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 Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:39 pm
Julian took the apron explanation in stride, but once again found himself taken aback by the sudden display of a backbone he previously did not believe the other man possessed. While the rate of change was rather slow, he was beginning to see Aphismet in a diminutively better light. A second or two went by in casual silence while he twisted the cap back onto the bottle with a simple movement of his thumb and index finger. He breathed in deeply and for a second had entirely forgotten he was boiling inside of his tuxedo at all.
"I may have been wrong about you, Mr. Aphismet. It seems you do have potential after all," he murmured after he had collected and mentally archived his thoughts. If only because he was wearing gloves and thus no actual contact would be made, he reached out a hand and rested it lightly on top of the other's shoulder. At first the gesture might have seemed as though he was attempting some human connection, but a second later it became clear Julian was merely overheated and having a hard time clearing his head while standing entirely on his own two feet. His attention shifted to the bottle his other hand was still holding. "I'm surprised they did not pick you or Chloe for this auction affair. You are both much more… friendly than Shuura and I."
Julian said the word "friendly" like most people said "out of your mind".
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:45 pm
Staring blankly at the cup of iced tea, Namini considered whether or not she should leave a small donation despite the fact that this Raevan had been quite..rude? malovolent? wicked?! She bit her lower lip once again in a state of confusion before opening her purse and handing the Raevan a dollar bill. Gathering up her courage once again, she forced a smile and held her wallet out.
"Is it possible for me to leave a donation? This being a charity event and all," she laughed softly, deciding that it was best to just forget the previous events.
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:47 pm
Aphismet reflexively reached forward to help the other stand, but he held back before actually making contact. Somehow he didn't think Julian would appreciate it. Looking around, Aph spotted a small stool in the booth they were annexing, and he left Julian's side for a moment to retrieve it. "Here," he muttered, placing it on the ground, seeing how terribly uncomfortable the other man was. "You should drink more water," he offered helpfully.
He was beaming a bit at the other's words. Julian wasn't such a bad man after all... His cheeks brightened at the mention of he or Chloe going up for auction.
"Erm, well, we, um... That is I uh... I wouldn't think it was right to go on a date when I'm kinda... I'm kinda seeing someone. Kinda. N-not that it's official or anything. And Chloe, well, erm... Well it's kinda her that I'm seeing." He ws rubbing the back of his neck as he stumbled all over his explanation. They'd never really called it a relationship, but isn't that what it was?
Rivener took the money and put it away, and when the girl asked if she could leave a donation, Rivener inwardly cursed all the unlucky gods that he kept having to deal with inane skirt-wearing sillyheads. "Of course you can," he answered in the same friendly tone. "We would very much appreciate any help you can give."
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:58 pm
Allowing her eyes to drift from their place at her feet, she bravely looked up into the Raevan's face and smiled as she slipped him a twenty dollar bill. As she picked up her cup, her expression changed from that of a happy child to a curious one. Taking a small sip Namini took one last glance at the Raevan's face and asked bluntly,
"What's your name?" Oddly enough, her face didn't even redden though it was clear she didn't realize how rude she was being.
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:00 pm
Shuura paused mid-stride as she heard an outburst from one of the booths nearby. Resisting the urge to laugh as she realized that one pimp-wannabe Raevan had just blown up at one of his customers, she quickly skirted the booth and headed towards one of the more empty booths, with the intention of hiding under the canopy tents offering shade and to find somewhere to shed her coat at least.
Vyn, predictably, had headed straight towards the boothful of flowers as soon as Shuura had left her on her own, paying little heed to what else was on her way there. Even though like last time these flowers were unnaturally cut off from the earth, she wanted to see if there was anything she could do for them after learning how to care for flowers from Natsuki last time.
As the graceful frei neared the booth, she saw the figure behind it, a frei who was a color usually associated with water. It was Sevilin, she remembered the watery Frei from a big garden once before, but it was a long time ago. Still, she remembered he was nice to her, so she approached him willingly enough, tattered ebony ribbons swirling slowly as she came to a stop before a bucketful of lillies. "Pretty", her velvety, earthy voice intoned softly. She didn't remember his name, but remembered what he had said to her when they first met.
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:14 pm
Ebony had all forgotten her surroundings as she'd been admiring the Raevan manning the flower booth. Or actually...weighing how much in gold he, or she, could be worth. She decided she'd have to learn more about these creatures to determine how rare they really were.
It wasn't until another voice spoke up that she'd snapped out of her little reprieve. Those slate shaded orbs peeked out those black sunglass to look the other person over. It was another Raevan, and this one was most obviously female. "Oh, ello. Looking for some flowers too?"
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:14 pm
RoChan RoChan blinked at the boy slowly. He was speaking in a language she understood but there was so much that he said that seemed as if... as if it was Greek! And she didn’t know Greek!
Biting her bottom lip her eyes wandered over to the floating half body. “I am sorry. I am afraid I have no idea what you are talking about.” With a bit of a watered smile she gave an open palmed point towards the items on the table. “None of these make any sense to me so I would have no wish to purchase one. Would you enlighten me a bit as to why I should even support your case?”
She wasn’t trying to be rude, really. The blue haired creature was a business woman after all and frivolously throwing away money without understanding where it was going to just not was her cup of tea. Again she smiled, one full of business tinged with a growing curiosity. Isi stared at her. Didn't he just explain it all? Sighing, for one shouldn't get frustrated with one's customer, he started again, "There's a Lab. It creates beings, called raevans. Eiry, here," Isi indicated his raevan off to the side, "Is a raevan. The raevans go through three stages. Most of the raevans here are all at their first stage. But, Lazaraus, the first of the raevans to be born, grew into his next stage. When he grew, he blew up the lab by exploding. He's fire based, so that's why he exploded. When he exploded, a majority of the lab was destroyed. So now we're, the Lab staff and the Raevan owners, are working together by putting this festival and raising money. We want to use the money to rebuild the lab and restore what was damaged." Isi ened the last sentence with a heavy breath. That took a lot out of his lungs to explain.
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:18 pm
Rivener kept the smile from cracking with a mighty exertion of willpower. His patience for this act was wearing thin, but this was for the Lab. Behave, behave, Lazarus is right next to you and might be watching, what would he think of you if you just randomly attacked someone who wants nothing more than to help?
Reminding himself of the donation, Riv took the twenty dollar bill with a clear "thank you", and placed it in the till. He then expected the girl to leave (finally!) but she stuck around and asked him his name.
"Oh, how rude of me. Sorry. My name is Rivener. I'm Aphismet's Raevan." His words were a little more hissing than normal, his waning patience seeping through his voice. Honestly! He should have all these telltale signs of annoyance under control, but for some reason today, he just didn't have it together as much as usual.
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:19 pm
"Sorry to sound if I am harping on the boy issue, Alex," Natsuki said apologetically, letting a sigh steal past her lips. Truth be told, she was still a little jealous after getting a peek of Aphismet and Chloe out on the balcony at the birthday bash. "I guess I am just curious since I've never had a boyfriend. The closest thing I've had to any sort of romantic action was at the Partie D'Amour and I was paying people to kiss me. It's all just a bit embarassing, I guess."
Giving another shrug, she looked around at the crowd. So many new faces, the cafe manager found it rather difficult to keep up with names. Fortunately, she managed to focus enough to realize the dapper gent was Julian and he was surprisingly conversing with Aphismet (thanks for Alex's social nagivation system). "Feel like saying 'hi' to Aphismet and Julian?" Natsuki asked, motioning to the two guys across the way, with a girlish twinge in her voice. "That is, if you can get away from the booth for a little..."
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:22 pm
Jae Eun picked up another voice at the merchandise booth, and detected a very, VERY strange sounding name.
"E...E......Airy???" she asked, glancing at the Raevan, her hand still extended in a friendly gesture.
She wasn't sure she was saying it right, in fact, she was confident she wasn't. But then again, the Raevan hadn't exactly responded to her first inquiry in regards to his name in the first place.....maybe..if she instigated conversation?? Again??
"Ah~ T-These are some c-c-c-cute balloons!!"
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:24 pm
 Sam finally got fed up with his little balloon game. He felt he could stand to interact with the crows and the shock of seeing the unsettling woman had worn off. He let his balloon float up without tugging it back down and punching it. It had been a good stress reliever and he felt much rejuvenated, if you called rejuvenated back to his regular, antisocial, self. Sam realized he was thirsty, although he did notice that the red and black raevan running the stand had just had some sort of outburst. Wasn’t that the raevan who’s owner(scientist?) he had practically stalked and scared away at the last little whoo-ha he had been to? What was his name? Rivener? Yes, Sam believed that was it. Rivener’s venomous personality was exactly what Sam had been expecting out of the poor raevans, not the cheerful one of the Eiry one that had thrown him off. He stood up out of his seat and made a beeline for the booth. There was already someone getting served by the raevan however, and Sam simply huffed and lit his impatience show clearly.
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:27 pm
"No you haven't been rude, Mr. Rivener. Actually, I should probably be the one apologizing for my behavior. I'm incredibly sorry to have rubbed you the wrong way, please forgive me," Namini stated calmly, noting the irritation in Rivener's voice. And the name Aphismet..she told herself to remember this name for reasons unknown. Without waiting for a reaction from the Raevan, unsure if he would verbally attack her again or actually forgive her, she grabbed her cup and flashed a parting smile.
"Goodbye Mr.Rivener, and I hope your day gets better."
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:28 pm
Chloe was dating Aphismet, and as Julian took the seat offered to him he wondered if that was the sort of information worth becoming upset over. There was no jealousy within him that someone else was dating the young lady, but as with the curious event of Aphismet reaching some level of maturity, again he was faced with a prospect his mind had never dwelled upon. However, a lack of self-righteous envy did not keep him from sorely regretting the union; he did not want her to see anyone, because it would diminish whatever convoluted relationship they had created. Much as Julian despised to admit such things, there was the fact through time and distance they had already grown apart and the appearance of a boyfriend spoke only ill for what was left. Perhaps already they were no longer even friends, and his opinion on almost everything was thoroughly outdated. Julian could not honestly say if that would have been a relief or not, but it was an echoing idea that would most likely linger like barely concealed storm clouds over his head for the rest of that day.
He was sweating a little inside of his tuxedo and the feeling was nothing short of disgusting. Luckily, black fabric and cologne completely masked any adverse effects.
Julian pinched the bridge of his nose with an expression of utmost displeasure as he decided he most likely no longer had anyone worth talking to involved in his life.
"How nice. If you hurt her, I hurt you, by the way," he said, and the words heavily implied having to threaten someone like Aphismet made him suffer. Feeling rather morbid. he imagined that one day the two would produce stuttering babies with pink hair and inferiority complexes.
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:32 pm
"Alex, Alex, Alex!" Tyson's chanted continuously as he hurried through the crowded streets of the festival. Dodging people left and right, and even making sure not to bump into anyone, just as Lil ordered. "I got to find----" Suddenly silence swallowed his enthusiastic words whole. The tyke's quick steps slowing to a stop as his eyes came across someone who he thought he'd never if ever see again.
"Super Riv!" The boy cried with renewed glee as he recognized the grouchy raevan immediately. How could he forget such a creature that had been on his mind for months on end now?
By the look of his run and the speed of it as he headed over to the booth. It was as if the boy had found the bountiful treasure he had been searching for all his life. Luckily for the raevan behind the booth; Tyson was able to stop his quick feet before the rest of him collided with the wooden stall.
The thought of the other not remembering him never crossed his mind as he cranned his neck back in order to get a better view of the raevan he so admired. "How have you been? I've been good! Do you remember me? It's me! Tyson!" He told the other, his voice high with excitement. The young child did look different than the first time they met. Yet that change was mainly due to the lack of colorful winter clothing which had been smothering his limbs last time.
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:37 pm
“I see.” Actually she still didn’t get it but it suddenly didn’t seem as intriguing as it once did. Oh well. RoChan turned towards the other girl at the booth with a warm smile in greeting before eyeing the Raevan again.
“It certainly is very curious.” She wasn’t exactly talking about the floating creature, but he was included. “What are the prices for the items?” At the very least she should pretend that she was interesting in buying something. It would be impolite to do otherwise.
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