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“Jailhouse rock?” Lila repeated and gave him another weird look. What the fuck was that? She sure didn’t know, but it sounded like some sort of weird old thing. She had to shudder and shake her head at him. He really was some sort of freak. Who rocks in jailhouses? She’d never understand. “Probably helps with the business though, since connections are everything,” she remarked, knowing some things, but obviously she’d be shit at that for herself. She moved around with him, slowly getting a bit more comfortable with it. “No? How could I? Do you think I can see my face right now?” she retorted and lifted an eyebrow as she looked up at him. Okay, so there was the sass. “Yeah, two is MORE than enough. One is better. Zero is best.” Or so she thought, but she would actually get pretty lonely if always on her own. And revert to some extra grumpy and hermit type ways. 

“And not witches? Should I be offended?” Elodie inquired, only teasing him, since of course he’d studied her abilities, too. Not nearly as dramatic as say fire witches, but still worthy. “Vampires are strange, though,” she added softly and looked around at them all. There was something about them that gave her the creeps? But maybe she just didn’t want to be lunch. She laughed at his last comment and shook her head. “I will have to keep an eye out then and make sure she doesn’t steal you from me,” she teased and turned to wrap her arms around him. She eyed him a moment before leaning up to kiss him. 

“Oh you are? I’m pretty damn sure the paddles at home would disagree.” He purred back at her. Oh how pretty she’d look with those red marks all over her body. “Doesn’t mean you actually want me to bite you. Like right now. Letting my teeth sink into your body…” His fangs brushing against her neck, reminding her what he had to bite her with. It was tempting though, but, he could wait. He was patient enough for that. “As long as you come back to me, I could always wait. Make a game out of it, sit here, enjoy my drink, and watch you get it on with people, just to bring them back to the room? It’d be entertaining.” 

Aries feigned shock with his eyes sparkling mischeviously. “Nitara!” he jokingly scolded. “So should I have gone as an old aged pensioner then? is that what you are trying to tell me? Should I start telling you off for not respecting your elders and saying how things were so much better in my day?” not that his day was something he reflected on. “Chaos, you thinking drunken chaos or Maladh is being dramatic again chaos?” he asked.

“And you are good at it,” Cass was definitely grateful to have Poppy around on the team. Sure he couldn’t eat her baked. treats. but she did bring a sense of warmth to the team. It was needed in such an environment. “Meeting at a bar, having drinks, socialising. I also like going to the odd club, but I prefer going to bars over clubs,” he told her. “I’ll occassionally go to parties though, just not a fan of more formal ones. Like more intimate affairs,” being work friends with Ace meant he got the occasional invite. He just. didn’t stay too long. “Just don’t stay long, what about yourself?” he asked. As they got to the bar he ordered a bourbon. 

NITARA ‘ITA’ BHANDARI is a PANSEXUAL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN that works with NEUTRAL and some say SHE looks awfully like AMITA SUMAN. The DEMON HUMAN is 40 years old and have been said to be ALERT & ANALYTICAL and PRIVATE & CALLOUS. Let’s see what they bring to Maladh…

Buttercup leaned back toward him as he came toward her and laughed gaily. “I may hold you to that,” she said and booped his nose. Given how they’d met and all, it was sort of a given teh night would go that way. But there was no way she would’ve been able to show up at a soiree like this on her own. She’d have to resist helping herself to things. “Hmm, fuzzy navel... sex on the beach... something like that.” 

“Just about,” Odette replied and she shook her head. “No, I don’t have any progenies. I’ve never found anyone that I’ve wanted to accept that sort of responsibility for,” she admitted with a little shrug. “Classy, is that what you’re calling it now?” she remarked, lightly teasing him. “Oh, really? Should I watch out for this maiden? Protect her from the likes of you?” she asked, since she couldn’t quite convince herself that he was referring to her. “Point her out,” she added, scanning the area purposefully.

Evelyn pressed a kiss to Farid’ cheek as he questioned what he was smug about. “Accompanying two beautiful women to an event like this, and getting to be right in between us. Not many men gets that.” Of course, she’d easily have gone to the event alone too, or with just one of them, but she preferred it when both came with her. Got to show off her little family, and be the proud sire and progeny. She laughed and took the photo with the two, happy when the photo was taken so they could do other things. “Okay so, how about the two of you find somewhere we can relax, and I’ll go get us some drinks?” 

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Well, it was true. Not everyone got this lucky tonight. Initially, Farid declined to go tonight. But well, he was convinced after a while to go anyway. He saw plenty of silly costumes, now even more grateful he was wearing something normal. Just a black suit. Just how he dressed anyway. Remaining in between them for the photo, taking a look at it. Acceptable. “This doesn’t look like it has many options to relax.” he nodded towards the people, most on the dancefloor. “Let’s just find a table.” And hopefully far, far away from the dancefloor.

“Thank you, Evelyn,” Lucia replied about the offer to get them drinks. “I think I see a table over there,” she pointed out to Farid. “Let us go investigate,” she added and since she had his arm, she tugged him over that way. She offered little waves to people she knew on the way and would have to make it a point to go talk to them later. “How’s Bingus? I miss him,” she asked as they weaved their way through the sea of people.

Lila groaned at his comment and knew he would torture her with it. Why did she put up with this again? She had no good answer for it. Just what Melina had said. “Don’t you dare,” she grumbled and pursed her lips. “One person?” She gaped at him and couldn’t believe it. Well, she could, but she couldn’t imagine being in his shoes. “Oh, that explains it then. I was going to say... how could you keep track of them all?” She would definitely be one of the ones to hide behind him, but let’s face it, she’d never be seen back there. She did note some perky blonde staring at him from across the way and glared at her. Oh Lila. You weird little creature you. “I don’t like people.” She was stating the obvious.

Oh how the look of having to consider things was amusing him. Charlotte looking almost perplexed for a moment before she’d left the car idea, and was fully embracing the idea of the boat. “Of course we could. As long as you continue to be a good kitty and purr so nicely for me.” He told her, brushing a hand over her hair, in between her ears. “You want me to bite you?” He asked, curious to her actual answer. He wouldn’t be against bringing her somewhere more private to cover her with his bites, for sure. “How about if I or you find someone else fun, we can invite them. If not… We can consider it for another time.” 

“Nitara,” he replied with a smile as she approached him. “Well I have been known to be quite the partygoer. No age is too old to party,” he told her. “Well more so now my favourite librarian is here,” he teased. “How are you finding the festivities?” he asked. 

“I don’t enjoy them much if I am being honest,” clubbing yes, bar hopping yes. Doing a waltz and having a formal dinner… pass. “I… yeah I do,” he confessed with a chuckle, shaking his head. “Am I that predictable?” he asked. Not that he minded being predictable meant he was stable and people knew what they were getting with him. “No can’t blame you at all,” he agreed. It was an event from the partner of the Mayor he imagined that most would try and be on good behaviour. Though some of the guys here incase there was someone who was thinking of being an idiot. “Marcus, and he’s just like that,” he just liked to have fun and there is nothing wrong with that. “Yeah him and you can see why I would point him out to you. Don’t think anyone here would mess or would want to mess with him,” he had been squashed underneath him enough times during his first weeks as a vampire to know. Cass chuckled warmly and nodded. “Let’s get a drink then,” and held out his hand for her to take so they wouldn’t get split up.

“I should’ve expected to see you here,” Nitara remarked to Aries before wandering by. “Are you enjoying yourself?” She was not known for her people skills or sparkling personality, but she was trying.

“I’m glad I came with the pair of you. I’ll trust you, I’m in your safe hands, just be gentle with me.” He hoped humor would make things easier to easy back into. But having Ratnavali, someone else who was a progeny of Young made things easier. “The Doc didn’t take my manners from me.” He’d always been a gentleman, that hadn’t changed thankfully. “I actually Know Lazar well, one of my ex’s, who I was with for a long time was a family friend. He’s always been rather big yes…” he was amused by the comment. “Yeah a beer please… but here take my card to pay please.” 

Ratnavali side eyed Yamilet at that look and could only slightly shake her head at her. Tonight wasn’t about her and she would have to remind her of that, too. “Oh, the mountain man?” she questioned and looked about. “I see two, but that one is Marcus, so has to be the other one,” she chuckled. “Thank you, darling,” she called out as she’d wandered off to get drinks. “Do you know him, Hector? Is he a good man? Or is he going to be a horrible mayor for us?” she wondered, since she didn’t know much about the man. 

“Hey, I know full well how families can get complicated,” Elodie replied with a laugh. “And that’s basically the same. You’re not one of them? So you don’t have to know how they’re all connected.” She did wonder how she’d feel if he was a vampire, though. “Only if you want me to or if it’d help. I know they like you and all, but if they could like you more?” That would be a good thing. She wanted him to love his work as much as she did. “Oh, do you? Should I be jealous, then?” Ha. She didn’t have a jealous bone in her body. 

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“Smug? About what?” Well, it was hard to hide, head held up high and proud with two beautiful women by his side. “I think a photo is a great idea. Print it, hang it up in the bank for everyone to see.” Yes. Great idea. “About posing though… we might come up with something better than Charlie’s Angels. I don’t have the right assets for that.”

“Pity,” Lucia sighed and shook her head, but maybe she’d be able to convince them to humor her later when they were potentially more at ease. “She already said no to posing,” she said sadly and knew she could probably give her the sad face to convince her, but it wasn’t necessary. She’d wait and see what happens. “Hey,” she snagged a passerby and handed them her phone. “Will you take a picture for us, please?” she asked then and they agreed, so they did a simple, albeit elegant pose. “Thank you,” she told them and pulled it up on her phone to see. “Aww, look at how cute we are,” she remarked, holding her phone out for the other two to see.