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Jaidev Vaswani (Captain Nagyagite)
Location: Lounge (Bar)
Dice Roll: 7, 8, 3, 5, 7

"Ah," Jaidev said, and he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. "Yes, then, she is in fact taller than me.?" He scanned the crowd to see if anyone fit the description, but there really were so many people--apparently, even someone 6'6" didn't stand out as much as he might have hoped.

Or maybe Tabitha had left the room, he didn't want to guess. If things progressed beyond tonight, maybe he would meet her later. Or maybe not, he wasn't exactly sure he was the bring-home-to-the-family type.

With the bartender waved over, he ordered another Tom Collins, and shrugged. "Plenty of people back home don't drink. Not my job to decide when it's enough for you. And I can't stay out too late myself, so I should probably be moderating, but..." He shrugged. "Opening night at a new club, I'm telling myself it's a reasonable excuse to cut loose."

He leaned in, casually.

"So, you work at a hospital, then? What's that like?"

Oh, this really was good. That meant an erratic schedule--which was something Jaidev could easily work around. And would probably mean less questions about his own...limitations.

General Chalcanthite Aloysius Sharp
Location: Lounge
Dice Roll: 3, 4, 3, 8, 10

"Of course, Des." Smiling back, he finished off his glass and set it down on a nearby table. The mention of having a hard time due to a lack of familial support made him think of Liam. He hadn't quite pried into things outside of the fact that Akito and Hayate weren't from this country. That alone always posed issues when supporting oneself financially but thinking about it wasn't something to do right now.

"We will see Des, Liam does say no sometimes, you do know that." It was rare, almost never happening when he asked for things from them but he'd gotten them to be a bit better about things. Looking up, he did see them and smiled slightly. It was good to see them still close and without a glowstick as they had something to drink now instead.

"Considering the affiliation, it may be possible to work here in the future or visit without paying the cover, those details I am unsure of but I would hazard a guess that Mel may know. This is more up her alley of expertise than mine."

Nodding in agreement to Des's mention of not really having experience in this sort of setting, he knew that even when he had gone to bars to drink it was much different than it was here. It didn't seem as depressing as drinking alone in a bar had been for him back then. Not that he really intended to visit here too often unless Liam wanted to come back.

Akito Karashima/Lt. Londonite
Location: Lobby
Dice: 10, 7, 1, 2, 2

"Do you mean real life jelly fish? I'm pretty sure anything deep down enough is bioluminescent aside from deep sea sharks." At least he was fairly certain that was acurate, sharks were still sharks even dow nthat deep. Down that deep and fish became glowing monstgers that looked scary, he'd seen pictures of angler fish, it was hard to imagine such things exsisting really.

"I like how the theme works, it's a good idea to do something like this. I just wish it was all teal and blues and nothing else." Color wise anyway. How they'd made these jellyfish, and the other ocean 'animals' was something he wouldn't mind looking into if only because the detail was there and the skill as well. The decorations had clearly been well done, and were expensive no doubt, but he was also certain someone within the Negaverse had made them...somewhere.

Glancing about he took a moment then to check himself, to see how many more sticks he'd collected on his way back to the two. "I'll need to turn these in soon. I suppose though the colors work for the music. Though I wonder if it runs through warmer colors as well...to fit the music." However it might not fit the ocean theme. "Wonder if I could get one of those jelly fish, a few tiny ones, and a small tank of sorts for them. A house decoration..." It would be something nice in their little appartment...though he wasn't sure where he could fit it, it would be a nice light to have. Something pretty.

Charlie Durand (Connie, Squire of Chronos)

Charlie gasped in shock when Celeste told her the glowsticks were off limits and that she was banned for life. While breaking apart glowsticks sounded like something she would have maybe thought about, because she was curious in a lot of things, she couldn’t recall actually eating it!

“Celeste!” she squeaked out a distressed whine, taking hold of her sister’s hand and shaking it as though she really was a child having a fit over something she couldn’t have. Except she was super embarrassed! And she was trying to stop her sister from telling crazy stories about her in front of someone she actually really liked.

Oh no, what would Aiden think about all this? She was already bad enough around bugs, but what if he couldn’t trust her with basic things!

Oh no! He was already laughing! This was the worst. She couldn’t even look at him!

“I don’t remember that! I wouldn’t do it again!” she practically begged, but didn’t struggle too much to stop Celeste from unhooking the glowstick from her jacket that she’d made specifically for this party.

She frowned up at her sister, looking sad and defeated, although there were not yet tears in her eyes.

Poppy (Corrupt Eternal Chrysocolla)
Location: Lounge (bartending)
Dice Roll: 10, 7

She knew where Aschera was: that much wasn't hard. Poppy had always had a good memory for faces, and although there were more than enough skinny middling-height androgynous blondes in Destiny City, Aschera's civilian face was just distinct enough that Poppy had seen him come in. Good. That meant she wouldn't have to do anything to him later for his absence, which she'd made very clear was not a viable path to take.

But besides whatever drama was going on in the rest of the club - which she wasn't paying a lot of attention to and wasn't interested in paying any attention to - the energy-gathering was going well.

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Soleil (Captain Kosmochlor)
Location: Aquarium Hallway
Dice Roll: 6, 1

If they were just having interpersonal drama right there, basically in public, totally in public, it wasn't Soleil's fault if she stopped just far enough away she could've been plausibly reading her phone and checking her texts. She loved hearing about other people's drama. When she wasn't included in it, it was so entertaining! And this seemed ultimately low-stakes, just a whole bunch of tears and ridiculous boy nonsense and some dramatic personalities -- who were probably her Negaverse coworkers, judging from the fact she spotted the same pin she was wearing on just about all of them -- but on the other hand, it was very funny to listen in on.
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Ashton (Corrupt Super Aschera)
Location: Dance Floor
Dice Roll: 9, 3

In the grand, reputable spirit of large social events with alcohol involved, the number of high-intensity interactions Ashton spotted taking place on the dance floor alone was more than she could fit on one hand. Some of them were, of course, pleasant: couples leading each other by the hand, intimate, skin-to-skin. Some of them were a little less so: the longer the night went on the more tongue she'd spotted. It seemed a little much, but she also wasn't in the mood for it herself, so she was willing to admit she was probably biased.

From this distance he couldn't exactly make out how many of these people had the pins, but it had to not be that many overall, didn't it? That sounded right.

Basyl Phloros (DM Super Narcissus)
Location: Aquarium Hallway

Oh, comfortable wasn’t what Basyl would call his situation. It was incredibly high-stress and exhausting so much that he barely had the energy to do anything else. …Poor Narcissus didn’t get the attention that someone with a schedule less arduous than Basyl’s could’ve given him, and it was a little unfair for his past self to wind up in his current self’s situation, but… well, Basyl wasn’t planning on changing that anytime soon. “I’m not the sort to say it s-sucks, but…”

Really it just meant he should be enjoying this free night! Instead of wondering why everyone was acting so strange around him.

Ivory was always strange, so his snappy and combative attitude didn’t mean much.

It was just Nat and Winnie that Basyl couldn’t place. He trusted them, both of them, so he probably shouldn’t press the matter if they’d chosen not to share. But he had theories that might be worth extrapolating on in private. Nataniel wouldn’t lie to him.

“Does Ivory drink?” He asked Tanwyn curiously, as the youngest of them flounced away. Basyl didn’t know why he’d assumed not- maybe in part because he couldn’t unsee Ivory as a teenager made of skin and bone, and maybe another part because of how infrequently he saw the boy consume anything. But surely if he brought them all something to help lighten the mood…

Not that Nataniel seemed agreeable to that. Basyl wouldn’t press. “Aw, too bad,” he hummed. “I-I do… love sloshed Nat.”



Ivory (Corrupt Super Calaverite)
Location: Aquarium Hallway
Dice Roll: 3, 10, 10

Ivory didn’t know a single thing about alcoholic beverages, and having said that, he knew even less about the sorts of drinks his companions fancied. They didn’t drink around him often, and he didn’t pay attention to any of their gross preferences on the occasions they did.

So at the bar, he explicitly ordered, “I don’t know, just whatever’s best” and didn’t even bother to catch the name of the trio of drinks he’d been handed. Something dark and pungent with the bite of alcohol. If he’d entertained the idea that he’d keep a drink for himself, that thought was quickly dashed.

He wove his way back toward the largest of the aquariums, juggling three glasses as he went.

“Here,” Ivory said as he shoved one drink at each of his companions, finding them exactly where he’d left them. “I didn’t know what to get you, but this is the best,” he assured. At least, that was what he’d asked for. He’d even gotten something for Basyl, though he’d considered excluding him. But carrying the extra glass would be worth seeing his most hated foe weak and ineloquent and stumbling stupidly around.

Mauvian Magnus
Location: Aquarium Hallway
Dice Roll: 8, 1, 8, 10, 6

Magnus lowered himself to his belly on Laike’s shoulders. The hallway they were in was getting quite busy now with people milling around, talking and enjoying the view of the fish. He wanted to make as little of an impression as he could. The last thing he wanted to do was possibly make Laike a target. The poor boy was already doing his best with conversation, and Magnus knew all too well how felines of any kind could attract unwanted attention. And in this situation, there were two types of unwanted attention.

As he sat there crouched, head against Laik’s ear, Magnus caught something laying on the ground. Eyes narrowed at it before he got up and leapt off the boy’s shoulder. He had to be careful navigating the throngs of people. SOme noticed him, others were well too absorbed in their own conversations or the glowing aquatic life to even glimpse him as he slunk along the ground. His target had been kicked against the aquarium wall, and likely would have gone unnoticed by others, but Magnus had a trained eye for treasure. And the dull glowstick was certainly a treasure.

Grabbing it in his mouth, he hurried back to Laike. The ever good boy, was aware of Magnus and his little prize, taking it and tucking it away with the others and letting Magnus back up onto his shoulder spot. “It’s very busy in here now.” He commented into Laike’s ears. “Almost got stepped on twice while getting that.” And it wasn’t a lie. Some of those who had been too absorbed had nearly got him. One girl’s heel just barely missed his tail. Magnus was pretty sure he’d lost a few hairs in that close encounter.

Laike Yinchen (AG Niter)
Location: Aquarium Hallway
Dice Roll: 10, 7, 3, 6, 7

Was Magnus being polite? Did Mauvians do politeness like people did? He didn't know, but Laike could appreciate the gesture. And if Magnus really meant it? Then Laike was doing better than he thought he could. Definitely better than when he was, like, normal and full of anxiety.

Maybe it was time to leave the aquarium hall behind and go to the lounge or something. Drunk people were easier to talk to; Laike didn't really need any social skills for that. And it didn't seem like the glowsticks would be choosy about the source of their energy.

Magnus had to dart off to grab some glowsticks, and hearing his response upon returning solidified the decision for Laike. "Okay," he replied, giving Magnus a scritch under the chin. "It seems pretty crowded now, yeah. Time to go to the lounge, maybe? I can get you some water so you don't get dehydrated, too." He was reasonably sure that whoever was bartending tonight wouldn't mind helping out a Mauvian. He'd heard the club staff was mostly — if not all — Negaverse officers.

Carefully, Laike slipped between bodies and out of the hall entirely.