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[Yomi Aino]

(There we go~It takes me almost an hour to write my full reply XD)

Asagi

'Just one of you is enough to drive the scond carriage.' Asagi snapped and as everyone was in his cariiage, he swung the reins heavily and the four black horses started running. He didn't car to wait for the others f his clan. He knew that they knew the way and he wanted something to happen. He drove fast, very fast and often had to make sure that his hat wasn't falling off. He looked at the fullm oon, curiously as if he expected something, then looked in front of him again and had to make a sharp turn. 'Sorry!' He yelled to those who were in his carriage.

Daisuke

Daisuke nodded at everythig Olivier said and sighed deeply. 'I am used to not knocking on a door. For me, when the door is unlocked, I am allowed to come in...' He said as he walked after Olivier and closed the door. 'Anyway... Shall we just... Head downstairs...' He was still looking at the ground and standing uneasy. 'Oh, I forgot, I still need to put on my mask and jacket. I'll be right donwstairs.' He then ran away to his room.

Masashi

Masashi almost jumped up when he heared Lucine as her vioce snapped him out ofh is thoughts. He calmed down quickly and placed a hand on her shoulder, to show where he was, then looked at her with a small smile and whispered 'You're gorgeous.' As he couldn't really think of anything else to say. He wanted this moment to last longer, he wanted to be able to just look at her longer, but he knew that would be a bit akward, so he said 'S-Shall we go donwstairs.' He shook his head as he found his voice being a bit weaker than usual and he silently cleared his troat, then slided his hand down her arm to grab her hand, as he added 'I'll lead you the way.'

Kouji

Koui let go of Yvette and said 'Well, your make-up looks perfectky fine to me. You look pretty, I think Die'll certainly fall for you.' He said with a little giggle. 'Anyway, this is also what I need ot wear for my work which I'll be attending later on. I'm leaving here at eleven, so...' He sighed and looked at the ground, then said 'I don't relly think I look good, but is it weird for a guy to have concerns about that?' He looked up and somehow this subject made him feel sad and he felt that he was about to go crying. 'Yve...' He said 'Do I really look okay?' He was afraid of looking up at her and he felt insecure somehow.

Kyo

Kyo walked in and said 'Thank you.' He was glad that she liked his looks and tried to sign along with the words he just but shok his head as he thought that he was messing up, then said 'Never mind my signs... You look great as well, by the way.' He then said and he grabbed her hand, then added 'Are you ready to go downstairs? I'm curious about how the others look now.'

Yu~Ki, Tetsu, Gackt, Taiji

'WE do have enough people to form a band.' Tetsu said 'And I belive that Asagi likes to sing and is a really good singer. Gackt, he could be your rival.' 'Nonsense.' Gackt said adn Tetsu laughed. YU~Ki said 'We don't really have a drummer, do we?' 'I can drum.' Gackt said 'And Mana as well.' Yu~Ki shrugged. Then Taiji came walking downstairsw and Yu~Ki smiled a little, saying 'You look no different than usual.' Taiji shrugged and said 'The mask, my dear, it's all about the mask.' Yu~ki laughed and then said 'Well, I better be going to the main entrance so that I can welcome the D clan as soon as they arrive.' Then he stood up and walked away. Tetsu stood up from the couch as well but he walked to the piano and sat down next to Mana, saying 'Can you play something for me if I give you the sheet muic? It is a song of Asagi called 'Snow White' and it's very beautifull when he sings it.'
Gackt said to Taiji 'What do you think? Can Asagi beat my singing?' 'Maybe.' Taiji said with a little grin.

Kamijo

Kamijo smiled and embraced Hizaki, then made her twirl around and embraced her agian, saying 'You look like a princess from heaven!' He let go of her and shook his head 'The beauty of all the roses in the garden is nothing when compared to you, the rose of love.' He added with a sigh, then he couldn't think of anything else to say.

[Queen of Spades]

After a bit of debating, it was finally decided that Ezekial would drive the other carriage while Voltaire just rode. Ezekial quickly grabbed the reins, and was off, after Asagi. It was hard keeping up with the lunatic driver, though. He eventually settled for occasionally catching a glimpse of the back of the other carriage. He knew where he was going; it would be prett pathetic if he didn't. His professional field did include maps after all.
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Oliver sighed lightly at Daisuke, then shrugged. "Well, you never know what you could be walking into, you know." He said to him, then nodded. "Alright, see you downstairs." He called after him, already making his way down the steps. He was still a little ticked at the red-head. He thought that anyone should have the sense to knock on a closed door- especially a bedroom. When he made it downstairs, he looked around at the current crowd, nodding to them, then made himself comfortable on one of the couches.
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Lucine smiled lightly. "Thank you. I wish I could see what you look like." She said, then nodded. "Yes, let's." She said to him. "I do know my way to the main floor, but I have no idea where this is even being held." She added, then turned her head up to where she assumed he was. "But Tetsu did tell me that it is possible to heal my blindness if I ask Kouji and Yu~Ki. But, I'm not sure if I want to. It's one of the few things Seifried left me before he died." She then sighed. "But then again, I want to see everyone; Alain, Miko, Kara, Tetsu, Kamijo, you, everyone. What do you think?"
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"Good. I was actually a bit paranoid." Yvette muttered, then sighed. "I don't need him to fall for me, he'd be better off finding someone of real flesh and blood. There are plenty of girls who are much better candidates for him. Juliet, Miko, Mana... Someone from this new clan..." She trailed off, then shrugged. "I just doubt that a machine could satisfy anyone, we're too unpredictable." She then looked back at him. "You look good, much better than when you're in those flamboyant clothes of yours." She smiled. "It's perfectly normal. Most males don't voice it is all. If no man cared what he looked like, do you really think there would be clean-shaven, prim and proper males out there? Some of course don't care, but it's the same with women." She thought for a bit. "Caring about your appearance just means you care about yourself. There's nothing weird about that; and it makes you better boyfriend and husband material. No woman wants to have to pick out clothing for their significant other for a special occasion, just because they have an incapability to dress themselves, trust me." She added, then put on her own mask. "Now we should hurry so we can meet the others."

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Miko smiled and came into Anya room, she sat on her bed and looked at younger girl "I hope you can do something with me, you looks awesome" she said and sighed looking down on the floor "I can't do anything, I don't have idea about makeup and other girly things. Even my usual clothes are just normal and not fancy..." she looked at Anya again "Just small makeup will be good, ok? I am already scared of showing myself to boys" she blushed slightly and giggled nervously. She cared too much about what others will think about her look.

Mike looked at the clock and sighed, it was almost the time to go down. Soon D clan will come and they had to welcome them for sure even if he didn't want to do this. He just wanted the ball to start already and have some fun, dancing with girls, drinking and eating. He got up with next sigh and looked into mirror once again, everything was fine so he walked out and downstairs hearing voices. He saw most of boys were already here, only girls were hiding somewhere. "Hi guys, where are our girls?" he asked and sat on the couch.

Kara smiled seing Alain on the hallway, she made few steps to him when he was closer "Yeah, we both didn't want to be late" she answered with a smile and blushed slightly at his compliment "Thanks, you are handsome as always Alain. Well, maybe a little more handsome than usual" she giggled. She looked down at her dress and then back at him with a nod "That's why my clothes are purple or black. I don't have clothes in other colors. I guess you didn't realized this as we didn't talk for a long time" it was obvious she was happy, the smile didn't want to disappear from her face. She had so much to talk about with Alain, she wanted to know how much he changed as he grew up and she wanted to tell him about herself.

Hayumi blushed slightly at Sono and compliment and looked at him "Thank you, it's... Good to know" she said and looked out the window with a smile. No one ever told her how she looks in some clothes, that was very nice feeling. Asagi-sama would never tell her something like this but it's only because he had more important things to do than looking at her outfit. As Asagi made a sharp turn she aslmost fell down from the seat and moved on another side of carriage, her heart was beating quickly as she got scared but she smiled hearing master and his apologizes.

Nuke smiled, at least he was with his uncle in the same carriage. The one thing that made him feel better was his family. After few minutes he looked at Voltaire "Uncle, do you think there are many girls in these clans? I don't remember when we were there last time" he said thinking about it. If there were girls then they were for sure very young, he was sure they won't be older than twenty"

[Queen of Spades]

Anya nodded to her. "Alright, then I'll get what would look good on you." She said, getting some light pink blush, a light plum eyeshadow, and dark pink lipstick. She walked over to Miko, then opened the blush container. "Eh, casual is always fine. Some guys prefer casual, Daisuke I'm sure being an example. Though he seems to more like the girls who can put up a fight. Him and Yvette would be so cute together." She smirked lightly at the thought, and continued with the girl's makeup. "Which makes me wonder what the girl will look like. I bet she'll stay in her armor and guard Tetsu. She would look so pretty in a dress, though."
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Juliet watched as Mike came down, and she stopped her playing. She would be fine. She placed the violin and bow on the chair, then waited patiently near her harp. She would wait for the D clan to come before playing. She didn't want to run out of songs. She heard aboutsome of the others starting up a band for the night, and wondered if that was really happening.
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"Thank you, as well." Alain said, then shrugged. "I'm sure you would look good in royal blue, as well." He stated, looking out at all the others. "No, I didn't really know that. But now we're talking again, so we'll learn more and more things about each other." He told her, then held out his arm, giving her a small smile. "Well, we should probably get out there. Shall we?"
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Voltaire looked at Nuke, then shrugged. "The last time I was there, they were all little kids basically. Other than Lucine, the lone female clanhead. Ah, such a beauty. She's a widow." He said, then smirked. "I'm sure there will be someone there for you to snack on if you want. But as for all the rest of the girls, there was I know little Julie. She wasn't little, though, more like a young teenager. Oh, and Yvette. She was an odd one, though. Didn't talk much, took to sword fighting and wearing armor rather than dressing up and joining with the other girls. And of course Mana, Tetsu's granddaughter. But that's all I remember now."

[Yomi Aino]

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Miko closed her eyes to let Anya do whatever she wants with her face "I am sure you will do great job with my face, i saw what you did with your face" she said with a smile and noded at comment about Daisuke "I agree, he definetly looks like someone who prefer to fight with the girl he date than to have sweet and cute one" she giglled ""I don't think she will be in armor. We will have guests at all, maybe Tetsu will order her to wear some dress? That would be awesome. To see Yvette in something different from armor" she was quite for some time and then asked "Do you think there are some boys in our age in clan D?"

Kara tilted her head thinking about Alain comment "Royal blue? You think so? I never tried it" she looked at him and smiled slightly "Well, i think i may try with this color. I will try to find something royal blue on next shopping" she said and noded "Sure, i want to know everything about you, I am sure you changed a lot as you are older now. And i will tell you about me everything you would like to know" she smiled happily and took his arm "But... I think we must greet D clan, right? I hope they will be here soon, i don't want to wait too long"

Nuke noded and then smirked "Kids? I guess then they should be now around young adult age, i can't wait to see them. And woman as clanhead?" he shook his head "Very strange" he said and laughed quitly "Oh, that would be awesome to snack on one of the girls. It wouldn't be hard as i am looking at eighteen, maybe twenty but not older" he tilted his head curriously at comment about Yvette "Sword and armor? That sound interesting. So she have similar ranking as me"

[Yomi Aino]

(Okay, I'll just reply.)
bout eight o'clock. The D clan will arrive.

Kouji, Masashi, Asagi and then the rest, minus Kyo and Kamijo

'Okay.' Kouji said, 'Let's get downstairs.' He grabbed a hold of Yvette;'s hadn and started walking downstairs, feeling better already and now looking forward to the party.

Masashi looked at Lucine and said 'If they can cure it, let them do so. I thik that this is somethiung Seifreid would not have wanted to leave behind, even if he did.' Then he pulled her along and said 'Let's get downstairs.'

Asagi stopped the carriage in front of the huge castle adn he stepped off of it, then opened the door of the carriage adn said ´Here we are.´ He then walked to the door and rang the door bell.

Yu~Ki opened the door and saw Asagi standing there. 'Come in, sir.' He said and Asagi responed 'Thank you. You were Yu~Ki, right?' 'Yes, indeed.' Yu~Ki said, surprised that the clanhead had remebered his name. Then Asagi walked past him and into the living room.
'You may start to play, Juliet.' Tetsu said as he sood up. Taiji stood up as well and Gackt just looked at Asagi who had entered the room. Asagi walked to Tetsu and they shook hands. 'It is good to see you again.' Tetsu said. 'Indeed it is.' Asagi said 'Now, I only remember your name, Tetsu and Yu~Ki's but I would recognize som,e faces if not all were wearing masks...' 'That is the fun part.' Tetsu said 'A masquerade is supposed to be this way, my dear.' 'I know.' Asagi said and he shook Taiji's hand as Taiji had just came to stand next to him. 'Yu look rather casual.' Asagi said. 'I prefer this, indeed.' Taiji replied and Gackt stood up, then said 'So, are there any girls in your clan?' 'Certainly.' Asagi said 'They will be arrivig shortly.
Tetsu then walked back to Mana and said 'So? Can you play it?'
Asagi then walked to the dance hall and sat down on a chair there, waiting for muisc to start. He found this to be amusing, as everyone's personality was visible in the way they dressed. He liked this, meeting new people, and he loved to dance and sing which is something most people wouldn't expect.
Taiji looked at the clanhead of D and sighed, saying 'He reminds me of Tetsu, but mixed woth Gackt... And a bit of Kouij.' Gackt couldn't help laughing at that.
Then Daisuke walked down the stairs and he nodded to the clanhead of D, who nodded back. The atmosphere seemed a bit tense...

[EnergizerBunny]

Cameryn nodded and kissed his cheek gently. "Thank you for trying." She said softly. Her eyes brightened behind her mask and she nodded, excited. "Of course." She said with a smile. She was excited to see the other clan, but worried as well. If Kyo disliked the clanhead so much, how would the others of the clan act as well? She looked at him and said "You will try to be at my side most of the night right? If not I understand but I would prefer it if you were because otherwise it will be like one giant, silent blob." She said, a blush creeping along her cheeks.

Adrian entered the castle with the rest of her clan. She looked around at the sea of masks as she entered the room, bored expression on her face. She wasn't all that interested in making small talk with all these strange people. She had to admit though, some of them looked very interesting to talk to. She sighed and almost immediately grabbed a glass of red wine. She took a small sip and glanced around the room almost again.

[Queen of Spades]

"Yeah, don't worry, I won't make you look like a clown or anything." Anya assured her. "Maybe. If he does order her to, then she has no choice." She added, finishing the makeup job. "Alright, I think I'm done." She said, putting everything back. "So get on your mask and let's hit this thing!" She exclaimed, grabbing her own mask from the vanity and tying it on. At her question about the boys, she shrugged. "Maybe. Hopefully. There's no one here our age, other than Mike, but I dunno, he's not exactly up to par with my demands."
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Alain nodded and smiled. "Yes. If you look good in dark colors, you'll look good in royal blue." He told her, then started walking out to the main floor. "It seems they have already started to arrive." He told her, wondering when the rest of their clans would arrive. It was getting later and later. "Once we're done greeting everyone, we can sit in a corner and talk."
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"Yes, they should be around the age you're lookin for. Juliet and Yvette are older, however, and I'm not sure about Mana. But there are bound to be others." Voltaire explained, then looked out of the carriage when they pulled to a stop. Ezekial came to the door and opened it. "Here we are." He said simply. Voltaire helped Francesca out, like any real gentleman would do, and nodded to Ezekial. "Good driving, by the way." He said to him, following his clanhead to the castle.
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As Sayuri exited, she stood by Ezekial. "Shall I get a room for Nevena?" She questioned. "Ah, yes please. That'd be great." He said, then smiled as he watched her walk off. She kept behind Voltaire, waiting for a suitable time to speak to Tetsu. When she was able, she approached him. "Excuse me sir. I am requesting a room to allow this child to sleep in for the rest of the night. Her father is currently busy, so it is my responsibility to find her somewhere safe to rest."
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At the command, Juliet started playing. It was violin first, a somewhat fast-paced song. She knew that she should prepare for any and all requests, such as a slow song or a faster song, and keep different songs in mind. As she played, she looked out among the crowd, wondering who exactly these D clan people were. She'd probably never know, but she could always wonder.
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Yvette walked beside Kouji, really not wanting to show herself in the crowd. She wanted to be known as the girl who could kill a man in ten seconds, the one that scared people into submission, the one who could attack without remorse. She didn't want to be now seen as some defenseless little girl at a ball. It was most unpleasant, the thoughts. And the way Kouji spoke about Daisuke made her wonder: how on earth was she going to contend with it if he did fall for her? She didn't think of him as that weak of a man, but then her thoughts changed. He was a man, men were easily decieved by women, even if the woman didn't try. Maybe she could just stomp on his foot every time he seemed like he was in a trance of some sort... But then again, it could be fun to see what exactly he was like... Her thoughts were broken as they approached the doors to the ballroom, the music already playing. "Now or never, I guess..." She muttered to herself.
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Lucine didn't respond, but she did think about it. When he suggested they hurry, she nodded, and hurried with her steps. "I hear music, they must already be starting." She said, hoping she now didn't trip on the stairs. She had lost track of her steps, and didn't know exactly where they were. "Oh, and during the night, please let me know if you see Alain with someone."
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Oliver stood up when the new clan started coming in. He watched one of the girls already go for the wine, and instead of staying away from the group, he decided to go socialize. "Hello miss." He said to the girl(Adrian). "I take it you're from clan D? It's very nice to meet one of them, as I never have before. My name is Oliver Mizer, of the Mizer clan." He said, hding out his hand.

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Mike and David got up as they heard that guests arrived, they both were curious how many clan members came here and how they look. It wasn't hard to guess who is clanhead of clan D, he greeted with Tetsu. It was his idea about ball for sure. David could barely remember some of members, he was small when they were here last time. They both were standing near the door wanting to see everyones.

Miko smiled and then giggled "You know, it's a little funny. We have beautifull makeups and we must hide it under masks, i hope we will took off masks at the end of ball to get know each other" she sai and got up with a nod, putting her mask on "We should go and greet clan D, i am sure clanheads want it from all of us" she walked to door and opened it waiting for Anya "Let's go and have fun" she added with a smile. She couldn't wait to see clan D, she never saw them.

Kara smiled walking with Alain to the main floor "I guess you may be right, who would think you are know something like this" she giggled and shook her head slightly "We can talk later. First we should have fun. I want to dance and taste wine finally. You know, I just turned out eighteen and I want finally to know how the wine tastes. I am sure you alrady drank it, right? How it tastes?" she asked and looked at the door, Alain was right. Few D clan members already came in.

Nuke chuckled "Oh, don't make me hungry. I know Asagi would kill me if I would try to feed on one of these girls" he said and shook his head, tonight he wasn't able to do anything he likes. No hobby, no feeding. He hoped there will be at least a lot of alcohol and good music, other way he will die from boredom. He grined as the carriage stopped and walked out after his uncle and the girl. She had great dress but he prefered when she was in her mini skirt, the view was really good then. He walked in to the castle and looked around, nothing had changed here.

Hayumi smiled slightly when the carriage stopped, she heard the toor opened and saw Asagi-sama walking away to the castle. She quickly walked out and followed her master not wanting to make him angry again. She bowed standing in the door "Good evening everyones" she said politely and almost ran after Asagi. Seing he sat down she stood near him next to the wall "Do you need anything Asagi-sama?" she asked him.