Angels In The Night [INACTIVE]

[★ Ryuujin !]

Until the last breath leaves my body,
[So I gasp and hold my breath
These needs have changed so deep.]

Nine... Ten... Eleven...

It was nearly time, or so the great grandfather clock told him. The bells inside chimed eleven o'clock, he had an hour to make final preparations for his guests. Turning on his heel, the noble quickly made his way down the hall, unbuttoning his normal black and silver coat as he went. Moments later, it was thrown over his bed as he closed the door behind him, quickly moving to change.

The outfit he had chosen for the occasion consisted of a rather interesting black suit with silver trims and decorations. From the collar, on the left side, a silver bit of leather rose from his collar bone where white fur rimmed his shoulders and neck. From the fur in the back extended four, thin, long bits of even more fur, ending in points. Completed with his normal, black and silver zip up boots. One may think of it to be strange and well... different, to say the least. But it was what Akira was accustomed to.

By the time he was finished, the clock read eleven thirty. A half hour left, should be enough time to make sure everything was in order. As he left his room, he reached out a hand to idly grab the silver mask that laid on the table next to his door before shutting and locking his room. This was the one room that nobody would be allowed access to - and with good reason. Stuffing the key into a well hidden pocket, Akira made his way down the hall, making last minute checks to some of the more open rooms before entering the main hall. Stopping up on the balcony, he looked over the room - clean, orderly and prepared, from what he could see at least.

The room was large, as a main hall should be. The floor was tiled with black and white boxes, looking as if someone had laid several chess boards down. The floor was left wide open, tables sitting on either side, well set and prepared for the meals to be served and for resting. A few musicians stood off to one side of the room, cleaning their instruments, making their own last minute preparations for the masquerade. Loki, his Riolu slowly made his way up the single staircase in the room that lead up to the second floor and the balcony where he stood now.

Though, despite the fact that he knew he had checked things at least a thousand times, Akira couldn't help but to think he was forgetting something... Maybe it was just the butterflies in his stomach that wouldn't stop fluttering, or his heart that was well into his throat, beating heavily like a drum. The noble knew he had nothing to worry about, things would go smoothly - at least he hoped. But it was his first major event after becoming the Noble of the North. More or less, he was nervous of the impression he would make.

One... Two... Three...

It was nearly time, they would be arriving any time now. Swallowing hard, the noble gripped the railing and the mask in his hand, looking down at as if having second thoughts to this whole ordeal. As if to reassure the boy, Kurosu, his Shadow Dragonite stepped behind him, growling out his name softly. Looking up and behind him, Akira flashed the pokemon a nervous smile before looking away, unable to hold it for long.

Nine... Ten... Eleven...

Raising the mask to his face, Akira slid it into place before raising his head high, straightening his stance. There was no turning back now, not that he wanted to anyway. But it was time now, and the butterflies picked up their pace as adrenaline set in. The nervous feeling began to fade away as excitement took his place.

Twelve...

It was time.

I will not stop walking.
[To face you all and say
I've been awake forever.]

[Jay]

Just as the call of midnight seemed to ring out, Feliciano Rossi appeared to all but burst through the front door and into the main dance area. What appeared to be a thousand red roses seemed to flow through the door and followed him inwards as he walked, or rather danced in a very elaborate step, into the center of the room. The flowers that had come with him appeared to finally fall all to the floor, and following the blond haired man was his Roserade, Rosie, who appeared to be more or less enthused by the entire experience.

The blond haired man had left his sister back home with the bulk of his pokemon as well as his few servants that took care of the gardens as well. She was far too young in his eyes to be coming to something so formal... Deeper though, it was more a fear that she would be harmed or something of the like that had drove the blond haired man to say 'no' to her coming with him. It had hurt him to say it, yet he had felt the drastic need to.

"Akira!" the blond haired man called out as he danced now in a rather swirled pattern towards the balcony where the other noble stood. "Are we trying out a Romeo and Juliet part, Akira?" the blond haired man asked as he looked up a moment. A few seconds later, a though occurred to him, and the blond haired man reached into his pocket and produced a mask that appeared to have a Beautifly design as the main part of it. "I forgot~ Silly me," the blond haired man laughed again as he slipped the mask over his face.

[Ryder]

RYDER + BRENDEN

Outside the door Ryder looked at Brenden who had said they should come, she herself didn't like to be around a lot of people anymore. But, how could she say no to her brother, so she had come, plus it was a good chance for them to spend more time together. Looking at Somber who walked next to Brenden, as the pokemon looked at the large door to the castle, wanting to get in as soon as she could. On one side Ryder had her Houndour Monster out, and in her arms she carried Artemis, who seemed relaxed. Telling both of them to be on there best behavior during this party. She let Brenden go first as he opened the door, and she looked inside, to see that the place was huge.

She hadn't been to a castle before in her life, but had seen pictures of the insides of one, it was still impressive to say the least. Walking into the main room, to look around, both her and her brother hadn't seen the man that had come in before them, and who had rushed up stairs. Monster was close to her side, in fact at times he would brush her, and almost make her fall flat on her face. Not having a liking to mask, she had just a simple one, nothing to great. Even though there was hardly anyone here, she was quick to pick out a spot where she thought the least number of people would be, while Brenden followed her there. She knew that sometime in the night Brenden would drag her all over the place, but for now, she was allowed to sit, and wait and see how many other people were coming.

[Maid Melody]

A soft giggle could be heard around the corner as Sofia walked in on Felis' performance. The little girl had on a beautiful white mask that covered half of her face with white lace surrounding the edges and sequins around her eyes. White feathers graced the left side of the mask and on the right side was a single silver sequin on top of the lace edge.

Her dress was an elegant but simple design of silver and white. The white skirt fell around her ankles and just barely touched the floor as she walked gracefully among the roses that were around Felis. The lighting made the silver lacing on her skirt shimmer as she walked, almost making her appear to be an angel by the way she glistened in the light. The lace around her chest area had an intricate design that appeared to be tiny leaves captured in mid-fall she had a silver shawl around her shoulders with a single silver leaf in the center.


In Sofia's arms was Chrissy, her happiny who at the moment seemed entranced by the appearance of the ballroom. It almost looked as if Chrissy was wearing a dress by the way Sofia's white and silver arm bands were around her.

The little girl giggled again before waving up at Akira,"Hi Akira! Nice to see you again!" she said in a cheerful voice before turning to Felis," And you're being silly, a girl plays Juliet, not a boy!"she giggled.

"My name is Sofia by the way, what's yours?" she giggled, twirling amidst the rose petals, while Chrissy giggled with delight in her arms.

[Baroness Charmissey]

Behind Sofia came a boy who did not look to pleased to be here at all. He was frowning and looking down at the ground. He had only come because his friend Sofia had made him and even got him his outfit. He is wearing a white mask with black stripes, and a white tuxedo.



He hated going to partys with a firy burning passon but was willing to do so for Sofia. When Harvey walked into the room behind Sofia, Harvey looked at Feliciano rolled his eyes and shook his head. Not really wanting to talk to anyone Harvey started to make his way over to the side of the room and just wait till eather Sofia wanted him or when the party fully started.
Harvey then leaned on the wall and folded his arms as he looked around with his eyes frowning.

[MCstorms]

Hearing the commotion from outside Hope entered the grand castle. He waved at the person on the balcony without looking assuming it was the host. His suit was a simple design as was his mask.

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His bangs covered the forehead of the mask revealing only the eyes portion. The only visible part of his face was the lower half of his jaw. His suit was simple the tie and the breast pocket is what stood out most.

Hope looked around to see other people some he recognized and some were new faces. Feliciano Rossi the duke of the east and Akira Taka Naozumi the duke of the north Hope thought to himself. He looked to see two children who contradicted one another. The little boy seemed miserable, but the girl was as happy as can be. The ex noble looked over to see two people sitting they appeared to be older then him.

Hope then went to a wall and leaned on it with his hands in his pocket. This could be fun he thought to himself.

[Admiral Striker General]

A few minutes after Hope, two more guests arrived. The young man seemed confident enough, while the girl with him seemed to trail behind hesitantly. A very slight similarity in their outfit themes coupled with their arrival time said they had most likely come together, but she seemed to be debating pretending she hadn't. To look at him, few would wonder why.

Alaric's choice of outfit at the evening was... Well, there wasn't really an adjective he would approve of for it, was there? "Unique", of course, but that really didn't quite do it justice. It was a suit, more or less, and as such... technically counted as formal, right? Of course, the tight-yet-baggy pants and open jacket were blinding sparkling gold- or perhaps more bronze as that was a little easier a color to produce on silk- with a very slight iridescent quality. The silk t-shirt he wore beneath it was silver and highly iridescent, or at least what could be seen of it beneath the massive collar of bright warm-gold fur that started small at the back of his neck and became gradually longer and thicker to a point of covering from his neckline to halfway down his chest. This was a little more orange toward the front and tips, with the back just almost matching his hair. Covering his visage was a large-ish polished golden mask modeled after the face of a lion, complete with a bit of a fur 'mane' extending from the top and sides. This was fairly thick, and similar his collar, a little more orange-ish toward the front blending down to a color closer to his hair as the fur met it. The mask itself covered to a bit below his nose, but his efforts to look leonine had not ended there. When he smiled or spoke, one would see he had applied false fangs for the evening, and if one got close enough to see his eyes, they would find slitted contacts, though in a similar green-ish shade to his natural color. In addition, hanging from the back of his pants was a silken bronze-gold tail, complete with a furry tuft to match his 'mane'. ...Naturally, with all this, he wore the same plain black boots he wore everywhere for everything.

His hesitant sister, on the other hand, wore a much more conventional black dress, which dragged the floor a little even in front due to her (lack of) height and refusal to attempt spending the evening in heels. A matching mask displayed a bit of a cat theme, partially at her brother's request and partially in the vainest hope to help him stand out just an ounce less. Her mid-long pale blonde hair was let down straight for the evening. For about the fifth time thus far, Ava wondered how she'd been talked into coming to this. Of course, because it was equally open to royalty and peasants, she did keep her eyes peeled for the tallest, thinnest guests at the party, for all that her hopes were not high.


Alaric was a little disappointed to realize he'd arrived so early. He'd've liked to be able to just walk in and disappear as opposed to risking any attention, though at-- Where did all these ROSES come from? The young man stopped in his tracks to gawk for a moment at the strange assortment all over the floor around them. He wondered if perhaps they were just part of the decor, but then they were only in the immediate doorway as opposed to.. well, anywhere else at all, it looked like. Hm. Well, then again, how else could they have gotten there? With a light shrug, he just wrote it off as perhaps a strange choice but not really his business and began to move toward a table to look at the refreshments until a few more guests arrived. Sighing, Ava followed, though keeping at her distance.

[Jay]

The air was cool outside, yet it was not unpleasant as a butler walked up followed by his master. They had not walked all the way up there, yet the carriage that had taken them there had stopped just a little ways off due to the way that the snow had packed itself making it harder for weight such as that to not fall.

The butler himself wore no fancy clothes or anything other than his usual suit as was custom to wear in any occasion. He was not a standard party goer but simply followed his master to wherever was requested of him. As he walked up to the door of the large castle all but snuggled in the ice, the butler took hold of the door handle.

In the moment that followed, Sebastian Michaelis opened the main door of the mansion with a gloved hand and made a bow towards the boy that had followed him there as he opened the door fully. "We have arrived safely, young master," the butler said aloud as he held the door open for the young boy who was already head of his family. "Shall we proceed?"

[★ Ryuujin !]

Until the last breath leaves my body,
[So I gasp and hold my breath
These needs have changed so deep.]

When the doors opened for the first time, revealing none other than the great Feliciano Rossi, Akira couldn't help but to smile, feeling all but relieved. Though, as the wave of flowers came in, the noble had to bite his lower lip to stop himself from laughing. It was so typical of the noble of the East to make such a flamboyant entrance. Each step the noble took didn't go unnoticed by Akira, as his eyes never left the blond man as he came to a stop, looking up at him.

"Are we trying out a Romeo and Juliet part, Akira?"

At this, a warm smile found its way onto Akira's face as he leaned forward on his elbows on the balcony, resting his head in his hands, "O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" He spoke smoothly without hesitation. The noble of the north continued to watch Felis as he slipped his mask on before continuing, "What satisfaction canst thou have tonight?"

Only moments later, did three more guests walk in, though, he didn't recognize the first two, the third, he certainly did. Taking a more relaxed stance, still leaning on the railing, his head still in his hands, though now tilted slightly.

"Hi Akira! Nice to see you again!"

"And you, Sofia. Welcome back." He moved his attention from Felis to the young girl as he spoke, offering her a soft smile as Tim leaped onto his shoulder, waving at the young girl. Within moments, the small yellow pokemon leaped back onto the floor and dashed around the second floor to the stairs, slid down the railing and made a flying jump into the flowers, crawling around in them happily, "Chu!"

"And you're being silly, a girl plays Juliet, not a boy!

At this, Akira blushed softly and turned his head away. She was completely innocent and oblivious to what Felis meant, and perhaps it was better this way but... it made Akira feel rather... flustered. Sighing softly at the thought, the noble brought his lower lip into his mouth to bite it gently, ignoring the fact that Tim was playing happily in the flowers below, handing one up to Sofia with a large grin - and completely missing the fact that more people had entered the large hall.

I will not stop walking.
[To face you all and say
I've been awake forever.]

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When all the lights go down
And when the final curtain falls
When there is nothing left to say,

For most of the journey, the young Phantomhive had traveled in silence. When they had left the carriage behind, Ciel released his Umbreon, Aku in case if they had run across anything in their small journey farther up the mountain to the snowy castle that loomed above. The castle was elegant, Ciel had to admit.

"We have arrived safely, young master,"

Looking up from the snowy ground before him, The young noble smirked. Indeed they were, and now it was time to make an impression. The outfit the young master had chosen consisted of a blue and black button up formal shirt that went from his thighs to his upper neck. The arms of the shirt were pure blue that lead down to black cuffs and gloves. The pants he had chosen were of the same color blue and tucked into a pair of almost knee high boots that laced up in the front. Finishing it off, he wore a black top hat with a blue and silver bow tied around it. The mask he had chosen was black and blue, to match his outfit, with the right eye nonexistent to cover his eye-patched eye. [See middle Avatar for the main outfit]

"Shall we proceed?"

As his butler spoke, Ciel moved forward to stop next to the taller man and looked up at him, "Of course, Sebastian." With that, the young noble walked in.

Eternity eventually will linger
Through abandoned halls
And leave us dark in disarray.

[Jay]

"And you're being silly, a girl plays Juliet, not a boy! My name is Sofia by the way, what's yours?"

"Not so," Felis answered back laughing lightly as he went. "Back then in the times of Romeo and Juliet, only men could play all the roles including the female ones. Tis the difference between acting then and now. I was simply referring back to then, and our beloved Akira knows this." The blond haired rather flamboyant man left it at this to spare Akira for he could already read his friend's face on the matter, and after a moment, he made a very dramatic bow to the young woman before him.

"And my name, dear little girl, is Feliciano Rossi, but most simply call me Felis." He smiled lightly standing up again as he finished the bow and began to almost twirl in the flowers. After another moment, Felis stopped again and grinned. "At a later time, be sure to find me, so that I can offer you up a dance, m'lady," Felis said aloud before starting to walk up the stairs of the balcony and off towards Akira.

When he finally reached the top of the stairs and turned the short corner to see Akira, the blond haired man grinned mischievously for a moment before stepping up to Akira and promptly glomping him. "And how are you my dear Noble of the North?" Felis grinned.

Rosie, who had retreated now to a corner as he watched his trainer continue to all but claim attention from those in the area, sighed and ushered a light Sweet Scent through the area for no other apparent reason other than to simply do it. The male Roserade watched the other pokemon that had been let out of their pokeballs with a careful eye but couldn't help but smile at Tim for his rather peaceful fun in the flowers.

After his young master had walked inwards, the butler stepped in himself and followed suit with relative ease. Sebastian's eyes moved around the area rather quickly for a moment before he smiled and nodded to himself. "Everything seems at peace for the moment, young master," the butler said aloud. "Guests are still coming in, it appears," he finished. Seeing a few people in the corners and things for a moment, the butler released Mai, his Glameow, who began to wander lazily about the area as though simply waiting to see what caught her attention if anything at all.

[Maid Melody]

Sofia stopped spinning when Felis started to speak to her and smiled.
"Ooooh. That makes sense, but that's still kinda weird that men would play girls parts. Oh well," she said in a cheerful voice, giggling when Felis bowed to her and introduced himself, even asking her to dance,"Nice to meet you Felis! I would be delighted to dance with you later, I love to dance!"

Sofia curtsied to Felis with Chrissy in her arms and watched him curiously as he proceeded to glomp Akira. Giggling to herself, Sofia looked around to see where Harvey had gone to when she noticed a small pichu trying to give her a flower. Immediately, Sofia bent down, carefully so as to not rip the dress, and set Chrissy down taking the rose from the pichu and smelling it.
"Oh, what a pretty rose from such a cute pichu! Thank you Tim, you really are the gentleman!" she said in a kind voice before setting the rose down and hugging the pichu, " I missed you too Tim."

Setting the pichu down once again, Sofia giggled softly when she saw that Chrissy had once again begun to make wreaths out of the flowers, the happiny's favorite hobby, especially when she was with Candy, Sofia's buneary.
"I have an idea, Tim, why don't you play with Chrissy? I'm sure she'd love that." she suggested in a kind, cheery voice.

Chrissy was indeed, too busy arranging flowers into wreaths that she hadn't noticed the pichu yet, she was content to sit and play with the flowers, at least for the moment.

When the sweet scent filled the air, Sofia giggled and stood up, looking around to see where Harvey had gone when she spotted a man who had just entered that looked a lot like...
"CUZZY ALI!!!![/b]"[/color] she squealed in delight, running over to where Alaric had just entered and proceeding to tackle/glomp him, laughing as she hugged him," I can't believe you came! I mean, I never thought I would see you here!"

[Ezio]

Ezio rushed to Yukishiro Castle as fast as his body could take him, keeping one eye on the time whilst still trying to get dressed. He was late. Ezio himself did not know how himself was late but all he could do now was get there, well eventually anyways. As he neared the castle, Ezio quickly put on his mask before handing another mask to Viento, his trusty Castform. "Better fashionably late then never, lets hurry up a bit more" He told his pokemon.
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Finally arriving upon the entrance, Ezio took a deep breath, straightening himself out. Taking one last glance at his reflection in the glass windows next to the door, making sure he was looking his best, and quickly checking over his Castform, they, as quietly as they could, opened the door, hoping to sneak in.

Seeing several other people already there and enjoying themselves, Ezio reassure himself that he wasn't noticed. Even though he had no need to be nervous, he still did. He wasn't even sure how or why he was invited but he was, even checking over the invitation several times over just to make sure. Picking up a rose and a wine glass, Ezio set out to mingle, attempting to act like a James Bond character.

[Baroness Charmissey]

Harvey watched as the other nobles started to come. Though he had no real interest in talking to them at all... For he knew he had nothing in common with anyone of them. He was only hear because Sofia made him come.... He sighed and got off the wall and started to walk around. Then when the other nobles started to call out their Pokemon Harvey looked an could not help but smile. His love for Pokemon over passed his hate for parties. just then he saw Sofa call out Chrissy her Happiny. Harvey just smiled though and shook his head. " Sofia... You know she likes to wonder off.... Guess I better call Piplup out along with Rayna.." He said to himself and took out their pokeballs opened them and called them out.

In a flash of light Piplup and Rayna where now out of their pokeballs and looked around when they saw they where inside at what looked like a party. " Piplup? Sofia called Chrissy out, could you go watch her please?" Harvey asked the piplup. Piplup looked up at Harvey smiled and nodded. "Pip!" She said and walked off over to where Chrissy is and tap her with her fin. " Pip pip lup," she said to Chrissy happily saying I'm here to watch you Chrissy.

Rayna the shiny Riolu stayed by Harvey's side though. Knowing that Harvey hated party's and well Sofia being Sofia would not stay at his side for very long. She looked up at Harvey and smiled. " So, how did Sofia get you to come to this party?" The Riolu asked trying not to giggle. Harvey looked at Rayna and shook his head. " Don't ask..." Harvey said and started to walk over to the drinks.
Rayna smiled and just followed Harvey looking at the other Pokemon as she walked beside Harvey,

[Jay]

Teme Efrette stared up at the estate in front of her for a moment with her arms crossed in front of her and her neck craned upwards as she stared at the entire castle.The blond haired woman was wearing a tight fitting black and white dress that held her curves almost perfectly and gave her a tall slim look overall. The giant slit in her dress that almost made its way up to her waist caused the black dress to split as several white layers took to hide any sort of extra showing. She wore dark black sandals with high heels that gave her a much taller appearance than usual. Her bust was pressed upwards tightly as the dress sleeves held it so. Her rather long hair was tied back in a simple ponytail and seemed to complete the look.

Teme wore no weaponry at the moment, and because of it, she felt rather bear and almost paranoid. Debating whether or not to try and sneak in a gun or two, the blond haired woman turned her head just in time to see the carriage she had been riding in go off.

God damn it.... Teme let out a very compressed sigh and started towards the mansion then and there. She didn't need guns to prove she was always on top. If she did find her target there, she would just beat him down with her sheer strength. Yes. That would work. It would work very well indeed. As she stepped up the steps into the main entrance of the castle, the blond haired woman looked around at the scene before her. Jesus... royals... she though rather jealously for a moment at seeing all the fine things set up.

[MCstorms]

Hope looked around it was getting crowded he thought to himself. Hope hadn't come to a Party like this one in quite some time. The black haired boy felt good somewhat happier to be around so many people. He looked at the little girl who Akira called Sofia. Hope then shed a tear from his left eye because she reminded him of his sister.

He reached under the mask to wipe it a way hoping no one noticed. The boy then began walking he had always been a loner and didn't care much for socializing. He walked up the stairs before saying a "hello" directed at Akira and Feliciano Rossi. "I hope I'm not interrupting anything" he said with a smile.

[Ezio]

As Ezio moved around the room, he took a sip of wine before spotting a woman at the entrance of the castle. Placing the glass down, he moved in, holding the rose in one hand. Approaching the woman from the side, Ezio quickly grabbed another glass of wine, giving it to the woman.

"Life is a party with love the main event." Ezio smoothly said, with the mask giving him added confidence. Offering the rose with a half smile, Ezio continued, "A rose for beautiful woman in black and white"

[Jay]

Teme was surprised but took the glass with a half smile on her face. After another moment, she took the rose. Well wasn't this interesting? She could play it off, and she knew it. "Well aren't you the gentleman of the evening," she answered back smelling the rose a moment despite the block of the mask. After another moment, she looked at the wine. Deciding that one drink wouldn't hurt her work too badly, the blond haired woman took an easy sip and continued on. "So where are you from?" she asked casually making conversation but keeping an eye out for anything in particular that might signal that her target had entered.

[Admiral Striker General]

Alaric might have been surprised to be suddenly tackled by a small child, were it not for her warning announcement first; there was only one girl in the world who would use those words. With it, he had quite braced himself by the time she collided, and afterward turned to pick her up, spinning her around with a bright smile. "Well hello there!" he chimed, then bringing her in for a tight hug, holding it for several moments before finally setting her down. "Of course I'm here, silly. Someone had to come, and you can't really see your uncle having fun like this, can you?" For her sake, it was a tease, completely free of the utter loathing and resentment that thought would have held in any other setting.

Ava approached the young girl as well with a soft smile. "Hello, Sofia. It's nice to see you again."

[Jay]

Sneaking in to the ball was not the best idea, but coming in with a stunning entrance wasn't either. With this in mind, Yue Leon Alias walked in from the main entrance of the castle but made no move to announce himself. He wore the suit that Kali had picked out with a red undershirt and an almost bow format around his neck. The gold lacing around the trim was just enough to bring the eye a bit but not completely distract it. His entire demeanor was nothing out of the ordinary. A light smile was on his face, and his eye reflected this. On the other side of his face, hiding the usual bandages but still somewhat concealed by his hair, a simple red half mask was well placed.

He had calmed down a lot as the sugar had worked its way through his system and the like, yet he still couldn't help but feel much lighter than usual. As he walked around, he kept his eye out of the two main people to look for Kali and Adrian. Everyone else was just a side spectacle, yet if they addressed him, he wouldn't deny them a chat. This was a party after all, and one had to have the perfect facade in something such as that.

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[Admiral Striker General]

Some minutes later, Kali arrived herself, though she did not enter the palace immediately. Rather, she stood outside debating it nervously for some time. She checked and rechecked her dress, making sure it looked just right. Raising a hand, she stopped and resisted rechecking her hair for the thirtieth time since that afternoon, reminding herself she was going to ruin it quicker doing so than not. Already a good few locks had fallen, but they held shape well enough she'd managed to work with it and even quite liked the result... assuming she didn't make too much fall out of place, of course. Taking a small mirror from her purse, she checked her make-up yet again and resisted touching it up further for fear of ending up with too much. Sighing, she finally took her red and gold mask from her purse as well, putting it on very carefully. This was it then. Just pray for luck...


Quietly entering, Kali abandoned her purse at a table by the door (as she'd brought nothing of real value anyway) and began to scan the floor for Leon. She had made up her mind, and she was going to convince him to drop the child comments; such an event as this was the perfect opportunity to prove how much an adult she could be. When she finally spotted him, she was shocked to realize she'd actually glanced right over him for just a moment before having to double-take. Dressed so nicely, he looked... well, just really different compared to the standard lab coat or unique casual attire he always wore.

This thought brought a smirk to the girl's face as she wondered if he would need a moment to recognize her. Granted, he'd seen her dress, but not her wearing it, and not her mask. It was a slim chance, but a chance, and she certainly hoped he'd be struck with disbelief either way at just how well she wore it. 'Yeah, does a child have a body like this?' she thought dryly to herself, chuckling silently as she approached him from behind, trying not to draw attention without seeming like she was sneaking up on him, either.

She had considered trying a terrible remark, and confident as she was feeling at the moment she found she could not resist once she was close enough. Kali smirked. "Hey there, sexy~" she called in a calm, somewhat sultry tone. "Your place or mine?" It took extreme effort, but she managed to keep her even expression at least until he'd had time to react. Barely.

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