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Scanning the growing crowd idly, Ahneta finally gave a slight nod to herself. Then she let a smile grow upon her face, and she gestured to the refreshments.

"They are free, you all know. And there's no need to worry - Dacian made them, not me."

Didn't mean nothing would happen of course, but most of them didn't know Dacian's sense of humour all that well...but at least it wasn't quite like Ahneta's.

((Alright~ next event here! You don't all have to go at once, of course. But anyway...when you take a drink, roll a 12-sided die heart ))

The change was so subtle, that Natalie might not have even noticed it at first. Others around might even have missed it - unless their eyes were sharp enough to catch a subtle glimmer roll over Natalie. In fact, even then, they might assume it to be a trick of the light, because after the glimmer faded, it seemed as if nothing had happened.

And it would. Until she touched someone, anyway...then they might get a surprise.

((Alright...Ely is now basically 'electric'. What that means, is that anytime she touches someone, they're going to get a little shock - like static electricity. Except this will also apply to /items/...so be careful around the electronics, hmm?))

Stephan had thought for a while before finally deciding to suffer through the party. Valentines day wasn't exactly his cup of tea, especially in the state he was now. Even once he had gotten down to the building, he still stood for nearly an hour before going in. The former frat boy was in the fashion he had adopted since Remi's disappearence, looking disheveled and completely out of it. At the moment he was only a little intoxicated, but the bright lights still caused him a moment of pain.

Not wanting to seem like he was just standing there, he looked around for a moment, and spotted the bowl of candy. He'd never really liked those chalky hearts, but at least it was something to concentrate on. Telling himself he was going to have some fun tonight he grabbed a handful and popped them in his mouth. Better than he remembered them, and crunching on lovey hearts was a bit theraputic.

For a moment, Steps was silent, looking a bit angry at the mage that had greeted him. But, once he saw some of the other people, he was a little glad that this was the worst he'd gotten. "One question," he replied, "Why do I always get stuck being the one in tights?" With this, he showed a little bit of a smile, remembering his ordeal through drama club and the masquerade. A little voice in the back of his head added, be glad it's tights and not stockings.

"True," he admitted, absently looking around for Remi though he knew she wouldn't be there. He felt a little bad though, because aside from her he really didn't know anyone, and now that she was gone he was beginning to feel out of place. Giving a nervous laugh, he tugged the poufy hat that accompanied his costume down a bit, wishing he could climb inside it.

Since the mage was still looking at him and he'd run out of things to say, Steps reached for the ladle in the punch bowl. God he'd be doing this all night. Until he ran out of food at least. Quickly, he downed a glass of the odd tasting drink, wishing it was alcoholic.

".......Great..." Steps mumbled, turning back to the mage with a pitiful look on his face. "Something to do with this, right?" he asked, holding up the now empty cup. So far, he was a little bit embarassed, but inside he was starting to cheer up. People had probably seen something like that before, now it was just actually visible. "Guess I should take it as a suggestion to cheer up, huh?" he said with a bit of a laugh, cringing as another bolt flashed beside his head.

Tristan had slipped off from the socializing group. He really didn't feel much like talking and pretending to be happy today and if he could stay away from other people it would be best. He'd leave but he want Holden to have time with the other kids and he didn't want to leave his new son there with just Dmitri.

Valentines Day was just such a stupid holiday, especially when you were already very lonely and dealing with a break up (even if it was a year ago).

So instead he wandered, looking around at everything else in the auditorium, avoiding people. It was interesting, thats all he could think, and then there was the stove which just made him wonder.

Dmitri watched his friend walk about and sighed a little. The point of coming was to get Tristan non-emoified, so the little pansy runs off on his own. Dmitri would give up for now, get to meet people himself. But first a drink. He was actually hoping for it to be spiked, he hadn't had anything to drink since moving in with Tristan and it was starting to get to him.

So he got himself a glass and down half of it in one go.

Dacian blinked as he heard a beeping. He ignored it for a few moments, and then realized it was coming from his watch...and what it meant. And he didn't even have to check the watch to know who it was - although he did anyway - since there were only two energy-stage Souls at the moment.

Feeling a grin whip across his face, he reached out and grabbed Step's arm.

"Come with me!"

He didn't even bother to explain, just basically dragged the poor man out of the room, beginning towards the labs. As soon as they exited, their costumes disappeared and were replaced by the previous outfits - as did the little raincloud. It would all return as soon as they walked in those doors again, but for the moment.