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Upon getting the note in the mail about the new years party, Penn instantly went about getting the boys some party clothes. Gotts had long sense gotten out of the habit of where and how he was able to afford such things. He never got a straight answer anyway.

The boys however loved their clothes. Even Aus who was usually more reserved was excited about the new apparel. Of course, they were just as happy about bath time that it took both parents to get the boys out of the tub and keep them that way. Dried, clothed, combed and ready, Penn loaded the twins into the car and headed to the designated party site.

Upon arrival, the boys greeted Kat politely, playing with their proffered hats and wearing them as everything else besides hats.

For the first time since he could remember, Anoki was on time. That was probably helped by the fact that Raven, remembering how the last "party" turned out, opted not to come. That meant that he was spared having to wait for her to be ready, though she did have a few things to say about his appearance before he left.

Personally, Anoki thought he looked a bit too dressed up. Instead of his usual tank tops and sweatshirts, he was wearing a black dress shirt and slacks. Raven had tried to get him to wear a tie, but he ducked out before she could force it on him. If he wore that, it would distract from the ornate pendant he wore on a long cord around his neck.

Myung-Ki was also wearing a new necklace, consisting of a blob of blue glass on an iron disk. It was completely against his taste, but worse than that, it was spelled to keep his smoke-breathing in check. Even the fancy gold collar he wore over it didn't make him feel better. He glared at everything, and twice came close to tearing down some of the party decorations out of spite, just on their way in.

"Myung-Ki! Th-that's enough!" Anoki scolded, looking around nervously. He was one of the few people there, which was a nice change from being late. But it left him with a new worry- what was he supposed to do while everyone else arrived?

Ligeia walked into the room that the party was being held in and looked around to see who was around so far. The owl had his hair gathered back in a braid that fell passed his waist and he was dressed up in simple garb of a black skirt and a white tank top with star on it. He was bare foot today, not needing shoes since the cold didn't bother him and the walk here had been a short one.

As he gazed around he realized while didn't know who the little ones were though they were cute but he did recognize Anoki. He gave a bright smile and was half tempted to go over and pounce the ibex boy and give him a hug since it had been a while but he didn't want to scare him or anything, "This should be fun." He said to those that came with him.

Vorel gave a nod of his head before looking around, he didn't see anyone that he knew sadly. There was still time though so maybe someone would show up that he could talk too? There was a dragon here though, a red that he was pretty sure he'd seen before just wasn't very well acquainted with.

"Meh, it will be fun if the right people show up." Ter said, a scan of the room left him disappointed. There was no Z and there were no cute girls to talk either. Just a bunch of boys... boring, "I'm gonna investigate the snack table." He told his brother before slithering off in that direction.

His wyvern followed after him quickly having as much interested in children as her boy had which was very little. Unless they came baring gifts for her greatness to enjoy she didn't much care for them.

"As anti social as ever." Ligeia said to his dragon before walking in and greeted the room with, "Hello everyone!" A gathering was just what he needed to perk up his spirits he thought to himself.

Myung-Ki snorted and swiped another streamer, but his heart wasn't in it. He felt silly, which he hated. He couldn't even try to torch things. And to top it off, more dragons came in- including a bigger one. Worse, a Frost. Myung-Ki may have been vain, but he wasn't stupid enough to pick a fight with a big snowman.

Then he spotted the Silver, and hissed. He would certainly be keeping an eye on that one through the evening. Or sooner. Growling, he started off in that direction-

- and was held back by Anoki, who grabbed his dragon by the collar. "Enough!" he said through gritted teeth. The kids seemed nice, if a bit scared of him- or maybe of Myung-Ki. And then there were a couple boys who were his own age. All boys so far, he noticed. And one girl- some white bird that Anoki hadn't met. She reminded the ibex of someone, but he couldn't quite remember who...

Since she had addressed the room at large, he didn't feel too nervous about waving back. "H-hi! Happy N-new Year!"

After debating over and over in her mind, Vivina decided to come out for the party. She had not been in the best of moods lately, but seeing as the party may cheer her up some more, she decided to go. She wore the purple and pink clothes her secret santa had gotten her as well as a simple humble dress. Her hair was tied back and brushed neatly for once. However, Vivina did not walk in with a skip and a hop. Rather, she crept in and quickly settled herself in a corner, hoping not to get noticed. She wanted to watch, not to talk since she didn't have anything to say to anyone. She grabbed a cup of punch and sipped it quietly as her large eyes scanned the classroom for anyone she may know.

While Vivina kept to herself in a corner, Sephayr burst into the room with a proud roar and immediately went for some cookies. He was wearing Vivina's old hat from New Years Day way back when she was just a toddler and a small black bow. If he had limbs, he would have gladly strut in with a cane. The amphithere gazed at the streamers above his head and snorted. Those things are definitely not pretty. At least now he doesn't have to worry about tearing things down. Although something was telling him that the gold tinsel streamers were asking for trouble...

"Ayyyyyiiiie Da Vinci!"

A loud declaration had escaped Max's throat as he scampered along, twirling and twisting all the while. His arms had flailed and his tail had clattered in the habitual manner, all of his noise falling into the nature of a jamboree. His feet had seemed to move to his own rhythm, and his attention had followed suit with the nonsense of spinning in circles while shouting his jibberish to the great room. He had only paused to greet the woman at the door, handing out shimmering hats (which had managed to capture his attention quickly). While he had not taken one, he had certainly reserved a moment to admire the lettering and to blubber an incoherent phrase about it. The hurricane that he was, it had not lasted long. He had lost interest in the hat and had gained it towards the white collared shirt he had been forced into, as well as the uncomfortable formal pants. He already hated them both; they made everything uncomfortable, and that made having fun all the more difficult. With a few hesitant glances over his shoulder, Max had unbuttoned a few buttons of the shirt. His feet had shuffled within the awkwardly fitting shoes, as if attempting to kick them off in an inconspicuous manner; then he had stopped. A hand grasping his collar had sent a chill up his spine, leaving him with a pouting face and an irritable feeling within his stomach. It was not until the hand had released him that he had folded his arms and scuffled his shoes against the floor.

Kenneth had learned quickly to keep tabs on his boy. He was more wild than a crazed, hyper hound. Without a little constraint, there was nothing but trouble - and he had swore up and down that he would not have a replay of the various sliding incidents that had occurred throughout their time being together. All it seemed to take was a grab of the collar to get the message across that there was no active game to be had. Max had seemed to get better at listenin --- His thought had come too soon. The boy had bound off without a word, disappearing somewhere within the room and leaving behind his shoes. Furrowing his brows, Kenneth had rolled his eyes. He had leaned over to grasp the pair within his free hand, the other catering to the fact that Max had demanded he bring the book he received with them. Ever since he had opened the article, it never seemed to leave his precense. Wherever Max went, that book went, and if Kenneth were about, he was the one carrying it like a walking back-pack. Quietly, he had shifted the items before giving Kat a greeting of his own, smiling sheepishly before taking a few brisk steps to hunt down the small otter he knew was lurking somewhere within the room.

Peri wandered down the hallway behind his boy and Kalseru. The note hadn't said much of anything about parents and so he was wondering if he could slip off and maybe find one of the mothers while the kids were preoccupied.

Nibal entered the room with a grin upon his face, which fell a bit as he saw the number of people already present. The boy searched around the room for a while before his eyes fell upon the plate of cookies upon the table. But it was all the way across the room... With a sly grin, Nibal flicked his tongue out to snag a cookie, then started to munch on it happily.

"Nibal!" Peri scolded, having come in the room to see his son's stunt. "Manners." He reminded the frog kid, who frowned around a mouthful of cookie at his parent.

Nibal managed to swallow the cookie. "P'las!" He whined softly. "No one else's parents are here..." Which in preteen meant: "Go away!".

The man shrugged. "Just... behave." With that, he left.

Kal grinned up at her boy. "Nice trick!" She commented before her eyes fell upon a familiar dragon. "Baroness!" The green happily called and ran across the room recklessly, not bothering to attempt to dodge anyone in her way.

"Kal!!" Nibal ran after his dragon, apologizing to anyone run over by the enthusaistic green.