A Turtle & A Wild Child: Akari Ito/Tanner Del Rio

[Misfit_Alien]

In the 'Land of the Rising Sun', the beautiful orange ball of gas and flames sets beneath the horizon, and following its descent, the moon rises to take its place. The air slowly fills with the smells of street vendors and the sounds of the bustling cityscape slowly begin to flourish as the city truly comes to life. The night is young, the lights turn on the cityscape of Tokyo, Japan is illuminated with gorgeous neon displays as the sounds of trams, subways, cars, scooters, and people fill the area from youthful students to businessmen to retired folk living it up like party animals. The nightlife of the city wasn't just alive, it was thriving...

Not too far away from the main streets, through the dark corridors and alleyways, and underneath an overpass was the entrance to a club. The music and party atmosphere could be felt even from the outside as the volume was ginormous that it shook the ground outside of the premises with its vibrations. Inside the club was quite the scene to behold. Young adults of all backgrounds were drinking and flirting with one another, grooving and grinding on the dance floor as the beats they were jamming to expertly played to what the crowd was catering...some loose, something energetic, some free...something they could move to even while drunk. That's just what the talented DJ up above on stage was doing, that's what AKARI ITO...aka DJ Supersonic Sea Turtle...was doing. Using her mixing, DJ, and crowd reading skills to give the people exactly what they wanted. She kept the party's spirit alive as she played with the song list, each move and mix that Akari performed interacted with each song in such a smooth way while she was remixing them live and dropping the best beats both self-made and remixed as everyone in the crowd was getting hyped up. Akari began to groove to the rhythm as well, showing off her body as she shuffled from side to side up on stage, inciting the crowd to party even harder.

Not Actual Outfit, Just for Reference of Akari's Features

Outfit Reference

Akari was dressed in low-cut t-shirt that showed off her midriff and had holes to expose her shoulder skin. She was wearing baggy pants with graphics and patterns on them, along with some fingerless gloves, big sneakers, and a trendy snapback cap as she further boosted the crowd's hype as the rave continued. "COME ON EVERYBODY, LET'S AMP THINGS UP EVEN FURTHER!!!! I'M IN MY ELEMENT AND I'M HERE TO ELEVATE YOU GUYS TO "MY" LEVEL....C'MON AND STEP. IT. UP!!!!" She roared, the crowd cheering as the dancing kept going, the music kept blasting, the drinks kept coming, and people get getting friskier and friskier as the party was kicked up more than just a few notches at this point.

Akari's eyes were scanning the crowd, trying to make sure everyone was having a good time. It was her job. She had some time off from LAW and she was going to enjoy herself and pursue her other passion of DJ'ing, spinning records and making beats and music...entertaining crowds, energizing people, radiating this aura of fun and excitement as moved and performed with this infectious attitude that felt warm and liberating. She just made people feel amped up and free to enjoy themselves. Then, out of the corner of her eyes as the track was about to reach the pivotal bass drop, she caught a glimpse of someone amongst the crowd. It was hard to see her but Akari made her out, it was a woman, about her age or so grooving in the center of the dance floor. For some reason...Akari just couldn't look away as she held her smile there, watching the woman with a newfound sense of intrigue.

Rave Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQzy_TGDEqg

[FreestylePoet]

"Yeah?" Tanner nodded, a performative smile on her face. Some twenty-something salaryman who reeked of bad beer was currently trying to impress her with his knowledge of American football. His tie was half-undone, and an unflattering sheen of sweat covered his forehead. "Mhm, cool, cool, yeah. Bucs are alright." If he wasn't looking super intently at her, Tanner might've rolled her eyes, if only to relieve the pressure of wanting to scoff or laugh.

She clapped him on the shoulder. Hopefully, the first and last time she'd touch him today. "Sorry dude." She shook her head, interrupting the guy. "But you got no fuckin' chance with me." Her thumb pointed out behind her. "But, uh, I shot down this chick, like, 20 minutes ago? She might still be at the bar. Had a bit of a nasally voice, but she was a good listener." Read: Fuckin' boring. "Maybe you'll have a better shot with her."

And with that, she passed him by. More accurately, she danced past him. Arms up, hips swaying, eyes fluttering -- all to the beat. She cut through the crowd with ease, occasionally tossing half-lidded glances to guys and gals that caught her interest. A few promising candidates in terms of looks, but as usual, all the hottest ones were already taken.

Much of the last hour or so had gone like this. Lots of dudes and dudettes had flirted with her for a bit. Lots of em were boring, annoying, not her type. Respect to them for having the balls (or lady-balls) to try. Nothing ventured, nothing gained and all that. They needed to impress her a bit more than that, though, and none of them had. Still, she wasn't worried. The night was still young, and so was she. Tanner would have no problem finding someone to fuck -- she never did.

Besides, the vibes here were pretty nice. Tanner had never been to this particular spot before, but apparently it was popular with expats and students. Two of the demographics that she'd tended to have the most luck with. And at least the music was good. Okay, the music was really good. Whoever was on the deck had good taste, seamlessly mixing dope remixes with some stuff she didn't recognize -- which she assumed were original mixes. Tanner looked over at the stage, an impressed eyebrow raised on her face along with a smirk of approval.

Who was this DJ, anyway?

[Misfit_Alien]

Akari kept up the rhythm of the songs, hit after hit was strung together in a seamless fashion, with back-to-back transitions and skillful disc scratches to further the impact of those sick beat drops. Lights began to flash on her cue as she turned things up another few notches, keeping things interesting and vibrant as the rave raged on. She scanned the crowd again, spotting the girl from earlier...seeing her smirk and eyebrow from just a momentary glance. She didn't lock eye contact for long though, as she had to focus, but she did give Tanner a special signal to confirm that she noticed her. Akari began to wiggle and shake her hips, showing off her body just for Tanner. She looks back directly at the woman and smirks right back at her while winking, fully acknowledging her and almost basically saying, "Yeah girl, I see you~".

She gave her a knowing look and her eyes shot towards the bar as she smiled...If Tanner received the message, she'd understand that Akari wanted to meet her after everything was said and done. She went back to raving, pumping up the jams and turning up the volume...swapping to a special song, a personal project of her own making that Akari had been working on for some time, it was definitely one of her favorites that she ever made...and she played it in order to impress Tanner, the crowd going nuts over how spectacular this original beat was.

[FreestylePoet]

Green met blue from across the club, and the world stopped on its axis. A bitch like Tanner hardly ever thought of romance, but in this moment she was happy to at least become a perverse parody of those teeny B-movies. Sure, a smirk and a wink was all it took to send her heart aflutter, but that was more than mirrored by a similar thrumming between her legs. Not exactly a Disney Channel Original Movie.

Either way, the DJ's gaze made Tanner want more. And by "want more," she really meant "wanna get pinned to a fuckin' wall by this chick." She'd come to this place to get laid, dammit, and hoooly shit, she was damn well gonna get it.

Tanner took a salacious breath, pairing it with a puff of her chest to accentuate the swell of her breasts for her voyeur. She briefly glanced towards the neon-lit bar at one end of the club before nodding her beau towards it with a wink of her own. Then she was off. With sashayed hips and whirling arms, she cut through the crowd like a debuting princess. The goal was to ensure that Akari could to track her wherever she went -- and give the girl a show of her own all the while.

Eventually, she made it to the bar, sitting down with a shit-eating grin on her face until the bartender took notice. "One Sapporo, large. And, uh..." She glanced back at the booth. "One of whatever the DJ ordered before her set." She knew the type. No way this girl didn't loosen up a bit before hitting the decks. "I'mma be the night's entertainment for the night's entertainment, if you catch my drift." With nothing but an unimpressed eyebrow, the spritely man behind the counter walked off to complete the order. Dude probably saw plenty of dumbasses deluding themselves into thinking they'd be banging the DJ.

But then again, those dumbasses weren't as smokin' as Tanner Del Rio, now were they?

[Misfit_Alien]

Akari's eyes never left Tanner's body as she continued to look over the woman's figure. Every part of Akari wanted every part of Tanner. From those curvaceous hips to that slim little tummy...she wanted to admire and appreciate every inch of that girl's body. It seemed like Tanner not only had the same idea as Akari but knew that the DJ was thirsting after her just as hard too...deciding to give her a special little preview and tease at what would become hers later on that night if things went well.

The Turtle was beginning to grow impatient, she REALLY wanted to see what this chick was like face to face. She couldn't just let this girl get away and lose this moment...not in the creepy sense, but more so in the paranoid kind of sense...She didn't want to miss the opportunity. In that brief moment when their eyes locked, Akari felt a weird sensation crawl up and down her spine as her heart skipped a beat. Her face glowed with a tinge of reddish pink as she looked absolutely starstruck for a moment.

Tanner showed her stuff off, giving Akari a secret, private showing of her body as she had the best view from on top of the stage as the music played on. Everything around her darkened and the music became muffled as her mind focused only on Tanner and Tanner alone. She stared on, looking up and down her figure. From those amazing breasts to her lovely hips that swayed with a level of confidence and sass that was so raw yet so surreal...Akari just couldn't bring herself to look away. She tracked the woman throughout the whole crowd and mosh pit, all the way to the bar. Bingo. Akari went back to focusing on her last setup on stage, slowly bringing the crowd down to a slow stop as things began to wind down. She addressed the crowd and thanked them all, signaling her cue to leave as she now had to hurry up and make it to the bar.

Because there was NO WAY that the Sea Turtle, Akari Ito, would EVER keep such a beauty waiting on her for long~

[FreestylePoet]

Tanner knew she was a pretty damn good dancer. It was part of the whole "she gets what she wants" thing. Now, weaving through the crowd. Showing off every damn curve and muscle. And doing all of it flawlessly on-beat? That tested her skills a bit, but based on the look on the DJ's face, she must've done a good job. Tanner could spot "fuck me eyes" from a mile away, and in her esteemed judgement, the cutie behind the booth was definitely flashing some at her.

The thought had Tanner licking her lips in anticipation. There was just something about that girl and how she carried herself. Confident, outgoing, unafraid to do whatever it took to have a good time. She certainly couldn't object to the DJ's tastes in women, either... nor would she object to giving her a taste of a different kind if she got the chance.

A brown bottle broke the stupor. A single brown bottle, large and dripping with condensation. Half of what she asked for, to be sure, but only half. And the less important half at that! "Hey," she demanded, "what the hell is this?" The bartender made to walk away with a dismissive shrug. With a groan, Tanner pinched her nose. "Look, I get it," she blurted rapidly. "Rando walks up and says she's gonna bed your DJ prolly, what, twice a night if you're lucky? But believe me, I ain't a rando."

Just then, the lights rose from their rave setting to a more constant, dim glow. The sound system blasted with a quick thank-you for the crowd before cutting back to a generic set that couldn't possibly be the handiwork of her beau. Tanner grinned, confident in what she thought that meant. She'd have to put her DJ stuff away, but... "Tell you what," she said. With a twist, the beer was open. "This is a pretty tall bottle. Bet she sits right here next to me before I can chug the damn thing. If she does, you owe both of us another round. If not, I'll be outta your hair." Reluctantly, the bartender seemed to nod, which Tanner took as a good sign. "Ready?"

The bottle went to her lips.

[Misfit_Alien]

Akari continued to wrap up her show, quickly trying to take her setup down and get everything as she speedily began breaking down piece by piece of her gear. She then grabbed some roadies and club assistants, politely asking with that signature lovely and charming attitude of hers for them to be extra careful with her stuff and that she'd be super grateful for the wonderful help. Needless to say, they did so without a second thought, the 'Turtle' was quite the charmer after all...speaking off, she spotted the mystery woman in question at the bar and she made her way over, spotting that she was talking to the bar tender.

She makes her way through the crowd, chatting and dancing her way through as she expertly navigated through the many partygoers, eventually slipping through and landing right in the seat that Tanner had predicted she'd sit in...before Tanner had even taken a good swig of the drink.

"Hey there sexy~...did I keep you waiting?"

[FreestylePoet]

Hardly a drop had entered Tanner's mouth before the set next to her was suddenly taken. She was about to tell its occupant to fuck off before realizing exactly who it was. The sheen of a hyped-up night under the lights still covered every bit of Akari's exposed skin, and her streetwear was still a little disheveled. Tanner couldn't help but lick her lips at how badass Akari looked like this... She wanted her. She wanted her bad, and they'd only been face-to-face for all of five seconds!

It was then that Tanner realized that Akari had said something. Scrambling to recover, she leaned coolly against the bar. "Heh. For you? I'd have been fine waiting a little longer," she mused, her entire body immediately turning towards Akari. "Doesn't hurt that if you weren't hurryin' your sexy little self here, you'd probably be layin' down some sick beats instead. Hell of a set, by the way."

"Name's Tanner. Nice to finally get some facetime with ya, Miss..." She looked to a promotional poster that hung halfway on a nearby wall. "Supersonic Sea Turtle?"

[Misfit_Alien]

Akari enjoyed how Tanner was already buttering her up...it wasn't even coming from the perspective of a super fan or anything...not even a fan either, just someone who found her attractive and had a good time listening and jamming to her latest set. A slight blush appeared across her face as she soaked in all the praise and admiration. Although, she soon found herself chuckling when 'Tanner' called her "Miss Supersonic Sea Turtle"...

"Please, just call me Akari...Akari Ito...That's my stage name and I'm not performing right now. My attention is all...on...you, Tanner~" She said, giving her a loving wink. "And I must agree, it's nice to get one-on-one time with the loveliest gal out of the whole crowd. I loved watching you dance, the moment our eyes caught one another's...I could tell there was something special about you. I can't tell what that is yet but there's just this fiery mystique about you...it's downright enchanting, and I love a good mystery." She continued. "So tell me, what brings a beautiful babe like yourself down to a club like this? All alone I presume...unless any friends of yours are just 'preoccupied' at the moment...not that I mind like I said I enjoy this one-on-one time."

[FreestylePoet]

With how thick the tension was, there probably wasn't much of a need for flattery. Hell, just a straight-up word or two could probably get either of them to drop trou and skip to the good stuff right here and now. But there was a process to these things. A natural order that had to be followed. It was part of the fun.

"Nah, I came here alone," Tanner eventually settled on. "Didn't on leavin' that way, though." She took a swig from her bottle before laughing into its neck. "Nah, I'm serious! I mean, look at us. Perfect 10s all around! Smokin' hot bods, badass streaks, something special to show the world." Her tongue ran across the sharp top row of her teeth to punctuate that last remark. Just then, the drink of Akari's choice slid in front of the duo.

Then she continued. "Chicks like us got no problems picking up the hottest guy or girl in the club. I came here lookin' for that, but then I saw you-" Tanner tilted her beer towards the DJ. "And I got to thinkin': 'Two bad bitches like us. What kinds'a fun could we get up to?'" She flashed a wink at her companion for the night. "What about you? I don't think I've ever seen you play here, and God knows you're probably too good for this place."