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“It was something about the politics of it all, i did try to explain Valentina is me niece so its not. But her heart was set on a bubble bath. Of course I’ll be in it, not like Valeria hasn’t seen me from every position or anything.”

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“Well, if it wasn’t for politics I would be watching a movie and fall asleep to it,” he admit. Parties and events were not his thing, but sadly, big part of the job. And he was here to support friends, and his co-mayor. “I’m sure about that, but I feel weird standing for a photo alone, that’s why you have to be on it too.”

“Thats a bit harsh, love is beautiful. If you ever met my mom’s you see how beautiful it can be.” every relationship will be compared to his mom’s and if he was as deep as they were he knew its wasn’t worth it. “Oh really? that was a year ago, could have got better.”

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“I know it is. Just... am not looking for it,” she admit, a  little shrug of her shoulders. It had been a very long time since she had been in love properly, and even about that she wasn’t all too sure how much in love she truly was. She laughed at his words, “Oh yeah? Well, what happened to it since?”

Gagans eyes went wide with concern when he saw Odette’s ex “Should we be ready to intervene, just in case it turns sour? Sweep Odette away?” hopefully it wouldn’t come to that, he wasn’t even sure how thing were left between the two. “Didn’t take long for the group to dissipate huh?” 

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She reached out with her hand to touch his cheek, thumb gently stroking over it, “I am sure she appreciates your concern, but it’s not needed. I doubt she wants us to intervene.” They had a lot to solve, a lot to catch up on after all those years, and Odette was willing to give it a try, after all. “Is it a problem?” She wondered. “It’s a party, it was bound to happen at some point.”

“Gorgeous,” Buttercup cooed and lightly poked his chest with a wide smile on her face. “Why would you want to do that? It goes with your outfit. You can’t tell me he wasn’t always covered in glitter,” she remarked, her hands moving to her hips. “Honestly, you should be thanking me,” she teased. ”Now, come on, looks like an open bar… let’s go get something fruity.” 

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A little smirk at her words, leaning in slightly, “After this party. When I remove the outfit. Maybe it landed in other places too that are a bit difficult to get” he shrugged lightly. “Then I will show myself very grateful,” yes, Zach most certainly was an idiot at times. “Fruity? What are you in the mood for?” He wondered.

“I’ll be sure to pass it along,” Odette replied and reached out to straighten out his collar. “All alone, mm?” Now, she couldn’t help being surprised by this, but also pleased Oops. “I came with Adrienne, Kisuke, and Gagan. I don’t think you would know about him. Gagan is Adrienne’s progeny,” she explained, thinking the timing was off for them to have met. He was so much younger than them after all. “Are you going to pillage and plunder this party?” she teased, poking a little fun at his costume. 

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His gaze followed the moves of her hand to fix his collar before meeting her eyes again. it had been a long time since she had done this last. “Ah. The whole family then?” No, he didn’t know this man. “And you? Do you have your own progeny?” Samuel wondered. A chuckle at her comment, “I have been doing all of these things lately in a more... classy way,” he told her. More classy and more profitable, most of all. “But I might steal away a beautiful maiden tonight, who knows?” he teased.

There was not much going on in the city. Not that his sources were telling him. Which either meant things were going well or this was the calm before the storm. Yue was cautiously hoping for the former over the latter. “Pleasure is mine, Ceyhan,” he replied back. He could understand why Daria went with family. Yue would probably only leave Furao in the hands of either his direct progeny or their progeny that they trusted. “How are yoou finding things?” he asked. 

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She knew who this man was, and she tried her best to not feel intimidated right away. Not in her position. “No, it’s mine. Daria has only told me the best about you. Well... so far, so good. I am feeling a little bit lonely all by myself in that huge mansion so if you know someone, looking for something for twenty people or more, I would be grateful to sell it again.” Buying the mansion was part of the deal but it was ridiculous to keep it. “But that was not what you were asking about. As for the city? I like it. It’s interesting but there are many people I have yet to meet.” Gaining their respect and the respect from Khaya was the scary part.

“Definitely don’t need a crystal ball for that one,” he winked and smirked. “Shall we get a drink, mingle or have some fun on the dancefloor?” 

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“I am just stating the obvious.” a little shrug. “A drink sounds great. I am not really familiar with these new modern dance... arts. Or whatever that is supposed to be.” He nodded to the dancefloor, at some people doing weird things with their limbs. “Can’t believe I have to say this but I’m too old for this shit.”

Kisuke turned round and a smile graced his lips, “Thank you.” He then furrowed his brow in thought. Eyeing up and down trying to recall where he had seen that outfit or something similar. “Elton John?” he asked. It was certainly attention grabbing and not in a bad way. 

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“Exactly. The one and only,” he confirmed with a nod. It was the perfect costume to just stand out and capture plenty of attention. Yes, Alastair enjoyed having all eyes on him. “What inspired you for your costume?”

“Oh come on my silly. Why would I dress up as a bright pink fool with just shorts, when I could be a princess, hmm?” Doing a little twirl so the dress spun with her. 

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“Because it included fishnets and boots. Trust me, it looked really hot on that girl.” He chuckled at her spinning. “Okay, you win. Nothing beats a princess.”

William nodded his head to what she was saying. “Well, congratulations to them either way.” It was well done to get this big of a thing arranged regardless of how long it took. “How about yourself tonight then Nadia? How are you doing?” 

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“Yes,I like it. I know what this room looks like when it’s empty.” She was somehow part of the staff. At least, officially. “I’m good, thank you, yourself?” she glanced over to her company for tonight. For once, there was absolutely no shit going on in her life.

A nod of his head. “I am quite certain she’s aware of it. It’s not exactly like I keep it a secret from him.” Hell, he’d been head over heels for her for long before he even could call her his. “One day you’ll find someone who is head over heels for you too. And maybe you already have them, they’re just keeping it secret? Tara didn’t know i was hers for quite some time either.” 

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“Yeah? Let’s see about that.” So far, she was not this lucky. But did she even want that whole picture perfect fairytale, if she didn’t even believe in it? It was a wonderful thing when others had it though, just the idea of it seemed absurd for her own life. A laugh slipped from her lips. “I’m absolutely sure I don’t, there’s not even a hint for that -- not to mention that I am in a extraordinary position right now. How am I supposed to even remotely trust someone?”

“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. 

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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.

“Weeks? Really?” He looked around, studying it. “wouldn’t have shocked me if planned for months. It’s a pretty big thing. And neither is a party planner by profession, i heard?” 

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“Maybe they started even earlier, what do I know?” a little shrug, “but they have been quite busy here. Umm... not that I know of. I don’t know if they hired one either. He’s the mayor and she’s... well, doing all this charity work this is based on.”