The crowded room was booming with generic EDM, each track blending with the one before and after. People, drunk or high or both, pushed around as they aimlessly danced on the floor. The lights flashing in all sorts of neon were blinding, almost painfully so.

Jolyne’s eyes were fixed on a certain figure across the room, her gaze unmoving. Eventually she approached the woman, drink in her hand while the two little buns on her head bouncing with each step. Her eyes, a serene colour of sea green, glimmered with confidence as she gestured towards the crowd.

“Hey, I noticed you came here with someone. What leaves you all alone now?”