[h3][color=orange][center]~ Carmen ~[/center][/color][/h3]

Carmen elected to sit quietly and sip her cocktail instead of getting involved with the proceedings going on all around her. You could cut the tension with a knife, and this kind of tension was very unusual for this quiet mountain town. Carmen observed that the ruckus was being caused pretty much exclusively by the new blood, a fact she realized with a condescending sigh. Fortunately, she was distracted from the calamity by a lot of things.

First up was the sudden ice sculpture next to her, which she promptly complimented the creator for. [color=orange]"Very nice,"[/color] she offered, and turned back to face Criston, who presently spoke to her. [color=yellow]"I don't remember there being this much tension, do you?"[/color] he asked.

[color=orange]"There wasn't,"[/color] Carmen replied matter of factly. [color=orange]"But [i]some people[/i] that have recently joined us aren't exactly the most civil beings in Lavanya."[/color]

She couldn't help but chuckle at Criston's attempt at an address to everyone. She continued to chuckle when he spoke to her after it was done. [color=orange]"Well...I've heard worse,"[/color] she said, still smiling. [color=orange]"I think."[/color]

[color=orange]"...but it doesn't matter, because nobody seemed to hear it,"[/color] she said, noting that insults kept flying after the brief speech's conclusion.

Turning to the silver haired man that began speaking to her, Carmen beheld his sketch. [color=orange]"It's lovely,"[/color] she said, smiling at him. [color=orange]"You're not that far off, either,"[/color] she said, and at that moment transformed into her gaseous bird form. [color=orange]"Wow, it's really been quite a while since I've done that,"[/color] she said, as if nothing had happened. [color=orange]"Does that help?"[/color] she asked him.

[h3][color=red][center]~ Mizuki ~[/center][/color][/h3]

Mizuki was very relaxed.

She enjoyed the calamity, and was nonchalantly stealing a little bit of life-force eminating from it.

Looking at the man she had just spoken to and who had just smashed the ice sculpture, she called, [color=red]"I'll take those two drinks now"[/color] with a satisfied smirk on her face.

(@errybody)