A Night to Remember | All Members Invited

Tere smiled as she looked between the two men, her arm wrapping behind Ashton and slipping her hand up under his jacket a little as she nodded "Well, as well as two people can know each other after what..." She glanced over at Ashton for a moment "4 days?" She asked with a bit of a question before looking back to Fin. "We met at that dance party a few days ago in that club place. He took pity on me and joined me for a dance or two." She said with a smile, glancing to Ashton again.

@ashton
@finley

"That wasn't pity Tere. You were a Godssend that night." He said reverently, tightening his arm around her and looking down at her with a soft smile. "You should've seen the place Colonel. Children everywhere and not a woman to be seen. I guess it's more difficult for us older guys to find someone our own age on an island of teenagers." The chuckle that escaped him was warm and friendly, even if it was true. He felt like a grandfather compared to most of the people on the island.

@tere @finley

Fin doubted it was pity that caused Asthon to dance with Tere, and he was proven right when Ashton denied it. "Demi-Gods don't usually leave to our age," he said, sort of joking in an old man voice. It was true, though. There were a lot of teenagers on the island and sometimes it was hard to creep track.

Though, there was only one girl Fin ever loved and she was gone so he really wasn't looking.

"Still, four days is enough time to really get to know someone, right?" he smiled, trying to continue the conversation a little further.

Tere smiled brightly up at Ashton as he called her a godsend. She was tempted to joke about that particular god being Poseidon, but she decided against it and just listened as the two men spoke. Though as she listened, her smile faded a bit, so many of the kids had been children when the battle went on, she could have helped protect those children. But she hadn't been there for it.

She glanced down for a moment, turning just a little so she could rest her free hand against Ashton's chest. Then she looked back at Fin and smiled, "I've know others who have married after four hours of knowing each other, let alone four days. That said, I think we will just feel it out day by day... Right?" She said with a soft smile, then looked between the two of them and joked "Me and My old men."

@finley
@ashton

Finally, Mac found something to do.

A fabulous but incredibly uncomfortable looking girl entered the House, and an evil little smile spread across Macs lips. There was nothing she loved more than finding a wallflower and leading them into the party lifestyle. She had created many a party goer that way.

She stepped toward the girl and casually tilted her head to the side. "You look lost little bunny. Need a hand?"

@dani

Why the hell was he here? This "party" was overwrought with rule, mannerisms, and etiquette that were required to be met or else you were a sore loser.  Lame.  Nikolai hated complying to rigid and stern rules, especially when it was viewed as "respectable".  He wasn't even allowed to decide what he wanted to wear, and it had to fit into a specific category.  He had started to hate abiding by the the will of others ever since his grandpa viewed him a a constant failure to his oh so heavenly standards, and it did not help that parties like this reminded him of his grandpa's upper crust style.  There were plenty of reasons as to why he would rather not be here.

Yet, here he was; he was actually following the dress code, too.  Well, when he forced himself to follow the rules, Nikolai never really rebelled bluntly besides being sarcastic and snarky.  But still, he was here, and there had to be a pretty good reason why.  Okay, so he wanted to look inside the House of Hades.  It was huge, huger than any estate he'd ever seen in his entire life.  It was also said to be a bit dark and morbid.  He was not disappointed, and standing in the middle of this black Great Hall, he gazed at his surroundings with amazed curiosity.  It truly did look ghastly! So lacking in light it was; he didn't like it, but it was still perversely interesting.  That was the only thing he seemed to care about.  Again, the classical tastes were not to his liking because they reminded him of Grandfather Sergei.  

Outfit

As a girl started to approach her, she was half-way tempted to turn and bolt for the door, but instead she stood there like a bump on a log until. Her icy blue eyes lowered to the floor for a moment before she looked up at the girl through her long lashes and said in a soft voice. "I feel like a lost bunny... But no, no I don't n-need a hand." She said with a slight stutter that was just because she was new to things, in fact, she couldn't remember the last time she even spoke to someone. "I just don't know where to go really, I don't even know how I got an invite..." She said in that same quiet tone, but at least she wasn't stuttering now. "Are you the host of the party?" Dani asked once she gave the part another look.

It was about that time that another entered beside her. A guy. And in that moment she nearly jumped to keep clear of him, bumping just slightly into the girl that had come to greet her. "Sorry..." Dani said with a light frown at herself before she was once again biting down on her lower lip.

@mac
@nikolai

Jason would follow her lead, approaching the male with a small smile and an open hand for a shake.

"Pleased to meet you, Bernard."

It was beginning! She was feeling comfortable enough to introduce him to her friends, and that was a big step considering her issues with trust which he believed were rooted deep...he'd have to rip out her preconceptions by force. He would show that she could trust him every day....even with people whose faces he wanted to bash in. His blood roiled a little at the thought but he ignored it, stuffed it down. Outwardly, it would appear nothing had changed.

"How long have you guys known each other?"

As much as Masin enjoyed talking to the three siblings of the Underworld God who were standing in front of her, her eyes flickered over to Zane as he entered the room. They had... an interesting night together after the Club Nysa opening a few days ago. She bit her lip at the site of him. Sure, he was great at his job as Magister, but her feelings toward Zane outside of professionalism were simply... physical. She didn't leave the group she was speaking with just yet, but she kept her eye on Zane as she addressed them.

"Melanie, you look stunning. Excellent party," she complimented the lady of the house.

@accaila
-
@aimery
@ethan
@zane

"Aw," Mac put on her best pity smile and stepped beside the girl, linking an arm through hers, "Well, don't you worry. Mac will take good care of you," she stopped to laugh when the girl asked if she was a host. "Oh no, no! I'm a daughter of Victoria, not any of that death stuff," she chuckled again, "I'm just an expert partier. Well, my parties are a little more... upbeat, but this'll do for a christening!" She said happily, implying that she was using this party to 'christen' Dani into the party world. "What's your name, kid?" Mac asked her, but not before someone else entered the door.

Nikolai. Perfect, Mac reached over with her free hand, grabbing hold of Nikolais arm. "Hey, Nik. My new friend here needs some company tonight. Will you do the honors?" she asked, giving him quite a persuasive look.

@dani
@nikolai

"Mac? Who's He?!" She asked with a slight fright in her tone. Her head once again began to move around, searching the people before she turned her eyes back on the girl to answer her. "I'm Danisande..." She said in a shy tone and then looked over to the guy that had come in just after her with curiousness.

"Multiple old men, hmm?" He asked with a loud laugh. For some reason, Finley didn't seem like the kina guy to mess around like that and he for sure wasn't. When he played, he played for keeps. That was just how things worked in this world. Ashton had been raised to follow a code, and that code demanded loyalty above all else. Even if he suddenly decided to go against everything, he would always remember that.
@tere @finley

Finley felt weird being considered old, even if it was a little bit true. Still, there were others in the room older than he. Like Masin, for example. "Well, this old man is going to step aside and let the two of you handle yourselves, excuse me," he lifted gently patted Tere on the arm as he walked away, headed toward Zane who was leaning against the wall looking a little out of place "Hey Grey, was this party your idea?" he joked, nudging Zane lightly with his shoulder.


@tere @ashton
@zane

Tere smiled at Ashton, he looked so cute when he was jealous, even if he had no reason to be so. In Fin's case, she saw him more as a friend than a lover, despite her teasing him during the party and before when he and she had been sparing in the Garrison. Then she looked over to Fin and smiled to him, giving a light wave as he excused himself. Only then did she look up at Ashton and gave his jaw a light kiss, whispering "You need not be jealous, I didn't mean 'old men' like that. He is a friend and a good fighter, nothing more... at least not to me. Though, I do have to say, you do look cute when you are jealous." She teased, poking his side playfully before smiling as a soft song began to play. "Want to dance?"

Song
@finley
@ashton

Well, oops.  He had been spotted out.  But then again, he had been pretty obvious, standing behind Jason.  It was only polite to have left them in peace, but he had been too curious (and concerned for Accalia, for some strange reason) to do so.  He was suffering the consequences of that now, though.

But Jason didn't sound angry, and Bernie quickly smiled suavely.  "C'mon, Accalia, let him know how much I mean to you," he said to Accalia.  And then she introduced them.  Bernie's eyes shot upward when she said that Jason was just her friend.  "You forgot the prefix 'boy'," he pointed out intelligently, but then grinned cheekily when she said he was like an annoying little brother to her.  "Can't find a good argument against that."  

He turned to Jason and took the other man's hand in his, giving it a shake before resting his hand at his side again.  "Pleased to meet you too, Jason.  Well, it's a pleasure to meet anyone who could make her go red..." He glanced at her slyly before turning his attentions on Jason again.  He asked how long they had known each other.  "Hmm...I'd say about some four or five years already, right? That was when we just entered Concordia, anyway."

@calloway @accalia