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((Yea... Rora already swapped seats with someone anyway. xd ))

"You can play a flute? That's fantastic, I've never been able to do that." Aurora glanced up, grinning a little at Sim's way with a waiter. If she ever needed entertaining, all she had to do was watch the extravagant Simu for ten minutes and she had it.

She tried to not let out a loud 'awww!' when he fell asleep, wrapping an arm around the child's shoulders so he didn't fall. She couldn't blame him, they always seemed to take so long with the food at these places. Aurora tried to distract herself by watching the others and listening to the soft music played by the band nearby.


Finally, the first course arrived for all of them. Not everyone in the ballroom was getting their meals, some people were still arriving much to Rora's relief. So ... where ever the others were, they weren't too late. She nudged Ronin gently, and then went about trying to pretend she hadn't noticed he'd fallen asleep. "Doesn't the food look great, Sir Ronin?"

Secretly, Rora felt a bit sorry for the kid having to eat salad. She wasn't sure if kids liked that kind of thing or not. So, just in case, she leaned down to whisper, "But you don't have to eat it all. They always give more than people can eat."

"There's no Greek, they call it Greek salad because it was created by a Greek." Aurora replied, picking up her own fork. There was something she'd never understood about these salads- why ninety percent of it was fancy green lettuce. No wonder why they weren't expected to eat all of it, most of it was just for decoration.

She glanced sideways at Ronin's food, also noticing that because he was a kid... they'd given him less greens, plus a free soda.

Lucky kid.

Ronin felt a bit embarrassed about the whole Greek thing and so he went silent, just eating the green stuff and sipping the free soda he had received. It least there was one good thing about being the youngest.

The salad tasted delicious and although it was very green he ate all of it. Kyoko had almost dig into his brain that it was healthy and so he had to eat it. He wondered if all kind of Sirs ate healthy food and so he glanced to Sim. Not able to glance at the content of the plate, Ronin smirked slightly. At least it was no salad.

Ura had been pretty much silent majority of the time, most effort spent in not falling asleep at the table. It took him a moment to register 'food' and stared at his Greek Salad for a long moment. His head picked up, glancing at the others as they remained engrossed in conversations and now eating. It took another moment to register Sim addressing him. Oh yes, he was now known as Shii, wasn't he . . .

He gave a slight nod as he reached out for the glass salt shaker and placed it next to the other red head's bowl. And then smiled in more of a response before turning back to his food. "So, how is your food, Kami?" He questioned the pink haired girl, in mild attempts of resuming conversation ... and staying awake. It never occured to him that Aurora got up from the table, but he wasn't paying much attention to her anywho.

The sound of someone outside had jolted Elijah from his sleep.

Wait, sleep? .. On the floor?

Not yet raising his head from his folded hands, he gets a good view of the crack under the locked door. Shadows of a pair of feet are visible as the hallway lighting illuminates the space around them. Pushing himself off of the floor with almost no strength in his arms, he manages to stumble forward and, effectively, into the door itself.

With a slight thump as he hits the door, he presses his eye against the peekhole to get an eye full of Zanna.. wet.. in a bathing suit..

Hurriedly, with no more hesitation on his part, he swings open the door without a thought of how he'd explain himself..

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Tobias had gotten himself dressed up for the occasion, though certainly not at his absolute best yet. Adjusting his reddish brown tie, he twists his right hand over to check his watch. ... Late?

He had sworn it was earlier than this! Grabbing his wallet, he rushes clear out the door and down the hallway.. only to catch sight of a slightly girl in a bathing suit .. and Elijah.

Immediately, all things come to an abrupt hault, right there and then in the hallway.

Tobias looks from both Elijah to Zanna, his expression hardening into a solid emotionless stare.

"Zanna, hello. Very nice to meet you," he forces as his reply, a smile returning to his face briefly as he offers a hand to shake. "I'm Tobias, Elijah's guardian."

As he mentions Elijah, he nudges his head in his direction, as if Zanna didn't know who he is. Turning now to face him completely, Tobias speaks directly to Elijah with a fading smile.

"We'll talk later."

With a look back at Zanna, he takes a step back. "You two'd better hurry downstairs, or you'll miss out on the fun." With a silence of two seconds of another hard stare, Tobias continues down the hall and disappears from sight.

Elijah swallows quickly, finding himself fearful of Tobias for the first time in quite a while.

Despite his clothes becoming slightly damp, Elijah allows himself to be pulled into the kiss willingly. He breaks away rather quickly, as Tobias has left quite an unnerving imprint on him.

"Yeah," he agrees shortly, "He will. I'll see you downstairs, alright?"

He brushes out of the doorway and turns quickly into his own room, having not locked it the last time he'd left - he only planned for a short walk, and hadn't even unpacked very much.

Trying not to think very much about what just happened, a stabbing regret remains conscious with him as he changes for the occasion.

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Tobias slides in almost unnoticed, having had great experience as a young Skull Monkey at sneaking and stalking prey. Approaching the table from the left, he gives a smile across those already seated.

"Guess I'm at the right place?" he says with a brief laugh, scanning the faces for someone familiar.