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Get Down, Baby! [active/open]

Character(s): Akutare and any other party-goers
Content: To keep himself entertained, the Dark Hero decided to throw a party.
Setting: The Wild Ginger
Time: Late Afternoon going on into the night
Warnings: None as of yet... but I'd suggest you not be the last one out of there.

[Note: Since there's probably going to be a bunch of people in this post, I figure it'd be best to break it up into mini-threads. Just make your post in here and others will reply to it or make a completely different post if your character is gathered somewhere else. Feel free to thread hop in between and have fun~!]

While he waited for everyone to arrive, Akutare lounged in one of the chairs, fiddling with his journal and pointedly ignoring the disapproving looks from the man nearby. It had taken the demon a long time to convince the owner of the establishment to allow him to throw this party (especially since it was so sudden), but he'd managed to get it done, promising the owner that everything would be paid for along with a bonus for all of the people who happened to be working that night.

Now that he thought on it, it had actually been a lot easier than Akutare had expected. Not that he was complaining. He probably just happened to get a particularly gullible and greedy group of suckers on his hands. All the better for him! Still, he wondered just what kind of currency they had in this place, anyway. Everything seemed shiny enough that they probably had something that glowed or something like that. Maybe. He guessed he should have asked something like that when he just came in. Oh well, he'd manage somehow.

"Aaaaand posted!" he noted to himself, pressing the button and waiting for the responses and people to roll on in. Haha, this was an awesome idea.

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Well, he just figured that had been the fastest way to teach her. It was the way children were taught table manners and such after all.

Though Adell was slightly surprised by her rather...calm reaction. He had at least expected to be scolded but this was certainly a nice change of things for once. "No problem." He replied as he watched her move down the buffet before returning to his previous task of finding them a seat.

He spotted a nice, quiet little corner where they would be able to eat in peace, granted Akutare didn't come back to bug them, and moved over to sit there and wait for Rozalin.

Finally happy with her plate full of food, she glanced around a moment, and caught sight of where Adell had disappeared to after a few moments. Quickly she retreated to the quiet corner he'd found, setting her plate down on the table before settling herself into a seat beside Adell.

She also hoped this would be a good corner for Akutare to forget about them. Maybe then they could almost enjoy this.

Rozalin glanced to Adell for a moment, but glanced away fairly quickly. That battlemaniac still had her feeling bashful. Touching her hand, carrying her, kissing her. Why did he keep doing such strange things?

Lifting her fork and knife, she began to cut a small piece of her roast beef, being a proper lady and all, and began to eat. Food was a wonderful distraction from her thoughts.

Once Rozalin had joined him, Adell too started eating. Although not quite in the same prim and proper manner like the princess beside him. He ate in relative silence as he watched the other party-attenders, glancing at Rozalin every now and then between bites.

His head was still full of questions he would like to ask her but couldn't bring himself to ask yet. Besides, this was a party and hardly the place to be talking about serious matters. So he kept it to himself, trying to focus on his attempt to enjoy the party.

....Well, at least the food did taste good.

Adell was being so quiet. While she was somewhat watching the party, she kept glancing to him out of the corner of her eye when she was sure he was looking away.

Was something on his mind? He seemed kind of, well, thoughtful? It had seemed like he'd been holding back on something for awhile. Was it what happened yesterday? Or was it something else?

A party or not, Rozalin's curiosity had peaked over the top now. She had no reservations about trying to find out what was going on. Wouldn't it be better just to get it out of the way?

That's what she decided as she finished her meal and set her cutlery neatly on her plate. She stared at it a long moment, before lifting her head, looking to the red head beside her.

"Adell?" Rozalin spoke up hesitantly, as she was breaking a long silence. "...What is it?"

"Hm?" Adell snapped out of his thoughts when Rozalin suddenly broke the silence and turned to look at her. He seemed to consider the question for a little while, putting down his food as he tried to decide whether to just brush it off or come clean.

In the end, he settled on the latter. Getting some answers would grant him some peace of mind that he really needed.

"I was just thinking...about home and," he hesitated for a moment before finally saying it. "...What happened yesterday."

Her eyes quickly dropped to her lap. She'd guessed correctly it seemed.

Rozalin's hands came together in her lap, nervously clutching the other as she tried to figure out what exactly to say. She was... afraid. Afraid of how he'd react. Afraid he'd leave her.

But he wouldn't do that, would he? It wasn't his style and... he'd promised her. Adell had snapped her out of it, the least she owed him was some sort of explanation, right?

Wringing her hands now, she closed her eyes as she tried to formulate words. "Yesterday... I... I...." she started, trying to figure out how to even start.

Finally, in a quiet, shuddering voice, she forced the words out, "I'm... t-the real... ...Overlord Zenon."

Adell watched her carefully with great concern. Whatever she had to say, he got the feeling he might not like it. She was showing such reluctance after all. But when she finally forced the words out Adell only found himself dumbstruck.

A million thoughts ran through his head but somewhere it clicked, it all made sense. The 'failed' summoning, everything...

Eventually he managed to collect enough thoughts to put into dumbfounded words. "Y-you're...Overlord Zenon? But your father...!" Perhaps not completely coherent ones but it was a start.

"H-he wasn't really my father," she choked out, still nervous but it was too late to back out now.

"I... Overlord Zenon reincarnated into... me. The fake was an enemey who found me and raised me as his own daughter all for revenge," she explained, the conversation between her... Zenon and the fake she could remember, allbit a bit on the fuzzy side, but she remembered enough. She remembered enough of the words and the feelings. The vast loneliness...

Rozalin shuddered slightly, hugging her arms to herself. She could have hurt so many people... even Adell. Zenon's powers and emotions were just so strong.

Adell grew silent as he listened carefully and although the expression on his face clearly showed confusion, it was a lot calmer now. "I see..." He muttered to himself once she had finished her explanation. It all made sense that way and somehow he felt relieved. It really had been the Fake Zenon who had put the curse on his village.

Before he spoke again, Adell put a hand on her shoulder comfortingly. "Thank you for telling me." Surely it must have been hard on her.

She barely heard his mutter, only jerking her head up when she felt his hand on her shoulder. She... hadn't expected that. Nor the words that followed.

"Thank yo...? --You mean you're not... ...not..." Words failing her as she tried to figure out exactly what she was worried he'd be. Angry? No, she hadn't thought that really. Disappointed? No... that didn't seem right either. She remained silent as she wrestled with something to fill in.

Finally she forced something from her mouth, "Not... going to leave me?"

Adell patiently waited for Rozalin to sort her words out and when they finally came he simply raised an eyebrow. "Of course not, why would I do that?" The expression on his face might have been an indignant one if it wasn't for the warm smile on his face.

"You're still Rozalin, aren't you?" He said as he moved his hand from her shoulder to give her a pat on the head. It was more of a statement than a question, really. She might have been Overlord Zenon in her past life but to him she would always be Rozalin.

His smile quickly worked to ease her worries. They'd all been for nothing it seemed. She felt a little foolish in hindsight, but she was glad she'd told him in the end.

"...Yes... Yes, I am..." she replied softly, a small smile appearing on her lips. She then reached up, touching Adell's arm to halt the patting. Her expression happy once more, and far less troubled, although vague annoyance was there instead, but there was that smile there too. "You may stop that now. I'm not a dog."

"Then that's enough." Adell grinned in return. He quickly retracted his hand with a muttered apology at her touch, as not to offend her any further, though he hadn't meant for the gesture to be condescending like that. Perhaps it was one gesture better left for Hanako and Taro.

At least he had managed to make her smile again, he was glad about that. He also felt a whole lot more relaxed himself now that he knew what the previous day had been all about and most riddles from back home had been solved. Finally, he could have some peace of mind.

Rozalin seemed more relaxed too. It was a weight lifted off her shoulders. Glancing back down at her plate, she remembered only then she'd finished, thus glanced back to Adell. "What shall we do now?" she inquired.

They'd already stayed at the party perhaps longer than they'd planned, although Akutare had yet to come bother them again. It wasn't so bad, really, she supposed.

Adell considered the question for a moment though there really was nothing in particular he could come up with in the end. "Is there anything you wanted to do here?" he asked eventually.

The party certainly hadn't been bad so far now that Akutare seemed to leave them alone. He wouldn't mind staying a while longer if it stayed that way.

"...Not... really," she replied a little awkwardly, after a moment of thought. She couldn't really say there was. They'd stayed for the food, and they'd done that, so it seemed they could be on their way. Not that they had any where particularly to be.

Being trapped here was really quite annoying.

"I suppose we could just... relax here a little longer," Rozalin added.

Adell nodded, staying here didn't sound too bad. After everything that had happened a bit of relaxing was very welcome. Though of course he'd much rather do that at home but it couldn't be helped. They might as well make the best of it while they were trapped here.

Glancing back to the dance floor, perhaps being unconsciously on the look out for Akutare, an idea struck him and he turned back to the princess on his side.

"We could dance," he suggested. Just sitting still wasn't quite his thing and what he found most relaxing was training but he doubted that suggestion would go over well. So he just went with the next thing that came to mind.

Those were three words Rozalin hadn't expected to hear. She stared at Adell like he'd grown horns. "...You can dance?" she finally uttered, surprised by his suggestion. She hadn't never ever have thought the Battle Maniac would be able to dance.

Of course, she had trained in the popular dances. It was an important thing for one of royalty to know. But Adell dancing? That was a little hard to picture.

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