A Night of Good Mannered Fun[Open to All]

Killa was still by the food. She didn't really mind the dark that much in fact she was used to it. Her vision was nearly gone so the world was blurry in her eyes anyways. The lights shutting off was no big deal for her at all. Almost like it was nothing. Filling her plate with more food she smiled happily. The night was still young she wanted to see more of this beautiful ball. She began to wounder the darkness of the ball and then disappeared in one of the areas.

Killa knew she would come back later for more food. Although right now she was smelling something that made her mouth even water more. The food from the vendors. A pleasant smile was upon her eyes as she walked past a man that darted from the hallway into the ball. She nodded to him nicely giving him a slight smile. His white hair caught her attention. Maybe he couldn't see her as he ran through the hallway towards the man that had turned the lights off.

Killa kept walking on to her new destination of food.

[The Outer Festival]

Yuna walked casually into the event that Lamia Scale was holding with a smile playing on her lips. The young nature fairy was wearing a suitable attire that went well with both parts of the party. She blended right in for only her wings stood out, but no one seemed to pay much attention to them anyways. Her hair had been styled to seem like a waterfall cascading down past her shoulders. Also, faint traces of make up lightened up her already fair skin. She seemed older and more sophisticated than she used to mere moments ago, but it fit her perfectly. Still, she acted much like her regular and youthful self. As to not rile up the legal mages or hint the presence of Nox Animus, she had expertly hid her tattoo. It had been rather difficult, but with the right amount of material, her mark was well disguised. It was an extra precaution as no one really new her role in Nox. Yet one question still lingered. How had Yuna come to know about the party? It was her little secret. She had discussed the event over the communication device her informant had made for her in the privacy of her office. She hadn't breathed a word to anyone about the event for she didn't want any trouble. Yet, her thoughts were very much disrupted and her hopes of a non troublesome night vanished as soon as she walked into the Lamia Scale guildhall. What she saw, or much better, didn't see made her feel uneasy. She very much knew who had turned off the lights. She was familiar with this type of work after all, but still, she knew the he would cause no problem unless provoked. Yuna watched in casually as her enhanced senses enabled her to walk leisurely and without so much as a problem. Futher inside, she heard the Guildmaster's voice and that of John before she broke off into a half run half walk. As expected, Zuo was incredibly upset and threatened her teammate's life. If he so much acted upon the threat, she would not hesitate to call upon her link to the earth. She stood a few feet away and watched. The light began to appear and Yuna sighed with relief. She made her way towards Zuo and John. "I apologize on his behalf. He is my responsibility after all." Yuna said diplomatically to the Lamia Scale Guildmaster. The Lamia Scale Guildmaster probably didn't know who she was as she had taken up the role of Guildmaster herself not so long ago, but that didn't matter. She looked at John with a stern look, but couldn't help that her eyes contained a twinkle of amusement. "He will not cause problems, but if provoked, I cannot gaurantee a thing." Still in place, she scanned the room with a hard look upon her face before turning her eyes back at the Guildmaster. She looked every bit calm, but her mind was racing. She was nervous, yet nothing betrayed it. Her father would be proud. Perhaps after few more word exchanges, Zuo bid his leave and Yuna remained at the party. With a flutter of her wings, she walked towards the food, but not before giving her guildmembers a smile and a nod. She had faith that they wouldn't stir trouble. Things were already uneasy as it was.

Kariline cursed herself as she stepped quietly across the floor. It had taken her way to long to get dressed for this thing; mainly because she didn't know how to put it on...
Shopping for the dress was just as interesting, as they had taken measurements and she felt rather uncomfortable. It's not like Kari had not worn a dress before, it is just that this one was different. She thought about the party, it was supposed to be formal, that meant fancy dancing and lights and food.
She didn't know how to dance really, and the worst part... Lilltha had signed Kari up to participate in a contest...A beauty contest.

The woman's face flushed as she made her way to where everyone was gathering. It was troublesome trying to walk in the black heels she wore, but successful none the less. Kari would never have been able to get this far if it wasn't for Lilltha. That demon was trying to get her to be more and more like a female everyday.

She was late, and not just a little late. When she arrived, everyone was a bit frantic and the lighting was too dim to see well. She guided herself through the people, trying not to step on anyone, which wasn't too successful...she called out, " Talen? Kihia, are you there?" It wasn't too loud, but it sounded like she was using a microphone in the quiet room.

John quipped a little line and restored the light. Zuo specifically stated not to quip a line but nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo he had to go and try and to be cool. Well he was warned. Zuo raised his hand to violently eject John from the guild, likely after breaking his belt, into a local manure field but at the last second decided against it "Don't cause any more trouble boy. I can't trust you farther then I can throw you. Then again I can throw you a real long way." At that moment Sonya appeared and tried to defend John Zuo didn't think much of her "Oh so he is under your command? So where does that place you in Nox Animus?" Zuo raised an eyebrow as he remembered that John had stated he belong to Nox. He didn't honestly care too much though, just another dark guild nothing special or note worthy. Still the old man grinned "Sometimes it is better to let your subordinates struggle on their own. If you had you would still be just another party guest without a bad mark to your name." With that his care for the matters of Nox Animus degraded to nothing and he sunk into the ground again. He would then resurface near Ni-Ju with a smile "Sorry about that. Let's get started with these fireworks shall we?"

Shohei had one ear bud in his ear as he was listening to some music. He had his white and red jacket on him, and wore shoes rather then slippers. He sighed, he was in Hargeon town, he had never been there before but he wasn't expecting any significance. He was walking down empty roads and between buildings. He wasn't exactly taking the scenic route. He sighed again, in disappointment, "Why would I waste my time coming to a town with nothing to do whatsoev-" Just then, Shohei had caught sight of bright lights past the corner he was going to turn. He paused, took a second to realize it wasn't a fire or some kind of hazard. He walked towards it, only to see a group of people in formal wear and food. "What the...maybe there was something interesting here.." He mumbled aloud. Shohei didn't like people in general, so he wasn't up to the idea but there's a first time for everything. He had little presence so he was expecting no one to notice him, which is a good thing since Shohei is use to solitude. He glanced over at the group of people.

Ren furrowed his brow as Ophelia began to mercilessly tell him about all off the different forks. He didn't really remember any of it after she finished, because then everything when dark. Ren contained barely contained a shriek. We can't just have a calm peaceful event can we! he thought to himself. However, eventually the light returned and suddenly there was talk of fireworks.
It was interesting, because all the years he had lived in Hargeon, he had celebrated this festival a handful of times, this however, would be his first time celebrating in a guild. Its was pretty exciting, the more Ren thought about it. Even people not from Lamia Scale had shown up, and that necessarily wasn't always good, but for now it was. He turned his attention back to... Rima? Retna? Ren couldn't really remember names very well, especially from so long ago. But he did remember very clearly his very first battle. His stomach still bore a pale slash mark from that time. It was good to see her again, though he did cringe slightly.

Vi jumped back when John was caught in the ground; things were about to get messy. Her fears were confirmed when Zuo Cii, the Lamis Scale Guildmaster, appeared, threatening to destroy John. That idiot...even she knew to keep things low-key when around those more powerful than you, but nooooo. Johnny-boy just HAD to make a dramatic entrance. She would smack him, if they weren't currently representing their guild.
Her thoughts were interrupted by the appearance of Yuna, her own GM. She gave her a nod in recognition, but didn't do more than that; as far as she knew, Yuna being GM wasn't public yet, and she didn't want to be the one to spill the beans. So she stood and waited for a chance to talk to Zuo.
Vivian had wanted to talk to Zuo for a long time; something about him being renowned for his wide magical knowledge or something. She wasn't usually one to go for favors, but seeing as they were this close already, it couldn't hurt. "Zuo, if you'd please-" she began, only to watch him vanish into the ground. Well, there goes that favor, she thought, irritated. Still, there were plenty of other people to talk to while she waited for another opening. She made her way past John and Rita talking, giving John a light punch in the back as she went; just because she didn't want to make a scene didn't mean she couldn't express her anger. She set out onto the main floor, trying to find somebody to entertain her for a little while.

Kihia relaxed a bit when the situation finally diffused, Zuo had left them with a warning and let them continue on with the festivities trusting they stayed out of trouble. If that is Master Zuo’s call I shall not argue… but I will keep my senses ever alert… Kihia then suddenly heard a familiar voice calling out for him as well as Talen, Kariline…? Kihia turned around slowly scanning the crowd making sure he didn’t hit anyone with Icarus. He then saw Kariline looking for Talen and himself, she was wearing a red dress with a for the occasion.

Kihia lifted Icarus up and rested it onto his right shoulder, forgetting for a moment this was meant to be a formal occasion, “Good Evening Kariline, I see that you also dressed for the occasion… I just hope this get to much more eventful than it already has…”

"DAGHTUR OPHELIA~~" Kaseki called out, "I REDECORATED REN'S HOME LIKE YOU SAID, ARE YOU SURE HE LIKES PINK?... AND GLITTER?" Kaseki walked in through the Lamia Scale doors. He looked upon what seemed like a grand party, full of emotion and people he had never seen.

It was a few months since he had been back at Lamia Scale. And only now did it occur to him.

"I'm not a legal mage anymore..." he thought to himself.

"fathur Kaseki?" The noblewoman raised her head to watch as her friend entered, Zuo must be very generous to let dark mages into their party. "Pardon? I never told you to... Kaseki did you drink my relaxing chamomile tea?" Ophelia stood up from her seat and rearranged the silverware, grabbing Ren by the collar and immediately shoving him into the seat. "Practice your skills, you do have an eating contest to do, and I want you to win, you MUST win. This isn't a commoner pie eating contest, do you hear me?" She said, almost growling at the boy. "Since I have noble blood in me, I know everything there is to become what you all call fancy."
Ophelia was thought quite highly of herself, which was to be expected since her confidence was peeked this evening.

Cyrus walked into the ball, his white suit gleaming. He smiled, looking around at both members of Lamia Scale and those who had come merely for the sake of "partying." It was certainly interesting the sort of character's that this type of event attracted. It reminded him of how diverse the cast of Lamia Scale was, it was quite the unique family.

Interrupting his student's thoughts, as if he would do anything else, came the little red Vulturnus, the south wind, "Let's go and have a fun time Axil. Quincy is here isn't she? Then there's Kihia and Serpent Soul. I wonder if your team is here as well. Oh! And since this event was open to the public, there should be lots of dark guild members for us to wreck! AHAHAHAHAHA!"

A blue spirit came around the other side. They were invisible and inaudible to the public, thank goodness, but nevertheless they got on the nerves of Axil, who could see and hear them just fine. The younger spirit, the north wind, began to berate Vulturnus for his violent thoughts as Axil walked off to find someone he knew to talk to.

Rita dismissed herself from the mess. Zuo would have to figure out what to do with him on his own.
"I'm back~" Rita called in a ditsy tone as she raced to Ren's side again. A chuckle left her lips. "Sorry about that. Zuo's got it taken care of it appears." The Fairy Tail mage said, taking a seat next to him."A-Anyway,Fancy meeting you here...It's been a while." She continued, a smirk on her face. Ren was joined by a girl with red hair and some one whom seemed far from human...Eh-Anyway! "I didn't think id get to see you again so soon. I hope you don't mind if we catch up- and what I said earliler..." She began "Wait- It was Ren right? Yes? Good. Like I was saying before. I'm sorry if I was a bit rough back then. I'd hope that being friends is still possible."

Having got the attention of no less than the guildmaster, Ni-Ju gestured for Zuo to follow him and turned around, heading back outside and around the building. Finding the two large leather wrapped bundles and the long wooden beam for his small trebuchet just where he had left them, he turned back to Zuo."Just need to get these up on the roof and then i'm all set."He said, pointing his thumb over his shoulder at rope rigged leather bundles. "Thank you for the help by the way.".

John looked at the other Shadow mage in the room, a Fairy Tail mage named Rita. Tilting his head he decided to memorize the name, it might prove useful to remember who else could manipulate the lack of light. He heard the guild master of Lamia Scale speak up against him, telling him how he was going to throw him out of the guild hall, John wasn't afraid of him, he simply stared into the old man's eyes as his own Guild Master appeared and said that he was her responsibility and if provoked she wouldn't stop him. Smirking under the bandages John looked as the old man stood down and disappeared for a moment.

Looking over at Yuna he looked her in the eyes, which said what he did not, stating that she didn't have to look after him so much before he turned around to walk back outside into the night. He sighed and leaned against the Guildhall wall, taking out his whiskey and sipping it straight from the bottle, the Guild Master of Lamia Scale was nothing but an old man, something John used to have a lot of respect for, but during the years it slowly diminished into nothingness.

Size after size...Fitting after fitting "Oh it seems this doesn't fit" they said again and again with their fake smiles that were visibly quivering with frustration. It took an hour just to find something that was able to go around him, yet the buttons on the dress shirt were so stressed they nearly tore off. Eventually it was just decided they would custom make a suit. The fact he was too big in a store called "Big and Tall" was just insulting. He wasn't that big was he? The whole ordeal took two hours, and then they actually see if it fit. Sure the measurements worked finally but it still felt tight. No regrets would remain if this was the only time he would have to be wearing a tuxedo.

Naraca walked into the Lamia Scale ball room quite a bit after it began, he was clearly late and saw just about everyone that was supposed to attend did in fact attend. He readjusted his tie so his wasn't on his neck so much, yet it felt like it was strangling him. He was wearing a white dress shirt, and and a blazer over it, the fact he was wearing more then one layer of clothing was uncomfortable as hell never mind the second one and this terrible tie. Yet he looked sharp so they said, the suit on, the tie, the polished shoes and all. He looked good apparently, yet he'd never think so. His hair was even looking more proper, not so wild and unkempt like before. Instead it was center parted and shiny, still his hair protested this and a few strands refused to obey and they stuck up every which way and tried to keep there preferred style of a wild warrior.

Looking around it didn't take him long to spot a woman in a red dress. She was quite the looker alright, who was she?
Naraca took a step closer outta curiosity before he spotted a familiar head of brown hair. Oh, Kariline? He hardly noticed, he was so used to seeing her dressed much like how he was, casual, rough looking and built for battle rather then fashion. With her was Kihia and Talen, well at least he wasn't going to be the black sheet of the group.
He walked through the small crowds until he got within ear shot of them.
"Hey!" He called, gesturing one hand to them.
Getting close to them he was able to see them all closer, namely Kariline who looked about as comfortable laying on a bed of nails.
"You look good Kariline" He'd say to her with a hint of discomfort. Not for saying she looked good, but from the situation in where they were and how they looked. They were both just as equally not used to this. Naraca was a hunter built for the wild, a warrior made in the battle field, not a man who wore a suit and attended fancy events.

Ren panicked slightly when he heard Kaseki say he "redecorated" his home. "YOU WHA-" Ren squeaked as he was plopped into a chair. Ophelia gave him harsh instructions, and he nodded stiffly. "Yes Miss Ophelia! Right away Miss Ophelia!" he croaked as he looked down at the collection of forks and spoons. "So this one is the... Soup Spoon? I think? Because it looks like it could hold a lot of soup?" Ren picked up the largest spoon. "But what if I have a piece of bread covered in soup? Do I use this? Or is there a bread fork?" Ren asked, confused. "Its alright... Ritna? Ren guessed, cringing slightly as he awaited the impact of some kind from either Ophelia or Ritna... or was is Retna?

She was nervously looking around, there was more than just Lamia Scale Mages around and that was what had her in a frenzy. Zuo seemed to be discussing something with a fluttering tiny girl. Was she a fairy? A mage? Kariline just didn't understand and it bothered her. If only she didn't take so long to get ready. she was out of her element and felt the need to be up there with Zuo.
Then she heard a familiar call..
Naraca was coming up on them, pushing past the crowd. Not like it wasn't easy to see him over the crowd.
She smiled a bit and waved in his direction.

He finally joined Talen and the crew, and Kariline just glanced him over. He looked so abnormal dressed like that. Hell! They all did. Except for Ophelia, she was always dressed fancy. With his following comment Kari blushed a little and pushed her hair back a little, trying her best not to disturb the flower that she had placed in her hair. If she did, Lillitha would certainly skin her.
" Thank you. You clean up very well also." Perhaps that wasn't the best compliment, sounded more offending than anything. Like he didn't clean up at all.. Either way she hoped he wouldn't take it wrong and would try to keep her best attitude and pay attention to what she was saying.

"I'm not so sure what is going on. Some members are all frazzled, and there are some outside Lamia Mages here as well... Including Kaseki...", she said, nearly growling at the end of her sentence. She hoped that any other Lamia Scale drop out's wouldn't show up.

"No Ophelia, I wouldn't dare drink that drink again... I still have nightmares about that Dark Lord person... and the dragon" Said Kaseki as he made his way to the two. He was happy to be in Lamia Scale again, it's where his heart and soul resided. He never wanted to leave the guild. But only the few that saw him out, knew that. From Kihia to Axil, from Ren to that green haired boy.

He loved Lamia Scale... but it was Kodai that showed him that he didn't belong.

"I put up new wallpapers, I refurnished the home, I cleaned your kitchen, bathroom... and other things. I left Bob nice and dusted in your bedroom..." Kaseki was listing the things he did to his friend, Ren. But he couldn't shake the feeling like he was missing something... or someone...

After walking around the guildhall for some time, Talen found himself becoming bored. Despite all of the people in the guildhall, he did not recognize many of them. It was weird for the mage to see the guildhall with so many strange faces. Talen was thinking about leaving the marble hall and checkout the festivities in the town, when a flash of light made his stop. It was the same flash of light that always accompanied the opening of a gateway to the spirit world. "Hi big brother!" a little girl who had not been standing in the guildhall a moment before asked. "What are you doing here Pandora?" Talen asked, surprised to see the spirit. "Artemis said that there was a party, and it sounded like fun. Do you like my dress?" Talen saw that Pandora was wearing a pink dress. "It looks nice."

"So where are we going?" Pandora asked as she latched onto Talen's arm. "Umm..." before Talen could answer, he heard a familiar voice call his name. His teammates had not met his newest spirit yet and now seemed like a good time to introduce them. Talen lead Pandora over to where Kariline and Kihia both stood, smiling at the familiar faces. "Hey guys," Talen gestured to the young spirit next to him, "This is Pandora, I recently made my contract with her. Pandora this is Kihia and Kariline, I am in a team with them." Pandora first looked at Kiha and politely, "Nice to meet you." then the young spirit looked at Kariline and her eyes lit up, "Wow, you look really pretty!"

The group was soon joined by Naraca, who Talen nodded to in greating before saying, "Naraca this is Pandora, another spirit that I have a contract with."

Kihia nodded in greeting to Talen, who had just came up to them "Good Evening Talen," Kihia then noticed an unfamiliar spirit besides Talen and nodded to her, "Nice to meet you Pandora," He stood there for a moment and then turned towards the direction Kaseki was hanging around Ren and Ophelia, He better with hold that entity in check... or else he won't get off so easy this time... Kihia's cold gaze was disrupted when Naraca joined them, he quielty nodded and said, "Good Evening Naraca, good to see you can make it," Kihia then realized he was holding Icarus in an informal way and unconsciously let his right eyebrow twitch in embarrassment. Kihia took of off his shoulder and gently placed one end on the ground. He then channeled a portion of his magical power into it decorating the top of Icarus with an elegantly designed aesthetic top piece made out of ice and crystal. Kihia nodded when that was done, he then looked around and said, "Well four of us are here... I wonder where the fifth member of our team is at..."

Zuo left without a knowledge of who she was, let alone her name. The warning he had given her made her believe he much rather belonged to a dark guild rather than a light guild. After all, first impressions were everything. She had adressed him diplomatically and without so much as a hinting to trouble, yet the things he had said were things that most oftentimes led to trouble. John had looked into her eyes and she had nodded her head briefly. She understood what he tried to say, but she also wasn't going to let someone kill her guildmates.

As Yuna ate one of the festive cookies, her mind went back to the interaction. It seemed as if Zuo Cii didnt care about his guildmembers. Let her subordinates struggle by themselves? What kind of advice was that? Shouldn't a Guildmaster help his or her own when in trouble no matter the situation? That was part of the duty a Guildmaster held, right? It appeared that wasn't the case in Lamia. Also, the word subordinate left a foul taste in her mouth. Had he called his guildmembers lesser than he? Perhaps not, but the word choice simply wasn't one she liked. Yuna bit down on her cookie and waved the thoughts away. Thinking much more on the issue would just get her to think less of Lamia Scale than she was starting to already feel. Although she was quite sure, Zuo Cii never had a care or much at all for her guild, but that didn't mean she would think the same.

After finishing nibbling the cookie, Yuna scanned around for anyone she knew. Her eyes met briefly with a mage's (Kihia's) suspicious glance, or perhaps glares, before they settled on Vivian and John, both who were occupied with other things. She turned uncomfortable to the other side and her eyes stopped at her father. He didn't seem to see her and so she made her way to him and his friends with a small plate of cookies. "D-Dad, what're you doing here?" She asked Kaseki curiously coming from behind. He had told her about his time at Lamia Scale so she had figured he wouldn't return just as her sister had done. But then again, you never knew with her father. She was just about to proudly tell her father about what had happened a mere moments before, but decided it was better to say it later. She looked at his friends with a bright, friendly smile. "H-Hello... I'm Yuna. It's nice to meet you..." She fluttered her wings happily. "You two are from Lamia Scale?"

"You were very creative when you drank the tea." Ophelia commented, chuckling slightly as she looked back down at Ren... Whom was getting on her nerves quite a bit. "No you buffoon... BREAD FORK!? ARE YOU STUPID!?" She grabbed her white clutch purse and hit him on the back of the head with it. "AGAIN! Recite all of the utensils meant for eating! Each and everyone of them, or so help me GOD I'll choke... Oh." It appears as though someone had approached them, and referred to Kaseki as 'Dad'. Ophelia immediately drew her hands back and placed them on her hips, giving the winged girl a small smile. "Hello dear, we are from Lamia Scale. It is an absolute pleasure to meet you, are you Kaseki's daughter? My, aren't you a ravishing young lady." The noblewoman extended her hand for a shake as she spoke to her. "I'm Ophelia Katulai."

She hadn't realized it, but the small green haired girl was the one who was apologizing for the bandaged dark mage's actions earlier. The noblewoman was far too occupied on helping Ren win his contest.

"I'd like to apologize beforehand if Ren decides to do something utterly stupid. Ah, also this is Ren Hengi." Ophelia gestured over to the blonde haired boy.

Zuo was much happier to be talking to Niju then the folk from Nox Animus and his mood was lightening up by the second. After walking out of the guild hall to the bundles and after listening to his guild member's simple enough instructions. Zuo smiled and said "Well alright my boy let us get to work!" He clapped his hands and the ground around Niju-Ku and his firework bundles suddenly rose up like an elevator and carried them both all the way up to the roof. The platform moved quickly but was still slow enough that the contents and the rider would not risk falling. After just a little Hachi would find himself on the roof with all his supplies. With that squared away Zuo decided to head back into the guildhall to advance the events. He walked through the varied party goers until he reached a far wall completely deprived of anyone or anything that was roped off at the beginning of the festivities.

In the middle of the u-shaped clear space Zuo stomped his foot and raised his right arm up above his head. Instantly in response the marble around his feet elevated several feet forming a crude stage. With a snap of his fingers the stone molded itself a stage of more lavish design to fit with the rest of the guild hall. With that little feat of magic Zuo turned around and walked to the edge of the stage and called out "Attention please!" As if he didn't already have everyone's attention from the stage raising act. "The guild decoration contest will soon begin. Would all contestants please come to the stage?"