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Unlike Rivener, Bard did laugh out loud. Not that he wanted to make it look like he was enjoying the torment of the poor kid, but Bard hadn't forgotten the little spat he'd started just moments ago. Bard was all well and good when it came to forgiving in words, but that certainly didn't mean everything was ok on the outside. As the little guy tried to escape, Bard slipped his arm about his shoulders and pulled him back, pinning him against his side with the widdest, most personable smile he could muster.

"Leaving so soon? You'll break my heart kid. I just bought you a drink, the least you could do is offer me a name. And this fellow here's been so nice to you and all, giving you a clean drink. Where are you're manners?" Bard gave Sam an affectionate squeeze and a nod towards Rivener's words.

An iced mocha didn't sound very pleasant for the horned man, but he was willing to drink just about anything the other was offering. "I can think of more enjoyable things than an iced mocha, but I think the company will make it all the more worthwhile. Could you spare a moment to get me one of those?" Bard fluttered his lashes like a helpless little girl before looking back to Sam, "Oh, and another iced tea for the poor guy since I promised him one and all."

Amaris stared stupidly as, apparently, a new Raevan (who she quickly and cleverly dubbed Not-Gage) waved to her through the crowd. She half-raised her hand out of instinct, but paused and let it fall before shoving her way to him.

"You're not Gage," Amaris said to him disappointedly as she looked him over. The clothes were what deceived her into thinking so, she decided, although his hair was somewhat reminiscent of the other Frei as well. Having procured her eyeful, her brain kicked back in and she stiffened. "I mean, uh, I'm sorry, how rude of me," she said quickly and laughed, grabbing onto Mitsu's flailing arms as she wobbled dangerously on her shoulders. "Uh, uh, I'm Amaris, and this is Mitsu and her pet thing Rat!" Mitsu stared down at Eiry in a slightly annoyed gaze that seemed to say 'look what you did, you got her all riled up' while Rat's gaze seemed to say something more along the lines of 'I think I'd like to fling some poo soon.'

"And... oh..." She caught herself before asking his name. She came here for a reason after all. "Uh, uh! Mitsu! Balloon?"

Mitsu, still hanging onto Amaris' hands for dear life, looked down at her peevishly and answered with a clear, definitive "No."

"Okay! What's your name?" The woman continued, not missing a beat. The little girl shifted her wings uncomfortably again and looked around at the people below her. Crowds were never her thing.

The poor woman was giggling, beside herself with joy at the boy's enthusiasm and the Gwee's glee. Alex carefully righted the boy and let him down, kneeling again to scratch Munchies under the chin. "You're quite the singer Miss Munchies!" She assumed that's the singing Aphismet was talking about; Zoe made a lot of noises too, but his were mostly attempts at talking. Without moving her hand from the demanding little Gwee, the woman extended her arm to give Ty a half-hug, insisting to keep him near. She knew how squirmish the boy could get, and she didn't want to lose him again.

Attempting to tickle Tyson as she folded him into her grasp, she smiled up at Aphismet, thinking that she must look awfully silly with a Gwee at one hand, a boy at the other and trying not to lose her top all the same time. "Aphi has been busy," she said to Tyson, using the young man's nick-name that he was undoubtably used to, "for he also promised me a Spring painting date." Of course, it wasn't actually a date, but she could help but tease the poor man. It was like an innate joy of making the man blush.

"If your sister is hungry, you should go get her something. You don't want Lil to be irritable today!" She finally stopped her attempts at tickling, standing after giving Munchies a good final scritch. "However, I think I should return to my booth. Not that it's busy, but leaving Zoe in charge...it might be torn up out of spite." Alex grinned, knowing full well Lorenzo wouldn't do that, but he might leave a few unpleasant surprises to show his human just how much he didn't like being left alone.

Josh staggered around astonish when someone let out a girlish scream of an immense octave. The noise thumped and echoed in his ears relentlessly. For a second, he though the adorable little animals prancing about in the mesh cages had torn off someone’s face in a bloody rage. Alas, all he could distinguish was a woman overjoyed at the sight of a rather delightful butterfox. Josh made his way over and smiled warmly, “Hello there, you seem to like animals a lot.” He inquired with a syrupy sweet tone.

As the brunette approached her, Namini lowered her eyes in shyness and slipped her fingers carefully through the hexagonal holes in the fence to play with the butterfox. She smiled gently as it licked her fingers and then let out a small mew similar to a cat's. Nodding quietly in response to the other boy's statement, she attempted to hide her blush from him by turning her face slightly to her left side.

Stupid stupid stupid! Gosh, why do I get excited so easily? And why do I have to OUTBURST it?! she scolded herself as she also pulled her parasole a bit more over her features.

Bard simply placed his wallet upon the counter, unwilling to let go of Sam at the moment and unwilling to look like an idiot trying to get $3 out of his wallet one handed. Besides, Bard was rather hoping he'd be hanging around long enough to rack up more drinks on his bill. The iced mocha was plucked up and sniffed at before Bard shook his head and placed it back on the counter. Reaching up, Bard's hand literally disappeared into the air above his head and his face slackened to the expression one gets when they're attempting to find something they can't actually see.

"I remember leaving it by Fangs' bed," the man grumbled before his face lit up as his hand hit, unknown to the others, Fangs' bed. With another quick fumble, Bard pulled a dark looking bottle from the air and read over the words printed on it. "Found it," Bard cooed triumphantly, unscrewing the top and pouring a light brown, creamy looking liquid into the drink he'd just ordered from Rivener.

After he'd finished mixing up his drink and taking a quick sip to make sure it was alright, Bard placed the drink back into his little 'sky trunk' as he liked to call it and proceeded to sip quite innocently at the drink in hand. He wasn't really concerned that either of the two would 'tattle' on him. Afterall, they were serving beer so what would a dash of Bailey's Irish Creme matter? Holding it out, he offered the drink to anyone that wanted to try, though it was certainly more pointed in the direction of the Raevan before him.

"The name's Bard and I've never heard about this Lab everyone's been talking about but I'm more than happy to learn. I just sorta came out here to meet new people and give Fangs a bit of fresh air." A man with a mission this one was.

Josh smirked in intrigue and leaned over following suite with Namini and placing his fingers through the cage. They met with the down soft underbelly of the fox-butterfly trying to avoid its multiple legs. Josh flinched as he was almost snapped in the face wit the girl’s parasol. It was quite a distracting seeing as it was looming over him almost eerily. Luckily, it did cast quite a cooling shadow. Josh peeked under her umbrella to meet her face to face and also absorb more of the cool refreshing air under there, “Umm, what do you suppose this animal is called?” His face slipped into a soft pout as he pondered.