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Varun did not know any Queens or any Alices or any Wonderlands, so he could not judge the accuracy of the other Raevan's costume, but he supposed he should probably say something. After all, Sevilin had noticed how very awesome it looked on him. Preening a little, the redhead tipped his head at the other fishy Raevan and nodded. "Look pretty, Sevilin." Though, he wasn't exactly sure if he was supposed to be calling another boy pretty. But he was in a dress? Oh, this was very confusing!

"Yes, first-" Oh, okay. Varun wrinkled his nose and watched

"Tari!" Varun gasped, recognizing his friend's voice the moment she started babbling. The Leviathan managed to wait until the Raevan made her way into the room with Sevilin and zipped over, wings fluttering excitedly. "Taaari," he crooned again, his last meeting with the warrior angel still fresh in his mind. "Very good to see Tari again. Very pleased." The Raevan nodded firmly and reached over to pat Sevilin on the shoulder. "Good job, Tarifinding," he told him, deciding he couldn't be bad at all.

And for whatever reason, the male in the dress just didn't strike Varun as threatening either.

"Show Tari around, Varun and Sevilin?"

LuLu jumped as a another hand joined hers in the punch bowl. Purple eyes latched onto the intruder defensively and followed its slim fingers upward to its equally delicate wrist. Her eyes continued their journey skywards. The intruder's delicate wrist was attached to its elegant arm. Its elegant arm was connected to its beautiful neck. Its beautiful neck supported its stunning face. The rabbit squeaked softly in astonishment; there may have also been a bit of jealousy hidden in the low sound that erupted from her throat. Melisande stood in front of the rabbit looking just as striking as she had when LuLu had first laid eyes on her.

LuLu watched as the sigel set down the other ladle into the bowl and looked up expectantly. A few moments passed by and the expectant look turned confused. The younger frei peeped up, "Need help?"

Melisande's lips parted in surprise. Was someone actually talking to her? A tiny, sweet smile erased her shock and Meli's lashes lowered for a moment. It was the Raevan that had been near the floor when she'd walked in! "I...don't know! There's just so much going on, I've gotten a little turned around." She set both of the glasses back on the table, and peeked at her fingertips, making sure they weren't wet with punch. Once she was satisfied they were clean, she offered one hand gently to the other Raevan. The peak of her white lace armlets ended in a loop, which had been tied with a tiny bow around the base of her middle finger.

"I am Melisande! You look very..." What was the word? Aki used it quite often, but never in reference to Pasha. She tried to use the same tone her guardian did, admiring and a little breathy. "...exotic! I wonder if your name is exotic, too?" She also couldn't help but wonder if the ears were real, or part of the costume. Either way, how cute!

Rivener wasn't sure where he'd heard about the party. His head hadn't been on straight lately, and it was such a little detail he hadn't thought it important enough to commit to memory. The important thing was that there WAS a party, and it was a COSTUME party, and Rivener wanted to ******** be there. He wanted to see other Raevans for once, instead of stupid, idiotic humans or his annoying little brother. Riv had even come up with the perfect costume this year: he'd rolled up his vest and tied it at his waist to keep his ribbon in place, and the wide belt also doubled as a good imitation of Leonidas' loincloth. He had wrapped a long red cape about his shoulders and secured it with the golden clasp and leather thong from the movie, and voila! He was a Spartan! ...with horns and Scorpion wings. That kind of balanced out the lack of shield and spear, he figured.

The Sigel floated into the house like he owned the place, flexing his wings and surveying his kingdom with a judgmental eye. ...Girls everywhere. Vyn, Lulu, Lucia, Pasha, Tariel... And another Riv realized was Sev, surprisingly enough. Varun was here too. So it was just basically Riv and Varun with a gaggle of females?

Fine with Rivener!

With a swarthy grin, the Scorpion floated towards the refreshments table, finding Melisande and Lulu by the punch bowl. "Helloooo," he greeted in his best mellow, honey-coated, bedroomy voice.

LuLu was mildly curious as to who exactly Melisande was looking for. Her lips parted for a few seconds as she waited for an opportunity to slip into the conversation, "You want to find someone?"

The rabbit followed suit with the sigel and set her red cup on the table next to its two plastic counterparts. A brown hand reached out to grasp onto Meli's own snowy digits. LuLu felt the cold, smooth sensation of the silk ribbon sliding between their palms. "Hello Meli..." She let the rest of the name slip by. The frei was never one to pronounce long names.

LuLu's furry ears shot up at the other raevan's next statement, most likely confirming their authenticity. "N-No. Not Exotic. I am LuLu." She chided gently in an attempt to make sure she got the point across.

The girl was so focused on Meli that she almost did not notice Rivener slink beside them. The glint of his stingers caught her eyes first. LuLu gave a slight jump which nearly knocked over the three drink beside her. She pouted as she spoke, "Riv scared me. Hello."

A drink? That was easy enough. Varun watched the older Raevan begin to work his way through the growing crowd, wondering idly why he chose such a bulky outfit. His own was sleek, elegant, and the redhead thought it suited him very well. Ah, well. Maybe looking like a strangely-dressed female was what suited Sevilin. The Leviathan couldn't see it, but his own human had strange taste, too. There was just no accounting for that sort of thing.

Shaken from his thoughts by a female suddenly attached to his arm, Varun repressed the urge to flare his fins and simply gave Tariel a puzzling glanced, shrugging as she roped Sevilin in as well. So he was to accompany two fair maidens across the room to the punch bowl? Well, he could certainly work with that! Tucking his head and puffing himself up ever so slightly, the aquatic Frei began working his way towards Sevilin's quest when a familiar voice caught his attention!

Rivener!

Varun's reaction could not be classified as 'happy', because that wasn't the emotion the Sigel evoked, but it was certainly something like 'relief' or 'familiarity'. At least, until Varun witnessed the effect the Scorpion had on the two females he'd approached. A dark scowl crossed the Frei's features and he turned to Tari, gently unlatching her from his arm. "Wait, okay? With Sevilin," he added, struggling to put his words in proper order. "Just one minute."

Snapping his wings and fins open once clear of his two companions, he floated over to Rivener, barely concealing a snarl. "Whatfor, Rivener?" he demanded, pointing to LuLu and Melisande, though he'd never seen the latter before this evening. "Whatfor you make her like that, hnn?" Didn't Rivener know it was wrong to make ladies like that?

Jerking his chin a little, Varun floated proudly. As the only other able-bodied male in the room, he felt it was his divine-given duty to stand up for the girls, whether they needed it or not. He'd never felt threatened by Rivener before nor the desire to cross the older Raevan, but with females present, the stakes had suddenly been changed.

As soon as Rivener blocked her path, Melisande froze. He'd never used a tone of voice like that with her before, at it gave her shivers all the way up her spine. Lips parting silently, she turned again, and found herself face to face with an angry, unfamiliar Frei.

A touch of desperate pink had returned to her cheeks. The muse was starting to feel trapped, and it wasn't a feeling she liked. For the first time, Pasha spread her delicate, feathered wings...and stroked upward with a single flap. Floating as high as she dared, Melisande aimed for the only route she could find.

The wind from the passage of her wings barely rattled the plastic cups, where Rivener's had nearly overturned the bowl. Back arching as she rose, Pasha inadvertently brought the rest of her costume into view...the ruffles of her modest bodice, the lines of boning down her slim stomach, and the low skirt that rested where hips should have been, all crossing the view of the other Raevans pressed so close. Even the tip of her rune was visible, obscured so slightly by the frilled, gauzy skirt.

Her pale fingers grasped the faux spiderwebs decorating the ceiling, and with an artful twist, Melisande seated herself upon a loop like a swing. She leaned over a bit to see what was happening down below, suddenly feeling a bit dizzy.

The Scorpion was not amused. Varun was much too uppity for his own good. What kind of idiot would go against a Sigel? And snarling like that, to boot? Rivener scoffed to himself at the puny display of dominance on the frei's part: rattling wings and hissing. Not impressive at all. It was almost enough for Rivener to just laugh it off and ignore Varun altogether.

...But once the leviathan encroached into Riv's personal space, provoking the elder Raevan on purpose, Riv just couldn't let it slide. He sneered back at Varun's snapping jaws, baring his own teeth. Forget that Rivener hadn't even done anything to the girls apart from saying "hello", forget that neither of the girls had REALLY told Riv to stop and leave them be. Whatever imagined slight Varun was picking up on, Rivener couldn't care less.

"YOU shut up," came the very mature reply, hissed back just as lowly. Rivener felt his wings swell up with a dose of poison, and ohhh how good it would feel to let it loose on this mouthy little brat. "YOU do not get to interfere in my business, Varun." One strong clawed hand lifted up, intent on latching onto the other's exposed neck.