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Let the moonlight sign post shine through the clouds to me
____and show me which road to take
______No matter how close to breaking I am today....

I'll re-awaken the distant memory of that day______
So don't forget, keep it carved in your heart.

Ephraim nearly jumped when Kishuna had suddenly showed up with the whole nine-yard on his clothes. This sure was a first, he was actually wearing a shirt. "I didn't think you'd want to come" the prince commented, when the morph had suddenly decided to pull him close. Ephraim however, was kind of amused by Kishuna's hat...until it came down to rest on his own, then that just made his outfit look out of place but whatevz.

Before the prince had anything else to say, Kishuna suddenly pulled him by the wrist and dragged him across the floor. Ephraim was reluctant to believe the morph when he said he wouldn't embarrass the prince. He had already done that once and Ephraim sure didn't need it again, that's for sure.

They were stopped suddenly by a familier little girl Ephraim knew all too well. "Amara!" a soft 'Oof' escaped when Amara suddenly tackle glomped the prince, this time he wasn't completly off guard that he'd be knocked over by her sheer strength. He couldn't help but smile at her random babbling about things he completly lost track about to keep up what she was saying. She's too cute, nobody can deny that.

He noticed her eyes move to the person in front of him. Only then did he realize he and Kishuna were and still holding hands. A small flush ran across his cheek. He opened his mouth to say something until Kishuna began and started telling the girl the...well..non-corrupted version of their relationship.

Special friend..that's one way to put it...in innocent kid term. Ephraim knew that look Kishuna had when the morph had suddenly glanced at him..this obviously can't end well but the prince was going to play along with it, depending on how far it got he just might be the one to stop it.

"This would be Amara, Kish" Ephraim started, fixing the girl's hair after Kishuna ruffled it a little. "She's Alihi's daughter."

Derrin Hasstorn

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The doors to the party banged open as a grouchy mage strode into the party, his long formal robes brushing the ground as he pushed his way past people roughly looking for something, or someone.

"A party.... he'd definitely show up at a party if he’s in the country, even if he wasn't invited simply because it would cause trouble..... Without me that fool is probably going to get killed," His mood dark Derrin scowled at anyone fool enough to get in his way. Heading to the area where the tree was Derrin was stopped by a waiter with a death wish. He tried at first to sidestep around the unfortunate fellow but the man stepped with him continuing to block his way.

The waiter in question was named Frank, and despite having a bad day so far, his girlfriend had dumped him, he had broken a mirror and stubbed his toe, Frank was determined to do his job right.
"Hello! Sir! Here at the Host Club we aim to make all of our guests feel like Kings and Queens! My name is Frank and it's your lucky day because I'm here to serve you! Isn't that grand?" Frank smiled brightly. Honestly the smile was so kind and sincere, containing the innocence that most people lost when they grew up and found life wasn’t what they thought, most people wanted to smile back at him.


But not Derrin "No get out of my way."

Frank was a disgustfully cheerful guy no matter the circumstance and he thought that this mage was obviously in need of a hug. "Awwww. Who needs a hug? mmmmmm" The waiter set his tray down and being taller then Derrin leaned down to hug the mage.

Enveloped in a hug Derrins arms were pinned at their sides, which was probably a good thing for Frank, his left eye widened and his right eye began spasaming, "Calm Derrin... try to think blue...." He thought.

"If you don't release me now I'll tear your intestines out of your belly and then feed them to a pig."

"Oh come on now! Don't be such a grumpy Gus!" Frank obviously had no clue how much his life was in danger right now or he would have head for the hills, he did let go of the mage though as nobody would be that stupid to continue hugging Derrin.... it took a special kind of dumb to do that in the first place.

Derrin looked up at Frank, "Good now I can see your ugly face again. So I can talk at it, though I doubt someone with your intelligence would be able to understand."

"Wha?" Franks smile ran away from his face.

"Now then, I have some rules. If you touch me again I'll kill you. You smell horrible and look like a tall fat penguin in that stupid tuxedo you're wearing.... and really? You're wearing a top-hat too big for your head... I can't even see the colour of your hair. Your cheerful disposition not only annoys me, and most likely all your so called friends, but it also makes you seem like a retarded overzealous chipmunk."

"Y-you don't mean that do you?" Frank said starting to tear up a bit.

"Yes. Yes I do." Five seconds later a tall waiter could be seen running out of the castle with and arm thrown over his eyes to hide the tears streaming from them.

And Derrin, now with a smile on his face, continued on his way
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The Tempest King

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Joshua hadn't really noticed before because of all the fighting, but man was Akihi a gloomy guy, "Hey, now Don't be so hard on yourself. You should cheer up a bit... even when you smile you look like a kicked pup and an attitude like that isn't ever going to win you anything. Special or not, I can't use it. Tell you what, if you can beat me in this coin toss I'll let you use it anytime you want... as long as you don't break it.... if it broke then I'd get into trouble." Being pretty sure that Akihi already knew his secret he thought it was safe to make a joke, "If it broke they'd probably impeach me or something.... and that wouldn't be good. So go ahead and call it, Heads or Tails?" He'd left the coin that had been on his head on the ground and stooped down to retrieve it, as he stood up he flipped it in the air in his usual way.

His eyes followed it closely as it came back down so he could switch it to whatever side Akihi called when it landed in his hand, the last thing the mage needed was the disappointment of it being a losing toss, course nothing felt better than winning a bet... so maybe Akihi would cheer up a bit.



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The music begun to play, and the festivities were picking up. Dancers were beginning to go to the floor, showing that they had some joy in spinning in a room and trying not to get dizzy. What was it about music that made one want to go to its beat anyway? It was what truly made the life of a party, because music was made by humans trying to lift the spirits of other humans. Well, party music, anyway.

And those festive tunes played by the bards had gotten Leon in quite the optimistic mood. He felt like tonight, he could do no wrong. He felt that if he just had the courage to ask, he'd be one of the dancers, and by the Hero Anri, he'd have fun for once in his life. The Lieutenant had spent most of his Eyris life as a stiff, rigid, serious record keeper whom didn't know how to do anything but write his life away. Not tonight. He'd make that image of himself disappear with a single question.

He lightly grasped Charice's hand with an almost... noble air about him. "May I have this dance?" he said it smoothly, and more gentleman like than any of the rest of the Eyris Watch could manage.


{And so the Javert/Charice pairing crashed into the sea. *smack'd*}

I've been blessed with the gifts of the gifts of the
Lady Saint, so show me some respect! It's not
every day you find a rarity like me.
The martini that FD gave Victoria was absolutely fantastic! It had just the right kick to it that would make the flavor memorable and desired, too. She decided to take a seat, especially since she couldn't see Arashe around. Victoria was going to be here for a while. "I think I'll have a great time having drinks with you... fine gentlemen." she said, motioning to Roy, FD, and Nils with her glass before taking a sip. They were young, yes, but gentleman none the less.

"You see, every table needs some female company!" she exclaimed with glee. Victoria even winked at Mel, casting aside the... rumors she heard about the dragoness for the sake of the party atmosphere. She raised her glass. "Here's a toast to us whom will drink the old year away!"

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Joshua's gambling grin widened as Akihi said "Tails." He wouldn't even have to cheat , the boy had won fair and square.

"Well you ready to see what it is? ..... Would ya look at that! Tails! You win! Excalibur is yours anytime you need it, just come looking for me and I'll get it for you," Joshua didn't like losing..... In fact he hated it more than anything else in the world.... it wasn't the loss of money, just losing in general, but from time to time he'd do it for a good cause.

He waited for Akihi's reaction.... everyone liked winning and he had found that sometimes the shy hesitant ones would yell the loudest when they had a run of good luck, it was kinda funny really.

So Akihi! Anyone in the crowd tonight you have your eye on?" As he asked Joshua moved around beside the young mage and clapped him on the back.


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Kishuna gazed between the girl and Ephraim for a moment; big brother, eh? How adorable~ His grin widened across his face. That was going into storage for use later. He looked down at the girl for a moment, deciding. She could hang onto Ephraim for a bit, sure, but Kishuna was going to need the prince back soon enough. And that soon enough seemed to be now, actually; the music had just started, and people were beginning to drift out to the center of the room. Well, he'd have to tug big brother away from the girl now, he wasn't going to miss the first dance~ what kind of an impression would that make? Not a very good one, that was for sure.

So he slipped up to Ephraim, putting an arm around him from the side opposite Amara, and trailed his fingers lightly down the center of the prince's chest. "Music's playing... we'd better get onto the dance floor, don't want to be upstaged by everyone else." Ephraim spluttered for a moment, looking a bit reluctant, and gave a few weak protests; he wasn't sure if he was really ready yet, nobody else knew, he didn't know how they'd react.... it was kind of embarrassing. Kishuna sighed, moving around in front of Ephraim. "Now, you've got the responsibility to come out there with me, you know. You can't say no to your boyfriend~" And he curled a hand around the back of the prince's neck, pulling him in for a tender kiss.