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Shrill X gave a flippant wave of her hoof in reply to Truths, not even bothering to open her eyes. "Relax, Grumpy. There’s a foal here and she wouldn't even know what I was talking about. Though now she’s going to think it’s a bad thing because you’re all uppity about it." The filly rolled onto her back and added for good measure, "you prude." She mentally scratched him off the 'Invite Back Home Later' list.

Shrill X cracked an eye open and smirked. "Soooo what your saying, is that lovely little Belldandy has actual knowledge on such adult matters? If she’s aware of what a threesome is already, then my mentioning of it should hardly distort her any more." This was finally getting interesting now that she’d coaxed him into a fight.

At the poke she sat upright and stared back at him in obvious challenge. "I’d like to see you try, bucko. You haven’t got the moves to take me on. Not in a million years." Not that she actually planned to get physical with him, not at a family gathering and with a kid around, and she expected he wouldn't want to either, which made this all the more fun. It was all just a bit of harmless bluster.

"Aw, are you that upset?" Shrill X purred, her eyes full of wicked mirth. "If you think that was profanity, you’re a lot more sheltered than I thought." There were quite a few stories she would have happily dived right into just to see how red he could really get, but she was mindful that there was a foal right there and Jasmine at least would probably have some sort of heart attack.

She had fully expected him to back down. Who in their right mind wanted to get into a fight at a family gathering you weren't invited to with one of said family members? Well, to be fair, she probably would have had their situations had been reversed.

"Seriously?" Now that he’d actually taken the bait, she could hardly chicken out herself. "Alright then, but for the record, I have had a bit to drink, so if you actually get a few good hits in, it’s no victory for you." Shrill slid to the edge of the table and stood. "Let’s do this." Then she was heading towards the door, not even thinking twice about what she was doing.

With a loathing glare at Shrill's backside, Truth's ear swerved to catch Belldandy's plea and he turned back to her, his features softening somewhat. The tears in her eyes only added to his guilt.

"No, no, no, it's a good thing you don't," he told her gently. "It's just stupid grown-up stuff. I wish I didn't know what it was." Rolling his eyes back in the direction the rambunctious mare had gone, he continued. "Don't worry, sweetheart. This has little to do with you. Shrill and I have been butting heads since we were your age. It's just about time we settled our differences. And with luck, maybe some sense will finally be knocked into her." He sighed. "I doubt it, though."

"Besides...this will probably be over relatively quickly if things go my way," he added with a wink and a sly smirk. "I just need to find a bit of duct tape..." Even if it was at the cost of being kicked out of the party, Truths wasn't about to back off so easily. Still, there were others he didn't want thinking they were at fault for not being able to control, convince, calm, or stop him.

"Thank you for your hospitality," the unicorn told Revenent with a dip of his head. "Apologies this had to go the way it did. If I can ever make it up to you in any way, don't hesitate to let me know." He looked to Jasmine, nodding towards her as well. "The same goes for you. I hope I haven't ruined the party for you. But I really feel that mare needs to learn a lesson." Having expressed his thanks and potential farewells, Truths followed the path Shrill had taken to get outside.

Ooooh no. Revenant had sat there and quietly watched the fight unfold, he'd seen every second and heard every word- most of which were Shrill's unabashed goading of the red stallion. So to her imploring look Revenant would only ever so slightly tilt his head and give a faint smirk. He was no Singsong, he would not be bailing Shrill X out of the trouble her mouth got her into. Maybe getting her butt whooped would finally learn her a lesson about not running her mouth. They were already taking the action outside, so it didn't bother Revenant one least little bit.

A gracious nod and a smile was sent Truth's way, "Of course, I hope the tussle goes well. She'll probably try to bite, so watch out for that."

What he would intervene for would be the state his niece was in- the ghostly phony standing to walk over to little Belldandy.

"Don't cry for them. Some phonies can't settle anything without trying to get each other in a headlock first. And that isn't necessarily bad, it's just that they handle themselves differently."

Jasmine had been very quiet up to this point, mostly in mute shock at the goings on. The empress of the house was not use to hearing such....language....around her. Even her mother seemed to sensor herself when around her asian brood. She had heard her half siblings were a bit more lax in their language and Shrill's comments certainly seemed to show that. The wide eyed mare continued to stare until her nephew came to his neice's rescue. Finally Jasmine had words to speak.

"Bell-chan it is best you not ask. It is a grown up question," she spoke with a bit of a shaky voice but gave her a small smile. "Why don't you help me make some dango to go with the tea?" The red mare pointed to some dishes behind the tea tables that were keeping the food warm and some sticks next to them. One the filly was occupied the normally calm mare looked up at Truths and Shrill with a look that was purely Scent Puffesqe. She was quite angry but her cute demeanor didn't make it too severe. But those blue eyes just like her mother's spoke her feelings. It was a very rare face, "Please continue this....conversation....outside."

Bell huffed. She hated when adults used the old "Wait till your older.." excuse. She slowly uncoiled from Revenant, enticed by making dangos. As she pushed the dumplings on skewers, she was sort of in awe how Jasmine could seem incredibly angry but not really look angry.

She dutifully filled a serving platter with stacks of dangos, popping a few in her mouth as she worked. Satisfied, she put a skewer of the dumplings in her mouth and made a hoof full for herself. She handed one to Jasmine (pink ones!) and then gave one to Revenant (purple ones!). Snack in tow, she wandered out to the main picnic area intent on finding what a threesome was.

(Belldandy exits to Main Area RP)