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Post by Lovely Masochist on Apr 23, 2011 3:56:31 GMT -5
When Jesme had come to him and asked for his help in showing her a few dance moves, Merik had agreed with the expectation for things to go quite quickly. Unfortunately, after a few hours already, he found himself sprawled on the ground ungracefully and wearing a very shocked expression. He blinked. The last thing he remembered was telling her that she needed to spin a little faster, and then black. Groaning as he sat up, he turned a wide-eyed stare at his dance partner and pointed at her. "Did you seriously just kick me in the head?!" he asked, then, as if on cue, a pounding rush engulfed the frontal area of his brain. "Oh, ow!" he complained, putting a hand to his head and letting loose a plethora of creatively chosen swear words. After a moment, the spell went away and he stood slowly to his feet again. He wasn't angry at Jesme, just really surprised that he hadn't anticipated the blow like he had with several of the others.
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Post by Apple on Apr 23, 2011 7:35:50 GMT -5
Jesme had been excited to learn some new dance moves and tried to follow and do whatever Merik told her too, but Jesme being...well Jesme, that didn't go very well. She had been quite clumsy since the start of the lesson and ended up on her bum a lot, as well as sometimes stepping on Merik's toes accidentally. The last move he asked her to do had failed quite horribly. She has tried to spin faster like he asked her too, but she had epically failed and accidentally kicked him in the head before falling down onto the ground. She rushed over to where Merik had fallen down from her kick to his head and bit her lip slightly when he accused her, spazzing a bit because she hadn't meant to kick him. "I'm soooo sorry Merik! I didn't mean to kick you, honest!" She felt quite guilty for kicking him now, even though it had been an accident, and backed up slightly to give him some space when he started swearing. Once he stopped swearing and had stood up he walked back over to him and asked, "Are you alright?" She hoped she hadn't hurt him too bad.
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Post by Lovely Masochist on May 5, 2011 19:32:16 GMT -5
Merik waved off Jesme's apologies. He didn't blame her, he had been the one to tell her to spin faster when she should've been working on her balance control. "Don't worry about it, Jez. I'm fine. It'll take more than a wayward kick to take me out," he assured her, massaging his temples for a moment until the throbbing dulled. He wanted it to go away as quickly as possible so that Eva wasn't affected by it. Sighing, he smiled and held his hands out to her. "Okay, now help me up and we can start from the top," he told her, wiggling his fingers at her beseechingly.
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Post by Apple on May 5, 2011 20:16:12 GMT -5
Jesme sighed in relief when Merik said he was alright. She still felt a tad guilty, but she wasn't going to let it get to her. She smiled slightly with a slight chuckle. "Yeah, s'pose I should do that," she said before grabbing his hands with her's and attempted to pull him up as much as it was possible for someone of her height. Once he was up she smiled and held her hands behind her back, rocking on her heels. "So what's next?" she asked, patiently waiting for him to say what they were going to do.
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Post by Lovely Masochist on Jun 2, 2011 14:53:27 GMT -5
"What's next?" Merik repeated with an o.o expression, then turned around to face Jesme with wide eyes and throwing his arms out. "What's next?! We continue! We do not stop until you have mastered the skill of dancing without fear of knocking out your partners!" he informed her, taking her hands in his and pulling them close to his chest. "We carry on until you are enraptured by the beat and your limbs thrill for the simple pleasure of obliging it!" he emphasised, letting go of one of her hands so he could lift his own into the air and flutter it along gracefully. "Or until we get bored, whichever," he grinned, letting her go completely now and and doing a cartwheel.
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Post by Apple on Jun 2, 2011 15:27:51 GMT -5
Jesme couldn't help but to stifle a laugh at how dramatic Merik was suddenly acting. She liked the idea of being able to be at least somewhat graceful so she nodded eagerly at what he said with an excited smile. "Sounds like an awesome plan to me!" When she saw him do a cartwheel she noticed it looked rather fun and decided to try it. She took a deep and calming breath, relaxing herself, before running forward slightly and did a cartwheel. Now it wasn't perfect, but she hadn't fell on her butt or hurt herself, or Merik, in the process, so it was a start. "That was kinda fun!"
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Post by Lovely Masochist on Jun 6, 2011 3:55:50 GMT -5
Merik laughed when he turned around and caught the very last bit of Jesme's cartwheel, feeling very proud of himself that he had been successful in helping her to loosen up. That had been one of her main problems, she worried too much about doing a good job that she couldn't really relax as she learned. She was a really good friend and he only wanted her to be comfortable when she was around him, but her preoccupation with perfection kept that from happening. "Do you feel that?" he asked, grinning as he walked over to her and grabbed her hand. He placed his fingers on the area of her wrist that allowed them to feel her heartbeat. "It's called an adrenaline rush, and it feels good! Try to keep it up!" he encouraged, letting his hold slide down to wrap around her hand while his other found her waist. "Don't think about it, just let yourself move with me." He then led her in a simple three-count dance step around the ballroom.
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Post by Apple on Jun 13, 2011 23:17:11 GMT -5
Jesme was grinning by the time Merik walked over to him and listened to her heartbeat, closing her eyes as she did so for a moment so she could focus on it. After listening to Merik’s advice she nodded and placed her free hand on the top of his shoulder. “Alright…I can do that.” Instead of staring at her feet like she would have before she closed her eyes and focused on the imaginary beat that Merik seemed to be following. Keeping her eyes closed she let Merik lead her in their dance, laughing a tad and smiling when she seemed to be getting it, and not hurting Merik in the process like she had done before. She was quite proud of herself at the moment for not doing anything too klutz-like, so far anyways.
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Post by Lovely Masochist on Jun 20, 2011 3:02:48 GMT -5
Merik led the dance for a few more moments, then twirled Jesme in a graceful separation. He eventually stopped dancing at some point and just watched her have her fun. After a while, though, he laughed, unable to keep himself from making his enjoyment audible. Crossing his arms, he seemed quite smug with himself. "You're dancing, Jez. And I didn't have one thing to do with it. Sure, I helped you focus and have fun, but that's really all dancing is. You already knew what to do," he said, then closed his eyes and did a few moves he'd learnt while watching Eva practise and refresh her own skills. Nothing too big, just a few twists and turns. "Anything particular you'd want to know?" he prompted, looking at her every time her face was in his view. He wondered how long it would take for him to get dizzy. "Like a dance, I mean. If I know what to go on, this would probably be a little simpler. Or I can go get Evie, she would be a much better teacher than I am."
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Post by Apple on Jul 5, 2011 11:06:42 GMT -5
Jesme laughed with joy and grinned at what Merik said and kept spinning around, dancing lightly on her feet. It felt wonderful not to be such a klutz for once and actually be able to do something graceful. As she danced she watched as Merik danced as well, or well tried to anyway as the world was currently spinning as she danced. She heard his question and tried to focus on it and think but she was starting to get too dizzy and she found it hard to stop spinning. Soon enough though she lost her balance and promptly landed on her bum. It didn't hurt, but the world was still spinning. Jesme didn't care though, she was as happy as a clam at the moment, still laughing with a grin. She stopped laughing as soon as Everything stopped spinning around her and took a moment to think of a dance. Her mind was still a little jumbled, so she said the first dance that she was able to finally think of. "Um... what about, of I dunno...tango maybe?" she said with a shrug, saying the first dance that came to mind.
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