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"Of course, I know you wouldn't be classy enough to think of this," Finley joked. In fact, he knew that Zane was a pretty classy guy under that somewhat shy exterior. "Melanie is hard to say no to, I agree. She's lucky to have a house full of brothers," Finley said, in all seriousness. At Zanes question as to why he was there, Finley shruggeed and laughed. "Actually, Mel sent me a text telling me I needed to get down here. So, guess she has power over both of us," Finley only thought of her as a little sister type as well, Zane would know that.

"So, I heard you spent some quality time with Masin. How was that?" Finley turned to look at the Magister in question. His tone was light, comical. He didn't really want to know details about whatever happened with he and Masin, but he couldn't help giving Zane a hard time.

@zane

Dani blushed softly at the complement and looked down for a moment "thank you". The male was making her a bit nervous but as the girl teased him about a makeover, she looked up at him, really taking him in. He was quite handsome - cue the blush - she couldn't see what the girl was on about. "He wasn't always handsome?" She asked quietly and then arched her brow a little at the girl's question. "I don't, I prefer the animals... I can sense things about them." She said, like when they were near the end of their life.

Then another was goining them and in that moment, she began to squirm a little. Big crowds weren't her thing, and then the fact that she felt beneath them didn't help. Still, she let the girl hold her in place to keep her from doing what another just had tried to do... Run.

@mac
@accalia
@nikolai

Ethan was having a grand old time standing with his siblings and talking to the magister, but he was quite disheveled when he was suddenly being grabbed by the arm and dragged out onto the dance floor. However, Ethan wasn't surprised in the least that someone wanted his attention. He turned to face his dance partner and took her by the hands, as though he had planned this all along. "Why, Magister Ashland, don't you look stunning?" he complimented. Ethan was never one to deny a girl a dance, even if she did have a boyfriend. Plus, he had always found Becca to be an attractive girl, and attractive girls always did well in Ethans book.

@rebecca

Melanie nodded in agreement to Masin's comment about the children of the big 3. Of course, Aimery didn't see the responsibility. He just did his own thing his own way. It wasn't a bad quality, but it was one that most people didn't expect from a Son of Hades. "I agree, though I do believe we're more conditioned for it by now. Responsibility is kind of our thing. Well, most of us."

The sight of Magister Ashland pulling her brother away made Melanie frown. She didn't like her in the least bit and was well aware of her power. Then again, he was a big boy and could handle himself quite well. Turning back, she happened to catch the almost imperceptible look that Masin gave her other brother across the room. Smiling knowingly, Melanie finally spoke up about it. "Maybe my brother would be interested in saying hello, Magister? Should we join him and the Colonel or do you think we should make them be social?" Zane was going to kill her in her sleep. It would be worth it though.

@aimery @masin

"Well thank you. You don't clean up too bad yourself." Now this, this would be fun. Manipulating a child of Pluto in his own home was more than she could ever have dreamed of. As the music picked up, she wrapped her arms around his neck and laughed. "Great party by the way. A little dark and dreary, but isn't that just your style?" She was teasing of course. That half-wit sister of his and the demented one that was never around may be the goth birds of happiness, but she doubted the boys would actually be THAT bad. She could be wrong though.

@ethan

Jason grinned as Bernard talked about them. He hadn't yet made anything official with her yet. In fact, neither of them had discussed it. An unspoken rule between them- take it slow. Get to that point together. Eventually it would feel right and there would be no problems. As he opened his mouth to respond to everything, however, Accalia was leaving. He turned around with a slight look of shock, knowing it was clearly out of the blue as another girl stopped her. Jason would walk forward just after the last sentence, not catching any of it, before putting a hand in the small of her back, looking to Mac.

"It's okay. She probably just needs some air- place is a little crowded. I'll take her for a walk. It was a pleasure meeting you."

He spoke the last bit to Bernard before he would ease Accalia forward lightly so they would be able to walk out the door, Jase in toe. He'd close it behind them, removing his jacket and placing it over her shoulders to protect her from the breeze. It was night, after all. He would start down the steps with her, offering a hand for her to hold. It couldn't be easy, walking in the dress. And despite his curiosity, he was attuned to her feelings and so...wouldn't bring up what happened. Not unless she wanted to talk about it.

"You can take off the shoes, if you want. They must be dreadfully uncomfortable...."

"Aw, well, I am quite aware of the fact," Ethan joked as she said he didn't clean up too bad himself. He nodded at her compliments toward the party. "Aw, well, you know. Death and Darkness and all that. I prefer to call it... 'sophisticated'," and sophisticated it was! Classy too. "A little too dark for my test, but tell me," he dipped her suddenly, "don't you agree that the faint lighting really brings out that dress of yours?"

@rebecca

Leonora's eyes narrowed.  She was torn between anger and mischief at the sight of her brother's girlfriend dancing lewdly with a son of Hades or Pluto or whatever.  Where on earth was Geoffrey? She scanned around the large room with keen eyes for him, but he wasn't there.  Of course.  If he was here, she doubted that his Venus harlot would be doing this.  It was obviously behind his back.  The woman was charming, Leonora knew, although she was automatically jaundiced toward all children of the love god and goddess.  Of course, that didn't stop her from befriending the genuine ones, but still, in her opinion they were more adept to doing stupid things.

She was both mischievous and angry, and she knew how to express those two feelings.  She was going to take pictures of them and send them to Susuro, who would promptly post them online for all to see on their phones.  She would have done a cunning deed and got payback for her brother by exposing the wench.  Leonora took out her phone instead of her camera.  Taking the photos on her phone would enable her to instantly send them to Susuro.  She went to the camera app and began to snap photos of the dancing couple; clear and precise shots.  She then sent them to Susuro by her email application with a brief explanation. 

Accalia stopped as Mac grabbed her arm. "No, no I'm not going to ditch anyone, Mac. I just need some air," Mac would continue to tell Accalia that Becca wasn't worth leaving over and how she got all dressed up, she should stay. She felt a hand on her back and heard Jasons voice, 'coming to the rescue' it seemed. Accalia gave Macs hand a squeeze before Jason led her out the door.

She didn't take his hand as they walked down the steps, nor did she remove her shoes. She just kept walking, and quickly.

(if you want to continue them on the walk it should be in another thread so we don't hijack the party thread)

"Ugh, I actually feel like I'm in a whole different skin.  A delicate one at that.  As far as I'm concerned, the suit has to be perpetually spotless in order to be legit in these dumb events," he said dryly to Mac.  "Only the titans alone know why I even agreed to comply by the rules and attend this party in the first place.  I guess it's because I wanted to get a good look at this house."  He smirked.  "Creepy, isn't it? I'm surprised that it hasn't been used as a haunted house attraction." 

Nikolai really didn't like conventional pleasantries.  He thought they were boring and meaningless, so he wondered how that "nice to meet you" to the girl had slipped out of his mouth.  He hadn't realized how tolerant he could be up until now.  A part of him felt sorry for the girl.  He didn't know why she was so shy, but at least she wasn't some cocksure bitch.  She felt out of place in society, and so did he.

However, some of his sympathy was curdled when she said that she was a huntress.  He'd never really been fond of his aunt's femme fatale minions, because they were utterly annoying.  Most of them, at least.  They were senselessly always snapping at guys for no reason and rolling eyes at them.  In this case, though, this girl was a bit afraid of guys, as were some others.  He guessed that huntresses only had extreme views on men because they were afraid to succumb to passion, which, he thought, was natural to feel.  His aunt was pretty much a tyrant for demanding such things of his followers.

He arched an eyebrow.  "I suppose your knowledgeable sisters have also warned you to keep away from the male animals as well?" he said, almost automatically.  "Not much different from humans of the same gender."  Sarcasm was like, part of his human senses.  He didn't exactly regret it, either.  Again, his sympathy for her had kind of died when he figured that she was just shy because she was obligated not to be in the company of men.  But then again, she hadn't been rude to him.  Instead, she just said that she preferred animals over humans, not women over men as other huntresses wouldn't mind saying to his face.  He had to commend her for that.  She may be shy because he was a guy, but at least she was keeping that to herself.  She was more tolerable than the others, if not kind of amusing.

Nikolai shrugged.  "Eh, well, animals are less annoying than humans.  At least they have scientifically explainable reasons for their actions, however contraversial."  Nik noticed Mac stopping Accalia from walking further.  He smiled faintly at Accalia and waved at her before she left, wondering what was going on.  After all, Mac and Lia looked a bit grim there.  But he was actually decent enough not to pry and turned to face Dani again.  "What things can you sense about them, specifically?" he asked when she said that she could sense things about them.   


@mac
@dani 

Dani glanced up at Nik as he mentioned her 'sisters'. In truth, she hadn't really met those like her, huntresses for Artemis, so she hadn't heard anything about staying way from male animals. In fact, she hadn't even heard that from Artemis herself. She had just said to stay pure. She shook her head for a moment, not really one to correct people, but it was clear that she didn't agree with that. It's not like she could or even would sleep with an animal. Would anyone want to sleep with an animal?

She shook her head again, but this time it was to shake the disturbing thought from her head before she turned her attention back on Nik as he continued to speak about the animals. Some of which she had to agree with, but animals could actually be kind of annoying. It was his question though that finally got her to speak again, this time there was a bit more confidence, but not in that I know more than you way. "I can sense their feelings, I can also sense when they are nearing their end. I believe it was a gift Artemis gave me because I prefer to kill only those that have lived full lives."

@nikolai
@mac

"Smooth. Very smooth." Alright, maybe they were all crazy, but Becca smiled brightly at the Son of Pluto anyways. At least she had picked the Roman one instead of the Greek. Aimery was just too stuck up, even for her taste. If it weren't for the jewelry shop she wouldn't deal with him at all. Then again, the money was alluring as well. "Maybe you should come over sometime and I'll show you what a home should actually look like." She wasn't just being suggestive. If she had her way, and she likely would, he would be hers for the night before anyone even knew what was going on.

@ethan

Ethan simply smiled and lifted Becca back up from the dip as she called him smooth. He was used to hearing that, of course, but something about the way she said it made him feel a little better about it, as if she really meant it. At her suggestion for him to come over to her place, Ethan raised an eyebrow at her, "I think that you've got yourself a deal," a smile part of him let Geoff cross his mind, but something was clouding his vision. He chalked it up to just being too attracted to the girl to care.

@rebecca

"First...why don't we get a drink. You can introduce me to that charming family of yours." Alright, now she was pushing it. Melanie might be a halfwit, but she wasn't a fool. Besides, her power only really worked on males in general. She was feeling lucky tonight though. Geoff was safely at home, no one here appeared to thing anything was off, and everything was going according to plan.

A million dollar smile graced her lips as she danced closer to him, if that was even possible. "You should really wear that suit more often. It enhances your...physique." After all, the guy was a Roman. Even the ones who settled down into mundane jobs could almost give the Gods a run for their money. Pluto made VERY handsome sons, you had to give him that.

@ethan

"You'd be suprised on an island like this. Too many fish in the sea and we all look like fashion models." It was true. How many times had he been dumped out of boredom? Too many to count. "Let's explore this beheamouth, shall we? We can call it our own little adventure." Taking her arm, he led her out to the balcony and then down the stair to the garden. With lights strung among the bushes, they almost glittered in the pale moonlight. The way the colors danced in Tere's eyes captivated him in a ay he almost didn't remember was possible.

@tere