As she approached the small group, the gazes on Cecilia became almost suffocating, even if it was mostly the pair of elves studying her. Whilst the taller one, wearing the uniform, was openly fascinated by the knight that had come over to talk to them, it was the oddly familiar elf in the gown whose analytical gaze seemed to have an almost physical weight to it. Whatever assessment she was making promptly finished, and she went back to focusing on her own conversation with a noble of some sort with a practised ease.

"My... name...?" the spider lady wondered, tilting her head. There was a lilting, musical tone to her voice, part of a [i]very[/i] strong accent, one almost entirely unfamiliar in Thaln--definitely not from any of the surrounding countries, nor the harshness associated with Barukstaed in the far north. "No! I do not... I dress make--I make dresses. I do not need announcement." 

The unoccupied elf butted in, with all the obnoxiously regal beauty that the race as a whole seemed to carry. This close, it was still hard to tell their apparent gender, particularly with the sword strapped to their hip drawing attention. Long and slender, the jewel embedded in the pommel seemed oddly plain in cut, covered in small runes that indicated the entire weapon was [i]also[/i] some sort of casting focus. "So, you're one of the Iron Roses? What's the order like?"

At least, unlike the spider-bodied lady, this one didn't have anything of the same accent--if anything, they had a touch of Ithillin about the way they spoke.

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[h2]Tyaethe[/h2]

"Avoid attacking the other guests, you can't wait out a decades-long ban," Tyaethe said absent-mindedly, eyes flicking between two glasses of wine and then downing the red in a single shot whilst keeping hold of the rosé, "We are here as [i]attendees,[/i] security should be left to the guards unless it can be helped."

She turned around with the glass in hand, giving Lucas a sidelong look, "A few hours at least. You could maybe excuse yourself after one, if the princess doesn't require your attendance any longer. They usually pick up with the dancing, if you can find a partner." She inclined her head at the thanks, but didn't say anything else about the matter. 

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