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Tobias hacked and coughed before laughing cheerfully.

He began talking about Dylan and how whatever had happened had been all his fault. To his, Lucien gave him a quizzical look. If it was something personal then he wasn't going to pry though a part of him was curious and Tobias, he looked regretful. So, maybe he had wanted advice on how to apologize or something? Lucien made a sour face before taking a sip out of his Soda. "He doesn't seem to like you very much." As always, he lacked tact and pretty much blurted the statement out without so much as a second thought. 

Lucien tapped Tobias on the back, "if you need help though, I can help you out." The summoner grinned.

In response Tobias asked him if he would like to dance? "Oh, I'm not exactly good at dancing, I might end up stepping one of your friend's feet." Lucien assumed Tobias was asking him to dance with one of the many ladies in the room, and while he didn't object to dancing with a girl he remembered his horrid skills. He'd probably end up trampling their feet and getting slapped with a handbag. "I think I'll pass on dancing, but thanks for the offer. Hmm, I wouldn't mind looking at some of his paintings." Lucien gave Tobias a thumbs up.

Mostly, he only saw Dylan's constructs. He rarely saw his friend's actual paintings though the ones he had seen were amazing.

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Xan grinned, "a hungry sidekick, that's what." She was just about to ruffle the girl's hair when her eyes flitted towards Estelle and the young man.

Wait? Was that blood? She watched as Estelle grew several shades of red and as the boy sputtered an apology. "Do you think we should help them?" Trixie puffed up her cheeks and before suggesting they go and get cake. Now, that was an idea she could get behind 100% but were they just going to leave Estelle with the bleeding young man. Her eyes flitted from their leader to all the delicious treats on the table.

The answer was as clear as day. Oh well, their leader would be just fine. At worst, it'd just be a tad awkward. Xan smiled sympathetically in Estelle's direction before Trixie dragged her all the way to the refreshment table.

Everything looked great and she laughed as Trixie began talking about how the cupcakes were safe.

Xan took a plate for herself then passed one to Trixie. "Safe, hm? Do you think the villains heard about our arrival?" She narrowed her eyes and tried to look suspicious but she couldn't stop a smile from worming itself onto her face. "If they knew about our plans to invade their ball," she lowered her voice into a whisper. "They could have poisoned the food. In fact, they might be waiting and hiding themselves in the crowd right now." The girl scooped a piece of chocolate cake onto her plate before her eyes landed on a chocolate fountain farther down the table.

"Come on Pixie, we can dip some marshmallows in it." As soon as Xan had done just that she resumed their little game. "We'll never know, Estelle's dance partner could be a mastermind in disguise. Oh, that table looks free, would you like to sit there?"