Strobing lights, the bass drum beating in his chest, the smell of weed and alcohol everywhere. Viktor felt dizzy, and he absolutely hated it every second of it. His mind would occasionally wander back to the lab, to the piles of work he had left unfinished in his desk, that could be nearing completion if only Jayce hadn't begged him to come along to this dump with his Academy buddies.

It was a night club in Zaun that had become famous among Topsiders, for one reason or another. Young adults with a fuckton of daddy's money to spend loved come down here to secretly partake in the debauchery that wasn't well seen in Piltover. Definetly not the place for a science nerd with a lame leg. He couldn't even dance, for Janna's sake.

Viktor sat as far away from the crowd as possible, somewhere without couples shamelessly making out. Jayce was a few meters away, drinking and dancing with his friends. He couldn't blame the man for wanting to have fun rather than rotting at a corner like himself.

Then, his eyes focused on something past his friend: a curvy female silhouette framed by the colorful lights, smoothly swaying to the rythm of the music around the metal pole like a snake. It was hypnotic, even to the crowd of men and women gathered around her. She would eventually bend down and blow kisses, caress faces, all while wearing the most beautiful smile Viktor had ever seen in his life.

Before he could consider the descision, the man found himself pushing past the crowd towards the stranger.