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Jett looked at her disbelievingly. He raised one eyebrow temptingly and offered his hand to her. "C'mon, just one. This song is fast and fun. Just let loose, and have a little fun with it," he urged gently as he tugged her arm towards the dance floor.

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Li took the offered hand reluctantly and allowed herself to be pulled onto the dance floor. Once there she stood awkwardly for a moment before mentally telling herself to stop being a wuss. She slowly started moving along to the beat and was soon grinning as she danced. "If you tell anyone about this, I might have to punch you too!" She laughed

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Vera shrugged. "I guess it's fun to mess with people sometimes, but you're pretty serious about it," she pointed out. "Sometimes I play tricks on my group mates or I can have a sarcastic sense of humor just to bug and mess with my friends, and that's messing around. But you're pushing me to quit my group or let go of my ambitions or something."

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Once his feet hit the dance floor, Jett began moving comfortably to the beat, and before long he was dancing with his whole body, with ample coordination, too. He closed his eyes peacefully for a moment and when he opened them, a girl he'd never seen was standing in front of him, already dancing to the beat as well. She asked him to dance with a glint in her eye and he shrugged and nodded in agreement and continued dancing. He glanced over at Li, who he saw was beginning to get into the swing of things, and he gave her an encouraging smile.

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Ambrose shrugs and gets to his feet. "Well I apologize for coming off that way. I suppose I just don't think that the Brom group is right in their mentality, and I think you're in the wrong group." He tilts his head. "I did not mean to come off so seriously." He begins walking back over to his sword, which lay next to the river.

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Li grinned over at him and cocked an eyebrow when she saw the girl. Heh.. Go get em tiger She chuckled to herself and continued dancing, hoping she didn't look as ridiculous as she assumed she did.

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A man at the bar, about 21 years old, was also dancing, although he was clearly far more intoxicated than Jett or Li. He spotted the girl dancing by herself and sauntered over, stumbling quite a bit on the way. When he reached her, he put his hand on her waist and pulled her close to him, and said into her ear, "Wan' dance?" with a sly grin.

Jett had begun to enjoy himself quite a bit. Before long, the girl had placed her arms around his neck and they continued to dance to the fast, lively beat. He sang loudly to every song he knew, and couldn't get the smile off of his face. Suddenly, he noticed movement out of the corner of his eye as the man approached Li. He frowned and all his attention was now on them.

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Li glanced distastefully at the man before detaching his hand from her waist and stepping away. "No thanks pal. I'll pass." She turned to head back for the bar, planning on ordering another drink.

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Vera nods slightly. "It's alright." She paused and added curiously, "Why do you feel so strongly about this?" She noticed him going for his sword and became slightly more on edge.

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Ambrose bends down, picking up his sword before turning to face her. "Not sure. You seem nice, ambitious, and what would appear to be other great qualities to have on the Rabin side." He puts his sword in the sheath across his back before walking back over to her. "I mean...are you happy in the Broms? You could join the Rabins, we're much nicer and are accomplishing...more?"

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The man frowned, not one for being turned down. "C'mon swee'heart, lighten up, jus' one!" he mumbled, reaching out and grabbing her wrist tightly and yanking her back onto the dance floor.

Jett eyes widened furiously and he pulled away from the girl he'd been dancing with. He stormed over and stepped between Li and the man, growling, "Hey man, she told you to lay off." He put his hands on the man's shoulders and shoved him roughly.

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Li's eyes flashed dangerously as her wrist was grabbed, but Jett stepped between her and the man before she could knee him in the groin. Her eyes widen slightly as Jett shoves the guy and she grabbed his arm. "Hey, it's fine. I can handle myself."

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Vera raised an eyebrow, then shook her head with a smile. "If you're trying to recruit me, I can tell you right now you're wasting your time," she murmured. "I've got so much more I want to accomplish here in the Broms," she smiled. She paused, and thought about if she was happy. "Well, maybe the people aren't the nicest, and what I'm chasing may be near impossible, but I'm not one for giving up, either," she said softly with determination.

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At the sound of her voice, the fire inside Jett vanished and he took a step back. "Yeah, you're right, I'm sorry." He turned and gave her an apologetic smile.

The man stumbled backwards slightly and snarled furiously. His friends knew him to be an angry drunk, and today was no exception. "Who th'hell d'you think you are?" he muttered, winding up and punching the boy straight in the face while he had his attention on the girl.

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Ambrose nods slowly. "I'm pretty much joking." He chuckles. "But good luck with those accomplishments, I'm sure the Broms are oh so very glad to have you!" He nods slowly. "Well, who knows, maybe if you did something worth recognizing, Fabine might promote you on the spot!"

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"Hey!" Li shouted in surprise as the man's fist connected with Jett's face. She stepped between the two and aimed a kick at the guy's crotch. This douche is lucky I use a sword instead of a knife. Can't exactly stash a sword in your pocket.

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Li hit the man right on her mark and sent him crumbling to his knees. He groaned in pain and forgot all about those two.

Jett was knocked backwards by the force of his blow. He tripped and almost fell to the ground, but instead bumped into some other dancers, and received some irritated glances as a result. He pinpointed the throbbing pain to his right eye and gently tested it with his hand. Yeah, definitely the eye, he thought as he winced away from his own touch. At least it's not my nose again, he thought sourly.

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Li rolled her eyes at the man crumpled and then quickly turned to Jett. She grabbed his arm as she tries to assess the damage in the dim light. "Hey there, sir chivalry. How're you doing?"

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Jett sighed and gained his balance with her help. "I'm okay, my eye's just hurting a bit," he replied, holding on hand on his throbbing eye. "That was fun," he laughed, only half-joking. He genuinely had had a great time prior to that last exchange.

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Vera laughed softly. "Well, I dunno about that." She paused, and realized she hadn't exactly presented herself as second-in-command material to this stranger. "I mean... when it comes to a fight, I can take someone out from a hundred feet away. I'll always do whatever's right, but I'm usually pretty good for taking orders," she trailed off, realizing she was trying to prove herself to this stranger. "I'm sorry," she chuckled, "I just don't really talk to anyone about this stuff."