12 [Location: Central/Josef's place] Party Post

[loveawkward]

Entrances had been made. The people of Taxon, some of them at least, had arrived. As the sun was setting and casting the room into shadows, the lights began to come up. Twinkling white lights on the balcony around the pool, mood lighting throughout the room to separate the loft into differing areas for different events. Light music played throughout the main room, though at poolside was a section set aside for dancing as well.

Pausing to overlook the affair, for a moment, Josef felt like he was still back home.

Well, minus the bevy of beautiful women offering up a vein at the snap of his fingers. He was still getting used to that loss, which hurt more keenly than most.

((ooc: Come one, come all. Feel free to set up your own posts or use the starter areas. Josef's place is a massive loft, with three separate rooms including a bedroom with an oversized freezer in it. There is also a rooftop pool area with a wide wall overlooking part of the city.))

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[starknaked]

"I know. Some of the stories just don't magnify my glory," he said with a sigh. "Though it begs the question. Why do you think you're in over your head?"

[genequeen]

"This entire conversation," she says having been caught out. He's quick, he's witty and she's never, not really, had to deal with someone like him in a situation like this. It is obvious that he's very much in his element and she is not.

"Do you make everyone feel like they're playing catch up the entire conversation or am I just one of the lucky ones?"

[starknaked]

“What?” For a moment Tony looked stunned, his eyes narrowed though he smiled. “With me? I haven’t even yet tried to be confusing and flummoxing.” He paused. “That is a word, isn’t it?”

He chuckled. “Oh that. You are entirely lucky though I do it to many. Easy advantage. Should I apologize?” Not that he felt he needed to but did she need one.

[genequeen]

"It is a word or if not, you've used it now."

Madelyne shakes her head, blinking a few times. That didn't help at all, now did it? Well, now she feels just a little more underwater but she's almost beginning not to mind so very much.

"No need to apologize for being who you and making me feel desired, Tony."

[starknaked]

“I’m pretty sure I could get it put in a dictionary if it isn’t,” he suggested, curious about that. Could he do it? Shaking his head to dismiss those distracting thoughts.

“Right. No apologies and you’re entirely attractive. Which has nothing to do with the dress, I might add,” he said, pouring himself a fresh drink. “Even if the dress does wonderful things.”

[genequeen]

"I'm sure you can, if you want to do so," Madelyne says softly.

That blush is back at that and she looks down at her drink, instead of up at him. She clears her throat, "Thank you. The dress is lovely."

[starknaked]

"Yeah, right. You know me. That doesn't sound like a joke to you because you know I could do it and have done things like that," he pointed out, chuckling though it was almost and nearly self deprecating.

"So is the lady in it."

[genequeen]

"Yeah, you've been rumored to have done things like that at home."

She smiles at him and then takes another drink from her glass, "Thank you. You're quite handsome but, then, you already knew that."

[starknaked]

"I knew my reputation back home was pretty expansive but this is new. Even for me," he said with a snort, but he definitely looked amused.

"I do know that but it doesn't mean I don't like hearing it."

[genequeen]

"Well then, allow me to say that you look fantastic this evening, even without taking the suit into account," she says before finishing off the drink he poured her. The empty glass gets a look as if she's not sure what to do about it.

[loveawkward]

"Aren't you a sweetheart," he said with a soft purr. "I should buy you drinks more often," he said with a grin that turned into a wicked smile.

"So, do I pout another now?"

[genequeen]

"I don't know," she says, swallowing a bit nervously but in a good way. That smile is hard to ignore, hard to handle as well.

"Thank you"

[starknaked]

He poured her a smaller drink, taking her words though his own desires came into it as well.

"Though I'll be careful as there should be dancing still."

[genequeen]

"Maybe we should try that dancing thing," she says with a smile that is a little more comfortable. Glitch taught her a little bit about dancing, so hopefully she won't seem completely horrible at it.

[starknaked]

He considered that before downing his drink as if it was water. Stepping around the bar, he offered her his arm. "Shall we?"

[genequeen]

Madelyne takes a drink from the new glass he'd poured her and then takes the arm he's offered to her, "Lead on. Hopefully I can keep up with you."

[starknaked]

Guiding her through those gathered, he made his way through the loft and towards the balcony and pool area where there was dancing. "What makes you think I'm that good a dancer," he asked, taking a sip of his scotch.

[genequeen]

"Who said I was talking about dancing?"

Madelyne looks at the glass of scotch and tries to figure out how that will change how she has to hold herself and position her hands as they dance. Dancing is serious business, you see. Maybe more so than flirting.

[starknaked]

Tony paused between one step and the next before chuckling. "Wicked thing," he murmured, giving a shake of his head. "Let's start with dancing and see how you do from there, hmm?"

[genequeen]

"I'll warn you, I'm rather new at this," she says, realizing that it applies to a good number of things that she's doing right now. She's decided that she might just be a bit desperate to not think about much of anything right now.

[starknaked]

"I'll warn you I don't hold that against others," he pointed out, pausing to set his glass down before guiding her out onto the deck where music was playing.

[genequeen]

"Well, I should hope not," she says, with a faint smirk on her lips as she holds back any number of other comments. They're all too easy to go for and, well, obvious.

"I need all the help I can get." And she's still not entirely talking about dancing.

[starknaked]

"You have no idea the things I hold against others though," he teased, though he knew he didn't mean it. Especially not with her.

"I'm sure you're doing better than you think but you've got those that are more than willing to help," he said, turning towards her as he listened to the music, picking up the rhythm.

[genequeen]

"You're right. I don't but I can make guesses," she says before she pauses and then chuckles softly, "Or I could cheat."

Madenlyne offers him a hand as she puts the other on his shoulder as she closes some of the distance between them. The smile she gives him is smaller but more intense, "It would be nice if I didn't need the help, though."

[starknaked]

"Oh now that is just wicked," he said, though he laughed and was more than a little amused by her comment. "Stay with imagining. I don't want you thinking that badly of me."

Stepping in close, taking her hand with a smile. "So now, tell me in what way," he asked as they started moving with the music.