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Revanica waved amiably towards the drink giver. Her golden eyes flicked back and forth. Two more names she filed away into her head for eternity. Chloe and Aphismet.

"I'm Revanica Reeves." she stated formally, "A great pleasure to meet one on one's birthday." Gee, she must be a goddess, especially since she was quite the pure one in the white gown. Revanica never pleased her worshipers like that though... But then again she was really not from here.

Oh, thanks for reminding me too. Revanica thought., greatfully, I did have a reason to head towards the bar... She nodded towards Chloe, and Aphismet, thusly excusing herself and headed toward her designated chair with her unobtrusive shopping bag underneath, but not before giving a warm smile and a friendly hello towards Alex.

It was time for something exotic to drink, but what? A Piece of a**? Scopion's Tail? With a soft fwump, she was back on her warm chair, and she gazed around the table and eyed the bartender appreciatively. Quite the different one he was.

The music took its toll on Niksia eventually, the temperature was rising in the ballroom because of all the people and she was wilting a little. Having a large red scarf waving about around her didn't help, but she liked the protection it offered, even if it was just the security blanket kind.

As she lifted her hair up a little to cool her neck a sudden drift of chill caught her and made her turn quickly to find the source. Niksia's hair fell back down in a trickling wave as her hand dropped to her side. In response, the other decided to sneak upward, pausing in the act of trying to raise her scarf in front of her mouth. It was a mildly strange looking tableau but she was too busy thinking about other things to worry about what she looked like.

They looked so beautiful together, something about the otherworldly look of Raevans made her feel more comfortable than most 'normal' people did. Staring wasn't appropriate, but it was another sidelined thought, she hadn't seen enough of them to get used to their appearance. One day she had to find out more...

But they were coming toward the dancefloor! Niksia had the decency to stop staring and adjust the scarf to make up for her blank moment. Being out of what she considered typical and that silly 'normal' nonsense made her aware that retirement wasn't all it was cracked up to be.

What sort of music do they like, she pondered briefly, before hoping that the next song would give her an excuse to get moving again. She wasn't doing enough here to keep herself from her own thoughts.

Aphi smiled (although it couldn't be seen on his lips, hidden as they were, but his eyes displayed it clearly enough) and nodded. "Y-yes. That would be fun. I know I can s-sometimes look erm, skittish, but really, I'd make a good keeper for a Gwee!" Having misunderstood the uncertainty in Alex's voice for dissaproval, Aph felt he had to make a case for himself. "R-really, I've been much better lately! Ask Isi... I'm just... P-parties are not really my th-thing. S-so many people, and t-touching... I don't do so good with touching." He lifted the hat slightly, looking down.

"And for that s-second part, the weather is m-much nicer now! There's almost no mud left, and really, I w-was just waiting for the spring to really Bloom. Because, since we'll be painting in the park, then I wanted it to be really pretty, and worth capturing." He was getting carried away at the thought, and in his eagerness, the hat was lowering until he held it at chest-height. His face wasn't flushed anymore, the embarrassment having been replaced with passion for the arts. "There's this little part especially, that I saw last year, where the trees burst into white flowers in springtime. If you look at it from the right place, they look like a cloud! I was hoping we could go paint that! There's a stream nearby too, to paint... Oh! S-sorry, I'm rambling." He blushed again slightly, and took a deep sip of the drink, nearly choking when he realised how strong it was! Wow, that Werika guy made some hard mixes!

"A-Ah! Alex!" Aphi called after her as she basically threw him to the wolves, claiming he could dance! He glanced sideways at Chloe and felt himself blushing slightly again. "Erm, I, uh... I'm no good out there, but I-I'll d-dance with you if you want..." He tried to smile, a shy little thing.

He took another deep drink of the singularly strong Ceasar, wincing at it. It was strong, but still good...

Natsuki raised her eyebrow when the other Frei commanded her to leave, and remained firmly where she stood. Sighing, she was relieved when Amaris and Gage moved away, but she instantly didn't like the black and red raevan. "I don't believe I was speaking to you," she said rather pointedly at Roux's "friend", flashing her gray eyes from Roux's to his. She asked her question again, "Roux, do you understand?"

When she saw the blood on Roux's fingers and the shard of mirror on the floor, a growing concern blossomed within her. Looking over Roux's body language, Natsuki saw a possible reason for his irradic behavior, his beautiful wings were bare. She found the way the two raevans interacting a little unsettling, finding them a little young to be behaving they way they were. When the red and black one floated to the dance floor, Natsuki looked at Roux again, waiting.

"Thank you, Alex is just as nice. There is quite the glorious meaning behind it if I am correct," Revanica replied as she turned back to the bar awaiting her drink, "I never found men to be particularly... stuffy myself. But then again I've never had the occation to ask them out to dances or have they ask me."

Revanica took pains to answer carefully, lest she reveal her true nature. Because right now, the inner succubus needs were tightly coiled and tame. She didn't want to set them off, right now especially since she was trying to starve them away. It wasn't working too well though. Never would she be able to have a normal relationship. But Chloe's name stopped her thoughts enough for her to start heading in a new direction.

"Oh, yes. Chloe. So it is... her birthday? What shall I give tribute as? Does she like anything?" It might have come off strangely but she didn't mind so much. She spoke with slight high respect. Certainly, she didn't wish to make waves with her though, it could be that Alex was a handmaiden of Chloe's...

Aphismet felt he was making a frightful mess of things. Alex was always pushing him towards Chloe, and Chloe was always pushing him towards Alex... Maybe it would help matters a great deal if at least Aph himself knew where he wanted to be, exactly, and stood his ground.

Steeling himself, Aph decided that he needed to be a bit stronger. This was Chloe's birthday, he shouldn't be making her feel shy and awkward just because he was an idiot around girls! Standing up straight and putting the hat back on his head, Aph cleared his throat and managed to say with a semblance of convinction: "I'm just as comfortable talking with you, Chloe! A-and you were dancing earlier, so you enjoy it, right? W-well, then, l-let's dance. I-if you promise not to laugh," he added as his shoulders hunched down on himself defensively. He only agreed to dance because honestly, he didn't think he could make much more of a fool of himself no matter what he did out there.

Rivener pouted at Roux as he stopped at the edge of the dance floor. "Well, I'm going. It's fun! Come see me if you want to try, I'll be right over here," he said, floating over a bit more to stand closer to the people, instead of looking like a lone dancer away from the group.

He closed his eyes and tried to forget that other people were there. He just listened to the music and moved. Swaying and dancing, Rivener actually didn't cut too bad a figure out there, which would have surprised both his guardian and himself. As it was, Riv was simply enjoying himself, a smile on his lips as his hair swung around him, waving like darkness and blood through the air.

Zeph at first hadn't noticed the invitation and almost thrown it away with other junk mail. By chance, a soft breeze drifting though the lonely house had ruffled the mail as he motioned to stuff it in a recycling bag, and the invitation fell out and at his feet. When he picked it up, he read of the surprise birthday party for Dr. Kyou and Chloe Star, thrown by a couple of the lab's friends. The invite went on to say that the location was at Julian Sweet's apartment (followed by an address) and the date and time. Zephrnyx looked at the wall clock, eyes wide. How had he missed this?

With a breath of relief he realized that though the party had already started, it wasn't too late to go. Throwing on a pair of dark jeans, cut at the knees and with with streaky-hole-like "spots", a bluntly pyramid-spiked belt, a black shirt with the white-print face "x_x", some calf-high sneakers, and a jacket that closed via belts in the front, he rushed out, leaving Aire mewling in confusion. Hayden & Hel, his two strawberry-flan friends jumped onto one of the loosened ends of his belt, clinging for their strawberry-topped heads. Somehow, Zephrnyx didn't notice, and they arrived with him a half-hourish later to the complex.

Entering the party, Zephrnyx was dazzled by the beautiful decorations and the gorgeous (not to mention yummy) looking cake. When he glanced at the ceiling, the pinata seemed certainly very odd, but somehow fit with the theme. He roamed around for the first couple of minutes, leaving his jacket (with Hayden and Hel still on it) in the closet, and finally decided to try and meet with people. He headed to the bar and ordered a 'Blue Russian Kiss' before turning to the nearest person. It was a woman, and a very beautiful one at that. A small blush rose in his cheeks but he spoke in a firm voice. "Hello, miss."