Meruin paused, opened her mouth to speak, closed it, shook her head, opened her mouth again, then just shrugged.

In all honesty, what was she supposed to say? She was never the most sociable person in the first place, so her feelings about having a party were most likely biased, so she couldn't tell them to just tone it down.

She frowned when she saw the alcohol. Oh, and she would definitely have [i]words[/i] with Marcus later about trying to pry secrets from people. 

Meruin was just about to say something when she sensed a large spike of energy . . . near the Boys Corridor. Wonderful, the one place she wasn't alloowed to go to. She faced Marcus and stared him down.

"There's a disturbance at the boys dorm, I request you investigate it," she said, hoping the ruffian would actually do his job as a Council member.