted. As long as they weren't actively causing others harm, that was. Thing was, Ty thrived on the nightlife. Parties, raves, etc. Maybe the boy wasn't an avid party animal, but that didn't mean he still didn't thrive in this place. Part of it came from his background, so often were there break-dance competitions on the sidewalks that Ty took part in that this shit just became a part of him. 

    Probably because parties and raves were the best place to cause trouble or get shit going. Tyler was a complex dude, but slap down a good beat and he was probably going to vibe with it. In that manner, the young punk was honestly really simple. Fun was, however, fun, so complaints were about as rare as a gods damn genuine smile out of Luke. Or as rare as a sighting of Ty's actual eyes. Man, all the Lost Boys had their own little quirks, didn't they?

    Neat.

    Skulking out into the crowd, the young man made his way towards the center. Those that noticed him, stepped aside and let him through, eyes trailing after curiously. The capped punk's air was different from the overall air of the party itself. It drew many curious eyes after him. Ty had to make sure his entrance was enough to get people going. He had to find the right target. Before he knew it, he'd made his way into the center of the massive grouping. Some people that noticed started taking some curious steps back, those that didn't kept going. At least, until Tyler saw his target. Another young man with bright purple hair, frayed and wild. He seemed to be boogieing down pretty efficiently. 

    Ty shoved him. 

    Not hard, mind you. But enough to grab his attention and get everyone in the crowd to take notice. Many, who feared a fight, backed up even further. A lot of the chatter and cheers quickly died down as the man that had gotten the shove turned back towards the perpetrator with a vicious glare. A few frightened mutters could be overheard over the beat, and a circle spread out around the two men. The floor was open. Perfect.

    Growing up, Luke had always been known as the fighty one. The guy who came home with the most bruises, and always did his damnedest to get into a brawl. What people tended to forget was that Ty wasn't too far off of him. In fact, many times had been spent back to back with the angry techie as the duo got swarmed by incoming assholes. For the most part, the young man had grown out of that phase. However, he still liked to get into his... own form of fights. So he knew exactly how to get one started. 

    Ty's hidden gaze met the glare of the other man, a grin playing at his lips. The air was tense, everyone waiting to see who made the first move, and what it would be. The young punk stepped back and, to the amazement of everyone, bust out a move. Three exaggerated steps, followed by a flourishing spin. Understanding rippled through the crowd, and in the purple haired man as a grin formed on his features now. He reciprocated the action, busting out a spin into a few steps forward, then a step back, moving to the beat. His move ended the same way it began, with a spin, pointing a finger gun towards the capped man.

    The young man lifted his head, from beneath the shadows, large, colorless, glowing white spheres could be seen shifting wildly with excitement. Someone in the crowd was the first to finally call it out.

    "DANCE OFF!" Immediately the crowd erupted in excitement as they awaited Ty's move. And boy did he give it. His body moved and stepped to the beat, until dropping to the ground with a floury of spinning kicks. Then down further, he continued to spin, flip, and move with a display of high energy giving into greater momentum, until finally, the young man settled the spin as the momentum burned away and showed the grinning punk settled with his head resting against his hand. The crowd spoke for itself, the first competitor was eliminated as the purple haired man stepped back. 

    Make way for the next opponent. 

[fluffymcsnuggles]

[Refs]

"Oh c'mon this isn't gonna be a dance-off of centuries. There will be plenty more anyways. Better not get 'em mixed up when you grow old and senile," she said. Louise's eyes swept the crowd, she wondered if anyone was already pulling off some cool moves. Nothing could compete with her though, then again she did have some really cool lights that gave an unfair advantage. "I thought we were already in a squad," she mumbled as she followed after him. Pinky wasn't a bad nickname, it was fairly accurate- if not a little lacking in creativity.

It was unsurprising Louise would find herself here at these parties. Not that she really thrived in a social setting. Nobody went out of their way to be hostile but conversations usually ended with less the pleasant partings. Part of her wonders if it's what she says, or how she acts or- well... it hurts but she'd rather just be honest with who she is and deal with the many rejections that come with it. She liked to think she was pretty alright...sometimes.

Louise trailed after Ty through the parting sea of strangers. She wasn't sure if the curious glances were directed at Ty's mysterious aura or her bright light display. She hoped it was the latter honestly... She really did like attention if she was being honest with herself. Louise would give a few small waves to the strangers whose gazes lingered too long. She wondered what exactly Ty was looking for in the crowd until he stopped and she nearly smacked into him. She peered around his shoulder to see someone with bright purple hair getting down. Oooooh, she got it now.

She balked in surprise when Ty just fucking shoved the guy. She was about to say something as she backed up of course. She wasn't exactly built for fighting, sure a sucker punch with these things would hurt but a good hit to any of her limbs and she was down on the floor, deactivated.

Louise had to say she was relieved when there wasn't a punch thrown but instead, Ty began to dance. He was really fucking good, she wondered where he learned to do all that. The tension in the air immediately melted and turned into a light-hearted mood as someone announced the Dance off. Louise saw the purple-haired man step back as Ty danced admitting defeat. She grinned and looked around the crowd to see who might hop in.

[[Champion] - Aurora]

Almost like an awakened pack of wolves or something, Aurora and Ember both looked up from something, looked at each other, and grinned. Aurora wasn't as big a dancer as Ember and Typhoon were, but she still fucking lived for it. Both gave a grin to add to the trouble, moving in closer to the gap. Regulars that knew them only parted to let them through, but others that knew them for their title gave them much more space.

[smear:#00FF66]"I'mma hop!"[/smear:#FFE959:0], Aurora said the moment Louise opened up a spot.

A figure darker than night showed up, a flash of light particles in a vibrant green pulsed out from her feet and towards the outer edge of the area. Aside from black clothes, her freckles glowed a soft white-blue and the pinion feathers at the back of her head trailed behind with a green-yellow trail of glittering light.

Aurora's feet touched the ground and she made extremely technical movements with her hands and arms, leaving a trail of green light to mesmerize the crowd. At one moment where her hands went in opposite directions from a center point, the green shifted to cyan and began to colour cycle as she continued her bit. Of course, she made sure that everyone at all angles could catch her dance instead of leaving it at one face. She knew how these things worked. The moment she hopped out is when Ember decided to jump in herself to add to the roster.

[[Champion] - Ember]

Ember herself was ready to go. She could feel the heat kick up, although that was partially because she was hyping herself hard enough to produce some heat. She waited for her turn, stealing the space after Aurora was done with her little light show.

Her hair glowed with low red flames, eyes a brilliant gold and scarlet depending on the angle one caught them. She had two dances she was known for down. The first seemed real still. A hip moved to the side, orange flames trailing after but keeping close to the source. There was a pause and it happened again in another direction. She raised her arms slowly up, highlighted by rave lights and quickly dropped them while doing a twirl, arms alight in a fast orange flame that illuminated her and everyone at the front face of the crowd in all directions.

Her skirt trailed after her, the ends of it picking up air and glowing in a glittering red as if a flame was struggling to light as she made her way around. A swift step to the side with flames following her more sudden movements, and a artful drop down with a high sweep of her leg. Her collapse only gave her the momentum to spin on her hands and her upper back while her legs were used as a kind of weight to keep her in a hard spin with a wheel of flame flaring up as she did so.

Her dance ended with a pop up, pushing off the ground with her hands to kick out a fireball straight upwards before she flipped herself upright and landed on her feet to bow and make a single rotating step in darkness out back into the crowd and opening a spot for the next person.

Mages, am I right, fellas?

[Sparky]

[Refs]

    Cheers erupted from the crowd as Ember and Aurora hit the stage. Ty's reaction back towards Louise was something akin to a very hyped "Yo, you seein' this!?" Now, many champions and gods were around the festival, that was a given. However, Ty's excitement came from the fact that he was going to kick their ass in a dance off. As a few other competitors took the stage and were promptly knocked out of the runnings, Ty hung back with his pink haired friend, grinning like an idiot.

    "So, maybe you don't think street cred is enough, but let's be real here, don't you want to try and take claim to the fact that you beat champions? I think that's a pretty solid claim to fame." It was Ty's turn to take the stage again. A good number of people had come up to try and compete. Some fucked up and stumbled over themselves, others just got out skilled. Either by Aurora and Ember themselves, or by those that came after. Such was the way of the dance off.

    Ty's eyes began to glow again as he cracked up his knuckles and hit the ground. The young man not only looked the part, but his high energy, high momentum movements certainly made him feel the part. The dance started off simple enough, a fourp-step footwork that dropped into Zulu spins. The real flair came after when the boy started kicking his legs out, one leg crossed over the other to shape out the number four. That was just the build up, as the young man gathered momentum and swung his legs out and around, twisting his body into a high energy spin. The crowd was ecstatic as he build up speed and, for a few seconds, spun entirely on his own head. Then with a simple twist, the young man cancelled the momentum, froze in an upside down meditative pose, then kicked back out into a continuing high momentum set of spinning kicks. 

    Finally, the young punk ended his routine by pushing off the ground with one hand, holding it for a moment to strike a power pose before dropping down backwards onto his feet to walk back to his spot without having to even look back. Ty looked at Louise with a smug grin and stood next to her, panting with his arms folded over his chest. Shit was one hell of a work out. "So, you gonna take your turn in the spotlight or are you gonna let yourself be shown up? You got those lights all over you, you really should set a scene for yourself, my dude." 

    With how much everyone loved the magical flair that Ember and Aurora put on, there was no way that they wouldn't absolutely love the pink haired techy. A cute girl and pretty flashing lights? That's like, two out of the three things that people loved the most about raves. Two out of four if you counted drugs but, this is a child-friendly rave so we're just gonna scribble that one off the list for now.

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[Refs]

Louise grew wide-eyed at the sight of champions, actual fucking champions joining in. No way she stood a chance against that! She wasn't even close to their level, plus they had some good moves. Maybe she'll just stick to the sidelines. It would be fine! She was just as happy watching everyone else dance.

"Ah, I dunno. It seems a bit risky going up against them. What if I piss off a god?" She said jokingly. She doubted any god had that big of an ego- but she could be wrong. Besides Aurora and Ember seemed to kick everyone's ass that walked into the circle. They owned that circle now, it was their circle.

She cheered as Ty joined in once more clapping her hands excitedly as she watched. All these people were so talented! She was no pro, she just mostly jumped and flailed around as she danced, well she thought she did. Louise never had an audience when she did dance after all. Ty certainly knew how to get a crowd going though. She doubted she had that same amount of charisma.

She gave him a small pat on the shoulder as he walked back and smiled. "You were fuckin' awesome out there!" she said. But so was most everyone that stepped out onto the floor. She chewed her lip at Ty's teasing, her brows furrowing in thought. She wanted to dance- but she also just...she had a love-hate relationship with attention. She only really liked it if it was good, she was worried it could end up being bad for her. "I- um..." she looked out in the middle again and pressed her lips into a thin line.

Ah fuck it.

She took a deep breath and slowly stepped out onto the circle, the lights shimmering with a bright pink trail that her halter top and skirt reflected in their lilac holographic material. She placed her hands on her hips and smirked at her challenger. She slowly swayed to the beat for a moment before really getting into it. Letting herself just unwind and feel the music rather than trying to impress anyone else.

She was actually quite good. She did a dramatic twirl giving the audience a small peace sign as she began to really go all out. She did a classic four-step but began to trace out shapes with the lingering lights on her arms. Then her legs moved into a grapevine leaving swirls all across the circle. She stopped at the end of her trail and raised her arm up and hiked up her leg and bounced. One could say she was a born performer with the way she was dancing. Her hips swayed and she struck one final pose before finishing with a flourished bow.