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Bard's strangely sculpted ears weren't just for looking good, though they did that rather nicely as well, they were also quite good at hearing things, especially loud things. A good example of something loud that the purple-haired man could hear was a very angry voice somewhere near-by. Unfortunatly for Rivener, Bard's reaction was not one of fleeing, but that might have been because he couldn't even see the floating thing at the moment.

Turning about, Bard tried to figure out which direction the yelling came from before deciding that the way he'd been going would be a good way to go. Wriggling though stalls in hopes of getting to the scene as fast as he could so he wouldn't miss anythig, he finally came upon the scene of quite an angry black and red thing yelling at a little kid.

No doubt the kid had done something to deserve the yelling, but Bard was sure some woman would come to the kids rescue at any moment and scold the interesting looking floating thing.

Bard himself just stood off to the side with his hands stuffed into his pants pocket and a sort of funny smile looped on his face.

"Oh..." Sevilin's cherry red lips formed a soft pout at the rejection. But it was such a pretty flower. His bout of woe didn't last long(they never did) as Vyn came beside him. "Oh yeah sure! There's plenty of room..." His amiable smile softened and his eyes unconsciously fell to the Frei's swollen chest. He wasn't used to girls that much, so he was always curious when he saw one. But he didn't know why he couldn't look away. They were like magnets! He wrinkled his little nose and turned his head forcefully, a ruddy glow lingering across his cheeks. Oh no, he was turning into We`rika!

Completely embarrassed he buried his face in the lily he had been absently twirling. He inhaled the calming scent and brushed the velvety petals with his fingertips, leaving salty due droplets on the white petals.

Sevilin looked up at Ebony, startled by her sudden question. "Kinds? Well... humm I guess so jes like each person is different I guess... I'm really not sure how many there are..... I haven't met that many yet..." He admitted embarrassed. he was one of the older Frei and yet felt as if he was surrounded by a plethora of strangers. Changing the subject, the sea nymph handed the white lily over to Ebony. "Here! You want it? Don't worry about paying, I'll make my guardian pay when he comes to pick me up!"

Okay, now Ebony could not, try as she might, contain the need to smile to that. This Raevan was so darn adorable, the slight blush of looking at the other shadowy Raevan's busty chest not lost on her. If she could, she would have stolen that Raevan right then and there. But of course, Ebony fought temptation. Besides, it said it had a guardian and it would be shameful to steal such a...delicate flower from it's owner.

Slender fingers wrapped gently around the white flower's stern stem as she tipped it towards her nose to take in the smooth scent. "It is awfully beautiful...are you sure? I wouldn't want to get you in trouble with your guardian..."

Lorenzo all but preened, fluttering his wings as the pretty woman blew him a kiss. With a noise that could have been a sigh, his large eyes lidded, he settled back down to his post donning an almost Gwee-like smile. Alex could have sworn she saw hearts over his head, and it was all she could do not to laugh at the little dragon.

The mirth died swiftly, her jaw also falling agape at the words uttered by the usually soft-spoken man. That wasn't the Aphismet she knew, but then again, he'd been different the last time they'd met as well. Snapping her mouth shut - that was no way to meet someone, even by her strained standards - Alex loosened her grip on Natsuki's arm, so that she might not cling to it with force at the situation that was about to be had. She was bad at meeting people, as she was sure Aphismet could attest to.

Alex nodded politely to the man Natsuki addressed as Julian, feeling exceedingly underdressed in front of him. She was starting to feel okay, like she could do this, when Natsuki mentioned Aphismet kissing Chloe and Julian apparently felt the need to share the same with Natsuki. She instinctively released her friend's arm, shooting a wide-eyed glance to the other man before swiftly moving out of Julian's way as he stalked off.

The woman looked blankly between Aphismet and Natsuki, putting her hand on the shoulder of the latter before remarking, "I really don't understand how you don't have more of them doing that." It was her weak attempt at breaking the thick ice that seemed to have been left by Julian's frigid departure.

Rivener harrumphed in victory as the kid ran off. He lowered back to normal floating height and smirked, crossing his arms and fluttering his wings back into place. He was very smug, all of a sudden. Gazing around, the Raevan frowned at the thinning crowd. "Anyone else?" he asked defiantly. He'd only been here for like an hour and he'd already had quite enough of this whole thing.

Aphismet startled himself when Julian got up and began speaking in that somewhat threatening manner. He startled himself because he wasn't feeling scared so much as outraged. Who the hell did Julian think he was? He was a stupid student, too scared to step out into the real world, hiding behind books and excuses of "I need to learn more". He'd been about to say so when two women- Alex and the girl who'd operated the music booth at the Birthday Party- approached.

Aphismet blushed at the comment about him kissing Chloe, and he struggled to think up an answer when Julian kissed the woman! Right out of the blue! Aphismet quirked an eyebrow, lips turned down into a half-scowl. What the hell did he do that for? God, this Julian was so chaotic. Aphismet had been about to say something when Julian once again beat him to the punch, stalking off moodily.

Aphismet crossed his arms, and settled a still-slight-frowning gaze on Alex. "What is wrong with that man?" he asked in a huff. "He acts like he owns- OW!" Aph winced and reached up, pulling Munchies out from under his bandanna; she'd woken up and chewed on the lock of hair in her mouth, pulling Aphi's scalp. She waved her tail around at being out in the open in a new place, and squirmed in Aphi's hand, wanting to be set free to explore. For the moment Aphi ignored her, continuing to speak to the women. "Is he your boyfriend or something?" he asked. "How does he know Chloe?"

At the Raevan's question, Bard slyly stuck his hand up as if he were the smart-aleck kid in class about to tell the teacher what bananas were really for during sex-ed. When and if Riv caught sight of the purple-haired man, which Bard thought was likely since the other's sharp eyes seemed to challenge even the weather as they scanned the crowd, Bard would lower his hand back into his pants pocket and stride over to the drink booth. Oh yes. Striding was very cool.

Bard stood and pondered for a moment infront of the stall, deciding upon what tastey drink he would order from the grouchy helper. "Let's see. I guess I'll take a whiskey sour," Bard said, delighted with his decision before realizing that this place probably wasn't going to serve alcohol. Most events like this didn't.

Wrinkling his nose in distaste, Bard looked at Rivener and asked sweetly, as if nothing had ever happened, "What do you recommend?"

Fangs was growing irritated. The feline did not like large groups of people, especially large groups of people where Bard just kept running into more men. Bard may not care what he was getting into, but Fangs refused to snuggle anything that wasn't nicely endowed in the upper regions. It's just more comfotable that way, Fangs thought to himself. Fluttering his wings and sitting up on Bard's head, the creature no longer looked like some black ball of fluff on a purple cloud, but that didn't mean he looked any more threatening.

Alex looked wide eyed between Natsuki and Aphismet, opening her mouth to reply to one and snapping it shut when one answered. This wasn't quite the discomfort she had been expecting, but she already knew that she couldn't count on those affiliated with the Lab to be...normal. Maybe that wasn't the right word, but it seemed to fit in this particular situation.

Her confused green eyes looked into Natsuki's stormy grey ones, making her heart lurch. Alex didn't like to see that look in her friend's eyes, it was too much of a reminder of that night she'd been called to the bar. She reached a hand out to the woman, but Natsuki had already turned and walked away before Alex could do more than let her friend's hair slip through her fingers. The woman very near went after the upset red-head, but decided against it when she saw what direction the other was heading in. She'd keep an eye out, regardless.

Taking a deep breath, Alex looked over to Aphismet, a small smile pulling at her lips as she saw Munchies. "I don't know who that man was, but if he hurts Natsuki, we're going to have...problems." She shook her head a little, moving to stand by Aphismet so she could watch Natsuki and hopefully soothe the young man. "I thought I'd see you here," she said brightly, smiling widely. "Besides the obvious," she jerked her thumb in the direction of the retreating man, "how're things going?"

Sam had been unsettled slightly by the raevan’s outburst, but it had obviously been annoyed. He wondered if he should go find that kid and see if he was okay, not trying to jump off a cliff to get away or anything. Sam turned his attention back to Rivener. He remained silent for several seconds after his question of, “Anyone else?” to prove that he wasn’t going to be a thorn in his side that needed to be gotten out.

“I-” just as he was about to order again, another interruption.

“Excuse me,” he said hotly, “In modern society there’s something called a line that people use. You get in the back of it and wait your turn to get served. It’s what separates humans from animals, although I’m sure that doesn’t make a difference to you. However, it also keeps people from punching each others’ faces out. Comprende?” Sam struggled to keep his voice level with the man and he was very clearly unhappy.