Day of Restoration: Festival at Redheart Arena

[Doc]

Doc left Nightmode a couple of hours after Ariadne. She had mentioned she might attend the other event, so he decided to head there. There wasn’t a reason he was going, except that Ari said she might go there.

As he stepped into the Arena, he could tell the overall feel and atmosphere was completely different. It was intriguing how an all vampire group had a different feel to it, compared to this. Why? What was the key ingredient that made them different? He pondered the implications as spotted Ari and then made his way over toward her.

Ariadne was in a group. A group three. Herself, a human and another vampire. The other vampire seemed familiar but he didn’t have to the powers to see past the illusion presented. As he got closer, he nodded to Ariadne, “Hello Ari.. and friends.” He smiled a close lipped smile.

[CharlotteC]

Charlie continued to watch as Sky did her thing on stage. She looked happy, like she belonged there. That made her smile a bit more before she turned her attention to all the other things going on. Her chocolate eyes picked up on someone she liked to keep a wide birth of and began to move away from said man. Out of habit alone she began to rub her neck where one of the hidden scars took on phantom pains. Deep down she knew the pains were just her imagination, but some people had that effect on her.

[Nate Hawthorne (DELETED 5464)]

"Uh, English," he said after a quick pause to try and figure out what was going on. He hadn't expected to be pulled along after the woman but it was alright. Maybe he would get something for Aliyah regardless. He found himself bobbing his head along to the beat of the music even if it wasn't quite his normal style. But that was ok. His friend was playing and he'd be supporting. "Do you go to school here?"

[Jana (DELETED 5000)]

Jana supposed it was normal, after being such a recluse lately, that she didn't really know that many of the guests here at the Arena. After about six drinks, though, she found herself rather emboldened, not to jump on stage or to randomly introduce herself, but to start dancing wildly in the middle of the crowd around the stage, all but flailing. Her vibrant hair flew into someone's face and she giggled out an apology.

She hadn't had this much fun since leaving San Jose, for a number of reasons. One of those being that she wasn't very liked here by the main population - human or otherwise. She was too much for them.

[Doc]

Doc briefly turned his attention from Ari and group to the group performing on the stage. His smirk turned into a crooked closed lip grin as he recognized Skylar on the stage. He was surprised really, but then again, he should not have been since Skylar didn’t have a shy bone in her body.

Since Skylar was on stage, Doc cast a glance around the crowd to see if he could spot Ric. It was his experience that he did not see one without the other usually, except in special circumstances.

[Dhara]

"I don't actually." She responded, then uncapped her water for a sip, finally washing away the taste of whisky and too sweet soda. "I work at a bookstore on occasion and I also have a job as a personal assistant. Other than that, I mostly poke around town, play my music and relax." She fell silent for a moment, head tilted as if to listen better. She watched Skylar, and a small smile curved her lips. She knew all too well the high that came from being on stage and performing. "Why English?" She asked after several minutes had passed by, her attention once more focused wholly on Nate.

[Ariadne]

She froze momentarily as she heard someone that she was unfamiliar with mention her name. She recalled the girl's name from her interview earlier this week. Ari had hired her to do some clerical work at the tea shop in River Rock and so far, the results had been pleasing. "Pandora. It's nice to see you, if unexpected. I... trust that you are enjoying the event?" She gestured to Wendigo with an open hand and smiled, the foreign movement looking quite natural as she made the introduction. "Pandora, this is Charles Wabash. He's an acquiescence of mine. Charles, this is Pandora. She's an employee of mine at AntiquTea." She drew her shoulders together and suppressed a sigh. SHe and Digo had never been close and she was unsure how his general brusque behavior would come across with others.

Doc's arrival was, admittedly, quite a surprise. She had left him at Nightmode surrounded by females, which was generally his element. The light smile remained as she nodded and gestured to her companions. "Charles! I did not expect to see you here. I don't know if you've met Charles Wabash from Groom." She tilted her head slightly towards Wendigo. "And the young lady is Pandora, who is in my employ. Charles and Pandora, this is Charles Nilson."

[Doc]

Doc pulled his attention away from Skylar’s performance on the stage, when he heard Ariadne’s voice. He inclined his head first toward Pandora and then toward Mr. Wabash. “Ah Mr. Wabash nice to meet you, I know your employer, good fellow Groom. Fair and honest. We could do with more like him.” He then turned his attention to Pandora, “So you work for Ari, do you?”

Doc slid a playful look at Ariadne and then looked back Pandora, “Tell me, is she a good boss? Or is she prone to fits of temper when things do not go her way?”

[Pandora Lunaris (DELETED 6317)]

Before Ariadne could respond another had entered their little group and soon he was introduced. Two Charles? Huh well she would have to follow suit with the other in referring to the towering man by surname. But Pandora wasn’t one for formalities. “I just arrived, though it appears to be charming to say the least. This city is in full celebration, it’s quite nice"’ She mused folding her arms underneath her chest. Hazel eyes shifted to Wendigo glancing over him before resting on Nilson. The first Charles appeared to be very reclusive, which was a drastic juxtaposition for the seemingly charismatic and outgoing latter. Pandora smiled slyly at both men when Aridane introduced her.

“Haha yes I do and she has been quite lovely to me.” She chuckled shaking her head, her curly locks bouncing with the movement. “I enjoy the tea shop; I’ve always had a penchant for the drink. Living in Japan definitely aided in my love for tea. What about you Charles?” Pandora titled her head to the side a slight grin upon her lips. Truthfully she was ecstatic that Aridane had given her the job. Leaving Kyoto was not only a big step but a pricey one leaving her with little savings.

[Doc]

Doc’s playful smile aimed at Ari became an appreciative smirk directed at Pandora, this one wasn’t afraid to take the center stage. He wasn’t one that actually purposely enjoyed being the center of the attention. He had been and could be, usually to his detriment. But knowing Ari as he did, and suspecting Wabash was as well, neither of them were the sort to want attention truly focused on them. So he pinned his undivided attention unto Pandora.

“Alas .. I cannot say I ever acquired an appreciation of tea. I blame my mother. She was one for the formal high tea tradition. Granted she wasn’t English and didn’t know a darjeeling from a sencha tea; she thought it a ‘high class’ sort of thing to do. I knew she was just blowing smoke in order to be something she wasn’t, so I found it rather, .. well sad. Thus, I suppose, I have taken it out on the tea.” He canted his head to the side, “But tell me.. how did you come by such a unique name. There has to be a story behind it.. do you care to share?”