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Not only was she getting awfully close, but the raven was messing up Leon's hair. Not that he was vain like some others whom were clearly in the force to just look good in armor (he knew a few), but he'd actually tried to look nice in front of a crowd, and there went his effort, right out the window.

No use thinking about that now. She'd asked him a question! "Eh? Tha's Charice. She's under Cap'n Ghis... a fine flier... our... only 'un now." His features grew solemn as he thought of Katherine, but only for a second. If people blinked, they would have missed the frown entirely.

Shinon blinked and went inside he found a seat and sat down. He closed his eyes and rested. Trying to get a grip on his thoughts. Where am I, what's going on, and most importantly who am I? Shinon clenched his fist and opened his eyes.

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Ed scoffed as the entrepreneur counted off a few unusual name-gender combinations, clearly amused by the things he had experienced. She supposed he was right. She got her nickname from her real name, Edina, a name that no one in Learania should know except for her father and two younger brothers. And it was a valid female name, so her alias wasn't that unusual.

Women named Bob and men named Clarisse. Ed was going to keep an eye out from now one for those kinds of people... Maybe she'd already met a few.

Her attention went from the chieftain back to Lance as he suggested not approaching the figure. She nodded, not having really considered it in the first place but knowing the wisdom of his words. Lance was a commoner? Ed glanced over him perplexedly, unable to determine from his clothes, but considering his manner of speech she decided that it wasn't so strange.

"Better to be safe than sorry."

Ed suppressed a laugh, though her face split into a wide and knowing grin. She was never in safe situations any more. No sir, she'd just right into the face of danger first chance she got.

The girl's deep blue eyes followed Lance's gesture to a most peculiar guest, at which Ed gawked in amazement.

"You see that woman over there? The one that's half reptile? At first glance, you'd think it'd be a Halloween costume. After all, it seems more likely than that she'd be an actual, what do you call them, naga? Nagini? Either way, I've met a group of that creature once, so what if it's actually a real one? Then that would be quite strange, wouldn't you think?"

"Naga," she repeated rather unconsciously, taking in the unusual creature. Ed blinked in bewilderment and shook her head. "Nuh-uh -- that can't be a costume. The way the rest of the body moves -- how could anyone make that real? I don't think that's magic either. I'm sure of it..." What made Ed believe this so strongly was her studies of animal anatomy. Ed had never planned on transforming into a snake, but she had the basics down of how muscles should move, and she was sure no one in a costume could make their body slither in that way.

Crew member? Now that Alihi mentions it, Sophia was part of the planning during Tibarn and Arya's wedding....Guess Ephraim just never knew she was actually a part of the crew. Maybe his chances of finding her were better. " Even if she is here..." he paused, thinking about that for a minute. If Sophia even was here, there's also that chance where she'll be too busy for them to even talk.

"Why don't you go look for her? You never know... she could be waiting for you."

Ephraim turned back to the tactician, nearly flushed at that idea. "T-t-t-t-t-that's highly impossible!" oh how the prince wished that was true. Last they met was at the hostess cafe and Sophia herself barely talked! Though the idea of Sophia looking for him would be nice for a chance. He felt a little embaressed looking for her each time there was a party. "..Well...its..i-its possible" he muttered, still a bit embarrassed..wait, why was he embarrassed in the first place? Aaah, it made no sense. Although, Ephraim can't really deny the fact that he would hope to actually find her before the party was over.

Rath looked around the room, noting that it was now flooded with new faces, and there were still people arriving. Not that it was a problem, seeing as how the main dishes haven't even been served yet. Songhua was experimenting with some of the Learanian appetizers, and thankfully he found most of them to be quite satisfying by the look on his face... not that it ever had an unhappy expression, really.

As he scanned the room, he noted Alihi mingling with other guests. Her expertise was well known now in Learania, for the most part, and she had proved useful before, so it seemed like a good idea to introduce her to the Chieftain. With this in mind, he excused himself from the crew table and made his way over to where Alihi was standing. "Excuse me." He interrupted, looking at Ephraim. "It is not my intent to put an end to your conversation, but there is someone I would like to introduce Alihi to." He then looked at Alihi, turned away, and started walking back to the crew table.

He brought the glass back up to his mouth to take a sip. At that time, there was a little noise to his right, and then a thump. He finished the sip, and looked over. There lay a girl next to a pillar, to his surprise.

He went over, looked around, and knelt down. "Hello?" he began, tapping her shoulder, "You awake?" No response. "Aw great... another thing that falls on my shoulders..." He looked around again, no one was looking. Heath tried another tap on her shoulder, this time harder, and concluding that nothing was wrong, she just had passed out at a rather inopportune time.

"Crud, I don't know how to wake an individual up without being rude about it..." Then, Heath decided to try something a bit different. "There's chocolate cake around...?" was whispered.