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Aphismet, misinterpreting all of Julian's inward thinking as heat suffering, simply waited for the other man to sit before faintly reminding him that he should probably drink more liquids.

Julian's words, therefore, were a complete shock. Aphismet had, of course, no idea that the two used to be... connected. His face blanched and he frowned at the very idea that he'd ever hurt that gentle creature! "Are you ******** insane?!" he barked, instantly looking quite shocked and bringing a hand to his mouth, eyes wide.

Good god, he was turning into Rivener.

"I- I'm sorry. It's just... I would never ever ever hurt her, and I'd most vehemently be right by your side to kill whoever does." He frowned. He didn't know why Julian was so defensive of Chloe, but honestly. "Do I even look like I'd be able to hurt anyone at all?" he asked. "Now drink that water," he added, feeling rather bolstered.

Rivener watched the girl leave, giving her a nod of the head as a farewell. As soon as she was out of earshot his face fell into a scowl. "I'm better NOW," he muttered before turning to the next client, a really weird-looking man. Riv lifted an eyebrow. "Can I get you anything?" he asked, dispensing any formality.

Another voice suddenly piped up from below the edge of the counter, and Riv leaned over to find... "Oh god, it's YOU. Whaddaya want, muffinface?" He hissed with a displeased frown, remembering the face from the middle of the colorful mass of snowsuit from the last event. "I'm busy with customers, so get lost."

Alex laughed quietly, shaking her head and smiling at Natsuki. That same smile hitched and almost faltered at the words that followed, however. She'd never had a boyfriend? What was wrong with the men of the world? "Don't think on it," she said a little embarrassedly, "you'll find someone out there. Someone worth the wait."

The woman turned her sharp green gaze back to the men in question. So Natsuki did know the dressed up man. Something about him made her hesitate, but in the end she gave a faint shrug accompanied by another smile. "I suppose we're not really open yet, and it's not like the booth is out of sight..." Alex obviously had to talk herself into going to speak to two people of her own will, even if one was Aphismet. "Zoe," she said tersely, causing the Gwee to leap out of the shadows and fly to her shoulder. "Watch the booth for a bit, will you? I'll be right back." To Natsuki, she partially hugged the woman's arm and gave another sweep of her hand. "Lead on, fair lady."

Lorenzo huffed at his duty, but flew to rest upon the booth as he was instructed. This resulted in him laying on most of the charms, but the runt dragon was so light that there was no concern for them being damaged. With a short puff of indignity, Zoe settled down, his wide red eyes watching all who would pass.

Tyson just kept smiling, the words that were meant to scare him away only backfiring. Unfortunately for Rivener, Tyson saw them as a welcoming of sorts, the kind grumpy people usually give. Clearly Tyson thought Rivener just woke up on the wrong side of the bed and cotinued in his onslaught of speaking to him.

"So you do remember me!" This only made him even more happier, "I thought you wouldn't! I didn't know how good your memory was...some people forget easily, you know." He told him, waggling a finger up at the raevan as though he was telling him a well known fact. The child didn't even correct the other on his name in the process of speaking to him. Merely turning to look over to Sam when his hero spoke of "customers".

"You're in line?" The boy asked Sam, as though surprised. "Oh! S'cuse me! I'm Riv's friend! I'm Tyson!" Was Tyson's immediate response, a wide grin taking shape on his constantly cheery face.

"Oh, good," piped up Bard with a smile at the other man's words. He sat silently as the car came to a stop and he nodded as he listened to the other man talk but he was too busy untangling Fangs and taking off his seatbelt that by the time he'd turned to thank his driver and ask for a name the man had already left the car and wandered of. A look of dejection crossed Bard's face but he brushed it off easily enough with a smile.

Placing Fangs atop his head to snuggle between those two short horns, Bard scrambled out of the car (almost killing himself in the process as he got his foot caught in the seat belt) and started off towards the festivities. Now, Bard didn't really know much about this 'lab' thing and he wasn't really sure what to take from a crazy man telling him other people were crazy...or bastards, but it wasn't like the man had a ride back home so he might as well stay, hadn't he?

After straightening his black, unbuttoned shirt and making sure the collar fell just right against his shoulders, Bard took off towards the 'event' with little expression upon his face. Sure, he should be smiling like a mad man, but cool people didn't do that and Bard was what people called cool. People in his dreams that is, but Fangs wasn't about to bring Bard to light about his mental incapacity.

Glowing green eyes took in the different stalls as he walked around but none of them seemed to hold anything all that interesting and all the people seemed busy with other people, such as friends or other customers and Bard wasn't really sure he wanted to go butting in on other people's conversations.

Vyn glanced once at the purple-haired figure in front of the booth. She hadn't noticed that one standing there at first, she usually ignored the walkers on principle because of the innate knowledge that they were fundamentally different from her. Eyeing the stranger coolly, the shadow frei's gave a slight shake of her head in response to the question.

Vyn hadn't been touching the flowers, so she was a bit surprised when the Sevilin suddenly handed her one of the big white ones. Although pleased, Vyn's lips pouted very slightly as she shook her head again, more firmly this time. "Thank you....no." She didn't want gifts of flowers she knew would soon wither from being cut at the stems. The sun was bright and the raevan was starting to feel uncomfortable in the heat, so she drifted a little more closer to the cool blue Frei, her gaze lingering on the empty spot next to Sevilin that was deliciously covered in shade. She raised a slender hand to point at the spot. "May, I?" she questioned, stumbling ever so slightly on the words.

Before strolling off arm and arm with Alex, Natsuki rubbed the top of the gwee's head with her satin gloved fingers. "Thanks Zoe, you're a life saver!" Natsuki cooed, blowing a little kiss at the gwee. Several steps away from the booth and her jaw dropped as the words 'Are you ******** insane' flew from Aphismet's mouth and into her radius of hearing. Not exactly the polite language she remembered hearing him use at the party, but remembering whom he was talking to, might have an integral part to the reply. Despite her efforts, she knew that Julian could be a little... difficult. Screwing together her courage, she nodded her head resolutely and strode forward with Alex at her side.

"Julian, you look rather dashing today," Natsuki interjected, placing her hand on her hip and giving him a charming smile. Part of her wondered if she was a glutton for the scientist's punishment, or if she'd just lost her scruples all together. Turning her thickly lashed eyes on Aphismet, she batted them playfully, and scolded him in jest. "Do you kiss Chloe with that mouth?" The smile on her lips was a dead giveaway that she was only joking with Aphismet, in an attempt to diffuse the explosive situation.

Whether it would be effective or not, remained to be seen.

Rivener was already annoyed at having to listen to the kid's grating voice, but the next thing that came out of his mouth cause Rivener to positively bristle. He snapped a narrow-eyed glare at the kid, and flared open his wings, baring his fangs and floating higher, leaning... no, towering... no, LOOMING over Tyson and growling in a rather loud and murderous voice: "GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!"

He'd be damned if he was called a grouch and prophecied to live in a trash can by an annoying shrimp of a human. "Get out before I eat you alive!" He flared even higher, flapping his wings threateningly.

This little display would no doubt cause many people to flee the waiting line clearing a path to the Drinks booth in no time flat.

The differences between the two Raevans seemed to be deeper than just looks. Ebony was had not expected such quiet, short and direct answers from the female one after the other's bubbly and child-like persona. 'Not a dime a dozen...that's good...'

Delicately placing the violet strand of hair she'd been tugging on earlier behind her ear, Ebony gave a small smile to the two whom she assumed knew one another. Whether she smiled for the adorableness most any girly girl would have at seeing the two all friendly and whatnot or possibly from whatever that deviously clever mind was calculating, wasn't clear, but she continued without a hitch. Ebony continued to look generally interested in the flowers in front of her, "So I'm guessing there are many of your kind then? Raevans that is."