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He was so adorable! She was already clearly attached to the cutie! Crescentia giggled like an excited child, tracing at the tattoo she'd just been covering with her hand and glancing at the wine. "That's clever. My clan does something like this, only we get a tattoo above our hearts...well...the men do, women have it on their right breast." She pointed to what could be seen. Then she smirked playfully and traced circles on his chest, stepping as close to him as she possible could with a seductive little purr. "I could show you sometime if you want." Clearly she was just teasing him, and she started nodding excitedly when he explained to her what she was supposed to say. Of course she would visit! Why wouldn't she?!

She had to rethink what she was going to name him for a moment, having forgotten briefly because of the excitement. Oh! Right! She cleared her throat and took a comfortable step back, her hand still on Faiga's chest. "I, Crescentia Belvidere, proclaim myself to be the guardian of this chocobo and I will care about his upcoming. May he grow and become a healthy part of his clan." She turned her head to the chocobo. "From now on you shall be named Corvus." Like the constellation! She glanced up at Faiga to wait and drink at the same time, copying his every motion.

Seduire glanced at the ball. How would he even get on it like Shiver had? He walked over to the ball and sat on it, sitting on his feet so they would stay up. It was like he was sitting on an egg! He'd dared him! How dare he think Seduire wouldn't live up to a challenge? Crazy cat.

Sera didn't care whether or not she was the center of attention...she'd be heartbroken if she knew Lysium didn't really believe her. The little girl gasped when Lysium told her she had ghosts too. Oh, poor gullible Seraphine. Lysium had ghosts too?! So she really must believe her then! She set her crayon down on the paper, being sure it was in no danger of being damaged. "Really? They make fun of me!" She frowned. She looked around for a moment to see if they had any sort of instrument. Even a kazoo would work. If she could show Lysium maybe the girl would understand...

It was an offer if Faiga wanted it to be. Crescentia felt a bit bad when she poured the wine on poor little Corvus, the sip she had had tasted delicious, and she was worried she'd drown him! But if it was an important ritual she'd just go along with it. Besides, Faiga wouldn't tell her to do something if it was dangerous to the chocobo!

When the glasses were empty and safely put away she wrapped her arms around Faiga's waist in a gentle hug and put her head on his chest, watching Corvus. "He's so adorable!" She squealed again, lifting her head to look up at the man with the brightest smile. "Thank you so much, Faiga!"

Seduire's feathers fluffed up. Penguins! Daddy penguins sit on eggs too! He said in defense, flapping his wings a little to keep him upright as the ball was forced into movement by the cat. Oh geeze! This was harder than he thought it'd be! Sera was laughing in Seduire's head.

The girl that was laughing on the inside was looking up at the little flute Lysium had pointed out. She put the crayons back into the safety of the box and pushed herself to her feet, walking over to it to get a better look. It had a hole at the end...it could work... "Sure!" She answered after a moment.

...Oh no...what if they decided not to show up?! Sera was terrible at playing anything right now because she was so little, but if the ghosts didn't come out to criticize her then Lysium would think she was a liar and she'd be so embarrassed! Maybe this was a bad idea after all. Sera's lower lip pouted for brief second before she calmed down. It'd work...it HAD to! She'd play SO bad they just had no choice but to come out of hiding!

Crescentia gently traced the tattoos on Faiga's face with the tip of her index finger, moving her other arm up to hug him around his neck. There, now she was much more comfortable. "Oh, right! The girls!" She'd almost forgotten! The gypsy hopped up onto her tiptoes for a moment to press a gentle kiss to the corner of his lips the way she had back at that playplace. "Let's go back in before they get into any trouble." Although that kind of thing was hard to imagine her dear Sera and little Lysium doing anything bad.

Seduire thought for a moment as he was spinning, clearly starting to get quite dizzy from the looks of it. ...Not especially... He answered right before a close call with smacking his head on a chair, ducking quickly and wobbling away.

He did fall off when Sera started playing though. That was terrible! His feathers were ruffled making him look like a puffy ball. Why was she doing this in public?!

Sera's eyes were squeezed tight as well, showing she clearly did not enjoy how badly she was playing. She did however get the effect she desired...sort of. "Alright already! Stop it!" A high pitched voice cried, Sera stopped playing and stared at the end of the flute. Whoever it was didn't want to come out, so she took the flute and started shaking it up and down with the opening at the bottom so the ghost would just fall out. The ghost did eventually fall out, bumping its head on the floor and glaring up at the girls as it rubbed its head. "Can't believe you did that!"

Crescentia had naturally been holding Faiga's hand as she walked away, so when he didn't move she nearly lost her balance from the sudden weight on the end of her arm. Huh? She looked only slightly confused when she turned back to see him blushing and grinning, walking back to him and wrapping her arms around his neck. "Did I break you?"

Seduire didn't seem as surprised to see the spirits. Sure he'd never actually seen them himself but Sera wouldn't lie to him like that.

The ghost put its hands on its hips and glared up at the girl questioning it. "Doesn't matter who I am. I don't have a name. She hasn't given us any yet." It pointed a thumb back at Sera. The girl blinked, the flute sitting on her lap. Well this was interesting...she had to name it? Why didn't any of them tell her this?!

"The ghosties in my toys." She pointed at the ghost and looked up at Lysium with a frown. This was one of many...so far she'd encountered four different spirits.

Crescentia just hugged Faiga for a moment with a smile, half expecting him to do something totally spontaneous...but he didn't. After she felt she'd waited enough she let go of Faiga with one arm and took his hand, looking down at the palm for a moment before she turned back to him with a bright smile. "Here, let me read your palm for you, free of charge." She ran her fingers along Faiga's collar bone as she traced some of the longer, more defined lines with her thumb.

"I see," She began in an overly ominous tone, obviously playing it up for his amusement. "A nice, long, healthy lifeline...annnnd...ooh!" The gypsy looked up at him with a playful smile. "I see a woman. By the looks of this line she wants to be with you very much and just hopes one day you'll feel the same." It didn't really say all that, but Faiga wouldn't know that...right? "You know, I may just charge you. But not with money."

Sera frowned. This ghost was just being nicer because there were other people around. Darn ghosts! Why were they so mean? The ghost looked back at Sera and put its hands on its hips. "How can we be nice if her playing is so nasty?" Obviously these ghosts didn't understand that good music took practice that Sera obviously didn't have time for because she was a baby. She stuck her tongue out at the ghost and waved a hand through its body. "Go 'way." She grumbled to the ghost. It flailed its arms and made some very displeased noises as it dissipated into non-existance.

"See? Sometimes they's meanerer." Ah, the joys of baby grammar. Things get said completely wrong...oh well, Lysium would get the point.

"I was hoping for something more immediate, but flowers are lovely." She pouted her lower lip and wrapped both arms around Faiga's neck again, standing on her tiptoes to rest her forehead against Faiga's. There, now she was close enough for him to hopefully catch her hint.

Seduire walked over to Sera and sat down beside her, fluffing his feathers to make her giggle at his silly antics. She needed to cheer up from the tenseness the spirit had brought on. Sera blinked. "A witch? ...Huh..." She looked down at the flute. Had a witch she'd never met cursed her?! Really?! She really looked like she was considering it.

Crescentia giggled softly when he kissed her cheek, gently brushing some hair out of Faiga's eyes. "Is that all?" She purred, letting Faiga look into her eyes for a moment or two before she closed them, held herself closer and pressed her lips against his in a gentle kiss. Looks like if you want something done right you have to do it yourself!

"Special against?" Sera looked around at what she could see sitting where she was, pushing herself up to her feet and walking around to get a slightly better view. What would they use to make the ghosties go away? Too bad they didn't realize there was no permanent way to get rid of these spirits. Haha.

Her face was slightly flushed when Faiga let her go, but overall she seemed quite pleased. She giggled softly at Faiga's comment and kissed him again briefly. "You're not bad yourself." The gypsy almost pouted when he reminded her they had somewhere else to be, glancing back at the door. They couldn't just leave the children alone all night! She held up a finger to signal for Faiga to wait, letting him go to turn to Corvus and pet the chocobo on the head. "Good night, Corvus. I'll see you again very soon!" And with that she turned back to Faiga, took hold of his hand and followed him back to the hut.

"But...your..." Sera glanced down at the flute and then at the door where their parents would be walking in any minute now. Wouldn't Lysium's daddy get mad if they put something in his flute? "Scare? How?" How do you scare a ghost when they're the ones that are supposed to be scary? Maybe they were like the ones in a movie she'd seen with Guin and Nana! The ghosts were all mean but then they all got scared when something funny (To them at least) happened. So they just had to find something that would scare them away forever. At the sound of her mommy's return Sera smiled brightly and waved to Faiga and Crescentia, blinking when Lysium whispered to her and turning back to her friend. Next time? Oh! They could do it on her oboe! That's where she'd first seen them after all! Brightening up again, Sera nodded and grinned. "Uh huh!" This was genius! An exorcism! They could try and get one of Crescentia's family to help them...surely someone in the family had to know how to speak to ghosts. Did mommy?