Dance the Night Away [James]

[Sibil Tucker]

[August 15th, 2522]


Sibil wasn't normally one to go out partying, but it was her friend Serene's party. A bachelorette party to be exact. It was a time of mixed emotions for the officer, she was supposed to have been married by now herself. All that had changed though. Despite that she had made a trip to Paquin, where Serene would be living with her husband. Not the finest planet in the 'verse but not the worst either. The timing had been perfect, since Sibil was currently on leave in between assignments.

The wedding was the day after tomorrow, so tonight was the night for celebration with the next day to recover from said celebration. It was Sibil, Serene and ten other women present for the party, she didn't really know any of them other than the bride. She was having fun though, already had a couple drinks in her. They were dancing and fooling around, like girls would be expected on a fun night. There were a couple booths in the corner that were reserved for the group. The music was loud and the lights were an array of flashing colors.

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Outfit

[James Clark]

James had finally done it. He had rescued Layla from the Doxy House. Now he was just waiting for his old from Shepherd to come and pick the two of them up. James had left Layla with another old friend by the name of Rusty. Funny how the former Lieutenant Colonel had so many friends. James had decided to treat himself to a night of drinking before it was back to business as normal. He was sat at the bar and his eyes were fixated on a certain women who seemed to be out with her friends. James was not dressed in his normally attire he was dressed rather casually. He waited for the women to wander over to where he was before saying very loudly over the top of the music "Can I buy you a drink beautiful?" he had always been a charmer and a romantic. Women just found him irresistible.

[Sibil Tucker]

Sibil and the girls were having a good time, drinks were getting low though. "My turn to get the refills!" She yelled at them before turning off to head to the bar. Her body still swayed with the music as she walked. A couple men tried to get her to stop during her trip to the bar, Sibil simply smiled and waved them off. Her eyes caught a handsome man that was already at the bar, she had seen him looking her direction. Sibil grinned as she got close enough to admire him.

Leaning over the counter a bit to talk to the bartender, "Another round for the girls please." Sibil pushed the money for the drinks towards the man, he smiled and nodded. She turned to meet the gaze of the handsome man next to her at his words. Rather than yell again over the music Sibil leaned closer to him, close enough to whisper into his ear, "You sure can handsome, the music isn't as loud over there and the booths are much more comfortable." She motioned to where she had come from as she pulled back from the man.

[James Clark]

Pulling out a large amount of cash "Two of whatever the lovely lady has been having and keep 'em coming" he told the bartender with a smile as she whispered in his ear. He took her hand rather gently and tenderly and led her over to the booth. "James Clark" he introduced himself taking her hand and kissing it softly. She was a very pretty lass and a lot more drunk than he was. He would have to do something about that. As a waitress placed the drinks on the table he took a sip. Time to start this party.

[Sibil Tucker]

Sibil blushed slightly as James took her hand, kissing it as he introduced himself. Folks still do that? How romantic. She nodded in thanks to the waitress as drinks were set down, taking a drink of one. "Sibil, Sibil Tucker." She introduced herself in between taking a drink.

A couple of the girls from Serene's party clumsily set themselves down at the booth too, giggling and nearly literally drooling over the man that had come over with Sibil. Laughing at them she put a hand on James' shoulder, "Down girls, this one is mine." They both made an 'awe' noise but stayed, giggling amongst themselves. Sibil rolled her eyes at them and looked back to James, "So, let's get the redundant lines over with huh? Come here often handsome?" She winked at him teasingly.

[James Clark]

Sibil. Lovely name. Quite unique unlike his rather common name. "Pleasure to meet you darling" he responded. So far so good. It had been a while since he had chatted up a member of the opposite sex let alone been in a bar. James laughed as her friends came over and made a big fuss over him. He liked the way she said he was hers. "Straight to the point, I like that" he said with a smile taking a sip of the drink "Haven't been here in a little while" he admitted to her. She was extremely good looking of Sid and Art had been here they would have said she was way out of his league.

[Sibil Tucker]

"Pleasure to meet you as well James," she responded to him. Sibil wasn't usually one to flirt and such so she was sort of out of practice. Most of her time was spent at work, the Alliance vessels weren't the best place to try and hold any kind of relationship.

"Well this isn't really the best place for small talk anyway right?" Sibil took another drink from her glass, shrugging slightly at his words. The girls caught her attention again as they began to leave the table, making kissy noises all the while. She rolled her eyes. "I actually have never been here before myself. Paquin at all really. Came for my friend's party and wedding, luckily I'm in between ship assignments. What brings you here?" Sibil took another drink, it was half gone now.

[James Clark]

"The pleasure is all mine Miss Tucker" he said with a smile. As she spoke James attempted to guess in his mind what get profession was. She seemed like the lawyer type or maybe even a nurse in his opinion. Someone who worked all hours of the day for weeks and maybe even months on end and was now attempting to let her hair down. Then it dawned on him that she was on a shipping assignment maybe he was wrong classy girl like her didn't strike him as a mechanic. "I came to visit my sister" he told her something that couldn't be further from the truth. "A classy girl like yourself shouldn't be in a place like this" he told her with a wink.

[Sibil Tucker]

"Oh well aren't you a sweet brother." Sibil teased at him a bit, the alcohol having a little more affect now. She laughed at James calling her classy, sure she dressed up pretty nice but she didn't consider herself classy. "This place is definitely not the kind of Establishment I would visit often. Call it lack of choice in the matter."

Sibil was only here because of her friend, she didn't drink or party much at all, if any.

"So what is it that you do usually James Clark, other than buying drinks for the ladies," Sibil asked him as she trailed a finger down his shoulder. Yes this man was handsome. Normally she wasn't at all forward with men, but the mix of alcohol and the atmosphere had her acting out of character.

[James Clark]

James was a good judge of character and he could instantly tell that Tucker wouldn't normally frequent these sort of places. The club they were in was called 'Half Moon' and it wasn't really the kind of place that had a good reputation. James laughed as she mentioned him being a sweet brother if only she knew that twenty four hours ago he had shot his way through a doxy house. He thought about what to tell her as he didn't want to lie or mention his illegal activities "I'm Captain of a ship named Trinity we deal with importing and exporting" he told her with a smile. A little white lie never hurt anyone.

[Sibil Tucker]

He had a nice laugh, a nice everything really, Sibil mused as she looked at him. "Ohh a Captain of your very own ship, lovely name also." She didn't touch on the last part of his sentence. His vague detail meant she didn't want to know, she shouldn't know. It was illegal. Her years in service to the Alliance, yeah she knew what he meant. She wasn't on duty so it didn't matter.

"Sounds like alot of time in the air, must get lonesome," her words came out in a soft purr, with a mischievous look in her eyes. Sibil knew about being alone and feeling that lonesome everyday. Tonight though, if she could help it, there would be none of that.

[James Clark]

James laughed at her comments "Trust me it's not all fun and games" he told her taking another sip of his drink. Her next comment sort of hit him hard. Yeah it was kind of lonely out in the black. He had never thought about it but although he had achieved a lot it was still far from where he expected himself to be. "You have no idea" he told her with a wink. He had no intention of being alone to tonight if all went well.