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Nero

Nero glared at Nico as the other suggested he could bring such a thing to fruition. "I've no intention of being a mother. It was just discovered that my body is capable of it." Nero growled at the other and shook his head a bit. "As for my parents? Well To them I'm a piece in their game of politics. One that can wound them. Their paternal instincts are over-shadowed by their desire for power. They care but I don't rate that highly." Nero said shaking his head a bit and sighing. "They just aren't very fun to be around while these parties go on."

Nero shrugged a bit and looked Nico over. "We should pro..." Nero stopped mid sentence and stared for a moment then shook his head again. "Sorry... just a signal my Mother uses. She wants to meet you. Also I'm officially convinced she's crazy but that's another conversation." Nero reached a hand up bracing the bridge of his nose. "Can't put it off though. Unless you want broken bones." He shrugged and motioned for Nico to follow as he crossed over to where his parents were standing. All the emotion seeming to vanish from him. His body moved in smooth calculated movements and his magical aura grew thick with a sense of dark arrogance for lack of a better term.

Once they were in front of James and Samantha. Nero stepped up to then with a practiced smug smile. "Mother, Father, I'd like you to meet the newest addition to our guest list. Nicolas Crosse." He said motioning his hands to Nico a moment before turning to Nico. "Master Crosse, I'd like you to meet my parents. Lord James Venas and Lady Samantha Venas." He said with a bow and motioned to his parents.

Samantha wasted no time speaking up. "Nice to meet you Master Crosse, So glad you could make it." She said with a polite curtsy.

James gave a polite bow of his own. "Yes, I hope you are enjoying yourself Master Crosse." He said with a smile. The pain clear in his features from earlier but he was doing his best to hold it back. Clearly the missus was quite strong.

In that moment both the Lord and Lady's auras reached out and just grazed Nico's applying a slight pressure but not really bearing down. Just feeling him out a little. Nero raised a brow at that and looked over at his parents confused. Samantha just giving the widest grin that left no room for doubt she was up to no good. Nero's expression went back to annoyed. He didn't know what his mother was up to but he doubted any good would come of it.

Nero

Nero shook his head a bit as he listened to Nico go on about his body. Carrying a child wasn't on his to-do list. It was just a source of political strain on his life because he was basically compatible for an arranged marriage with anyone who benefited from one. Watching Nico attack his mother he just sighed a little at the response. "You really can't see them can you?" He muttered to himself.

James raised a brow at the attempt to intimidate them and shook his head. "Good luck kid." He said with a slight wave of his good arm to Nico before walking back to the party to play host.

Samantha just smiled. "You're adorable." She said before tapping her foot once creating a black wave of force on the floor in front of Nero. sending her son back about two feet to land on his a**. Then a black orb surrounded her and the mage creating a kind of time out.

As the orb formed the blackness seemed to go on forever. the sound of the music cutting out the instant it closed being replaced by a soft hum as the magic inside of the pocket shifted and cemented into form. leaving them in a pocket of space all alone.

The entire time the shell formed Samantha hadn't even bothered to break the spell on her neck. "Now that we've got a moment alone." She reached up and pulled everything out of her hair letting it down and tossing the pieces to the floor. "To be quite frank with you, I can only imagine, Nero failed to be clear in a way you can understand." She pulled her hair back and put it into a ponytail as she spoke seeming quite comfortable as she spoke. "Let me just cut to the chase and dispel the illusions you suffer." She said walking closer and glaring at him. "I may not be mother of the year but I can tell you for damn sure if your little parlor trick had been applied to my son you would not be alive this very moment. I'm capable of killing you not only in multiple ways but with no less than five styles of attack. all of which eclipse you capabilities on their own, the comparison is simply absurd when combined." She said all of this firmly before backing off with a smirk. "That said, I like you. Nero's emotional distance from us is intentional and the reasons are none of your business. Just know that if you hurt my son you will live to regret it." She said with a cheerful smile and reached up rubbing her neck a little. "Is there anything else that's bothering you Nicolas?" She said cracking her neck. It was stiff now but there was still no sign of any actual damage even with all the talking she did.

Samantha's natural defenses had completely nullified the effects of the thread around her throat. It still caused tension in her neck to hold it off like any other act of resistance would but it only generated a mild discomfort.

Nero


Samantha smirked and nodded as she pulled out a white paper fan with red markings. "Well as I'm sure you're aware a mother can never be too careful." She opened the fan revealing a symbol drawn on the fan. "This is a pact symbol. It's very simple really. You offer it blood and recite the pact. Then it copies itself upon your life force. All I require is your pact that you will not harm my children out of malice at the cost of your magical power. Do that and you may take him. He is perfectly capable of handling the eventualities himself. Being a grown man afterall." She said rolling her eyes and shoulders in an exaggerated expression. "Just call it insurance, you understand if you hurt him I'll not only wreak havoc upon your body with my powers but use your very life force against you as I destroy everything you know, love, or have the most vague positive feeling about." She said with a positively creepy smile.

"As for killing my enemies, well Nero isn't going to just go away with you forever after one meeting. I'm sure we can discuss this at length another time." She grinned a bit. Though her spell was starting to fail and the music could be heard from the hall around them as the space started to thin. "hmm I thought I put more punch than that. Ahh well. In or out?" She asked clearly annoyed with herself and not really feeling the sense of ceremony of her extortion anymore.