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She quietly watched as Every walked away. She turned her gaze back to Azreath as he spoke again. She tilted her head slightly as his words. “Time does not absolve one of their crimes,” she replied, her voice quieter than before. Her thoughts wandered again to her past. The memories of her life floating past.

A mental image flitted into Tia’s mind and broke her train. She raised an eyebrow as the information swirled around. She turned to find Zodiac standing near an Asian woman. She was the one pointed out in the telepathic message. Things seemed to have gotten even more interesting. She reached into her clutch, and quietly swapped out her poisoned ring for it’s normal counterpart. With the mayor a no-show, Tiamat decided to try another avenue in pursuit of her goal.

“I appreciate the offer Azreath, however, I’m not entirely fond of being in photos.” She turned to walk away into the crowds and as she waved, said “Enjoy your evening boys, there’s someone I must speak to it seems. It was a pleasure seeing you again Azreath.”
She made her way back to where Zodiac, Mordechai. She slipped around and placed a quick kiss on Zo’s cheek. “Caught a bit of your dance there. So where’s your new friend? I’d love to meet her. I even switched rings since the real reason I came hasn’t shown up.”

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It wasn't something that she missed, the arrival of the paladin. The Eirene's Will was in place, but Every could still smell the sweetness of Sawyer's blood as she had her back towards the woman. She was tempted to go over and taunt her, to antagonize the source of her weird obsession at the fact that she wouldn't be able to draw a blade there in public. Even if she had, there would be systems to hack later on. Things that could be leaked into news outlets. Still, Every ignored her and focused on the event at hand. At the faces filtering in and out through the crowd as she passed. There weren't many that noticed the ritual that had slid into place, the tension in the air still hovering around them, but there was no danger to be had in the Ball, not any more.

Eirene's Will was a ritual that her sire had used on occasion, one that that she'd felt the effects of and didn't mind. Still, it didn't let her mind at ease as she noticed the way Mordechai and Zodiac were acting near Ayuka. She felt a hand against her shoulder, the voice that followed had Every slowing in her walk as she left Azraeth, Flynn and Tiamat, her arm slipping around Caligrace in return as she fell into step. "Just another individual I've met over time as a Ty member. I killed her fiancee, a Pratt, on multiple occasions for trying to expose our kind previously." She explained softly, keeping a smile across her lips as the conversation was meant to stay between them.

"Thank you, though, people in this room are far from being arch-nemesises. I've had a lot of practice with keeping a level head." She gave the redhead an affectionate squeeze, glad that she and Freyja had made it. It wasn't an event she knew that her childer would like to attend, nor Jayden. Perhaps Cree, but she assumed her blonde friend was still getting used to the city and having returned home. As Caligrace took a glass of champagne, Every placed the empty glass of blood on the tray before smiling her thanks in return and continuing on in her way, heels clicking against the ground. There was an incline of her head as she heard Caligrace speak, stepping closer to the allurist as she listened. She couldn't help but give a soft chuckle, "Harm will not fall upon Ayuka on these grounds, Cali." She explained softly, "Attack me with Swarm. You'll see what I mean." She continued in the next breath, "There's a ritual in place that stops any powers and acts of violence on the area it's performed on."

The arrival to the line had Every turning to face Caligrace a bit, looking around until she spotted Amalea and Doc making their way over. Her weight shifted slightly, her body relaxing with the knowledge that for once, a fight wouldn't break out in the evening. It made the gun on her thigh a bit useless, but all in all, it was a relief to know that the children in the room wouldn't be in any crossfire. Her thumb idly brushed against the woman's hip at her side in an unconscious manner as she smiled to the two as they approached her, Amalea's groan causing a frown to play across her lips. Her hazel eyes followed the tilt, the name reaching her ears causing Every to give a roll of her eyes that showed her full opinion of it. "Of course he would be here tonight, pushing around his zealot nonsense. Pity, he's connected to a mobster and is a nutcase himself. He'd actually be somewhat attractive, if he wasn't."

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Luffy took cover behind some barrels as another firefight broke out the chem plant. He found himself facing off at least three minor Helheim troops. He returned fire and managed to kill one of them with his machine pistol. He dropped back down and took a good look at his cover. “Red barrels. Awesome. Let’s watch the otter explode. Not today tiny Satan! Not today!”

He made a break for new cover as he shot at the other Helheim. He barely made it before the machine gun fire ripped the air in his direction. He got ready to open fire again when his phone started ringing.

“Mollusk, this is not the best time. I’m in the middle of getting shot at by some Helheim.”

“Funny you should mention that,” the girl on the other end replied, “I was doing some last-minute shopping for presents. Your new friends have friends out here too. They’re being jerks too. They said Coastside belongs to them now?”

Luffy sighed heavily under the gunfire. “Thanks for telling me, Mort’s gonna wanna deal with this. Get somewhere safe kid.”

He canceled the call and pointed his gun at the barrels across from him. “Sorry boys, can’t play anymore. I got get to work now,” he shouted as he tore into the red containers. The resulting explosion knocked the Helheim back as Luffy made his break for the door. He pulled the key fob from his jacket pocket and pressed the button to unlock his armored car. He climbed in, put his sunglasses on, started the engine, and pulled away from the firestorm he had created.

As he tore through the streets, Luffy tried to remember where Mortll was. She had said something about going to the mayor’s Christmas Ball. He blew through a red light, narrowly avoiding getting hit in his rear quarter panel. He cranked the volume as his radio blared out Five Finger Death Punch’s cover of “Mama Said Knock You Out.”

He shifted into third gear and pressed the gas pedal to the floor. He turned up to the mansion’s driveway and shifted again, picking more speed. People screamed and scurried in every direction as quickly as their legs could carry them. At the last possible second, Luffy slammed his foot down on the break pedal and downshifted. He squealed into a slide and the vehicle bounced up the curb only to stop within inches of a poor valet. Who promptly wet himself.

As everyone outside worked to collect themselves after this sheer act of insanity, the door popped open and out stepped the man. Standing at six feet four inches, a beast rose from the darkness. His long beard was braided into multiple strands. He was clad in a blue and black hooded leather jacket with black leather pants. His thighs had two golden pistols strapped to them by tactical leg holsters.

The hood of the car had the image of an otter in a crown. A sword in the animal’s paws held the words “Hail to The King”. He began walking to the mansion doors as Security guards and news people scrambled. He only paused long to lean close to the valet he had nearly hit. “Hey kid, if my car’s not there when I get back out, I’m holding you personally responsible. Got it,” he whispered. The boy simply nodded and stepped back slightly.

Luffy pushed past the guards and kicked open the doors before entering. “Yo, Morts! Where are you? You need a ride to another party?”

Ayuka tried to be reassuring, that much Ainsley could gather from the woman's touch to her arm. She gave her a small smile, then slunk back, until she was no longer part of the group. Which was just about the time Ayuka was making her departure on a more confident level. Ainsley could only stand there in awe of the woman, inspired by her confidence. However, deep down, Ainsley knew that no matter how many years passed, ten or one hundred, Ayuka would possess a few qualities Ainsley would never have; more than confidence. She couldn't peg it yet, but Ainsley was in utter awe of the woman and the way she handled herself.

Once Ainsley was away from the group. she moved throughout the mansion, until Ainsley found the bar and ordered a white wine. She took a seat after she glanced in Bohan's direction, then sat and enjoyed her wine, while thinking about everything that had been said. Vampires, zombies and something about spiders. While Ainsley had heard about vampires, and knew about the things in the QZ, she had never met a vampire (she believed) and was positive the guy on a tangent about the spiders was off his rocker. But, that was the holidays for you. Someone always drank too much, or went on about something most people did not care about, but they believed they had the right to state their opinions because there were people and they found a soapbox.

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So it was Mortll that brought the flowers that sent Amalea into a allergy meltdown. Even as Amalea said Mortll wouldn't have known, Doc’s feelings, still colored by the perceived insult to Amalea from earlier, was not inclined to give Mortll the benefit of the doubt. However, he didn’t want to ruin the evening. If Amalea was going to let pass, so would he. They were going to have their photo taken, he wanted it to be a fun memory, not one colored by his negativity.

As he struggled with letting the ill will toward Mortll go, He inclined his head toward Amalea in answer to her question about his experience thus far. “So far .. so good.” He paused, he almost wanted to tell how creeped out he about the spider sucking on her face earlier, but again, he forced himself to amend his words. “The crowd is a bit much. The sound system was glitchy, and” He looked around the room absently, “It would have been nice to see the Mayor actually here.. But so far .. so good.”

Then he heard Amalea groan. It wasn’t a large one. Or even one of drama. But it was a groan none the less.

Doc slid a glance at Amalea as he took her in almost imperceptible groan. He glanced briefly over his shoulder to see what caused it, just as she added ‘..paladin contingent…’ and then the name ‘..Gideon..’. The quick intending glance became a longer one. Ah ha. That was Gideon. He had heard the name, and he knew the paladin, but he couldn't definitively put a name to that particular paladin face until that moment. Doc had traded bows with him before and knew him to be a particularly vicious and vindictive ********.

And as Doc watched Gideon, his outward facial appearance would be that of someone blandly and somewhat patiently awaiting their turn for the photo. There was no outward indication that Doc felt any unease or any sort of trepidation. However, he was already formulating a plan. Should Gideon intend to start trouble, he was already plotting his moves. Step one, move Amalea behind him. Shield her at all cost. Step two, push civilians out of the line of fire.

Though, he looked uninterested to the casual observer, Doc’s eyes was attuned to the movements of Gideon’s hands and the hands of those with him. His reaction time would be short, if the paladins decided to start ****. He sent Elizabeth a telepathic message, ~Paladins on scene. Scruffy dude, who needs a shave, just coming through the front door with his entourage.~