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Kasmai turned bright red when the other male caught his eye. Oh Guardians, no! He saw me! He thought he might die of embarrassment. The other had been so startled that he'd literally stopped in his tracks and made his friend crash into him! Oh, this was awful!

Just when Kasmai was about to bolt from the room, he felt a p***k in his thigh. He looked down, and when he saw nothing he whirled around. Someone was playing tricks on him! He looked up and pushed his hair out of his face. Strange, he'd just trimmed it recently and it was...already...brushing his....shoulders?

Wait, hang on.

Suddenly he felt very strange. His waist felt trimmer and his hips fuller. And his chest...! It slowly felt heavier than normal. Kasmai was afraid to look down at himself. He'd heard of these kind of things happening at Venus' parties, but he'd never imagined it would happen to him!

He swallowed hard and sloooooowly cast his gaze downward.

Oh.
Oh my.

He covered his mouth with one hand. A dainty, slender lady's hand. What was he going to do?

Oh Guardians, had he seen?

Kasmai jerked his head up and cast about for the purple male. He locked eyes with the other, who was definitely gawking. Huh. Well, maybe it was good gawking? Maybe Kasmai was so gorgeous as a woman that he was overcome with attraction. Or something. He giggled to himself. Well, it was worth a shot.

He made his way over to him and smiled a shy little smile. "I'm Kasmai," he said, trying not to look too shocked at the sound of his own voice.

Having forgone a plate and opted to just shove bits of the free food in her mouth, Erradika decided it wasn't all half bad...what with missing the battle and arriving instead for some....gathering...thing. She wasn't about to pass up free food, even if some of it tasted weird. Few of it was actually a rather good weird.

She glanced across the table at a pale purple feline like pae, eyes narrowing a moment as she studied the female...when a strange feeling seemed to jolt through her being. Any prier thoughts she had about this pae had vanished, replaced with a strong desire to worship this pae like they deserved. Like a hero!

Erradika had opened her mouth to say something when something, or someone touched her arm. Glancing down in surprise, Erradika's gaze met that of her chick. "Cari, did you follow me all the way here?" she tilted her head, churring in surprise. "Nevermind, look." she pointed at the purple feline. "That there is a hero." she found herself saying, gently taking Aracari by the hand and walking over to the cat.

"I'm sure you don't need to be told, a hero like yourself just knows. But you are quite killer." the harpy chirped, resting one hand on her hip, the other still holding on to the teen chick. "Its an honor to be in your presence." she nodded, quite uncharacteristically of her. But she couldn't help it, this hero needed the worship she deserved! This cat was probably the reason the battle had ended so quickly, Erradika was sure of it.

He blushed and smiled as she slid her hands in his. "He certainly would," he said and laughed softly, leading her out onto the floor. He didn't think he would ever get over that flash of butterflies in his stomach every time she touched him, or looked at him. Or smiled at him. Or laughed....

Okay, so maybe he was just falling fast and hard for the demon. It was Venus' Day after all, right? What better way to celebrate it than falling in love?
Firuzeh smiled softly at Noir. "Hmm...why don't we grab a drink first?" Then she would see about pulling him onto the dance floor. She so loved to dance. It was just so much fun for her, and she would enjoy helping Noir let loose and show off some of those moves she knew he had hidden in there somewhere.

"Think the kids are going to have fun here?" she asked as she pulled him toward the punch. She worried about Arc being so much like Noir. She just hoped he could find someone who would help him out of that shell.
Aderyn's wings fluttered as she bit into some sugary confection that made pink powdered sugar burst over her face. "Mmm," she murmured as she chewed. A voice nearby made her open her eyes and lick her lips. She smirked. She was a harpy, of course she was awesome. "Why, thank you," she said, preening just a little. She turned to see who had complimented her.

Oh, wow. "Those claws look so powerful!" she said and reached for one to get a closer look. "Amazing," she crooned. Just then, something very...pink and moving caught the corner of her eye and she tilted her head in a very birdlike way to see two new arrivals who seemed to be very interested in her and her new hero. "Can I help you?" she said, just a little snappishly. She didn't appreciate being interrupted. She wanted to know more about this strangely winged male and his lobster like appendages...
Ruri was about to grab something to drink when he was stopped by some orangey demon chick asking if she'd make a good kitty. "Excuse me?" he asked, rather rudely. He just could not get away from the crazy chicks it seemed. First Prisma at the Halloween party, now this chick here? Oh gods he hoped Prisma wasn't here, too. That would be all he needed. Two crazy chicks at once.

Though in other circumstances - with other women - that idea had appeal. Having successfully distracted himself with that mental image, he smirked. "Nope," he answered her. "You can't be a cat. Because I'm a cat." There we go. Crazy logic against crazy logic. Maybe it would make her head explode and he would be able to grab a drink. He really wanted to find someone at least mostly sane to spend a night or two with...
Saoirse nibbled another piece of chocolate and started moving a bit to the music. She didn't usually dance, but so far she was having a better time than she thought she would. Must be the chocolate. Spying some pae she thought were near her own age, she moved closer to them fearlessly. "Hey, you guys should totally try this chocolate stuff, it's great~" she said with a grin, holding out a little plate with a small pile of chocolates on it.

"I'm Saoirse, by the way." She popped another piece of chocolate into her mouth and smiled, her tail twitching back and forth happily. She really needed some friends, anyway. Illyria and her brothers were fun and all, but a girl needed to be able to get out sometimes...
He sighed softly. He really would do anything for his sister, including coming out to a party he really wanted nothing to do with. "Sure," he said and smiled a bit. "Besides...I couldn't let you come out here by yourself. What kind of brother would I be if I left you alone to get hit on by old guys?" He bumped his hip against hers and laughed a little. Maybe if he could just concentrate on having fun with Laz, he wouldn't worry so much about the sheer number of pae at the party. Maybe.

"Ooh, that does look pretty epic, let's go," he said and followed her lead. "Wonder how they got some of these things so fluffy," he murmured..

{ rolling for dylo's arrows }

It was always an interesting occasion, his mother holding these sorts of get togethers. While he may be the deity of flattery, he wasn't one to use it as loosely with just anyone, nor with numerous individuals. However... he was looking forward to making his darling beloved blush quite a bit with his silvertongue and honey coated words when they had their own time to celebrate.

He kept mostly to the walls, to observe and watch silently, thoughts of his Bryant heavy on the mind. So much so that he nearly forgot what his role was in all of this. To provide aid in the mingling mortals with his trusty arrows. Looking on at the various individuals, he poised his arrows accordingly, and took aim, firing two off without a hitch, landing right on his targets. Perhaps his talents might prove useful for these singles.

Zakira watched the other boy raise his arm and wave and smile, but noticed he wasn't looking directly back at her. That was strange. It was her instinct to tilt her head and try to get exactly on his level, but she stopped herself for the moment, instead glancing down at the table.

What was he looking down at that was so fascinating? Was there something weird on the table? Were his eyes broken? Was he bad at eye contact? Oh! Maybe he was shy like big brother Kheliot. Kheliot was super shy and tended to shrink directly into the floor when anyone came near him. It was kinda funny.

At the compliment to her name, Zakira giggled. "Thank you!" At least she took the slip up well?

Wait.

Tree? 'The Tree.' She had heard that terminology before, but only really from one person. "Cazi," Zakira yanked on his arm, attempting to get his attention from whatever he was looking at.

Cazir had found Aurelia's eyes, and was naturally about to shoot her a grin, when his sister annoyingly tugged at his arm--dammit--and distracted him from the fellow attractive teenager. "What, Zaki?"

"'The Tree,' that's where Uncle Vangelis doesn't live, right?"

"Yeah, Lay-sid-hel or something ... now if you don't mind..."

Zakira giggled at Cazir's small amount of grief, turning her eyes back towards Wellspring. "We live on the beach! Tuatha'Ri! It's quite nice there. Lots of water and sand and not super crowded..."

There may have been a moment of near-terror as he noticed the cutie in front of him trying to catch his gaze, prompting a not-as-obvious as one might think outright avoidance of the contact. If there was one thing he did not want to risk right now, it was accidentally using his powers on her.

On the beautiful Zakira.

He did glance up as she consulted with her... date...? The sprite was starting to question if they came together with that intention or if they were rather friends or something. It happened. Hey, even he could make claims of having faun for family, so it wasn't unheard of or anything. Besides, it'd be a pretty bad move to go with one and hit on another.

Especially if that other was someone as mean as it looked to be. He glared at Aurelia only for a moment, potentially catching her eyes again, before focusing on the beauty before him.

"Laisidhiel," he interjected into the conversation, hopefully not too rudely or awkwardly, "That's what she's called." The beach...? "I've never been to one of those. It sounds really nice." Especially the part about the water. It must have been great being able to go swimming in something like that; from the stories he'd heard growing up, it sounded perfect for someone like him!

Caine was quite content to stand there and be in complete awe of the amazing harpy, at least until he felt someone staring at him. He shuddered, having been somewhat used to the feeling, but also not used to it at the same time. He'd moved away from his mom in hopes of never being observed again. But there was no way she'd be at a Venus Day ball was there?

Caine slowly turned his head far enough to look at who was watching them. Oh Guardians it was her! The shetani shuddered again. Anything he did from this point was going to be closely monitored and recorded. Caine rubbed a claw against his forehead, trying not to freak out. "She's going to watch us until someone else more interesting shows up..." He offered to the harpy. "I don't think she knows just how amazing you are though~" He couldn't help it, this strangely clawed girl was just utterly amazing! He really just wanted to get on his knees and bow to her greatness!