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Sephon was certainly fascinated by the mirage she showed him and he shook his head. he looked down at Lystral being hit on by Tegral. He was admittedly a little annoyed by it but not because he had any feelings for Lystral, she was like a sister to him. "Sometimes we're faced with things that aren't our own making.... but they're sent to us by someone one to test us and change us.... I think that's how you have to look at them." he made the notion to Sairys.

"Thank your inept commander for that," Thanatos replied to Kah, pointing to her statement that everyone was close to killing eachother after Gan's party. "I might suggest adding a public relations officer to your team at some point." Than couldn't sense exactly what was going off in Kah's cybernetic systems, but he was sure she wasn't a defenseless drunk. Even so, he still hadn't done anything to put himself in a combat ready state, nor was he inclined to worry because of it. After a few minutes, the wreaking of alcohol became too annoying for Than and he lowered his hand, exhaling heavily. "Why am I bothering? There's no point talking to a drunk toaster." Without the slightest regard, Than moved past Kah and into the dojo without so much as a fairwell.

Fortunately for everyone involved, Than decided to avoid the two male attendees of Tegral's party and thus avoided instigating a second confrontation. There were three other people in this room he was unfamiliar with. Lystral and Sephon were entirely new to him, and he'd never had more than a few moments of contact with Sairys and thus regarded her as unfamiliar as well. Although Than's red dress shirt and black pants would seem normal enough, even though Than wore a glove on his left hand and not his right, Than's facial features were a little out of the ordinary. The first obvious thing would be where Than's left eye should have been there was instead a sizable scar which led from his temple up toward the bridge of his nose. Secondly, his right eye was gray and unusually pale, with a milky discoloration on his pupil; it was easy enough to see that the boy was now blind, and he looked to be in his young adult years. His azure blue colored hair was cut fairly short, neat, but not particularly styled.

Ignoring the normal 'long time no see' or 'hey it's great to see you again' greeting, Than wrapped his right arm around Aria's shoulders and embraced her casually. Of course the last time he had met Aria, she had been fused with Aethi and was technically attacking the citadel. Still, it seemed that was at least one attack on his home that Than was willing to forgive, but it didn't seem likely Tegral would receive the same grace, and his previous conversation with Griffin might have hinted Kaiori wouldn't get it either. "How're you doing, Ari? I guess I've been gone a while." The words were soft spoken and affectionate in a style similar to an older brother; the new people may have assumed as much, given Aria's and Than's similar hair colors.

Glancing at the empty bottle with a sigh, she placed it beside her. Drinking wasnt the same anymore, She needed large amounts to even giver a pleasent buzz. This place needs Music... she simply made that mark of no music being played. Music always brought people to together, well atleast to the extent that she can remember.

She watched as the blonde haired man tried his moves on the girl near the window. Found it quite amusing that a machine can act drunk. She rolled her eyes over to the man who walked in and casually hugged a young woman. Seemed like family, but she wasn't one to judge as she felt fairly new to this place. So many faces, so many different personalities.

"Well....There's my brother and Erike, my uncle, occasionally Truinthil and Athaele will wander outta their wing of the Mansion, Mom's always in the Library or training...but pretty much, yea.....this is the first time I've been back here in a while...." She said casually. She peered up at his eyes, not that he'd be able to see her doing it but still if he could, he probably didn't mind, she had always been pretty curious. "How are your siblings? Last I saw they were tiny little things and scared of me..."

"What?" Came Aria's response to this knews, eyes narrowed and growling. "What do you mean they were their....Unless she had a leave of absense in her mind or the booze ran out, she hates your father still.... Why the hell would she even be there?" She asked, although the last bit was more to herself then him. She looked up to him and suddenly felt the urge to smoke, just a bit. She ran a hand through her hair and sighed heavily. "This was about trying to get Dad back....or getting back at that Clone wasn't it?"

Standing up on the rafter and turned and gave Sephon a Smile before dropping down on the party. Not making any sounds as she landed, She brushed off the imaginary dust and made her way to the door. The group of people were interesting but the party seemed to die off. This place was interesting enough, and she was sure there had to be more to know of this place than the dojo, as so many different people came to relax.

Opening th door just enough to slip through she made her way outside. Placing her hands on her Hips as she walked out, glancing up at the moonlit sky. She stood on the porch for some time before wondering off a bit into the grass. Her eyes shimmered softly like a nocturnal animal, she sighed debating in what direction to head in.

Hazel with a cheerful look on his face walks in,he looks around amazed by the storys the walls tell then again as the new guy of Black Company who wouldnt be."..Hmm I should fit in pretty well"He said walking around.

"Yeah... I'm aware...." Than was already more or less knowledgible on how chummy Mastema and the BC had been in the past. He still couldn't say they were great friends exactly. Than wasn't able to see Aria's frustration as she wrung her hands through her hair, but he could easily tell her frustration by other means. Than's response was to raise his hand, extend his index finger, and push it lightly against the center of Aria's brow. "The air around you is way too dense right now, Ari. You'll figure out the answer somehow. Don't try to force all the elements together unnaturally." Through the entire statement, Than was smiling, which might be odd considering how tense the current atmosphere might have been, and slowly pulled his finger away from Aria's head. Even with new people coming and going, he didn't once take his attention away from her, and if Aria still possessed her empathic abilities, she would hopefully find some solace in feelings Than's calmness and confidence.