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 Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 7:57 am
The naiad was simply delighted when she accepted his offer to dance. There had been a hesitance in his mind that she might have refrained from doing so after what happened in the competition, but it was clearly not so.
They didn't have to be winners to still have a wondrous time.
Pulling lightly on her hand, Hjortur whisked her away to the dance floor and, after bowing and replying with a happy, "Always~", took her other and began to dance. Wait... "A... harpy?" What was this strange term? If she was the harpy matriarch, and she had called Natalia a child, and all harpies are her children... did that mean... "Is that what I am? A harpy?" This was something completely unfathomable to her, but it made sense. A foreign word for an unknown sort of pae.
Her eyes followed Shakira's to her hands and to the egg that she held, not unlike the one her mother had described in her origin. Nodding, her eyes returned to the female, the confusion clear in her eyes. There was no thinking as she was motioned to follow, her body moving in a mechanical way.
A light blush spread across her face as she glanced to her feathers; she'd always hated how much they'd stood out and their length. "Oh... thank you..." Looking back up, "Yours are very pretty too."
Her mind was brimming with questions, but there was only one place to start.
"What is a harpy?
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 8:27 am
Her eyes widened... how would she... Shakira thought about it and realized that if the pae didn't know what harpies were, there was no one to introduce the term to them. Well it was time to spread the word around Telrunya. "Yes, you are a harpy." Shakira confirmed. Although, how to explain what a harpy actually was, was a more difficult question. "Like a songbird, a bit more wild, and like a normal pae, but different." She said vaguely as she turned towards Natalia. "Feathers... talons... beautiful." Those were the best descriptive words she had for her kind. Shakira set the egg on the table, nestling it between some of the more soft gifts. To most others it would just look like a decorative trinket, like Venus had thought her eggs were when they were first retrieved. Her gift to Venus, since she knew how much Venus adored them.
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 10:43 am
She seemed to have enjoyed the dance as much as he, and that made the exertion worthwhile. "I am quite pleased to hear I managed to beat your broom." He smiled back, more so glad that neither of them had managed to hurt the other. Though he had seen her feet step awfully close to his a few times in the beginning. "But I think I will sit out the next dance. I'm afraid my legs simply cannot bear standing much longer." When the female looked him up and down quite brazenly, the male flashed a smile right back. She likes what she sees...Success! Who wouldn't anyway? He was a strapping young, obviously toned male with eyes that shined like the stars. "To be completely honest...I'm not supposed to be here." Maybe she'd like the bad boy type? Girls were into that...right? He reached up to push some of his soft hair back. "So someone else would just increase my chances of being caught. Can't have that." He was having a real conversation...with a real girl! If his dad could see him now...well he'd probably be grounded for life, not pat on the back, but the thought was nice. He thought about extending his hand to shake, but that might tarnish his 'bad boy' façade. "My name is Hemi. Yours?" Yeah, that was cool. Hopefully he wouldn't screw this chance up. This girl was hot!
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:45 am
Just her saying the best part was being there with him, made Wild Moon turn all shades of pink and red. And she even made him something! "Thank you Sweetie Belle, its lovely and perfect... j-j-just like you." he smiled, though rather awkwardly as he ran his hand through his hair a moment, unable to stop staring at her. "I'm glad you agreed to come with me, that makes me really happy." he said bashfully.
He shyly slipped his arm around her waist and led them both to the gift table so he could set down the other arrangement of flowers for Venus and she her sweets. He was about to turn back around when he noticed some... not straight boxes. His OCD need swept up once again as he began arranging them and straightening them and by the mess this was he'd have to do the whole darn table!!!!
But Sweetie Belle!
Gulping, he took a deep breath and shut his eyes. Out of sight, out of mind. Turning back around to his lovely perfect date, he grinned. "So... what would you like to do first? There seems to be dancing, food... looks like games of some sort." he tilted his head, trying to figure out just... what some of these pae were doing.
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:16 pm
After all this time of wondering and questioning, the harpy finally had an answer, an identity. Could it really be so easy? Just one meeting, one question, and it was done. It was almost frustrating how simply it had been resolved, but that wasn’t the point.
The point was that, at long last, it was resolved.
Songbird… wild… different… feathers… talons… beautiful… Each of these words seemed to describe those she knew and further her opinion that this answer was the correct answer. Nodding, she said in soft amazement, “So… We are harpies…” Looking at her, curiosity filled Natalia, prompting her into a wish to express more and more questions. At the same time, though, she understood that this was perhaps not the appropriate place to be doing such. “Could I talk with you again after this ball? I have so much to ask, so much that I want to know…”
Where had they all come from? Were they, and by proxy all the harpies, related? Would she have a child by laying an egg? Could she even have a child with one of these other pae? Why did her emotions fluctuate so greatly and quickly? How had she the instinct to hunt without ever learning?
Yes… many more questions to ask later.Rosewater tilted her head, pursing her lips together in a "Ooooh~?" as he mentioned his reason for his solitude. Okay, so he had at least some of a backbone and the forethought to cover himself. Perhaps that could be useful... Maybe. That, or the entire thing was just a show and he was putting on a facade in an attempt to woo her.
Likely the second one.
At least he had incredible taste, or a good sense of intuition, going after her rather than all these other peasant pae.
Brushing some hair from in front of her face in a dainty motion, her eyes darted around before she bent forward and motioned for him to do the same. "Truthfully..." her voice was low and she giggled, "I'm not supposed to be here either!" At this she stood straight up, bringing her hands behind her back.
"It's very nice to meet you Hemi; I'm Rosewater~!" Man, was she good at putting on the face of a mentally-degraded teenage girl or what? All she had to do was improve on her disgrace of a sister, after all.
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:29 pm
Cherry smirked, not really trying to win or lose. She had an Ace card up her sleeve.
"We may be matched in stwength..." she started then straightened her figure a bit, her arm holding the match to a current stale-mate. "But I'm pwettier than you will ever be." she added, shimmying her chest a bit. She hoped it would be distraction enough to throw his wrist back the rest of the way. So what if it was a dirty move. She was a demon. She was full of 'em.
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:41 pm
It was really that easy? If he had known it was this easy to talk to a girl, he would have done it ages ago! She wasn't blowing him off or laughing at his face or anything like he feared. He grinned as he leaned forward, enjoying being let in on the 'little secret' she had herself. Good...don't have to worry about her father coming in and killing me. "I wouldn't have expected that. You look like a Daddy's Girl." He spoke appreciatively, flashing another smile. Hopefully she'd like the compliment. Girls liked compliments...at least his mother liked it.
But now a new problem was starting to arise. Small talk could only go so long before becoming stale. He couldn't ask her to dance while maintaining his 'bad boy' image... "Gotta say though...this party is kind of boring. Isn't there anything to do around here?" He was so smart sometimes he should get a medal.
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:42 pm
Junior blinked, looking at her. Prettier than he'd ever be? Well yeah, she was almost as pretty as his ex. And then she shifted her torso. Oh Guardians he couldn't bring himself to look. But he wanted to.
Blue eyes glanced down to watch her free show. She'd invited the staring right? In any case, he was grateful to still be wearing his shades, hoping the line of his vision was covered up. "Ok, you got me. You're stunning~" The yellow demon smiled, putting a bit more pressure on her arm. At least until the next jiggle. She was going to win, his arm just wouldn't hold out against the breast attack.
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:45 pm
Shakira nodded her head, seeing something pass over the female's face. "Yes, we can talk again." Shakira wouldn't have actually minded talking about it here, but she was sure the other harpy had come here to have some fun of her own. The harpy matriarch understood that completely, perhaps she would find a toy of her own to entertain her tonight. Deciding that she should give the girl a place to meet her, "When you're ready, you may come back to Venus' temple to summon me. Just sing a song for me. I will see you again." The harpy smiled, and with a wave, wandered back into the crowds, heading towards the food table as she was feeling quite hungry.
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:51 pm
She grinned. He gave just the right bit of leniency that she needed. In a split second she pushed his wrist the rest of the way and cheered!
"Woohoo! I won!" She then went into a gigglefit. "Proof that I'm stwonger than you! Only a weak indviduwal would have fawwen for that wittle twick." she winked, teasingly.
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:02 pm
He couldn't help but laugh with her. "You're right, I didn't even stand a chance. " There was a constant smile on his face. She was a fun little demon. And she had a good arm, his own shoulder was aching from where it was twisted so harshly. Of all the pae to loose an arm wrestling match to, Junior certainly hadn't expected this female to be one of them.
On impulse, he leaned forward and pecked her on the cheek. "That was an awesome arm wrestling match. I'd love to do that again sometime~" The yellow one knew the invitation would probably get shot down, but it was always worth a damn good try. Right?
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:07 pm
 Lila walked nervously into the room, avoiding bumping into anyone as she made her way to setting the tiny gift she'd brought amongst the others. She knew almost noone here, and soon she was just stroling amongst the pae, looking up and down and around, whoever had decorated for this event went out of their way to make it the fanciest thing he'd ever seen. She was stopped by an off jab she felt and glanced around, her eyes landing on a pae headed her way and she just stared, or wait was he really heading for her? and why was this odd looking pae flexing muscles. She took a step back only to stop and change her mind. She didn't know how strong she really was but hey anything was possible. She crossed her arms and tipped her head to one side holding her ground and waiting for him to get to her.Celaeno put down the present her father had made her bring on the table, as she was turning she felt someone bump into her and a jab at nearly the same moment. Turning her eyes came to rest on a demon and she looked at her curiously, "Hi, I'm Cela" she replied at the intoduction given to her. She hadn't yet totally smiled, but then, her father hadn't come perhaps this was a good omen for her. The spoiled pae didn't want to be getting ALL her own drinks and snacks that evening... or for the rest of her life for that matter. "Come here often?" she asked with a slightly flirtatious grin, ok it was a cheesy pickup line but who know, maybe it would work. Then another jab, as if someone was trying to bring her to her senses and she looked past the shoulder of the demon she was trying to get to do all that she wanted. Wow, now this was a pae, not a female flirting with her but a true man. She sighed looking wishfully at the other pae, torn between giving the demon in front of her her attention or this handsome hunk across the room her attention.Fea Line lol if you can call it a triangle XD
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:51 pm
Hymnaios had held off from the arrow-flinging chaos for now. His own arrows he'd left in his chambers. Tonight was to be a night of fun and revelry, and his arrows had the side-effect of being slightly more...permanent than those of his siblings and cousins. It had broken his heart last year, having to annul so many unions. Even if he hadn't been himself when he'd shot those arrows. Perhaps he'd "borrow" someone else's arrows later.
For now he's keeping an eye on a specific partygoer. He remembers the lovely young woman who'd won the dancing contest last year--in fact, he could swear he'd seen her walk in tonight--but he'd never met the child that their evening together had bore. But, as Mother had insisted all the demigod children come to her engagement party (and bring her gifts), Hymnaios is particularly interested in meeting his son.
Ah--there he'd be. With the swans. He can't help a soft smile. He favored his mother, but with a golden shock of hair that could have come from no one but Hymnaios himself. He remains where he is, deciding to let the boy come to him, if he chose to.
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Amasis rolled 2 100-sided dice:
52, 12
Total: 64 (2-200)
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:57 pm
She definitely agreed that they didn't have to win in order to have fun, cheerfully partaking in the chance to actually celebrate, especially with a handsome pae she knew. The results of the competition were hardly on her mind as she let Hjortur lead her to the dance floor. Hopefully her mother would be similarly permissive! Besides, it wasn't like she didn't intend to still get her work done, right? One of the steps in the dance required their hands to briefly separate, and Thalia took this chance to quickly, as she turned, blindly fire a pair of arrows into the crowd around them. Who they hit, she had no idea, but she didn't pay much concern to it as she fluidly reclasped her hands with Hjortur's and continued dancing.
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 2:07 pm
 Eyes sparkling in wonder, the nymph had entered the party and been nearly overwhelmed by the splendor. Food, dancing, so many other Pae'il around...it was all so very exciting! Hey, when one normally spent her days in the quiet of Loka Nei, something like this was nearly mind-blowing. She was so wrapped up in all the exciting things going on that she barely noticed the sharp pricking sensation in her shoulder, She shrugged it off with a flutter of her wings...
...until she turned and laid her eyes on the most appealing Pae'il she'd ever seen. Brightly colored in reds and purples, he moved with an unnatural sort of grace, already heading in her direction. She'd never seen any Pae'il like him before, but she was suddenly stricken with the need to get to know him better. Immediately. Fortunately, he seemed equally as interested.
"I'm doin' just fine, handsome," she practically purred, looping her arms around his neck. He seemed to have a somewhat...feline nature about him. She liked that. "How about we get to know one another, hmm? Maybe over h--" She halted, disappointed, as he pulled away from her to go pose for some...starry woman. She would have huffed angrily, but he turned back to her, as if this was some attempt to impress her instead. Alright, well...
A second sharp sensation caused her to jump, looking around curiously.
Oh...my...Guardians...was that...? It was! Internally squealing, she turned and hesitated only a moment before heading towards the God of Longing in a beeline. Her sexy new friend could wait a bit; he was busy flexing now anyway. She'd be back later. First, she had to go meet her hero.
Zipping up with a flutter of wings, she reached for Pothos' hand with a girly giggle. "Oh, my goodness, I...I can't believe it's you! I'm sure you get this all the time, but...I just had to tell you how much I really appreciate all you do and I think you are the greatest!"
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