indispensible | five. spam & video. thank you for dancing 'til the end

spam } throughout lost in translation

[Unlike during some floods, Vin isn't hiding this time - not even close. She's fascinated by the varied languages she's hearing and is scouring the ship to hear as much as possible in the time she has. Admittedly she spends a greater proportion of her time above deck, in the gardens, and in the CES than anywhere else, but the only place she doesn't visit once is Zero. Everywhere else, she's watching and listening and occasionally muttering quietly in the language of Scadriel.]

video } public

[This is the Public Address voice/face, in which Vin is about 10% more social adept than at other times. There's eye contact happening, and that's pretty much all you can ask.]

Mark's gone, you know that, but before he left he . . . mentioned dancing. Dancing lessons, specifically. We talked for a while, and I still want to do them. There's only so much I can teach, because there's only so much I know, but I can start and other people can - teach other things. Later.

I'll be on deck later this afternoon, unless there's a better space.

[And what was the other thing.]

Wear comfortable clothes.

spam } deck

[Vin is, in fact, on deck, starting at around four in the afternoon, and even if nobody shows up she will at least be practicing various calisthenic-type exercises she learned from Ham. Once a small group gathers, she'll demonstrate a few simple steps - brusquely but effectively - of very old-fashioned ballroom-ish dancing. It's pretty clear she's not the best in the world at this teaching crap, but she's an excellent dancer (in part, but not whole, because of Mistborn cheating).]

( ooc; feel free to use the second spam as a somewhat-mingly thing!! i am cool with whatever, threadjack all over the place, do your thing, xoxo )

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A little. I did gymnastics, there were some dance elements, choreography. And I can waltz, just...badly. [She smiles faintly, self-consciously.] Where do I start?

[Vin tips her head, frowning at 'badly'. Obviously that won't do.]

I think it's not so different from gymnastics in that . . . you have to know your body. Make it feel natural. It's not a waltz, but I saw the steps for a waltz, and it's not that different from that, either.

Here. [She demonstrates the basic steps, slowly, one by one.]

[Selina watches for a few steps, before slowly following. She's a vain thing, really, the way all cats are vain, so she feels obligated to make every step graceful and deliberate, and to make very mistake look as if she did it on purpose.]

Where did you learn all this?

You don't need to move quite so smoothly on the second step, [she says, almost absently, and then:] I was taught to dance to spy on nobility. Years ago. It was very effective.

My kind of girl. [And in fact Selina starts to really focus, once she hears that. Dance is nice for the fun of it, but as a useful tool? Sign her up.] Whats the juiciest thing you ever learned?

five. spam & video. thank you for dancing 'til the end

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