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    "Well...tooo Haaalajiin!"

    The tone was getting too somber, and Gradoona decided to perk things up with another toast. She hoisted her second pitcher of shandy up, pressing it to the other Nehantites drinks.

    "C'maan, staap with the bird sips guys, geeez! Oover the lips and paast the gums, waatch ouut stomaach here it coomes! Ya caan't staart making baad decisions if ya doon't yaknoo, luubricate 'em a little."

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    Ndonsa frowned, but drank anyway. She did not want to make bad decisions. A bad decision could get someone killed if they were not careful.

    Like Hal.

    She tipped up her drink again, letting the bubbly liquid fizz down her throat.


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    Joey did not miss the expression upon Ndonsa's face. Many races found Nehantites a bit difficult to read, at times, but as one himself, Joey knew something was troubling her. Perhaps it was being far from home, or perhaps it was not knowing anyone here, but regardless of the reason, the pilot made it his mission to ensure that Ndonsa was going to have an incredible night, though he needed something to kick off the fun.

    An idea sparked, and he swigged back half of his current bottle before grinning and leaning in, inviting the others to come close as if he had top secret information to share.

    "Hey, you two want to do something fun?" he whispered loudly, pink eyes bouncing between the two of them. "Spire Six is set to open again soon, but right now it's empty. I've got the access codes, and Gradoona here should be able to get the hover-haulers up and running for each of us. Could do some hover-racing while it's empty! Could do a shot per lap. Loser has to take two. Whadda'ya think?"

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    Ndonsa narrowed her pink eyes. “What are we shooting?”

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    "Yaknoo, boooze!"

    Gradoona waited for recollection to dawn. Okay, so that wasn't a part of mongoose slang.

    "Howabouut hoooch? Raacket fuel? Raatgut? Liquid coourage? Fiire waater?"

    When none of the slang seemed to stick, the Herglic turned an unsure glance to Joey.

    "Yaknoo we miiiight waaanna teach this penguin hoow to paaddle in the lagooon befoore we goo ouut to oopen waater."

    On a mission, Gradoona relinquished her seat.

    "I'm thiiinking naamana vaadka?"

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    "Oooh, that or some vanilla fuzzfruit" Joey grinned, practically bouncing in his seat. He then laughed, adding, "Why not both? It's on me, anyhow."

    Turning to Ndonsa, his bright smile didn't fade even the slightest of glimmers. "Trust me, you're gonna love it. I used to get totally wasted on this stuff; it's great!"

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    "I know how to swim," Ndonsa bristled a little as the Gradoona kept talking and then got up and wandered away saying something about vadka.

    "Is getting wasted... good?" Waste was generally a bad thing. In her tribe nothing went to waste. Joey assured her it was, indeed, a good thing, and clinked his bottle to hers which seemed to indicate she should drink what was left in it.

    She finished her bottle of bubbly alcohol, and joined the others as they did what was called a 'round of shots.' It was not round, it was a line of small glasses of a clear liquid that burned as it went down and had a vaguely fruity aftertaste on the tongue. The Gradoona bullied them into three rounds, and Ndonsa went along with it.

    She would never learn how to integrate into her surroundings if she did not work at it. This was ...enjoyable. Drinking alcohol for pleasure had not been encouraged in her tribe, and as a shaman she had only used it to get into the proper frame of mind for certain rituals. Now the rituals were forbidden and she was drinking as some kind of game with her new companions.

    Joey and the Gradoona were talking about going to another bar, and Ndonsa smiled, happy to be included and not being called a savage for once.

    Ndonsa stood up, her spear coming upright from where it leaned against the wall into her paw on its own. She flexed her fingers around the smooth haft, considering it for a long moment.

    "I should put this in my ...apartment. I do not want to cause alarm." Being apart from her spear was not a good feeling, but she could take care of herself without it.

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    Joey's brain paddled about in its luxurious pool of alcohol, upon a golden inflatable porg, beneath sunny skies, while wearing star-shaped sunglasses. Drinking was good, but drinking with friends was even better. Artificially whitened teeth glittered as he flashed a broad smile.

    "Oh yeah, good call! Don't think the club would let us take it in, anyhow," he nodded, his head bobbing a bit further than it would have if he'd not had two wine coolers and three shots of sweet, fruity vodka. "I should probably drop these off, too," he then nodded down toward his shopping bags. "Don't think I'll be getting the chance to use these tonight, anyhow. A boy can hope, though!" It was followed by a laugh, then a mild sway to his posture.

    As it happened, Ndonsa's quarters were not far off from Joey's bunk, and the sidetrack took little time, though Joey's tight shirt somehow managed to release another button, showing off more of his toned, glossy-furred chest. His tail swishing behind him playfully, the brown-furred Nehantite did a little dance down the hallway as he imagined the beat in the club he was directing them to. "You girls are gonna love it," he announced with a grin.

    Despite proper sound insulation, the trio could feel the beat of speakers before they could hear them, and Joey fished out a few bills from his wallet to pay their cover charge, allowing them into the warm bosom, pulsating rhythm, colorful lights, and sea of moving bodies within. All Joey had to do was wave three fingers to the bartender, and he knew their drinks would join them shortly.

    "Isn't it great? Bet you don't have something like this on Ossus!" he said loudly over the pumping music, his body trying to move along with it already.
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    Joey was a bit of a spendthrift, and that suited Gradoona just fine. She wasn't a cheap drinker. Not that her tipple was top shelf, but more to the matter that it simply took a lot of alcohol to register with a Herglic. So Gradoona pitched her well drink down, feeling the pulse of the music fill the room. She danced, but Herglics weren't known for their grace. Dancing for a Herglic was more an act of keeping time by shifting your weight from one foot to the other and bobbing your head. She had other moves, but no need to get crazy!

    "Hey Nu-daansa, ya wanna daance?" She squee-clacked as she set down another empty drink. Fortunately the barkeep hadn't floated off, so she made a tapping gesture for emphasis.

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    Ndonsa could feel the beat of the music inside her chest. She copied her companions' actions and quickly downed her drink.

    Joey's body was moving to the thump of the bass, and she felt her tail beginning to sway as well. Her footpaws and legs felt ...tingly.

    "It is loud!" Ndonsa shouted over the noise, her ears flattening against her head. She didn't realize the Gradoona was pulling her toward the mass of bodies dancing in all the colored lights until she was among them.

    The music seemed to fill every part of her, from her footpaws to the top of her skull, like the beat of the drum she used during rituals.... so very long ago. The flashing lights were almost too much, and she closed her eyes, letting the drum beat in her heart take over.

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    "Ooh geepers! Youu can reeally cut a rug, eh?"

    Gradoona didn't at all feel like competing on Ndonsa's level, so she instead kept time with her traditional Herglic not-quite-dancing, which allowed her to both technically dance and still drink rum and soda.

    Still, the rhythm was seductive, and the Herglic made an effort to step up her game a bit. She added waving her arms in the air to her repertoire.

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    Whatever his first drink in the club had been, Joey had poured it down his throat, scarcely tasting it. Other bars were good for proper drinks, masterful cocktails, or selections of craft beer, but this place? It was all about the music, and the dance floor. As Gradoona bobbed and swayed, and Ndonsa found the rhythm, Joey became the rhythm. His body flowed, pulsed, and undulated with the beat as he surrendered himself to the groove. Years of hitting dance clubs in college, or at the Academy, had trained him well, and he moved like liquid, lost in the music. His body ground against others, male or female, and they against him and his tight-fitting clothing, weaving through the masses until coming back to Ndonsa.

    No words were exchanged, nor would they be easy to hear above the din if they were. Instead, Joey beckoned Ndonsa to come join him, to dance with him; to show him the way she would have this dance, as the alcohol coursing through their veins warmed and freed them.

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    After dancing for a time, Ndonsa opened her eyes and saw Joey beckoning her to join him. She pushed her way through the crowd toward him, the noise still thumping like a tribal drum through her whole body.

    She hadn't allowed herself to 'let go' in ... in a long time. The buzz that filled her, that took her past her normal caution, also quieted the ever present, judgemental voice of the Jedi Loki. The fear of who she was, her background, her previous training, it all was lost in the dance.

    Joey seemed to be a good dancer and she copied what she could of his moves. As their bodies rubbed against each other, her tail began to wave, signalling her willingness to mate. At least, it did until someone stepped on it.

    Ndonsa's eyes shot open as pain ran through her body, the daze of moments before washed away. She pulled her hurt tail against her chest, arms across it for extra protection, as she looked around for the person who'd stepped on her.

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    Five drinks in, or was it six? Joey couldn't remember the number, but the day was going well! Ndonsa's dance was unusual, filled with moves and motions he had not performed before, but he adapted to her dance as she did to his, until they were a proper pair upon the dance floor, moving in harmony with each other, and the beat.

    And then he saw her tail. There was no mistaking it, she wanted him. His heart lurched when he realized she hadn't figured it out already, but before he could try to let her down softly, someone came down hard on her tail. Joey winced along with her, knowing how painful the sensation was, and he immediately stopped dancing, helping to put an arm around her to lead her from the dance floor, back toward the bar.

    "Oh, Garfife, I am so sorry, Ndonsa!" he said, speaking loud enough to be heard over the music. It wasn't his fault, it hadn't been his footpaw, but he'd brought her to the club, so there was inherent guild. His paw waved to the bartender, holding up two fingers for another pair of drinks, before he held out his paw to see if Ndonsa would let him inspect her tail.

    "Nothing broken, I hope?" he asked, then looked over at the fresh pair of cocktails. Picking one up, he offered it to his new Jedi friend. "Here, this might take some of the edge off."

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    Wincing, Ndonsa allowed Joey to take her tail and look it over, his paws running along her fur. She would not usually show so much of her emotions in her face or her body, but the drinks were having an effect.

    She frowned a little at the drink, and then accepted it from his paw. "I will be fine."

    Ndonsa sipped the colorful liquid, leaning against the bar. She felt comfortably numb, aside from the occasional throb from her tail that would certainly become a bruise. She had never seen anything like what was happening around her now, and the drinks seemed to be keeping her from becoming overwhelmed. Even the presence of the Gradoona did not bother her very much.

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    "Woohoo!"

    Gradoona tromped out of the mix, heading back to the bar where her other co-conspirators had returned to replenish and sit one out.

    "We-hell boy howdy my daags suure are barkin! Who waants shnaaps?"

    Without waiting for consensus, the Herglic turned to the barkeep and went on a maverick course.

    "Three shnaaps!"

    She eased a chummy arm around Ndonsa's shoulder.

    "How's the ol' tail floof, Nuhdaansa? I saw that penguin-headed doofus run ya oover there."

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    "I will be fine," she said into the Gradoona's side, her pink eyes wide as she was crushed against her large companion. "I need air!"

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    "Ooh, soorry!"

    Gradoona eased off the patented Giju Nice and gave Ndonsa back a little personal space. She then pushed one shot glass into the female Nehantite's paw with one hand, and scooted another further down to Joey.

    "Yaknoo if it's a little much we can aalways change venue?"

    The Herglic rocked back her own drink without much pause, returning the empty glass to the bar.

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    Joey tossed back the shot Gradoona had offered, then considered the issue at paw. The music was great, and Ndonsa had been seeming to enjoy herself, but an injured tail was a true harsh on the buzz of a night clubbing. Other destinations on the station ran through his mind, or more aptly swam through the alcohol which dulled it, until at last one came out on top for relaxation.

    "We could go to the tea house," he suggested. "It's, like, way more chill, and they got the massage tables and stuff."

    As Joey's addled mind recalled some parts of the tea house, it neglected to think that others might be an issue to a newcomer, especially a Jedi. Nudity and public sex somehow managed to elude his mental filter for appropriateness, as did how he found jeeta affected Nehantites more... primally... than it seemed to other races. All he could think about was lounging about, drinks, getting a massage, and some good eye candy.

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    "Tea sounds good," agreed Ndonsa. Her ears could use a break from the noise of the room they were in. "It is cold there?"

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