02-27-2023, 10:57 AM
Sterling sat and watched as the girls all got up on stage and did their thing. They were all in a rush to polish up the moves they'd been working on and off again with Nox. He'd finally decided to put on another show. Not that she's seen the first one -- though it was all over the internet.
Juls was practicing her flames and illusions and the others were mostly just polishing up their moves. That was until a woman with golden eyes stepped into the lounge and all things stopped. Everyone but Mae froze, but Mae grinned and smiled at the golden eyed woman who had introduced herself as Elyse. "Nox warned us, but it's still disconcerting seeing it for real. Kas was safe and then he wasn't. My name is is Mae. The red head over there is Juls with her protégé Sterling. The kid isn't a dancer she's Nox's cousin and like Nox and Juls. Candy is up on stage. Anna, and Amaya are over there rehearsing. Claire's behind the bar taking inventory and the big guy standing by the door is Bruno. Either he or Nox are here at all times."
"You talk about Nox like she knows him." Sterling said.
Juls giggled. "Elyse is his ex-girlfriend."
Sterling covered her mouth and her eyes went wide. She had so many conflicting thoughts about that. Why would she want to work with her ex? There wasn't a boy she'd want to hang around with that much if he had dumped her and especially if she dumped him. And then there was the whole he was seeing a guy now... But from the way Mae and Elyse looked at each other there might be some of that in the air all around.
Juls hopped of the stage and gave Elyse her hand. "I'm Juls, don't mind Sterling, much like her cousin she's a handful and just as blunt sometimes. I have a few questions before you get up on stage. Do you feel comfortable doing a solo act? Most of us do, but then you have Nox who puts on an entire show for one night only involving all of us. And we've smaller acts that are twos and threes. "
Sterling skipped out of the lounge and headed up to Nox's room and found it empty. She pouted. His laptop was gone. Even Lily was gone. She knocked on Raffe's door and there was no answer. With that failed attempt she grabbed her wallet from her pocket and sat back down at the table she'd commandeered to watch Juls and the girls. She sifted through all the new videos and all the fun things she'd missed while she slept.
Juls was practicing her flames and illusions and the others were mostly just polishing up their moves. That was until a woman with golden eyes stepped into the lounge and all things stopped. Everyone but Mae froze, but Mae grinned and smiled at the golden eyed woman who had introduced herself as Elyse. "Nox warned us, but it's still disconcerting seeing it for real. Kas was safe and then he wasn't. My name is is Mae. The red head over there is Juls with her protégé Sterling. The kid isn't a dancer she's Nox's cousin and like Nox and Juls. Candy is up on stage. Anna, and Amaya are over there rehearsing. Claire's behind the bar taking inventory and the big guy standing by the door is Bruno. Either he or Nox are here at all times."
"You talk about Nox like she knows him." Sterling said.
Juls giggled. "Elyse is his ex-girlfriend."
Sterling covered her mouth and her eyes went wide. She had so many conflicting thoughts about that. Why would she want to work with her ex? There wasn't a boy she'd want to hang around with that much if he had dumped her and especially if she dumped him. And then there was the whole he was seeing a guy now... But from the way Mae and Elyse looked at each other there might be some of that in the air all around.
Juls hopped of the stage and gave Elyse her hand. "I'm Juls, don't mind Sterling, much like her cousin she's a handful and just as blunt sometimes. I have a few questions before you get up on stage. Do you feel comfortable doing a solo act? Most of us do, but then you have Nox who puts on an entire show for one night only involving all of us. And we've smaller acts that are twos and threes. "
Sterling skipped out of the lounge and headed up to Nox's room and found it empty. She pouted. His laptop was gone. Even Lily was gone. She knocked on Raffe's door and there was no answer. With that failed attempt she grabbed her wallet from her pocket and sat back down at the table she'd commandeered to watch Juls and the girls. She sifted through all the new videos and all the fun things she'd missed while she slept.