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here_comes_the June 23 2011, 00:49:20 UTC
While Natalia simply didn’t care for galas and dances she was expected to attend - she had no interest in dancing or making small talk, but appearances had to be made - she loathed events she was obliged to host ( ... )

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hehe you used abscond. waitforsuperman June 25 2011, 21:09:46 UTC
Alfred's attempts to blend were not going well because of three very big issues.

1) Alfred couldn't dance. Not this fancy Old World stuff... everyone else seemed to have figured out how to twirl their partners around while he was, at best, able to keep with the one-two-three steps. Honestly, who the hell would've taught him how to dance? It's not like Waltz 101 was one of the required classes he had to attending during training.

Flying a plane nearly 3000 feet in the air while fighting and having a navigator screaming your ear? Piece of cake.

Making a girl look nice while dancing with her. nearly impossible.

The next two reasons seemed to fit together.

2) Everyone was staring.

And when Alfred tried to figure out why everyone was staring (despite his uniform, the guards and his abrupt grab/dance with some noble) he chanced a glance down at the woman, immediately knowing just why everyone was staring ( ... )

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here_comes_the June 27 2011, 22:44:56 UTC
Natalia took one look up and down at his assessment of himself. “Subjective,” was her rebuttal. “And what the use is a dance when you cannot?” Which was not so subjective. He was clomping around like some oaf with two left feet - or more apt, missing a left foot.

As such, he was making a scene. She wouldn’t be able to get the answers she wanted (Why are you here? Who do you work for? What is your objective? What do you know of the Arlovskayas? How many stroke of my knife will shut you up?) if they remained were they were. But she knew were they could be alone.

Pausing midstep and forcing him to stop too, she grabbed him by the wrist and led him off the dance floor. “Come with me.”

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latelatelatelate~ waitforsuperman July 4 2011, 07:16:40 UTC
Alfred blinked as he was suddenly swept away from the dance floor mid-step (totally not tripping) and stumbled after the woman now forcibly dragging him off and through the crowd. He sniffed a little at her comment but let it brush over because while she may have been gallivanting around and learning how to stick her friggin' pinkie out and dance, he was busy flying.

So instead he asked the more obviously question. "Where are we going? Are you taking me somewhere more," -he grinned- "private?"

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