video;

[unluckyinlove]

[Jinx is standing up against a brick wall. It's daylight and she looks very awake. Very excited, actually. It's been awhile since people have heard from her, hasn't it? The wedding, the honeymoon, and then she was quiet. And when the sorceress is silent? It means she's been planning.]

I've got a few announcements to make. First off: [she takes a deep breath] I'm stepping down as Purgatory's direct manager. I'm not abandoning it; it's still mine. I've just started a new...project. One which requires my utmost attention--no, Gabriel, this doesn't mean you can touch the money.

[She moves away from the brick wall to leave the alley. Some people may recognize the street she walks onto as AGI territory.]

When I first came to Siren's Port, I was a really different person. I wasn't happy with anything about myself or my life. Then I met a man named Sander Cohen. He helped me make all my dreams come true. I was a dancer and a star. That's where my heart is. But no matter how much I wanna keep doing that?

I can't.

I'll never be the dancer I used to be. When you get hit with injury after injury, you don't always bounce back. C'mon, I can't ever fight like I used to. But you know what they say about those who can't? They teach.

[Finally, she stops walking. With another deep breath and a meaningful smile, she points the camera at a building across the street. It's currently undergoing construction, and instead of a sign on the front, there's a makeshift banner hanging there. Proudly, she reads that banner aloud:]

Odette's Dance Academy.

Dancing is my greatest passion, so I named it after the person I love the most. Of course Sander's art is gonna be plastered all over the place. [Was that joke in poor taste?] He'd come back from the grave to take me with him if it wasn't. And my goal is the same as his was: To make beautiful art. To bring out the art in everyone. Before I leave this place, I wanna share everything I know.

The grand opening is gonna happen the first week of December. It is a partially AGI funded academy, but I'm still the owner, manager, and final word. Right now, there's open enrollment for all affiliations and ages. If there's anyone out there who'd like to help teach, call me.

[Private to Chuck]

Hey, loser. You're not busy, right?

[Private to Ahiru]

In or out?

[Private to Alice]

If this works out, you're gonna be waist deep in tutus and mafia gambling money.

Comments

video | private;

[motioned]

Of course I'm in.

video | private;

[unluckyinlove]

Good, because I've already got a couple little girls signed up who are gonna need a role model and I just don't cut it.

video;

[pullsheavendown]

Now you're gonna be a teacher? You never stop surprising me.

video;

[unluckyinlove]

What? You don't think I can do it?

[video | private]

[manicpixiedreamgirl]

[Alice is positively beaming at the news. So excited she can't even]

I wouldn't miss it for the world.

[video | private]

[unluckyinlove]

You'd better not. I need you right now more than I need my husband.

video/private

[paterelohim]

Uh, I guess not. Only if figuring out how to throw off angel stalkers counts?

video/private

[unluckyinlove]

Blah, blah, your problems are so important.

[She's so loving.]

Would a pay raise make you feel better?

[Pay and raise. Two words that have never come out of her mouth before.]

Video

[tea_lover64]

I think that is a lovely name for a dance school. I trust you had a delightful honeymoon, and I wish you the best in your new venture.

[Iroh bows]

Video

[unluckyinlove]

I named it after my...

[A small smile.]

After my daughter.

[uberboned]

Dammit. I hope you found the best accountant in the land, because Crowley already stole the best baker. He can't have the best accountant too. I'm drawing a line in the sand here.

[There's a quiet pause, and then...] Looks great, babe.

[unluckyinlove]

I'm promoting Chuck.

[She just stands there and waits for the reaction.]

voice

[rewritter]

A dance academy?

voice

[unluckyinlove]

You got it.

I was a professional dancer right here in the Port for years.

[mediumdrip]

This sounds like such a good idea. You should be doing what you are passionate about.

[unluckyinlove]

It's not like you know anything about following your dreams.

[Blaine, you dapper maniac, she needs you in her life.]

video;

[wingedcrown]

I'd be willing to help teach and help out if you'll have me.

video;

[unluckyinlove]

[Jinx quirks her brow.]

Introductions before enthusiasm?

video/private;

[momchester]

[She smiles softly.]

That's so beautiful. [The name.] I'd volunteer to be a part of it, but I was never a dancer to begin with.

video/private;

[unluckyinlove]

Which is why I'm also teaching classes for adults.

[That's Jinx's way of saying: You have the grace of a rhino.]

[video]

[thecrowingtobe]

[your silent ethnic idiot is taking time out of tinkering to actually speak up. He sat there on the VW Bug he's working on, leaning back on a tire and watched her video.]

All a big production with you. So that's what the mystery has been lately? I think it sounds like a good idea, though I'd hate to have you for a teacher. [yes, he's smiling, faintly. He's not been in a smiling mood with his fucked powers lately]

[video]

[unluckyinlove]

[Working in the garage? Big surprise. It's not like Claudio lives there or anything. Lately, it's like she's only seen her boys if they're standing in line for the microwave.]

Hey. I'm a great teacher. Remember that time I taught Lutz an entire opera?

[No. Because he has no sixth sense to speak of.]

Or when I taught Trauma to not leave his boots in the living room?

[By tossing them out a window and beating his face in.]

[video]

[theshortestbird]

Wait... is this just a dance academy, or an art school? I'm really not the best dancer, but you should see some of the doodles I can do.

[video]

[unluckyinlove]

Dance.

[She rolls her eyes. Everyone's got a "doodle."]

But my dance teacher was an artist. The best artist.

[video]

[rapturescreed]

I believe Sander Cohen would love the idea of a place like this. I find I do miss his... humor, sometimes. [Yeah. Let's go with that.]

[video]

[unluckyinlove]

Humor. That's one way to put it.

[She snickers in that knowing way.]

I miss his...eccentricities.