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Rex hugged Avery quickly then asked, "Where's Tim? Thatwashisname, right? Tim?" With so many people on the island it was hard to rememebr all of the names that you learned. And there was nothing more awkward then when you call someone by the wrong name, it makes the other person feel like they don't matter, like they weren't important enough to have their name remembered. .. or at least thats how Rex felt. Then again, not manyh people forgot Rex's name as it was rather obscure.

"Oh, of course I'm excited" Avery said to Nita. "I love parties. I used to go to them all the time, you know, back at home," he said, waving his hand absently as he took another sip from his drink.

He looked back at Rex. "Not sure, I told him about it and when it's gonna be. I'm hoping he'll show up," Avery said, shrugging. "And yeah, his name's Tim," he smiled.

"Well, great job on the party, Fiona! I'm glad someone decided to throw one. I suck at party planning, I just like to show up for them. Yeah, Tim plays the guitar... he sings too," Avery grinned. "I don't think you started too early - I'm starved!" he started helping himself to the food as well, glancing at the vegetables, but going for the meat instead.

Rex followed suit after Avery, diving into the assorted selection of meat and ignoring the vegetables completely. "Nothin' I love more than a big ol' barbeque."

Rex laughed at Nita's story, "Well.. that sounds like fun." He smiled, taking a large bite out of his hotdog, "I didn't really party much either because... well.. there wasn't really anyone to party with..." He shrugged and squirted a bit more ketchup onto his food. "Nice food, by the by."

Avery preferred the burgers over the hotdogs, fixing one up for himself as his tail swayed slowly before taking a bite. "Well, it's not a party until you have to held someone's hair out of their face," he chuckled. He noticed someone else walking over to them, and he smiled when he recognized the other girl. "Hey, Awen! Glad you made it!" he called out to her, waving. "Come on and join the party!"

Rex looked up from his meal at the mention of someone else approaching the party. He mulled on his food for a little bit, looking around for this new visitor until his eyes fell upon the manta girl. "Awen..." He whispered, setting his plate down quickly and barging over to the girl down the shore.

He took her up in a big hug, swinging the lightweight around him then placed her down back in the soft sand. "You're okay... I haven't seen you since... since the monring I changed! Gosh that was so long ago, I miss you! How are you?!" The words spewed from his mouth as though he hadn't seen the girl in years. I sure felt like years, though it had only been a few months. He didn't understand how little he saw of people in such a confined space. It's not like they were going back home for a few weeks at a time to see their family, then coming back to the island. Like that'd ever happen.

Rex looked at the minimal stack of firewood that they had and then back to the rest of the people at the party, "It's going to get dark soon, I'm going to get some more firewood." he ran off back into the jungle to the large pile he'd found.

Avery plopped down on the corner of the blanket when Fiona set it down, taking another gulp of his drink and another bite of his burger before replying to her. "Maybe! If there were some music, hopefully we can get some here..." he wondered if there were CDs and a CD player somewhere around here, but he had no idea where to look to find out. How long has it been since he'd danced to music... he couldn't remember - hell, he couldn't even remember how long it's been since he got here.

Snatching a vegetable-kebab from the grill and using the hem of her skirt as a buffer from the hot metal, Fiona pulled it away from the fire so it would keep the food warm without burning it. "There, now that the burgers are saved from being turned into cow-flavoured hockey pucks..." she mumbled to herself, sticking the end of her kebab into her mouth before flopping down next to the other two.

"I can go on a hunt for music in a bit. I didn't have anything on me when I got here, seeing as I was kidnapped," Fiona stated pointedly, before chewing thoughtfully and swallowing. "But nevermind. Parties are for fun, not freaking out about s**t. So let's have fun! Maybe we should play a drinking game or something- seeing as distant tropical islands don't really have a drinking age." She gave a daring wink at Nita. Still she ignored Awen. Not being childish. No, not at all.