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[color=B7AAE0]Time:[/color]Evening
[color=B7AAE0]Location:[/color] Calbert's Estate
[color=B7AAE0]Interaction:[/color] [@Helo] Leo [@JJ Doe] Count Fritz [@Samreaper] Kazumin
[color=B7AAE0]Mention:[/color]  [@Rodiak] Nahir [/color] 
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Charlotte blinked, seemingly snapped out of her reverie, and turned her gaze towards Leo. Her arm, which had been suspended mid-motion, dropped to her side as she regained self-awareness. Leo's words, initially registering as mere background noise, now began to process in her mind. [color=B7AAE0] "... Uh! Yes! I'm..."[/color] she stammered. Then, with genuine confusion in her eyes, she whispered, [color=B7AAE0] "What did you say about lettuce nobles?"[/color]

The truth was Charlotte could not invest much emotional weight into that question. Her mind was too busy trying to unravel the sudden shift in her reality. 

[color=B7AAE0][i]... What in Primitius's name just happened? Was... Was I dreaming!? [/i][/color] Keeping the storm of emotions swirling within beneath the surface was a challenge as she attempted to remain calm on the outside. However, on the inside, she was a mess. Unbeknownst to Charlotte, her nervous disposition was obvious to anyone with eyeballs. [color=B7AAE0][i] Did someone cast a spell on me? And now Leo must think I have lost my mind. How long was I standing there?[/i][/color]  Considering Olivia had telepathically spoke to her earlier in the evening, magic could not be ruled out. For better or worse, [i]magic was real[/i]. 

She had no idea if Leo would just shrug that off; the same way she had been unable to let go of the topic of his strange change in pitch. Certainly, if she told him what had happened, he would think she was crazy... But there was someone here who might not. Her gaze slid over to Count Hendrix and the "mysterious" waiter. She was supposed to meet by the pillar after all but she by no means wanted to ditch Leo alone. Her gaze lingered about as she scrambled through her head for a solution until she was distracted by the sight of a certain Alidasht princess. [color=B7AAE0] "I h-have, well, uh, a quick question for Count Fritz about his findings... I think the girl you like is just over yonder by the way if you wanna say hello, otherwise, I'll be back in a moment."[/color] 

She hesitated before moving. With a warm smile, she took his hand and squeezed it, [color=B7AAE0] "Hey...Save me a dance?"[/color]
Though her wish was to avoid Leo figuring out the attendant's identity, she couldn't stop him from following her if he so decided and she'd have to simply try to keep the situation handled if that was the case. Without waiting, Charlotte turned around and approached the duo she had intended to, her unease still written on her face.

Greeting the two with an elegant curtsy that ended with a clumsy misstep, she said, [color=B7AAE0] "Evening gentlemen. Having fun over here I hope?"[/color] 

She decided to perhaps just lead with the greeting for now, but her eyes did fall questioningly on the man who invited her to the pillar.


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