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😂  Jade works at a fish farm and absolutely hates it, so a lot of negative fish sayings make their way into her vocabulary.

@rose-colored-fancy   Nice drawings of Cal! The hair is really cool.

 

Jade paused in her dance to evaluate it just as Ophelia came near.

”Don’t make it too complicated. You can improvise; I’ll follow your lead. It’s harder with partners, though, but we’ll make do,” said Ophelia.

Jade bit back a caustic retort. Remember! Not Mara, not the Haven! Keeping her voice somewhat gentle, she asked, “Have you done much with partners before?”

”Some,” Ophelia said, “with Malcolm, and he’s really good. I’m not so sure about Abirami, though.”

Ophelia smiled, and Jade wondered why Ophelia used that to display nervousness. Oh. Maybe it’s to hide it? That made a little more sense. Same situation, opposite mechanism. Ok.

”I don’t think Abirami will cause any disasters,” said Jade. “Did you hear about what he did during the insect deluge? He’ll at least have his wits about him.”

Jade sat on the floor and patted the space beside her, even offering Ophelia a smile. “Eh! Isaias! Abirami! Come here.”

Abirami appeared relieved to leave off stretches and pliés, whereas Isaias bounced over as though he’d been having the time of his life and expected even better to come.

”What next?” Isaias asked. “That dance you were doing was great! Is that what this performance will be? What do you want me to do?”

”Sit down, first of all.” Bemused, she looked upon him as one would an excited puppy. “That is roughly my idea for the performance. However, you boys will have a different part in it. Ophelia and I will start in the center, but you both will be on either side of us with enough room for a leap in between.” Jade poked the ground to show placement. “Once we’ve leapt from center over to you, lift me — or Ophelia — up, spin around, and then carefully set your partner down facing Ku. Does that make sense?” She glanced between the Isaias and Abirami.

“You betcha! But who dances with who, and all, ya know?” Isaias asked. “I mean, you two are the same height, but he’s bigger than I am, but since you’re the same size that’s not important…and then we’re wearing the same clothes.” He gestured at his own and Jade’s identical Haven uniforms.

Jade stared at him while he rambled. Why didn’t he just get to the point? When she caught the hint of his cheeks going dark, the stare became a glare.

”You’re dancing with Ophelia. Both of you use Ophelia and I as anchors since we know what we’re doing.” Jade jabbed the floor again with increased vehemence. “Alright then, you and I will do a flying spin back to the middle. Once we’re there, the boys could —“ a smile crept across Jade’s face “ — they could parmesan over, no pointe, of course. Then we could do slow turns using fourth position as a base, and slowly go to meet them. After that, perhaps another lift and spin, set down facing Ku. If we want to keep it short, that could be the end. What do you think?”

”What is a parmesan?” asked Abirami.

”Watch.” Jade stood up. Crossing one leg over the other sideways, she moved to the left. “Go whatever direction you need to get to your partner, but keep facing Ku with your body while you do this. With your head look over at your partner, of course.”

”You betcha!” Isaias grinned.

 

Wow. Didn’t know Isaias was like that, but then, I didn’t really know much about him. 😂 He’s going to drive Jade nuts, apparently.