Nanashi smiled again when Aamori and LaRae got to put their two cents in and then glanced down again. "Thank you." he said quietly, still looking a little embarrassed...pleased, but embarrassed nonetheless. Hearing that anything looked good on him from someone was always nice to hear, mostly because he had been pretty sure that him being in it could make just about anything look bad. He glanced down to his belt for a moment and chuckled softly, "...I really like it... thanks a lot, Aamori." he said quietly. Again, he could probably thank her about five hundred times over, and still not feel that it was enough. He glanced up long enough to see that Hisako had slipped off without a word and then sighed softly before lowering his eyes again. He couldn't tell if Hisako was disproving or not, though her waking away without a word at all wasn't all that encouraging.

Marius smiled slightly and shook his head before he turned his head to see where Hisako was going. Once she was gone he sighed softly and then bent to get his bag before pulling it open and digging out the first few things on top, which was a couple of pairs of pants and shirts folded neatly. "Here, Celestine, put these with your things before we forget them." he said as he held them out to him.

Celestine glanced after Hisako when he noticed her back up and then start to leave without a word. He raised an eyebrow but didn't think too much of it. After all, she probably had better things to be doing after running all of Aamori's errands. He sighed softly and then stretched a little before he glanced over to Marius when he noticed him holding out the clothes for him. "...Thanks." he said quietly as he raised his hands to take the small stack from the top and bottom. He smiled slightly and then started to walk back toward the room he was sharing with Kanone or....at least the room his things were in. Once he of there he just slipped inside without bothering to close the door and laid the clothes on the couch while he took everything out of his bag except the relic so he could put the clothes on the bottom. Once he'd gotten them tucked into the bag he put his pipe, comb, and other assortments back in on top of them and then closed the bag. He wasn't too worried about the relic breaking. After all, Hikari had dropped the thunder relic on stone steps and it just bounced all the way to the bottom. If anything was going to beat one he was pretty sure that would have done it.

Aamori looked back over at Nanashi once he had said thank you, again. She smiled a little after he said that he liked it, a lot. "I'm glad you like it." She paused. "I really wasn't sure that you would." She said and shifted her eyes slightly when she noticed Celestine headed towards the room that he and Kanone shared. She looked at Nanashi again for a moment. "...You're welcome, Nanashi." She paused. "Now, you can stop saying thank you so much." She smiled slightly. "Once along with that hug was more than enough." She told him and then glanced back towards the room that Celestine had gone into. She had kind of wanted to ask him something since he hadn't said anything about it and thought now might be an alright time. "...Excuse me. I'll be right back." She said quietly and then started to head towards the room. She was kind of glad to see that he'd left the door open. She paused by the door and looked inside at Celestine. "...You don't mind that I invited your grandfather here do you?" She asked quietly. He looked like he was really happy to see Marius but she kind of wanted to hear from him that it was okay or well, that he didn't mind him being here. The last time she tried surprising him it hadn't worked out very well.

LaRae didn't pay too much attention really to Hisako leaving so suddenly. She didn't care too much either. She smiled and shook her head a little hearing Nanashi say thank you again. He sure had said that a lot already.

Zale hurried back to the main training building as soon as he got the chance. It took him a little longer than he thought it would but he did finally get the chance to sneak away from his duties. He didn't get the chance to really scratch at the door once he made it to the building. He stood there for a moment before someone had reached over and opened the door for him. The door only cracked open enough for him to slip inside. Mere moments after being inside he looked around for Kanone and the second he spotted him he took off running for him. It took him a moment to get good traction on the stone floor in the hall but once he got going he bound across the courtyard aiming for Kanone. As soon as he neared him he jumped for him, probably with enough force to knock him down and then proceeded to slobber on him while he licked his face. 'Are you ready to play?!' He asked excitedly while he wagged his tail.

Soon after the door opened enough for Zale the door was pushed open again and this time a rather beautiful dark blue haired woman with dark eyes had stepped inside and was now in the process of closing the door behind her. Her hair was straight, parting in the middle of her forehead and then cascading down over her shoulders to come to a point at her back just past her shoulder blades. She wore an off white shirt without sleeves with a blue collar that flipped up. The collar easily resembled the fin on the back of a fish the way it stood up and then folded over as it sank down into a 'V' at her chest. She wore a skirt of the same color as her shirt, long enough that it covered her feet well. At her waist was a blue collection of blue fabric the same color as the collar on her shirt. It went around her waist and folded part way over in front of her with a couple layers to it on the one side. She wasn't wearing any shoes but thanks to her skirt it wouldn't be too easy to see that. She also wore a couple loose bangles on each wrist along with a single tear shaped pendant necklace that has a certain faint glow to it. Other than her jewelry the only accessory that she was wearing was a water snake very similar to the one that Aamori could summon. The snake wasn't currently attached to her but it was just kind of floating around her and moved when ever she went to take a step. She stepped into the hall and paused just as she reached the arch and smiled a little seeing that Zale had gone an tackled one of Aamori's guests. "Quite the energetic little canine, isn't he?" She said with a quiet chuckle. Her voice echoed much the same way that Aamori's could though she didn't bother trying to hide that. After all, it was something that made an Elder an Elder.

Nanashi smiled slightly and then chuckled quietly when Aamori told him that he could stop thanking her now. "...Sorry." he said quietly, thinking that he might have been getting annoying. He was just really happy at the moment. He nodded slightly when eh excused herself and glanced after her for a moment before he looked back to LaRae again and smiled slightly.

Celestine turned his head slightly when he heard Aamori's voice and then sighed softly as he stood up. "...No...I don't mind." he said quietly, "...He could really use a break...and it's not like he's going to be coming with us, so he's not going to be in any danger. It was nice of you." he said quietly. The only reason that he was really upset at seeing Kanone was because he knew him well enough by now to know that if he'd come this far he intended to go all the way, and he really didn't want what was left of his family anywhere near dangers, and after the first two territory guardians, he had a pretty good idea what they could expect everywhere else. After a moment he started back toward the door and sighed again as he put his hand on her shoulder before slipping back out the door again. Truth be known no matter how much he and Kanone fought he loved him like a brother, which was probably why they fought like siblings all of the time. Of course he'd probably never admit to that, but given the right time and the right circumstances it was a little more than obvious.

Kanone was still just standing by Nanashi, though by now he was just watching Aamori walk off, though once he saw where she was going, he sighed and looked away again, though he wasn't paying too much attention to anything in particular. He heard the front door open, but he didn't really bother to look and see who it was though since all the people he associated with were pretty much already here and he thought it was probably just some guard or something. He was rather taken aback when he finally heard the paws thudding toward him, though by then he had no time to same himself. "AHH ZALE!!" he yelped as he threw up his hands, though the mutt still managed to topple him over backwards. "Ahh!! Haha!! Ow! Know it off! Can't breathe!! HAHAHA!!" he laughed as he tried to push Zale off. "Alright! Alright! I'll play! I'll play!!" he agreed while he tried to wipe off his face. He blinked when he heard the echoing voice and looked up, half expecting to see Aamori, though his eyes froze on the woman standing there. "Whoa..." he muttered when he blinked, though then he had to glance around quickly for Aamori. He glanced up to Marius looking a little confused, though after a second it clicked and he realized who he'd just seen. Well...this was a little embarrassing.

Nanashi startled and jumped away from Kanone when he saw the giant blue canine come and tackle him down. He almost went to grab it off of him until he realized that it was just licking him thoroughly. He sighed softly but still back a couple of feet away uncomfortably, moving to the other side of LaRae. His ears twitched when he heard the echoing voice at the archway and he raised his head slightly, staring off at the door for a moment before lowering his eyes quickly to the grass in front of him again. He had no idea who the woman was, but she certainly looked important.

Marius blinked and backed out of Zale's way quickly, though the action almost caused him to trip over the fountain. He flailed his arms for a second before he regained his balance and then sighed heavily and laughed softly, shaking his head at the energetic canine. He finally thought to glance to the door to see who had let him in just as the woman spoke. He stared at her for a moment, his eyes widening slightly in surprise, though his chock was soon replaced with a warm smile. "Well, Lady Levana... This...well this is a surprise." he said said warmly. He turned toward her and offered her a polite bow before he started toward her, leaving Kanone to fend for himself with Zale. He chucked again, "Yes, he is rather energetic." he agreed as he glanced back briefly. "It's good to see you again."

Aamori was glad to hear that he didn't mind. After the last fight they got into about Kanone being here she wasn't so sure she wanted to deal with another one if he'd cared that she invited Marius. "...Kanone ...said the same thing." She said quietly after Celestine had said that Marius could use a break. She sighed softly thinking that she kind of liked the enthusiastic thank you she got from Nanashi for doing something nice for him rather than what she'd gotten out of Celestine. Then again she didn't really expect very much of a response out of him and she really couldn't even take all of the credit for Marius being here. It had been Kanone's idea originally, she just took care of getting the message to Marius. She looked down at his hand when he touched her shoulder and smiled a little. She had another question though she was a bit reluctant to even open her mouth. "...Umm ...how do ...you fe--" She cut herself off, not bothering to finish her question and then shook her head a little. "...Nevermind." She told him quietly, having decided against asking her question.

LaRae turned her head slightly when she heard the door open the first time an looked to see who it was. She was a little surprised to see that a canine similar to Nobu had come barreling inside. She watched as he ran straight for Kanone and knocked him to the ground and began licking him. She chuckled quietly since it didn't look like the canine wanted to stop. She glanced to Nanashi for a moment when he wound up moving to her other side. After that her attention was pretty easily snagged by the echoing voice. She turned her head to look towards the door. She stared at the woman who was standing there for a moment and then her eyes shifted to the snake that was floating around her. Well, that certainly... looked like Nen. Which meant she wanted to steer clear of it. The last time she hadn't even gotten close and the darn snake came and attacked her and now she had twin rips in the thigh of her pants to prove it. Thankfully the pierce marks from where Nen had bitten her had all but gone away by now. She didn't have to look at the woman very long to get an idea of who she was but hearing Marius call her by name helped clear up any doubt. She finally pulled her eyes away and sighed quietly. She thought Aamori said that Lady Levana probably wouldn't take time out of her busy day just to come say hello.

Zale continued to lick Kanone for as long as he possibly could and then moved pretty easily once he had agreed to play with him. He remembered Kanone saying that he would play with him as much as he wanted once he returned and now he was back and eagerly looking for that play time. He stood there and wagged his tail ardently at least until it looked like Kanone's attention really was elsewhere. His tail drooped down a little and he started nudging his head against him repeatedly. 'You said you'd play...' He paused. 'Lets play now.' He didn't really care that Levana was here. He'd seen her a few times and she wasn't anything too special in his books, at least not unless she was going to play with him to his hearts content.

Levana glanced around between the people in the courtyard briefly, smiling softly after she heard Marius say that this was a surprise. "Not quite as surprising as finding out that you're here, Marius." She said with a quiet chuckle. She really wasn't expecting to hear that he was here in Kairava. She'd known about the other guests that had come with Aamori but she was a bit surprised to see that Aamori had even met Marius and been able to invite him here. "It's good to see you too." She responded with a smile before glancing to the headdress that he was wearing. She shook her head lightly. "You are aware that you can take that off now... that is... unless you actually like wearing it and having people stare at you because they just don't understand." After thinking about it, she really was glad that her echoing voice and her staff were her proof and sign that she was an Elder. She didn't think she could stand to wear a headdress of any sort like that.

Celestine paused on his way out the door and looked back to her again when she started to ask him a question. He didn't say a word at first and only tilted his head slightly when she cut herself off and said never mind. For a moment he thought she was about to ask him how he was feeling, but that was a little obvious...not to mention the wording was a little off. "...What?" he asked quietly, gently urging her to finish her sentence. Part of him could already tell what she wanted to ask, though the other half was telling him that she would never come right out and ask him something like that. He sighed softly as he waited for her to respond, if she even would.

Nanashi, fortunately, had yet to notice the strange water snake that was hovering around Lady Lavana's shoulders. At his brief first glance he'd taken it to be some sort of boa as he hadn't really looked at her long enough to really gather much of what her accessories were. It was probably a good thing that he hadn't realized that was a snake or he really wouldn't know which direction to go in. He was already trying his best to avoid the large canine that had tackled Kanone. He was starting to get a little tired of standing since he had more or less been in bed for the better part of four days and his legs still weren't quite used to being put to work again yet. He half wanted to sit down but...well being in the presence of the water elder he wasn't entirely sure whether that would be considered rude or not. He was fine, for the most part, around Marius only because he had spent so much time around him, but Lady Levana.,...was an entirely different story.

Kanone stared at Levana for a few more moments, or at least until Zale started getting insistent. He looked down to Zale again and smiled slightly. Oh, no.....I've created a monster. he thought as he stood up. "Aright, Alright!" he said with a laugh. He rubbed the top of Zale's head and then grinned and roughed up his fur a little, or at least the best that he could on the top of his head, and then darted off a little before turning back to Zale and clapping for him. "Come on!"

Marius smiled at Levana again when she said that she was surprised to hear that he was here and then laughed softly with her. "I suppose you can tank Aamori and Kanone for that." he said lightly. He blinked when she mentioned the headdress and then glanced up, almost crossing his eyes as he tried to see the small gens that were handing down against his forehead. He felt a trace amount of color rise in his cheeks before he laughed softly and raised his hands to the sides of it. "Haha...in all honesty I received such a warm welcome from my youngest grandson I almost forgot I was wearing it." He started to pull up on the headdress to remove it, though the wind had swept his hair about so much that by now the chains were a little tangled in his hair. He winced slightly when he felt a pull and knew that he was going to have an absolute mess if he continued trying to remove it right now. He sighed and sat it back on his head where it belonged before he smiled. "On second thought, I think I will leave it on." he said with a slightly embarrassed laugh. "I'm not entirely sure the things were meant to be removed... With as much wind as there is in Caledonia one would think they could at least come up with something that did not pull your hair out every time you went to remove it."

Aamori looked at Celestine for a moment when he asked 'what' since she hadn't finished what she was going to ask him. She stared at him briefly before she averted her eyes. "...I was ...going to ask." She paused and lowered her head slightly since she could feel her cheeks starting to burn a little. "...How you ..felt abou--" She cut herself off again and shook her head. She just couldn't bring herself to ask him that right now. "...No ...it's ..nothing." She said quietly a little embarrassed that she'd tried to ask twice and still couldn't get anywhere with it.

LaRae glanced back over at Lady Levana since Marius had gone over to her. The snake didn't appear to really move all that much which kind of surprised her. Then again, she wasn't exactly sure what to expect with the water snakes. Since her snake hadn't done anything violent yet she assumed that Lady Levana must have had better control over it or something. She wasn't usually afraid of snakes. There were plenty of them in Medini so she was kind of used to seeing one here or there but these ones that were made out of water, well, she was a little uncomfortable with them. She turned her attention to Kanone for a moment after he had darted off like he had and started clapping for the canine. She wasn't quite sure that was very respectful. None of them had been properly introduced and already he was going to play with the dog? She sighed softly, maybe it wasn't that big a deal. This was Kairava after all, not Medini. Her Elder would've probably had someone smack Kanone and toss him out for doing something like that before being introduced. She glanced over to Nanashi finally and smiled a little. She guessed that he was probably a little uncomfortable, at the very least anyway. "...Are you alright?" She finally asked quietly.

Zale started wagging his tail almost immediately after he saw Kanone stand up and then he started wagging it more when he heard him say alright. He was rather impatient and he didn't really pay any attention to Levana being here. She was just another person to him. He shook his whole body to shake out his fur after Kanone had tried to rough up the fur on his head. His fur stayed matted down for the most part but a good rub the wrong way could really mess it up. He stared at Kanone for a moment after he clapped for him and told him to 'come on'. It took him a moment to actually respond but once he had he wasted very little time bounding after him. Of course once he thought he had gotten close enough to Kanone he'd try jumping at him again.

Levana smiled seeing him almost cross his eyes and then shook her head a little. "It must have been some welcome to make you forget something like that." She said with chuckle. She watched as he attempted to remove the headdress and then sighed quietly when he put it back on his head. She listened to him and then took a step closer to him after motioning her snake to stay back a little. "If it wasn't meant to be removed then I think it would have been surgically implanted, like another clan we know." She commented as she started to lift her hands up a little. "Go ahead and lift it up again. I'll help with the parts that are stuck in your hair." She said with a smile, fully prepared to help untangle the pieces of his headdress from his hair.

Celestine's ears laid back a little when he saw the way that she was avoiding eye contact and then heard a little more of her previous question. He sighed softly to himself and shook his head a little. Judging by the previous conversation, that pretty much confirmed his suspicion about what she was going to ask. He was fairly certain 'about me' was what she was trying to ask. He shook his head a little and then looked back to her. "...Can't you tell?" he asked simply. He shook his head again and then sighed softly before he started to turn again, moving back to the hallway. He glanced out to the courtyard when he saw Zale and Kanone playing and half smiled, though he wondered how Zale had gotten back in here. One he stepped back out onto the grass again he glanced over toward the main doors and blinked when he saw what must have been Levana standing there with Marius. Well...so much for she wasn't going to take the time to come and visit.

Nanashi slowly pulled his eyes up away from the grass when LaRae spoke to him, and then glanced away again shyly, unable to lie very well while looking her in the face. "...Yes, I'm fine..." he whispered back quietly. He still wanted to sit down or....well by now just go hide back in the guest room again, but he didn't bother to move, as if he was waiting for someone to talk to him or tell him what to do. He glanced over toward Kanone for a moment when he noticed him running around with Zale and then sighed softly and lowered his eyes again. This was only the second time that he had ever been in the presence of any elder...and wouldn't you know that both of them were from his rival clans. Or well....the rival clans of his clan.

Kanone grinned slightly while he waited for Zale to get a move on and then stood there until Zale was within pouncing distance before he spun out of the way and laughed slightly. In all honestly, Kanone didn't really care all that much that the water elder was here either. He was a little surprised at first to see her, but that was about it. After all, he was pretty used to being in the company of at least one elder,and it was pretty obvious that she and Marius were friends, so he didn't think she really cared all that much what he was doing. She hadn't come here to see him after all. He smiled and patted his legs lightly, motioning at Zale again, "Ah ah, over here!"

Marius chuckled softly whens he said that it must have been quite a welcome. "Considering that it had barely been more than a week since he had last seen me, it was." he said simply. After he'd failed at removing his headdress he glanced back after hearing Kanone clap and then sighed softly. He shook his head a little before he glanced back to Levana and then smiled again as he started to lift up the headdress. "Thank you. And...I would like to ask you to excuse and ignore Kanone. I believe he's more rambunctious than that canine sometimes." he said with a soft chuckle. "I don't know what to do with him."

Aamori lifted her eyes slightly when he asked his question. She blushed a little more noticing that he must have been able to guess the rest of her question. She'd gotten most of it out so it couldn't have been that difficult. She shook her head a little after he moved back to the hallway. "...I wouldn't have asked ...if I could tell." She mumbled quietly. If she could tell how he felt she'd probably say that he didn't really like her that way. Or at least she'd heard enough to lead her to believe that. She lingered there for a moment before she gave a quiet sigh and moved closer towards the arch. She lifted her eyes again and looked at Kanone and Zale first, mostly because they caught her attention since they were running around. She couldn't help but smile a little seeing Zale getting to play with someone who she hoped wouldn't give in like the guards usually did. It didn't take her too much longer to notice Levana. She was honestly a little surprised to see her here and so quickly. It couldn't have been that long since Hisako made sure that she was informed of Marius being here. "...I guess she wasn't very busy today..."

LaRae of course didn't really believe Nanashi that much when he said that he was fine. She knew how uncomfortable he could be around just common people so this had to be a little worse since the woman was an Elder and from the water clan. She sighed softly and looked over at him. "...You don't have to lie to me, you know." She said quietly. "You're uncomfortable, aren't you?" She asked as she looked away from him and glanced back towards Levana. She wasn't that uncomfortable with her being here. After all the water and earth clans did get along for the most part and so far Levana seemed nice enough. Especially since she hadn't snapped on Kanone for running around with the dog like he was and it even looked like she was helping Marius with removing his headdress.

Zale jumped at Kanone just like he had done before and missed him since he'd moved. He wasn't the most graceful of canines so he stumbled when his feet hit the ground and it took him a minute to get turned around so that he could chase after Kanone again. He bound after him again just like before, all the while his tail wagging behind him. He planned to pounce at him once again as soon as he got close enough to do so. He really didn't even seem to care if Kanone moved out of the way either, it was fun just chasing him around.

Levana lifted her hands up the rest of the way so that she could reach the pieces of his headdress that were tangled in his hair and began working them free one at a time. "You're welcome." She said and then had to pause what she was doing for just a moment to watch Kanone with Zale. She smiled softly and then proceeded to free his hair from the headdress. "I suggest you let Zale tire him out." She said with a chuckle. "Zale's got an abundance of energy and it wouldn't surprise me for Kanone to be too tired to play with him after awhile." It didn't bother her that Kanone was running around playing with Zale. She was sure she'd get introduced to him at some point, just like with everyone else who was here. That is, if she really felt like knowing everyone, or if they felt like knowing her. "I assume that Kanone is your other Grandson, then?" She asked. She only guessed that since he was a wind dragon as well and Marius had just previously told her that he was here thanks to Aamori and Kanone. By that she then assumed that Kanone wasn't the youngest since the youngest had given Marius a warm enough welcome to make him forget about his headdress and on top of that... Kanone just didn't scream a very warm welcome. She smiled again and started to lower her hands down to her sides. "I think I may have gotten everything untangled."

Celestine sighed quietly when he heard Aamori's response to his question, and might have told her to 'look harder' had he not stepped into the courtyard and spotted what he had. He glanced back over to Aamori only briefly when he heard her say that Levana must not have been too busy. If she was getting to see Marius must have just been more important to her. He looked back to them again and sighed heavily, "...Apparently." he said shortly, not sounding at all happy. He couldn't get what Kanone had been jeering at out of his head, and looking at them right now, it honestly wasn't all that hard to imagine. He could seem them both laughing while she was trying to untangle his hair, and that really didn't sit well with him. Why did he need to take the headdress off now of all times? He could have waited until she had gone and then let him or Kanone get him free. He huffed softly and started back across the court yard, dodging out of Kanone's way once when he moved away from Zale again. He just wanted to go sit back down or...something.

Nanashi sighed softly and closed his eyes when he heard LaRae speaking to him again. "...Is it really that obvious?" he asked quietly. He really was trying his hardest not to seem bothered, but how could he not be? He was a halfbreed, no matter how his new friends accepted him, he was still going to be a halfbreed in the eyes of most, and that alone was enough of a disgrace without adding to it that he was from an enemy clan. As Kyran had reminded him before, there was no opt out for being a part of any clan, so he was rather stuck feeling very out of place here, since this was the clan that had the most problems with his clan. He just hoped to the gods that she didn't come to introduce herself or that Marius didn't try to introduce her. He was sure he would trip all over himself trying to say hello and decide whether to look at her or not, and already he could feel himself shaking a tiny but. He was only just feeling well enough to get up and move around today, so this really wasn't the best day for him to go stressing himself out...especially over something so silly, but as usual, his mind ran off without him.

Kanone laughed softly as he watched Zale pounce at the area where he had been and then come at him again. He dove out of his way again, almost colliding into Celestine, though thankfully Celestine had moved or they both would have been tangled on the ground. He let Zale come at him again, though this time he braced himself and grabbed Zale's paws, holding them like he was trying to dance with him before he laughed and dropped him back to all fours and scurried off again.

Marius laughed again softly when she said that he should let Zale wear him out. "That sounds like a plan, he certainly loves dogs..." he agreed. He gave a tiny nod when she asked if Kanone was his other grandson. "Yes, that would be him." he confirmed and then smiled again, "Perhaps I will get a chance to introduce you before he passes out from exhaustion." he said lightly. He nodded when she said that she thought she'd gotten it all untangled and then lifted the headband the rest of the way and removed it. He hung it on his arm before shaking his head and raising his hand to try to smooth down his hair a little. "Well...that certainly is better." he said with a relieved sigh. He glanced back over his shoulder just in time to see Celestine heading back toward the fountain again. "...Well now, there's the other one." he said softly. He looked back to Levana again and smiled warmly at he, "That would be Celestine, the younger and...usually much less rambunctious of the two." he said with a soft chuckle. "...If you like, I can introduce you to him...and his friends since they're out here." he offered.

Aamori was unfortunately pretty dense in the love and relationship department so even if Celestine had gotten to say something like 'look harder' she really wouldn't have understood very much. She pretty much needed to be told word for word that someone liked her or they needed to be as blatantly obvious as Kanone. After all he complimented her quite a few times and actually wanted to be around her, even close enough to hold her hand so it was pretty clear that he liked her that way. Celestine on the other hand, all that she'd ever really heard to give her any ideas on how he felt were that she drove him nuts and that she was like an annoying, clingy little sister. Which of course those two things didn't exactly scream 'I like you' they kind of said the contrary, at least to her understanding. She glanced over at Celestine when she heard him and he didn't sound very happy. She wasn't exactly sure what the big deal was, Levana was just being nice and helping Marius with his headdress. She watched as Celestine started back across the courtyard, dodging Kanone in the process. She started to follow after him only getting a couple feet before she stopped and sighed quietly deciding not to follow after him this time.

LaRae shook her head a little. "No, not exactly." She paused. "You just kind of clamed up again, that's all." She said quietly as she looked over at him. "I also know how you get around just regular people you don't know... so I can only imagine how you are feeling right now." She said as she cast her glance back towards Levana and Marius.

Zale continued to chase after Kanone, not bothering to really pay attention to the fact that Kanone had nearly collided with Celestine. Even if he had it wouldn't matter to him he'd still pounce on Kanone if he was close enough. Once he got close enough, just like before he went to jump on him and was a little surprised this time since Kanone had grabbed his paws. He didn't let that bother him too much and he immediately started trying to lick Kanone with his forked tongue. As soon as Kanone dropped his paws and let him back down onto all fours again he started chasing after him again, intent on catching him sooner or later.

Levana nodded lightly after he made mention of getting to introduce her to Kanone before he passed out. She didn't know Kanone so she wasn't sure how long he could put up with Zale but the guards that Zale usually played with gave up after about ten or twenty minutes if Zale was lucky. She smiled after Marius had removed his headdress and smoothed down his hair a little. "Those headdresses really seem a bit impractical, all things considered." She commented. Headdresses like those in a territory of wind, well, that should've been enough to make them change their Elders sign. When he pointed out his other grandson she set her hand to his arm for a moment while she looked past him to look at Celestine. After she looked at him she lowered her hand and then looked back to Marius and smiled at his offer to introduce her to them. "That would be nice." She paused and chuckled quietly. "Especially since it doesn't look like Aamori really wants to do it." She said as she looked over to Aamori who was still standing near the archway. "It looks like she might have a little something else on her mind." She commented as she looked back to Marius.

Celestine didn't bother to glance back to Aamori or even snap at Kanone. Once he got back to the fountain he just say back down and then glanced over toward Marius and Levana again, though he nearly huffed when he saw her hand on Marius's arm while she was looking at him. He caught eyes with her for a brief second and then he looked away quickly. He had nothing at all against Levana as a person, though he really wished she wouldn't be quite as touch friendly as she was with Marius. He sighed softly and closed his eyes for now, half wondering how long Levana was going to hang around.

Nanashi glanced back up to LaRae again and smiled weakly to her. "...I guess..." he said quietly, "I should...probably go back tot he room..." he tried. He knew him standing there worrying himself to death wasn't going to do him much good, and he was already starting to feel a little dizzy, mainly because he was on the verge of a panic attack for, well what most would think was no real apparent reason. LaRae was right about one thing, though, he did get nervous around just regular people...so this was about a hundred times worse. This one actually had all of the say, so what happened if this one didn't like him?

Kanone at least had the presence of mind to keep his head back while Zale was trying to lick him, though he laughed at him when he put him down and took off again. He side glanced at Aamori and headed in her direction, though not directly at her, and then ran pat her only long enough to get Zale side tracked, then he spun around and came back to her, throwing his arm around her for a second. "What's up?" he asked before he dropped his arm again and made another dive out of Zale's path, apparently intent of playing 'ring-around-Aamori' for a few minutes.

Marius smiled again when she said that the headdresses were impractical. "Haha...tell me about it. Honestly, I think I ran out of people to complain to about how ridiculous these things are." he said simply as he shook his head. "Unfortunately, it seems everyone else likes them." The things were very interesting to look at, and looked nice to be worn, but they were just a royal pain to remove...and put on for that matter. His eyes drifted over to Aamori when Levana made mention of her and then he smiled weakly. "Yes, so it would seem..." he said softly, "We were teasing her and Celestine a bit just before you arrived." he said with a soft chuckle. "I have a feeling that may be why Celestine looks a little grumpy as well." He shook his head slightly and then offered his free hand to her as he started to turn, holding it up as one might expect a man to do if he was escorting a lady to a dance floor or to the stairs or something. He waited a moment and then started back toward the fountain again.

Aamori startled slightly when Kanone ran past her and Zale wasn't too far behind him. She looked over at Kanone when he'd come back and put his arm around her for a moment before he started playing 'ring-around-Aamori' with Zale. She sighed softly and tried to keep an eye on him while he ran around playing with Zale. "Not much." She finally responded shortly to his question. "I think... what you brought up might actually be bothering Celestine." She mentioned. Judging by the way he sounded before she was pretty sure that it was bothering him. Though.. maybe she was wrong? She continued to watch Kanone and Zale for a moment before she sighed quietly. "...Be careful ...I don't want to get knocked over." She said a bit worried that Zale wouldn't be able run around her too much longer without accidentally taking someone out.

LaRae wasn't really that surprised to hear him say that he should probably go back to the room. To be honest she was a little surprised that he'd stood there like that as long as he had. She half expected him to take off for the room the first chance that he got. She sighed softly and smiled a little as she looked over at him. "If you want to go back to the room, I won't stop you." She paused. "...I may even join you." She added quietly. That snake of Levana's hadn't done anything to Marius and it seemed a bit more behaved than Aamori's but it still made her really uneasy.

Zale followed after Kanone without question and zipped right past Aamori. When Kanone spun around to go back towards Aamori it took him a moment to get turned around because he'd run onto the stone floor of the hallway and slid on the floor a little. Once he got going again he immediately went after Kanone and then started chasing him around Aamori, quite happily as could be seen easily by his constant tail wagging.

Levana tilted her head slightly when she heard Marius say that they had been teasing Aamori and Celestine before she arrived. She shook her head a little, having wondered what was making his grandson look that way and it was a little unusual to not see Aamori smiling, even a little. She looked to Marius and smiled slightly. "Aren't you a little old to be teasing your grandson?" She asked with a chuckle. She looked at his hand once he held it up and smiled softly before lifting her hand to take it. As soon as she took his hand her snake moved and positioned itself on her other side while they headed over towards the fountain.

Kanone smiled slightly when she said not much and continued to try to listen to her as he jumped around her, narrowing avoiding Zale on several occasions. He chuckled softly and then sighed, "What that leaves my mouth doesn't bother him?" he said simply, "He'll get over it." He snickered again when she said that she didn't want to get knocked over. Oh why did she always have to tell him these things? He laughed and then changed course again, diving straight for her, "Like this!?" he asked as he threw both arms around her and swung her around once before jumping to the side again to avoid Zale and then sat her back on her feet again.

Nanashi sighed softly again and then raised his head slowly and started to take a step back, though he froze when he realized that Marius and Levana were coming this way. As soon as he saw her again he noticed the snake and his feet seemed to just lock themselves to the ground. Well...again he really didn't know what to do since she was coming over here, though the sight of the snake was what startled him the most. He'd never seen anything quite like that before and....well it was kind of freaky looking. He made a small noise in the back of his throat that almost sounded like a whine and then lowered his head and glanced back toward LaRae again, looking damn near panicked.

Marius chuckled softly and shook his head. "Not until I am old enough that they stop teasing me." he said simply, "Though it was Kanone who started it." he said, shaking his head. He lowered his voice a little as he continued, "I hate to say it, but I believe Kanone and Celestine have very similar taste in girls, and Kanone is...not as shy about it as Celestine." he said as he glanced over to Aamori while Kanone was spinning her around. He chuckled softly again and then shook his head with a sigh, "I believe Aamori may have been a little put off by why hard Celestine was trying to deny that he has a little crush." he chuckled again and made a face, "Ehh...don't tell him I said that, I may lose a limb." he said with another soft laugh. "I think this is one I'd rather stay out of and let them work out on their own." Once they got within hearing range of Celestine he dropped the topic and smiled. "Celestine," He paused long enough for Celestine to give him his attention and then motioned to Levana with his free hand. "This is Lady Levana." he told him, "And this is my grandson, Celestine." He said to Levana, making the opposite gesture toward Celestine.

Celestine was trying not to pay attention to Marius and Levana anymore, or at least until he heard then approaching him. He sighed softly as he heard Marius speaking, though all he could understand was his name a time or two so he wasn't entirely sure what he was talking about. His ear twitched slightly when he heard his name again and it sounded like he was being addressed. He glanced over to Marius slowly and then stood up politely and looked at Levana when he gestured to her, though he was already well aware of who it was and was pretty sure that she knew his name as well he let him go ahead with the formal introduction without a word. "...Pleased to meet you." he said quietly. He eyes wandered over to the snake hovering at her side briefly and he tilted his head a little, though he didn't say anything about it. He looked back to Marius and Levana again and his eyes didn't miss the fact that he was still holding her hand. He sighed again and then averted his eyes back to the snake, trying to look more interested in that than annoyed.

Marius did at least catch the look at their hands and then sighed softly and shook his head a little before he finally lowered his hand out from under Levana's slowly. He glanced over to Nanashi and LaRae and smiled slightly, "And this is Nanashi and LaRae." he added, motioning toward them. He glanced at Nanashi again and raised one eyebrow slightly when he saw how nervous he looked and then gave him a reassuring smile though...he didn't really seem to be paying attention to it.

Aamori hoped that Celestine would get over it, not necessarily that Kanone had said it but that he was apparently focused on it. The last thing that Celestine needed to go and do was make enemies with Levana just because he didn't want her getting too close to his grandfather. She had kind of thought that her mentioning Levana not being interested in relationships for so long might have meant something but it looked like what Kanone had said got seeded first. Her eyes widened when she saw Kanone diving straight for her and shook her head immediately while wanting to back up or just move out of the way. "No Kanone, don't!" She said just before he had thrown both arms around her. She already wished she hadn't said anything about being knocked over. She tired not to laugh after he'd finished spinning around with her. After he set her back down on her feet she wobbled slightly. "..I meant I didn't want to be knocked over by Zale.." She paused. "I didn't know I'd need to worry about you too."

Zale luckily enjoyed when he got close enough to Kanone that he thought he might catch him and then Kanone moved just out of his way. There was some fun to him in the thought that he'd almost gotten him which made him want to try even harder. He continued chasing Kanone around Aamori and then followed after him when he went straight for her. He shot past them since Kanone had jumped out of the way but by this time he'd gotten better about turning himself around quickly so he was on his way back towards Kanone at the same pace by the time he'd set Aamori down. He ended up trying to put the brakes on since he wasn't going to reach Kanone first. He really didn't want to knock Aamori over since she'd already told Kanone to be careful but he was pathetic at stopping when he really wanted to. He crouched down slightly and tried his best to stop and couldn't and would up slamming right into the back of Aamori's legs which caused her to fall backwards with wide eyes as he took her legs right out from under her.

Levana chuckled quietly. "Pointing the finger so quickly at your grandson..." She said as she shook her head with a slight smile on her face. That certainly was more a response she would have expected from someone younger. She looked at him and listened a little more intently since he'd lowered his voice. When he glanced over to Kanone and Aamori she turned her eyes in that direction as well. She smiled a bit and then looked back to Marius. "All I can really say is that Aamori isn't used to having boys interested in her. Yoichi, her brother never liked the idea of her dating." She paused. "So he's kept the male attention at bay pretty well. I'm not surprised that she doesn't pick up on what others would see as obvious." She said quietly, trying to keep her voice low. "And don't worry, you won't lose a limb over that." She said with a quiet chuckle. She nodded lightly when he said that he'd rather stay out of this one. She needed to too, but that wasn't anything else new. Aamori didn't even know that she was well aware of her brother keeping the boys at bay. When they reached the fountain and Marius started to introduce her to Celestine and vice versa she smiled and bowed her head a little. "It's nice to meet you, Celestine." She said and happened to catch his eyes wander to her snake. She looked over at it herself and lifted her free hand for a moment, palm side up so that the snake would move to rest it's head just past her open palm. "Her name is Ama." She said with a pleasant smile as she held her hand out a little towards Celestine since he seemed interested in her. "She's just like Nen, which I was told you met the other day." She added and then motioned Ama off of her arm with her other hand since Marius had released it. Ama slipped off her arm and proceeded to float near Celestine while being on her best behavior. She glanced back to Marius for a moment when he started to introduce the other two. She looked over at them after he motioned to them and smiled brightly. "It's a pleasure to meet you both." She said as she looked between them. They both looked like half breeds to her and she didn't hold that against either of them. She didn't even seem too bothered by Nanashi being from the fire clan, on the other hand she might have been uneasy if he had been a full blooded fire dragon.

LaRae glanced over to Nanashi to see his expression but she didn't have too much time to focus on that at the moment. She stared at the snake while Levana was talking about it and was a little relieved that it had been removed from her before she spoke a word to her and Nanashi. She looked at Levana and smiled a little before she bowed her head respectfully. "It's nice to meet you too, Lady Levana."

Kanone laughed again when Aamori said that she didn't know that she had to worry about him, too. "Hahaha! Of course!" he said lightly. He'd sensed her...not quiet as lively as usual mood and felt the need to change it somehow. He caught sight of Zale skidding up behind Aamori just before he hit her and then dodged off to the side again, though as she fell he quickly grabbed her arm and fell to his knees ont he ground beside her as he threw his other arm around her back to keep her from hitting the ground on her head. He pulled her close to him and then laughed again and gave her a little squeeze. "Haha! Saved ya!" he said with a laugh before he stood back up and pulled her up with him.

He couldn't help but laugh at her comment about pointing the fingers so quickly at his grandson. Of course he did...it usually was Kanone that got things started, but Marius did have his fun poking at nerves every now and again. After all, he was only really old in body; at least he still felt pretty young and did tend to act that way occasionally...though like Celestine he could turn right around and act like a grumpy old man should the need arise. He watched Levana for a moment while she held her hand out to the snake and then glanced over to Nanashi and LaRae again after he'd introduced them. He just sighed softly when he saw how Nervous Nanashi looked and then raised his hand to place on his shoulder lightly. He also couldn't help but notice that Nanashi looked a couple of shades paler than normal and seemed a little...well off balance. "...Are you feeling alright?"

Nanashi looked up again briefly when Levana spoke and then lowered his eyes again, though he was relieved that she didn't seem to mind his presence and was being friendly. Unfortunately that didn't relax him too much. He opened his mouth to speak, wanting to say something along the lines of what LaRae had said, but he couldn't seem to find his voice. He nearly panicked when he found himself unable to even form a hello and simply bowed quickly. He staggered forward a step when he stood up, the motion causing him to have a severe case of vertigo. Just as he straightened up he felt Marius' hand on his shoulder and nearly jumped out of his skin, though his head automatically snapped in that direction, which only made the dizziness worse. He took a quick breath to answer him, though before he even got to make any noise he finally just gave out. Normally Nanashi wasn't the fainting type, but apparently it was still a little too early for him to go getting himself too worked up. What better timing?

Marius' eyes widened when Nanashi started to fall toward him and he reflexively threw his arms around him to catch him and keep him from hitting the ground. "Goodness!" He exclaimed before he knelt down so he didn't have to hold up quite so much weight. "...I guess that answers that question..." he muttered softly as he glanced over to Nanashi's head which was now resting against his collarbone. He moved one hand up to Nanashi's head, brushing his hair back lightly while he held his hand against his cheeks to feel for a fever, which he didn't really feel anything of the sort. After a second he looked to LaRae, "What is wrong with him?" He figured that LaRae would know better than anyone what was wrong. He was pretty sure that he didn't usually pass out when he was introduced to people as he hadn't fallen out on his doorstep when they met.

Celestine smiled weakly when Levana said that it was nice to meet him and then introduced her snake to him. "Mm..." he muttered softly to confirm what she had said about his meeting Nen a few days before. "Yes...I recognized her." he added. He watched as the snake started to hover in front of him and then sighed and smiled slightly as he raised his hand. He watched the snake carefully as he reached for it, just in case she decided that she didn't like to be touched like Nen did, though if she didn't seem to mind his intention he placed his fingers gently to the side of her neck and then ran then along her body lightly. Being a magical water snake made Ama no less of an animal n his eyes and he was still rather fond of snakes, so he could stand there and pet her easily enough. His attention shifted when he heard Marius ask someone if they were alright and then the slight commotion afterward. His head snapped over in that direction quickly and his eyes widened slightly in surprise when he saw Marius kneeling down with Nanashi in his arms. He shook his head and froze with his hand still in the air. "He's been..." he started quickly as soon as Marius started to ask LaRae, though he paused briefly when he realized he was probably interrupting. "....sick..." he finished quietly before glancing to LaRae, trying to give her a brief 'ix nay on the details' look. He wasn't so sure Hisako had told Levana about what had happened and he still didn't really think she needed to know.

Aamori had shut her eyes tight and tried her best to prepare herself for hitting the ground after Zale had taken her legs right out from under her. She forced her eyes open when she felt the hand grab hold of her arm and before she even really had a chance to react Kanone had managed to keep her from hitting the ground. She gave a relieved sigh after he had pulled her close and then nodded her head lightly when he said he'd saved her. She was glad that he didn't just let her fall. She'd have smacked her head into the ground with the way she fell back and that never felt good, especially if she hit her horns into the ground first. After he stood them back up she shook her head a little and then leaned it against him while she waited for her heart to slow back down. Of course she couldn't help thinking that this would have been avoided had Kanone not felt the need to play 'ring-around-Aamori' with Zale. If anything was accomplished from this, she was at least for the moment not thinking about what she had been that had her kind of down.

Zale continued to skid to a stop after he took Aamori out and if Kanone hadn't moved when he did then he surely would've been taken out as well. When he finally did stop completely he laid himself down on the ground for a moment and looked at Aamori and Kanone once Kanone had gotten them up right again. He started back to his feet and in the process remembered that he'd knocked Celestine off his feet the other day while trying to stop after chasing Kyiri. He didn't pay too much attention to the similarities once it looked like he could bother Kanone again. He walked right back over to him and started pressing his head against his leg, urging him to keep running. He wasn't done playing yet and Kanone had said he'd play for as long as he had wanted.

Ama continued to float there once Levana had put her attention elsewhere. She really didn't mind being touched so long as it was okay with Levana and she didn't seem bothered by Celestine's interest so she'd allow him to touch her for a little bit. Ama could only stand so much physical contact from someone other than Levana before she got a little moody and uncomfortable. If Celestine continued to touch her for an extended length of time then she'd probably bite him.

LaRae started to look over at Nanashi now that she'd finished with the formalities. She had kind of wished that her and Nanashi could've escaped before Marius brought Levana over. She already knew Nanashi was uncomfortable and could only imagine how he was feeling now that she was so much closer. Her eyes widened when she saw him fall towards Marius and instantly started to reach out to grab him but pulled back since Marius had caught him. She stared down at Nanashi with a slight hint of worry while Marius held him. That was the first time that she'd ever seen Nanashi just... faint. She was positive that he wouldn't have fainted had what happened the other day not happened. She had really hoped that he'd been practically all better by now but apparently he could still stand to rest a little here and there. She stared at Marius when he asked what was wrong with him. She started to open her mouth to tell him and stopped as soon as she heard Celestine cut in. She looked over at him and caught the look he was giving her and then gave an extremely brief nod before shifting her glance back to Marius. "The sudden changes in weather that Nanashi's been experiencing finally got to him a couple days ago and he got pretty sick." She answered. "He's been stuck in bed trying to get better and he finally thought he was feeling well enough to come out for some fresh air today." She added. She wasn't lying about anything but she certainly was leaving out some major key parts to what had happened.

Levana smiled at LaRae after she spoke and then glanced over to Nanashi, half expecting him to say something like LaRae had. She startled a little when Nanashi suddenly fainted and fell on Marius and immediately she wondered if she'd done something wrong. She glanced over at LaRae for a moment when she started to answer Marius' question in a bit more detail than Celestine had. She sighed softly a little relieved that he'd been sick and it wasn't entirely something that she had done. She moved a little closer and looked down at Nanashi. "I assume he doesn't usually faint like this?" She was fairly certain that she could wake him up easily enough but wasn't so sure she wanted to take the chance of startling him by being one of the first people he saw when he came back around.

Kanone chuckled softly when Aamroi leaned her head against him and instinctively wrapped his arms back around her while stroking her back a little to make her feel better. "There, there, you're alright." he said softly before he gave her cheek a light kiss, "You know I wouldn't do anything that was going to get you hurt." After that he gave her a little squeeze and then sighed softly when he felt Zale's head against his leg. He looked down at him and then smiled slightly before he released Aamori and reached down to pat Zale on the head. "Alright.... Haha geez, you're demanding." he said playfully, though just as he was about to take off again he happened to notice that Marius and Levana weren't at the arch anymore. He glanced around briefly to see where they were and then blinked when he saw Marius kneeling on the ground and holding Nanashi. "U-oh...what happened there?" He glanced back down to Zale for a moment and then rubbed his head. "Hold on a few minutes, buddy." He didn't really care to run around and play while Levana was standing there, but he wasn't really the type to just keep playing while someone was laying on the ground. He glanced back to Aamori briefly and then started back toward the fountain again so he could see what had happened.

Marius glanced at Celestine when he started to answer and then narrowed his eyes a little in suspicion at the way he cut off before he turned his attention to LaRae and nodded. He knew Celestine well enough to know that he didn't usually speak up like that when he was talking to someone else, so that pretty much told him that something had happened that they were apparently trying to keep under wraps. He sighed softly and glanced back down to Nanashi again before removing his hand from his face. Well, he guessed whatever it was didn't really matter now. His attention shifted to Levana again and he sighed softly, "Not to my knowledge." he said simply when she asked about him fainting. He shifted positions again and tried to get more comfortable since to seemed like Nanashi could be like this for a few minutes if something wasn't done and all he could do really was slap his face a few times and...well it being Nanashi he didn't really want to do that.

Celestine kept his hand against Ama's side until after LaRae had finished speaking and then finally remembered to move it again. He gave the snake one more gentle stroke and then lowered his hand again and moved over to stand beside Levana before he glanced over to LaRae and then sighed and shook his head. He wasn't all that sure about how to go about waking him up. He passed out a lot himself, and he honestly couldn't even think of a single pleasant way to be woken up other than to just let whoever it was be and let them wake up themselves. He glanced over to Levana after she asked about him fainting and heard Marius' answer and then sighed softly. "No, not usually... He usually just stammers or doesn't say anything at all." he said truthfully, or at least that was what he'd noticed when he was around strangers.

Aamori of course couldn't help blushing slightly after he kissed her cheek. She could probably be completely and utterly pissed off at the world and still blush at something like that. She sighed quietly before glancing up at him. Wouldn't do anything that was going to get her hurt? No, of course he wouldn't. He'd just make sure it came close enough to make her think she'd get hurt. She cast her glance down to Zale briefly after Kanone had let her go and then chuckled quietly when Kanone said that Zale was demanding. She smiled slightly a little amused since Zale was being so impatient. She looked back to Kanone when she heard him say 'U-oh' and then her eyes trailed around the courtyard until she spotted Nanashi and Marius. Of course now she was a little concerned so she started to head over that way after Kanone looked back at her. She wasn't at all sure what had happened but she hoped that Nanashi was alright, especially after just the other day.

Zale started wagging his tail a little when Kanone acknowledged him and patted his head. He was ready to start playing already so he was excited and wagging his tail a bit more. His ears lowered though when he heard Kanone say to hold on a few minutes. He plopped himself down on the ground when Kanone started to walk away. If a facial expression could've been read he'd clearly have looked like he was pouting. He really hated that he had to wait to play and he didn't seem to care too much that there was something wrong with Nanashi. All he really wanted to do was play and now he was stuck waiting and he was rather impatient to say the least.

Ama continued to stay where she was while Celestine touched her. Once Celestine had wound up heading towards Levana she turned and watched. She stayed where she was and just floated there watching. She wasn't going to go over there unless Levana told her to come or if something alarmed or concerned her.

LaRae was glad that no one really questioned what she had said about what was wrong with Nanashi. She wasn't lying but she wasn't really telling the whole truth either. She sighed softly and then looked over at Celestine for a moment when he walked over. She didn't bother hovering over Nanashi, he had more than enough people around him so she just kind of took a step back and stood there quietly.

Levana nodded slightly when she heard Marius answer her question. She glanced briefly over at Celestine when he came to stand beside her and then nodded again after he answered her question in a little more detail. She looked back down at Marius and then to Nanashi. After a moment she knelt down and started to stretch her hand out towards Nanashi. An aura shone for a brief moment around her hand and her hand coated in a very thin sheet of cold water. As soon as her hand started to get near Nanashi's face Ama reacted and came sailing back to her side. Ama immediately got as close to Levana as she possibly could without actually wrapping around her. Levana didn't seem phased by Ama appearing so close to her so suddenly, she was just used to Ama. She continued to reach her hand out towards Nanashi and then gently set her palm to the side of Nanashi's face in an attempt to bring him back around. The only other thought she had was to splash water on him and she didn't really want to go and do something like that.

Kanone glanced back to Zale briefly and then sighed softly before he continued over to the others and moved to stand beside LaRae once he got there. He looked at Nanashi for a moment and then glanced over to LaRae, looking a little concerned. "What happened? I thought he was better." he said quietly before he glanced back to him again as Levana was starting to reach for him.

Celestine glanced up when he saw Aamori and Kanone coming back this way and then sighed heavily before he looked over to Levana and raised an eyebrow, realizing what she was about to do when he notice the aura on her hands. After all, Aamori had done something like that a couple of times, so he knew that Levana could more than likely do it, too. He startled slightly when Ama came whizzing by him to get close to Levana and then sighed softly and relaxed, though he stepped off to the side a little to give some room and eventually found himself standing on the other side of LaRae. He was pretty sure Nanashi would be getting up soon, and he hated being crowded when he woke up, so he could imagine that Nanashi wouldn't be too thrilled about being surrounded when he came to either.

Nanashi didn't respond for a second after Levana touched his face and then he cringed and closed his eyes a little more tightly. "Mmm..." he turned his head away, trying to burrow his cheek into Marius' chest to escape the cold, though after a couple more seconds he opened his eyes slowly and blinked a couple of times. He shifted his gaze and his eyes caught on the hovering water snake as soon as he got his face out of Marius' robe. As soon as he saw that his eyes grew about as wide as saucers and he opened his mouth like he'd like to yell, but he still didn't make any noise. He did however try to back up though...with Marius holding him he didn't really get anywhere.

Marius sighed in relief when he saw Nanashi starting to open his eyes and then blinked when he saw the look of fear that came to Nanashi's face. Surely he wasn't frightened of Levana... He followed Nanashi's gaze and his eyes landed on the snake that was hovering so close to Levana and seemed to be giving Nanashi the once over. "...Um...Levana, could you...?" he moved one hand to point at the snake and make a 'back up' motion with his finger and smiled slightly. "She's a little too close for comfort." He turned his attention back to Nanashi and sighed. "Are you alright?" he asked him again, hoping he'd be able to at least get an answer out of him this time.

Nanashi looked over to Marius again when he spoke like he was just realizing that he was there and then glanced around a little more, finally realizing that Marius was holding him up and he was kind of surrounded. "Wh....what??" he asked sounding both embarrassed and confused. He didn't even remember falling, he jsut remembered trying to speak to Levana and failing miserably. His eyes widened slightly again when he realized that Levana must have been the one who's woken him up and that he was still laying on Marius. He sat upright quickly. "Ah-I-I'm sorry!" he said quickly as color started to floor his cheeks. Well...that was rather humiliating.

Aamori followed Kanone over to everyone else and wasn't exactly sure where she wanted to stand. By now she could stand beside Kanone or beside Celestine since he'd gone to stand on the other side of LaRae. She barely thought about it seeing it not that important right now since the main concern was Nanashi. She wound up deciding to go stand on the same side as Celestine for now.

LaRae was a little uncomfortable now herself since Ama had come over to Levana so quickly. She glanced over to Kanone when he got beside her and asked what happened. "He well.. fainted.." She said quietly and then glanced to her other side, past Celestine to look at Aamori for a moment. "I think... he may have had a panic attack or something..." She added as she looked back to Kanone. She glanced down to Marius when he said something to Levana and then noticed that Nanashi was awake again. She was glad to see that his eyes were open and that he hadn't been out for that long.

Levana immediately started to pull her hand back when it looked like Nanashi was coming around. She rubbed her hands together lightly as she removed the thin sheet of water from her hand. She saw the look on Nanashi's face and didn't quite get what the problem was until Marius said something and pointed at Ama. She honestly had a look of surprise on her face seeing that Ama was the problem. She barely even noticed Ama since she was always around and no one ever really had a problem with her before. She nodded lightly and lifted her hand up to touch the top of Ama's head. She moved it closer to her and looked like she was going to kiss it but whispered an apology to her and asked her to leave. Ama obliged and moved away from Levana so that she had enough room to start rolling in on herself until she had disappeared completely. She knew that wasn't what Marius had asked but if Nanashi really was bothered by Ama then she'd rather have Ama go away for the time being. Since Ama was gone she looked back to Marius and smiled a little before looking at Nanashi. "It's alright Nanashi."

Kanone blinked when LaRae said that he fainted and then sighed and shook his head when she said that she thought he had a panic attack or something. He just half smiled and then let one one soft laugh, "...That doesn't take much, does it?" He shook his head again and then watched as Nanashi started to come around, relieved that he was alright.

Celestine glanced over to Aamori when she came over to stand beside him and then looked back to Nanashi again. He sighed softly when he looked so frightened of Ama. She was strange looking but he didn't think she was that scary....then again he wasn't really bothered by any kind of animal; even Nerian had gotten petted by him before he finally died. He watched with mild interest as Levana sent Ama away and then sighed softly when he saw the expression on Nanashi's face. The poor guy looked like he'd about rather go start digging a hole to bury himself in. After Levana spoke he sighed softly and moved over to Nanashi so that he was standing in front of him and just held his hand out to him to help him up. "...You should probably go back to bed for a while." He said quietly, figuring that was about that he wanted to do...probably even before he fainted.

Nanashi watched as the snake went away and started to curl in on itself. He had no idea what in the heck was going on, but he was relieved when the thing went away. He didn't even know what that was and just didn't really care to have it around especially since it...really didn't look all that friendly. His eyes wandered back to Levana again and then shot back down to the grass again when she said that it was alright. "...uh....m...." he muttered softly, unsure of what to even say at this point. He really did want to just sink through the ground right now. He looked up again when he saw a hand in front of his face and heard Celestine speak. He glanced up again and then slowly reached up to take his hand, though he had to do most of the actual getting up part on his own since Celestine was mostly just holding his hand out as a courtesy more than to actually pull him up, though he did feel him trying. "...U-uh....y-yeah..." he whispered quietly. Now that he was back on his feet again he started to look back to Levana again, though again his eyes shot down to the ground before he met her face. "...Uh....I'm.....i-it was...n-nice to meet you...." he finally said. Well...better late than never.

Marius watched a she snake went away and then returned the slight smile to Levana after it was gone. He sighed softly as he pushed himself up while Celestine was helping Nanashi and then held out his hand to Levana if he hadn't already decided to stand up on her own when he did. After a moment he looked over to Nanashi again and then sighed when he saw the way he was acting still. He was half tempted to push his head up and tell him to stop staring at the ground, but he was afraid he'd embarrass him even more than he already was at the moment.

Aamori was glad to hear that nothing really bad had happened to Nanashi and it didn't appear to be related to what happened to him the other night. She assumed that he must have been more uncomfortable than usual around Levana. Or at least she thought that might have been it. She had to take notice to how Nanashi reacted to the sight of Ama. That just made her make a note not to bring Nen out around him unless she really had to. She was kind of glad that she wasn't able to keep Nen out and about as long as Levana could. It just kind of seemed weird to have a snake made from water floating around you all of the time. She was surprised though at how well Levana could control Ama as compared to how she could could Nen. It was all to clear when you compared, she really had a ways to go with that ability.

LaRae looked at Kanone when he asked his question and sighed softly. "This is the first time I've seen him so uncomfortable that he panicked and then fainted.." She said quietly. "My guess was that it's because Lady Levana is from an opposing clan, or well, the polar opposite of the fire clan." She added quietly. She could imagine how Nanashi got so panicked and it wasn't everyday that regular common people got to meet Elders, especially ones that rightfully could hate them.

Levana smiled a little after getting some small response out of him after telling him it was alright. She watched for a moment when Celestine came and offered his hand to Nanashi. That was nice of him. She glanced to Marius after he'd stood up as well and then noticed his hand and smiled softly before taking it and getting to her feet too. "Thank you." She said quietly and then dusted her skirt slightly. She looked to Nanashi again when she heard him stammer out 'it was nice to meet you'. She smiled a little, a bit happy that he'd finally said something to her, though, he hadn't once looked her in the face. She wasn't going to bite him and it certainly wasn't bad luck of anything to look her in face so she wondered what exactly kept his eyes elsewhere even when he was talking to her. She moved a bit closer, just within reaching distance and quickly put her hands out. She lifted them up and gently set one each side of his face and lifted his head up fully so that she could see his eyes. "You won't randomly combust or anything just by looking at me when you talk to me." She said with a quiet chuckle. "It was nice meeting you too, Nanashi." She told him and then removed her hands from his face.

Kanone smiled slightly and then shook his head. "...Wouldn't know." He said quietly, "Elders are people, too. There's nothing to be afraid of." He thought about it for a few moments and then smiled, "Well...unless you're just afraid of people in general, I guess." He was pretty sure that was more or less the case with Nanashi. He sighed softly and then shook his head, though he blinked and couldn't help but laugh quietly when Levana grabbed Nanashi's face. The look on his face afterward was priceless.

Nanashi continued to stand there for a moment, though he tensed when he saw Levana come closer to him, or at lest noticed the bottom of her skirt. When her hands came at him so quickly he couldn't help but flinch and close his eyes tightly as if he thought he was going to get smacked, though he seemed to be more along the lines of preparing for it than trying to avoid it. When she touched his face again he gasped and cringed, his breath catching as the cold seeped into his cheeks. Now he was glad at lest that she hadn't smacked him...as cold as her hands were that would really hurt. He finally remembered to start breathing again when she lifted his head up and then slowly, almost timidly, opened his eyes when she said that he wasn't going to combust from looking at her. His large ruby eyes caught on hers for a moment and then the panic seemed to drain from them and he just took another couple of deep breaths while he calmed himself down. After a moment he closed his eyes again and then lowered them so that he was no longer making eye contact, though he did at least keep his eyes up to mouth level. By then it was probably pretty apparent why he had such trouble looking her in the eye just by the way he flinched when she reached out toward him. He always expected to be treated poorly whenever he met anyone new, and he was half terrified of doing anything wrong. At least if he expected bad treatment he wouldn't be disappointed when someone didn't like him and could just accept it with good grace. He was afraid that he'd done something to offend her when she came closer to him like that. "...I'm...sorry." he whispered quietly, just in case he had hurt her feelings or something by not looking at her. When he lowered his hands he sighed softly in relief and resisted the urge to rub his cheeks since they were pretty cold and giving him chills by now. He smiled weakly and nodded a little since she'd said that hit was nice to meet him too. All the while he tried to keep his head up and his eyes at least most of the way on her face.

Marius watched Levana and then shook his head and chuckled softly since she had done almost exactly what he was thinking of doing. He thought of making a comment about her making him faint again, but he refrained, mostly because he didn't want to make it worse. He smiled at Nanashi and then glanced away again, mostly looking back to see what Celestine was doing other than just standing there.

Celestine watched as Levana reached out to Nanashi and then sighed heavily. Was she trying to scare him? He shook his head again and then glanced back to Marius when he felt his eyes on him before he just shifted positions and moved over to stand beside Aamori again. "..."

LaRae shook her head slightly at Kanone saying that Elders were people too. She'd like to hear him say that after meeting any one of the Elders from her clan. "...Elders are different in every clan and not all of them live like normal people like your Grandfather." She paused. "The Elders in my clan would be offended if you thought them anything close to a 'normal' person." She commented quietly. She had actually been a little surprised just how nice and pleasant the Elders she'd met so far had been. Marius and Levana were nothing like the Elders from her clan. She sighed quietly and then looked over at Nanashi a few moments after Levana had placed her hands on either side of his face. She couldn't believe that she'd actually gone and touched his face like that and made it near impossible for him not to look at her at least once. She was a little surprised that her doing that hadn't made him faint again or something. She stood there for a moment longer before she finally stepped closer to Nanashi and put her hand to his arm lightly. "You were going to go and rest a bit longer, weren't you?" She said as she dropped her hand from his arm. She was almost positive that he was more than ready to get away and she had a feeling he may not get anywhere without a little more pushing; Especially if Levana took to doing more things that could make him panic like that again.

Levana sighed softly when Nanashi had flinched and just looked at him when he cringed. She was glad when he finally calmed himself down some and just smiled. She really had no intention anywhere in her to cause him any harm and she had kind of hoped that he picked up on that. Besides, if she really wanted to do anything to hurt him she would've left Ama out and she'd have done more than just bitten him by now. She could tell just by the way he flinched and the way that he'd acted that he wasn't at all used to being treated with kindness, which she didn't really find that hard to believe. She hadn't known of very many half breeds but she was well aware that quite a few of the clans shunned those who were like Nanashi was. She looked over to LaRae when she came over and made mention of Nanashi going to rest again. She wondered a little why LaRae didn't act like Nanashi did. She looked like a half breed as well so she had thought she might have act similarly to Nanashi and yet she didn't and she seemed to have no problem addressing an Elder right away. She thought briefly about asking LaRae why she didn't act like Nanashi did but thought that would be rude and rather quickly decided against it. "If you need to rest Nanashi, then go ahead." She said with a smile, letting him know it was okay to go if he needed to. She wasn't going to detain him any longer than she already had.

Aamori was a little surprised at how nice Levana was being to Nanashi. She knew that Levana was nice, okay, really nice but she never imagined that she'd continue to be that nice even to a half breed from the fire clan. Not only was Nanashi half human but half fire dragon, both things that didn't get along with the water clan all that well. She sighed softly. If more Elders were like Levana and Marius then maybe more of the clans could get along without the discrimination and fighting. She looked over at Celestine briefly when he came back to stand beside her.

Kanone sighed softly and then shook his head slightly before he gave a small shrug at what LaRae had said. "Of course they would." he said almost sarcastically. He had never met her elders, but from what he had gathered they were major ass holes. In his book they were still just people, and they were the kind of people that he would look at like the scum of the earth. The Earth clan elders just let their title go to their heads. In all honestly, Kanone wasn't too crazy about the Earth clan in general, though he would give each individual their shot; after all he liked LaRae just fine. As far as he was concerned the Earth clan was just pretty cocky because they could use their powers a little more effectively than most clans considering that there were trees and plants almost everywhere and they could cause a good bit of destruction with their powers if they so chose to do so. Earth in itself was one of the most powerful elements that he could think of, though they were all strong in their own right, some could be more damaging than others. Still, he would never have any respect for the earth clan elders until they learned that they were no better than anyone else. Of course he could fake respect should he ever nee to, but he highly doubted that he was ever going to meet one of the earth clan elders, so that didn't really mater to him.

Nanashi continued to look at Levana until LaRae touched his arm, then he turned his eyes over to her quickly. Honestly, what Levana had just done was just about what he needed. At least now he knew that she didn't care if he looked at her and apparently meant him no harm and really honestly didn't mind what he was. He smiled slightly at LaRae since she was apparently trying to give him a break and then looked back to Levana again with a slight nod when he said that he could go. He offered her a timid smile and then bowed slightly to her since that was what he was used to seeing people do around people of importance where he was from, bow or kneel. "...Goodbye." he said quietly before he took a step back and then started to turn to go back to the room. Once he got well across the courtyard he let out all of his breath in a heavy sigh and then opened the door and slipped back into the guest room. As soon as he was inside and had the door closed he made his way over to the bed and just fell backwards onto it, with his hands out to either side as he looked up at the ceiling, keeping his knees hung over the side of the bed. He hadn't even checked to see if LaRae was coming or not, so he could have shut the door in her face for all he knew, though he hoped he hadn't. She hadn't made it sound like she was coming with him at any rate.

Marius smiled slightly at LaRae when she came over and put her hand on Nanashi's arm, though he was fairly certain that by now Nanashi had calmed down considerably. He couldn't really blame him for wanting to go hide for a while after all of that, so he didn't really say anything, simply raised his hand in a slight wave before he hurried off again. Once Nanashi was a good distance away he chuckled softly and shook his head. "Well...that was interesting." he said before he glanced back to Levana again.

Celestine sighed heavily and then shook his head after Nanashi finally calmed down and got going again. He glanced at Aamori briefly when he caught her glancing at him and then moved back again to sit back down on the edge of the fountain since the introductions were over and so was all of the mini drama. He glanced at Kanone for a moment and then sighed and shook his head before propping his elbow on his knee and resting his chin in his hand.