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The rest of Auberon's classmates were - thank the Goddess - not nearly as [i]interesting[/i] as Jorah, and that was by no means an insult toward them. Lienna apparently sported a Crest, which told him just about everything he needed to know about her situation, and Derec seemed to be some sort of craftsman. Maybe his family were quite skilled; it could explain his attendance if they were prominent artisans. Kellen wasn't much of a curiosity, but he apparently found the crowd much more intimidating than Auberon did and his fumble elicited a brief look of sympathy from the blond. The Gloucester seemed to have thought much the same, assuming that his punctuating statement was intended to be an olive branch and not a jab, anyway; the boy was stern enough that it was hard to tell the difference. Not like he had much ground to stand on in the latter case; their house sported a girl even more intimidated by public speaking than Kellen was.

The Adrestians were, surprisingly, unremarkable. Not to say that they lacked presence or that Auberon saw them worthy of dismissal, just that they acted wholly within expectations. Despite the rumors of succession troubles, the princess seemed as confident an orator as any emperor, Widolaic fit the mould of a typical noblewoman so well that Auberon could only assume she was anything but, and Johann could've been at home in any noble household in Faerghus with that speech. Excellent competition all around. 

At least, that was his first thought, until the professors noted that they were an Eagle short. The Galatea heir twisted himself in his chair to get a good look at the last introductee, though he couldn't say he ever accomplished that. His eyes swept over the nondescript figure at least twice before his brain registered even a single facet of the kid's appearance. House Bergliez sounded more impressive in the storybooks, all things considered; Auberon would've figured he'd been fished out of some gutter rather than a prominent Imperial line. It rounded off the trifecta of terrible introductions, if nothing else.

With that out of the way, Auberon dutifully made his way to Professor Kalon- the female Professor Kalonic and listened attentively as she outlined their duties. It didn't seem particularly harrowing; he'd intended to keep an eye on his peers' training anyway and extra paperwork seemed hardly a bother. Regular meetings with Jorah sounded less pleasant, but it wasn't as if he couldn't stomach the man long enough to finish a simple discussion. Of course, that train of thought evaporated once [i]Cousin von Riegan[/i] started getting handsy. They weren't even properly acquainted and he'd already thrown decorum to the wind. Was this normal in Leicester? Auberon was so preoccupied with the arm fondling his shoulder he almost didn’t catch the words that came out of Jorah's mouth. He wanted him to order the Lions to attend his party? Putting aside that Auberon had the strangest notion that their respective definitions of 'party' differed, was this even sanctioned?

Auberon's first thought was to answer with a decisive 'no', but he figured it would be a bit impolite to speak for his housemates, even if they did want to make bad decisions. He stiffly reached to grab Jorah's arm and lift it from around his shoulders as he took a step back. 

[color=ffd700]"That depends, will I be subject to more strange touching if I attend?"[/color] Auberon asked flatly, [color=ffd700]"Calling it [i]your[/i] party implies that it's not an official academy festivity and thus I'd have little authority to stand on in telling people to go, even if I wanted to. Who even allowed you to throw this party?"[/color] He didn't have high hopes that Jorah got approval from anyone, let alone someone authorized to do so, but he needed to establish whether blowing the Deer off entirely was vaguely rude or simply the wise and correct course of action.

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