Shepard turned over the lithe Cerberus agent with her boot, gun ready, but the woman - for it was clearly female in that tight white and yellow uniform - didn't move.
Kaidan walked over. "Huh," he said, kicking the enemy's fallen weapon. "Is that a sword?" The steel blade clattered along the bloody, tiled floor.
Shepard scowled. "Yeah. While you and James were occupied with the Atlas, this one came at me from behind, cloaked. I almost didn't see her, but I happened to step back quickly to avoid a grenade and ran into her." Shepard bent over to pick up the blade, tapping something on the hilt. At once a crackling energy hummed through the air making Kaidan wince. "It has some sort of shield bypassing tech built into it; not great at range apparently, but stuff it into a melee-range weapon..."
"Instant execution," Kaidan murmured. "Crude but effective."
Shepard dropped the sword. "Keep an eye out for these creeps, gentlemen, unless you fancy ending up on a Cerberus skewer." She hefted her shotgun. "Let's go."
James Vega + Flamenco dancingarysaniApril 4 2012, 17:13:23 UTC
Steve didn't even hear the elevator coming down, he was so focused on observation, a small smile on his face.
"What's going..." Steve turned and caught Shepard's gaze just as she caught sight of what was going on in the wide-open spaces of the shuttle bay. "What the...?"
"Just watch," Steve whispered.
James stomped his left foot three times in a particular rhythm, and Samantha watched and replicated. He stomped his right foot, left foot, right foot, and then his left again three times. He watched Samantha do it and grinned.
"You're gaining, Traynor. Now watch the master," he teased, and proceeded to move his stiff arms in a jerky motion to the rhythm of his stomps, somehow turning a large, bulky man into a creature of grace; efficiency of movement and the sudden, firm twists of his hips and torso, pivots and stomps seeming to prohibit watchful eyes from looking away. His stomps sped up, his boots hardly seeming to lift from the ground, and he whipped his body around two, three, four times, punctuating each one with a rapid heel stomp on the deck. Arms out to the sides, he snapped his fingers in a complimentary rhythm with his short, staccato stomps, and brought his hands back towards his chest and whipped around again. With a final stomp, his entire body stopped short, and he threw his head back, hands perpendicular to each other and no longer snapping. Silence pervaded the room before he tipped his head forward again, sweat starting to shine on his brow.
"Enjoying the show, Esteban?" he teased, and then caught sight of the other observer and snapped a salute. "Commander!"
"At ease, Lieutenant. That was some fancy footwork."
He chuckled. "I'm out of practice."
"If that's out of practice, I am never going to be any good at this," Samantha commented and James laughed.
"Just keep practicing, Traynor. Just keep practicing," he encouraged with a grin.
"Never knew you had it in you, James," Steve added as the group dispersed.
"Lot you don't know about me Esteban," James teased back and Steve chuckled to himself as he went back to his console.
Prompts: -I thought you were dead -the world was on fire and no one could see me but you -this world is only going to break your heart
Re: James Vega + Flamenco dancingarysaniApril 4 2012, 19:28:58 UTC
I have a THING for dancing, singing types. I don't find either demasculinzing in the LEAST. I mean, HI PATRICK SWAYZE'S HIPS. GUH. And I was sort of picturing scenes from "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" and how even the big dudes were light on their feet, and I've seen it - I've seen how people that you're like "omg no way they can be that nimble" and they surprise you because it's IN THEIR BLOOD or something.
And the idea of James having learned it as a small boy and it being something that his family instilled in him as an important cultural aspect makes me happy.
(And it meant that I had to youtube videos of men doing flamenco to make sure I had it right and that was just a terrible, terrible trial...)
Re: James Vega + Flamenco dancingarysaniApril 4 2012, 21:15:45 UTC
HA. WIN.
I swear I hated how often my sister watched "Dirty Dancing" as a kid, but I got a little older and she was watching it one day and I did the *headtilt and stare* when the camera focuses on his hips and decided right then and there I apparently had a THING for hips, which morphed into a general appreciation for a man who can dance. HELLO.
(I'm just putting this out there, but Ciara's "Goodies" came on my iPod just as I got this comment. How convenient.)
Re: James Vega + Flamenco dancingarysaniApril 4 2012, 21:48:06 UTC
Of COURSE I have lol. It took me far longer than is proper to finally see it, but yes. Mission accomplished. (Though I read that as "Strictly Ballroom", meaning the Baz Luhrman film, so if there's another movie called "Simply Ballroom" then I haven't seen that one and should add it to my list. I totally just read what I was expecting and not what you actually said *facepalm*)
Kaidan walked over. "Huh," he said, kicking the enemy's fallen weapon. "Is that a sword?" The steel blade clattered along the bloody, tiled floor.
Shepard scowled. "Yeah. While you and James were occupied with the Atlas, this one came at me from behind, cloaked. I almost didn't see her, but I happened to step back quickly to avoid a grenade and ran into her." Shepard bent over to pick up the blade, tapping something on the hilt. At once a crackling energy hummed through the air making Kaidan wince. "It has some sort of shield bypassing tech built into it; not great at range apparently, but stuff it into a melee-range weapon..."
"Instant execution," Kaidan murmured. "Crude but effective."
Shepard dropped the sword. "Keep an eye out for these creeps, gentlemen, unless you fancy ending up on a Cerberus skewer." She hefted her shotgun. "Let's go."
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1) James Vega + Flamenco dancing
2) Dog days
3) Garrus/Tali, caught
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/writer fail
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(I don't mind. Best. Movie. Ever.)
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"What's going..." Steve turned and caught Shepard's gaze just as she caught sight of what was going on in the wide-open spaces of the shuttle bay. "What the...?"
"Just watch," Steve whispered.
James stomped his left foot three times in a particular rhythm, and Samantha watched and replicated. He stomped his right foot, left foot, right foot, and then his left again three times. He watched Samantha do it and grinned.
"You're gaining, Traynor. Now watch the master," he teased, and proceeded to move his stiff arms in a jerky motion to the rhythm of his stomps, somehow turning a large, bulky man into a creature of grace; efficiency of movement and the sudden, firm twists of his hips and torso, pivots and stomps seeming to prohibit watchful eyes from looking away. His stomps sped up, his boots hardly seeming to lift from the ground, and he whipped his body around two, three, four times, punctuating each one with a rapid heel stomp on the deck. Arms out to the sides, he snapped his fingers in a complimentary rhythm with his short, staccato stomps, and brought his hands back towards his chest and whipped around again. With a final stomp, his entire body stopped short, and he threw his head back, hands perpendicular to each other and no longer snapping. Silence pervaded the room before he tipped his head forward again, sweat starting to shine on his brow.
"Enjoying the show, Esteban?" he teased, and then caught sight of the other observer and snapped a salute. "Commander!"
"At ease, Lieutenant. That was some fancy footwork."
He chuckled. "I'm out of practice."
"If that's out of practice, I am never going to be any good at this," Samantha commented and James laughed.
"Just keep practicing, Traynor. Just keep practicing," he encouraged with a grin.
"Never knew you had it in you, James," Steve added as the group dispersed.
"Lot you don't know about me Esteban," James teased back and Steve chuckled to himself as he went back to his console.
Prompts:
-I thought you were dead
-the world was on fire and no one could see me but you
-this world is only going to break your heart
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And the idea of James having learned it as a small boy and it being something that his family instilled in him as an important cultural aspect makes me happy.
(And it meant that I had to youtube videos of men doing flamenco to make sure I had it right and that was just a terrible, terrible trial...)
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I assume there were some other words around those, but they got kinda blurry.
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I swear I hated how often my sister watched "Dirty Dancing" as a kid, but I got a little older and she was watching it one day and I did the *headtilt and stare* when the camera focuses on his hips and decided right then and there I apparently had a THING for hips, which morphed into a general appreciation for a man who can dance. HELLO.
(I'm just putting this out there, but Ciara's "Goodies" came on my iPod just as I got this comment. How convenient.)
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OT by now, but whatevs. Have you seen "Simply Ballroom"? I feel like it would be a movie right up your alley. :D
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/nerd fail
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YOU DO NOT FUCK WITH TINA SPARKLE. *FLOUNCE*
ROFL.
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