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It was almost as if Fallon sensed Jada approaching her. She turned at the last moment to catch the darker-haired girl in a full embrace, submitting to the warm kiss. Jada was one of the few people who was permitted such unguarded closeness. They had been friends before, but now that she knew the girl to also be Eternal Sailor Scylla, a Mercenary within the Blood Moon Court, Fallon had begun to appreciate Jada more than ever. It was certainly worth schlepping it over to her party at the Mudville Grill, at the very least.

"The group certainly looks interesting," she mused, stepping out of the hug. "Is that Kirin? Wow, it's been... a while."

With everything that had happened that year, Fallon had oddly enough found the mystery of Barren Pines to be somewhat of a bore now. Back then, back before she was awakened as Ares, it was all she could ever think about, all that filled her dreams. Like all the other surviving civilians, Fallon remembered everything that happened at Barren Pines -- at least up until the very first student had died. After becoming Ares, she had the missing pieces filled in for her, even where her own recollection failed.

But now Barren Pines was little more than an afterthought. Seeing Kirin here, remembering mornings spent making breakfast for all those people, most of them dead... it brought a strange nostalgia to Fallon, one she promptly shook off, diverting her attention instead to the bouncy hostess standing right in front of her.

"I think I'll float," she responded, brushing a stray hair from Jada's shoulder. "Commit to a single location later, that sort of thing. Andeon said he might stop by so..." Her voice trailed off, eyes uncertain. The atmosphere was so civilian in here. Something about it had the girl on edge. It was as if she had to play a role that night. When had her alter-ego gone from being Ares to being Fallon herself?

Her thoughts were a torrent in her head. "You should get back to your guests," she said, encouraging Jada away. "I promise not to disappear on you without warning." Fallon tried to offer an encouraging smile, but it was only mildly successful. Things were in an odd state -- she didn't feel much like partying.

But here she was, dress and all. That had to be worth something, right?

Was it Kirin? Jada eyed the group, narrowing it to the redhead being 'Kirin. "I don't know," she let the words spill from her lips in a wry drawl. "I forgot to ask her name." Seeing Fallon was a good start to the evening. Jada was starting to forget, with the influx of being a senshi, what it was like to just be human. And Fallon was just as guilty of being all-work-and-no-play. She always seemed to be out on patrol, thinking up plans for the Court, ideas that they could try. Jada had opportunities to be a human ball. She had to, with her family in town and the social invitations that came her way. She had to balance that ball between socialite and senshi. Fallon-- or Ares-- didn't have anyone, what with her parents rediscovering their love, or something, and needed a place where she could stop being a warrior, and where they could just be.

A Singles Awareness Party was probably not this place, but it was a step forward.

Jada let Fallon brush a hair from her shoulder, nodding in response to Fallon's decision. "Alright. They should start bringing out food soon, if you're hungry. It is a little lower-class, but I was going for a 'fun social environment.' Mixing and Mingling, and all that. There are some movies playing too." she looked thoughtful for a moment. "And if I see anyone you know I'll send them your way. What does Andeon look like?" Yet Fallon shooed her away instead of letting her hover. Jada liked to hover, especially with those friends she felt she neglected. The look she gave Fallon was terribly reminiscent of a kicked puppy, for all of a second. Then another girl was stepping into the bar of the grill, and the heiress bounced back.

"Ariel!" she'd only seen her a couple of times since they'd met at the pool, and the girl was looking well! "I am glad you could make it. You didn't get lost getting to the Grille?" Ariel looked very nice, and her outfit was not out of place at all. "Welcome to the Mudville." It was a very casual-looking place, and the room was starting to fill up nicely. There was still room for more, though! Always room for more!

"I don't think im gonna be fooling anyone here." Ashley answered Kirin's inquiry with those words and an absent-minded click of the tongue. "They're probably gonna be checking pretty closely if they bothered to put signs up."

Which meant her fake id probably wouldn't fly.

Damn.

Maybe they could just skip off later ? She did give Kirin a look that could only be described as full of mischief.

"Should probably go get something to drink, through... Any of you want something ? Ill pay this round." She offered to the small group around her.

Kirin's eyebrows rose, reassessing Ashley. The hinting at having a fake ID had him highly impressed. Not to mention, the brains to decide that it probably wouldn't work tonight. (It was true, the bartenders were likely to be more suspicious of IDs at a party that mostly consisted of teenagers than they would at a club where it was assumed everyone was of age.)

He eyed off Senri, who could quite possibly be of age. Perhaps Kirin could bum a drink off him later.

"Just a coke?" he asked Ashley. If he couldn't get a buzz from alcohol, then he was having a caffeine hit.

Darkish red hair caught his peripheral vision and Kirin turned to see a familiar face going past. "Fallon!" he impetuously called out, then paused to wonder what had happened to investigating sneakily. Ah well, it was a party, after all. Might as well relax a little. "We're getting drinks, do you want something?"

Lily frowned as she was pushed into the singles awareness party blushing like there was no tomorrow. She turned to give her sister an earful, only to realize the girl had slithered off leaving Lily standing awkwardly by the door wondering why she was here.

Valentine's day had not been her day in the least, she had been content to enjoy some pajama time in her room studying, well actually thinking about senshidom, until her sister found her and wrestled almost bodily into an appropriate outfit, hair pinned back, and declared they were going out. What was her reasoning again? Really how could Lily forget. Her words had been because really 17, pretty, and perfectly socially inept just wouldn't do for a sister of hers.

That irritated Lily just thinking about it. She was not socially inept, just because she did not spend her time partying and had gotten 'sick' at her birthday party and ditched it. She couldn't help, but to frown moodily at the situation she was in.

She was none to fond of the shirt her sister deemed appropriate for her and on top of that all her attempts to pin it shut were thwarted and she felt that any second her sister would dart out and embarrass her with a scolding if she tried it again.

Sighing she shifted her weight from one foot before walking away from the door a few feet before just stopping once more not knowing what to do.

Kirin shrugged easily at Fallon's generic-polite greeting. He was exactly the same most of the time, his manners rote and devoid of any actually emotion or interest behind them. For Fallon, he made an exception, seeing as how she'd been his dorm's personal breakfast chef for over a month. "So-so," he replied. "Can't do worse than Barren Pines, really, can we? Public school is boring, but no one's trying to cut me open or kill me."

Thankfully the organ ring had been well publicised when it happened, so even if someone found his comments strange, a little investigation would turn up someone completely unrelated to the 'terrorists' of Destiny City.

"So looking forward to graduating. You?" he asked Fallon.

The nickname 'Lils' meant little to Kirin, but when he turned to see who Senri's new friend was yelling at, he recognised Lily from their karaoke outing. He lifted a hand and waved, not about to yell across the room like Chase, but not at all against the singer joining their little group.

More people were coming in all the time, and it was only when Kirin went off to meet her that she realized that Fallon was here. This was the girl who had left Lily's party in a hurry, hadn't he ?

That night had been weird, so say the least. First the brown-haired girl, then Lily herself not so long afterward. Thankfully, Ashley wasn't really quick to pass judgment - she was just glad that she hadn't ended up sick.

"Nice to meet you, Fallon." The purple-haired girl was all smiles, taking the offered hand. "Im Ashley."

"Lily ! Hey !" She all but beamed, thankfully once the redhead had come closer. "Alright, a coke, tonic water, anyone else ?"

Lily turned about as red as her hair at the compliment suddenly remembering her very low cut shirt, but the compliment which oddly she was not use to receiving was nice. "Thanks Chase. Rose picked it out, she practically had to wrestle me into it, but I think, I guess it was worth it. You look great too, that vest is kind of cool."

Lily smiled happily, "I am glad you do not think I am socially inept. Relationships are so overrated. Ive got lots of friends and my sister can kick it right," she said laughing lightly.

Lily looked over to Ashley wondering what she was asking about and so she asked, "Anything else for what Ashley. Sorry I guess I'm a little late to the party. You look great by the way.