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"I apologize for getting the level of your desperation wrong." She's polite enough not to laugh outright, but anyone listening can hear it in her voice. Those blood red eyes are now focused on the white haired woman once again, "And what misfortune are you scrambling so desperately from?"

"If you say so." She sighs and looks up, "I'm not being the best conversation partner, sorry... I don't really know what I'm doing."

Cid lightly felt around the strawberry with her gloved hand so as not to bruise the skin. Fruits usually were delicate like that, and especially if this one had 'berry' in it's name. After a few seconds of thought her expression brightened, "Oh this one! I had a few of those!" More than a few really before Lucky had replaced the tray... "They are
really good! I can understand why you like them so much!"

The knight seemed a little taken aback by the woman's apology however, "What are you saying sorry for? You weren't the one to cause my lack of sight, nor is it something to be sorry for. You didn't know, it's okay!" She smiled at River, hoping that doing so would put her more at ease. She seemed as easily startled as a small rabbit, and hopefully she wouldn't scare her off like one. "Oh. I keep forgetting to introduce myself, my name is Cidri, but you can call me Cid if you like!"

(OH TRUST ME YOU ARE FINE. XD I had a busy week myself. You got any extra phoenix downs? Because River's gonna kill meeee QwQ)

"Slower...? Pace...?" It dawned on Minty like 6 am, and she gave an embarrassed cough. She placed a hand firmly on her chest and took measured breaths with her eyes closed, minimizing outside input. This helped to calm her greatly, even the red flush of her face began dulling to a rosy pink.

"My apologies, I just get so excited!" She opened her eyes and gave a small smile, "Phantom, my friend, you are right. Something slower would probably be best. Particularly since I am hoping to converse slower than mach 1 this evening."

"And? You're at least trying," she replied, lifting her arms up and stretching.

Having been left to his own devices, Nef was left to wander the sidelines on the ball looking for something to do. He eventually finds himself at the buffet and was slowly poking through the food, honing in on any and all meat to snack on.

(Oh geez, took me two or three times watching the video to realize they're doing Wreck-It-Ralph xD)

Lewis gave Mo and Laney a last little wave as they set off across the dance floor. After a moment of thought to himself Nate's suggestion of food from ages ago suddenly appealed to the sorcerer. He headed off by himself deeper into the ballroom and eventually found the food section. The fruit section was partly claimed by two women in flowing dresses, while another lone partygoer prowled through the meats. Mindful that he'd promised Laney a dance in the near future, Lewis decided the soup section in between everything would probably be the safest bet. "Oh wow, there's a lot of varieties here."

"Gee, you'd think they'd give out name tags in a place like this..."
Danny suggested, and Nate started cracking up. He hardly knew anyone at this party, but his mind jumped to a similar scene playing out at one of the union events from work, with the people he DID know, and already it was going down hill. "Pfft, yeah, that would help right? We could all have those 'Hello, My Name Is' stickies, and see how many people just draw all over them." He leaned an elbow on the table, propping his chin up as he surveyed the crowd. "We have badges we wear at work that have our name and number. Mine wanders off a lot..." He muttered darkly. And right on cue, a glance down at himself revealed the badge was missing again. The driver heaved a sigh and checked his pockets, patting himself down, but it was mostly for show. "Figures... Stupid thing's already gone."

Nate went back to propping his head on the table, too preoccupied to worry about it for now. He grinned at the thought of Danny only punching /some/ people, but the idea of her out exposed, on a skateboard everywhere almost worried him. the driver looked at her, surprised. "Sheesh, what'd the fare get too high? That can't be safe. How far do you usually have to travel?" A couple on the dance floor passed closer their table, and Nate probably would have ignored them until someone suddenly called out them,

"Hey Danny! Who's your friend?"
"Sh-shut up!!"

Nate chuckled at the flush on Danny's cheeks, but then did a double take as Mo's upside down face suddenly came into view and caught his gaze. "What the-? Mo?" "H-hey! Eeeeh!" He winced as Mo's legs almost went out from under her in the dip, but she recovered at the last second with Laney's help and already the pair were twirling away. Nate shook his head slightly as if clearing it. "Huh... Well s**t, kid got a dance already? Good on her."

Nathan's tone sounded neutral, but something about him almost seemed troubled. The driver was remembering the agreement he'd made with his coworkers about dancing when they'd came in, and he was starting to regret it now. s**t... He cracked his knuckles absently, trying to keep his sudden nerves steady, but his mouth felt dry. Hopefully Lewis hadn't gotten lucky too. Nate looked to Danny, but suddenly couldn't meet her eyes. There's no way that could end well...

Clara shrugged. "I'm not much of a social butterfly."