Pandora's Box

Party Favours

Jemma is dancing and grinding up against a Party Guy, which makes Pandora uncertain of what to do next.

"Hey!" Party Girl shoves Jemma. "What the hell are you doing?"

"Dancing?" says Jemma amused.

"With my boyfriend?"

"Calm down babe." her boyfriend tries to insist.

"Yeah, calm down. It was just dancing." Jemma says somewhat disingenuously.

"More like dry humping."

Jemma faces the girl in anger, "What are you trying to say?"

Jemma shoves Party Girl back. Pandora rushes in.

"Hey, this is my party, and I'll have fighting only if I want to."

Jemma reaches out and touches both of them. A magical light moves from Jemma to them.

"I'm great." says the Party Girl.

"Yeah, me too." agrees her boyfriend, "Sorry about that."

"I don't know why I was so uptight about it."

After a few moments, they both go back into the dance floor, leaving Pandora and Jemma together.

"What got into you?" asks a worried Pandora.

Jemma touches Pandora but nothing happens.

"I don't know," she says with concern before her voice gets more upbeat when she continues, "But I think I liked it."

A Party Goer walks by Jemma and Pandora. Jemma grabs one of the shots the Party Goer is carrying and downs it in seconds.

"What the hell?"

"I'm sorry, I don't know what got into me." says Jemma partly with concern but also curiosity. She touches Party Goer and the same magical light transfers.

"Let me buy you another."

The first Party Goer sees a second one walk by with a drink and he grabs it out of their hands before drinking it like a shot.

"What the hell man?" says the second Party Goer as he grabs the first one by the arm and the same light transfers between them.

"Dude, chill out."

"Screw that." the second Party Goer says in anger as he shoves the first one.

They start shoving each other, pushing them into other people who have the same type of light transferring from them to the people they're shoved  into. Those people either spill a drink on someone else or bump into someone as a result, causing an argument to break out between them. Whenever they get physical in any way, a light transfers between them as well. The more the light transfers the more arguments break out.

Before any serious blows of retaliation can happen between the first two party goers, Pandora intervenes, "Whoa, okay. There's plenty of drinks to go around. We'll get you some more."

"Yeah, let's do that." says Jemma as Pandora and both of the Party Goers agree and walk towards the bar.

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Later on, Jemma and Pandora are dancing together. Jemma keeps getting closer to Pandora, rubbing up against her. Pandora backs off every time. Jemma turns to face Pandora and puts her arms around Pandora's neck, pulling them closer.

Pandora leans into Jemma's ear over the music, "I'm going to get a drink."

Pandora removes Jemma's arms from around her neck and walks to the bar. She flags down the Bartender, "Can I get another?"

"Sure. How's the party going?" asks the Bartender.

"Ask me in the morning."

"Really? Seems like everyone's having fun. Your friend is having a great time." says the Bartender as he points to Jemma.

Jemma is dancing in between David and Sarah. They are grinding up against each other. As Jemma touches David and Sarah, the light transfers from Jemma to both of them.

"Yeah, a little too much fun."

"Is there such a thing?" wonders the Bartender with a smile.

Sarah and David begin whispering to Jemma. They stop dancing suddenly and Sarah whispers something to Jemma.

Pandora downs her drink before answering, "Apparently."

Pandora walks away. The Bartender walks out from behind the bar and his eyes shine a black light  before he shape shifts into Hermes.

A random party goer notices the shift, "Whoa man, I must be really wasted or something. How did you do that?"

Hermes waves his hand in the guy's face, his hand glowing with a black light, "Do what?"

"What?"

Hermes smiles, "Exactly."

Hermes walks towards the exit.