[Bonfire PRP] Dancey Dancy Time [Hair Funter, Gekco]

[Scaramouche Fandango]

Hair Funter had been wrong about fermented fruit. It was good stuff! Powerful stuff! STRONG stuff- she was pretty wibbly as she stood, but in a moment she managed to correct herself. She looked around the group of laughing, smiling kin- surely one of them would be happy to dole out the party drinks for a bit. She grabbed a portly young kiokote and stationed him behind the fruit. "Lishten, pal!" she squeaked in a voice much higher than her typical contalto growl- then she had to stop and giggle for a moment, because this absolutely was hilarious- "Buddy. Friend. Watch this barrel. Make sure, um, what was the rule? YEAH make sure kids don't get it. Somebody's calling a dance... and it's time for me to dance.

Snorting and stamping her foot, she found Gecko and shoved her into the center of the circle of kin that had formed. "Tonight!" she called to the crowd around her. "Tonight I shall show you the dance... of my people. She checked- they were kind of blurry, but it didn't look like there were any other snaggle-toothed sail-backed spike-spined acha there, so any dance would be the dance of her people. "And THISH," she said, pointing to Gecko, "is my very good friend and we will! dance! together!" She winked at Gecko- actually, she blinked, but she thought she was winking. "Ready for this?" she whispered. "Sorry for putting you on the stop- shtop- SPOT, I mean- but this isn't any fun alone."

She had forgotten something really, really important, though.

She had no idea how to dance with a partner.

 

[So Long Gay Bowser]

It had not taken much leg-twisting to get Gecko onto the stage. She was a kin's kin, finding it enjoyable to mingle with others. Rarely did she leave hers and Fair Hunter's little grove, so this was truly a chance to meet new friends. As she had imbibed in her fair share of fermented fruit earlier that afternoon, she found her mood sobering- but not enough to not have fun! Just enough to find the sense in what she and Hunter were doing. Hopefully, her friend would not be too very mad for having fun with her? Or if she was, perhaps she would not remember! Gecko grinned to herself as she stumbled upwards and joined Hunter on the stage.

Lowering herself a bit, Gecko began to let her tail wind back and forth in a slow, fluid motion. Her body followed suit, and she looked rather serpentine and ready to strike, betrayed only by the wide eyes and delighted grin on her face. Letting her shoulders flow into the motion of the movement, she cocked her head playfully at Hunter.

"Show me! I very much look forward to the dance of your people, my friend!"  

[Scaramouche Fandango]

"YES!" she shouted enthusiastically. "Let's DO THIS!" She noted that Gekco was all limbered up and ready to go. Ok, how did this go? Gekco would catch on if she began. She took a deep breath and faced her tail to the circle. Then she put her left hoof in towards Gekco, then put her left hoof out. She put her left hoof in and she shook it all about. Then she did some strange maneuver and she turned herself around- and that was what it was all about, really. She then put her right hoof in, and put her right hoof out, then put her right hoof in and once again shook it all about. That strange dancing maneuver- then she turned herself around- and that still was what it was all about!

She hoped the others understood her artistry.

 

[So Long Gay Bowser]

...Wasn't this a dancey dance that foals did? Gecko watched her friend curiously, blinking owlishly (and admittedly, still very giggly from the drinks earlier.) Well, whatever! If you can't beat 'em, join 'em! Delighted by Hunter's seemingly apparent joyous nature, Gecko stuck her own hoof in, and out, then in, and out once more. She did not have foalhood memories of this herself, but the steps were easy enough to catch onto. As she danced, she found herself giggling, trying her best to keep up with Hunter without falling over.

"We should dance more often!" She cheered, making certain to waggle her tail before each pointed jump. It was just more fun that way! That, and Gecko was fairly certain the children were muchly entertained by her tail waggling. It was so fat and different from a normal kin tail! And so fun!

"You are very good at it!"  

[Scaramouche Fandango]

"Ok, that's the first step. Good tailwork... but can you keep up with the feet?" Fair Hunter's excitement was rising; the fog was clearing from her head just a bit as the physical activity got her blood pumping. "Watch this!" She threw her hips into the dance, her long, stiff tail a metronome moving at double time. She took Gecko's hoof in hers and caught it at the ankle, then lifted it. Momentum meant that Gecko followed, half-rearing onter hooves as Fair Hunter led. She spun Gecko, and deftly moved behind her to catch her before she could fall, guiding her forehooves gently back to ground. There was applause- actual applause at this, because it was frankly a miracle she hadn't dropped the kimeti.

 

[So Long Gay Bowser]

Miracle was nothing short of what Gecko was feeling. They had been doing a fairly simplistic, fun dance, and then this- she was reared onto her back hooves, and something in her mind screamed at her to fight. It was entirely too sobering a thought, and Gecko had to keep herself from lashing out with a very active effort- this was her friend, her BEST FRIEND, not that thing she wouldn't remember it she WOULDN'T and this was not a fight. Thankfully, nobody in the crowd seemed to notice her panicked noise- just a tiny squeaked that escaped her mouth before she could catch it. But Hunter, dear Hunter, had managed to catch her! Incredible! Her eyes were wide with wonder, and Gecko herself cheered along with the assembled crowd.

"H-hunter! That was very good, yes! Just, um." She laughed nervously. "Maybe let's tell me next time???" With that, Gecko took her own short bow, then bumped Hunter affectionately.

This whole little party was just full of surprises!  

[Scaramouche Fandango]

"Sure thing, buddy. You dance real good!" She threw her hooves around Gecko's neck and gave her a good nuzzle before leading her back into the crowd to let somebody else take the stage, completely oblivious to almost everything that had just happened.