[u]Poppy[/u]

Poppy forced a smile and lowered the handkerchief. [i]Great. I don't have a place to put this thing.[/i] Her formal dress was completely devoid of pockets. [i]Guess I'll have to hang on to it.[/i] It would be rude to ditch it, plus there was a chance she'd need it again. Hopefully not that night.

The only other person that she remembered ever calling her cute was the servant who was the most mothering to her. Granted he said her name, but it was close enough. She could feel the warmth in her cheeks as they began to turn a rosier than they were before. Thankfully he continued because didn't know what to say or if she even could.

At Red's suggestion she managed to tear away and look in the direction she had came from. Maybe he was right, with him the prospect of giving it another shot seemed more appealing. Only when she offered his hand did she have seconds thoughts. Taking the hand of a smoker seemed uncleanly to her. However the alternative of him leaving her alone was worse. [i]Good thing I have hand sanitizer and scent lotion in my bag.[/i] Despite that fact she still found her self grimacing slightly as she reached out to accept it.

[i]So much for that.[/i] No sooner than she'd taken his hand Nikki up and left. Now Poppy felt really awkward, she considered letting go but didn't.

[u]Vespera[/u]

Nikki didn't seem very receptive to Felix, which was exactly what Vespera was hoping. Now she could get the socially inept girl into her ball court. Or so she thought. [i]Oh I'll still be here[/i] she thought to herself. The main reason for her impatience was that it killed her to sit around while she could be gathering information and formulating plans for the new year. Still, like her lesser kin she would remain for as long as it took to trap her prey. Even if it was inconvenient. For the meantime there was nothing keeping her from evaluating the other fresh meat while she waited.

Despite being the closest, the Felix boy was nothing more than a pest so she skipped over him. There was the one eyed girl, except she could see their conversation going south and she wanted to be able to pull away when her true quarry returned. It was selected for her when the human light bulb failed to contain herself yet again. What Vespera had to say would be significantly harsher if she hadn't reigned her power back in so quickly. That and it being it being the first day she put a better foot forward.

"My my, you really do have trouble containing yourself Alex. Hopefully nothing that can't be remedied during you time here." Never before did Vespera remember wishing somebody else to gain mastery of their power. Of course just to the extent that she wouldn't have spots every five minutes. "Until then maybe you could be a little less excited, I shouldn't have to wear sunglasses at night." 

Vespera looked slightly downward as she addressed Alex so her veil would shield her retinas from further onslaught.