The Re-Opening of Club Lobazotah (pre-4R/16SS, open)

[ColArana]

How did it come to this? Ranuen hated clubs. Clubs had lots of people. Lots of people meant crowds. And crowds meant that Ranuen had to watch every direction not to get stomped. Not that it would necessarily kill him, but being stepped on when one is the approximate size of an ant tends to be a rather painful experience. One that Ranuen preferred to avoid if possible. Therefore the solution was generally pretty simple. Stay away from places that attracted crowds of people. Stay away from the giant pep rallies, or schools, or concerts or... yeah. Clubs. Especially stay away from the dance floor in clubs. That was just asking for trouble. Sadly, however... here Ranuen found himself. In a club. And a freshly opened one at that. Sorry. Freshly RE-opened one.

Great....

He'd not meant to get tangled up in this sort of thing, but he had been curious about what the commotion was about, and a few careless missteps later, he'd ended up inside in an effort to avoid the crowds of people moving in that general direction. Now he was lost and had no idea how to get back to the door. It shouldn't have been a particularly difficult effort for the average person. Then again. For the average person, the floor of the club probably didn't stretch out for miles. For someone the approximate size of an ant, navigating the place was extremely difficult. Ranuen did, however have an approximate idea of his near surroundings. So far nobody seemed to have noticed him. He had to admit there was an extremely colorful assortment of characters in this place. Ranuen had thus far seen all variety of scaly, furry, winged or tailed humanoids. More than a few with even stranger features at that. Of course there were a few normal looking but Ranuen was not sure the sort of place he'd ended up in. He took a moment or two to get his bearings, and maybe make out the features of some of the people around him.

Some blue-scaled lizard man wasn't too far away from his position. Ranuen wasn't sure about him, and scanned around for someone a little more human. Hopefully. Not that it mattered, but at least humans could be predicted to act in certain ways. He had no idea what the standard behaviors for.... well. Dragon-men or lizard-men, or the like might be. He thought he'd caught a glimpse of angels on his way in too. That had been a real shock to him when he'd seen that! This place was pretty cool to be fair. If he wasn't the size of an ant, he'd have been fascinated by the place. Unfortunately he was. He did notice, however, a young, attractive blonde woman enjoying a drink nearby as well. Though her eyes certainly seemed to be far from the ground as well, eyeing the various individuals that passed by her, and apparently sizing them up as well. Ranuen looked out towards the dance floor, where he saw plenty of people starting to enjoy the music that had just started up. It was certainly unlike anything he'd heard before. A thought occurred to him that it might be beneficial to try and make a friend. He was in a new, unfamiliar place. Having someone that might be willing to help him out might be a good thing. When you're the size of an insect, you need all the help you can get. The dance floor could be a good place to start looking. Or perhaps he would look at his immediate surroundings. Ranuen checked up at the blonde woman again. He was, perhaps less than five feet away from her. Maybe a start. He checked towards the lizardman as well. Hmm... Well. He guessed it wouldn't hurt to wait a moment or two and see if an opportunity presented itself somewhere.

[gantzgun74]

Lobazotah’s approach towards the trio of troublemakers and the request was met with Peacock’s metal feathers seemingly bristling. Maybe she felt nothing outright malicious from the angel, but she definitely felt something untrustworthy about her. It was a familiar feeling, but something about it was dissimilar. Still, the girl grinned… and there was something about the grin that felt unapproachable, threatening… It would’ve been hard to tell for most since Peacock’s expressions were harder to read due to the hard to manipulate bear trap teeth and the blank black eyes… But Loba could see it in her tenseness and a malevolent feeling in the air. “Yeah sure! That don’t sound suspicious as all hell~!” With that point made clear, she walked off, motioning for Rayman and Globox to follow. “Come on boys! Let’s grab a table and get some stuff ordered up! Lunch is on me~!”

“Woohooo~!” Rayman whooped, having missed Peacock’s moment of impending murder. “Nothing’s better then free food!” And besides, it appeared she had calmed down. “I can’t wait to see what we got to choose from! If they have any fruits that’s what I want!”

Peacock grinned a bit as she found a seat near the dance floor and flopped in, Rayman and Globox joining her as she handed them their menus.

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“WASSUP BITCHES~!!! WE’VE ARRIVED!! SO LET’S GET THIS PARTY CRANKED UP~!!!” Shortly after Papyrus announced his arrival, he was followed up by a reasonably psyched Undyne. And really, what reason would she not be psyched? Being fresh out of their victory against Chara (Temporary though it was) the fish woman monster was more than looking forward to partying hard. Mainly to hopefully forget about some of the traumatizing shit that went down. She HAD hoped that Erin, the two’s new friend, would attend, but the Thief of Void became preoccupied when she ran into a guy that had her exact same title… Kinda looked a bit like her too. The two quickly became ingrossed in conversation that neither the skeleton nor the fish woman could follow, being joined by a ghost girl and another fellow that seemed to be dressed similarly to the two thieves, though in different colors. There was another blond girl there that seemed interested, but they would just see if she decided to show up.

She grinned to Papyrus before looking around the place. The club was definitely a lot bigger then Grillby’s, what with the dance floor, the DJ platform, the bar and much more seating space. “Okay Papyrus! Let’s go and get some GOOD music playing~! Now where’s that Jukebox-“ However before she could start looking around for one, she took notice of a certain person sitting at the bar. Someone downing KETCHUP of all things, like it was nothing. “……….. UM… PAPYRUS-? ISN’T THAT-?”

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Everything appeared to be coming along quite swimmingly. The more people walked in through that front door, the more people Sal found that could be interesting to form contracts with. The most recent bunch, a tall looking skeleton and a rather muscled up fish monster looked especially promising. A little physically frail though…

“Well, look around there Bonnie.” Sal said as he sat back, taking in his drink. “We’ve got a pretty wide pallet to choose from here as far as contracts are concerned. And it can only get bigger, being an interdimensional club and all. You want a choice scale head? Then fine, you look too.” Sal proceeded to take a big drink of his scalding hot liquid as Bonnie shrugged and started looking about.

She really liked the look of the fish woman… But really, there was only room enough in their party for one water girl. Sorry miss muscles, nothing against you, but a fish is a step down from a DRAGON.

The Skeleton looked capable…. But meh, recruiting him seemed like a waste. He was still blue after all, still innocent…

…. Hmmm… The trio that came in earlier were SUPER weird. She could get behind that… Especially…

“Her.” Bonnie’s claw pointed out to one of the tables. Her claw was pointed directly at the weird girl with the metallic arms. “Maybe it’s the tough as steel arms or the sharp teeth, but I feel like I relate to that one~.” Sal looked out to the girl in question.

THEN SPAT OUT HIS DRINK. “WAIT HER-” Bonnie nodded with a grin, taking in the surprised expression with a grin. “Why HER? We don’t even know what the hell she is!”

Bonnie just continued to grin, shrugging to the surprised shouting. “Well, we could always find out~. I mean, she looks like a cyborg with metal teeth, arms and legs~. That’s pretty badass to me!” Chucking some more, she leans forward, arms on the table as she looked to her contractor. “No better way to find out then to get her into a deal.”

Looking more and more annoyed as time went on, Sal leaned forward himself, now leaning on a down facing fist and on his feet. “We know even less about what that girl wants then we did those demons you didn’t like!” He growled, his hair briefly turning into flame out of agitation. “And even more then that, just LOOK at that damn thing. She looks like a round of ‘Mad Science’ gone horribly wrong.”

“I think you mean HORRIBLY RIGHT~. I like her. We should contract her.”

“NO.”

“OH COME ON! She could be fun!”

“I ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH INCORRIGIBLE GIRLS IN MY PARTY.”

“SEXIST! SEXIIIIIST!”

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Prishe seemed to be disregarding the conversation between the demon and the skeleton, having gotten her fruity drink and deciding to focus on it.

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Kanata meanwhile continued dancing like a complete dork on the dancefloor, garnering looks of amusement from fellow dancers and onlookers alike. It was clear no fucks were being given as he continued moving about, defying every convention of dancing that about existed.

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And speaking of no fucks given.

Hmmm… Too overly muscular. Too skinny… Too short. Too ridiculously proportioned…

Honestly, it spoke volumes that Panty could look into a CROWD of eligible bachelors that she could have one fun wild night with and would be completely incapable of knowing exactly where to start… And really… That was NOT a problem Panty often had. When it came time to simply pick someone to have fun with, she would be so quick to pick a partner and let that be that. In fact, she had a number of great ideas for her first screw in this interdimensional realm.

So what was stopping her?

Maybe the fact that she had already seen so many of the different types of fuckable men out there? Muscular guys either tended to be rough and tumble or careful as if fearful they would break her, mid-physique had no such fears and would either go to town on her or at the very least TRY to make it a memorable experience for them both. It all depended on how the men looked and how they carried themselves.

And really, whenever she found another new guy in the club, they just reminded her of one… or 10 other guys that had been fairly similar that she had encountered in Daten City before.

“Jesus fuck this is frustrating…” She smacked her head against the table, before lifting back up and looking up to the ceiling, lost in thought. Why was she being like this? IT had never mattered to her BEFORE. Agh….

…. For a moment… Her thoughts turned to Brief and Stocking, wondering what those two were up to.

[ParamountKeymaster]

Ignignokt and Err blipped their way onto the dance floor, observing those already dancing in their typical condescending manner.

"It amuses me that these primitive beings refer to this ridiculous display as 'dancing.'"

"Yeah, man, they dancin' like a buncha nerds!"

"Very much like nerds. Pivoting their bizarre hip joints and throwing their arms in the air as though they do not care."

"We'll MAKE 'em care!"

"We certainly will. Now prepare yourselves as we bust such an advanced move that all other moves will be in and of themselves busted."

"We gonna bust YOUR moves is what we gonna do!"



The 8-bit Mooninites then began hovering and spinning in place, glowing their respective hues of green and pink.

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Meanwhile, as Paul finished his drink, a new idea crossed his mind. He had of course intended to socialize from the beginning, but if he spoke to some of the more... inhuman guests, perhaps he might find someone who recognized his physical state and could give him insight into his transformation. He pushed his glass aside and paid for the drink, all the while looking around and pondering who was the best choice to start a conversation with.

There were a couple of oni in the room, it seemed. Not a bad start. The two skeletons and their fish girl friend looked interesting. There was a woman out by the dance floor who looked strikingly similar to the bartender, talking to some creatures that he couldn't even begin to describe. Oh and hey, he knew Wax! But the candlestick man probably didn't have any new information for him; they could talk anytime.

Paul sighed and rubbed his temples, flinching when his knuckle accidently bumped one of the new, inch-long horns growing from his forehead. They were still tender from their rapid development. Then he jumped back a bit when the keg of wine spilled all over the bar. Jeez, this place was crazy. Perhaps a little too crazy for his liking.

Wait... Was that a dragon girl??

Curiosity adequately piqued, Paul pushed away from the bar started walking towards Bonnie and Sal. Maybe they would know a thing or two about his dragon features and- Whoops. Almost stepped on a bug.

[doctorzero]

Huh. Speak of the devil--or skeleton and fish lady, in this case.

At least this saved him the trouble of looking for them afterwards, anyway.

He raised his ketchup bottle in greeting. "Eeeeeeeeey, Papyrus, Undyne! Been looking for you two. Hope you didn't mind the mysterious hole in the ground. That reminds me--Toriel said she and Frisk'd be really late for the barbecue. No hard feelings, she said."

That did absolutely NOTHING to explain what he was doing on the island at that moment. Granted, 'It's Sans' was USUALLY an adequate explanation, but still...

[DMis]

The assassin looked up at the woman addressing them. "No, ma'am, it's open. What brings you to the club?" they asked with a soft smile.

[ryocker]

"Just as long as it's not Plum juice," Globox gagged. "That stuff is disgusting." Globox happily followed along, looking through his menu. "Hmm... Ooh, this thing about a burger sounds nice," he smiled.

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Papyrus's jaw dropped. "SAAAAANS! NEVERMIND THE BARBEQUE, HOW DID YOU EVEN GET HERE???" he asked. The tall skeleton gave his smaller brother a big hug, smiling all the while. "OH WHO AM I KIDDING- I'M JUST GLAD YOU'RE SAFE AND SOUND!!! BUT WAIT- WHERE ARE FRISK AND TORIEL, EVEN?"

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Wax eyed Paul a moment, smiling. His drink rolled over, the ignewax drinking it down with a sigh. He eyed the dance floor, chuckling at the crazy 8-bit fellows. "You go on and bust those moves, fellas!" he cheered. He grooved a bit at the tune playing from the Juke box, letting his smoke float about.



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She took a seat, smiling. "Just came to unwind, be myself for a while," she remarked, eyeing all of the men and women and unidentifiable beings in the bar. "Maybe make a new friend." The red head chuckled. "Where are my manners- my name is Annabelle. What's yours?"

[ShadesofGrey18]

"Hahah, great. Thanks a million." Yugi had definitely seen the label... and she wasn't intimidated in the slightest. Far be it from an oni to turn down a challenge. As such... when the tankard was sent over, the large woman took it... and immediately began chugging it. It burned like hell going down but damn if it didn't feel and taste really good. When she'd drained the contents... she felt kinda dizzy. It was a really weird feeling, considering that she was much like Suika in that she was pretty much never sober.

Suika herself had hit the dance floor for a bit, her 'gravity' drawing some of the folks outside into the bar, enjoying the music... though when she saw the blonde angel looking rather frustrated, she couldn't help but stumble her way over. "Heeeeeey. What'sh eatin' ya?"

She also had heard the fish-lady's excited shout... and made a mental note to go talk to her, too. She seemed fun.

[DanteMGalileo]

"Bah! You three have the worst poker faces I've ever seen anyways!" Loba shouted at the backs of the retreating trio. She elbowed the waiter that passed her. Jumping up and grabbing his shoulder, she whispered,

"Make sure the chef spits in their food..." She gave a short laugh at the horrified face on his face. "C'mon, I'll slip you an extra large tip at the end."



"Damn Lib, you're goin' through the songs awfully fast," Loba mumbled to herself with a smirk, before giving a nonchalant snap of her fingers.

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"Argh!!"

Lobo slipped on the spilled wine from earlier, carrying another barrel, this one labelled "FOR SPECIAL TASTES ONLY, YOU KNOW THE ONE", its red contents splattering all over the bar.

The red liquid then seemed to rise up in droplets, before being drawn as if by a magnet to a spot on the dance floor. "Thanks sis... I guess", the green-eyed twin said, leering the red sphere wearily. He had every mind to believe she wasn't just doing clean-up...

"... Okay bet time!" Lobo announced, slamming a pot down onto the bar, causing a few drinks to splash out of their glasses. "Anyone who wants chip in five bucks and a time! Whoever's closest gets the prize! When do you think the bloodwine ball is going to fall onto the dance floor?!"

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"Sup."

Loba, without bothering to announce her presence beyond that, dropped herself onto the seat across from Panty's.

"You enjoyin' the bar so far? I can see you're oogling the old crowd... Phoenix, Griffus, they're all there..." With a casual flick of her hand, she nonchalantly stole a stream of drink from Panty's glass, adding it to the bloodwine ball above the dance floor.

"'Course, vanilla dancing's fine, but I'm gonna make this... fun."

Now wasn't the time to drop it, but soon, soon it would be time to splatter the dancers with bloodwine.

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"No! You cannot spit in a customer's food, no matter how much you get bribed to do that!"

Lobo smacked a burger off its plate with surprising force, sending it careening towards the dance floor. "SORRY!!" he yelled in that general direction.

[ColArana]

Aaand now it was starting to get crowded around here too. Great. It started when the lizard man headed over. Well. Not so much headed over, as simply passed by. Ranuen was forced to leap aside to avoid getting stepped on by him, throwing himself away from the descending foot. Due to his impressive leg strength, this leap actually carried Ranuen a decent distance, but resulted in the shrunken swordsman slamming face-first into the shoe of Panty Anarchy. "Ugh... sonnuva...." Ranuen growled at the unexpected impact, and rubbing his forehead. He'd very much been focused solely on avoiding Paul's step, as opposed to considering where his leap would take him. He hadn't even necessarily realized that he'd collided with someone's shoe yet, despite the impact being disproportionately strong for his size.

And it seemed like more company was coming still, as he heard a drunken tone from what seemed to be a blonde girl with.... with horns, approaching the blonde angel. It was only now Ranuen realized what he'd hit, in his attempt to escape from being squashed. "Oh..." He murmured. And then in that instant a third person joined in, though Ranuen wasn't sure who it was from underneath the table. From the sound of it though they sounded like a regular. Or at least someone who knew the bar pretty well. Well, this was a start. Considering his crash landing, and voice, he figured it was only a matter of time before he was noticed now. The question would be by whom.

[gantzgun74]

Kanata had been dancing more and more as time went on, smiling and laughing all the while as his goofy dancing caught more attention. "Hahahaha~! These are some great songs!" The goofy dog man turned to try another move-

SQUELCH!!! Only for something sent flying from the kitchen to smack him in the face and send him toppling to the floor. When he heard the apology from the Kitchen, he raised a voice back. "I'm okay!!" Hmmm.... What was this? ..... He takes a moment to peel off the burger and look it over oddly. Should he taste it?

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"Would you stop shouting that??"

"SEXIST!"

"FOR GOD'S SAKES DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS."

"SEXIIIIST!"

"Shut up!"

"SEXIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSST."

"I WILL PUNCH YOU."

"ABUSIVE SEXIST!"

"WOULD YOU JUST-?!?!?!"

"Hey wait, hush up." Bonnie was the first to break up the argument once a familiar scent caught her attention. Looking about, she sniffed the air before seeing a young man approaching them. "Someone's coming." Paul likely stopped upon seeing that Bonnie was aware of his presence... Still, as that became apparent, the dragon girl grinned. "Whassup doc~?" Sal meanwhile just continued to look REALLY frustrated and annoyed.

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Undyne was somewhat flummoxed by what she was seeing... I mean... Really? Sans? Here? How the hell was THIS possible?? "I agree with Papyrus, Sans. How in the hell are you HERE? I mean, I'm PRETTY SURE WE'RE NOWHERE CLOSE TO HOME RIGHT NOW."

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Peacock, Rayman and Globox's laughing was loud and merry as they continued swapping stories. Panty however was paying them no attention due in large part to the two... Odd people now sitting next to her, trying to strike up a conversation. The first was a demon, which made her somewhat leery, even more so because the girl appeared somewhat tipsy. Along with her was....

Was that another angel-? One with water powers-? "Who the fuck are you two?" She looks to the demon, noting the friendly expression. "Is that any of your business? And really why would you care? I thought demons didn't typically care about angels." Still the angel across from her caught her attention. What was an uptight angel soldier doing in a place like this? Sure her being here was one thing, but it was another thing entirely to find an angel that WASN'T her enjoying the club as well. "Also what are you doing here? I thought angels didn't do the club scene~." She grins impishly, noting the drink floating out of her cup... She looks into the cup to find it was empty before putting it down. "... I was drinking that you dumb bitch."

Wow, she was a rather unrestrained angel wasn't she?

BIFF! "Ow! What the-" She looked under the table real quick. "Did someone just fuckin' kick me???"

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Prishe grinned as she put a few gil into Lobo's pot. "I call it drops in about half an hour~." She was almost looking forward to seeing it do as such and ruin all of the dresses and fancy shirts out on the floor.

[ParamountKeymaster]

"Goodness, first the egregious display of cavorting, and now a wasteful misuse of consumables," Ignignokt scolded as he watched the goings on mid-dance.

"Yeah, man, this club is whack!" Err agreed.

"It seems that even we cannot hope to instil sophistication in this environment. They are simply far too boorish to even comprehend our superior partying skills."

"All you party noobs can suck it, a'ight?!"

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Blissfully ignorant to the "bug's" true nature, Paul shrugged it off and approached Sal and Bonnie casually but cautiously. When the latter looked up at him, Paul came to a halt and gave them a wave and a smile. "Hiya! Don't suppose you'd mind if I sit here?" he asked optimistically, gesturing towards an empty chair next to the duo.

[doctorzero]

Sans chuckled as he was hugged by Papyrus. Big guy was always so affectionate.

"What am I doin' here?" Sans replied. "Eh, I hitched a ride."

...the two could've sworn they heard someone grumbling somewhere in the distance...

"Anyway, Toriel and Frisk are fine--they're back home. Said it'd be a while until they got to the party." He downed his bottle of ketchup. "But enough about that. You two look like you ran into some shenanigans. What's up?"

[DMis]

"Crescent," they offered. "May I buy you a drink Miss Annabelle?" Crescent offered a smile as they sipped their Black Lotus.

[ryocker]

Globox laughed. "Oh, oh, and then- Just when they thought everything was over, Rayman used his hands like a spider and made one land right on the Teensey's nose! HE WAS FREAKING OUT!!"

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"TWENTY DOLLARS SAYS FIVE MINUTES!" Wax cheered, holding up a twenty. The drink he had was floating away, the guy groaning as a result. "I was drinking that, man..."

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The taller brother gave a sigh of relief. "SO THE HUMAN AND HER HIGHNESS ARE STILL ALRIGHT... AS FOR WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO... I'D. RATHER NOT SAY." The worry in his eyes could be plainly seen.

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"Hmm, I guess a drink wouldn't hurt," she smiled. "I've only ever tried bloody marry, though. You know any other good brews?" She took a moment to notice that drinks were starting to gather over the dance floor.

[ShadesofGrey18]

"Pfft-ff!" Suika snorted a laugh. "I'mma Oni. We don't see Angels in Gensokyo muuuuch, so I was curious. You look like ya know how to have fun~"

She began giggling a bit more as Panty's drink was stolen... then glanced down at her gourd... and put two and two together, moving it a little closer to her side. She'd be damned if anyone fucked with her precious precious thing.

Of course, at this point, Yugi could've sworn she was starting to hallucinate. She wasn't sure what was scarier, honestly; the weird shit she was seeing or the fact that she was actually hallucinating off of alcohol. That was a new thing.