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This was a little confusing to say the least. There were people outside milling about in the cold like him. They each had a drink kid in one hand and some sort of food dish in the other, so obviously everyone had an invitation of some sort. However, there were no signs of life inside the store. We can't all have come on the wrong day, could we? Tsu thought as he pushed forward a little to try and find someone to talk to, and get a shield from the night winds.

Meanwhile Kai was scanning the drink crowd. He never saw so many others like Kareme or himself that he was quite excited about his first party. Granted the one face he'd like to avoid was Kaze if it was possible... but that was only a minor detail. Setting his eyes on a couple drinks that were close to him, Kai tried to keep balance with one arm while he waved and managed to say "Hey" as coolly as one could while being jostled around.

Tsu meanwhile had decided to stop moving in once Kai started talking. It seems like he was networking or something... and frankly Tsu didn't have the heart to stop that from happening. "Erm, Hi, I'm Tsu." Tsu managed to get the attention of a couple young men that were the guardians of those two drinks it would appear. "Exactly how long have you two been standing out here anyway?"

"Jack. Pleased t' meet you both." The tall magician had put on his most middle-class accent, approachable but far above his gutter-talking pub-speak. For a moment, he considered both of his filled hands and then, resigned, he shrugged. "Pardon the hands. Can't shake at the moment, right?"

"And I'm Evie." The little girl clung to the rim of her cup and beamed at all of the new faces. "I didn't think the party would be outside. It's kind of cold, isn't it?" She stretched until she was very nearly tipping herself out of the cup and Jack grimaced as he quickly adjusted his hold on the glass to insure the safety of his charge.

"It is cold, luv. That's a fact." He grinned at the others. "I'd offer to pick the lock but I reckon that'd be bad form. Prob'ly set a bad example for the kids, too." His brown eyes drifted away to study the door and windows. He frowned a bit as Evie again shifted in her cup, moving to wave at Kai and Drucilla. "Can't believe they forgot 'bout it, though. I mean, this is our marks, right? Makin' sure we're taking proper care of the little ones."

"Drucilla," the pomegranate girl said dryly to Evie and Kai both. "Charmed."

She was about to say more when the unexpected shower of pink interrupted her. She glared skyward, fuming. Damnable weather! ...Even though she wasn't sure if pink rain counted as weather...

Caleb looked skyward too, but more out of curiosity than irritation.

"Weird..." he said. "Tastes kinda...pink."

"Nice to meet you Drucilla." Kai responded a little bit less enthusiastic than before. A lot of her manners reminded him of Kaze some way... and that left a bad non-pink taste in his mouth.

Kai paused when Evie asked him his thoughts of the pink stuff. Holding his chin in the same manner Tsu did when he was being thoughtful... "I don't really mind pink, to be honest." Kai said trying to be open minded about everything, "It's just not my favorite color." He finished truthfully.

Tsu looked at the kids talking in their hands. "Either the pink tasting rain has affected my brain... or else our kids are glowing a pink color. Either way this is definitely being classified as weird." He wanted to rub his eyes but with both hands full he could only manage to blink with more frequency.

"Daddy! She says bloody, too!"

Jack winced noticeably but kept his smile in place; it would seem he was less stringent in his avoidance of cursing than he had thought. "Right, luv," he murmured. "But it's not a particularly nice word so..." He shook his head in the face of Evie's happy smile. "Never mind."

Already moving on to the next conversation topic, Evie inspected her hands. "We are glowing. Just a bit. Kind of like... Um, the telly after you turn it off and there's that glow." She stretched her arms out in front of her and then glanced over at the little boy in his cup. "Kai? Am I sparkly yet?"

Caleb, knowing full well he was still two years underage, hesitated for a minute...then nodded.

Something small, then just coffee, he thought to himself. One would think living with a police officer all their life would have made him more conscious of the law. Pshaw.

"Sure," he said. "Sounds fun."

Smiling like a devil at the reaction her vocabulary had caused, Drucilla watched Kai and Evie speculatively. The apple juice child seemed good enough to talk to. She supposed Kai could be alright, after some getting used to.

"Well if we're in agreement about that, I'll ask you to lead the way Jack. It's good to know they have some things for our kids as well." Tsu decided "We can always come back in a bit to see if they open up the bloody shop. Also find out what is going on with the kids glowin' like that." Tsu didn't both bringing up age because he's always been a firm believer that if they didn't overdo it, age didn't entirely matter. One of the things he found from traveling around.

Kai heard the word bloody again and decided when he was frustrated he could use it from time to time. He had yet to try soda as well... so he was looking forward to it. Hopefully Tsu wouldn't be a prude and let him try. "It'll be nice to go somewhere new. I'm starting to get cold here." Kai murmured outloud... more to himself. He was finally able to manage to hide the fact he was excited to meet some new drinks like him.