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Shaking her head as she watched yet another roll go crashing in the pan, Jae Eun decided that it was high time she got something to eat and drink. Unplugging her headphones, she heard a call for flowers and refreshments not too far away. This wasn't so bad! Maybe she had just been seeing things with the floating bodies...

Walking over towards the refreshments booth, she paused. She had surely identified the source of the sweet voice she had heard earlier. It was...another floating body?!

OK....the other one was DEFINATELY red...and yet..thi-no, wait, there's two, these TWO are blue-ish and purple-ish....maybe I'm not just seeing things...wait. The red one is there too!!

She paused a moment, deciding in the end that the less crowded side with two bodies would be more convenient...not to mention the blue one seemed intelligent! Walking up, she felt her cheeks starting to turn pink, whatever it was, it was definately handsome!! It reminded her of the ball-joint doll she had at home, the one her grandma had bought for her 18th birthday. His hair looked really soft, too! The other one had a strange charisma as well, but the skull pendant...necklace...thing creeped Jae Eun out a bit. How embarrasing! She already had a boyfriend, and yet this thing was making her blush!

"Hi! Do you have any pink lemonade?" she asked, smiling warmly.

Well, they didn't look like they'd jump out and attack her...or set her on fire...or something....maybe she could ask them what was going on with their lack of legs!

Aphismet was impressed. Yet another highly schooled person... Suddenly aph felt very small in comparison. He looked around when Alex did the same, wondering what she might be looking for. "A domesticated study? How... interesting." He had no idea what anthropology was, but he figured zoology had something to do with zoos, animals... Maybe she had a pet monkey or something? He'd meet it later, no doubt!

When she asked him what he did, and if he worked for the Lab, Aph just blushed slightly and shook his head sheepishly. "Oh, erm, no. I don't have any qualifications for that," he said. "I just received Rivener quite randomly, I'm still not quite sure why. Dr Kyou must have his reasons. I help out sometimes when Chloe asks me; she works for the lab." He motioned at the pink haired receptionist.

"A-as for my job, I'm an apprentice chef," he said, with a little more pride, happy to get to mention his recent promotion from unpaid busboy, to paid apprentice (now that he was done working off the debt). "I work at the Crystal Carafe, over in Durem."

Isi nodded at Chloe as she left and he held the Lazarus doll close to him. She was always running around and working, she was, that Chloe, Isi thought proudly. The boy looked around for someone to talk to, but there was thought in th eback of his head that told him to find his raevan.

The young man slouched at Ravi's biting comment. Glowering like a child, he pulled his scarf tighter around his face to hide his sore pride.

"Smooth? Sorreh, I'm no used to ladies. Crack whores are a lil' easier ta work with..." We`rika sniffed dryly and ended the subject. But a sly toothy smile opened another. "I said I'd buy ya a kiss right? Who can ya woo?" The Huichol closed the distance between them, placing an arm around the man's shoulder. He didn't even think he knew the guy's name.... Ah well. "Who d'ya wan'?" He cooed teasingly. "What about him? Ohh he hott, eh? Or him?" We`rika neglected to mention Chloe as he already had dibs.

Alex rubbed her lower lip, thinking while Aphismet talked. He wasn't sure why Doctor Kyou gave him the Raevan? That's curious, she mulled, but so is the doctor. She was relatively certain she'd seen the man at his booth, but so much had happened already that she couldn't quite recall.

The woman grinned when Aphismet mentioned where he worked. "Two wonderful people I've met work in Durem, both in a place of food. So you're a chef! That's remarkable! Not everyone can be one, you know. Even if you learn how to cook, you really need to know what that extra something is to make the dish work." She praised his profession, smiling softly at the idea of the man in an apron and chef's hat. "Maybe I should ask you to make lunch and have a picnic instead of taking you out," she smiled, only partially joking. Alex surprised herself. Was...was she flirting? She coughed a little and grinned, rubbing the back of her neck sheepishly.

Lorenzo was utterly hypnotized by the female Raevan and her gorgeous chuckle. Her rose-petal hair and her lightly glowing eyes reminded him of the sunset back home, only the colors were eternal in her lovely lashes. To Zoe, she smelled simply divine, like roses and fresh, dew-lit soil. It was comforting to be near her. He didn't need a reason, as he was also a creature of simple desires and interests himself, with no conception of reponsibility. Right now, his enjoyment and adoration was all for the woman who was lavishing attention on him.

The Gwee barely inched his nose forward, touching hers, before chittering in a sound not unlike laughter. He did it again, then covered his nose with his little paws, his eyes squeezing into half-rainbows of pleasure. Her skin was like the rose she bore, velvety and exotic, even to the little reptile. He was quite enjoying Vyn's company, for she was agreeable to all his senses.

Ravi had sighed many times already that day, and he would continue to sigh if he kept letting this man's words bother him. Since his lungs were getting tired of the effort, Ravi letting the foul language pass by unnoticed and rolled his eyes a little.

"Let go and I'll follow." It wasn't a bad deal, Ravi thought. I get my arm, and you get your... kisses. It was all Ravi could do to keep from wrinkling up his nose. It wasn't kisses he hated, really, but rather the... ambience that rose from from so intimate a relation. Frankly, it creeped him out. Why did people have to act so strange sometimes? Why couldn't they remember that they were civilized, organized, respectful human beings?

Remembering that he was surrounded by things far from human, he bit back a snort. Regardless... closeness wasn't something Ravi had ever gotten accustomed to.

After they'd walked a few steps, Ravi remembered that he'd never really had his question answered. "First, what's your name?" He pressed again.

"We`rika?" The name was pleasant, almost crinkled or rickety, like a hot afternoon spent on an old, unsanded hammock in the middle of nowhere. It had its own appeal. Gave off that nomadic vibe, that tribal but civilized feel. New and ancient at once. The man's mother must have had high hopes for him.

Though We`rika was distracted, Ravi thought he may as well answer the man's question, if only for propriety's sake. "Call me Ravi," he said, tone finally relaxing to its usual low timbre.

Ravi wondered about the man's ears, but decided to forget about it. Not a lot of people on Gaia had completely human limbs, anyway. In a sense, Ravi was a rarity.