[West Balcony-East Balcony]
Seeing how other people were occupied, the boys decided to head to the east balcony. They immediately saw Cain. Gazing at them, they noticed that he could be roughly the same age as Nathan. They also noticed his unusual red eyes-almost as red as Adam's hair.
Wow...wonder what kind of contact lends he bought. Nick thought, before realizing he had been staring at him.
Adam nervously stuck his hand out to greet him. "H-Hi, sir. W-Were you invited to the party too?"
[Tables] > [West Balcony]
Oh jeez, REALLY!?!? "Phoebus, we're going to have to...." Oh great he's almost dozed off. Why hadn't he just ordered some virgin margaritas?
Wylfing sighs, he levitates Matthias in the air and grabs his boyfriend's arm to haul them to the balcony. He goes as quickly as he can to attempt to avoid causing a spectacle, and runs out to find Estela. He gently places Matthias in front of her.
"He decided to skip drunk and move right on to hammered, what can I tell you."
He sighs, "Shoot me, I thought that he'd be off put by the...."
"Oh Wylfing, I wasn't expecting to see you here."
He turns around to see a glowing Erina smiling at him.
What are you doing here! The elves received this invitation!
"Oh Erina!"
He begins sparkling as if he was a fairy, he hopes no one gets to freaked out with this stupid Elven ritual.
We got one too! And what the heck are you doing to those....
She steps towards him. "It is such a pleasure to see you here."
The humans? They're idiots, stupider than possessed nobility. Now go play with that boytoy of yours. That's what the papers said at least.
edited 4th Aug '12 8:18:05 PM by Aqueos
Bet you didn't see that comingWest Balcony
Indeed. Guinevere replied, then smiled evilly. If this wasn't supposed to be a truce zone and I wasn't worried about hitting someone who didn't deserve it, that arrow I launched earlier would have likely lopped off a significant chunk of her hair. Certainly, that would knock her down a few pegs.
Her face returned to a neutral expression. Anyway, I suppose there's not much more to do out here. The sunset's come and gone, and I've already demonstrated. What say we go back inside and order our main courses?
This was suggested right as an unconscious Matthias was set at Estela's feet. By the looks of things, there seemed there was going to be another incident occurring soon if the elf's behavior towards the two men that brought Matthias in was any indication. While Guinevere didn't show any noticeable reaction on her face, she did take a few steps back. I'm...going to stay out of this, she thought.
edited 4th Aug '12 8:21:29 PM by Yomegami
Icon by Civvi the Civilian![West Balcony]
"I suppose we might as well. I think my husband has eaten already and—"
Estela chokes with laughter when Wylfing and Phoebus arrive with Balto right behind them. "Oh, how cruel of me to leave him and his Manifestation to their own devices." She smirks down at her husband, who grins nervously and waves at her.
<In case you two didn't notice, the more drunk he gets, the more annoying Balto is. So, Balto, go away.> Tempest hops on Matthias's stomach and gets to work detoxicating him.
Balto blows a raspberry before his form vanishes.
"So sorry, Guinevere. Perhaps later?" Estela is valiantly keeping a straight face, somehow, while she watches the elf and Wylfing. This could either be very amusing or go very, very wrong. But the latter is amusing in its own way.
edited 4th Aug '12 8:26:06 PM by SnowyFoxes
The last battle's curtains will open on stage!Keep in mind, the mental text is only between them. Should have made this clearer.
[[West Balcony]]
"Oh Erina, you too."
I'll ignore it if you do me a favor.
They move close together and kiss twice, once on each cheek.
"It is such a pleasure to see you outside the elven court Wylfing. So soon!"
You? A favor? Why would I do that?
Erina snaps her fingers and music starts, a fully choral arrangement with a heavy beat begins playing from nothing, they move into positions for a waltz.
You know why Erina, and the very reason is right in front of you. Now mind my foot.
They dance, positions of pure happiness fixed to their faces.
Meanwhile, Phoebus wastes no time making things even more awkward, "So your daughter...... what's the problem with her boyfriend?"
He sways a bit. "Wylfie and me had an easy enough time." He nearly falls, one of the constructs runs over to hold him up.
That enough for you?
HELL NO!
edited 4th Aug '12 8:43:00 PM by Aqueos
Bet you didn't see that comingWest Balcony -> Inside
Guinevere raised an eyebrow at all the events going on, before turning back to Estela. Well, er...I guess we'll 'talk' later. I'm going to go find Caer and eat now, since there's not much out here for me at the moment. In the event that Tempest wasn't receiving at the moment, she nodded at the same time as to say "I'm out."
With that, she slipped past the other occupants of the balcony and went back inside. Time to go back to not having a proper voice, she thought with a sigh.
Icon by Civvi the Civilian![East Balcony] Cain turned around to see some boys nervously saying hello. He shook the outstretched hand (because it's horribly rude to leave one hanging,) and said, "Hello. My name is Cain Stellark. I was invited to this party, just like you. Otherwise I wouldn't of attempted cross-dimensional trip in the first place."
Cain looked human, even attractive with his tousled hair and young face. He was wearing a very nice tuxedo with a blue clip-on tie. He was very tall, 2 meters in height (6 feet 7 inches), his face betrayed no expression besides slight suspicion, despite the four drinks he had already, and his eyes were wide and innocent, yet hiding a deep inner sadness that wouldn't go away.
[West Balcony]
Haruka watched the show with Erina and two other humans with amusement.
Edited in his height. Haruka is more like 5 foot 6 inches or something.
edited 4th Aug '12 9:13:34 PM by Tehpillowstar
"Life is eternal; and love is immortal; and death is only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight." - R. W. Raymond[West Balcony]
"Isn't this music great Wylfing?"
Ah... I thought me saving your cutie wootie little boyfriend would make you happy
"Oh yes Erina, glorious.
HEY I!
"Well Matthias said that it would be nice if your little girl would marry her boyfriend but he was angry. He said he didn't know why." He sways even more, the construct picks him up completely. "I thought you'd know." He sighs, "I hope it works out, I'm sure they're made perfectly for each other."
"Oh Wylfing, our feet are as one."
Oh so it IS about him.
Just.... just.... PURIFY HIM . I know you can do it flawlessly damnit
I'm sorry Wylfiepoo, I'm afraid I can't do that.
edited 4th Aug '12 9:17:14 PM by Aqueos
Bet you didn't see that coming[East Balcony]
"Well, how do you think we all got here in the first place?" Cain answered. A passing waiter handed over a small piece of warm bread with melted cheese on top, sprinkled with a touch of paprika and a glass of water. Cain popped on into his mouth and chewed, ready for the boys next questions. Using magic he froze the condensation on the glass, making beautiful frost patterns.
[West Balcony]
Haruka took two pieces of that delicious toast with the melted cheese that a waiter with a tray of it passed by. She made a mental note to herself to try and recreate it at home. It looks as if it were made of slices of baguette with a dab of olive oil on top of some mozzerella cheese melted in some kind of toaster oven and sprinkled with paprika. Perhaps she could go into the kitchens to see how it was made, but first she wanted to watch how this [Erina's shenanigans] was going to play out.
"Life is eternal; and love is immortal; and death is only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight." - R. W. RaymondTables
Guinevere returned to her table, still unoccupied. Since it seemed that everyone else was out on the balconies, the innards of the building looked a little less lively than before. She was fine with that - meant less people without the proper abilities would try to talk to her without Caer around. With the exceptions of the waiters of course, but that could be worked around rather easily - she could simply show the waiter what she wanted off the menu.
Speaking of the menu, she might as well take a look at it and see what interested her. Since this was an inter-dimensional gala, she figured she'd go with something that didn't exist in Briton. As royalty, she'd pretty much exhausted Briton's list of delicacies. She picked one of the menus at her table up and started looking it over, figuring that she'd go find Caer once she had decided what she wanted.
Icon by Civvi the Civilian![East Balcony]
"A city in a country in Planet Earth," Cain deadpanned, "Filled with various citizens and mages of all types and bureaucratic clowns."
[West Balcony -> Tables]
Haruka was getting bored of this. Have fun with you kismesis soap-opera, she said and walked away to the tables. She was handed a menu and started reading. What looked good?
edited 5th Aug '12 5:14:37 AM by Tehpillowstar
"Life is eternal; and love is immortal; and death is only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight." - R. W. Raymond[West Balcony]
"Oh?" Phoebus tries to laugh but merely coughs a few times. "It's an elven court ritual, they're probably making a serious deal."
Erina and Wylfing dance between Pheobus and Estela.
"Oh Erina, your footwork is so good!"
I swear you are going to help my boyfriend or I'm going to pound you to smithereens.
Oh Wylfie, you are so amusing
"But no, you are even better."
"They reserve this footwork for serious deals! I swear! They'd only tango if it wasn't so serious!"
You can't force me to.
I'll counter out your nature magic, then feign innocence.
"But your dress! It wraps around you like a dream!"
Ugh, you win Wylfing. You want to be purified too yes?
Of course I thought that was the deal?
What planet you on? Drunktopia? Ugh
"Enough of this nonsense."
Erina pulls back from Wylfing and claps her hands; Phoebus suddenly snaps into focus, catching himself as he falls from the construct; Wylfing stops sparkling. Erina seats herself again. "Sorry for that, I must get back to my guests of course!"
Phoebus scratches his head and then pales. "I'm so sorry Wylfing! I didn't mean to make this all so awkward for you I..." He runs over and kisses Wylfing, embracing him.
Erina looks over her shoulder. Woops Wylfie, sorry about that.
edited 4th Aug '12 9:47:57 PM by Aqueos
Bet you didn't see that comingLast post for me tonight
[East Balcony]
Hearing the deadpan in his voice, Nick sighed and said, "Oh, I'm sorry. I never suspected you were from earth. I thought you were in-"
"Nick!" Adam interrupted, glaring at him, "Don't be like that! Please. Let's just get along here." Turning back to Cain, he bowed, "I-I'm sorry, Mr. Stellark. Nick can be a bit of a snarker sometimes."
He decided to change the subject "Um...I noticed that you used magic, and you mentioned mages. What kind of magic do you use?"
[East Balcony]
Daniel smiled at Caer's statement. "You know, I had a conversation a long while back, and it had exactly the opposite conclusion." He looked back out to the ocean. "There are no fairies in our world. Just a bunch of stories explained away by magically enhanced fireflies or some such. It's good to know real ones exist somewhere."
"By the way," Daniel turned back to Caer, "What's the world like where you're from?"
If I knew how I know everything I know, I'd only be able to know half as much because my brain would be clogged up with where I know it from[West Balcony —> Tables]
I'm going to rethink what I'm trying to accomplish with these two, so don't disturb them while they eat.
Estela buries her face in her hands. Maybe Matthias was right about not coming.
He's sleeping peacefully now. Tempest levitates him.
"Thank you for bringing him to me," she sighs. "I'll eat my dinner now."
Tempest settles on Estela's shoulder. Matthias begins to snore as she walks back to their table. After she asks a waiter to clear the table, she opens her menu.
[Entrance —> West Balcony]
Two finely dressed young men stroll inside.
"We are obscenely late, Jonathan." Cyrus has the same gold-flecked amber eyes and soft face as Matthias, but his hair is dark brown. He is, in fact, the younger brother Matthias spoke of earlier.
"Eh, we've got an excuse." Jonathan's playful grin and sharp green eyes don't seem to go together. His cheekbones are very prominent and the rest of his body is rather bony as well, almost starved—not what you'd expect from someone of his station. "Wanna eat outside? Nice sunset out there! I hope they have tables, or I guess we could move some."
Jonathan drags Cyrus along without waiting for an answer, but as they pass by the tables, he manages to slow Jonathan down.
"Wait, that's my brother! Hallo, Matthias! I didn't know you were—oh, wait, he's asleep—hallo, Estela!"
Cyrus and Jonathan return her glare with grins and energetic waving, but the way they sprint to the balcony betrays their fear.
"Oh, hellooo." Jonathan quirks his eyebrows at the two kissing men. "Well, at least we know what this place's policy on homosexuals is. In other words, let's stick around."
"All right, but don't ogle," Cyrus moans.
"Fine. I won't." He lowers his voice to a whisper. "I'm going to walk toward them. Trip me with magic, okay?
Cyrus goes pale. "We can't do that!"
"I guess I'll just jump, then." Jonathan grins cheekily.
"No! No! I'll do it! If it looks like an accident we'll get away with it."
Jonathan mills about the balcony, pretending to admire the view, but he strolls by Wylfing and Phoebus, Cyrus gives him a little magic shove, sending him crashing down on the couple.
Cyrus buries his face in his hands, laughing uncontrollably. We are horrible, horrible people.
edited 4th Aug '12 11:02:19 PM by SnowyFoxes
The last battle's curtains will open on stage!nuuuuuu masterofchaos. Now what will Cain do?
[East Balcony]
He shrugged, and said, "The kind that lurks in your nightmares and the villains of stories." He reached out for a potted plant and snapped off a leaf, holding it out in his left hand. Then he made a kind of vertical pulling motion with his right and the leaf turned into dust. He clenched his right hand and then opened it to reveal an olive-green spark of life force. He then threw it back in the direction of the plant.
"Not everyone can use magic, where I'm from. You have to have the Gift." He made a gesture and a shadow solidified into what looked like a tentacle attached to his back, and reached out for another cheese-toast and popped it into his mouth. The tentacle dissolved back into the shadows. He had enough of scaring/showing off to some teenagers, even though he was just recently one too. "People have specific talents, but they aren't limited to them, kind of like how a talented soccer player can also play basketball, but isn't as good with the sport than the one he's good at."
edited 5th Aug '12 5:15:07 AM by Tehpillowstar
"Life is eternal; and love is immortal; and death is only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight." - R. W. Raymond[[West Balcony]]
Well that wasn't expec MMPH.
Tongue why not hand every....
Wylfing and Phoebus fall to the ground, some skinny guy's on top of them.
"Are you really that much of a clutz! Jeez, watch where you're going!" Phoebus glares, he'd gotten sobered up by some stupid elf, had an apology kiss probably to be followed by a fun night of.... laughing?
"Are you..... Matthias's brother?" Wylfing stares ahead, he'd landed on his stomach in the other direction. "Your eyes....."
He blinks a couple times. "And were you checking us out?"
edited 4th Aug '12 10:37:55 PM by Aqueos
Bet you didn't see that comingEast Balcony
"Admittedly, I'm not surprised that there are people who've never seen a fairy before. This is a 'gala of the worlds,' after all." Caer replied. "As for Briton: Well, it's a small-ish island nation with generally mild weather patterns. As far as most are concerned, it's a peaceful place - there hasn't been a major scuffle since King Arthur's last battle 200 years ago, and everyone else who's tried to conquer Briton since then has failed miserably."
She frowned slightly. "That's what it looks like to most people. As it turns out, there's also a sentient Hell that's dead set on consuming the entire place and probably is going to move on Heaven if it succeeds. Gwinny and I have succeeded in driving it back significantly, so at least it's not as much a threat as it once was."
She smiled again. "Yeah, that's Briton in a nutshell. Don't ask me to explain politics or anything like that; I wouldn't know."
Tables
Guinevere had just decided what she wanted when a waiter walked up and asked her if she was ready to order. She nodded, and pointed to the meal she had in mind: General Tso's Chicken. Luckily for her, whoever planned the gala did have mute people in mind - the waiter nodded and went to tell the cooks what she wanted.
Well, that worked well enough. she thought. Perhaps I should go find Caer now, so she can get something.
Ultimately, she decided that Caer could use the break from having to speak for her - this was the first time in months that she could talk on her own behalf and no one else's. Besides, if she wasn't on the balcony Guinevere thought she was on, then trying to find her was going to be a pain in the rear; and Guinevere also enjoyed the fact that Caer wasn't around to bother her much. Granted, without Caer she really didn't have a good way of communicating, but there weren't that many people in here anyway.
She leaned back in her chair and simply admired the scenery, perhaps readying herself to take a nap while her order was being prepared.
edited 4th Aug '12 10:56:38 PM by Yomegami
Icon by Civvi the Civilian![West Balcony]
"No! I wasn't really looking, but—well, I had to look in order to know to look away, but—oh, bother." Cyrus is still laughing. "Yes, I'm Matthias's brother. I'm the same age as his daughter, but yes. Seems like he told you about the mark of the Wolfram."
"Well, sorry about that." Jonathan picks himself up as gracefully as he can, considering his gangly figure, and dusts himself off. Cyrus rushes forward to stand next to him to make sure he doesn't try anything else innapropriate. "I'm Jonathan Amsel, and this is my boyfriend, Cyrus Fenrir, but you might have known that already. His name, I mean. Not him being my boyfriend. And you lovely ladies are...?"
Cyrus isn't sure whether to laugh or groan.
edited 4th Aug '12 11:14:21 PM by SnowyFoxes
The last battle's curtains will open on stage![West Balcony]
Phoebus manages to get up first "Phoebus and Wylfing, the People's hero and his boytoy in no particular order."
Wylfing's cheeks are back to burning and he looks down at the ground, "I swear I didn't come up with that."
"Sure you didn't." Phoebus grabs Wylfing by the shoulder and pulls him in close. Phoebus kisses Wylfing on the forehead, the latter's whole face practically seems to be on fire.
edited 4th Aug '12 11:54:58 PM by Aqueos
Bet you didn't see that coming

[Tables]
With one last gulp of sake, Matthias collapses. He's still conscious, but barely.
<Awwww.> Balto pokes his face with a tentacle. <I think all the love around here was too much for him. Heartless bastard. Anyway, you might want to take him to Estela, or she'll kill you. Just some friendly advice, becasue I love you two.>
He wiggles the tentacles. <Anytime, boys. Anytime.>
The last battle's curtains will open on stage!