A Night to Remember | All Members Invited

Accalia nearly jumped out of her skin when someone placed a hand on her back from behind. She thought it was Bernie being a little flirt, but before she could react the way she wanted to (possibly by punching him) she heard the voice and realized it was Jason. She spun around to face him, "Jason I- Hi," she sputtered out, amazed at how close they were and how his hand had still managed to stay with her as she turned around. Her cheeks blushed red as she made eye contact with Bernie, who was making funny faces at her behind Jasons back. "Hi... you look... amazing," she managed to whisper.

@bernard @calloway

Jason smiled, keeping his hand on her as she spun so it now rested gently on the side of her arm, at the shoulder muscle. He would gently let his arm slide down, using his other hand to offer her one of the drinks it held. "Drink?" He would then take a little sip of his own, watching her calmly. He was, admittedly, nervous. His sister was here, and that was complicated. Plus, with everything that happened with Geoff in the woods the other day...

"Thank you...I came hoping you would be here."

He would reach out to take her hand, assuming she didn't try to pull away. This...was the nervous part.

"I actually wanted to apologize."

Laughing at Tere's comment, she shook her head before replying. "It may surprise you, but compared to the parties I used to throw before all of this...this thing is tame and small. My mother was a socialite. Five years ago, this was my life." the nostalgia faded at the sight of Finley coming around the corner, dressed in a nice suit.

"Well good evening to you too Fin." Shaking her head at Tere's antics, she couldn't help but chuckle slightly. It would do Finley some good to be around a girl like Tere. Maybe she would help him loosen up a little bit more. "I didn't do it specifically for you, but I'm glad that the two of you know each other. Fin works with us quite a bit." This was amusing. Poor Finley was in for it tonight.

@tere @finley

Fin leaned into the kiss Tere gave him on the cheek and reached behind her to grab a drink off the table beside them. "Thanks Ter. I don't get it out much," he shrugged, gesturing to the suit and taking a sip out of his glass. He couldn't help but laugh as Tere asked Mel if he was invited as some sort of entertainment to Tere. He considered her a friend, and would gladly keep the lovely lady company.

"Evening Mel. I must say, you both look divine," he added,  lifting the glass as if to toast to the beautiful women. "Mmm, Miss Thorn is correct. I do spend a lot of time helping her train and whatnot," he said proudly, "but she's the genius of the operation."

@tere @accaila

He was so smooth, spinning her around with that smile still in place and offering her a drink. "What is it?" she asked as she gingerly took the cup from him, but she didn't take a sip yet. She liked knowing what she was drinking, even if she trusted the person. Well, if she trusted him... she did, didn't she? Hadn't she already decided that?

"Oh," she said softly, letting him take her hand but turning her face away from his, her cheeks growing hot. There were people all around the room, people were watching. Why did she care about that? Well, at least it would help her not make a scene. "For what?" she muttered.

@calloway

Tere nodded to what Mel was sharing with her, though she could see the look in the girl's eyes. She smiled softly to Mel, but she couldn't quite feel the same way, her mother had died when she was so young, she never had a chance to go to parties. It was probably why she loved hitting them so much now.

Then she glanced over to Fin, and as he had reached for a drink, she reached for one as well so that when he toasted, she could raise her glass at the same time, clinking it against his with a playful wink. "Thank you, I do so love to dress up, especially if there are going to be hot men around to impress." She said with a wicked smile and then said, "Maybe one day the three of us should do some training... what do you say? Think you could take two of us at the same time?" She teased Fin.

@finley @accaila

Jason would take a little sip from his drink. "Sparkling cider." He kept her hand. Despite how red her cheeks got, Jason was different. He was dressed in nice clothes, drinking a wonderful drink....and yet he didn't seem to notice anyone else was there. He stared boldly into her eyes- not looking down at her body, at her friends, or at the public. Just her.

"Yes. When you told me about Geoff, I took it personally. There is a history for me that is similar to yours, and that connection fueled anger. I am...not proud of that side of myself. I should have held it in check to show you I am a better person. Someone worthy of you. I promise- I will never let that happen again, and will heed your wishes as though they were my own. I'm sorry for what happened, and hope you can forgive me."

Jason took things like this personally. She had taken his arm, asked him to stop- and he treated her like it didn't matter. That was a disgusting perversion of the truth- it did matter. He liked her way too much and he needed her to know that. Needed her to know he wasn't some blind hothead that would just forget himself and her because he could. He would not wait for her to reply- he needed her to just hear him, then he would go and stop embarrassing her.

He tapped his glass to her, moving forward and whispering in her ear.

"Enjoy the night."

And he would move back off, unless stopped!

"Aaand you're welcome," he said as she mentioned the 'hot men' to impress. "Hmm," he considered the training idea with delicacy. He could probably take both of them, sure, but it would take a lot of work and he would only last for a short amount of time. They both were talented fighters. "I think a one on one on one would be safer for everyone," he said with his own little wink. He was willing, of course, but he was also not sure if he wanted these two to see how he really got in a battle. Incredibly ruthless. Well, a little sparring never hurt anyone.

@accaila
@tere

When he named the drink, Accalia raised her glass a little and took a little sip. "Hmm," she said as she tasted the cold liquid roll over her tongue. It calmed her nerves a little, but didn't eradicate them completely.  She listened as he gave his explanation and nodded slowly, looking up into his eyes and tightening her grip on his hand a little. She took a half step closer, even though they were already standing incredibly close. Before she could answer, however, he leaned in to whisper in her ear and started to move away from her.

"Jason," she whispered, not letting go of his hand in the slightest. "Why... why don't we just forget about that for now and... just don't walk away," her voice was quiet, but he would be able to hear her, even if no one else would. She knew she wasn't worthy of someone like him... someone big enough to come out an apologize for something like that. Something that was a mere reaction. But she didn't want him to leave, not when she wanted to tell him she reciprocated the feelings. Not when she wanted to tell him that she wanted to heed his wishes too.

@calloway

Tere laughed softly and nodded, "Well that's no fun... a little girls on guy action is always more interesting." She said with a teasing tone "Then again... I think my ribs are still healing from the last time you and I tangoed." She added, her smile growing mischievous. Then her eyes turned on Mel and she smirked a bit, "I'm sure you know, but this one gave me a hell of a beating. I think next time I would need your help."


@finley
@accaila

"I hadn't heard that, but it doesn't suprise me." Melanie said, mock seriousness in her tone. "I like the sparring idea, but Fin is right. Maybe tag-team style instead? Teresia and I versus you and one of your boys?" She'd take that bet. Personally, she had never seen Teresia fight, but she had heard she was a force to be reckoned with. It was something she intended to keep in mind for a later date, but sooner would be better than later.

@tere @finley

So his siblings were throwing a party, eh? Ethan had a way of arriving fashionably late for that sort of thing. He wore a black suit with red accents throughout, but tried to look at nonchalant as possible. He left his room in the House of Hades to slip into the room where the party was being held.

Well, what a lovely crowd they had about! Ethan stepped to the refreshment table, picking up a glass of coca cola. The only problem was, Ethan didn't know where to start. Magistrate DeLisle would be a good place to start.

He approached her, and his brother Aimery. "Enjoying the night?" He asked the two of them.

@masin @aimery

With her trusty camera in hand and her stealth and thieving skills, Leonora attended the party at the larger than life House of Hades.  Of course, she was planning to steal something just as she had easily pickpocket-ed the drunken people at the night club--it had been almost effortless.  Now would actually be easy, though, because the place was huge and she had more than enough places to sneak and hide.  Not to mention, most of the huge halls and rooms were empty save the Great Hall.  Normally Leonora would just get straight to the stealing, but having found herself to be the love of Susoro's life, she decided to blend into the Great Hall to see if she could find anything juicy to take a snapshot of.  Even if this was a formal party, it had been known for generations that kings and queens could still be scandalous, no?

So there she was, wearing a simple dress with a cardigan over it.  The cardigan had pockets, and inside one of the pockets was her camera.  She stood inconspicuously in a corner, eating a pastry and scanning the crowd to see if anything interesting was happening.  So far, nothing--she was getting impatient, but she had to remember that people were beginning to come in.

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MISSION SUCCESS! Bernie had been able to get Accalia to go with him to the party at the House of Hades.  Surprisingly, he had gotten that creepy son of Hades to help him--he figured that she might listen to Aimery because he was more serious than he was (Accalia respected serious more, it seemed) and the host of the party--but it seemed that creepy Hades son had been in a good mood, and all went well with Aimery being his accomplice in getting Accalia here.  It was probably going to be a boring party, but still a party nonetheless, and anything that said party, Bernie would be there.  He thought it would be really stupid of Accalia NOT to make an appearance there because she was gorgeous and quite sophisticated, which was what the party was about.  She would thrive there.  He was also concerned about her well-being, considering that her schedule was bringing her to a slow suicide in his opinion.  She could do better than this place to have fun, but a formal party was not a bad start. 

So anyway, they were finally in the Great Hall and before she could try to change her mind and run out of the place, Bernie dragged her to the table with refreshments.  Perhaps she'd be less feisty once she got something good to eat and drink.  Fortunately for Bernie, her man-crush who he just learned about the moment the guy approached her came to his rescue and had her anchored right at her spot.  She was clearly besotted with him, and that delighted Bernie at the same time it made her feel sly and mischievous.  His eyebrows were raised, his eyes widening in interest.  "Oh? What's this?" he murmured to himself, and then he grinned.  "Ooooh, she's in love! Unbelievable! Did pigs just fly outside of the window or what?" He quickly moving out of the way for the guy to stand alone with her and stood behind him, although not too close for Jason to know that Bernie was there, making faces that were clearly mocking the stereotypical girl in love.  He was batting his eyelashes and lifted his hands to his face, pretending to be a girl dreaming about her boyfriend, and then he was puckering his lips in a comical version of kissing someone--and his eyes were on the dude.  In other words, he had been pretending to be her.  He grinned and laughed silently when she saw all of that and blushed.

And then he watched with genuine curiosity as they quite intimately interacted.  He was really happy that Accalia had a boyfriend, or at least a big crush who reciprocated the feeling.  That should help her loosen up and view life with more brightness.  He was concerned, of course, that the guy would be some bloke just taking advantage of her, but so far the man looked genuine, and when he leaned his face towards hers, Bernie was anticipating a kiss.  But instead the dude just whispered in her ear, and then looked like he was going to walk off.  She made no motion to follow him. 

WHAT?! DAMN!!! Where was the lovely kiss? If not kiss, why wasn't she following him? But wait--she was imploring him not to leave, and he jumped into the defensive at that.  What kind of a man was he, leaving her when she didn't want him to leave yet? He couldn't bare to see that happen to Accalia, even if she was more than able to look after herself and deal with this stuff by herself.  His face had an expression of indignation, but then he made himself calm down.  After all, he had yet to see the guy's reaction.  Maybe he would be a gentleman and not leave Accalia.  He was about to open his mouth and encourage the guy to kiss her or something, but then stopped himself.  He'd just have to look like he was keeping out of it; this seemed like a matter personal and emotional between the two of them, and he probably was going to spoil the moment.  Therefore, he wasn't going to intervene just yet unless the guy clearly was being a jerk.  He had yet to know, and until then he contented himself with narrowing his eyes slightly at the man, seeing what he would do. 

Bernie's outfit
@calloway, @accalia (He's just looking at them)

Jason turned, hand extended still clasped by hers. He watched her as she told him to forget about it for now and not leave. His face would slowly brighten as he gave her a smile to match her request. He was glad she didn't want him to leave and, to be honest, was a little flustered by her holding his hand despite having done it before. He would step back toward her with a nod. Literally, he just got done telling her he would make her wishes his wishes, and this was one he wanted too. He decided to pull a princess bride.

"As you wish."

He would gesture with his chin over to her friend- the one that had had been making faces behind his back- which he had not seen. He had seen, however, Accalia look in his direction and since Jason turned around and noticed the male staring at them, he figured he'd point the guy out.

"Want to introduce me to your friend?"