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eldritch stardust
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 Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:24 pm
It has dinosaurs on it, Gabbie thought faintly as she stared at the dress hanging in the window display of the local fancy dress monger. It's has tiny, cute dinosaurs on it and it still managed to be sexy. Thinking that such a dress was entirely too good of a thing to be true, she quickly scanned the price tag. Well, it was certainly within her budget. She spent a moment gently stroking the soft fabric as she considered her options. Finally, she gave a decisive nod to herself and pulled the dress from its hanger.
"'Scuse me, miss," she accosted one of the sales reps. "I'd like to try this on, please."
Judging by the incredulous look she was given, she was the first female over the age of 10 to show an interest in the dress. She was quickly ushered into a dressing room and left to indulge in her girlier side. Stripping down, she muttered a soft prayer that the dress would look good on her.
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:53 pm
Shopping was not a manly hobby. Heck, even if it was manly it was still boring. He'd gone to the tux store like half the guys from the city but NOOOO. They had to be 'back ordered' and 'the best he could do for now' was a light purple tux.
Light. Purple.
Oh, excuse him, lavender.
And hell he was wearing 'lavender' to prom. A prom he didn't even have a date for. So, in Elzo's mind, he would be damned if he was going to resort to getting one of the 'color wonder' tuxedos. Really, how was he supposed to get a date, or even a dance, in THAT?
So, taking to the streets of destiny City's fashion district, Elzo was window shopping. At least until he saw perhaps what was a sign from god. There, in the window, was a black tux. A normal, average black tux. Bolting into the store, he'd practically grabbed the worker and demanded to try it on.
In minutes, he was in and out of the dressing room, with one revelation.
While black and fairly normal, the tux had one unique thing about it.
On the cuffs and buttons, were snowflakes.
Tiny almost unnoticeable snowflakes. They acted like a glittering border along the coattails and well...
Oddly, Elzo found it likable. Yup, THIS was going to be HIS tux.
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eldritch stardust
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:01 pm
Once she'd slithered into the dress and managed to zip it up in back (by dint of enough twisting and writhing to make a contortionist envious), Gabbie smoothed the soft, faintly iridescent white fabric over her hips and opened the door of the dressing room, wanting to see how this dress looked in the three-way mirrors outside. As she moved, she couldn't help but grin as a tiny pterodactyl grinned up at her from the edge of the skirt.
Moving over to the mirrors, she twirled and postured, liking the dress even more with every moment. She was a bit curvier than the designer had likely intended, but it was a nice effect. And the white fabric made her naturally tan skin practically glow. Now for the most important thing. Frowning faintly, she made sure that there weren't going to be little, cutely grinning dinosaurs hovering remotely near her lady-bits or breasts. She was going for sexy-cute. Not OMGWTFHorrifying.
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:36 pm
After admiring himself in the mirror for a while, Elzo was ready to take the tux off, pay for it, and get the hell out of dodge. He was done shopping for the day. But, he had to admit, when he heard a click from the girl changing hall, he paused to watch one girl come out of the stall looking like she belonged in a fashion magazine. Not just due to her looks, but her dress. It was-
"Awesome."
Uh, did he just say that out loud? Oops, guess he did. "Your dress, I mean...It's got dinosaurs on it. I mean..." he looked her up and down. "Dinosaurs. God, that's just awesome. Please tell me that's your prom dress. I mean, that is one epic dress." Not to mention sexy. who knew cute girly dinosaurs on a prom dress could look that good? He blushed for a second, realizing he'd just pretty much run his mouth off at a totally hott stranger.
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eldritch stardust
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:45 pm
If Gabbie was shocked to have a strange boy talking to her about the dress, she hid it fairly well. Flushign slightly at the compliment, she nodded and grinned.
"I think it's going to become my prom dress. It's funny, I hadn't really intended on getting one, but I couldn't resist the dinosaurs."
Chuckling, she pushed an errant strand of hair from her eyes and then held out her hand as she introduced herself.
"I'm Gabbie and if you think this dress is epic, you have excellent taste. Is that the tux you're getting?" she asked, peering curiously at the faintly glittering border on the cuffs. "I like it. Nice and understated, but with a touch of pizzaz."
While she spoke, she carefully looked the boy over and decided that overall she liked what she saw. He didn't carry himself like a jerk and his current state of blushing confusion was kind of cute.
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:01 pm
"You should get it. I mean, if I had a date, and she got one of those skank dresses, hell no. But that? " he grinned. "Now THAT is cool. I'd kill for a chance to date a girl with th-" He coughed, probably seeming a bit desperate. "Uh sorry, I'm Elzo, Elzo Xanis. Nice to meet you Miss Gabbie." He grabbed her hand and gave it a light squeeze. It was a guy thing.
Her comment about the tux caught him off guard. "Really? I mean, the tux shop, all they had left was a purp- excuse me, lavender, tux and hell if I was going to got to prom in that pansy a** thing." Picking at one of the faux gems he smiled. "So when I saw this, like hell I was going to pass it up. Plus, while it's all normal it's got that hint of cool. Much better then the lavender crap."
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eldritch stardust
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:08 pm
Grinning even more, Gabbie couldn't resist teasing him a little.
"Only three men could pull off a lavender tuxedo. Liberace, Elton John and Batman. The first two because they bat for the other team and do it so stylishly and people are already afraid of Batman. Who'd wanna mess with him if he also was wearing a lavender tux?"
Blushing faintly at the further compliments, Gabbie fidgeted with her shrk tooth necklace, trying to think of a graceful way to address Elzo's other comments. After a painful silence, she decided to bite the bullet.
"As far as getting a date with a girl wearing a dress like this.. umm.. I'm sort of dateless for the prom... I mean, if you weren't doing anything, maybe we could go together?"
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:27 pm
Okay, this was a girl he could defiantly hang out with. She was making a batman joke. Any girl that liked batman was good in his book! "Batman could go to a formal in swim trunks and no one would even ask. He's just that badass."
The silence was the kind that hung over like some awkward cloud of awkward. it might move on, or rain down at any second.
But as she talked, the cloud of awkward was just kinda...drizzling.
"....." His face was blank. She was asking him? What alternate reality was this?
"HELL YEAH. God, I mean..." He figgited. "Do you want me to pick you up, get a limo, or, just..." He shook his head. "Okay, yeah. Totally. God, just." he was grinning like an idiot. "If you don't mind, Miss Gabbie."
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eldritch stardust
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:49 pm
Regaining her own equilibrium, Gabbie smiled and shook her head. This was proving amusing and cute and slightly embarrassing all at once.
"A limo seems a bit much, you know? Those drivers are allllways watching and I'm sure they take bets on the side with each other about which dumb kid is going to get drunk and projectile vomit in the back seat."
She paused for a moment considering.
"If you don't live too far from my place or the school we could walk? Easier to talk that way and that way I'm not imposing on your good nature. And," she added with a teasing grin and wink, "I wouldn't have suggested it if I minded. You seem like a good guy. Besdies, you appreciate dinosaur dresses!"
Chuckling to take any sting from her words, she gave another twirl, letting the dress flow around around her.
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:36 pm
"Well, just, I don't wanna disappoint and make it seem like you got some cheap-o as a date...not that it's a date date but you...ah, you get what I'm saying." He rolled his shoulders in the suit. It was cut well enough that he had room to move. Always a good sign. The idea of walking though... "Sure you'll be alright? Some girls wear tall heels and I mean, I don't want to make you walk home, especially after the dance." he was a bit fretting. A girl had asked him to prom. He was dead set on not screwing this up. Not one bit.
"But if you want to walk, that's fine too? I just don't don't want to ruin your night. Prom and all that." He was blushing up a storm. His blush only got brighter when she twirled. "And it IS a good dress. Not ugly or tasteless, and it's got dinosaurs. I'm sorry but, how many girls can say they have a really hott dress with dinosaurs on it?" Giddy as all hell, he was sure his face was stuck grinning. "Oh, we should probably exchange info and all that." Elzo reached for his pocket but blushed more, remembering he was still in the tux he'd yet to buy.
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eldritch stardust
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:43 am
Still twirling blithely, Gabbie considered the shoe problem before coming to a stop. s**t, she still had to find shoes to go with the dress... And she didn't want heels. Well, okay, maybe a little heel. But she still wanted to be able to walk without being forced to balance on a thin stick and her toes. Then she remembered a pair of chunky heeled sandals she had at home. Those could be easily doctored to match the dress. A little iridescent white fabric paint, maybe a cute dinosaur button or two... Yes, that would work.
"It's very sweet of you to worry, but I'll be all right. I hate high heels and I have a pair of shoes in mind that will not only look fabulous, I'll be able to run in them if I have to."
She laughed softly and twinkled up at Elzo. It was cute how he was worrying about making her walk.
"Trust me, you won't ruin my night if I walk. I don't live that far from the school and I enjoy walking. And you're absolutely right that this is a good dress. I suspect I'll hang on to it for formal receptions and other school functions after this."
She went to reach for her cell as soon as he mentioned trading information, forgetting that it was still back in the dressing room. Well, that was an easily solved problem.
"Lemme change back into my other clothes and pay for the dress. We can trade info then."
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 7:32 pm
"Alright, just, don't want to make you do anything you'd not want to 'n...stuff." He'd never been this lucky with a girl before. Most usually played off of him or blew him off, not be up front and say they wanted a date and didn't care about the technical bull. It was refreshing.
But also really embarrassing.
"Uh, yeah, change back. Right." Skittering back to his changing stall, (he felt like some bug, yes he did), Elzo was almost jumping to get out of the tux and into his normal attire. At least, until he put it on.
Then he felt overly lame. Ripped jeans, an old tee, and a beat up jacket. He looked...trashy. He looked..."from Hillworth." He was in his civvies alright, his clothes beat up from fist fights and god knew what else.
Taking a deep breath and getting the tux back to it's original shape, he got ready to face Gabbie in his less then best.
Stepping out of his stall, he went to the register. She wasn't there yet. Man panic of being ditched set in. Did he miss her?
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eldritch stardust
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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:20 am
"Not to worry. if I didn't want to do something you'd know. I'd be very loud about it," she said as she ducked back into the stall.
Once out of the dress, Gabbie threw her clothes back on, supremely unconcerned by the lack of "fashionable" particles around her jeans, sandals and shirt. Granted, her jeans had clay and grass stains on them. And the sandals were probably going to fall apart soon, but it didn't matter. Everything was clean if well worn and most importantly, it was comfortable. Hanging the dress carefully over her arm, she exited the stall and headed for the register. Seeing Elzo there caused her to smile. Such a nice boy, she thought. He was charming and flattering without being smarmy or creepy. In Gabbie's brain, this counted for a lot.
Waving a bit to get his attention, she hurried over to the register and handed the dress over and got out her wallet.
"I'll get my phone out in a sec and get your number. I think I have a pen and paper somewhere in this purse in case you need my address or directions or anything."
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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:06 pm
MIND.
BLOWN.
She was dressed in normal, casual average clothes. She wasn't some crazy prissy chick of the Crystal variety. She was normal. And she was...."You look hotter then I imagined." Crap, hadn't meant to say that out loud. Maybe she didn't hear his self mutterings. Hopefully. But she probably had. Turning back to pretend he was fumbling in his pockets for his phone, Elzo was doing his damnest to suppress a blush. First Linarite, now this Gabbie gal. What cosmic force had he pleased that he was suddenly having such luck?
It was...an oddly pleasing male satisfaction that he was getting, being able to hit on such girls and not get slapped for once. Linarite...she was the unobtainable desire, Gabbie was like..well he wasn't sure. He did desire her though, that was for sure! The girl wasn't a girl she was a BABE. All Elzo could tell for sure right now was that he was EXTREMELY lucky. And he better not ******** this up.
"Ah, just, you can plug in your number and um, yeah, your address is good. I'll go over, see how far the walk is. And um, if I'll need a ride to get just there ,you know?" He shuffled his feet about. Damn, when did he get this nervous around girls?
Oh right, when they didn't try to chase him off.
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eldritch stardust
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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 4:54 am
Blushing faintly as she paid for the dress, Gabbie couldn't help but wonder if the universe wasn't letting a boy shower her with compliments to ease the later sting of a possible piano falling out of a window and onto her head. Still, the attention was nice.
Once the dress was bagged and the bad attached to her arm, Gabbie fished her phone out, got into the New Contact screen and passed the phone over with a grin. Then, she put her information into his phone, careful to make a small note about nearby cross streets since there was more than one South Main in the city.
"If you need a ride, you do, it's honestly nothing to worry about. Whatever happens, we'll have fun, right?"
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