Firra nodded her head slightly and was almost ready to turn to leave when he added the second part. She just stood there for a moment and stared at him after he had clarified that he'd meant for that to apply tot he clothes as well, and after a moment a tiny hint of a smile came to her face. "No problem," she said in a less robotic voice than she had used while telling them what was going on. "Dinner should be ready in twenty minutes or so," she added so that he would have some idea of when to come down, if he wanted. She had told him that he was welcome to come down, mostly because...well she wasn't sure he would really want to. If he didn't show up, she guessed she could always bring him something up, as much of a pain as it would be to haul a tray up all of those stairs.

The little maid passed off the dress to the earth dragon and then bowed slightly when she said 'thanks' before she turned and hurried away again, scurrying quickly back toward the stairs and out of sight before hurrying back to the kitchen so that she could help with other things.

Nero noticed the very slight change in Firra's voice when she said 'no problem' and smiled very slightly. He gave another nod of his head after she added that dinner should be ready in twenty minutes. He wasn't really sure whether or not he wanted to go and have dinner with other people he didn't know, especially if there stood a chance of other light dragons being there and he was pretty sure there would be and his presence alone wound unsettle most of them. “Thank you.” He said again and this time started to back up from the door a little so that he could close it. He didn't want to keep Firra any longer than he already had, not that he really had a whole lot to say to her. He went ahead and shut the door all of the way and then started back over to his bed to sit down. Twenty minutes would go by quickly enough especially if you wanted time to get down to wherever they were supposed to go. After he was seated and had his feet up again he glanced over towards Kanone. “...You can turn on a light I suppose, that is if you need to make sure you're good to go for dinner.”

LaRae couldn't say that she wasn't still a little intimidated when it came to dresses and having to put them on but she did at least look the dress over really well before even attempting to get herself into it. Unlike before she didn't have Sonia's help and she didn't want to ask for Aamori's or Reyes'. This one didn't have too many bells and whistles so putting it on was actually relatively simple, minus making sure her wings were where they were supposed to be since it wasn't a completely backless dress. Regardless of the back of the dress it really wouldn't have mattered anyway, she had hair long enough to cover most of it. Once she had the dress on she started to pick up the clothes that she had removed and started out from behind the screen so that she could set them down on the bed for now. She of course got a few stares and then compliments from Aamori and Reyes because she did actually clean up well when she was given something nice to wear, she just preferred jeans and a shirt to clingy dresses. She ran her hands over the front of her dress, down her thighs momentarily and then glanced to her boots. She.... wasn't so sure that those... really could be worn under a dress this nice not to mention with the fabric it would totally show that she was wearing clunky looking boots. The dress was long and did cover her feet. She supposed she could just go without shoes... she knew how to walk on her toes without any problems so she could probably pass it off as wearing nice dress shoes or something.

Kanone glanced over to Nero when he closed the door and then blinked when he told him that he could turn on a light if he needed to. "Err..." he reached over to the night stand and felt around for a moment before his hand connected with the lamp and it came on instantly. He blinked and then half smiled, "Well, that's neat." He leaned off of the bed and then snagged the comb out of his bag again before started to run it through his hair, which by now was completely dry. He straightened his hair up as best as he could and then pulled it up, for once trying his best to make sure that there were no lumps in it as he tied it up the way that he normally wore it, holding the comb in his mouth in the mean time. Once his hair was tired back he took the comb and dropped it back into his pack again. "Done," he said simply before he glanced over to him. "You coming?" he asked curiously since he looked like he was on the verge of going back to sleep again.

Firra nodded lightly in response to Nero when he thanked her again and then started to make her way back down the hallway so that she could get back to her other duties for the time being.

Nanashi had already gotten his shoes on and stood up from the bed again to move over to the door. He hovered in the doorway for a few moments, looking around uneasily. He wasn't sure if the others had already gone down while he was getting dressed or something or if they were all still in their rooms, either way...he didn't particularly want to go out wandering around on his own. He glanced down the hall, noticing that all of the doors were closed at the time being, though it only took him a few moments to catch sight of the maid coming down the hallway, though this one was dressed differently from the other...three he had seen. "...E-excuse me...," he started quietly, "...I...is...everyone else...still up here?" He was a little annoyed at his inability to speak a sentence without stuttering and mumbling because he didn't know the girl.

Firra stopped in her tracks when she heard the halfbreed speaking to her, or...well she thought he was speaking to her. If she hadn't stopped moving she probably wouldn't have been able to hear him over the swishing of her clothes and click of her shoes. Once she gathered what he was asking she nodded her head slightly. "Yes, there of the girls are across the hall, your two of the guys are at the end of the hall and one's next door with one of the girls," she said simply.

Nanashi smiled weakly at that and nodded a little. "...Thank you," he responded quietly. He didn't really count right now that there were only three girls in the group aside from Hikari, he was used to there being four, so he wasn't too sure who was where. He was just glad to know that he wasn't up here by himself. He watched as the maid nodded in response to him and then continued down the hall before he sighed and started to step out into the hallway. Once he was past the door frame he stopped and then sighed softly, glancing around again. He still wasn't entirely sure where he should go, but he didn't want to go knock on the girl's door so he started to edge down the hallway toward the next door since something told him that would be Kyran. It just seemed like the Nero thing to do to pick the opposite end of the hallway for a room.

Nero shut had shut his eyes briefly before Kanone had gotten the light on so that it would be easier on him once the room was lit up. He opened up his eyes once the light was on and glanced towards Kanone briefly when he commented that something was neat. He hadn't been watching so he wasn't really sure what he meant but he assumed that it must have had something to do with the light and frankly... he didn't exactly care. He only kept his eyes towards Kanone long enough to see what he was doing before he looked away and eventually shut his eyes. He sat there silently while Kanone did his hair and didn't look back over at him until after he had said 'done' and asked if he was coming. He had tossed the idea around for a moment or two while he was sitting there but shook his head a little after Kanone had asked. “No, I don't think so.” He answered. “I think it would probably be better for both Reyes and I to stay up here.”

Kyran hadn't moved from where he was sitting on the bed, at least until he heard the knock at the door, assuming that Nanashi did knock as soon as he reached it. He got up from the bed once again, starting to feel like he and Celestine must be pretty popular because he kind of doubted that anyone else was getting visited so much, though he could have been wrong. When he reached the door and opened it he was actually rather surprised to see Nanashi up, moving on his own and dressed so nicely. It showed on his face, he was sure but he couldn't help thinking that none of this really should have surprised him. Hikari had said that she was having a healer come up and check in on Nanashi and if they were all having dinner there was no way that he was going to be left to his blood stained clothes for that. “You look like you're feeling a bit better.” He paused. “and I see they got you a nice change of clothes.” He said as he stepped back and opened the door a bit more in case Nanashi had wanted to come in rather than stand in the hallway.

Kanone tilted his head a little when Nero said that he didn't think that he was going to come down. His ears fell back a little when he said that he didn't think so and they both he and Reyes should probably stay up there. "...Aren't you going to eat, though?" he asked curiously. He didn't really want to go downstairs and sit at the table and leave Nero cooped up in here all by himself without anything. That almost seemed like a punishment for something, even if it was his choice. "...You were invited down, you know.... I don't think it would hurt much for you to come down with everyone else."

Nanashi had knocked once he reached the door, but only after a few moment's hesitation. He still wasn't entirely sure who was in here, and he didn't really like knocking on people's doors, especially since whoever was on the other side may not want to be disturbed. He just stood at the door looking about as uncomfortable as he felt, until Kyran opened the door. He let out his breath and visibly relaxed a little at the sight of him, since he hadn't been entirely sure that it wouldn't be Nero answering the door. He could tell that Kyran was a little surprised to see him, but he didn't seem upset about being disturbed, so that was one worry off of his mind. He smiled weakly when Kyran mentioned that he looked like he was feeling a bit better and nodded a little. "...Better than I have in a while, actually..." he responded quietly. Aside from being a little tired, he wasn't aching anywhere now, his head didn't hurt, he wasn't feeling ill,...he was just hungry and a little sluggish. He glanced down to himself when Kyran mentioned the clothes and nodded again, though this time he just looked a little embarrassed. He was about as used to dress clothes as LaRae was to wearing dresses. "The clothes are nice," he responded. He wasn't so sure about how he looked in them, but the clothes themselves were very nice...even if the material was a little itchy, or at least it was on his skin since he wasn't used to this sort of material. He watched as Kyran opened the door and stepped back, though he still hesitated a moment before taking the unspoken invitation to step through the door, though he simply moved over to the side a little and folded his hands behind his back. He glanced over to Celestine for a couple of seconds before turning his gaze back to Kyran again. "...I...are we...supposed to go downstairs?" he asked finally.

Celestine was still perched on the edge of the bed, fussing with his hair a bit, though he did glanced to the door when he heard the timid knock. He was a little surprised to see Nanashi standing there once Kyran opened the door, and even more surprised to see what he was wearing. "Wow," he muttered to himself as he looked him over. Was that the normal style around here, or at least in the upper class? He actually kind of liked it for the most part, even if it was a little over-the-top showy. "You don't look too bad in white."

Nanashi laughed weakly in response to Celestine and shook his head a little, looking a little more uncomfortable. He wasn't really comfortable with compliments, though he supposed he could push the worry that he looked silly aside a little. He was a little worried about the headband and shoes since he had a feeling he was supposed to look good for dinner in a place like this but...well he wasn't taking off that headband for anything, and these were the only shoes he had, so he was just going to have to hope that no one noticed.

Nero glanced over to Kanone and shrugged a little at his asking if he was going to eat. “I'm sure I can ask Firra or someone to bring up something later if I am hungry.” He sighed quietly, almost inaudibly when Kanone reminded him that he had been invited down and that he didn't think it hurt too much for him to come down with everyone else. “I know I was invited and I still think I should stay up here.” He told him. “You saw how the maids alone reacted to seeing me here, I don't exactly need to put the rest of the people in this place on edge just because I was invited to dinner.” He said and then sighed more heavily. He also didn't think he needed to go to dinner on the off chance that his presence or his cousins gave Hikari any unneeded stress but he wasn't about to admit that out loud.

Kyran was a bit relieved to hear that Nanashi was feeling better than he had in awhile. That was nice to hear considering Nanashi just couldn't seem to get back on his feet no matter how much time he was given. Every time you turned around something else had gotten him and made him weak again. “That's good.” He told him. He easily assumed that Nanashi wasn't really comfortable in the clothes that he had been given with the response he gave. He tilted his head a little when Nanashi started to ask his question and then smiled a little. “Yes.” He answered. “I'm sure by the time we wrangle everyone up and head downstairs dinner will likely be ready.” He glanced back to Celestine briefly when he heard him say that Nanashi didn't look too bad in white. He agreed of course and nodded his head as he looked back to Nanashi. The headband hadn't really stuck out to him mostly because it was so normal to see that on him and well he knew why Nanashi wore it so he new that even if he was told to he wouldn't remove it, not unless he was getting something similar to put on in place of the black one.

Kanone stared back at Nero when he pointed out how the maids had acted toward him and then sighed softly. "...Yeah, but...you're not going to stay right there the whole time we're here, are you?" he asked glumly. Clearly, he wasn't too thrilled with the idea of Nero staying cooped up. It may not have bothered Nero much, but it irked him a little that he felt like he had to stay in here because everyone was being so damn jumpy about him. It wasn't like he was going to hurt them, and the airheads should have been able to figure that out by now. Of course he knew that the whole dinner thing would probably be pretty awkward for Nero as well, so he couldn't really blame him for not wanting to go down. "...Something tells me Reyes will probably be downstairs as soon as everyone else gets up and goes...." She just...didn't seem like the type to sit around in her room all day when there was a palace to be explored, even if the maids were jumpy around her.

Nanashi just smiled weakly when Kyran nodded to agree with Celestine, though it was the nervous 'please stop' kind of smile that he usually got when he wanted something dropped. He glanced back toward the door for a moment before his smile faded again and he seemed a little preoccupied. "...Do you know who we're eating with?" he asked, though he seemed like he already knew the answer to the question. Who else would they be eating dinner with? He glanced back to Kyran again and then lowered his eyes again before looking off at some random speck on the rug. Of course he had that other nagging little problem that he couldn't solve...the one where he was lacking horns. If they were eating with Hikari, no Selenity's family...with the king, was he going to want to eat at the same table with a halfbreed, no matter how well he was dressed? He didn't particularly want to go downstairs just to be told to eat in the kitchen or something like that, it would be a little more humiliating than he would like no matter how hungry he was. Then again, maybe the king was as understanding as Hikari, after all...she had to get it from somewhere, and he had been invited down. Hell, they may not even be eating with them at all for all he knew.

Celestine sighed softly at Nanashi's discomfort, though he supposed it was little different than when someone told him he was 'pretty'. He didn't want to deny it, but he didn't want to accept it either, though for totally different reasons. "...I would guess with everyone else...," he responded to Nanashi's question. He wasn't all that certain either, to be honest.

”I don't know.” Nero responded when Kanone asked if he was going to stay right here the whole time they were here. Honestly he couldn't say, that really kind of depended on how everyone else warmed up to the idea of seeing a couple dark dragons wandering around inside of the palace. The idea of staying locked up in the room really didn't bother him. It wasn't too far from what he already did when given a room except this time he didn't really want to leave and have to deal with the light dragons. He didn't mind them so much really but it could get a little annoying with the scared looks, jumpiness and or mean responses to his being here. The way the maids had acted he knew was just the beginning of a string of responses just like that since there had to be quite a few maids running around this large palace. He shook his head a little when Kanone brought up Reyes. “I don't plan on lettering her go downstairs.” He said and then started to shift and get up from the bed. “I'll go and get her and bring her back here for now, at least until everyone's done with dinner and calling it a night.” He added and started to head towards the door so that he could get out into the hall.

Kyran wasn't entirely too sure who exactly they were eating with. His first thought would be Hikari and... possibly her family. The other would've been just them by themselves. It wouldn't be that unheard of for the small group to be seated elsewhere from the Royal family. Though... knowing Hikari she probably wouldn't let that happen. She'd probably go out of her way to make sure that everyone was included at one dinner table. He sighed quietly. “I suspect the Princesses and their Father.” He responded after hearing what Celestine had said. He focused on Nanashi and reached over to set his hand on his shoulder for a moment. “Don't worry about who we're eating with. The rest of us will be there too so it isn't like you're alone.” He told him before pulling his hand back. He'd had enough conversations with Nanashi to know he was probably going to be insecure about this whole dinner thing. He just hoped telling him it would be fine would be enough. He lingered in the room a bit longer before motioning for the door. “We should probably start heading out. We're the guests... we don't need to be late.” He said and waited for both Nanashi and Celestine to exit the room before waving to the canines and stepping out into the hall himself, pulling the door shut behind him as he did so. “The girls are right across the hall, first door. Someone want to get them while I see about Nero and Kanone?”

Kanone sighed again when Nero responded with a simple 'I don't know' in answer to his question. He really hoped that he wasn't going to, mostly because he didn't really want to leave him in here all of the time and keep going in and out on him. Once he had said that he was going to go get Reyes and sighed again. "Good luck with that..." he said simply as he started to get up himself. He may as well take the opportunity while there was some light and made a break for the door himself since he had a feeling Nero was going to want that lamp off soon enough, even though it wasn't all that bright. Once Nero had gotten up he reached over and touched the lamp again, only to have it brighten, then again, and it got even brighter, before a fourth tap shut it off. "Geez..." he muttered under his breath, rubbing his eyes in the once again dark room. He had a feeling Nero would like that lamp out, and he didn't want to leave it on for him to have to fool with since he was leaving so he thought he should just cut it. The only problem was that now...he couldn't see a thing as he started to move carefully forward. he was pretty sure that he had made it around Nero's bed when his foot caught on the baseboard and he yelped a little, more in surprise than anything. Apparently the bed was a little loner than he thought, and he had apparently been moving faster than he thought as well since the obstacle sent him in a one-way trip to get up-close and personal with the rug. "Okay....OOowwwwww...." he groaned as he reached up to rub his horn. Perhaps...he should have waiting until Nero actually got the door open...before he moved.

Nanashi felt his stomach roll a little when Kyran confirmed what he had suspected, and he nearly jumped when Kyran's hand brought him out of his unpleasant thoughts of how the kind might react to him, though he had a feeling that Nero and Reyes were likely going to have it as bad if not worse. He nodded his head a little when Kyran told him that he wasn't alone. "...I know," he responded quietly, and refrained from adding 'that doesn't always mean much.' Nero's predicament early was proof enough of that, Kanone had quite literally been right beside him. He nodded again when Kyran motioned toward the door and then slipped out into the hallway and out of the way before looking back up to him. He nodded when he asked if one of them would get the girls before he started to make his way diagonally down the hall toward the girl's room and paused in front of the door before knocking, not so timidly this time since he had been asked to do so. He hoped LaRae would be glad to see that he was up and functioning, since he was sure that he had worried her earlier today, and she may even be glad to see that he was no longer one massive bruise either.

Celestine tilted his head a little when Kyran said 'princesses' rather than 'princess'. How many were there? Oh well...he would find out soon enough. He stood from the bed once Kyran had motioned to the door and then made his way into the hallway after Nanashi. He was going to volunteer to get the girls, but Nanashi beat him to it. He really must have been glad to be able to move around easily again...it kind of showed in his eagerness to do so.

Nero sighed quietly. “Reyes won't have a choice in the matter. I'll just carry her back if I have to.” He said and then paused just as he was nearing the door when the lights suddenly got a little brighter and shut his eyes. He was glad he had the instinct to shut his eyes because it did save him from a couple more brightening's before the room went dark again. He turned slightly after he had opened his eyes to a dark room and watched Kanone try to navigate the darkness and wind up planting himself face first into the rug. He sighed and shook his head a little as he reached out to the door and started to open, widely so that enough light flooded into the room. “...You should really think before you act...” He said and then started out into the hall.

Kyran was kind of glad to see Nanashi offer to go get the girls so quickly. It was kind of nice to see him up and about like he was and he figured Nanashi was probably more than ready to do whatever he could while he could actually move. He smiled a little before glancing back to Celestine and then turned to head down the hall to look for Nero and Kanone. He didn't really have to go looking far as he caught sight of Nero coming out into the hall before he actually had to go checking rooms. That was a relief. Rather than continue down the hall to them he took a step back, turned and went back to Celestine. Those two would wind up here on their own anyway so there was no point in going to them.

LaRae hadn't really sat down since she put the dress on though she didn't pay much attention to that fact. She had at least taken the time to fold up her clothes and set them near her boots for now and make sure that she had removed every arm band she usually wore. She did leave her choker on however. It had a green gem in the center so in her eyes it went well enough and she barely ever removed the thing to begin with. She almost instantly turned to the door when there was another knock and then started for it, pausing only long enough to pinch together some of the fabric of her dress since she wasn't walking on her toes at the moment. She figured that it was probably someone to let them know they could head downstairs now. She pulled the door open and hadn't expected to see Nanashi there at all, let alone dressed as nicely as he was and looking ten times better than he had before they arrived. She hadn't thought they had been here that long and already he was on his own feet and looked to be clear of bruises, at least as far as the face went. Her expression rather quickly shifted from utter surprise to pure delight and she couldn't resist the urge to throw her arms around him and hug him tightly. “I can't believe you're up already and you look so much better!” She said as she nuzzled her head against him. “I'm glad.”

Kanone rubbed his horn again as he stood up and then made a face at Nero. "Oh...shut up," he grumbled at him in an almost whining tone after he spoke. He blinked a couple of times before climbing to his feet and dusting himself off. Once he was upright again he made his way to the door and stepped into the hallway himself, crossing his arms over his chest in the process of looking a little miffed as he stalked Nero down the hallway, not bothering to close the door since Nero was just going to head right back in there in a few minutes. He noticed the others in the hallway but he didn't say anything. His cheeks were a little red at the moment, though he wasn't about to admit that he had just tripped over a bed and landed on his face.

Celestine glanced back to Kyran when he caught him steal a glance at him after Nanashi had started off. He just put up a weak smile and shrugged a little before he turned his attention back down the hall to the doorway. He was a little surprised to see LaRae open the door in a dress, though he wasn't surprised int eh least to see her start snuggling on Nanashi as soon as she saw him. He laughed quietly to himself and shook his head a little. Those two were cute sometimes.

Nanashi blinked a little when LaRae opened the door, looking almost as stunned to see her in a dress as she did to see him up and moving. He started to smile before she had gotten over her surprise and was on the verge of complimenting her when she threw her arms around him, the sudden motion causing him to stagger back a little as he thew his arms up a little. After he braced himself he laughed weakly and raised his own arms to return the embrace. "...Careful," he said quietly, "I'm still a little wobbly...." He could stand on his own and walk just fine, but it still wouldn't take too much to knock him over as tired as he was. His legs hadn't been getting near enough use in the past couple of weeks, so they were still a bit shakey when extra weight was added, and he wasn't so sure how well he could run without his knees giving out after a couple of steps, not that he was going to need to run in this place anyway. He leaned his head against LaRae's for a moment and only smiled a little more when she said that she was glad that he was up and looking better. "...Thank you," he responded quietly. That alone seemed to have raised his mood a little. It was a pleasurable experience to have someone genuinely happy that he was doing well, and he was glad that he was no longer worrying her. "...You look amazing," he told her quietly while he had her ear so close to his mouth. His grip on her tightened momentarily before he relaxed his arms and reluctantly let them fall. He glanced past LaRae almost shyly, looking in at Aamori and Reyes. "...Erm...Kyran asked me to tell you that we should go downstairs...," he told them, since he knew that as much as he would like to, he and LaRae couldn't stand here hugging all night.

Nero shrugged his shoulders slightly when Kanone told him to shut up. “I'm not the one who tripped over a bed and kissed the rug.” He said mostly teasingly. He didn't bother looking back at Kanone while he headed down the hall and didn't really bother to comment since he knew Kanone was probably embarrassed enough even with his little comments here and there. He continued straight for where Kyran and Celestine were standing and glanced over to Nanashi and LaRae momentarily. He was a little surprised to see Nanashi up and looking as well as he did himself. Of course he didn't think that was the guys natural bounce back, something had to have been done since they had arrived because the guy could easily have been bed ridden for days trying to recover. Although he was curious, as was for normal behavior he didn't bother asking about it as to not show too much interest in his well being.

Kyran shifted his attention over to Nanashi and LaRae, a little amused at how happy and surprised she had looked to see him at the door though his attention shifted again as he glanced down the hall to see how far along Nero and Kanone were. He just kind of nodded his head slightly when they finally got to where they were standing. “Just waiting on the girls and then we can head downstairs.” He commented and then looked back to the girls room. After a moment it finally dawned on him that Nero hadn't been wearing that outfit the last time he had seen him so he had to look back and get a better look. He was surprised it was dark colored to be honest but otherwise thought it was kind of nice, even if it was a little over the top as far as decorations went. He didn't bother commenting on it because Nero had caught him looking at the outfit and just kind of glanced away as if he hadn't been looking at all. He got the impression that Nero wasn't too thrilled with the outfit and something in his expression just begged for someone to say something about it.

LaRae personally wouldn't have cared if she knocked him over with her hug, well, so long as it didn't actually cause him pain she would have been perfectly fine with it, she was just that happy to see him alright. She just kind of smiled a little and nuzzled him a bit more after the warnings about his still being a little wobbly. As sad as it was to say she was almost getting used to him being in a perpetual state of recovery so it was really, really nice to see him looking so much better. Though she was a little curious to know if all of the other bruises were gone as well since there weren't any on his face any more. She didn't exactly see now as a fit time to bring that up, especially with them heading down for dinner here soon. Oh yes... dinner conversation... 'Are you still bruised under all those pretty clothes?' ....right. She couldn't help smiling a bit herself even when he said that she looked amazing. She was practically on cloud nine with this news so she wasn't quite so quick to dodge the compliment. “You look great too, the clothes are nice.” She said as she snuggled her head against him. She was also pretty ecstatic to find that hugging him tightly didn't hurt him! She had of course been afraid of that in the past few days, maybe even weeks. She wasn't quite so quick to let him go once he had released his hold on her. She obstinately held on for a few moments longer before she finally started to let him go. Once she no longer had a hold of him and he had said that Kyran had asked him to tell them that they should go downstairs she nodded her head a little and started to step out of the door way so that Aamori and Reyes could come out. She already had everything she needed... well... minus some shoes but she was going to make due without them for now. The dress certainly was long enough that it shouldn't pose a problem.

Aamori had at least gotten up from the bed sometime between the time that LaRae glued herself to Nanashi and the time that he had announced that Kyran had asked him to let them know they should head downstairs. She and Reyes both just kind of stood in the room watching the two of them until they had separated. She couldn't help smiling at them and it was kind of nice to see LaRae so happy to see him. She wouldn't say that LaRae had been depressed about his being bed ridden most of the time but she wasn't quite as happy as she could have been. Once LaRae had stepped clear of the doorway, and Nanashi too she headed out of the room with Reyes not far behind her. She did glance back momentarily to make sure that Reyes had shut the bedroom door. She was kind of glad to see that everyone else was ready to go though it was a little embarrassing knowing that they were the ones they had been waiting on.

Nero didn't waste any time at all once Reyes had cleared the girls bedroom and shut the door. He broke away from Kyran and made his way towards him a little, about half way and then motioned him over. “Come on, we're going back to my room.” He told him in a rather stern voice. He already expected Reyes to argue and frankly he wasn't in the mood for it.

Reyes' eyebrows shot up a little when he noticed Nero motion for him and started over to him curiously, at least until he had heard him say that they were going back to his room. “Wh-what?” He said almost instantly. “...What about dinner?”

”We'll have it brought up or something if you're really hungry, no come on.” He pushed.

Reyes made a face at Nero and put his arms over his chest. “I want to eat with the rest of them, we were invited you know.” He said and stuck out his tongue.

Nero rolled his eyes a little at Reyes comment since it sounded exactly like that Kanone had said to him. “I know we were invited and we're not going.” He said as he closed the rest of the distance between him and his cousin. He didn't really want to make a scene and he didn't want to have to embarrass Reyes in front of everyone else but he didn't particularly like being argued with by someone who just decided to join the group like he had. He reached over and grabbed Reyes by the waist and hoisted him up over his shoulder. “Now don't make a fool of yourself and just shut it.” He grumbled before he started to turn so that he could head back towards his room.

Reyes stomped his foot stubbornly when Nero said that he knew they had been invited and that they still weren't going. He was prepared to put up further arguments but didn't exactly get the chance to. By the time he had stopped throwing a mini-fit in his head Nero had already come over and grabbed him and slung him up onto his shoulder. He just kind of stared at the ground with an annoyed expression, seriously thinking of kicking and screaming the whole way.... that is until Nero told him not to make a fool of himself. Somehow he knew then that he needed to behave... it was just something in the way Nero said it and the way he tightened his grip. He sighed heavily and practically went limp on his cousins shoulder though his face held a distinct pout as he glared at the ground.

Kanone stuck his tongue out at the back of Nero's head after his teasing comment and blew a raspberry at the back of his head before he huffed and shook his head a little. He wasn't really angry, he was just a little annoyed at himself that he couldn't even walk across a dark room without falling on his face. Once they reached the others he blinked when he did notice Nanashi up and moving already. He actually smiled a bit, especially after seeing LaRae hanging off of him looking so thrilled, and uncrossed his arms. He was curious to know what had been done that had gotten Nanashi up and moving so soon himself, but he didn't say anything and just glanced over to Celestine, seeing that he was back in some of his older dress clothes, one of the few that made him look a tiny bit more like a boy than a girl.

Celestine glanced back to Nero and Kanone as they approached and then titled his head a little as he looked over Nero's outfit, though he didn't comment. After seeing what they had gotten Nanashi to wear, he wasn't too surprised to see Nero in something similar to that, and he also couldn't say he was surprised that it was dark colored, though for around here he guessed that was a little strange. Then again, the only maid he had seen thus far was wearing dark clothes, so maybe it wasn't that strange.

Nanashi smiled again when LaRae commented about him looking great as well and then shook his head weakly. "Thank you," he responded quietly. It was still a little embarrassing, but he was more pleased that she thought so than he was embarrassed. Once he was able to move, he shifted off to the side away from the door to let the other girls out, though he was a little surprised when Nero announced that he and Reyes were going back to his room and he just watched as he proceeded to come over, sling the girl over his shoulder, and start away once she had refused to come peacefully. He blinked and started after them for a moment before his ears laid back a little and he glanced back to Kyran questioningly, though he probably should have been looking at Kanone for answers on this one.

Celestine watched in silence as Nero told Reyes that they were going back to his room and would have dinner brought up, though he didn't really understand why. They had been invited down, so he didn't see why they didn't just go. Then again, Nero had probably had about all of the light dragon he could stand after that paint incident. Still, he didn't see why he was forcing Reyes to go back with him if she would rather eat with the rest of them. Once Nero and Reyes were a little way down the hall he looked over to Kanone and titled his head a bit. "...What was that all about?"

Kanone sighed heavily when Reyes put up resistance to going with Nero, and already knew what was coming next. He watched as Nero picked her up and tossed her over her shoulder before starting away and almost wanted to laugh at her expression. He glanced back to Celestine when he asked him what that was all about and then sighed. "He just thinks it would be better for them to stay up here until everyone is used to the idea of them being here. So far every maid we've come across but one looked like she was about to have a heart attack at the sight of him, I guess he just doesn't want to scare every maid downstairs. I tried to talk him into coming anyway, but he doesn't want to." He sighed softly and glanced back for a moment. He still didn't like leaving those two up here like they were too disgusting to be seen.

Kyran had quirked a brow slightly at Nero after hearing that neither of them were going down for dinner and that they were going to be staying in his room. He just watched quietly as Nero and Reyes argued a little and then wound up heading down the hall anyway. He wasn't really sure he understood the reasoning for not going to dinner but he wasn't really going to try and force Nero into going if he didn't want to, he did kind of feel bad for Reyes though because she had obviously wanted to go and couldn't. He had briefly thought of saying something to Nero but thought better of it seeing as this meant enough to Nero to the point that he slung his own cousin up onto his shoulder and was carrying her off. He crossed his arms loosely over his chest almost a little perplexed but that faded quickly once Kanone had gotten to answering Celestine's question. He shook his head lightly after listening to him. He had remembered the one maid who couldn't even speak, presumably at the sight of Reyes. Maybe Nero was making a good decision... but then again they had both been invited downstairs so he would have assumed that Hikari made sure someone knew they were here. He sighed softly. “He probably also doesn't want to upset any other Royal's or upper class who are here too, I doubt it stops at just the maids.” He commented and glanced down the hall once to look at Nero as he was reaching his room. He watched long enough to see him go inside and then looked back towards the others. “...We should probably get going and not worry about those two.” Nero could handle himself just fine so of course he could look after his own family and regardless of how anyone else felt about them staying up here they did still need to get to downstairs for dinner. “Come on and lets hope we're not late.” He said as he started to head for the stairs.

LaRae had just kind of stared over at Nero and Reyes while they argued and then shook her head a little when Nero resorted to picking her up and carrying her off. She guessed that was the fastest way to get what you wanted but it was still a little more than needed she thought. He could have just let the girl come downstairs with the rest of them... it wasn't like they couldn't keep an eye on her. Once she heard what Kanone had to say to Celestine's question she assumed it made some sense, especially since the maid that had come to tell them about dinner and give her the dress she was wearing seemed really uneasy with seeing Reyes in the bedroom. She stared after Nero for a few moments while he headed to his room and then sighed softly when she heard Kyran say that they should go. After he started for the stairs she glanced back to Nanashi and waited for him to move before she did.

Aamori shook her head as soon as Nero had hoisted Reyes up and onto his shoulder to carry her down to his room. She wasn't exactly sure that she really liked Reyes but she still thought that was a little much, he didn't really need to carry her down the hall like that. She glanced to Kanone when he started answering Celestine's question and then sighed quietly. If that was Nero's logic she supposed it made sense but even still he didn't really need to carry her off like that. She let it go relatively easy once Kyran had said that they needed to go. She didn't see how focusing on Nero and Reyes was going to solve anything and she was actually kind of hungry so she shifted her focus almost completely. Once Kyran had started for the stairs she went ahead and started after him.

Kanone sighed and nodded in agreement. "Yeah...besides I'm sue if Hika—err Selenity?" he corrected himself a little unsurely, "...whoever wants them down there, she'll come get them...." He hadn't known Hikari very long, but he could see her doing that easily enough. He half hoped that she would, since he didn't like them staying up here out of sight, but he couldn't really help it. He felt a little worse for Reyes since she obviously wanted to join them, but for now...he guessed they should just let it go. Maybe some other day. He made his way down the hallway after Kyran had started moving and then absently reached up to try and rearrange his bangs so that they weren't hanging right in his face like they usually were. Oh boy...was this going to be an experience. Here he thought dinner with his mother could be fancy around the holidays or something. He couldn't believe he was actually worried about how good he looked on his way down the stairs, especially since...well he didn't have anything else to wear. He was just going to hope what he had was dressy enough. Aside from that...he really hoped whatever they had to eat was something he could stand...but then again he could eat just about anything that was sat in front of him.

Celestine sighed softly and then shrugged a little when Kyran had added to Nero's reasoning. Whatever Nero wanted to do...he supposed either way it made some sense. He had been invited down, so if he had come it made just as much sense as staying up here. He felt a little for Reyes since he would love to kill Kanone if he ever did that to him, but...well whatever. He started to move after Kyran and Kanone had started forward and then sighed softly again, making his way toward the stairs, moving a little more slowly than he would normally...trying to keep his hair from flying out behind him or moving around too much.

Nanashi turned his attention to Kanone when he had made mention of why Nero was making Reyes stay up here with him and then glanced back to Kyran again. Of course hearing all of that made him wonder if he shouldn't stay up here as well. Of course he had been invited, but he still wasn't too sure about going. Something told him he wouldn't get off as easily as Nero had, however. If Kyran didn't say something to him, LaRae might. He stood there hesitantly until Kyran and the cousins had started toward the stairs before he finally moved in that direction himself. He glanced over to LaRae and absently reached over to take her hand as he looked away. He was nervous, even his hands were a little clammy at the thought of going downstairs and dining with royals and other upper class dragons. No matter how pretty the clothes on his back were, he didn't think it would really cover up the fact that he had no horns. Even the light clan wasn't free of prejudices, and he was pretty sure that most of the upper class would be the more likely to have them, even if Hikari, Selenity, didn't. He was terrified he may do something to make himself or his clan look bad...well hell, being what he was probably was enough to make his clan look pretty bad. He personally didn't care how his clan looked, but he had a feeling a few other people he knew would care a lot. He was probably more worried about embarrassing the others somehow. After all...he wasn't too up-to-date on table manners, not that he was a slob, but he wasn't exactly classy. He just took a deep breath as they neared the stairs and then swallowed as they got close enough to start down.

Kyran glanced to Kanone momentarily when he heard him correct himself on Hikari's name. He sounded a little unsure of it, or well of what to call her. “Her name while we're here is Selenity. Everyone, please try to remember that.” He paused. “Or Princess... just don't call her what we all know her by.” He said and continued down the stairs. As he reached the bottom of the flight he turned back a little to make sure that everyone was following. Unfortunately he wasn't entirely sure where they were supposed to be going. All he knew was 'downstairs'. The maids really should have been more specific... maybe given directions because not everyone knew where they were supposed to go for dinner. He fumbled around momentarily not sure where to go and as soon as he spotted a maid he flagged her down and asked for directions on where they were supposed to go. Once he had been given an answer he smiled, thanked her and then continued on to where they were supposed to go. He just hoped they hadn't dillydallied enough to make themselves late... that would... be embarrassing.

Aamori couldn't help but chuckle a little when she noticed Kanone trying to fix his hair while they were headed downstairs. “Is this what it takes for you to care about appearance?” She teased. She wasn't really nervous about this, or at least not to the extent anyone else might be. She wasn't really used to dining with Royalty or anything but she was on a first name basis with her own elder... she knew how to act in these situations and well... kind of knew what to expect or at least she thought she did.

LaRae smiled a little when Nanashi took hold of her hand and she almost instantly gave it a little squeeze. She hadn't focused so much on the company for dinner as she had the food. She was really excited about seeing the caliber of food she was going to get to eat and as far as the company they ate with... well she was used to eating around Hikari so that wasn't really going to be anything new and she didn't particularly see how eating with anyone else was going to be anything to be worried about. Then again... she hadn't focused on it so it wasn't sticking out that they were having dinner with Royals... which meant a King. She did expand her focus a little though after glancing to Nanashi once they had started the stairs. She guessed he was probably very nervous. She gave his hand another squeeze and smiled. “Don't stress yourself out.” She told him quietly. “It'll be alright.” She added.

Kanone glanced back to Aamori for a moment when she started to make a comment about his hair and then half smiled. "What, jealous you couldn't find a comb?" he teased back. He paused when Kyran flagged down the maid to ask where they were supposed to go and then started to follow him along the first landing and then turned the corner to make their way down another large hallway lined with several doors. at the end of the hallway was a large set of gold and white doors which were clothes firmly. He wasn't sure which one of these doors they were supposed to go through, though he kind of gathered that their destination was on this hallway...somewhere.

Nanashi glanced over to LaRae as they brought up the rear and then smiled weakly whens he tried to reassure him. "...Yeah," he whispered quietly. He returned the little hand squeeze and then sighed softly. "...I just hope I don't case too much trouble being down here...," he confessed quietly. He paused for a moment when he heard shoes clicking briskly behind them and then came to a dead stop, staring back behind them in near awe. He only barely recognized the woman coming up behind them, but he knew who it was...the gem gave it away before anything. No wonder no one outside the palace recognized Hikari as Princess Selenity...they looked nothing alike. They didn't even move alike.

Selenity had been on her way downstairs just as the others were making their way down the hallway, and tried to hurry as quickly as she could without running to catch them. She really had gone through quite a transformation since they had gotten here. She was cleaned up, every inch of her scrubbed clean, her scales and horns polished to a shine. Half of her long snowy hair was piled and twisted atop the back of her head and held in place with small sapphire pins and tiny blue flowers. Escaping strands hung in near layers along her back as some locks of hair were left to fall freely more than others, leaving curls stopping at different lengths along her back until they tapered off near her waist and the lower layer of her hair continued to flow in lazy curls down to her just below her waist as was usual for her hair, though even these curls seemed more tamed than the normal curl of her hair, making it appear a little shorter as it usually fell closer to her knees when it wasn't messed with. Her bangs were carefully pinned to the sides and left to curl at the edges of her face, exposing the usually carefully hidden gem and some curls framing it almost like a display. Her face was painstakingly painted as well with shimmering silver and blue eyeshadow, the blue directly over the lids with the silver above, and small intricate swirling designs consisting of tiny dots curling away from the corner of her right eye. Her lips were painted a glossy shade of pale, rosy pink and her cheeks lightly dusted with a pale pink blush that overrode her usual almost monochrome complexion. Her neck was adorned by a dainty diamond and sapphire necklace which hung from a twisting silver band and attacked a waving silver plate encrusted with small diamonds witch was attached to another plate by a single sapphire bead. Below the second set of mirroring plates was a sapphire setting that almost looked like a small orchid, three silver beads in the center and a silver bead at the ends of each lower petal and below it an equally sized sapphire teardrop dangled at her collarbone. She wore matching earrings with a smaller orchid setting and smaller dangling sapphire tear on each ear and then a silver ring on her right ring finger, the gems arranged in a more even flower design, something akin to a poinsettia with a diamond in the center and leaf-like diamonds fanning between the blue 'petals'. Her dress was tight and form fitting around the top where her shoulders were left exposed and her bust the only thing covered by the gentle arcs at the top of the dress which continued around in the back to come down in a low arch, leaving plenty of room for her wings to rest comfortably. The top half of the dress was covered in sparkling, closely sewn sky blue sequents which covered the entire top half of the dress and continued down to the hips where they branched into flare-like points that surrounded the dress and tapered off a couple of inches above the knees. The tail of the dress consisted of several layers of white chiffon, layered over pale blue satin. A short train hid her tail from view in the back, though her feet were completely concealed from view by the sweeping motions of the dress's skit. Overall, her appearance had changed drastically from the plain almost monochromatic girl they had come here with, and she was starting to look more like the dressy, prepy girls they had passed several times on their way here. Even her movements appeared more graceful without visible access to her occasionally clumsy feet, and she held her shoulders back elegantly, keeping her head high. It was hard to remember to keep her shoulders back and stand up straight when she had spent more than a month not really thinking about it, but she was trying to fall back into practice quickly. Even her makeup had been a quick slap-on job just so that her face would be covered up a little and wouldn't look so plain. She had only had a few hours to get ready and she had needed practically every second of it (she didn't want to her her father if she had come down in just a nice dress and had made no efforts on jewelry, hair, or makeup...of course he would give her dirty looks for it with guests here especially). She smiled at Nanashi when he stopped and looked back to her before shaking her head a little. "...Don't get lost now," she called down the hall lightly, her voice echoing a little in the hallway as their footsteps were.

Celestine's ears twitched a little when he heard Hikari's er...Selenity's voice, and he glanced back. He nearly stopped walking when he spotted her and just blinked a few times before he looked ahead at Kyran to see if he had heard her as well. He assumed if he had, they might be pausing for a minute. After all, they couldn't be too late for dinner if the princess wasn't even down here yet.

((Wow...I officially hate dressing people up a lot. XD))

LaRae tightened her grip on Nanashi's hand a little when she heard him confess that he hoped he didn't cause too much trouble being down here. She knew well enough why he would be worried about that but she liked to think that the light clan would be a little more open to him than the others. “Try not to worry so much, it'll be alright.” She told him again and then had to pause when he had and glance back to see who was coming up behind them. She just kind of stared at the woman for a brief moment before recognizing the gem and then shaking her head a little in disbelief. She had seen Hikari the day of the festival and even then she hadn't looked quite like this, not that this was a bad look for her or anything but she had gone from what they were used to... to this almost fragile, stuck-up looking high-class, high-maintenance Royal. It was quite the change to have gone through in only a few hours time. “...I-Is that still you?” She asked knowing she probably sounded stupid for asking... of course that was still Hikari.

Kyran had been pretty focused on finding where they were supposed to be going so he hadn't paid very much attention to any footsteps he may have heard though he did pause almost instantly when he heard Hikari's voice. He already had a smile on his face as he was turning to look back at her though the smile almost instantly gave way to a look of sheer awe as soon as his eyes came to rest on her. He had always thought that she was beautiful regardless of what she was wearing but it was undeniable after seeing her all dressed up like she was; she was even prettier. He continued to stare at her until he finally regained himself enough to remember he shouldn't stand there gaping like an idiot. He started to open his mouth to say something since she had spoken and said for them not to get lost but after groping for what to say for a moment or two he gave up and shut his mouth.

Kanone paused as well once he had picked up on the sounds behind them and glanced over his shoulder. He blinked when he saw the woman coming up the hallway behind them and really had to stare for a few seconds before the 'vaguely familiar' feeling went away and he realized who it was. "...Holy crap," seemed to be the only verbal comment that he could come up with...that he could say out loud.

Selenity laughed softly at LaRae's question as she came to a pause behind them and shook her head a little. "Haha...Yes, I'm still me...somewhere under all of these layers of crap." Oh yes, she was definitely still Hikari on the inside, though she knew she was going to have to watch the way that she spoke around the others...as in the people she had to live with. Her saying 'crap' was about the equivalent of her spewing profanities. She glanced around a little and couldn't help blushing a little at how every single one of the guys seemed to be gawking at her. She was used to gawking...but not from her new friends. She shifted uncomfortably, another movement made more graceful by the sweeping folds of her dress, and crossed her arms uncomfortably below her chest with a weak smile and cheeks that were slowly getting a little more color to them than the blush alone added. "Alright boys...whenever you're finished gawking, the dining room is at the other end of the hallway," she teased. She laughed softly when Kanone turned red and then glanced around momentarily, "Is Nero not coming down?" she asked as she tilted her head a little.

Celestine shook his head a little in response when Selenity (it was suddenly easier to call her that) asked about Nero. "He and Reyes are staying in his room," he answered quietly.

Selenity sighed softly, looking a little miffed for a moment, but the expression passed quickly. "Oh well...." She wasn't going to go harass him like she normally would. Honestly, she didn't think bringing him in and thrusting him in front of her father on the same day would probably be a very good idea anyway. He knew there were two dark dragons here and wasn't very thrilled about it, but she still didn't want to push it too much in one day.

Nanashi smiled weakly at Selenity when she made the comment about them gawking and then glanced back to LaRae. He wondered briefly how many people would have to sit on her to get her that dressed up and giggled softly at the thought. He didn't really think that LaRae needed makeup to be pretty, but the thought of someone trying to wrestle her into it was pretty funny. He blinked when he caught sight of come other moment from the corner of his eyes and leaned a little to peek around Selenity. He blinked when he saw a little girl peeking around one of the columns at them shyly and then tilted his head a little.

Sri had come downstairs after he sister quickly, but had stopped short of her and ducked behind one of the several pillars along the hallway. She clutched the pillar and peeked around at the large group of strangers. She had been told about them before of course, but she still didn't really like meeting so many strangers all at once. Thankfully, she could warm up to people easily, but she was still shy at a first meeting. She could probably go right up to Nero now and talk to him all day, but she didn't really see him. She saw Kanome...or at least she thought that was his name, but he hadn't really spoken to her so she still didn't really count that as a meeting.

LaRae couldn't help shaking her head a little at the response Selenity had given her. She hadn't expected her look like Selenity and speak like Hikari. That was a little weird to be perfectly honest. “That's a relief.” She commented. She was sure any one of them would admit that they would hate to lose her underneath all of that. They really wouldn't know her if she changed along with her clothes and that would be just make things even more weird. She had to glance back at the other boys when Selenity had commented about them gawking. She supposed it wasn't that hard to believe since she did look different and really pretty all done up like that.

Aamori hadn't said much of anything but similarly to the boys she was probably gawking a bit herself. She was surprised to see Selenity all dressed up and decorated like she was but part of her knew this was going to happen, at least to some extent. Still, seeing it in person, everything that was done... it was still enough to leave you a little speechless. She was definitely thinking that if she had to be special she wished she had been born a Royal versus an Elder so that she could dress up like that. She was plenty tired of wearing the same clothes everyday and she was pretty sure Selenity had a nice closet full of different things, not to mention plenty of accessories to go with everything. What she wouldn't give to raid her closet but she'd have to fit her clothes for that to even be possible.

Kyran couldn't help looking a little embarrassed himself when Selenity had to bring up their gawking while she added that the dinning room was at the other end of the hallway. He hadn't thought he was still gawking at her but he very well could have been... she was certainly beautiful enough to warrant it. He glanced away long enough to try and collect himself completely. When he did look back at her he still smiled a little. He had caught her question about Nero and felt fine with what Celestine had said in response, especially since she hadn't seemed like she needed or wanted a more in depth answer. He still wasn't really all that sure what to say to her... the speechlessness was spreading to even now. “...Were you looking for us or just in a hurry to get there?” He asked mostly because he couldn't think of much else to say at the moment.

Selenity smiled at LaRae again and shook her head a little. "...It's alright," she said warmly, "don't worry, you wont lose me until someone else comes around." She glanced back to Kyran when he asked if she was looking for them or trying to hurry to get to the dinner table. "Oh, I was on my way down when the lot of you started down the hallway. I'm in no real hurry...we still probably have a few minutes before dinner is actually served anyway." She glanced to Nanashi again, looking him over with an approving smile before she realized that he was staring off behind her. She tilted her head a little and then looked back just in time to see Sri try to duck out of sight behind on of the pillars. She looked back to Nanashi again and smiled. "Sri peeking at you?"

"Sorry?" Nanashi responded absently looking back to Selenity quickly, apparently missing what she had said as he focused on the little girl.

Kanone recognized the name from earlier and then looked past Selenity as well, spotting white skirt-tails poking out from behind the pillar. He laughed and then shook his head a little. "Shy little bugger, isn't she?"

"Very...," she responded simply. She turned back to the pillar and placed her hands on her hips lightly. "Sri, are you going to come out and say hello?"
Sri poked her head out from around the pillar again and looked at Selenity before her gaze traveled over the others. She shook her head from side to side vigorously, shaking her hair loose from her ears so that it fell partially in her face.
"Oh come on...they're not going to bite you. Can't you at least try to be polite?"
"No!" she came back in her high soft voice before she disappeared behind the pillar again as quickly as she could. She wanted to go and say hello, but she didn't want to meet every single one of these people at once. Besides, she had kind of gathered that most of the grown-ups didn't really like her being around and they didn't want to play, so she didn't really want to get in their hair.
Selenity sighed softly and then glanced back to the others before motioning down the hallway toward the pillar. "Well...that's my little sister," she told in a matter-of-fact tone as she lowered her arm back to her side. "...She'll come out of hiding eventually."

Nanashi smiled a little at the small girl when she tried to hide again and then shook his head a little. He half wanted to go over and try to talk her out, but of course part of him was afraid to. He didn't want to scare her and he didn't want to cause much trouble, so he just stayed there. She was a cute little thing, though, from what he could see.

LaRae hadn't even noticed the other girl until she had been pointed out. She hadn't been looking for her before and had focused almost completely on Selenity so she was a little surprised to see there was indeed a small girl hiding behind a pillar. She glanced between Selenity and the girl while Selenity tried to coax her out of her hiding space. She just kind of smiled a little after Selenity had said that was her little sister and that she would come out of hiding eventually. Part of her wanted to go see if she would come out of hiding but she wasn't sure she should. She didn't exactly think she looked like she could scare a child but she might at least make one uneasy, especially one who was shy. She glanced back to Selenity for a moment and then back to the pillar and finally decided she wanted to at least try. She released Nanashi's hand and smiled a little before she started away from him and past Selenity towards the pillar. She moved slowly solely because she didn't want to scare the girl. Once she neared the pillar she slowed to a stop and knelt down a little. “Your sister said your name was Sri?” She asked lightly. “My names LaRae, I'm a friend of hers.”

Kyran nodded his head a little when Selenity responded to his question and said that there was still probably a few minutes before dinner. That was good at least. He started looking around for Selenity's sister as soon as she was brought up and eventually spotted her in hiding. He couldn't really help but chuckle lightly when her sister said answered no. Of course he knew that the girl would come out eventually. If she wanted to eat she would have to go to the dinning room with them. Or well, after them or before them not necessarily with them.

Selenity shook her head a little and chuckled softly herself when she heard Kyran chuckling at her sister. It was hard not to laugh really.... The girl hugged Nero right in front of her, and wouldn't even come out to say hello to everyone else. It was a little backwards, but she didn't really mind too much. She knew that she would warm up to the others soon enough and probably try to drive half of them crazy. Unfortunately for Nero, he would probably get it the worse since he was the first one that she had met and thus would be identified as 'the better known' of the group.

Nanashi glanced over to LaRae when she released his hand and then smiled warmly when she started closer to the little girl, doing what he had been a little too nervous to do himself. He hoped the little girl would come out...he kind of wanted to get a better look at her.

Sri stayed behind the pillar where she was pretty sure that no one could see her, unaware that the thing wasn't wide enough to hide all of her at once and that her tail was sticking out the other side. She leaned around a little when the girl in green came over to her and peeked at her for a moment. She shifted uncomfortably for a moment before shooting a glance to her sister and looking back to LaRae after she had introduced herself. "...Hi," she muttered quietly before her face flushed red and she whirled around the pillar and ran for Selenity, latching onto her waist when she got there. If these people were going to come to her, she may as well go stand with her sister anyway. For a moment she glanced back to LaRae and then looked up to her sister uncertainly. "Is she a friend?" she asked just to make sure as she pointed back to LaRae.

Selenity stumbled forward a little when Sri suddenly connected with her thighs and then looked down at her and smiled a little. She glanced back to LaRae and then laughed and shook her head. "Yes, Sri, she's a friend. These are all friends. Now say 'hello' and stop running from people, that's rude you know."

Sri looked up at her sister and stuck out her tongue when she told her that running from people was rude and then glanced around at all of the others again. "...Hello," she told them all at once before her face went read again and she half tried to move behind Selenity's back.

Nanashi smiled warmly when Sri finally said hello and then glanced to Selenity for a moment before he knelt a little. "...Hello there," he responded quietly. "...Don't worry...I'm a little shy too," he told her quietly. He held his hand out to her and then lowered it when she just shied away and hid further behind Selenity, though he smiled a little when he heard her giggle. He couldn't tell if she was really embarrassed or playing with them now.

LaRae smiled of course once the girl had peeked at her and tried her best to look as friendly as she possibly could. She continued to watch the girl silently while she glanced between her and her sister. She smiled a little more when the girl finally said 'Hi'. It was short but at least it was something. She startled very slightly and honestly looked a little surprised when the girl went around the pillar and made a run for her sister. She almost couldn't believe her ears when she heard the girl ask Selenity if she was really a friend. She had just told the girl she was a friend... apparently she didn't believe so easily. She sighed softly and continued to stay knelt where she was for a few moments just staring after the girl before she started to stand up straight and absently dust herself off a little. She started back over towards the group after Selenity had gotten Sri to say hello and Nanashi had started to show a little more attention to the girl. She didn't walk straight back over to Nanashi but rather kept a little distance between herself and Sri as to not run the girl off for any reason and then stood off to the side a bit from Nanashi.

Kyran watched as Sri wound up making a break for her sister and then shook his head a little while trying not to laugh. She was kind of cute considering how shy she was acting and assumed that this large grouping of people must have been a little hard to take in all at once. He guessed it probably could have been worse... at least everyone who was here right now was relatively nice on most occasions. The only person they ever had to worry about was still kind of nice but his moods could ruin that. He smiled over at Selenity after a moment. “She's almost a miniature you, just like you said.” He commented.

Aamori hadn't bothered to move from where she was standing mostly because the girl was as shy as she was. She smiled a bit when she finally said hello to everyone at the same time and then tried to move behind her sisters back. She just waved her hand a little with a broad smile.

Sri of course, was just trying to stay out of everyone's direct line of vision. She knew that LaRae had said that she was a friend, but she still wanted to hear it from both sides. She looked at the red haired guy for a few moments and then over to the girl with the long blue hair and the other girl with green hair. She then looked up to the one who had said that she was like a a miniature version of her sister and then smiled and hugged her sister proudly.
Selenity laughed softly at Kyran's comment and nodded a little. "Yes, meet my mini-me...," she said playfully, placing a hand on the girl's head. Once she was released form the hug she side stepped and then pushed Sri ahead of her a little. "Stop using me from a shield," she said with a slight laugh.
Sri looked around at everyone else and then back up to Selenity quickly. "What are they called?" she asked her in their native language, tilting her head curiously. She knew LaRae's name and Kanone's. but she didn't know any of these others.
"Well why don't you ask them that yourself?" she responded so that everyone could understand, and lightly swatted her sister on the side of the head.

Nanashi chuckled softly, of course understanding Sri's question, though it was probably made a little obvious by Selenity's response to it as well. "...My name is Nanashi," He told her before she had to ask. He didn't know why but it was always easy to talk to children. They weren't so judgmental as adults, most of the time at least, and he didn't mind them. Sri was just adorable, and he almost wanted to hug her. Of course he refrained from even trying, but she really could make a person want to do it.

Celestine tilted his head a little after listening to the exchange between the two and then glanced at Nanashi when he was the first to answer...though he hadn't heard the question. "...I'm Celestine...," he supplied a little unsurely.
"...You met me upstairs, already," Kanone said with a slight laugh.
"I know your name, silly!" Sri responded with a giggle after Kanone's comment.
Selenity tilted her head a little and glanced to Nanashi with a smile. "How did you know what she wanted to know?" she asked curiously.

Nanashi just glanced to her and laughed slightly. "...Well, for one none of us had introduced ourselves and...what else was she going to ask all of us?" He didn't really feel completely comfortable openly broadcasting to every singly member of the group that he knew every clan's language either fluently or well enough to understand. LaRae and Kyran were the only ones who knew that he could understand everyone, and he was fine with keeping it that way, though he was pretty sure nearly everyone knew that he could speak in the wind clan's language.

Sri smiled at Nanashi and then looked up to the tall purple scaled man and the pretty blue haired lady expectantly, waiting for names from them, too. Already she seemed to have loosened up a little...at least she wasn't trying to hide behind Selenity's skirt anymore. Now she was just standing in front of her with her hands clasped behind her back, waiting for answers to the question she had managed to get around actually asking.