[Fiction] Viva Las Vegas! [Warning: Adult Content]

[Wakinyan]

Starlord's Las Vegas resembled the type of complex you expected from the Nova Age. A gleaming tower of silver that shone brightly in the Nevada desert. At night the bright beam of light from the tip of the spire made the Luxor's own night sky projection (which it had stolen the idea from) look like a dull glow by comparison.

It's entrances where lavish and set at various levels inviting a flier to appear through the open skylight and that was what Wakinyan did. His hybrid body was a sleak amalgam of a human Adonis body and his natural griffin form. He did not bother with a shirt. He did however make use of his newly aquired Eufiber by making it a comfortable pair of leather pants that somehow felt appropriate for the look he was going for and the party that would begin that evening. He didn't like or feel the need for shoes or anything else so he left it like that. As he was met by one of the party coordinators who began discussing the arrangements for the room he realized that he must look like Lemmy in some way right now. Chuckling to himself he nodded to the manager.

"Alright that all sounds in order. Remember just run the tab on things."

"Sir I would like to ask you once again would you please reconsider allowing baselines into the room?"

"First.. You are not baselines you are humans. Second, no I have made up my mind. This year will be private. If humans want to see us they can see us as they enter."

"Of course Wakinyan." The man was clearly not happy. Letting the sea of humanity to wash over and among the party goers would have been great for business for him but not at the expense of his Nova guests.

Wakinyan made his way into the reserved room pushing the two huge false steel doors aside. It was impressive he had to admit. They had done all he asked for and more. The stage was a circular platform in the center of the room. A lone microphone sat in the center. Above it a state of the art sound and light system sat in pods ready to be turned on.

Around the raised dais of the stage was a cluster of five round tables that could each sit six people easily. And there was more than enough space to bring in more tables if needed.

The bar seemed almost absurd. Bottles where everywhere. Every beverage known to man seemed to be laid out in the racks. Cases of adult beverages stacked beside the bar itself with more in the back waiting for the consumption of the gathering that was soon to take place. Long tables sat along the far side wall ready to hold the huge buffet that was being prepared for his guests.

Wakinyan liked what he saw. This would be a more intimate affair than Japan with keeping the humans out. But it was needed, more Novas meant more attention needed to be paid to their peers.

Making his way back out to the main entryway he did his best to ignore the clattering cascade of noise emitting from the entryway of the Casino across the great hallway. In less than three hours his party would just be beginning. This would be a good time. As he finished signing the paperwork for the event he thought of how good it would be to see old friends and to make new ones. But it was a good thing for everyone as a whole to finally get together and meet face to face.

[Sakurako Hino]

Sakurako arrives, precicely as she planned. Near the entryway. She has a brown sack over her shoulder and is dressed more for business in her typical dark navy suit. She notices Wakinyan worriedly watching the set-up.

"Waki... Sometimes I wish you had the ability to control drones. You're more of a 'if you want something done right' sort of person... some drones would help here."

She smirks, as she walks up to him, allowing her head to run past his arm when she finally closes in, like a cat.

"We're finally here aren't we?"

[Silvertalon]

Silvertalon comes bounding into the room as the doors are flung open quickly with a bang not enough to damage anything but enough to draw attention very fast. Everyone whom is there at the moment see's her on all fours, a massive ham in her mouth and three chefs in hot pursuit chasing what they think is a strange animal that some how got into there kitchen. She dashes across the room and drives under the table as you hear a few moments later and see 3 chiefs appear looking around at the door. Lately Wakinyan has noticed Silvertalons eating habbits have been very strange.

"Which way did it go!?1?" one chief pants.

"Dunno.. It must of went that way! Damn what ever it stole one of the raosts for the party!" one growls as all three men take off in another direction thinking the party room would of said something of a wild animal were to bust in there.

You hear a soft giggle and loud smacking of lips and munching from below the table as the table covering has concealed her from site. A few minutes later the host comes in and informs wakinyan that one of the hams was taken by some strange animal and they will take a bit longer prepping one of the side meals they have planned telling him not only has it taken the ham but cleared out an entire fridge before being discovered.

[Neil Preston]

Neil comes in quietly, dressed as casual as ever. Looking for a place to hang his pack, he waves to Wakinyan.

"Howdy Bro. Whose on the bill for tonight?"

[Wakinyan]

When Endeavor enters Wakinyan smiles. "We can let them get things done the way they wish to do it Pinky. They might be able to do it as well but they can do it and it is their jobs."

When she brushes up against him he begins to get a caring and concerned smile. "Endeavor, Samhra came to talk to me after what happened the other day with the WCK.." The sudden commotion from the kitchen access door stops the conversation cold.

"Hey it is okay. 'It' is a guest so leave it be." As soon as that is dealt with Neil walks through the large front double doors.

"Brother! How have you been Neil? Did your trip to Asia work out okay for you?" Taking Neil by his arm he pulls the smaller man into a hug.

For the moment the subject of the WCK and the issues that happened seems to be suspended in midair.

[Sakurako Hino]

"It doesn't mater anymore Waki... What's done is done." She sighs. "I can no more reverse time to prevent that person's mishap than I can change my own mistakes.

She sees Neil walk in, and her mood changes.

"Neil! Little buddy! Nice to see you again in person! That is, outside of any disaster or crisis!"

She stays close to Waki, not really wanting to leave his side yet. She knows he has something on his mind.

[Neil Preston]

"Uff ... Asia? Which time? Hell, let's not worry about work tonight. I've come to hang out and see what all the buzz is about."

Neil reaches out and pulls Endeavor into the hug.

"Let's leave the world at the door, okay?"

[Sakurako Hino]

Sakurako smiles. "You know it. That's the whole point... but I feel some apologies have to be laid out before anything else."

[Wakinyan]

Wakinyan nods at his brother and the pink haired girl next to him. "Yeah true. We can save serious worldly things for another time." He grips Endeavor's shoulder tenderly. "Your room is ready upstairs go ahead and get ready." In a soothing voice he shrugs and smiles. "And see if you see 'it' running around tell her to quit scaring the employees. Neil if you need to get ready or take a nap there is a room up in the tower that we have reserved for anyone who needs to change, freshn up and what not. Or you can help me to get the rest of this setup. Got less than two hours!"

With an excited look in his eyes the human griffin hybrid goes about gathering a few bottles of his favorite beverages and reclines across the stage sampling them. Obviously this is what he meant by getting ready. The two hours pass quickly as the staff scurry about stocking the food tables and getting the everything ready for....

Showtime!

[Silvertalon]

Silvertalon watches the Staff hurry below stocking the tables with food and drinks. A sly grin crosses over her muzzle as she licks her lips. She waits silently hidden in the shadows were no one would look. As she waits for the chance to get at the food. As a few hours pass she painterly waits not realizing this is the room that wakinyan set aside for his fun with his friends.

Her tail swishes as the last of the humans leave closing the door behind them as she beings to creep out stalking the food on the table like a pr editor stalking its prey.

[Edison]

The roar of the 426 cubic inch supercharged hemi engine drowned out everything, even the wind noise as it poured over the windshield of the 1974 Hemi Barracuda. Edison didn't know what he was doing here, but at the cost of running Sheila all the way the down here, he knew he better get some tail out of this, even if it meant he had to listen to a bunch of overstroked egos singing like a room full of cats hacking up hairballs.

He set his 40 back into Shiela's cupholder as he pulled into Starlord's valet drive. He slid across the factory vinyl, still in all their original splendor, and headed to the trunk. The ragtop took a good bit of his trunk and therefore he had to pack light, Jack and Jim were all he brought, he had to have the essentials. He gave his keys to the valet, and got a good chuckle as the pimple faced kid, not much older than 18, had to start the engine again as a failed attempt to put it to a roll failed miserably. "Yeah, she was a bitch until I got to know her."

It didn't take long for him to get recognized, even he had somewhat of a small following, although it seemed to be mainly psychopaths in county pens across the country, I guess he was their disfunctional hero of the decade. Regardless, they led him to the gathering of super powers, and he followed a liter of whiskey in each hand, and another tucked under each arm. They opened the door, and they didn't even bother to walk in.

Judging by the crowd, he knew he was in the right place. "So what are all of you fuckers up to?" The end of the sentence was muffled as he was pulling a cap off the bottle of jack in his right hand, with his teeth.

[Long]

The trip from Colorado is a relaxing one. Long Timeslip and Saori fly together to Las Vegas and set down in the middle of the main walk. Long's fur was freely shown in all it's rich color. The only garment he wore was his Eufiber shorts. He nods to the crowd and smiles revealing large pointed teeth. "Viva Las Vegas!"

The crowd roars and Long soaks it up. They're still affraid, but here tonight they're not some strange creature, tonight the gathered novas are Gods gathering to enjoy each other's company. It promised to be a good night.

Long leaned down and whispered into Saori's ear. "Mark well how we are greeted. These people only know us as novas. We are Gods to them. Let yourself enjoy this Night Saori and don't be affraid of any here. Stay with me and I will be there for you."

His own private Link to Timeslip carries another message. Thank you for coming here with us. I truly had a good time last year and This will certainly help us both meet new people. This gathering promises to bring in novas from all walks of life, and I think it will be a great experience.

As if to emphasisze his point he gives her hand a gentle squeeze and begins to walk inside with His wife on one side and his sister on the other.

[Doctor Nova Madigan]

Flicker suddenly appeared on the stage, having teleported to the spot from elsewhere. She was dressed in a replica of Elvis Presley's white sequined jumpsuit, but tailored to her figure. From behind her dark sunglasses she beamed an enormous grin. "Ladies and gentlemen!" she laughed, "Elvis has entered the building!"

She vaulted off the stage, adroitly landing next to a passing food cart. She whipped off her glasses and jammed them into her pocket, and grabbed an enormous turkey drumstick.

"Thankyew, thankyew verra much," she drawled, and chomped into the leg with aplomb.

[Login]

The hypercombustion Harley-Davidson replica, with subtle changes to accomodate her small frame, sped towards the building at what was surely over the speed limit, and skidded to a stop right in front of a rather shocked valet, who only just manages to catch the keys and helmet she throws at him.

"And not one scratch, got it?" Dorothy told the kid, who was rather discomfitted at being ordered about by a girl five years younger than him (but not too much, he was used to dealing with novas).

Login walks into the party, ignoring strange looks from the baseline employees. You can't say she's exactly dressed for the occasion, just a black top with pink letters proclaming "Ph34r t3h cut3 1", a leather bike jacket, baggy jeans and a backpack. She has her ever-present screen over one eye tinged pink for the party, but it's still working full speed, although it's impossible to know from outside what she's watching, and from under her black cap, which is either really thick or has something under it, cables sneak down to her back.

She stops one of the staff going about. "Hey, you, this place got somewhere to put the backpack and the jacket, right?"

[Login]

She manages to get her stuff taken care of and reach the room where the novas were congregating (not many here yet, she thought), without having someone point at her and pronounce the infamous "Isn't that...", which was one of the advantages of communicating with the world through the OpNet. Looking at each of the novas in the room, she stopped for just a moment as she looked up information on them through the connection under her cap. When the files were running down the screen over her right eye she approached the others, still reading faster than most eyes could follow.

"Hello there," she greets nobody in particular, just everyone there. She's calm, cool, cheerful, as if she went to these kind of parties every day. In reality, she feels her node fizzing like a can of Coke, and parts of her brain are screaming Big tiger! Big bird! Run away!. She thanked her eruption for her self-control and opened the can she'd brought with her. Unmarked, it simply had a big sticker on it, that warned "NOT APT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION". The stuff was sticky, much too sweet and highly alcoholic. Perfect.

[TeleRhyde]

The first jump to the outskirts of Las Vegas is uninventful for Dorothy and rather anti-climactic considering her daring escape from Sandcaster's care. With studied ease, TeleRhyde reaches out and scans a handful of baseline minds retreating from the gathering zone for this nights gathering of novas. After a minute, with poor Dorothy shivering in her jean cutoffs, a pink tank top, and a jean jacket with pink highlights, TeleRhyde determined all was clear.

One brief thought later and the catch the end of a flickering novas Elvis performance. From outside, a crowd's appreciation of some part of the night's specatcle can be heard.

I will be in your mind tonight, Dorothy. If you need anything, don't hesitate to ask ... and if you think I will be embarrassed by anything you think, I won't. This is old hat to me, so Have FUN!

[Dorothy Roberts]

Dorothy, warming up now that she's inside a building, decides that for a teleporter, Laon is awfully slow. There's careful, and then there's paranoid.

I'll be fine, Laon, but thanks for the ride!

After a quick look around, she heads for the only other person in the room she's met before: Wakinyan.

"Hey, how's it going? Told you I'd get here. So, who are all these people? I only recognize, like, a couple of them from watching N!"

[Wakinyan]

The perfectly built creature leaning on the stage watches Silvertalon's stalking through narrow eyes and murmurs. "Leave some for others."

His ears perk up as he hears the commotion outside and sees Edison coming in further behind him he sees Long with his female companions.

About to comment on Edison's remark he hears the laughing yell, "Ladies and gentlemen! Elvis has entered the building!" and nearly jumps as Flicker makes her appearance. "Wow.. I thought I was the only fan of the King. I guess we will have to duet Viva Las Vegas tonight then." He grins and winks at Flicker but also makes a mental note of a familiar scent about her.

When he sees Login dart into the room he rolls his eyes at her shirt and decides the best way to start his relationship with her is with a jab. "Ahh the noob has arrived. Welcome kiddo." With a mocking growl he scolds her. "Should you really be drinking that young lady.." The sour face breaks into a grin. "We have cases of NovaGoJuice you didn't need to bring your own." He points at Edison. "That goes for you to buddy."

Dorothy rapidly approaches and assaults him with questions. "Heya Dorothy!" Wakinyan grabs the girl in a hug picking her off the ground for a moment before putting her back down. "Better not let Sean see me do that." He mutters to himself with wry humor. Well let's see. "Edison is the guy who has all the bottles. Flicker is the flickering Elvis. The ninja critter over their feasting is Silvertalon. The guy over by the bar is my blood brother Neil Preston and this." He points at Login. "Is Noobie err.. I mean Login."

[Login]

Login grins at the half-bird, "Is that a challenge? You better have major ownage to dish out if you want to back calling me that up." She doesn't expect, but she hopes, an obviously physically powerful nova like him to actually have anything to do with games, but he did clue in on the shirt, after all.

At the comment about the drink she takes it to her mouth again and explains. "I really don't think you have anything like this stuff here. Although if you do have something that's sweeter than honey with added sugar and has the alcohol content of an AmpWell, I'll be buying a few crates of it to take home. Saves me having to make this stuff myself."

[Neil Preston]

Neil gets up from sitting near SilverTalon when Flicer makes her entrance. He laughs and shakes his head in wonder.

"So much for the shy and retiring girl I stole away from Chicago," he chides jokingly.

Seeing the other novas come in, he moves closer to his brother and starts greeting friends new and old as they arrive. Occassionally, he will answer questions about his relationship with a quip like,

"Sure, I'm his older brother. Wakinyan's the runt of the litter. Our older brother's called Speck and he's hovering right there," he says, pointing out to a bit of unoccupied space.

[Doctor Nova Madigan]

From across the room, Flicker spotted Neil standing next to Wakinyan, and teleported to Neil's side.

"Neil!" she exclaimed, as she took his hand and spun around him once, wrapping him up in an enthusiastic hug. As their bodies pressed together, she softly whispered "I've missed you" into his ear. Quickly giving his butt a single squeeze while beaming an innocent smile, she disengaged from the embrace and took one step back to face Neil's brother and friends.

"So, are you going to introduce me?" she asked.

[z-Gu Saori]

Saori freezes when she sees the assembled novas in the room. They are all so strange and unusual and large. She's seen pictures of many of them before, but they are more... real now.

It also makes her wish that she'd worn a different dress. Saori had been to parties like this before, and she knew what was expected of her. A red silk dress clung to her body, showing her physical virtues off to all. It was shoulderless and swung low in the back; not indecently so, but when Long rests a gentle, guiding hand against her back, she feels fur and the hint of claw.

The nova that captures her attention the most is Wakinyan. Not only is he hard to miss, he's also far more majestic in person. But she remembers what she's read about him, and her eyes drop away from him before he can see her staring. Silent, watching the room from the corners of her eyes, she follows Long across the room.

[Long]

Long follows Saori's gaze and inwardly sighs. Wakinyan was friend, but his reputation preceded him with regards to women. Spying Neil by Wakinyan and Flicker as well he smiled. Might as well at least introduce them. With me here I doubt he'd actually do anything. Besides, she's interested in Amped anyway, and Wakinyan understands what could happen.

Long carefully steers Saori to the small group of novas and smiles. Wakinyan, Neil, Flicker, it's so good to see all of you. I hope you're all ready fro a great time tonight."

He nods to Wakinyan. "Thanks for playing gracious host this year. I'd like to introduce you all to my Sister, Gu Saori." Long gently pushes Saori enough to make her take a half step up from behind him with his tail. "Sister, I'd like you to meet some friends of mine."

[Cade]

"Let's go." Cade smiles as he and Sean enter into the warpgate in Chicago and step out of the portal and onto the walkway that leads into Starlord's Las Vegas.

"Let the games begin." Cade's long hair is allowed to flow down around the shoulders of his brown bomber jacket. A short-sleeved white shirt is beneath it and he's wearing casual black slacks with a pair of well polished black leather shoes. It isn't a fancy ensemble, but on Cade, it looks fantastic to the crowd.

He smiles and nods to different people in the crowd before making his way inside. Only when he makes it into the room where the party is does he turn back a bit to check on Sean.

[Wakinyan]

"Challenge? Sure.. Though not tonight." He winks micheviously at Login "Maybe we can have a game night sometime soon. As for beverages there is a case of that Nova Flare energy mix for nova metabolisms. For fifty bucks a can it better fuckin work. Got no damn clue what is in them. You tried them yet? Oh hey!" He looks from Login to Dorothy and back again. "Have you two met? You have to be close to the same age. Dorothy, Login.. Login, Dorothy.. Wait.. Login, isn't your name Dorothy as well?" The griffin twitches his ears and looks entirely bemused by the observation.

He grins at the two girls and then nudges his brother and whispers milliseconds before Flicker arrives. "Have you by any chance hooked up with.." Flicker appears.. "Her recently?" Wakinyan grins sheepishly at Flicker he would likely be blushing but the fine brown fur across his muzzle and beak saves him from that. "I am Wakinyan it is nice to meet you." He holds out his large paw like hand with a happy expression that reads 'It's about time he got some.'

His attentiveness does not allow for Saori's eyes to escape his attention. As he greets Flicker his mind quickly checks himself before the rest of him reacts. ' There will be lots of women here just let it rest for tonight please!' He pleads with the animal within who grumpily complies, for the moment.

"Greetings Long, Timeslip." The thunder rumble of his voice sounds as pleasant as he can make it yet seems to demand the attention of all those around him. His burning blue eyes move from Long to his sister. "Welcome to the group Saori." She is looking away and he realizes what is in her mind of him he glances to Long and realizes he is ready to intercept the raptor he thinks is about to snatch the rabbit. Wakinyan let's his wings twitch as he scratches his exposed torso.

"Don't worry Saori despite what you have heard I am not that way." He pauses then shrugs looking at long and Timeslip apologetically then back to Saori. "No wait, I am that way.." He admits "But honestly I will do my best to be polite tonight. Besides your brother will kick my furry ass for sure."

(OOC: Goes without saying I think but just in case. Waki has center of attention going.)

[Dorothy Roberts]

Dorothy waves to Neil when he comes over, and asks how he's related to Wakinyan. After giggling, she notes the interplay between him and Flicker, and makes a mental note about it.

Then she replies to Wakinyan, "Login? Dorothy?" Looking down, she notices someone who's actually her own height, or close to it, and smiles brightly. "Hi! Sorry, I'm kinda lost in the forest of tall people here. I'm Dorothy, nice to meet you."

And after that...whoah. Tiger. Big Tiger. The shock of seeing long in person is more than the shock of seeing Wakinyan for the first time. Mostly because she'd a) been expecting it, and thought he was furniture at the time. But long was, well, the word killer was the first one to come to mind, followed by several synonyms.

Still, this was a social event, and he didn't look like he was about to attack, so she shyly waved at him after he introduced his sister.

And with that thought, Dorothy finally noticed the shrinking violet that was immediately in front of her. Well, that's something that she can maybe help with. "Oh, hi! I guess this is kinda a lot to take in, huh? I'm new to this too, I hardly know anyone here. I'm Dorothy. Dorothy Roberts. Pleased to meet you." Dorothy, falling back on old habits, curtsies to Saori rather than offering a hand.

(Edit: Post Lag)

[z-Sean McCline]

Sean's black leather trench grazes the floor with each movement, framing his body perfectly. Black leather pants are only a shade lighter than the coat so that they aren't lost in the darkness. Scuffy, well-worn black combat boots lace up over the bottom of the pants. He's wearing a tight, bright green shirt that says, "Fuck me, I'm Irish," with a helpful arrow pointing down Sean's body. The leather pants don't hide much at all, but then, that's the point.

Yes, he was here to get laid, if possible. And with his appearance boosted, it seems that it is not only probable, it's damned likely. He needs a nice, consenual fuck to blow off some steam and give him the release to be able to deal with Dorothy, Stormwarden and April on a daily basis. Not to mention Jager, Cade and The Crusader.

Yeah... he needs a release.

He follows Cade into the building and stops at the doorway, looking around. "At least we're not early," he observes as he lights up his first smoke. Time for some fun. "Shall we get the greeting to the host outta the way?"

[Long]

Long smiles and extends a paw to Waki. "You're doing well." There's no open threat in his eyes, but he knows it's understood by Wakinyan that his sister is off limits for anything more than polite conversation.

Long moves along and watches Dorothy introduce herself to Saori. "Dorothy Roberts, Glen's daughter?"

"It is a pleasure to meet you Dorothy." I am Long." He bows slightly and smiles.

He gives Wakinyan a sidelong glance and a smirk. "It just wouldn't be the same without at least one minor here would it?"

[z-Gu Saori]

Saori can't take her eyes away from Wakinyan now; the powerful nova fills her vision. Quantum, the Loong grumbles, but she can't hear it. All she can hear is that thunderous voice, and she wants to huddle from it, to curl up and wait for it to go away...

Another voice slowly intrudes on her, and Saori wrenches her attention to the small, silver-haired girl next to her. As Dorothy curtesies, Saori bows, revealing the long line of her spine before it disappears into her dress. "Thank you," she murmurs, her voice pleasant to the ears as she uses her quantum to be as wonderful as possible. "I am Gu Saori, sister to Long. It is pleasant to meet you, Dorothy." Her quantum saves her; she realizes that Dorothy gave her name American style and doesn't address her as 'Roberts.'

[Cade]

"Sure why not?" Cade scans the crowd and easily finds Wakinyan. In the group of novas near him, he spies someone he hadn't seen in several years. "Long. Damn, guess it can't be helped now."

Cade walks up to Wakinyan with his most genial face and extends his hand. "Hello Wakinyan, I'm Cade. Thank you for hosting this even Wakinyan. It is good to see so many novas in one place, having a good time."

[Wakinyan]

Wakinyan seems very content with himself. Like he considers himself exactly where he should be within the mass of power around him. He examines each nova and files away their scent and face as he goes and does his best to put clear his thoughts of Saori before the beast decides it has had enough and betrays him.

His ear perks at long then he looks down at both the girls next to him. "One? How about two." He responds to Long. "They're not minors they're Novas and should be treated as such." He beams a grin to Login and Dorothy before his attentive eyes catch sight of Sean and another man approaching the mingling mass of Novadom.

The Griffin hybrid rolls his muscled shoulders as he sees Sean approach like he is preparing for a fight. The taut muscles beneath the fine fur of his exposed torso and chest twitch and betray their desire to pounce into a display of violence yet he does nothing but smile. He sees the Tshirt and recognizes the look of the hunt on his face and smirks. "Dorothy looks like Sean is here." He nudges the teenager and gestures as Sean and Cade come up to them.

"Cade. Pleasure to meet you." He takes the man's hand with a firm friendly shake. "It is a great thing indeed. Grab some food and drink, Mingle and have fun."

[Long]

Long's ears perk up as he turns about. "Michael." Long strides back over to the smaller nova and glowers down at him. "It has been a long time runt." Those that can feel emotion feel the waves of animosity flowing between the two Ex-Elites.

Just before they seem about to come to blows, Long's eyes cease to blaze and he relaxes. "Old grudges have no place here tonight. You and I can settle our affairs later at a less croweded place. Tonight we, play nice." Long offers his hand to Cade in an unheard of gesture of good faith. Cade takes his hand and returns the steel grasp. "I see you finally left the life behind. It only took you six years."

[Dorothy Roberts]

Dorothy, somewhat shyly, answers Long's question. "Yes, my dad's Glenn Roberts. Nice to meet you, Mr. Long."

She's going to try to draw Saori out further when she spots Sean and Cade coming over, at about the same time that Wakinyan mentions it. Grinning, she puts a friendly arm around the half-griffon, and gives Sean a friendly wave. Just to mess with him.

[Cade]

Cade looks up into the taller nova's eyes. "Fine by me Ryu. Tonight we are guests at the same party. our rivalry continues tomorrow." He gives Long his own winning smile and nods.

He looks to Dorothy and nods. "You know Sandcaster is going to have kittens when she finds out about this." From his smile she can tell he won't impinge on her enjoyment of the evening, but he also knows there will be hell to pay for this.

[Login]

Login looks at Dorothy when they're introduced, and although she gives the other girl a chance, smiling and giving her a "Hey, how you doing?", she doesn't expect much more than normal adolescent behaviour, even from a nova, and she knows it'll be pretty boring.

She takes a rather greater swig out of the unidentified can in her hand, and some of the liquid manages to escape and trickle very slowly down the side of the can. It can be seen now that, whatever it is that's "not apt for human consumption" is the colour of caramel, but with a syrupy consistency, and it reeks of sugar and alcohol. Those novas around her with an enhanced sense of smell are especially hit with the sickly sweet smell, which is reminiscent of honey, fudge and caramel, and would kill a diabetic if it only reached his nose. If at all possible, the stuff seems to have more sugar than sugar itself, it's a mystery how Login can stomach the stuff, much less like it.

She turns back to Wakinyan, who is, after all, commanding attention, although a part of her is still having hysterics over being so close to gigantic predatory quantum-powered beings.

"How do you even manage to use a computer with that form?"

[Wakinyan]

"Simple." Suddenly metal emerges from behind his right ear. Unfolding itself in an unreal Jacobs ladder effect. A heads up display much like Login's suddenly covers his right eye. As the device finishes it's self creation a small triangular sail antennae stands up like a third metal ear behind the furry one but much smaller.

"Endeavor custom super Opnet device. Full intuitive AI, Eye tracking, Vocal recognition. Can do everything any full size PC can do and a hell of a lot more." He rolls his eyes. "Third one I have been through now. You can shoot the thing with a shotgun and it won't get a scratch but I go through them like I am trying to break them. Luckily each new one I get is a Quantum leap better than the last."

With that the device chirps sounding like baby chick and quickly folds away disappearing behind his large fuzzy ear again. "Ah. Speak of the devil. Here comes the creator now." He waves Endeavor over as she enters.

[z-Sean McCline]

Sean nearly leaves when he sees the group around Wakinyan. Damnit. Dorothy and Angie. It's like some nightmare. All I need now is for Medusa or Anna to show up. Still, he forces a smile he doesn't feel and follows Cade up.

The eyes that settle on Wakinyan are not friendly. So much for no competiton, asshole, he glares silently at the big bird. Still, the shifted griffon gets a civil nod and the same, set smile. "Nice digs," Sean says to the host in a plume of exhaled cigarette smoke. "Looks to be a good party."

Dorothy gets a nod and a tight smile. "Hey, kid," he grunts. "Slip the leash?"

And last... "Angie, it's been too long. Howya been?" Long gets another nod and a wave, but since Sean has put the cigarette back in his mouth, the tiger is spared a smart remark.

[Sakurako Hino]

Sakurako walks up towards the growing crowd around Wakinyan. "Waki... ah, I'll stow the lecture. I doubt anyone here would report that litle toy to S&T now..."

She smiles, still dressed for business, but Waki can smelll different material, underneath the outfit. She's definately planning something. It should be obvious to those that can smell as good as he.

"Can't wait to get this on the road now, can we? Besides, after a few words, I'm feeling... creative, with my number. If you thought my performance in Tokyo last year was a hoot, Tonight will floor ya!"

She turns to Dorothy and Login.

"Ah, you're the new faces on the forums!" She bows. "I'm Sakurako. Nice to meet you." Her uncharacteristic blonde hair is tied somewhat abck with a slightly gaudy red bow. She stands straight again. "I thought I'd try for a change of pace appearance wise." Her eyes are a stunning pink, then shift to a just as stunning blue. "One of my little pleasures."

[Neil Preston]

Flicker's actions leave Neil confused and conflicted for a second then he chuckles.

"Sure this is ..." and people begin introducing themselves, cutting Neil off in the clutter of the noise. Instead Neil steps back and starts doing commentary for Flicker's benefit.

"Wakinyan's my blood brother. The nova by the serving tables is one of his wives, SilverTalon ... I've only met her once. His other wife is a nova whose powers have an adverse effect on most novas, so she's passing on tonight."

"The woman in pink is Endeavor, but I call her Captain because I served aboard her exploration vessel once upon a time. She's neat, but totally tech crazy."

"Dorothy Roberts is the daughter of Glenn 'Alchemist' Roberts, a Windy Citier. Another recent eruptee, I believe."

"The other young lady with her is unknown to me personally ... Login/Dorothy ... too."

"The lady with Long is Gu Saori, reknown tatoo artist. Nice lady, but shy and close to traditional Chinese values," Neil's voice saddens when he talks of her.

"Sean 'Chaos' MacCline is ... hmmm ... passionate and a bit of a lady-killer, but of the non-lethal variety."

"The Cajun there is the ex-elite Cade. Now, also a Knight."

Neil scans the room.

"The guy by the bar is Edison ... a nasty drunk, but I hear he's nastier sober."

"The guy hanging back and watching is TeleRhyde ... a terat, but I saw him come in with Dorothy Roberts ... no clue what's up with that."

Neil glances over to Flicker then dips and kisses her. Holding her still, he jokes,

"I owed you a kiss and besides you make a real pretty man."

[Login]

Login whistles appreciatively at the device the griffon shows her.

"That thing is made of win. Trust a Jap to make the uber-gadget. 'Course, I prefer things I can easily take apart and fiddle with, even if it means they're slightly heavier."

When creator comes along and introduces herself, Login smiles, bows back, and replies, "I'm Dorothy, ah," better avoid name confusion, "Login. The minicomp rules, by the way."