The Palace of Cantarella

Aika Kagamine

Felix smiled down on her, he was much taller than her but that didn’t bother her too much. He must have noticed the stares from the other guests also and suggested to leave the area for a walk. Anything really to get away from the crowded area, besides if they were going to get to know each other they couldn’t do that with a hundred ears listening in. “I’d be happy to.” Aika took hold of his arm and he led her out of the hall.

Once they stepped out into the garden the first thing she noticed was the moon, it had such a beautiful glow. She was pulled from her gaze when Flex began to talk to her, “Hm? Oh it’s alright, if I can just call you Felix.” She strode towards him, “Actually, I don’t think I’ve ever met your father or anyone you might know. The only thing I know was that I was chosen from my town as the only eligible candidate,” She looked down at the ground; it would be common sense to assume there would be something she would gain from something like this. Aika was really just a commoner compared to him and getting pulled into something like this just seems unreal.

Aika sighed and pulled off her mask; the strings were leaving a mark on her face. “I agreed because my father asked me to, I couldn’t possible turn him down. Getting married to a stranger isn't really a dream of mine, prince or not.” Aika turned to Felix with indifference; she loved fairytales but living one wasn’t at the top of her list.

Kyi Striker

Kyi had gone back down to enjoy the party, what's left of it, but he quickly got bored, and it was hour later, when he decided he needed to check up on his 'house guest'. He quickly jogged up the stairs, and he saw the girl, trying to sneak out of his room, when she was ovbiously dazed, and not feeling well,. She didn't seem to see him, so he stood there, right before she turned the corner, he yelled "Hey, wait up!" he ran over to her, she looked shocked, and she looked as if he was a stranger. "You remember me? Right?" he smiled at her and said in a clam, soothing voice, "Let's go back to our room and see what's wrong,' and with that he guided his princess back to his room, with almost no resistance, and softly sat her on his bed. "Now, What's tha matter?" he got up, and then locked his door, so she couldn't get away again. He smiled nicely at her.

Aria Adonia Calista Syviis

"The ribbon... uhm... would you...?"

Aria glanced over at Pandora as he spoke, only to find his back turned towards her. He was motioning towards the black ribbon that appeared to be in a precariously tight knot, keeping his own mask in place.

The girl smiled slightly, before moving over so she could untie the knot. "Its a lucky thing I have nails," she began, "else it'd be really hard to get this knot out." She figured she was rambling, but she hoped that made it less awkward for him because it cut out the random moments of silence. She figured he was feeling a bit awkward - he seemed it anyway - and she really hoped it wasn't because of her.

'Its probably just because of the situation he was put into. I wonder how long he knew he was to be getting married for...' she thought, as the knot finally slipped free. Sitting back down, she once again took the original seat she had had, so as to keep Pandora from feeling crowded. She figured, if he already seemed a bit weirded out by the situation, than maybe she should try to make this the least awkward it could be for him.

She clasped her hands in her lap though, still a bit nervous. He seemed to react well enough to his face, so she figured she wasn't too repulsive to him. But she was nervous about actually getting to see her husband-to-be's face for the first time; he sounded handsome, so she figured he was. And while she didn't like to judge people on looks, she knew that she sometimes did it - nobody was perfect. Especially not a half demon.

But, like she had thought of him the first time she saw him... he was built. So that was a plus in her book.

Pushing her thoughts from her head, she played a bit with her gloved hands before she looked back over towards Pandora.

Aria Adonia Calista Syviis

Aria smiled slightly at Pandora's thanks. "It was no problem..." she trailed off, her hands almost immediately stopping their movement in her lap. Her eyes found his, and the girl couldn't help but be slightly caught in their sights. His eyes, while she could see them before, seemed to bore more into her now; they were the most brilliant green color she had ever seen, and she found herself slightly jealous of the color. She would have rather had them over her gold ones any day, as she figured green eyes would be quite striking with red hair.

Her smile grew though as she took in the full view of his face. She had been right; he was quite handsome. And while that didn't really matter in the long run, she figured it would at least help her get used to this relationship a bit more. Not that she didn't want it...

And Pandora's question had a lot to do with that.

His question caught her off guard - she had been expecting him to ask her sooner or later, but she had not counted on it being this soon. 'Well, I was the first one to drop the formalities' she thought, 'I guess I sort of brought this one on myself...'

It wasn't that she didn't want to answer the question; it was that she knew herself too well. She knew how fast she fell in love, and the girl hated admitting that fact. What would he think of her when he found out that she really had no qualms with this marriage?

"I don't know if you're expecting this answer, and I don't want it to change however you think of me in this moment," she began, her gaze shifting down before meeting his again. "But I actually did agree to this marriage. I wasn't really forced - of course, I was told this was to be happening, but I didn't really have any problem with it. And I still don't. You seem, to me, to be a kind person. You have yet to show me any reason to doubt this thought of mine, so it shall stay that way. And you're a gentlemen. You have manners. You obviously had a fine upbringing, and you can't really ask for more than that. And yet, I don't even know you... but I want this to work, because I want the opportunity to know you..." Her voice trailed off at the end, her eyes glancing away for a brief moment before turning back towards Pandora. "I hope you don't think I'm mad..." she said after a few moments, before a smile once again graced her features.

Aika Kagamine

Aika looked at Felix strangely when he started to laugh loudly, but she couldn't help but smile about it. It was nice to see he wasn't stuck up and seemed like a very fun person, and comfortable enough to laugh like so in front of her. Aika smirked lightly, "Hah, well as you see that isn't the case. It's only right to do so, I hate lying anyways." He looked at her then grabbed her hand suddenly which caught her off guard, "Um, okay." She looked down at their hands and a little heat rose to her cheeks but it faded once they sat on the benches. The view took her attention away from their quick contact.

Listening to him speak, Aika started to wonder how hard it must be for nobles and royalty. The stories she read made it sound like the best thing in the world, but someone of actual nobility would probably disagree. Specific things you had to do and how to do them, what you should do and where to go; things that would easily restrict your freedom. Aika shivered lightly at the thought of not being able to do what she likes. Realizing she had gone off in her thought she returned her attention to Felix to hear how his mother had died in child birth. She felt terrible about it; she couldn't imagine her life without her mother, so it must have been hard to not grow up with one at all.

When he finished he looked at her and apologized, Aika shook her head lightly, "No, it's alright. I'm glad you told me, it's best to know as much about each other right?" She took in a breath and stared up at the moon in the sky with a smile. "There really isn't anything special about my life. My father is a part of the head council in my village; that would be the closest thing to nobility as I could get." She laughed lightly, now she would be getting married into a noble family, the thought still upset her slightly. "My mother works as a tailor in town and I have a little sister who looks up to me a lot. She got very jealous when she found out I was marrying a prince, still in her fairytale stage. Though they were pretty average, I still love them very much and I can't think about being without them." Thinking about her family like this made her feel a little homesick; would she see her family again, or would that be nearly impossible after she's been married? There were still a lot of questions she had but she knew they'd be answered in due time.

Aika looked back at Felix with the same smile, "That's about it for my family, anything else you might be curious about?"

Aiden Stone

Phillip was rubbing his throat rather pale when Aiden heard songrose behind him spurt out her response to his earlier comment about her reason for being there. To be honest he had faded out everything around him when he saw Phillip looking like he was dead, hell he nearly was! That kid really needs to learn not to touch things he shouldn't....

"You haven't come anywhere near the reason I'm still here yet; I don't care about the wealth, the popularity, the power; nothing of the sort. But if you really want to know, you'll have to find out for yourself, because I'm not telling you; it's not something necessary for you to know at this point in time." his back still facing her Aiden couldn't help but grin, she seemed like a timid girl but she sure knew how to defend herself, that was something most women lacked around him, they normally told him whatever he wanted to hear, claiming to liking the things he did even though he knew they were lying. He didn't actually give a damn if they didn't like the things he did, it just irked him when people lied.

In his silent thought to himself for a moment he heard her concernly ask Phillip "Are you okay?". Turning aroun pushing a lock of his hair behind his ear he watched as Phillip gave her a hazy smile still a little out of it. "B-better then ever" he lied Aiden knew, however he didn't mind those kind of lies, Phillip was only trying not to be a bother as he was ordered by his employer.
"Stop acting strong Phillip. Tsch" he rolled his eyes at the boy putting on his cold demur again walking towards a table of bubbling bottles, science beakers and luminesent coloured liquids, this room itself was unusual to anyone who hadn't been to his kingdom Arash where Hechizo's formed their magic and
potion making hundreds of years ago.
Few people visited it, the land was beyong a lethal set of frost mountains making travelling difficult.
Aiden liked to use it as a reason to not return. Among many other excuses.

Flicking on the protective goggles he suddenly moved his hands with expert skill at such a quick pace mixing numberous liquids in a matter of seconds into a vile the colour of lime green changing to a deep blue as it bubbled slightly before settling.
Picking it up Aiden strolled over to Phillip, kneeled down, grabbed his chin and poured it down his throat forcefully making the kid choke again in shock and horror, Phillip had seen plenty of Aiden's explosions to be afraid of the stuff he made.
"Feel better?" Aiden raised an eyebrow as some colour came back to Philips surprised face as he stared in awe at Aiden.
"Y-yes, thank you, what was that?" Philip stood feeling more stable, opening and closing his hand in a fist still in disbelief.
Aiden half smiled shaking his head, "A healing potion, I can make actual remedies you know, my explotions just happen to be my mistakes" he shrugged a little uncaring his gaze moving to songrose as he too stood up. "That one was worth over 5000 silver in the kingdom of Arash." It was almost a silent so appreciate it came from his body language. However Aiden was just happy the kid was alright.

"Go and clean yourself up" it was a quick order but Phillip looked a little faint at the cost of the potion probably fearing he had to pay for it, bowing his head to both Aiden and Songrose he made his leave "I'm sorry for troubleing you sire, ma'am" he said before dissapearing through the door leaving the pair in the bubbling lab now a bit soaked to Aidens dislike. The floor schelched with every step water layering the floor in a sheen.

As soon as Phillip left Aiden directed his attention back to Songrose, his eyes locked with hers, he wanted to attempt to startle her at the direct and strong glare. "So your being here is not necassery for me to know at this point in time?" he repeated some of her words from earlier. He hadn't wanted to discuss with her infront of Phillip, he would probably say something stupid ruining him. "I think thats a little unfair considering how your 'supposed to be marrying me'." his crosssed his arms over his chest leaning on one of the lab tables, the room was filled with bits and bobs, it was like a storage maze of strange things at every sight. "A husband to be generally wants to know the reasoning behind their wife do they not? At least aren't they supposed too?" He raised an eyebrow getting seriously annoyed at the water after spying a ruining chair.
He liked that chair.
"If my guesses weren't anywhere near... then is it daring enough for me to say your here for some silly reason like youv'e fallen for me?" he was a little sarcastic knowing that wouldn't be the reason, no one actually 'fell' for him, they just got attracted, if they did maybe they wouldn't betray him like his best friend had with...
Aiden cringed not wanting to think about the past frowning at his own thoughts but who knows how others saw that though. "Just get to the point and tell me what you want" his was sharp, he wanted this woman to leave him already, she would eventually anyway, a rude man like himself would just irritate a harmless girl like her, which he still wasn't sure what kind of person she really was. Maybe the hair... was she a water deseos perhaps?

Songrose Tallulah

Songrose bit her lip; it was rather obvious he was lying, but she wasn't one to push that issue; not when he might have a good enough reason to be lying. She glanced up as Aiden moved away, mxing up some sorts of liquids. She frowned, unsure of what he was doing, until he shoved the mixture down his assistants throat. She watched, concerned, but it actually seemed to be useful. As she stood up, she glanced at Aiden, talking about the price of the healing potion. She rolled her eyes; she didn't really care, because she didn't plan on needing them any time soon. But, the fact was, she had already seen all that she needed to. He was concerned for this kid, and using something that was apparengtly worth a lot to help him out, but was doing his best to upset her. She was going to be stubborn, then, she decided. At least, as best as she could.

She watched as Phillip went off to do as Aiden asked, then back to Aiden. She winced a little internally at the glare he was giving her. She paused, then looked awa as he started to speak to her, in an attempt to hide her flush. The fact was, she hadn't thought it through; she didn't know why she had accepted it in the first place; why she had even gone to the ball to be engaged to this prince. But she knew why she was sticking around now. But how was she going to pull this one off, she wondered, glancing around the room as the flush faded from her cheeks. She turned her attention back to Aiden.

"It's not something...like that; I haven't fallen for anyone...least of all...you." she was hesitating over her words again, but perhaps it was better to get that part out of the way clearly; he was being far too rude to haven fallen in love with. Now, if he had been the same person as when he showed such concern for the boy, it might have been a different story. But she quickly shook that thought aside. She quickly removed all the hesitation from her voice now. "The reasoning before is irrelevant. The reasoning now is to irritate you as much as I can. After all, isn't that what you've been trying to do? I want to figure out why you seem to hate me so much, and perhaps find a way to fix that. I don't like it when people so obviously have a problem with me, so I intend to fix it. That good enough for you?" she added her question. Hopefully that was good enough. She didn't really have anything else to fall back on, and she couldn't keep coming up with stuff like that out of nowhere. She had some thinking to do now, in case that somehow backfired.

Shinku Haraku

Shinku uncovered her ears when Hiro gave her a thumbs up. She looked at him more closely and she could tell that he had been crying. She climbed up out of the window, but one of her gloves got caught on the window side and ripped off of her hand, making it able to see her reaper symbol, which was the cross, visible, but Shinku hadn't noticed.
Once she had gotten outside she stood up and looked at Hiro. "Are you ok Hiro?" she asked softly. "Did something happen?" Why had he been crying...? she thought. Does it have to do with me...? At that moment, Shinku realized that the glove had ripped off of her hand. She looked down at her reaper symbol that was visible and stared at it wide-eyed. What am I going to do?! Hiro will see the symbol and I can't hide it now because my glove is ripped!