Genesis

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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.

@jaywing93

"Yeaaaah sorry you got punched. Again. You know this really isn't your week." Li laughed. "Hey, I appreciate you stepping but you didn't have to. I spend my evenings dodging arrows at the border. I can manage a creep at a club. The knight in shining armor thing was nice though. You're a good guy." She grinned at him. "This was fun. Thanks for getting me out of camp."

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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.

@jaywing93

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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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.

@jaywing93

"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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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.

@jaywing93

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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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.

@jaywing93

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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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.

@jaywing93

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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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.

@jaywing93

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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Li eyed the dance floor warily as she finished the last of her drink. "I dunno... I don't really dance." This was generally the case but as Li felt herself loosening up from her drink, she knew she wouldn't be hard to convince.

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Jett spun around in his chair to face to dance floor and took a big sip of his drink. He felt his whole body loosening up and grinned with satisfaction. He turned to Li and raised his voice over the loud music, "How's yours?"

@jaywing93

"Alcoholic. So marvelous." Li grinned. "How about yours?" She took a longer swig from her drink and leaned back against the bar.

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Jett strolled over to the bar counter and sat down at one of the stools. He drummed his fingers on the counter for a moment, continuing to glance around the club, before a pretty bartender arrived and asked him what he would like. Jett ordered his usual drink with a smile and glanced over at Li.

@jaywing93

Li took the stool next to him and ordered the first alcoholic drink that came to mind with a grin. "Well this certainly beats the empty camp. I approve." She glanced around the club, watching people twisting on the dance floor. She smiled and thanked the bartender as their drinks arrived before taking a sip of hers.