Delaana Wan
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Post by Delaana Wan on Sept 15, 2015 13:26:29 GMT -8
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Lana wanted to say something, at least she felt the need to say something to Elika to make her feel better, but she knew that only Andros' return would alleviate the architect's worries. Instead, Lana took Elika's hand and gave it a gentle and reassuring squeeze before whispering softly. "Give it a little time, my Shakal, he'll come back." She was certain of it, since she didn't necessarily see Andros wearing his shirt again nor take his datapad. Upon seeing Franz's return, Lana looked at him momentarily and tried to give him and Elika some privacy, at least to the best she could by not listening at all to what Franz had told Elika.
Looking towards the group there around the recess area, in the hopes that at least, it would distract mainly Elika, Lana laughed softly upon hearing an exchange between Lily and her boyfriend. The former really seemed distracted by the good doctor. "Do you, by the way, know some of their family dialect?" Lana asked Elika dubiously, she had to admit, it wasn't one she had heard before at least not until she stepped foot on this planet. Apparently it was a family dialect, it was the only thing that Lana knew about, the whole details on how that came about, definitely drawing a blank. It was also nice to listen to, it just flowed smoothly.
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Crystal Kayne
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Post by Crystal Kayne on Sept 15, 2015 13:43:04 GMT -8
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"Language, baby girl..." Crystal said with a warning tone before biting her lower lip and lifting a finger looking at her childhood friend, "Don't you dare say it..." She knew that she had acted just like a mom, and clearly, Crystal really wasn't helping her case with saying those words, but there were still children here, so really? Groaning in fake annoyance and shaking her head with a faint chuckle, Crystal took a deep breath and looked back at Lily. "I won't say it, if you don't." Winking playfully before looking at her brother, Crystal shrugged nonchalantly. "He only said, you don't have to worry, they were only talking about your sneezing, ergo your uncanny way to know whenever you are spoken about."
Crystal might have added a few more words there, but then again, that was all part of the subtext, after whether Lily believed her or not about what Ryan had said, that was up to the lawyer, for right now Crystal was only eating the cake and she noticed that Franz had sat back down next to Ayodele and it seemed like he was feeding her some of his cake, which made Crystal smile warmly and she just looked at Elika knowingly before briefly glancing at the one who was mandated to her. Not really wanting to intrude on both Ayodele and Franz, Crystal focused her attention back onto the engaged couple but mainly, she looked from them to Lily who was starting an inquisition, it seemed, though it was a subtle one.
"There goes the relentless one, again," Crystal shook her head although she was glad that Lily was doing all the asking because if there was someone who always managed to get to the bottom of things, it was her. Always her. "Then again, I won't deny either to the fact that I am also interested in hearing where and how my dearest brother proposed..." Crystal admitted with a knowing smile as she looked at Ares, this time, still wondering in the corner of her mind, why he had been unreachable all of this time.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2015 18:07:21 GMT -8
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Returning the reassuring squeeze of Delaana's hand gently, Elikapeka looks over to smile gratefully and nods as she says softly, "I'm sure you're right, my Ceesi, in a tone more hopeful than convinced. In her mind at least, Elika believes it just as possible that Andros might stay away until he feels sure the get together has ended as it is that he will choose to come back any time soon even with Atlantis having gone after him. Taking a deep breath to try and not worry as much as it is possible for her to do so, Elika scoots over to sit closer to Delaana as she tries to focus on what is going on around them. Smiling as she listens to the familiar bantering between Crystal and Lily, Elika shakes her head when Delaana asks her whether she knows any of Crystal's family dialect, No, well, other than a word here or there that I can understand or guess mostly because it isn't too far off from the word in Basic. Crinkling her nose, Elika muses, Which isn't really the same thing as knowing it, is it? It is a pretty language though, she adds, then smiles as she tells Delaana, And so is the Hapan language, my Ceesi. I'd love to learn to speak it."
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Alisha Mercotti
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Post by Alisha Mercotti on Sept 16, 2015 1:38:36 GMT -8
Ali was about to answer Ryan and his questions about the RDMC when Atlantis began a his toast. Instead, she grinned at Ryan and whispered that she'd fill him in on all things RDMC later. After Atlantis had finished and everyone offered their 'cheers', Ali smiled warmly at all who had congratulated her and Ares then chuckled at Aerandirs comment about enjoying the duoship while it lasted before the kids came along.
"I plan on enjoying every minute of it, Aerandir. Though I have to admit that the thought of seeing Ares change messy diapers does have it's appeal." She grinned, pushing her shades to the top of her head as she gave Ares a teasing look while she gently nudged his shoulder playfully. Before looking back to the ones who had inquired about how Ares' proposal happened, raising an eyebrow at Ice in particular when Ice grinned wryly at her.
"As for the actual proposal - I was tidying up my office when Ares had came by, surprising me. He helped me clear some things out of the way, rearrange some items, the usual you know. The next thing I knew he was on a knee, with the ring in his hand, proposing."
It wasn't a total lie. He did surprise her by showing up at her office, and with the proposal after he had swiped everything off her desk with the brush of his arm and they did things that they probably shouldn't have been doing right there on the desk, then in the chair, then on the couch, right before Jena surprised both of them by knocking on the door. Wait, Jena hadn't actually knocked had she? No, Ali distinctly remembered that Ares had opened the door just as Jena was walking by in the hallway. The part of exactly how Jena came to be part of the story didn't really matter so much in the grand scheme of things though. Ali was just trying to not mention certain events, so she had left out some details. Details like his absence for the last year, her anger at him for said absence, and the fact that they couldn't keep their hands to themselves after their discussion about his disappearance. Those details could be filled in later, when the time came, especially the details about their office sexcapades since there were children present right now.
She hoped that was enough to sate everyone's curiosity for the time being because unless one of them wanted to break the no drama rule, then she honestly couldn't tell the whole story leading up to Ares' proposal - and telling them of his disappearance was up to him to explain because Ali wouldn't even know where to begin with that and it wasn't her story to tell. All she could do was be there for him when he did decide to tell Ryan and Crystal. Though she knew they'd probably have questions for her too. Questions she wasn't entirely sure she was prepared for at the moment. Ones like why didn't she contact them when he first left? Or why hadn't she contacted them once she realized he wasn't coming back? Pushing those thoughts to the back of her mind, she decided she'd deal with them when the time came.
Smiling, she gave Ares a light peck on the lips before looking back to everyone. "After he proposed and I said yes....my mother, with her uncanny sense of timing, was walking by in the hallway when Ares opened the office door - so we told her first."
"Damn. I was totally hoping for much more juicy details, Alicat. That was a little boring. You could've said he proposed while doing a one handed handstand or something." Ice chimed in with a teasing, but affectionate, grin toward Ali as she wiped a dollop of icing off of Lukas' bare chest while he giggled around a mouthful of cake. Unable to keep the smirk from her lips, Ali looked at Ice with a wink.
"The handstand and other acrobatics came later, chérie."
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Delaana Wan
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Post by Delaana Wan on Sept 17, 2015 12:07:15 GMT -8
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Lana understood what Elika meant about grasping a few words in the family dialect of Crystal, since it had appeared to her in the past when from time to time whenever Crystal and Ryan would speak to one another, some words were indeed close to Basic. "I am sure that sooner or later, you'll understand, if not even speak it." That mainly would be possible if Elika was really immersed in that constantly but since Lana knew that more often than not, when the siblings were with other people, they always reverted back to Basic. Lana soon looked at Elika delightfully when told that Elika wanted to learn the Hapan language too, that caused Lana to laugh softly and grin playfully before saying softly. "Cëba at, l Shakal..." (Why not, my Shakal) Winking slyly as she added on teasingly. "I still know enough Hapanii, but some words might evade me," It also had been a while since she really had a conversation in Hapanii, and really since she spent more time learning other times and mainly expressing herself in Basic, that was as good as it got.
Taking a sip of her cocktail after eating some of her cake, she briefly turned to look at her side to check if the Vyridian brothers were returning any time soon but what really caught her attention there it was Franz and Ayodele, and it really was a sweet and cute visual. "You must be really happy for him, my Shakal." Lana commented softly to Elika still looking at Franz, who really seemed comfortable with Ayodele and he also seemed to be feeding her some of his cake. Though since she really didn't want to be perceived like a creep, Lana looked over the engaged couple especially when Lily and Crystal ushered them to share the proposal story with everyone here present. Lana genuinely smiled upon hearing the story but soon she could not help but to laugh softly when Alisha's cousin chimed in. "That really is something different," Lana said with an amused grin, she never had heard a proposal done that way, but then again, she really hadn't heard that much of proposal stories, so her statement was more or less valid, but however they interpreted it, that was up to them. In any case, Lana lifted her glass again in their direction and smiled. "Hopefully, the preparation will go on smoothly as well."
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Crystal Kayne
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Post by Crystal Kayne on Sept 17, 2015 12:21:59 GMT -8
Crystal, in the meantime, had her attention onto her brother and she kept on looking at him, as if trying by some divine intervention to find out what had caused him to disappear, surely it wasn't just the fact that he got engaged that he would disappear for so long, right? Crystal was certain that she was going to be in one heck of a tedious conversation with Ares sooner or later, and since Lily had declared this day to be a no drama day for the sake of many, Crystal knew that the serious conversation wasn't at all going to happen today. Then again the day was still young, so one could only hope...
Laughing, albeit happily, at the story that Alisha had shared with them, Crystal still looked at Alisha with an amused but also unconvinced expression, especially after her last statement. "So there was tidying first and then a clearing, and more tidying?" Crystal asked innocently before glancing at Ice and then back at Alisha but also Ares. "Well..." Glancing briefly over to Lana, Crystal nodded with an amused grin still. "Different and really something else," Crystal reiterated and then looked back at Alisha with a warm smile. "I am sure that your mom must have been happy for you two, right?" For a moment, Crystal had been tempted to ask Ares if their dad knew but she swallowed that statement because she clearly knew how someone in particular would react at the mentioning of Virgil Solaris, so she didn't even tempt to ask.
"Also if I recall correctly, it has been a while that Ares has been in love with you, right?" It was something that she had gotten from Ryan, apparently since their days in Corsucant, or something like that and then they lost touch and got back in touch when the brothers landed in Honoghr. "Speaking of preparations, have you guys started yet?" Crystal asked dubiously knowing that wherever the wedding would happen, and whenever it would actually happen, and if of course she was invited, Crystal would have to make sure to get a few days off from work here, and also she was hoping that all of those things that were happening around the planet were over.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2015 18:21:44 GMT -8
Accepting Franz's compliments about her apparent ability to know just what to do and say to set him at ease with a smile and a gracefully languid, nonchalant shrug of her shoulders, Ayodele laughs lyrically when he follows the compliments with a request to be allowed to indulge in a cutesy gesture of feeding her the bit of his cake. "Well, I certainly hope you do not expect me to try and do so provocatively, Franz," Ayodele says in a playfully warning tone before laughing once more as she leans forward and then taking the bite of cake with an amused smile.
Resting against Franz's side, Ayodele contents herself with listening to the conversation going on about the manner in which the engaged couple came to be so, smiling in amusement when, after the story has been told, Crystal offers a skeptical sounding summary that suggests she believes the story had been edited to some degree. Patting Franz on the knee, Ayodele says, "You will have to excuse me for just a moment, Franz. Standing, she adds teasingly, Do not go anywhere," before making her way inside the house to find a restroom, the unpleasant sensation caused by ingesting food and drink her digestive system is not designed to ingest just beginning to reach the point where it will be uncomfortable to endure for a prolonged period.
Once in the house, Ayodele rubs her temples as she searches for a refresher, finding that being around such a large concentration of relatively powerful Force users is proving to be discomforting in its own right; rousing that within her that she has so long denied. Washing her face with cool water after having regurgitated the undigested food she had pretended to eat and flushing them away, Ayodele looks at her reflection after rinsing her mouth out and drying her face and hands, reassured when she can see no evidence of her discomfort has surfaced in her expression. Reminding herself of all that she has endured and survived in her long, long life, Ayodele reassures herself that she can withstand the old stirrings within for as long as needs be, that she will not allow the stirring to progress to a reawakening.
Her comportment as languid, light, and airy as ever, Ayodele resumes her place beside Franz after returning from inside the house, smiling at him as she says playfully in an amused tone, "Oh good, Franz, you are still here just as I asked you to be. Cheesy, yet obedient; a delightful combination if ever there was one."
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2015 20:34:35 GMT -8
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Elikapeka laughs uncertainly when Delaana suggests that she might one day be able to understand, if not speak, Crystal's family language, arching an eyebrow as she says, "Well, I'm not quite as sure as you, my Ceesi, but I wouldn't mind learning it, so who knows? Playfully shivering when Delaana says something to her in Hapanni, Elika nuzzles closer to her and smiles as she says in a sigh, Yeah, I am definitely going to learn how to speak with you in your language, my Ceesi, so you'd best start brushing up on it so you can help me, and not miss anything I want to to tell you when I know enough to tell you things."
Nodding when Delaana correctly guesses that she is happy to see that Franz and Ayodele both seem to be getting along with one another really rather well, Elika glances over in the new couple's direction as she says, "It is really nice to see him looking so happy and comfortable with someone, yes. I'm glad we dragged him along with us, she adds with a laugh, resting her chin on Delaana's shoulder and pecking her cheek as she says, And that a certain someone was really good at playing matchmaker that day."
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Delaana Wan
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Post by Delaana Wan on Sept 19, 2015 13:09:52 GMT -8
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"You could always ask your housemate, I am sure that she is a good teacher." Delaana said with a warm smile looking over her boss who was speaking with her soon to be sister-in-law. Soon enough, Lana laughed playfully and looked at Elika with a knowing smile before she inclined her head and wrapped an arm around Elika's waist. "I will make sure to brush up on my Hapanii so that when the time comes, I'll know everything you want to tell me." Leaning over to peck Elika's lips softly, Lana had an affectionate smile on her lips as she just bore her gaze onto Elika's. "Let's just call it me returning the favor for the sketch you have made for me earlier." She added on playfully, not that it really was a favor since Lana was going to willingly do that, but she just liked where she currently was right now, mindset and feelings. Although deep down, Lana knew that she might be pushing it too far, not that it showed on her expression right now, but she was starting to wonder if she was doing all of this because she had been ordered to, or if because she genuinely felt wanting to do it. Delaana supposed she could think about all of that later on, much later on when she took her leave after...
Keeping that smile on her face that she perpetually seemed to have, Lana looked at Franz and smiled once more after hearing Elika's words. "I take it that he wasn't that much inclined to be dragged at the spa to begin with, huh?" Lana laughed softly, understanding the man's point of view in a way, but she was sure that now he definitely had forgotten about all of that and was instead glad to have been dragged at TaSpa! to begin with. "Ah, yes, that certain someone," Lana giggled softly as she briefly looked at the person in question, Lily, who really just said things as they were and never really sugarcoated things too when it came to the people she cared about. "Not the subtle kind, but very effective indeed..." Turning slightly her head to look at Elika, Lana smiled affectionately, "I am certainly glad that I have made my way there, and was fortunate enough to cross your path outside of the government building, my Shakal. Lana sincerely said as she hugged Elika gently before releasing the pressure.
Considering that she was done with her cake, Lana placed the plate onto the table and looked back at Elika dubiously before asking. "Did you want anything else, more cake perhaps or...?"
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Franz Delgrave
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Post by Franz Delgrave on Sept 19, 2015 17:20:44 GMT -8
Franz shook his head, maybe took quickly, when Ayodele playfully teased him and he chuckled knowing that she was definitely just teasing with him. "Nope, I am not expecting you to do it such way, at all." He replied with a knowing smile, he just wanted her to just be her, and he clearly didn't care about any of those things, it was the real her he was interested by, simple as that. Ayodele, in his opinion, was just great. After she had taken that bite, Franz closed his eyes momentarily when he felt her resting on his side and he just wrapped an arm around her after he placed the plate down on the table and listened to the ongoing interaction around them with a content and just amused grin from Alisha's story to Crystal reiterating a few points made by Alisha.
Franz furrowed his eyebrows and removed his arm from around Ayodele and just looked at her dubiously. "No ma'am, won't be going any where at all but just stay here, though did you..." Before Franz could ask her if she wanted to be shown around or just to point out where what it was she was looking for, probably the fresher, Ayodele was already gone and he stayed put right there before glancing at his cousin, Ryan, who was laughing.
"The handstand and acrobatics came later, Alicat?" Ryan repeated skeptically before glancing at Ice with a knowing smirk. "Maybe before, in between and after." And then he remembered that there were still kids around and soon enough he knew that his sister was going to glare at him, maybe. "I mean working out releases endorphin and that makes you happy."
Franz pursed his lip as he heard all of that and he preferred not to say a thing at all, knowing that he might make the situation awkward, though from the corner of his eyes, he noticed briefly that Lana and Elika had seemed to be looking at him and he smiled upon seeing the two of them over there, and his smile only widened seeing just how comfortable Elika was with Lana. Taking a sip of his drink and soon putting his glass down, Franz looked at Ayodele as she returned and grinned. "Delightful combination?" He repeated with a sheepish grin. "What can I say, I like seeing you and/ or laugh." Franz added on as he wrapped an arm around her again and smiled. "Did you immediately find what you were looking for inside?" Franz asked thoughtfully and then carried on "I should have probably shown you around first when we came here..."
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Ares Solaris
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Post by Ares Solaris on Sept 20, 2015 11:49:19 GMT -8
Ares was more silent right now, just enjoying the food and the drinks that have been served to him. He was just fine this way, besides he wasn't much of a talker anyways, unlike his brother. Ares noticed though that his sister had been looking at him from time to time, somewhat pensively, and he just looked at her impassively to begin with but then after a while he just couldn't keep that mask on his features and started to look at her apologetically, for many reasons. Ares felt guilty, that was a fact, he had relatively found out that he had a sister and didn't even kept in touch with her. He just wished right now he could tell her, tell Ryan why he stayed silent for so long, but there was still a rule of the day. Ares had no other choice but to stay silent right now and he, in the meantime, kept everything in and buried it for now.
He was thankful though that the conversation wasn't leading to that point of everyone asking him twenty questions, instead Crystal had asked about his proposal again, and he looked at his fiancée with a knowing smile after he had taken a bite of his cake, and that bite seemed to have gone through the wrong pipe when Ali mentioned Ares changing some messy diapers. Recuperating after taping his chest, Ares looked at her with faint alarm before brushing that off and chuckling at the thought. "Messy diapers, huh? I had worse, amore." Ares said with a knowing smirk and just looked back at his siblings as he listened to Alisha filling everyone in about his proposal. Ares knew that she had definitely edited some part of it, and even Crystal seemed to understand. "The first arrangement wasn't up to par with the layout of her office." Ares added on innocently to what Crystal had said before turning to look at Ryan with a knowing smirk and nonchalant shrug. "What can I say? Happiness can be attained in several ways..." Ares looked at Ali with a warm smile before he placed his empty plate on the table and just took her hand giving an affectionate kiss on the back of it.
"Sorry if it weren't juicy enough, Isis, I am really a boring guy..." Ares said with a self deprecating smirk but then again, he was also joking, at least he hoped that he wasn't boring at all. Damn that would really be bad. Ares looked at Delaana with a grin and tilted his head from side to side. "I sure hope so as well." Ares said before adding on to his sister, "And nope, we haven't started any plannings yet, sorella, no place chosen yet, it's really a clean slate currently. But," Ares looked at Ali with a knowing smile before glancing at Ryan, "We'll let you guys know, wherever and whenever that will happen."
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Andros Vyridian
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Post by Andros Vyridian on Sept 21, 2015 22:57:05 GMT -8
For a long time, Andros remained there, standing… There weren’t any particular reasons as to why he was just there motionless, but just the fact that he was just reacquainting himself with the current of the Force. He had been disconnected to it, the first spark had been there in the lakehouse, when he had tentatively connected himself to It, and when he really used It once again to put a barrier up against the incoming water ball. Now here he was, in the forest that surrounded the lakehouse and he also could tell that someone was tailing him to begin with until that person had been replaced by his very own brother.
Atlantis…
Andros lowered his right hand that had been holding the millflower and closed his eyes momentarily upon feeling his brother’s soothing words, presence too. I know, Atlantis… Andros conveyed a little despondently. He was, of course, communicating with Atlantis privately, and with his brother, Andros wasn’t afraid to let his guard down, to shed his usual exterior. He was comfortable enough with Atlantis to let it all go, his feelings, his very own state of mind, everything. You should know by now that, even if there are people around, a part of me can’t let go. Because I don’t, and ever, want to let go.
Andros was currently in a moment of doubt, in a moment where he really didn’t trust himself with anything. It all came down to trying to keep people at bay, because in the end, it seemed like it wouldn’t work out. Sighing softly and looking up the misty sky hoping to catch a glimpse of that hope he so wanted to believe in, Andros turned on his heels to find his brother.
“When do you know you have done all you can but you still feel like in the very end that one thing you want will be denied to you because it’s just the way it is?” Andros asked verbally this time, and maybe he wasn’t making much sense to his brother, but that did not matter much to Andros, he wasn’t looking for a pick me up, for other comforting or correct words currently. Andros just wanted to say those things, because that was how he was feeling right now, nothing more nothing less. His doubts just materialized right then and there when he had been stared at that way by Ice, and it was just discomforting for Andros.
Simple as that.
“They are worried, aren’t they?” Asked Andros before he blinked once tiredly right now, “She is worried…” This time, Andros obviously meant Elika, he just knew her enough that right now, there was a big chance that she was feeling guilty for Andros just upping and leaving like that. How could he have been so selfish? Faintly groaning, Andros shook his head and took a deep breath before smelling once more the millaflower and looking over his brother’s shoulders. “We should go back,” Andros curtly said, in annoyance not because of anyone, but because he really was annoyed at himself right now, he made his brother pull away from there, from his girlfriend, from everyone else, his guests too, it really made Andros loathe himself right now.
“You have asked earlier, but I believe that my anti-social rating just went off the chart right now.” Andros wryly said before taking a deep breath and gesturing for his brother to go on out first, to which Andros followed him right up.
When they stepped back onto the gardens by the pool of the lakehouse, Andros’ gaze had darkened and he didn’t trust himself to say anything right now, he just went right up to the bar to get a hold of his datapad and just check a few things and even if he had told Atlantis to keep it for the day, this was just the excuse he had found to not say a thing right now, because again he didn’t trust himself to say a single word. Finally when he looked up, his gaze found Elika and Lana but he was mainly looking at Elika, and even there, he just looked at her with a brief but warm smile…
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Post by Ljiljana Jankovic on Sept 25, 2015 8:35:23 GMT -8
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Did she just say ... Widening my eyes with an amused grin on the corner of my lips, I still cannot believe that Baby Girl just chided me, jokingly, about what I have just said to her brother ... "Right ... Still I am not that convinced that only my sneezing has been mentioned but then again, I have to give it to Crystal, she wouldn't say that kind of things if it weren't true, right? Right ... Still though, after what Ali has just said, Since Crystal's future sister in law has just mentioned diapers and what not, wouldn't it also be amusing to see Lover Boy change messy diapers? Lifting my hand to prevent Crystal to counter me right then and there, I smile widely. I am just saying, Lover Boy changing messy diapers, though okay maybe that also means that you and he should get started with it already because I sure as hell won't be doing it." No way, besides Ryan and I have only just started dating, and stuff, and I am sure that I could bring up many more reasons to not be pregnant just yet, because I really am not ready.
Finally paying close attention to Alisha since she is the one who is telling us how Ares has proposed, I do look at the engaged couple with an amused smile, and I even go as far as biting my lower lip to prevent myself from laughing because what Crystal has also just said skeptically, and how Alisha has described the entire thing, I also am not really convinced by all of that. "That really must have been an exciting proposal for you, Ali ... Winking knowingly and pursing my lips again before looking at Ares, or the one that Hot Stuff loves to call 'Dr. Love' apparently, I arch an eyebrow upon hearing an unfamiliar name, to which I understand is Ice's. Right ... Color me confused here. But I am not going to get into that, although I am still wondering why she is called Ice to begin with, in any case ... And I am also sure that your well-proportioned man is far from boring."
I really can't see one of the siblings being boring ... I mean Baby Girl is funny when she wants to be, Hot Stuff too ... My thoughts are cut short when I notice that the Wonder Twins have returned but Boss Man seems to be bent to stay on his side. "Andros, would you like some cake? Same question to you, Atlantis."
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2015 20:01:01 GMT -8
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"I guess I could at that, Elikapeka says with a smile when Delaana points out that she always has the option of asking Crystal to teach her the language of her family. Laughing when Delaana promises to brush up on her Hapanii, and to consider doing so returning the favor for the sketch Elika had made of her earlier, Elika leans over to whisper, Well, that was a gift, not a favor, but I'll let it slide since I would certainly want you to be able to correct me and understand what I might be trying to say to you in Hapanii, my Ceesi. Nodding with a playful roll of her eyes when asked whether Franz more or less needed to be dragged to the spa, Elika jokes, Kicking and screaming to boot, my Cessi. Which, she frowns as though perplexed, is pretty crazy really. I mean, who wouldn't want to spend some quality time at a spa, right?"
Nodding her agreement with Delaana's assessment of the occasional usefulness and benefit of having Lily be so relentless, Elika snuggles up closer to Delaana and beams happily to convey that she too feels fortunate to have had things worked out the way they have. Shaking her head when Delaana asks if she wants anything, Elika says happily, "No thank you, my Ceesi. Stopping herself before she tries to come up with something sappy to say about being happy with what she has, or not needing anything else at the moment, Elika instead crinkles her nose as it occurs to her that, as one of the hostesses, she really ought to be the one asking Delaana if she wants anything, and asks slightly worriedly, Did you want anything?"
Spotting Andros and Atlantis when the come back to the pool, Elika catches the smile Andros offers her when he finishes checking something on his datapad, and offers him one in return, a smile that manages to convey her concern for him without any hint that she would take the additional step of confronting him since she knows that the last thing he would want would be for her to call any more attention to him by rushing over to check on him. With Andros staying at their house for a while, Elika knows that he knows that she knows they will have other opportunities to talk if he feels like talking.
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Atlantis Vyridian
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Post by Atlantis Vyridian on Sept 27, 2015 8:31:02 GMT -8
Waiting patiently to have a sign from his brother, whether Atlantis should leave or remain, Andros insofar did not tell him anything about being unwelcome. Andros' wishes were finally known to Atlantis, it got him to only focus exclusively on his brother, at first Atlantis couldn't quite understand what the man was on about but he knew he had to read between the lines. It all came down to Andros not wanting to lose control on his temperament, not perhaps feeling that he deserved that moment of respite, but Atlantis had forgiven him already for everything, why couldn't Andros do the same and forgive himself?
"I don't believe that, Andros..." Atlantis said softly but his brother's lifted hand prevented Atlantis from going further. Atlantis knew deep inside that Andros deserved all the good that life could offer him, he truly did but he also understood that his brother didn't feel the same. Sighing softly, knowing that only time could answer all those questions for Andros, Atlantis placed his hand on his brother's shoulder and nodded. "She is, everyone who knows you best is." Atlantis left it at that and gave his brother's shoulder a reassuring squeeze before letting go of him.
"And so it is off the chart, you are the one who decides and if it is off the chart, then don't force yourself into socializing." Atlantis shrugged, it didn't really matter to him anyways, after all Andros had already made the effort previously and he knew that there was only so much he could ask from Andros. Turning on his heels to head back towards the garden by the pool, Atlantis inwardly smiled as he knew that Andros was following.
Their conversation wasn't quite done, but the fact that Andros did come back with him was enough for now.
Catching up the end of a discussion that had been going on no doubt, Atlantis returned to his previous where Crystal was and he looked at Lily with a grateful expression. "Not at the moment, but thanks for asking." Atlantis said thoughtfully, fact was he had lost his appetite overall. Taking a deep breath and placing a hand on Crystal's back, he rubbed it soothingly before turning to look at her with a knowing smile but then his gaze turned towards Elika noticing that she had smiled to Andros because he had done the same after he had checked his datapad. Finally looking at his brother, Atlantis arched a dubious eyebrow and looked at what he had been holding, "I believe that I have failed, and..." Looking over Lily with fake apprehensive expression. "Should I start running for cover, counselor?"
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Delaana Wan
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Post by Delaana Wan on Sept 27, 2015 11:53:03 GMT -8
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Delaana nodded but said nothing more on the matter about Elika learning the Solaris family language, since after all, it was Elika's own choice and she also wanted to learn Hapanii. Lana still knew her mother tongue more or less but since it had been a while since she hadn't spoken it, perhaps it would take some time for her to remember some words. Biting her lower lip faintly upon noticing Elika leaning closer to her and whisper, Lana chuckled faintly and looked at the architect playfully. "Let it slide, my Shakal?" Okay then, how is this, me teaching and speaking to you in Hapanii will be my gift to you." Winking playfully Lana turned her head and pecked Elika's cheek before settling in more comfortably on the seat while having that amused smile on her lips and laughing soon after. "Perhaps the fact that he is a guy?" Lana replied teasingly as she looked at Franz with amusement. "Then again, I suppose that spending quality time with you three took precedence over the whole spa thing." Lana knew and could tell that Franz was indeed close to the women, he was there in the government building, for whatever reasons, it was none of Lana's business but perhaps due to the fact that there was more to it really for a Jedi to be in the government building.
Smiling warmly when Elika also asked Lana if she needed anything else, she shook her head with a grateful expression. "No, thank you, my Shakal, I believe that I am really full, the food and dessert were great." Lana sincerely said as she heard that Lily this time seemed to be taking a jab at her childhood friend about having a baby or something. "There goes the relentless person again..." Lana commented playfully as she removed her arm from around Elika as she noticed that the identical twins had returned. She had done that only because maybe she thought that Elika would want to go see Andros and speak with him, but it looked like perhaps that wouldn't be the case.
Furrowing her eyebrows when she heard Atlantis' words about him failing, what did he actually fail? Lana figured it might be an inside joke but the fact that the Headmaster joked about running for cover from Lily, that was just amusing. "Is Atlantis usually always scared of her, or does he just loves being in trouble with the opposite gender, my Shakal?" Lana playfully asked because it really had been that way to her ever since she arrived at this place, whether he was staying away from Crystal or right now, when he asked Lily that question.
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Crystal Kayne
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Post by Crystal Kayne on Sept 27, 2015 12:09:39 GMT -8
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Crystal slowly turned her head to look at her childhood friend with a straight lips line. "Baby Girl, see right there, what you have just said, I am just like you, not ready just yet." Laughing and rolling her eyes semi-exasperatedly, Crystal shook her head soon after and added on. "You are so impossible, it is unheard of, although I will give it to you, that is a funny visual." Crystal imagined for a fleeting moment Atlantis changing diapers, actually she found the visual cute and it looked like perhaps her brother, Ares, would be the first one to doing that. Crystal smiled at him knowingly. "Not up to par, I am sure that a clearing of some sort was necessary." Crystal nonchalantly said as she listened further to what her brother was saying, and he called Ice, Isis? Crystal briefly looked at Ice dubiously, and she supposed that matter could be revisited in a few moments.
"You better let us know, and please for the love of what is all good, do pick up your comlink." Crystal had said it, it had slipped out, but now it was said and done and there was no way of going back. Closing her eyes briefly and knowing that she might have potentially opened a can of worms, Crystal took a deep breath and just tried to move on from that comment of hers, thankfully though the return of both Andros and Atlantis somewhat reassured her plus there was also the fact that Ayodele seemed to have come back from inside. Crystal should have probably asked Ayodele if she needed to be shown the place instead of remaining here. And avoid that faux pas of hers...
Crystal looked at her boyfriend, it seemed like he always knew what type of comfort she needed at that precise moment, smiling faintly at him, she briefly leaned against him and kissed his cheek as a thanks. Right, she needed to say something right now, and clearly her remaining silent wouldn't help at all, which was why she looked at Ares apologetically and smiled before turning to look at Ice thoughtfully. "My brother called you Isis? Is that your given name?" Crystal really had no idea, Ryan and Alisha had been calling her Ice, but Ares had called her Isis, "If you don't mind me asking, why Ice?" Crystal just had to ask and for that she looked at everyone from Honoghr, or at least that were permanently residing there. It was one heck of a leap from Isis to Ice.
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Alisha Mercotti
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Post by Alisha Mercotti on Sept 28, 2015 2:25:31 GMT -8
Ali returned Lana's smile and lifted her glass when Lana said that she'd hoped the preparations would go smoothly. Taking a sip of the wine, Ali set the glass down on the table again.
"Thank you, Delaana. Thank you, everyone. I'm sure the planning and preparations will go just fine once we get started on them."
She replied, after Ares answered both Crystal's and Delaana's questions about the preparations thus far. Smiling once more, she listened intently when more questions were fired at her from various people. Sorting the questions mentally, she smiled happily and began answering, starting with Crystals inquiries first.
"It's been a while since I moved stuff around and cleaned the office. I could've had one of the cleaning droids do it....but with handstands and acrobatics aside, it's a lot more fun when Ares helps." She paused with a brief teasing grin at Ares and Ryan, before looking to Crystal once more.
"As for my mother, yes she was happy. It helps that she likes Ares and wants us to be happy. Apparently, even she knew that he loved me and I loved him, before I finally woke up and realized it for myself. It's a good thing he's a patient man."
She smiled again, glancing to Ares with love. The office cleaning wasn't a total lie either, it just happened after some of the other stuff that she omitted from the story. Placing a hand on Ares' leg she grinned with reassurance. "And you, chéri, are far from boring. Like Ryan said....working out definitely releases those endorphins...." Chuckling lightly with a quick wink, she lifted the wine glass from the table and finished off the contents before setting it down to finish the piece of cake on the plate in front of her.
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Andros Vyridian
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Post by Andros Vyridian on Sept 28, 2015 23:28:59 GMT -8
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One thing was for sure, Andros was glad that his brother wasn't going to force his hand into getting him to speak with people. Andros was fine with speaking to people, but only a few and also privately, with a crowd, that already was unbearable for him. Which was why right now he was on his seat a few feet away from everyone there in the recessed area. Andros looked at Elika for the longest time and understood what she wanted to convey through her smile, although that wasn't necessary in his opinion which was why he blinked once and slightly shook his head and just looked over to the woman that was next to Elika in order to let her know that she should probably just focus on Delaana instead of him.
"I am fine for now, Ljiljana." Andros said curtly and just looked at her with a knowing expression. The lawyer always knew what to say or whatever in order to avoid an awkward situation such as this and he appreciated her effort, not that he showed it, because really? Him showing things like that, unthinkable. But he trusted Lily to know what he wanted to emphasize anyways. Andros arched his eyebrow when apparently Atlantis was searching for a beat down from Lily, about what? Oh right, Andros had retrieved his datapad, he had noticed the pointed look from Atlantis a few seconds ago.
"You do realize, Atlantis, that you are next someone who has mastered Tae-Jitsu, and also if I recall correctly beat you in hand to hand combat. Many times." Andros retorted wryly, not that it really was a fight considering that Atlantis was the kind of guy that refused to hit women he really cared about. He'd play dummy, no more no less. "Perhaps you should have told Crystal that if really she wanted a sparring partner that took things seriously, she should talk with the Kiffar cousins." Shrugging his shoulders nonchalantly, Andros knew he had aligned more words than usual but that was only because he was addressing his very own brother, a person he was really comfortable with...
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Ice Matango
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Post by Ice Matango on Sept 29, 2015 2:45:04 GMT -8
Ice had been listening to the banter between everyone while trying to make sure Lukas got the cake in his mouth instead of all over himself. She had been fairly quiet after the encounter with Andros and it hadn't escaped her attention that he had left the lounge area for a few moments before returning with Atlantis. She didn't even bother speculating what the reason was for his brief departure though she had a feeling it was because of her. Shaking her head slightly, she listened to Ali recite the story of Ares' proposal. She knew that her cousin had left out a few details but, considering the mixed company, she could understand why some of those details were omitted.
After some lighthearted joking about acrobatics and handstands, Ice's attention was drawn to Crystal when Crystal asked about her name after Ares had called her 'Isis' a couple of minutes before. After wiping cake and frosting from Lukas' face with her towel, Ice met Crystals gaze with a smile.
"Of course I don't mind, and yes, Isis is my given name. Not many call me by that though. Ares is one of the few and I've given up trying to convince him otherwise. And he's not as boring as he tries to make people believe either." She replied with a small chuckle as she glanced at Ares while pushing her shades to the top of her head before looking back to Crystal and continuing. "Ice is a shortened version, a nickname. Given the fact that I was born on Hoth, the number one frozen iceball planet in the outer rims, in the middle of one of the worst icy snow storms in recent memory - the nickname just kind of stuck."
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