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Coal's attack on Amon's legs was paused as the bag fell the wisp bounced in the air at triumph, when Amon grabbed Nell though Coal's attention went back to the man. His friend had been caught!

The little wisp was going in toward Amon's legs when the torrent of tea doused him. The little wisp's aura flickered in indignation turning his attention toward Neph he flew toward her face angrily, tea mixed with coal dust making dark drops on the ground.

Theirn couldn't help but chuckle watching the two little wisps make so much trouble, glancing over he smirked a little and gestured to Trivii, "lets go get them, seems something is up."

Once the tea hit Theirn cut the distance toward the grill and the trouble quickly, his pale wolf eyes narrowing toward the dark little wisp that he was in charge of watching. "Coal." Theirn spoke softly but with authority attempting to grab the wisp's attention without having to jump into the fray and possibly causing more chaos.

Coal either didn't hear Theirn or was ignoring him, the green fiend was helping the stone burner and must be stopped! The little wisp continued toward Neph his upward dart taking him close to her face but not close enough to hit. Spinning in the air Coal turned attempting to harass her hair.

Theirn's eyes narrowed and his voice deepened, "Coal, Stop." This time the order came in a hushed tone with the touch of a growl behind it. Theirn didn't have a pack but he was dominant when it came to Coal.

Hearing his guardian this time, Coal stopped in mid assault, still hovering near Neph his aura flickered in distress.

Sighing Theirn stepped around the edge of the group heading to scoop up his wayward wisp. "...so does anyone know what happened here?"

Reyna had wandered off to a more secluded area, currently uninterested with mingling with anyone else. She wasn't exactly known to be a social creature to begin with, and the fact that Mystic seemed to be plotting something was both distracting and worrisome. Typically, his mischief didn't phase her, but she was distinctly aware of Athan's presence.

The man in question, however, had drifted off in his own mind. There was something about the house, its garden, and the gathering of people that reminded him of another time. It was both a comforting and surreal.

He realized that Jasa was still speaking with him, and another person had also joined in the conversation. "Oh," he said, "My apologies again. You'll have to forgive me. I'm afraid I was not quite paying attention. I fear my age lends to my occasional absent mindedness."

Athan extended his hand to shake Hugo's and offered him a small smile. "It would be a pleasure to speak with you, sir. You are more than welcome to come by the shop at any time. I am usually away on business trips, if you will, but currently I have none planned for the next couple of weeks. Please feel free to stop by at your leisure as I should be present."

His attention was then directed towards the small bit of chaos the wisps seemed to be creating. His face pulled into a more stern expression and in an authoritative voice he said, "I would highly advise to both of you little ones to take care and behave yourself."

Nell writhed in Amon's hand like a bit like a lightning bug in a jar, the bright little wisp drew her shadows around her like an ostrich shoving its head in the sand. Carnelian hid herself within Amon's fist.

Jumping off the bench Trivii dodged in Theirn's wake, "I am so sorry she has caused such a mess.. children are exceptionally good at getting into trouble you know..." Glancing towards Athan, and Neph. She met Theirns eyes. "I'm sure that they think they had a good reason."

Squirming and a little slippery Nell folded back her shadows, in a flash of complete exasperation.

Of course she and Coal had, had a very good reason

Nephrite flinched back when the black wisp suddenly whizzed by her face and threatened to tousle her carefully styled hair. Why, how dare he, that little, misbehaving … Glaring at the offensive little creature she took aim with the empty jug, having in mind to trap it in there. She halted mid-movement however, when first the threat in Theirn’s voice stopped his wisp’s angry assault, and then Athan made his warning as well.

‘But, I haven’t done anything!’ Nephrite promptly protested, eyes wide, believing Athan was referring to her, among others. Only, she realized a little late, that she had done something. Her gaze flicked from the empty jug she was still holding to the puddle at Amon’s feet, then back to the jug. Athan’s jug. Athan’s tea. Oops! Swiftly she hid the empty vessel behind her back, hoping he hadn’t noticed yet. She … she could brew some new tea for him, better one, and then put the jug back on the table and maybe he wouldn’t even notice!

“Nephrite, just what do you think you’re- Oh.” Amon had completely missed out on the other wisp’s presence, until it apparently tried to smack into Nephrite’s face. So that was what had bumped into his leg just seconds ago, not a bug. Black on black in its appearance, it still proved incredibly hard to spot, even knowing where it was. He looked at the rangy guardian who had come to fetch it, eventually realizing just what the man called the wisp.

“Coal, is it?” Amon’s gaze dropped to the grill, and to the spilled bag of charcoal, putting two and two together. Well, that certainly explains it. “You might want to explain to the little fellow it’s not his family that’s burning here,” he addressed Theirn, eventually releasing the other wisp which was trying to wiggle its way into freedom (and pretty close to it) between his fingers. That lady with the cat ears who’d just approached bore such a terribly embarrassed look upon her face that he was pretty sure she had to be that one’s guardian.

Amon first shook his head in disbelief, and then he simply laughed. Well, the idea of those two wisps trying to ‘rescue’ a bag of charcoal was rather hilarious.

He was, however, starting to become distinctly aware of his tea-soaked socks and pants. “Someone take over grill duty please,” he requested, “I need to get changed. I’ll be back in a minute.” Lucky him that this was his house, and thus getting a change of clothes (and shoes, thank you) wasn’t much of a problem.

He paused, however, at the arrival of the red-head. She was hot. And kissing the fox-lady, or kitsune, or whatever these were called nowadays. What A Shame. He tried not to blatantly stare, but kinda failed.

((Message out to Ana if she catches this: So OBVIOUSLY not gay. XD))

(( Ana: sorry, got my eye on cupcakes. Oh and sorry to Miranda I thought she was speaking to everyone about dessert. XD))

"Well, all the more for me." Anais grinned and looked down at the perfectly presented little cakes. They looked very yummy. She dipped her finger in the frosting and stuck it in her mouth. "Mmmm, good frosting. I'm Anais. I just opened a patisserie near Twilight Designs. Jewelry designer though, that's pretty cool. I do love the shop, though I've yet to actually go inside. Waiting for my first profit. She smiled and started to ease the paper away from the soft sponge. Cupcakes were so much fun to eat, it was hard not to get messy."

“A patisserie! Really?” Miranda’s cheeks flushed. “Oh My God. That means you’re a pro? I’m not worthy. My cakes are not worthy.” For a moment she looked terribly embarrassed and actually seemed to consider to snatch the piece of pastry from Anais’ hands before she could take a bite for real; but then she reconsidered. “You like the frosting, really?”

A patisserie so close to where she worked though, that was good news and bad news the same. Good news for what to eat during her breaks, bad news for her hips.

Sensing his guardian’s excitement, Rutie circled Miranda’s head, slightly tousling her peach-and-pink hair.

“Thanks,” Amon said, eventually managing to tear his gaze off the red-head and turning to head towards the house. “I’ll be right back.”