[h2][color=goldenrod][u]Raye Solaire//Airfleet Street[/u][/color][/h2]
[h3][u]21:49[/u][/h3]

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Raye's toothy grin may have scared off a few people as he had made his way to the stage, but he didn't care- a mission like this made it impossible not to smile.

Chewing slightly absently on the grilled meat skewer he'd received from one of the vendors, he looked around at the festivities, drinking in the sights, the sounds, the energy in the air. It almost made him want to sing! He wouldn't though- he couldn't carry a tune in a bucket, much less on his vocal cords. Ah, well. He'd have to find some other way to wow everyone here. His grin grew by a few sharp teeth; it was a good thing, then, that his Semblance was so showy! This mission wasn't just gonna be a piece of cod- it was gonna be [i]fun.[/i]

His Scroll rumbled in his pocket, and his ears quirked in surprise. He thought he had turned the device off, in preparation for his performance. [color=goldenrod][i]Apparently not.[/i][/color] He pulled the device out, tapping the screen to bring up who'd messaged him. His smile shifted from feral to warm as he registered who the sender was.

[color=f7941d][i]Hey, son! Got your text earlier about your mission tonight- knock 'em dead, kid! Your mother and I are so proud of you! Keep up the good work~
-Dad[/i][/color]

Raye quickly typed back another message, thanking his father for his support, and telling him to give his mother a hug from him, before turning off the Scroll and stowing it back into his pocket. It was getting to be about time that he should get back to the stage- he'd been wandering for long enough. Meral had probably beat him back already. He tore the last couple chunks of meat off of the skewer, quickly chewing and swallowing them as he jogged lightly back to the stage. He contemplated using Meteor to dash above the crowd, but decided against it- someone might assume he was attacking them or something, and that would be very non-good.

So he sidestepped, ever so slowly and carefully, around the carousing humans and Faunus on the streets until he'd finally made it back to the stage. By now, the performer that was to precede them was already stepping up to... well, perform. In the interest of not upstaging the fine fellow- especially not when he'd had the guts to take this job in the first place- Raye stepped around the stage, going off to the side, so as to make a more surreptitious entrance then merely climbing up the front of the stage. When he was far enough away, he quickly jumped up onto the stage smoothly, just as the bull Faunus had begun his son.

Raye closed his eyes briefly, luxuriating in the velvet-smooth, black coffee sort-of voice the performer had, even feeling a pang of jealousy that his own talents would never even come close to that. His hands fell to the hilts of Izanagi and Izanami at his sides, though, and the feral grin returned.

[color=goldenrod][i]Ah, just as well- I'm already gifted enough in other areas, wouldn't want to hog all of the talent.[/i][/color] He crossed briskly to the center of the stage, where his fellows were waiting. Sure enough, everyone else had arrived before him. He scooted in between Daedalus (it wasn't often that Raye felt dwarfed by anyone, but DAMN) and the Xander kid. The MC gave him a bit of an exasperated look, but she couldn't really complain- he was here, and it looked like she hadn't even really started her explanation.

Raye listened intently, grinning wider when she told them that they were actually encouraged to show off. [color=goldenrod][i]Awesome! This was the perfect job to take! I'm so proud of me for thinking of it~[/i][/color] 

When the MC finished her explanation, Raye reacted quickly, smoothly pulling out his blades and quickly snapping the pommels together, fusing them into their staff form. He was more than ready for this. Meral got an excited look on her face, and turned toward the rest of them. 

[color=007236]"Who's ready to make a scene in the name of peace and unity?"[/color] she said, putting her hand out in front of all of them. Daedalus looked at the gesture and smiled, almost as widely as Raye was, and engaged his gauntlets before placing his hand on top of Meral's.

[color=fff79a]"Ready? I was born for this."[/color] 

Raye grinned, not to be outdone. He shifted his sword-staff to his left hand, adding his right to the growing pile, on top of Daedalus'.

[color=goldenrod]"Do ya even have to ask me? I'm gonna give these guys a show they're never gonna want to forget!"[/color] There was a brief silence as all of the turned to the last two members of their group, and another as Xander loaded his weapons in a showy way- perfect for what they were about to engage in. He paused again, then turned to his companion.

[color=SteelBlue]"Do you think it's too late to just stand in the crowd?"[/color] he said, some trepidation in his voice.

Raye snorted. [color=goldenrod]"Ahh, don't chicken out on us now, sunshine! Come on- there's still space for your hands here in this pileup. It'll be fun, I promise ya~"[/color]