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As always, Eiry was the first one out of the car and Isi could hardly keep track of him as he entered the Lazor Tag building. The boy had just managed to hop out of the car, leaving his brother and Rivener to go and park the car. Surprisingly, the parking lot didn't have any spaces near the front, but then again it shouldn't have been so surprising considering that this was a Lazor Tag Center. Isi had never been to one, but he was sure that such a place would be stuffed to the brim with fun-seeking sweaty people. In fact, as he hobbled after Eiry, throwing his arms awkwardly into his crutches, Isi could see people coming in and out of the center. There were people smart enough to wear all black to escape the glowing effect of the black lights in the maze, and then there were helpless first timers who accidentally chose to wear white the day they went for their first game of lazor tag. Fortunately for Isi, who had a wardrobe of mostly dark clothing, he had chosen a grey shirt and a slim dark blue jacket.

The luck in his choice of clothing, however, went unappreciated for Isikoro was not altogether sure of his role at Lucretia's birthday party. He was content to do anything really, either sitting in the room and patiently waiting for the young frei to come out of the game, or watching them from one of the observation windows. He didn't expect to play, not with his condition, and there was a little part of his chest that tensed up with ire and irritation every time his mind stumbled over that conclusion.

"Eiry!" Isikoro called, trying to call back his ward, "Eirdirsceol, slow down and stay by my side! I don't want to lose you."

Oddly enough, Isi's command was heeded. Eiry was floating near the entrance to the party rooms, glancing through the doorway warily at the people inside from underneath a black messenger boy's cap. He pulled his green overcoat tightly around him and gulped.

When Isi and Aphi first discovered the birthday invitation in the mail sent by Lucretia, the minty frei was more than ecstatic to attend the party and see her again. He made sure the clothes he wore were nice and he even tried to comb his unkempt wild hair. He picked out a special present for her, wrapped it himself, and hopped into the car without so much of his usual fuss.

Now that he was there, all his eagerness collapsed within his chest into a solid cube of tense energy that pent up his insides and made him freeze over. He could see her in the next room, floating about like a leaf of the wind, happy and excited.

Isi came up behind his ward. Looking at Eiry, who had suddenly frozen outside the doorway, the boy smirked and rolled his eyes, "Don't tell me that you're forgoing your over friendliness now, Eiry. Come on, let's go in and say hello." And with that, Isi stepped into the room and gave a smile, "Hello Lucretia, hello Kumoru."

With all the chaos surrounding Gage’s death the shadow rose had practically forgotten about the ice rose’s interest in going to play lazer tag with her. However, when a neatly written invitation had arrived at the penthouse and Ethan had presented it to her, the interest in the strange game had been rekindled. Even now as the suave looking car parked in the car park Vyn’s pitch eyes were looking keenly through the slightly tinted windows. It seemed as though other guests had already arrived; the familiar figures of Eiry-kun and Isikoro were easy to spot and rushing past them towards the centre was another, unfamiliar, raevan with large feathered wings. A mixture of nervousness and excitement was fast overwhelming her... She hadn’t been in a large group of her kind... Well, since the summer festival, oh so long ago! But the thrill of a new and unique experience was enough to fight back her apprehension, she’d even not filled herself up with mundane shadows to try and savour the unique variety that were sure to be produced by the lazers. Plus, she couldn’t back out now, Lucretia was expecting her!

However, sitting in the car thinking about the party and the problems and joys possibly presented by it was not going to get anything achieved... So, in a smooth moment she undid her safety belt, opened the door and got out. She turned to give her guardian a thank-you and confirm that she would phone him on her cell phone (neatly placed in the satchel at her side) before proceeding to glide over to where the raevan’s and guardians were congregating.

As she approached Vyn fixed her most friendly smile onto her face and flicked her wings slightly to propel herself over the last few metres of car park and into the room.

“Hello Lucretia, happy birthday.” She announced, presenting the girl with a neatly wrapped small gift and a card. Vyn hadn’t been sure what sort of present to give to the frigid raevan... Her own birthday gift that she’d requested off Ethan had been simple – she liked music so tickets to a music concert had been the obvious choice. However, Vyn didn’t know what Lucretia was fond of really... Other than lazer tag and that knowledge was useless considering the fact that her party was already taking the form of a game of lazer tag. Thus the rose had consulted her worldly wise parent in search of a good gift.

Ethan had also been rather stumped, however eventually the gift chosen was a small electronic device that you could apparently play games on if you plugged it into a television. The logic behind the choice was that if Lucretia liked the thrill of competition with lazer tag she might like the similar joy of beating the virtual games... The link was a little fuzzy, but Vyn hoped that she would like it never the less.