Mera thanked Jin lightly as she took the tea, sipping on it quietly. Mary smiled brightly as she thanked Jin, taking her tea as well, sipping at it, "Ah! Kaori, it's really good!" she nodded after Larel changed his mind about "hating" Kaori a little less.
"Careful Mary," Mera said lightly, "Over praising someone is just a neglectful as under praising them," she murmured.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, you made the extra effort to make sure Kaori knew your opinion, even perhaps overstating it to compensate for Larel's decision to dislike Kaori which there's no need to compensate it as I'm sure it hardly affected him seeing as he basically insulted Larel about his comment of asking whether or not he should return the affection or not," Mera explained
"Oh," Mary looked at her tea, "How complicated... It is good though," she added softly before sipping her tea again.
Hotaru sat as she took her tea as well, keeping all comments to herself. It was... fairly tasteless to her at the moment. She could still get the basic hints of the chamomile, but honestly she didn't find any pleasure in drinking tea at the moment. She set the cup back down and looked away as she leaned her chin in to her hand, starting off in to the distance. Mera noted it, but didn't speak out about it, not wanting to add to the growing discomfort she could feel in Hotaru. She acted gruff and tough about it, but Mera definitely could feel that Hotaru was fairly slighted by all the comments on her appearance and demeanor. She was about that age and in a situation that would have anyone questioning their worth, so Mera would be more concerned if she wasn't grumpy about being insulted by a gay man and whatever orientation Kaori actually was. She was having a hard time wrapping her head around that one- though she was certain his preference was women, he just had a high... bar set as to what he considered to be beauty.
Eryn had smiled lightly at Alari's comment, rubbing the back of his head at the thought of actually finding a match, but currently he had to focus on the fact Raina still looked like she might try something with Mera. He sipped at his tea as he glanced between the two sisters. Mera was set on ignoring her, focusing on Mary and Hotaru, but Raina had that look in her eyes that said she wouldn't be satisfied until the end results of the fight had been determined, "Would you stop?" he hissed as he sat next to her, "No one is on top of their game right now and I don't want to be bandaging wounds regardless of who win the fights," he muttered, shaking his head. 
Raina glared at him, "Mera can heal her wounds, so you clearly are sure I'll lose," she stood up at that as he tried to grab her without spilling his tea, "If you don't choose to defend yourself, I'll simply have to take pleasure in beating you by default."
"Raina, please," Mary looked at her sister, "This is hardly the time."
"Nonsense," Mary was actually hoping she wouldn't hear Mera say that, but indeed, her eldest sister set her tea down and stood, "We still have a few hours before the sun sets to the point where Hotaru can freely move. This won't take but a few minutes for me to put her in her place, but we should move where your blood won't soil the camp ground and make her life harder," Mera turned and started away from the circle, glancing back at Larel as she walked, "Keep an eye on Mary for me," she said, figuring she should give him something to do so he wouldn't feel the need to step in between her and Raina as they walked out in to the woods.
"And everyone likes to say [i]I[/i] act irrationally," Eryn mumbled, shaking his head, but both he and Mary sipped their tea with rather exhausted expressions on their faces, "How many bandages do you have with you? Leaves might have to make do," he looked at Alari, wondering if he had some he could spare. Neither of them had any doubt how the fight would go.
"Best we just wait here. They'll get back before the tea gets cold," Mary murmured, shaking her head, "Hotaru, I bet you and Raina could be good sparring partners, you just can't use fire against her cause that's kinda cheating," she said, giving Hotaru a small smile, though it wasn't acknowledged or returned, "Um... Hotaru?"
"Ta-ru-chan?" Eryn looked over, making sure to enunciate each part of it in sing song, "Why so grim looking?" When she didn't answer, he stood up and walked over, waving his empty hand in front of her face, "Allo?" He jumped then when her eyes darted to his face in an ice cold glare, "Eep!" he accidentally knocked her cup of tea over, but she just gave a short "humph" and looked away again as he put his hand to his chest. He looked down at the tea and frowned, "Sorry, didn't mean to waste the tea..." he murmured, sipping at his own.