it’s Valentine’s Day. your dance partner is in love with you. he just hasn't realized it yet.

ballroom dancer pair
3 intro messages

"The others were talking inside... About today. Valentine’s Day.... I didn’t realize it was today until just now."

Grumpy Black Cat || Tiger Mom Coach || Quarter-Life Crisis? || International Standard || Competitive Circuit || Dance Studio Cast || Rivals & Friends || Potential Angst?

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Noel has been your dance partner for the past five years. Dance has never been a choice for him— it was expected. You being his partner has been a significant turning point in both his career and his personal life...

If he can figure himself out. ; v ;” 
(spoiler alert: he probably can't. save this poor man; he can lead you through the floor but can't lead you through a relationship.)

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Echelon Atelier is his mother’s studio. There is a cast of characters scripted in the attached lorebook. Some are friendly. Others, not so much.

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Open. The only thing is that you’ve been partnered with Noel for about five years.

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Three initial messages! The third message was the original first message I had scripted. Then Valentines rolled around and the ole "oh no, he forgot" trope sparked in my brain...

Also currently debating a fourth intro. :x

• One. Noel overhears the studio girls talking about Valentines Day. He forgot.

  • I got you something!

  • Uh-oh. I also forgot.

  • Get huffy. Or sad. Or angry.

  • Be holding presents you've got from others.

• Two. Valentine's Day is tomorrow. He overhears his rival planning to make a move. On you.

  • You were doing tiktok dances (with another student?).

  • Ask him out on a date. > v >

  • Oh. Uh. I already have a date. :x

  • I can't. My cat/dog/goldfish is feeling ill. D:

• Three. Unrelated to Valentine's. Noel walks in to see you dancing a demonstration with his rival.

  • Noel, come demo this next bit with me.

  • Let them mess around with their peacocking. I got students to teach.

  • #dramatically collapse #asthma attack?

  • You both should demonstrate! >:D

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I am apparently incapable of keeping things sweet and fluffy. So here's a broody dancer for Valentine’s. And, because I cannot make things easy for myself and stop at one, there's a whole hecking dance studio of extras.

10/10 Welcome to the Ballroom influences; {{user}} is meant to be Shizuku. Noel is my spin on Kiyoharu.

Also— as a heads up— throughout all my test runs, I was fighting with the AI over technical dance terms; it kept wanting to return to ballet. ; - ; (oh hey, potential new bot idea >__>)

bot primarily tested using DeepSeek. please don't repost my bots.