Day of Restoration: Nightmode's Victorian Fetish Ball

[Pyper]

Calix wouldn’t like the fact that Charles was openly declaring that the pair of women were his own. Whether or not Phoenix took offense was unclear, and Lucretia opted to avoid being the gnat that buzzed around her sire. Hence the socializing.

Never before had she received this type of reaction to her curiosity. Ariadne was either teaching her - the most logical - or she was stifling her understanding of the leather art.

“Make sure, you go for the head,” she said, because it brought the most relief from the disease immortality piggybacked for her.

“I haven’t had wounds in a very long time.”

Pyper Altaire couldn’t hide that ping of disappointment from her tone.
Paper cuts had become a rarity in her world.

[Doc]

“For my part, I thank you Ari for ‘not’ going for the head.” Doc then looked at Lucretia, “Don’t let her beauty fool you. She’s ******* deadly.” Then giving Ariadne a hopefully charming look, “It pleases me, yes, when the line are made up of such capable and attractive females. I am surprised you would even ask.”

Doc slid a look at Nerissa, saying softly, but still possibly loud enough for Ari and Lucretia to hear, “Tell me.. do you think Ari is jealous?”

[Nerissa Clemming]

She replied with a similar tone. "Jealous? I suppose it's possible." She enjoyed the teasing, since she was a bit miffed about Ari's reaction to Lucretia's investigating, but didn't want to make a scene. This was the next best thing. "I would be jealous if I was surrounded with such beauty." Which she was. Ariadne was quite beautiful.

[Ariadne]

"The head? With the exception of the slap, I generally aim for something that you prize far more..." Leaving the rest to the imagination, and reached over and squeezed Doc's arm. "I have promised to make the rounds this evening and you know how social events wear at me. I think my time here is up if I intend to visit the arena before I have a slight breakdown. I will leave you with your line and wish you all a present evening." She tilted her head slightly to the small group before making a hasty retreat for the exit.

Once outside, she shot Doc a text before getting into her car. "Black is nice on you."

[Doc]

As Ari took her leave, he gave Nerissa an appreciative smile. “Thank you.. Even if it is not true, it is nice to hear that it 'may' be a possibility.”

Even though Doc wanted Ariadne to stay he understand the reason she was leaving. She was out of her element. Her element was ‘set finite things’. Here there was too many variables. Too many things that could alter what reaction she should have, opposed to the one she gave. Ari did not understand that Lucretia was merely exploring, and had nothing sinister on her mind.

“Be safe Ari..” It was a few minutes later his cell vibrated. He didn’t look at it right away. He had ladies to entertain.

[Zodiac]

She returned Mordie's nod while wondering why he was actually here. She had not seen Kenny about and there certainly wasn't a riot about to start, so the presence of her 'sibling' was a tad confusing. He did not just show up at parties like this. She turned her attention back to her dance partner's observations.

"This? Mindspeak? Besides making it so I can actually 'talk' talk to others it has all kinds of uses depending on the situation at hand." She offered a general view of it as she saw it. She then listened to the girl's idea of horns and busted out in silent laughter.

"Think I could pull off the Darth Maul look? Actually, Loki and Mal are 2 good guidelines for what I need. Ceremonial head dress for certain seasonal rituals. Now I do have one already, but whoever made it did not hollow out the horns so it weighs like a ton on my head and has a habit of slipping down over my face when I am trying to do something. I would like to design one more 'me' in nature and have it be comfortable as well as functional. And..." She pointed at Mordie. "That is my 'brother' for lack of better terms. Mordechai. Mordie? This is Lofyn. She made my finger ware for me. So, big guy, where is Kenny hiding herself?"

[Pyper]

There was very little interaction after her hands were promptly slapped down and reprimanded for their invasion of another person’s space. Lucretia’s eyes stored the carved etchings of Ariadne’s face in order to do as Axton called, ‘recon,’ on.

“Nerissa and I were making things out of the harvest.”

A growing smile. Not even Ethan had taken to the specific tinkering she did with the discarded animal parts. Although he made more use of the metal working, but that was a relative opinion.

Not many people had much use for the preserved dead. Not as much as they did guns and swords. These projects were a hobby, because they were enjoyable. They couldn’t be a hobby and a job.

“She was very good with her hands, careful. Natural.”

An abundance of pride swelling up in her squished chest.

[Mordechai]

Looking down from his seven foot two advantage he shrugged slightly then spoke aloud to not be rude," I am unsure, most likely the caverns, sometimes i cannot reach her when she is deep with in them. I had hoped she would appear." Turning to the blonde that had been introduced, he lightly touched the edge of her psyche confirming his guess of her path before holding out a hand in formal greeting, "Mordechai. A pleasure to meet you."

[Lofyn (DELETED 481)]

Returning the rather large Killer's nod with a slightly strained grin, Lofyn listened to Zodiac's silent words. "I can definitely see the problem there. You need the horns to be weightless, but imposing. What sort of rituals would this be used in?"

The relatively petite Killer female already had a few ideas, but she wanted to narrow things down.

"Of the Grigori lineage, childe of Hariasa, grandchilde of Amaranthia. But I don't often speak to them. Hell, I've been a recluse for some time." She extended her right hand towards Mordechai, grinning a bit easier now. "If you have any need for something made from unusual materials, come see me. Mooncalf bone, feral fang, zombie teeth - even feral blood. I work with all of them." She let her bracelet show, its black-filled vials glimmering softly.

[Zodiac]

"Seasonal rites, fertility rituals, things like that. Certain times of the moon. Sometimes, horns are required for these things." She shrugged. "I can show you some pictures one eve if you stop by the shop and the one I have already to give you a working idea of what I am looking for. I can also sketch out what I am seeing as well."

She frowned at Mordie's reply. "She'd rather be in a coal mine than come to a nice party? The nerve of that girl, I swear." She laughed. "Here, let me try."

The mystic focused her thoughts and let her mindspeak flow between the three of them as she shouted out. "Kenny! This is Zo. Get yer *** to Nightmode's now. I said so! I can't baby sit Mordie all night for you!"