[img]http://i.imgur.com/9qAfFLn.png[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/2uDBgEK.png[/img] [b][u]Aliquam: Tobias' Gala - Second Floor[/u][/b] “A superhero? Oh my.” Rose lifted her hand to cover her mouth, startled by the adorableness that Trixie the pixie wondergirl brought in front of her. It was almost too much. If they were at the Academy, Rose might have grown a trifle more stern, to warn Trixie that such games were unbecoming of a student or visitor within the Academy lest it lead to accidents and disasters such as the earlier transgressions that Trixie’s friends, Lute and Lucien caused. But seeing as they weren’t at the Academy, and were instead at one Mister Tobias Smith’s party, whose own flirtatious deviancies with students had caused her much headache and aggravation in its own right… “Well, we should be ever vigilant for troublemakers and villains then, shouldn’t we?” Rose replied with a serene smile, patting Trixie’s shoulder and introducing herself to, and greeting Estelle and Xandra one after the other. Estelle’s shoulders relaxed from their stiffness after seeing how surprisingly kind and down to earth Rose was. She always had the impression that most rich people were stiff and full of decorum, manners and pompousness that made them look down upon poorer people. Lisette was a rare exception to the rule. And to Estelle’s delight, it seemed Rose shared that trait. It was relaxing. "Pleasure to meet you," Xandra said with a nod. "We were just planning to look around, but aside from that we're doing well." She gave the woman a smile. "What about yourself?" The manners with which Xandra spoke filled Rose with a great sense of satisfaction and pleasure – Xandra certainly knew how to conduct herself well. “I was actually about to take a stroll and converse with a few more of my friends about the party, if not partake in a spot of dancing as well.” Rose smiled. “Would you care to join me?” “D-d-dancing?” Estelle stammered, her cheeks flush with red. “I-I-I, er, don’t do dancing…” ---- [img]http://i.imgur.com/8mPMSWF.png[/img] [b][u]Aliquam: Tobias' Gala - Second Floor: Recreation Room[/u][/b] Marcus’ eyes twinkled with a smirk on his lips at the promise of interest. He certainly hadn’t come to Tobias’ party with the expectation of a game of cards being played at the same time as all of the fine dancing, eating, drinking and conversation, Aliquam and Tobias himself almost seeming a tad too refined to allow that, but at the same time he shouldn’t have been that greatly surprised. Where there were people with a lot of money congregated together, they tended to take great delight in gambling amongst each other, even those whom were meant to be students. “Angel, it’s a delight to meet you again, and… ?!” Marcus’ eyes bulged in disbelief at Sebastian sitting on one of the chairs around the circular table, holding his hand of cards within his hooves close to his muzzle, shiftily looking from side to side to make sure nobody could see. His fine moustache bristled with a snort from the horse, who also wore a low visor cap to make sure even those looking over his shoulders couldn’t see. “Isn’t that… isn’t that the horse which… with Lucien…?” Marcus was, for once, rendered utterly speechless. Sebastian looked up at him and snorted his bristling moustache again with a snort. He tilted his head to one of the free chairs at the table and then looked at his cards again. The expression was clear:- If Marcus was going to play, then play. “I… I don’t mind playing. I think a game like this would be interesting, actually. But I’m afraid I don’t have any money on me at the moment… and I’m not certain I could actually match the stakes you’re all probably playing for...?”