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Chloe flushed with happiness as she saw Alex appear, awkwardly bringing a hand up to put on the other woman's shoulder and gave a light squeeze. "O-Oh... Th-Thank you. H-How are you, Alex?" She gave a small nervous laugh at the thought of needing an escape.

She took another sip of her drink, savouring the fruity taste. When Natsuki left she didn't quite know what to do. She glanced around at those surrounding her, giving a shy smile. Looking down she noticed Tyson, smiling down at him in honest delight. "O-Oh! Hello." She recalled this boy from the Partie D'Amour... he'd paid for a kiss! Such a sweet little thing.


Roux watched the goings on from his corner, leaning further into the shadows as though he wished to imitated Vyn. He soon turned back to his tiny mirror fragment, careful to keep his pitiful wings to the wall. Two bright spots of red had begun to blossom at both points of his thumb and fingertip where he tightly held the sharp glass piece.

"Ow!" Ravi grunted as his ear was tugged downward. He wasn't surprised to hear We`rika's raspy voice tickling his ear - who else would have the nerve to pull him down a head by the lobe of his ear? Well, at least it wasn't his hair being pulled this time around, he thought. Such concerns were obliviated, however, when We`rika repeated the word, "irresistible." The word was completely different when Natsuki had said it; now, at such an intimate distance and in such an intimate tone, the word left Ravi with an unsettling but not unpleasant twist in his stomach.

He felt himself grow redder, which in turn made him embarrassed, which, in turn, led the serious man to feel resentment towards the Huichol. "I... I don't dance," Ravi nearly spat, his voice just barely concealing rage. Oh, We`rika had won for now, as Ravi's face was indeed completely red - but Ravi wasn't without a few tricks of his own.

Blackmail. It came hand in hand with friendship.

Tyson smiled up at Chloe, happy that she had seen him. Even in this ocean of people! Well....it might not have been an ocean but to a child. This size of a gathering was huge!

"Happy Birthday!" Tyson cried, his boundless sense of joy causing him to bounce all about. This time, unlike like the last, his sudden lurches of excitement were put to a halt in a minute or so. Lillian had gently laid a secure hand back onto Tyson’s shoulder. She knew she was appearing to be a big old stick in the mud, but Tyson needed to contain himself.

"Let's not burn all your energy just yet, Tyson. There's still plenty to do here." Lillian reminded the child before she turned her attention back to Chloe, "I hope you have a very Happy Birthday, Chloe! I'm not sure if we were introduced earlier, I'm Lillian. I think you already know Tyson." Lillian told the young woman with a sweet smile. Ugh…what a horrible introduction! Why did she suffer in the inability to make a good first impression?

"Chloe! I hope you like our gifts! We made...oops! I mean, wait, did I say anything about the presents? If I did, Chloe you must forget them! If you don't, the surprise will be ruined!" Tyson cried in sudden alarm. To show how serious the crime was that he had just committed, the child raised both arms in the air and shook them for a moment. Well…at least to him that was a smart way to show his distress. It was better than what some people did on T.V. to cool off.

Unlike last time at the other celebration, in his current set of clothing, no longer was there any kind of restrain. Tyson had the capability to move about much for freely and do as he pleased without the occasional fall and turtle struggle. Well, at least one person was happy to be rid of the winter suit. Unlike Tyson, Lillian didn’t want to put away such handy piece of snow suits. They were simply perfect to restrict Tyson from wandering off too far.

“Are you enjoying the party?” The siblings asked in a sudden unison of their voices. Both were curious to know if Chloe was happy with the arraignments that had been made for her celebration.

Aphismet had picked up a piece of food, and chewed absently as he looked about. There was a commotion around a pretty lady dressed in white... she looked like a bride. And that pink hair complimented it perfectl-...

"Chloe!?" Aphismet muttered to himself, his jaw falling open and his half-chewed snack almost tumbling out before he caught himself awkwardly, a hand flinging up to clap over his mouth and keeping the foodstuff inside. He caughed subtly into his hand, half-choking on the errant snack, haunching over.

After a moment of struggling to regain control of himself, Aphismet finally stood up straight again and stared. Was that really Chloe? She was... she was positively glowing! She was..

Hogawd, she was surrounded by other people! Lillian, Tyson, and Alex among others! Aphi couldn't go over there now! He'd probably stumble all over himself. He'd probably get laughed at.

Half hoping Chloe didn't spot him, Aph slunk away to the drinks table (Without noticing that Alex had made her way there while he choked!). He needed something to erm... dull the edge. This party suddenly felt very stressful.

Rivener floated through the crowd and almost zipped right past Roux, catching a reflection from the mirror at the last moment. He paused and peered in the shadows, not really expecting to find...

"Roux?" he asked, startled. Floating closer slowly, Riv frowned in concern. "Roux, what are you doing there?"