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Okay, so the response to Esouna's disruption was the center-stage woman having a fit. With a midair half-twirl, the fairy faced the tan bombshell, giving her a hard glare. "...Yes. This is everyone's ball; I was making it less about you." After finishing her explanation in that fittingly masculine voice, Esouna lowered her altitude to be about twelve feet above the ground. "Keep dancing," she spoke off-handedly, already distracted by something else to look at--specifically, a random table of people.

Unfortunately for him, his hopes would soon be dashed. The young blacksmith was swirling about the room in an almost lost and dazed fashion when something caught her eye. Amongst the vast room of frantically moving figures stood a familiar face, someone who gazed over to her for just a split second in a pause that was just long enough for her to catch. She almost let out a yelp of excitement before waving him over when he turned back to the line, almost unsure if he noticed her fully or not.

Well no sense in being wish-washy about it. Time for a greeting!

Jurie slipped her way through the crowd, feeling the excitement bristle across the back of her neck as she wriggled her way forward, gripping at the golden bracelets at her wrists every now and again subconsciously, stopping only to slide her rough fingertips through the strands of her short brunette hair in a nervous fit.

It wouldn't take long to catch up with the man.

"Mister Rowan?" She'd start with an uncertain tone, her eyes wavering between excitement and embarrassment from her ((as she saw it)) unusual approach to the man. "Is that you Mister Rowan? Its me! Jurie.... Jurie Arks. From last year. Don't you remember?"

Her expressions wore from gentle to soft and that tension wore a certain air that writhed with doubt. All in all it was a completely different tone from when they fought in the field not long ago. She was timid... almost weak at first glance. Hell... had he not fought her perhaps she might seeem like a completely different person all together.

Blame it on the fairy's complicated mentality, which arose from interacting with these foreign people and their ways. Instead of replying to the hostility of the dancer's companion, Esouna merely shook her head and floated away. Wow, it seemed that diverting the light was considered a way to completely ruin the dance...typical; if you weren't the very best, you were nothing, and that even applied to how much attention you received.

The fairy drifted away from the crowds, situating herself over a section of floor less dense with people. She thought about this...the Gaians were changing her; she was becoming more like them. Why was she in this thing again, if she made it to Top 10 previously? That should be enough. Esouna looked at her body...where did her femininity go? It all died and converted into muscle mass and scars.

This train of thought disconcerted her.

Kayami still hidden inside a room she could not identify had somehow calmed down quite a bit. Feeling ready she walked out very casually, she then thought about what happened to the tournament brackets. She turned to where Midus had been and had a look of disappointment come over her face. The Brackets hadn't been posted with her name on the list. Hmm??? Why hasn't my name been posted!!! She shouted in her head, while she was shouting in her head she quickly walked over to an empty space in the room and laid her back against the wall and sat down. Why? Why! How come I didn't make it!!! shaking her head in frustration. She then face-palmed herself and laid her head against her knee's. Lowering her head slowly she then slowly became very drowsy and closed her eyes for a while...

Robyn was about to comment that she didn't really know much of the competition, aside from those she had observed in HoH, but at Anson's comment, she blinked, looking at the boy with a confused look before her eyes widened and she started laughing. She was starting to like this boy. "Nah, kid, you're fine, trust me." She probably would have added a "Maybe later" with a wink at Saphen if the kid hadn't been so young. Not that he was too young to know about that kind of stuff, just that she didn't want to embarrass the poor guy any more than he already was.



And that had been the whole point of the omission of her comment. Yeah, she loved pranks, but she wasn't about to scar some poor kid. She rolled her eyes and crossed her arms, her tail whipping around front for a second to lightly "whap" Saphen on the arm. "Leave the poor kid alone, huh? Keep that up, there won't even be "with others" time." It was only after she said that that she realized how bad that could have sounded. She'd just meant that she would leave him alone there and go somewhere else in the ballroom.

It was then that the music changed, and she swiveled, ears perked up. Now this was her kind of music. Her tail lashed to the beat, and she caught the figure who'd seemingly started this pleasant upturn. The corner of her mouth crept up in a smirk. Girl was hot, and she had attitude, too.

Then some little fairy thing that she remembered from the press conference had to go and interrupt the show. Luckily the confrontation didn't last long, and the music started up again. Robyn was sorely tempted to go and dance while the "good" music was playing, sure they would get back to the jazzy and ballroomy (was that even a word?) stuff sooner rather than later. They always did at these types of shindigs.

Idly she wondered where Rylen had gone, would have been fun to steal a dance with him. If he even could dance. He really didn't seem like the dancing type, after all.

Score he was in the....."Mister Rowan". The words ran down his spin like a dagger. Damn it looked like she had noticed him. Turning around to face face her, he kind of had a nervous smile on here face. Since his name was spoken the whole moment he was thinking. Oh god what is her name, oh god what is her name. When she said her name though a little bit of pressure was relieved. That's right it was Jurie.

"Ahh yes. That's right. Hey Jurie, I didn't recognize you in that dress. How have you been?" He laughed nervously knowing his reason for not recognizing her was a lie. He kept the smile on his face waiting to see what her reply would be.