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Nari walked into the kitchen and saw Skotti sitting with a baby boy. "Oh, how cute is that," she commented as she walked to the fridge.

Pen had thought about leaving with the rest but now she wasn't so sure. It would be awhile before the party and nobody was training now. It wouldn't hurt to spar with a wood dummy for awhile.

Putting her jacket on her bag containing the dress for the next day's wedding, she took her bladed knuckles and went to the nearest dummy.

After leaving the kitchen, Nari went to her room and took a quick shower. She redid her hair, freshened up her makeup, and got dressed for the party. 'Still have some time,' she thought while looking at her digital clock. 'Guess I'll file those tax returns or play Solitaire or something...' She pulled out her handy laptop and began pecking away.

Pen was only warming up with a few hooks and kicks when a strange noise gave her pause.

"No... is that an elevator? I thought we didn't have... oh nevermind." She shook her head and continued with her workout.

Skotti walked further into his studio and noticed a snoring sound, a chorus of snoring actually.
Skotti looked over at the couch on the other side of the room and noticed the cause. Rikki Roads, the lead singer of Darkkelf, passed out on the sofa. Skotti threw a nearby notebook at him "Rikki, what the hell are you doing here?" he asked as his friend groggily rose to his feet.
"Hey Skotti, howzit? nice hair brotha" he said. Skotti repeated "What in the hell are you doing down here".
Rikki put his hand on his head "My van got impounded, man, and this place was vacant forever Jim and I just thought that..." Skotti interrupted "Wait, Jim?" he said.
Rikki pointed past a glass window "yeah, last I saw him he was beating skins in the recording room" he said.
Skotti turned to see the metal band's drummer, naked, sleeping on his drum throne.

"Well clearly they are that stupid," Aly said as she leaned back her leather armless chair, waiting for the rejuvenation machine to work it magic on her ankle. She snorted as she sister Yasintra chuckled.

"You shouldn't call people stupid...isn't that right sweetie Aunt Aly shouldn't call people stupid. Oh, your not paying attention to me. Your more interested in the communication screen, no dearie don't touch that. That is the video camera...no dearie that little floating ball is the camera. No touching, nooo...." Aly chuckled as she watched her small niece attempt to wiggle her way out of her mother's hold and grab hold of the camera, which was hooked up to the PDA. Aly was sure that her sister displaying the video feed against the nursery wall.

"The people at the Action 9 News are stupid. They're been pushing mother for a public appearance for years and when she finally appears they put her down as one of her own daughters. I heard it clearly when I looked over the recorded Opening Ceremony coverage. They put her down as one of the Crescent daughters or a possible aunt." She snorted as Yas turned her baby girl around to face the screen. She waved as the chubby soon to be 2 year old gurgled and made a weird wavy motion."However I will ignored the issue, if you mind telling me what your calling me about."

Yas rolled her eyes, resettling to allow her baby girl to move more freely, "Well we just want to inform you of some problems, I've fax the list of work related...

Aly nodded solemnly, she had gone that. Yas continued as she took the portal keyboard off her lap and away from her Amira's reaching hands, "The next sheet should carry all the news of our family. Just so you know, Ned is...not 100% in trouble. You can call her if you like. You'll read about uncle and a few other things. I just really wanted to check in on you, see how you were. Plus, inform you that the Crescent annual gala is coming up. I expect you to be there as well as at Amira's 2nd birthday party!"

Aly raised an eye brow at Yas's words. She smirked and nodded like a little girl to her mother, "Of course mother Yas, I wouldn't dream of missing it. Amira did you know you had such a scary mother, you'll have to watch out when she's cranky."

Yas simply glared and stuck her tongue out while Amira just giggled. "The only one who is going to be cranky here is this little princess, so I have to go put her down for her royal nap. I'll tell Sinala'vrae to send over to more supplies for you, alright baby sister?"

Aly chuckled as she nodded, "I remember back when you use to add an insult to that baby sister."
Psh! I save my heart hardening words for Ned now. You know I only insult and snark at people I love. Its to aid them, make them stronger. Anyway...See ya sis. Say bye bye to Auntie Aly. Say good bye...Oh, no bye bye...there we go...Bye Bye!"

Aly giggle as the little mother baby bye bye act and waved good bye back"Bye Bye, have a nice nap... The screen went dark and Aly waved her hand to to turn off the communication screen. As Alcina did so, Aly picked up the sheet of papers to find the one that held news of her family. It looks like things are getting a little crazy over there...I'll have to speak to Ned later

(( :3 Letting you guys know, I'm time skipping a little bit! I'll have it so that the party is going on right now, but Luciano will be missing the first twenty-five minutes of it!- Just wanna push things along a bit! ))

Luciano arrived at the Manor after being stuck in traffic for a little bit. At this rate, he was going to be missing Sabe and Waffle's party, and he wasn't too happy about it. '(Sigh) This had better be important if I'm going to be missing some of my friend's party- knowing Sophia, it's probably only going to be a ton of drama.'
Luciano pulled into the driveway, turned off the car, then made his way into Brozen Manor. Just as he had walked in, Mila ran over and gave Luciano a big hug and said, "Hi!!!" Luciano was a bit startled at first but he laughed and said, 'Hello!' back. After the small talk, Mila took him to the foyer where Sophia could be seen wearing one of her expensive hats- she always was a fan of the Urban/Scene styles- and then Giuseppe approached him, "Thank you for coming, Luci, it seems we've got some issues here." Luciano nodded, then the four of them sat down on the couch. Mila sat down next to Luciano and Giuseppe sat down next to Sophia.
The whole situation was explained, Luciano sighed and rubbed his forehead, ". . . So,. . . wha? I was called over here for this?- Because Romero decided to be a dipshit and cause some trouble?"
"Pretty much." "Hush, Sophia."
Luciano let out another sigh, he said, "So, what? Are people pressing charges now? Or what?"
Giuseppe adjusted the large gold ring on his pinky finger while he spoke, "We're not sure yet. . . But, Luci, Sophia was assaulted-"
"- Assaulted is NOT the word I'd ******** use for it!! I ******** know who did this now, too!! But I don't know her name! The b***h was wearing a mask, though!- Get her b***h-a** in here and I'll tell you it was her!!"
Giuseppe motioned for his daughter to be quiet, and he said, ". . . I called you because you have connections. . Some being mostly underground, and right now I want justice for Sophia."
Luciano sighed and shook his head, "But there was no crime, Joe. Romero instigated, and Sophia was the one that spat in her face-"
"- You didn't see what this b***h did, though!! A-and what that other masked ******** did!! There was two of them!!! And the son of a b***h let her do this s**t to me! And I got bruises to ******** prove it!! Look!!!"
Sophia then showed her where her bruises were, and Luciano became speechless. 'I've seen that before. . .'
"Yeah, I ******** spat in her ******** face, but she had huge ******** swords and no ******** I know even sells that s**t up on the streets!!"
"Sophia, Mila, go wash up for dinner."
Sophia got up and stormed out of the room, Mila got up and kissed her father on the cheek and then hugged Luciano 'Good-bye'.
". . . Joe, I'm not going to lie. I'm not too concerned about what happened to Romero -"
"- Neither am I- And I know. . I know. . . You're more concerned with that family pressing charges against us."
". . Yes, I am. . .," Luciano paused, then ran his hand through his hair out of frustration, "this is b.s.- And all over a century-long rivalry? I thought our family elders already took care of this?"
"Nobody knows anymore. Both them, and us, mix it now and again. . buuuuut this time Romero started it. Now the Crescent kids probably blabbed to their family, and I'm hoping things do not get too out of hand- More than they are now. . . But back to the more important issue -"
"- I will deal with Sophie's case once the family drama is sorted all sorted out, and done with."
Luciano stood up and straightened out his clothes, "Joe, I promise. I will tend to this issue. . things just need to simmer down first."

(Time skipping!! End of the party!)

The party slowly began winding down several hours into the night. Nari said her 'good nights' to everyone and headed back to HQ. When she made it to her room, the first thing she did was step out of her heels and undo her bun. 'Ah, much better,' she thought with a content sigh. She gathered her night clothes and walked into the bathroom. After cleaning up and getting ready for bed, she picked up her purse from the dresser and pulled out a small piece of paper with a number written on it. As she climbed into her bed, she considered calling the number some time tomorrow. 'He was a cute dancer. Hm, perhaps I'll visit him for fun,' she thought and giggled before turning off her lamp and eventually drifting to sleep.