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[@Hammerman][@Crowvette]

As Christine confronted him, Rurik stopped breathing. Shit, shit, shit. What was going to happen? What wa-

And then she twirled her dress, exposing herself more than ever. Beforehand, Rurik had been like a deer in the headlights, afterward, his mouth was a thin line as he just stared at her unimpressed.

Some things never changed.

[color=CFD3C6]"Yeah, eye-catching, uhuh."[/color] Rurik droned tiredly. He was pretty sure it wasn't the dress that was catching everyone's eyes. Maybe at first, but... Christine continued on, telling him things he'd already observed for himself. He had to imagine Kath wouldn't have shown up only to bleed all over the dance-floor. Well, not unless Yuuto decided he had unfinished business. He shot the aforementioned ninja a brief glance, but figured that was probably unlikely.

[color=CFD3C6]"That's, uh, that's great. So, umm, happy..."[/color] Rurik's lips twitched into a forced smile. Couldn't she have at least been paralyzed from the waist down or something? Something to slow her down?

He was confused, really. Was she... not mad? Did she just not want to bring it up during such a public gathering? But then she could have just avoided him until later. Was everything just OK? Was it that easy?

Because he was totally OK with sweeping it under the rug and letting it be that easy.

A strange feeling came over him. Relief and... something else. He took a tentative step toward her, [color=CFD3C6]"Um-"[/color] And then someone thrust herself into their conversation, attempting to drag Christine away to dance. 

[i]Twitch.[/i]

[color=CFD3C6]"I'm sorry, and you fucking are?"[/color] Rurik narrowed his eyes at her. [color=CFD3C6]"Because we're in the middle of something, so if you could just [i]not[/i], that'd be great."[/color]

His words earned a number of gasps from those around them.

"Doesn't he know who that is?" "That's Liselotte Castellan de Valois-Saint-Remy!" "Watch your mouth!"

Rurik raised an eyebrow and stared blankly back at the crowd, [color=CFD3C6]"Lisa who?"[/color]

"She set up this entire Ball!" 

[color=CFD3C6]". . . Oh."[/color] He blinked once. [color=CFD3C6]"And?"[/color] It was about then that a second hamster wheel began turning in his head, dredging up a stale memory from a short while ago. Finally something clicked. [color=CFD3C6]"Ohhhhhh."[/color] Rurik straightened up, nodding in understanding. [color=CFD3C6]"Right."[/color] He snorted, cheeks puffing out as he looked back to the girl. [color=CFD3C6]"Didn't I blow you up?"[/color]