Macari
May was very pleased when Derek decided to humor her and offer his arm. With a content grin, she wrapped her own arm lightly around his and followed after his lead. Pippin’s ears swayed just a bit as he watched Kirk disappear ahead of them, and let out a small sigh, it wasn’t worth his time to have negative feelings towards the tiger, plus it would put a damper on all the fun things he could do. He quickly hopped after May and Derek, nose wiggling as they neared the feasting hall.
As they entered through the large doors, May took a moment to pause in her step to take in all of the grandness of it. While she didn’t particularly appreciate the repeating colors, it was still pretty, and bright. Really bright. She felt Derek shift beside her and she turned to look at him as he covered his eyes. She smirked good naturedly before her attention returned to the décor. Draconem lay at the head of the hall along with a few of the teachers. Pippin was somewhat impressed, but having red and gold over and over and over again everywhere was extremely boring. He sat back on his haunches, looking this way and that.
May suddenly tilted her head in Derek’s direction as he spoke, ”Choose where you want to sit, I don't care. As long as I can eat.” With a shrug and a grin, May nodded and looked around the room in quest of a table. Once she had sighted one, she pointed over to it rather than drag Derek unceremoniously across the room. Once confirmed with him, Minx led their little party over to the vacant chairs. They faced away from the nearest window, and instead looked out across the hall at all the chatting souls. As she seated herself, Pippin leapt up into her lap after she had spread a napkin down. Odds were that he’d end up on the table anyway, so Macari wasn’t worried about having to work around his antlers.
“Oh, Borealis, May!” Pip suddenly chirped up from his spot, putting his front paws on the edge of the table as he pointed up towards the lights. Minxy’s eyes widened, and a smile spread across her lips. However a sudden pang ran through her, causing her to freeze momentarily as all joy left her features. It had seemed to go rather unnoticed, and she quickly recovered from whatever it was that had just happened. “Hardly as impressive as it should be!” She announced with a laugh, “The sunlight definitely puts a damper on the visibility, and the colors around us only add to the bright distraction.” Pippin looked up at her with a raised eyebrow and a little half smile, “And when did we become so critical?” His tone was teasing, and May blushed ever so slightly while rubbing the back of her head sheepishly. “My brother lives up in Kelud, which is close to Barrowood where the lights dance at night, he’s told me of them, and sent me pictures as I haven’t seen him in a long, long time.”
Pip let out a laugh before shaking his head, “Fair enough. So when do we get to start eating?”May scratched her temple in thought for a few seconds before shrugging, “Food’s already out, so I guess whenever.” With an enthusiastic yell from Pippin, the two began to pick out the foods they would be feasting on. Pippin had chosen a variety of nuts and berries and vegetables, as was expected, and May had chosen a small portion of two meats, chicken and steak, as well as several different fruits and a few vegetables. Looking over what she had chosen, the pang returned to her consciousness and a lot stronger as well. Once again it forced her to freeze in place and her fingers clenched into her palms as she set her jaw.
She suddenly felt a soft little paw on her arm, poking and shaking it. “May… Maaay…. May??” With every calling of her name, Pip grew more and more unsettled before she suddenly shifted back fractionally and blinked at him a few times. “Hey, you alright?” She nodded, “Ah, I’m perfectly fine, just lost my appetite all of a sudden.” She reassured quickly with a sheepish tone to her voice. Pip frowned lightly, “If you’re sure. You still need to eat something.”
Minx poked around her food with a fork before lightly stabbing into some of the fruit and putting it into her mouth. Satisfied that his Ryder would now be fine, Pippin returned to munching on his greens.
“So, what’ve you been up to lately, Derek? I haven’t really seen you around.”