Welcome to Gaia! ::

*Nana remembered Thanatos' tail of meeting and fighting with Gabriel. The boy had received several hugs for a while after returning home. Gabriel was a frightening enemy to have, Nana herself feared him for other reasons. Thanatos' comments on covering up the smell of blood would receive a 'hnn' response from Nana, whom was quickly liking this place less and less the further in they went*

Hnn...

"So do you believe Dom may be this count we are supposed to meet?" Mastema inquired again, doubting that Than would be so calm if he believed Dom was actually the one they were going to meet.

"This is far too lacking in flare to be Dom's work. He's more entertained by using others as tools, and this doesn't have the feel of the last two stunts he's pulled." Than still didn't really like the whole situation. Was the Count really so unpopular as to have only one of his invited locations show up? "I'd be able to tell more about him if the guy was actually around."

"So it seems," Mastema replied. It was a nice, but empty room.

KB would stumble towards the door quickly, unwittingly jumbling the invitation from hand to hand as he dodged a moth. "Ack!" He squealed even as he backstepped, barely catching his balance before righting himself and flicking back his bangs. The youthful, ditsy blonde seemed hardly the warlord or whatnot people spoke of, a blush burning in his cheeks as he tugged his shirt. His uniform was obviously of some military origin, red, liberally embroidered with gold. Though it carried the traditional handiness of something Naval-related, it lacked any medals or insignias of rank.

On the matching black belt he had a finely-crafted and decorated sword, looked to be a sabre. His left hand rested on the hilt of the thing idly as he approached the door, left brow twitching in nervousness as the right-hand rubbed the invitation. He took a deep breath and tried to compose himself, to little avail.

Sai casually made her way to the temples doors as she hed her invitation at hand. she made sure her dress wasn'y ruined or strained as she rechecked the bow. she entered as she glanced around looking to see if anyone else was there. her blue eyes remained on the invitation as she tucked it into her upper strap by her chest until someone asked for it. her gunalet hand was appearing normal as she created the illusion for it to be a normal hand with white gloves.

The aged man bowed to Bertuccio and said softly, I am Ratsu, healer of the shadow riders. I come from the lands beyond the forest. As the man bowed it showed respect but was not so overly exaggerated as was often the fashion of nobles. If anything it was done as a man familiar with nobility but neither high ranking nor low enough to seek to impress a host. The gentle brown eyes were averted away from the knife as it was given to Baptistain and he moved to the door prepared to enter when notified. He also presented the invitation in his other hand, there was an odd mark near the left corner as though a bird had bitten at it with their beak.

The older man made his way calmly inside, eyes scanning his surroundings like an old soldier and from what little he had already said he was likely a combat medic instead of a simple healer. His body lacked scars yet his white hair stood in stark contrast to his sun darkened skin and black garments. He was careful to avert his eyes from reflections to insure that he did not give away the unusual nature of his eyes or force himself to see his true appearance. Some things were unpleasant at certain times and as Ratsu was all too well aware, seeing himself often affected his self image which was a dangerous game to say the least. He smiled as he looked around wondering if he would encounter familiar faces though they would not recognize him. It was a unique occurance but just as none had gotten an oppurtunity to study him closely, he had never had an oppurtunity to vivasect any of them. He smiled as he remembered a few encounters from what seemed to be so long ago, back before he had awakened and remembered just what he was and why he existed. It was interesting the myriad delusions and dreams he had been through before the awakening and now it was time and past to reenter the world anew. Though far from being a pheonix or a lich, he was instead a very different entity. He had yet to decide on his purpose in these lands or if he would remain, but at the very least he could have a few fights over time to see how his strength compared to other powerful beings. He was not like any of them, to assume such would be a mistake on the part of any and all parties involved. Whether they were holy, unholy, heavenly, earthly, or hellish, they were not the same as him. Perhaps some were similar but by his birth and that of all before him he was marked as different. At least in so far as he knew, it did seem that cannibals were as rare as shapeshifters and demons as common as weapons. He smiled, should he assume his natural form he would be far from human and not truly demonic yet the energy of that was not simply masked or sealed but altered so for now he was a mere human with a few unique qualities.

Ratsu smiled as he entered the stage proper and turned slowly looking at those around him before making his way slowly to the refreshment table where he casually and gracefully took a goblet of fruit punch that possessed a pungent scent that marked it as being on the verge of fermentation. It promised higher sugar content without the impairment of alcohol and that was his preference as he sipped the cool juice slowly while turning to regard the room. His eyes paused for a moment on each person as he consulted his prior memories to match entities he knew and mark those he did not. Within his body a complex digestive process had already begun, far from natural digestion none of the juice ever reached his stomach and instead was absorbed directly by his blood stream as it flowed down his throat. It was then broken down by trace amounts of magical energy that directly absorbed every molecule and reconfigured them into various compounds which were put into direct use by cells without waste being formed.

Bertuccio had been at The Count's side when meeting Griffin in Twice Royal so he know who he was, as well as Bell. After they had passed and made their way in, Bertuccio would make an announcement. It should reach the ears of those in attendance just before the pair arrived in the main room. "Ah-- er... um... *ahem* Introducing Lord Griffin and Lady Bell from Twice Royal."

"Well, I guess I won't be completely bored stiff then." Than tossed his head to the side. Ratsu wasn't a person of interest to him, having never met the man. But there were definitely more parties arriving. Than was hoping that a few of the people who he'd been away from this last year. And now Griffin and Bell had arrived. Than would have to try his hardest not to let his already strong distaste of what he knew of Griffin get in the way. Perhaps meeting the man himself would prove beneficial.

"Well it's about time...." Than said loudly as the duo entered, before turning his head back to the rest of the room, not making it clear whether he was talking to himself or the royal twins.