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[b][u]Aliquam: Academy of the Arts - Courtyard[/u] (Dalia's Group)[/b]

Amy turned her head when Tobias extended an invite to his ball. Like Syed, she was outright dubious of his motivations. The last time nobles welcomed them - absolute strangers for all save one this time - into their arms, the results of that were less than enjoyable. She couldn't imagine what the ties between Dylan and Tobias were like, or what on earth explained the motivations behind Tobias' invite or Dylan's out of character slap. Regardless, Amy couldn't stand men like Tobias, much less trust them.

Estelle had already moved to Dylan to talk with him about what's more comfortable to him. Amy trusted both of them to know what they were doing, and she would go along with whatever their decision was - whether it's to avoid causing a scene with upfront suspicion, or to keep an eye over everyone while they were there. In the meantime Moira called the cleric, but it wasn't enough to shake her from her thoughts. Of course the idea of free alcohol enticed the berserker. It enticed the cleric too, to be fair. But...

Hooked under Moira's arm, Xandra reiterated the redhead's suggestion to find the others. Amy nodded at this. "Yes, let's." She kept her leery eyes on Tobias as she passed him by, towards the building Keeva's group had taken off to. Simon was equally despicable, but at least he was direct with his perverse intentions.

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[b][u]Aliquam: Academy of the Arts - Corridor[/u][/b]

Angel cringed every time Rose called aloud his accented name. It hurt his pride more than she hurt him physically. The way she called it with such anger, the way she pronounced the glottal sound in between syllables... Angel rubbed his head upon dropping to the ground. "Geez Rose, you say it so nastily. Like it's a disease or something." With that still fresh on his mind, he basically ignored Rose's accusations about his gambling habits. Yeah they were true, but seeing as she already moved on, he couldn't give any less shits about that.

While Marcus helped pull the man up, Angel chuckled aloud at Keeva's side remark about losing her groupies. "No worries, darling. I'll just tell her everyone was KIA by Miss Student Council. She'd understand." He winked at the wind mage once he was back on his feet - "Thanks for that, by the way." - and proceeded to dust off his suited attire. Only after he was back on his feet did he look to where his sister marched off to, and responded to Marcus' question. "Uhh... You guys said you were guilders, right? They should be fine. Maybe."

When Angel looked back to Marcus to shrug, he immediately caught Aria in his peripherals and let out a low whistle. [i]"Damn.[/i] Didn't think so many fine women would be into the guilder thing. That's pretty neat." Angel reached out his gloved hand to her, palm open and friendly. "Dollie probably said this before, but the name's Angel. Hope you guys have been enjoying your stay here." He looked back to Marcus again. "That goes for you too, buddy--hey, where's the pipsqueak going?"

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"Uhmmm ma'am?"

Trixie had managed to maneuver her way all the way towards the sound room. She stopped upon reaching Sebastian and wrapped her arms around one of his front legs, half-relying on him as a shield, and half-because she took a liking to him too. Even though her braided hair was uneven again due to all of the slobber on one side of her face. Thankfully she hadn't noticed.

"Hiii. We're Dylan's bestest best friends." She twirled one foot behind the other, hoping her forced cutesiness would appease Rose's anger. "Could you stop yelling like that, please? It's really scary and... and unladylike and... pretty ladies should not be acting all scary like this. Cuz like... they didn't mean it. So... please stop... please?" She smiled nervously.