Room 506, Monday afternoon

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Ringo hadn't been to a club before. Prior to Fandom, she'd never really had the opportunity. She wasn't even sure if she was super-excited about it now that she did have the opportunity, but she did have to admit that she was curious.

And a bit competitive.

Which meant that her first time at a club had to be impressive. But it was hard to be impressive when you weren't entirely sure what constituted "impressive" at the intended venue. Which was why Ringo wasn't making a ton of progress in picking from the various dresses that she'd laid out on her bed. They were all new-ish, items she'd picked up on her trip into Baltimore with Kathy.

At least she'd decided that she was definitely wearing heels, and she only had the one pair of those, so that part of her wardrobe was figured out?

Now she just had to do the rest.

Good thing she had plenty of time.

[ooc: Door and post open!]

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Ugh! How did Kathy figure it out!?

Another sigh. "Yes." Then she looked up quickly. "Not for any particular reason!" she said quickly. "Just cause I've never been, and you know how he is."

Not like that, Ringo.

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Ringo might have been operating under the assumption that that riddle was harder than it truly was.

"I see," Kathy said with deliberate blandness. "So how did the subject of clubs even get broached?"

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"Um." Ringo blinked. "I don't remember, actually." Kathy could probably guess that there had been some bratty sniping involved.

As a general rule for, like, most of Ringo's interactions.

"But now I've got to make sure that I look totally awesome." You know, so she could win. The, um. Er. Whatever it was that you won when you surprised Dante with how awesome you were.

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In Kathy's experience, the answer was usually come-ons and sex, so she couldn't help you there, Ringo.

"Are you looking totally awesome because you're going to the club?" she asked. "Or because you're going with Dante?"

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Ringo made a face. "The club!" Obviously.

Ew, Kathy. Don't be gross!

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Kathy put her hands out in surrender, very nearly breaking her promise not to laugh. "Hey! You're planning on going to a club and want to get all dressed up! You can't blame me for wanting to be sure!"

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Ringo just gave her friend a Look.

"Well," she said after a moment, "are you going to help, or just stand there trying not to explode?"

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"Oh?" Now Kathy was contriving to look innocent. "Whatever would you like my help with, Ringo, daaaaaarrrrrling?"

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Making her say it was just mean. And Ringo was going to pout about it. And then ask anyway.

"You've done this sort of thing before. I need to make sure I look awesome." And now she was aiming big, hopeful eyes at Kathy.

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"I'll be happy to help you get all dressed to impress," Kathy said. Toootally not grinning. "I'm glad you knew you could come to me when you needed help. Because you knew that I could do this...better."

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"More practiced," Ringo corrected. "You've actually been to a club, and I haven't." No shame in admitting that.

And, really, it was a totally important distinction. More experienced didn't mean better.

Er. Not exactly, anyway.

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Keep telling yourself that, Ringo.

"If you say so," Kathy said, deserving an Academy Award for not falling over and laughing right then. "So, help me out. What kind of look are you going for? Expensive? Well-dressed? Sexy?"

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Oh, she would. Don't worry!

"Um. Awesome? Impressive?" Look, Kathy, Ringo just had to win. The, um, thing that she was competing in.

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And that was again...?

"Okay, and do you have any specific criteria for that?" Kathy asked. "Or are you just trusting me and my best judgment?"

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Usually proving to someone that she was awesome. In this case, it was impressing Dante because he kept acting like she wasn't impressive. That'd show him!

Ringo pouted slightly, then sighed. "Like I said, you know more about this kind of thing than I do. I think I kind of have to trust you." Besides, Kathy was her friend. So that probably meant she wouldn't intentionally steer Ringo toward disaster.

Right?

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Dante wasn't impressed by anything that wasn't a pizza and a fifth of whiskey, come on now, Ringo.

"All right, but fair warning: club impressive usually means short, tight, uncomfortable, or some combination of all three. You won't be able to move around normally once we get you into whatever you're wearing, okay?"

She started looking at the clothes Ringo had laid out on her bed. "Let's see what we have to work with.."

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Ringo could do it! You'd see, Kathy!

She made a slight face. "Uncomfortable I can do for one night," she allowed, only a bit reluctantly. Or the other, two, even. Short and tight weren't really problems, even if she wasn't terribly used to either of them.

"I hope I've got something that'll work, at least," she added, standing next to Kathy and studying what she'd pulled from her closet. It was primarily stuff that they'd bought together in Baltimore, with a few items Ringo had picked up on a solo trip back, and one or two things she'd brought from home that sort of felt like they might work.

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Yeah, if Ringo managed to impress Dante, Kathy would want video evidence. And then she would be first in line to shake Ringo's hand.

"Oh, yeah, we can definitely find something in all of this," Kathy said. "Too bad Letty's not on-island, huh?" She picked up a dress, held it against Ringo's chest, pursed her lips, and then set it aside. "So do you know how to dance? Club-dance, I mean."

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It could happen!

"She probably would be pretty helpful," Ringo agreed with a grin, reaching out to take the dress and hold it in place for a moment.

"I know how to dance!" Wait. "Is it different at a club?" No one had told her that!

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"Can you bump and grind?" Kathy asked, raising an eyebrow. "Can you drop it low then pick it back up again?"

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"Oh, I'm really good at grinds." No, Ringo, not the AirTrek kind. "But what am I dropping and picking back up?"

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Nope, sorry Ringo. Kathy was going to break her promise and laugh now. It was just what had to happen.

"Oh dear," she said, giggling. "'It' in this case happens to be your butt. It's also what you grind with." Hang on, Ring, she needed to pull up a video to show you an example.

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"You promised not to laugh," Ringo huffed. But then she leaned over Kathy's phone to watch.

"Huh," she said, after it was over. "I guess I've never done anything like that before." She looked thoughtful. "But it doesn't look too hard." A curious look over at Kathy. "I take it that this is pretty important?"

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"It is if you want to dance," Kathy said a firmly. "Especially if you want to surprise the heck out of Dante." Kathy demonstrated, moving along to the beat. As Ringo surmised, it was much easier if you had excellent balance and flexibility. "He won't expect you to know how to do it."

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Well that made Ringo grin. Because that was excellent motivation.

"So, like this?" Ringo asked, a look of intense concentration on her face as she tried to mimic Kathy's movements. She had the grace, and the sense of rhythm, but she didn't know which movements to emphasize and which ones to minimize. She was definitely going to need to work on this.