[Niles]

Niles blinked, "sure," he didn't see any harm in dancing, it was a ball after all. He placed down his sherry on the table, relising he'd hardly touched it. Probably a good thing, he didn't like to drink much alchohol, just wine, and he'd never been drunk in his whole life.

Smiling he took her hands and began to sway in time to the music. He could tell it wasn't Alieh playing the harp, the stringwork was different. Looking up he saw it was two of her friends.

[Castalia]

"What about you? What music do you like?"
"I like almost any music but my favorites are probably South-American pieces with a panflute and Celtic music."

Castalia looked around, slightly restless. She realized Alieh would have to go back to playing soon, and didn't feel like standing alone for the rest of the night.

[Chris]

Getting restless, Chris decided to get a drink. She didn't drink any alcohol, so she hoped they'd just have a coke. Looking around, she located the bar, and started toward it, walking by the band. She looked down as she walked, going fast. Why did I even bother coming? It's not like I know anyone. I think I"ll just leave after this drink.

She looked up, and realized that she was about to bump into a woman with long dark hair and a red and white dress. She was too close to avoid her herself, so she hoped the woman would move out of the way. She braced herself for an impact, cringing.

{OOC: She's heading towards Castalia}

[Scarlett]

Scarlett was pleasantly suprised when Niles took her hands, as they swayed across the floor, she glanced around the room, hoping everything was still running as smoothly as it had been earlier. Again, she was pleasantly suprised that everything was fine, and in fact, it seemed like the guests were having a great time. Finally allowing herself to relax, she began to move more elaborately, pleased to have found such a good partner with whom she could dance.

"So, are you having a good time?"

Scarlett asked Niles, genuinely interested - partially as a host, but again, because she didn't want to bore him, or keep him from somebody he might have wanted to speak too.

[Niles]

Niles swayed in time to the music, he recognised the tune, alieh had written it while the family had been on holiday in Paris. She, like him, loved classical music, and she had tried to write this in a classical style.

"So, are you having a good time?"

Niles smiled, aware that Scarlett couldn't see it. "Of course," He raised his arm to twirl her round, "and you?"

[Scarlett]

As Niles span Scarlett round she giggled quietly, she'd forgot how much she enjoyed dancing - it was something she'd completely last interest in when she'd been turned, but even the small amount of time she had been dancing with Niles had reawoken that love.

"I'm loving every minute of it!"

Scarlett replied, somewhat breathlessly, wondering if the song would end anytime soon - being so out of practice, she was also a little out of breath, and having an ashtma attack in the middle of the dance floor didn't exactly call out fun to her.

[Niles]

Niles smiled as he heard her words. However, he heard the breathlessness and was a little worried too. He stopped dancing and looked at her, concerned. "You okay? Need a break?"

He thought back to when he'd last been dancing, thinking about it now he was surprised at how long ago it had been, it was back in Seattle, it had been one of the first times he'd danced. It had been with a girl whom he hadn't seen since coming to Elysia.

He'd never really danced much in his life, he preffered to listen to and sing music, he wasn't the dancing type.

[Usagi]

{{OOC: Sorry for the massive wait, it's been incredibly difficult to find time to surf the net with all the sight seeing going on}}

Usagi blushed at Rita's compliments, feelng relieved that she hadn't gone completely off tune. Suggesting she sing something else, Usagi nodded.

"Man, it's like karaoke book, she has millions! She'd got classical, rock, pop, punk, everything."

She took the book of Rita and flicked through the music brimmed pages, nodding in agreement with Rita. There were many pieces, most of which she didn't recognise, but the ones she did weren't one she could sing very well. As she got onto the classical section, she spotted a piece that she could sing reasonably well.

"I'll try this one." She said, handing the book back to Rita.

The piece was called Bouree for Bach and it was an instrumental piece - it's only words were 'la' and 'du bee' - but even so, she sometimes struggled with it. Se nodded at Rita to let her know she was ready for the music.

{{OOC: I've forgotten the name for the pieces that don't have proper words so forgive me}}

[NPC]

Rita nodded and looked over the music, obviously Alieh had tried to write the song in her own style, but in all essentials it was the song Rita had heard. "Doesn't seem too hard" she smiled, checking over the music till she knew it well enough to play. She tried to remember the song, she hadn't heard it in a long time, she didn't even remember where she had heard it.

She decided to return to her violin, raising her bow she started to play, in E minor, like it was written. She had glanced over the vocals, but she didn't know the song well enough to remember them. She supposed Usagi probably knew it and would know when to start to sing.

[Scarlett]

Scarlett nodded as Niles spoke, almost glad that he had noticed her breathlessness. Despite her lack of breath, she was quite suprised to find that her hair and dress were still in place, even after all the dancing. She went to grab Niles' hand, with the intention of leading him to the bar.

"I'll be fine, I just need a drink I think."

Looking around as she headed towards the bar, she took in all the faces, noticing that most of them seemed to be getting weary.

I don't suppose it's everybodys cup of tea," Scarlett thought, suprised by just how quickly time had seemed to pass.

[Tom]

Tom nodded when Daione mentioned the petstore.

"We're just woring on a price, and then I'll be moving out as soon as possible." He explained, wondering how long the process would take-he wanted to move into a new business fairly soon.

"Then I'll just be looking for someplace new to set up a different line of work." Tom continued, hoping he wasn't boring Daione.

OOC: Sorry for the lack of reply