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Aries gives a small smile back, face coloring just the slightest bit at the compliment. "It's surprising to hear that I'm dark and mysterious." She looks at the various doors and carefully opens up a door, looking around the room for a moment before smiling again. "I think this room will be perfect for me and Bethany."

Bethany pouts and crawls closer to the 'pony' and paws at her again. "Meeeew?"

Aries blushes a bit more, tail curling slightly behind her. "If you say so. I wondered for the longest time, since, well, Bethany was the result of a little too much to drink at a party. Don't get me wrong, I do love my child more than anything and would do whatever it took to protect her. Her father seemed nice enough, I suppose, from what little I remember of the incident. Very well dressed in some sort of robe with black hair." She gives a small shrug at the memory, then looks over at Geist. "It is really nice of you and your goddess to take in a couple of strays like my daughter and myself. We will do our best to serve as best as we are able."

Bethany giggles at the other two children, and claps her hands.

Aries smiles slightly at that, then flicks her tail slightly. "I'm sure everyone has a hint of darkness in them somewhere at some times. It's what makes everyone unique, whether they listen to the darkness when it calls or not." She reaches up and tucks some of her wavy black and red hair behind her ear before glancing at Geist again. "So what would you have me do now then? My daughter and I came with the clothes on our back and little else, so it isn't as if there is any unpacking that I'd need to do."

Bethany pouts slightly as the other crawls away, slowly following after and sitting a few inches away from the 'carriage', eying it curiously and not quite knowing what Modron wanted of her.

Aries gives a small smile, then nods, taking the key out and locking the door behind her, threading the key through a strip of ribbon she had in her pocket and looping that about her neck, the key dropping down to be mostly hidden by her top. "Alright. I'm ready." She says softly, tail swishing once more.

Bethany blinks again, then sits and watches the two older babies, thumb in her mouth, still confused as to what they were playing.

Aries blinks as she takes in all the costumes, a small sigh of wonder escaping her. "Really? A-are you sure it's alright?" She asks, looking at Geist as if making sure it really and truly was alright to look through the outfits.

Bethany wriggles her toes and giggles before crawling over and pawing at the 'horse' once again. "Babababababababababababah?"

As he reassures her that it is alright to look through the clothes, she slowly gravitates over to the dresses, fingers landing lightly on a medieval style low-cut off the shoulder form fitting gown that was done up in a deep crimson color. She carefully takes the dress off the hanger and looks it over, then heads to what she assumes is a changing room to try the dress on. Upon stepping out of the room, she gives a small twirl, the large bell-sleeves of the dress whirling with her like miniature banners. The edges of the sleeves, neckline, bodice, skirt, and where the skirt met the bodice were all trimmed in a pale golden thread. "How does this look?" She asks, turning more slowly.

Bethany giggles again, then wriggles her own smaller, fluffier tail, moving to crawl beside the other child should she start attempting to pull the 'chariot' again.

She gives a small smile at that, a light blush dusting her cheeks and making them seem a darker color. "I... Thank you. I think that since Bethany's father was some sort of wizard, robes might be the best option for her. She resembles him more than she does me, to be honest." She says, carefully picking out a couple outfits for her daughter, then blinking again at Geist. "Is it alright if I go put these and my other outfit in my room then, before we do anything else?"

Bethany paws at Modron as well, wriggling her nose at the other.

Aries chews on her lower lip slightly, peering out of the room and into the hallway. She normally had a grand sense of direction, but one could never tell when a deity might decide to change things around on one. She swishes her tail slightly, thinking, before turning towards the hallway to her right, remembering that she'd gone left to get into the room, so going right to leave would make logical sense to her. "I don't normally scare easy, but since this is a goddess we are talking about, I'm sure I'll be easily startled if I should trip one of her traps. Halloween is a rather creative holiday, after all."

Bethany blinks at Modron, pulling her paw back and staring at it as if it were a poisonous snake. She hadn't meant to hit the other, just show affection in her odd way. Her lower lip trembles, large eyes filling with unshed tears.