World History Teacher.
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Post by Anbai Wang on Jul 17, 2019 14:03:05 GMT -8
Anbai nodded, though Anlan didn't seem to wait for their response. They let their twin drag them along to Driftwood, where Anbai noticed the sign and smiled. They noticed a familiar face as the bouncer, giving them a wave and smile along with a small bow of their head. "Thank you." Anbai muttered with a smile.
Anbai got comfortable and looked around. A lot of the people here seemed to have been in high school at the same time as the twins, so at least it wasn't too overwhelming or felt like they were surrounded by strangers. They looked back to their sister as she spoke, "Um... I don't know, I'll go for a cider as first drink, I guess?"
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Post by Anlan Wang on Jul 27, 2019 22:57:54 GMT -8
Anlan could tell that Anbai wasn't quite settled in yet, but they seemed at least to be contemplating getting comfortable, and she figured that it would help once stuff actually got started. She told her twin, "It looks like they've got a semi-sweet Seattle Cider Company cider on tap and a blackberry cider from Wicked. They've probably got some other things in bottles if neither of those sound good to you. I'm going to go ahead and order the big basket of fries to share to start out with, but if there's another appetizer you want, we can get that too."
She waited for Anbai's response so that she could be ready when the bartender got to them from where he was helping someone at the other end of the bar. She glanced up at the menu and said, "I'm not really sure what I want to eat yet, but if we see things that sound good to both of us, we could get two things that we swap around parts of."
She saw a few friends out on the dance floor and waved quickly, but didn't call them over, figuring that she didn't want to overwhelm her twin.
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World History Teacher.
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Post by Anbai Wang on Jul 31, 2019 11:56:15 GMT -8
"Ooo, that blackberry one sounds delicious." Anbai said, grinning to Anlan. They looked over the food menu, nothing particularly stood out, though there were some things that looked better than others. "Nothing in particular stands out at the moment," they began, thinking over what looked best. "Maybe the potato skins?" They suggested, quirking their head to one side. Anbai glanced over when Anlan waved, noticing some of her friends, but glad she didn't wave them over. "Once we order, I can wait on the food and drinks if you wanted to go say hi." They suggested.
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Airplane Mechanic.
Bi, strongly leans towards preferring women.
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03/21/1991.
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Post by Anlan Wang on Aug 13, 2019 1:42:46 GMT -8
The bartender made it over to them then, and Anlan smiled at her friend and said, "Look, I managed to drag Anbai out for once."
He smiled at her twin too and said, "It's been a while. Good to see you."
He'd been more her friend in school than her twin's, but she was glad that he was making it a welcoming space for Anbai. She told him, "It looks like you're busy tonight. We both want the blackberry cider, I think, and then a big basket of fries, and the potato skins."
She glanced over at her twin to check if she'd gotten the order right.
The bartender waited for any amendments to the order from Anbai before whisking himself away to get drinks and put in the order and pick up a few more people's orders along the way.
Once he was on his way, Anlan told her twin, "I'm out here with you tonight. I see my friends regularly, but it's not so often I get a twins night anymore, especially not out. If you see someone you want to talk to, we should go talk to them because I fully approve of you socializing, but I'm good."
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World History Teacher.
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03/21/1991.
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Post by Anbai Wang on Sept 2, 2019 18:06:20 GMT -8
Anbai gave the bartender a soft smile and a nod, "good to see you again as well." They said. Anbai was glad Anlan gave the order, still working on psyching themself up for interaction. Anbai just nodded to the bartender as the attention was brought to them and then Anbai returned their attention to their twin. They gave her a smile, "I admittedly have been a bit busy with work lately, and by the time I get home, I'm usually exhausted." They wiggled in their seat a bit and put their hands on Anlan's, holding them gently. "I am happy and excited that we got to find the time to have a twin night again, and that you know very well the exact type of place I'd like to go to." Anbai dropped their twin's hands and gave her a grin, "Though I'd expect nothing less than exactly what I want when it's your idea."
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Airplane Mechanic.
Bi, strongly leans towards preferring women.
Casual Friends with Benefits (several).
03/21/1991.
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Post by Anlan Wang on Sept 17, 2019 0:33:32 GMT -8
Anlan smirked at her twin, and their drinks and snack came out just as the lights came on over the stage. She nudged Anbai and said, "Have you ever actually been to a drag show?"
She knew that the one hosted at Driftwood was pretty low key as such things went, but the dancers were amazing, mostly because several of the queens were also part of Driftwood Dance Crew, and were actually profession dancers outside of doing a little bit of drag on the side. She knew most of them by name, and many of them were friends of varying degrees of closeness.
She took a few sips of her drink and tried some of the snacks, glancing over at Anbai to see their reaction as the show started. The hosting queen was someone who had gone to high school with them, but that neither of them had known well. She knew that Devi would be there, Princess Vivi for tonight, and that she'd probably recognize most of the other queens. She had seen most of the queens' routines before though, and tonight, she was more interested in watching her twin and eventually getting them dancing as the night wore on. It would be good for them.
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World History Teacher.
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03/21/1991.
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Post by Anbai Wang on Oct 11, 2019 11:32:31 GMT -8
Anbai thought a moment before responding to their twin's question, "Actually, I don't think I have." Anbai responded slowly, a little shocked by their own answer. They munched on the snacks and enjoyed their drink as the show began. "It's honestly a little strange seeing people our age up on stage, when I remember back in high school and college, all the drag queens we came across always seemed so much older. Or maybe it was just a matter of perspective, since I know some of the ones on shows like RuPaul's Drag Race aren't always older. Or, maybe it's just because we went to school with some of these dancers." They rambled, ending the sentence with a short chuckle.
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Airplane Mechanic.
Bi, strongly leans towards preferring women.
Casual Friends with Benefits (several).
03/21/1991.
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Post by Anlan Wang on Oct 14, 2019 22:51:19 GMT -8
Anlan laughed and said, "I'm glad I brought you along then. It will be an experience."
She took a sip of her cider before adding, "I think that it's just a weird brain thing because some of the queens here were our high school classmates. Remember, Xiaobai, we're twenty-eight, therefore theoretically real grown ups. Think about how grown up we must look to your students."
She was thinking of what else to say when the lights went down and one of the queens came up on the stage to announce the start of the show. Anlan didn't listen to closely to the opening of the show, since it was usually pretty similar and mostly giving a run down of good show behavior for new people. She grinned when the queen on stage announced, "And our first queen of the night is one who started out right here, our very own Cambodian Princess Vivi."
Anlan nudged her twin in the side and said, "That's Devi. It's nice to see the level of confidence drag brings out for Dev."
She wasn't sure who else would be performing that night, but this was Devi's usual show, and she'd figured that Anbai would appreciate Devi's entire act in particular because it was nice to see one of their few other SE Asian friends doing something like this.
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World History Teacher.
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03/21/1991.
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Post by Anbai Wang on Oct 27, 2019 19:37:16 GMT -8
"That's a worrisome thought." Anbai responded in response to Anlan's comment about how grown up they must seem to their students. They perked up as the lights went down, excited for the show. Watching Devi on stage, Anbai saw what their twin meant - Devi's stage presence and persona seemed totally different than what Anbai remembered of him. "Gorgeous, wow." Anbai muttered to Anlan. They munched on their snack without taking their eyes off the stage, entranced even after Princess Vivi left the stage. It was nice to see Asian representation on stage in their hometown, especially since it seemed so rare on TV.
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Airplane Mechanic.
Bi, strongly leans towards preferring women.
Casual Friends with Benefits (several).
03/21/1991.
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Post by Anlan Wang on Oct 29, 2019 1:06:46 GMT -8
Anlan spent the show mostly watching her twin, though she watched what was going on in the show as well. It was interesting to see how Anbai reacted to all this though. She also kept an eye out on what was going on around them. She was amused that Anbai was getting some appreciative looks, but she didn't mention it to them.
There was a break about halfway through the show, when there was time for dancing and socializing. Many of the queens would circulate the room as part of the entertainment, but Anlan usually wanted to dance during this part. She had just finished her food and drink, and she stood and stretched, turning to Anbai. She asked, "Want to go dance? That's part of what the break is for. Maybe we'd even get the chance to say hi to some people we know."
She didn't want to push the socializing too hard, but she figured that it would be good for her twin to interact with some of their old friends. She knew that it was awkward for them when occasionally they ran into her various friends who came over who had been part of their greater social circle, but that was at least in part because Anbai was aware that most of her friends who came over were the friends that she slept with at least some of the time, and that was something Anbai tried not to think about as far as she could determine. A lot of her male friends were people she would run into at events like this though, and those had the distinct advantage for Anbai's comfort of not being people she was interested in sleeping with.
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World History Teacher.
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03/21/1991.
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Post by Anbai Wang on Nov 10, 2019 15:22:11 GMT -8
Anbai contemplated denying going out to dance, but they were already here, and Anlan liked dancing, and just as their twin liked seeing them happy, Anbai liked seeing her happy. "Yeah, sure, let's go dance." They said with a smile, taking the last potato skin and shoving it into their mouth, a slightly awkward laugh escaping as they realized it was a larger piece than they expected, covering their mouth with their hand. After Anbai finished the food in their mouth, they asked their twin, "Do you think Devi will come visit us if we go on the dance floor?"
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Airplane Mechanic.
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Post by Anlan Wang on Nov 12, 2019 4:18:00 GMT -8
Anlan was thrilled that Anbai agreed to dance, and she looped an arm through theirs as they finished off the potato skins, laughing a bit at their plight with the to big bite. She steered them towards the dance floor and looked around for familiar faces to plant them near. She wasn't going to push Anbai to dance with anyone other than her, but if the interaction happened naturally, she wasn't going to be the least bit displeased.
She was a little bit surprised when Anbai expressed interest in whether Devi would come and interact with them. She said, "Vivi's usually floor entertainment after being on stage, which means going around and dancing with people and being social, but in Vivi's case, generally more dancing and less talking."
She wasn't sure how well Anbai remembered Dev from high school, so she wasn't quite sure how much sense they would make of that statement. She added, "Pretty much everyone who was with us in GSA who still lives near Cedar Beach comes here from time to time though. You'll see a lot of familiar faces one way or another."
She hadn't come into this with the goal of reintroducing Anbai to their friend circle from high school, but if Anbai decided to express interest, she was going to encourage that.
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World History Teacher.
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Post by Anbai Wang on Nov 18, 2019 21:46:53 GMT -8
Anbai considered that for a moment before deciding to not question it. From what they remembered of Devi, he never talked much, but they couldn't recall why that was. Anbai decided to blame the fuzzy memory on the drink, even though they'd only had one. "Nice." They replied simply. Anbai really hadn't meant to lose touch with all their friends from high school, but as college happened, and then a job, they kind of forgot to keep up a social life. Now that things had calmed down, Anbai sometimes felt too tired to enforce a social life during the weekends, and so it just kind of fizzled until it got to the point of occasionally doing something if Anlan dragged them out.
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Airplane Mechanic.
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Post by Anlan Wang on Nov 19, 2019 21:42:19 GMT -8
Anlan was happy to drag her twin into dancing along with her. While they couldn't really talk much while the music was so loud, it was fun to be around her twin. There were a few long time friends who came over while they were dancing, and Anlan exchanged quick greetings, one of which included a peck of a kiss, but she kept her focus on Anbai. Bringing them to Driftwood and making sure that they had a good time was the main goal of the night. She wasn't planning on bringing anyone home with her from her circle that evening.
One of the times that she drifted closer to Anbai, she asked them teasingly, "Anyone you see who's cute?"
She knew that she was more in her element here than her twin was, but she hoped that they would let themselves relax and have fun with being there this time. It was promising that they seemed to actually be interested in what other people who they had known from high school were up to.
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World History Teacher.
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03/21/1991.
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Post by Anbai Wang on Dec 2, 2019 21:19:54 GMT -8
Anbai greeted a couple friends of Anlan's they recognized, but the music was too loud to really have a chat or catch up with anyone, though they did get a hug from one of the friends that had been friends with both of them back in high school. Anbai had promised they'd catch up at some point, and Anbai just hoped they could keep that promise.
Anbai blushed as Anlan asked if there was anyone cute around. They looked around trying to consider. "Maybe." They finally settled on, deciding to just tease their twin instead of give a direct answer. At least Anbai was having fun, and enjoying themself, which they really didn't expect to happen so easily. Maybe it was due to the theme of the night, and they felt in their element; it was nice.
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