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The two dragons were soon on the dance floor, not too far away from Ziaram and a blue haired girl. For some reason, Roy thought she looked familiar, but it was probably because he knew his own blue haired girl that was close to his age.

Nevertheless, they began to dance.

"You don't dance much? Strange...I thought dancing was something the nobility did often." he said as they waltzed.

The young lord had enough experience with dancing, with all the formal balls that happened back in Pherae. He could still remember his father and mother dancing happily at such festivities, and later it was him and Lilina that shared such dancing at the balls when they were still young children.

...Why were his thoughts on Lord Hector's daughter now of all times?

"Well...Amara, think of the happiest thought you can imagine. Something that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Now, bring that fuzziness outside onto your skin. That is how it feels to kiss. Are you satisfied with that answer? " he answered as he was still in a tad bit of shock that she even found out what kissing was and what it felt like.

Goodness, wasn't the party lively? Already, some uncivilized cretin had to be forcefully ejected from the establishment, and by a young boy, no less! Still, there would be no point in distracting oneself with matters that didn't pertain to him. So, he redirected his attention towards those he had engaged in conversation. However...

A laguz that looked oddly like his associate Lyre had appeared to slink off of her own accord. What, did his coworker have a doppelganger or something? Clever. Still, it seemed like the look-alike had drained the pep from little Lyre. Normally, from what Arashe saw, she would be bouncing about, energetic as could be. But, nothing aside from a simple hello. And what perfect timing on King Tibarn's end, dragging himself off to dance with his daughter! Left poor, demure Lyre to Arashe's conversational skills, for better or worse.

"Lyre, you certainly seem-" He was cut short indefinitely by Victoria's appearance, and her unrefined punch to his arm. Goodness, she smelled of alcohol, ew. Seemed she was by the bar, like half the part was. "Victoria, I don't exactly keep an eye out for each of my acquaintaces, you know." he said, forcing a chuckle. "If I did, I'd never have a moment to myself!" ...and she had the gall to try to coerce him into drinking! And at a massive social establishment, no less! Had she seen Dietrich in a social situation? Just being occasionally associated with that man was enough interaction with alcohol, for him. "I would, but I've had my share of irritations from being around alcohol and other people. It's just... not my thing, you understand." He really, really hoped that she wouldn't inquire as to why he didn't care for alcohol. It could take the rest of the night to tell all the stories about the trouble he got into because of Dietrich's drinking. And on top of that, the moment he would cave and go to the bar, Dietrich would show up out of nowhere and never let him live it down, ever.

"She's that curious about it...?" Sephas was shocked. Children were such mysteries, sometimes. He surely couldn't endure a little one's persistence over such a question, without going insane. But heck, Akihi was good enough for conversation, it seemed.

"...it's been one step forward, and two steps back, recently..."

Sephas makes crap posts with me... D:

Arashe's somewhat concerned statement was cut off, and Lyre waved a hand anyway. She didn't bother responding, but she did give a successful "ummm what?" look aimed at Victoria. She'd have to talk to Arashe about it later, she was sure they'd be flinging injokes at each other about it the next time they were both at work. Between the two of them, they were the fastest flying gossip rag in all of Eyris- customers had recently started to stop and ask them both about what dress they should buy next, or if their husbands were cheating on them (and with who).

She was startled when another laguz approached them- and he was... wearing a servers outfit, and... it made her mood plummet further. Why was he working here and serving like he was? She supposed that everyone needed a job, but laguz certainly weren't native to Learania- he had to have come from the door from Tellius. It struck her as so odd to see him, that she stammered out a reply.

"N-no, I mean, we're, fine..."

She felt worse than before about herself, and it was slowly going to start to show, as she repeatedly played with the folds of her dress.

"Ah..." said the young lord, trying to push the thoughts of Lilina out of his mind.

He continued to dance with Mel, though he was surprised at how well she was doing despite being 1) buzzed from all the booze, and 2) not getting a lot of dance time in do to being at war so often.

"Hey...not bad."

Sunil nodded slowly, his mood plummeting as fast as it had risen. He could tell that the female cat was also bothered by the formal wear she was wearing, since she was playing with the folds of her dress. He sighed wearily.

"Wish we didn't have to wear Beorc clothing...why couldn't it have been casual wear? Nya...sometimes I wish I never stumbled through that door..." the kitty waiter said, sighing again.

He then turned, about to go head off to serve some Beorc that was calling for him. Unless Lyre or someone would say something to him.

"I'm not so sure if it is for them. I know this was the way it was with me." he said nostalgically as he smiled and knelled and touched Amara on the shoulder. "You'll understand better when you are older Amara." he reassured. "Anything else you'd like to know?"

Well, wasn't this unexpected. Another one of those laguz seemed to appear out of thin air! Lyre looked so happy, too, quite the contrast to her previous sadness. ... but the kid was a waiter. A waiter, really? He was perfect for Lyre, she was a Hostess! They'd be like one of the romances that were allegedly arranged through comrades of arms back in the generation of his parents. Except less girls clawing each others' eyes out in rage and envy. Less alleged incest one some ends, too.

But, as soon as he had departed, Lyre had pursued. Good for her, she was quick. Arashe couldn't make out what the two were saying to each other, but it looked like an improvement to both of their moods. The Ranger's happiness for his coworker deflated, though, as the blue laguz was already skittering off to return to his job. Of course, this left Arashe to see his friend be left behind like that. Totally not nice.

So, he gave Victoria a small wave, and walked briskly over towards Lyre. Victoria would be able to enjoy herself without him right there, he hoped. But, Arashe only gave the cat a "Hey" as he approached, placing a hand on her shoulder to get her attention.

"You do know his name, right Lyre?" Arashe couldn't help but snicker at the possibility that she didn't know the boy's name. What kind of gossipmonger would she be, if she didn't know a new kid's name, hm? "...you like him, don't you?"