The Day of His Birth(Closed, Party Numbers Achieved)

[Jaquise Emittere]

Jaq smiled a little before pulling a seat in and setting the glasses down in front of the others instead of making the woman Fade wait, which would have been rude. After all he had been drinking since he got here, he could be patient. "Its nice to meet you Fade, and good to see you again Mr. deGrey. You all can call me Jaq. I hope this bribe for company is suitable to you." As he poured the drinks Jaq learned that it was not just anyone woman Alistair had come with but his wife. It goes to show appearances could be deceiving, especially with people like this Alistair. "Congratulations Mr. deGrey, Mrs. Ha'na." He wasn't sure if the girl had taken the gadgeteer's name, so he instead he refereed to her by what she had been introduced as. Jaq smiled again, keeping his eyes lowered in hopes of keeping people from noticing them. If they had up till this point the group as whole had the best poker faces Jaq had ever seen. Just as he finished pouring wine into the last glass in front of Fade, a sixth person walked up to the table. Jaq was pleasantly surprised that it was somone he knew. It turned out to be the gentlemen from the day before at the stables, Samael he thought the man's name was. Without the horses around this meeting was bit more pleasant for the mercenary. In fact Jaq realized he actually hadn't stopped smiling, which was rare for him but not unpleasant. "Another joins the party. Would you care for a glass as well?"

[Jaeden Kincade]

Jaeden leaning into the backrest of his seat, smiling slightly as he grasped another two glasses for the wine that Jaq had brought over, motioning for Sam to grab a seat as well. He tipped back his mug, downing the remainder of his Ale before covering his mouth to slowly let out the inevitable burp that followed. “Pardon me,” Jaeden said before ordering another round for himself. “How very fortunate, I now have five others to prevent me from doing something stupid on my night of celebration.”

“I’ll have to head out into the wild sometime, see about rustling up something as a wedding gift for the two of you.” Jaeden said looking to Ha’na and Alistair before looking to Sam as he pulled up a seat. “And just wait until you see Fortunado. He’s a Nightwalker stud. Picked him up in Endrykas while I was roaming the Cyphrus region, but we can talk more on my exploits down there later as I’m sure everyone else has news.”

Jaeden then laid his forearm along the table, leaning forward as he looked to Fade. “And you, Fade, tell me about yourself. I seem to sense a certain allure coming from you at this moment.” Jaeden said before looking to Jaq. “Sorry, but she is prettier than you are so I wish to hear her story first.”

[Sama'el Sunsinger]

"Wait, if Ha'na married her beau, why are we celebrating you, Jaeden?" Sam had apparently missed the memo, but was good-natured enough in his confusion. He sat down per Jaeden's invitation, though, glad to have found a herd to run with for the night. He nodded also to Jaq, who had given him a few bruises on the impromptu practice field the day before.

[Fade]

Fade turned to the couple and said graciously “"Congratulations, I hope you will have a happy life together, Mr. deGrey, Mrs. Ha'na."

Fade smiled at Jaedens comment, of course he sensed her allure as she could his they were marked by the same goddess.
She shrugged slightly and replied “I’m an acrobat, a contortionist and” she groped for something to say “I used to travel with a circus but now I’m not bound to it in any way so I ventured alone and my feet brought me to Syliras.” She smiled charmingly at nobody in particular and continued
“I would hate to bore you with particulars of my history and recounting them is not a big pleasure for me either so....”

She lent back smoothing her dress down a smile still playing on her lips and continued to sip her ale slowly.

[Alistair deGrey]

More often than not courage comes in great spurts, and it is up to us to harness this irregular geyser to spur us to great deeds. I harnessed it to become intoxicated more quickly.

A python comprised of anxious thoughts and social ineptitude uncoiled itself around Alistair. The inventor relaxed his taut frame and lost a sigh to his relaxation as the notions that kept him wound like a clock fled. Damnation upon these people. Their judgments, if existent, carry the weight of a door mouse. Upon the realization that he truly did not care what these people thought, the night became slightly more enjoyable. However, the ever nagging issue of work drilled its way through the notions of a night of amusement.

deGrey's hands wrapped lightly around the proffered glass of wine, picking up signals of temperature, racing them along his nerves and into his brain. He gave Ha'na a surreptitious glance, before voicing his intentions to the group, "Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you for your congratulations, and Fade for sparing us what she assures us would be a boring tale. As much as I would like to remain though, I have only scheduled three and three quarters of a drink tonight. Regrettably, I must return from whence I came after said consumption." With that, Alistair lifted his wine glass and began draining it. After the cup found itself empty of fluid, the inventor set it down and a grimace. "I should find another beverage, Jaq did not need to poison that..." But nevertheless, two and three quarters is the count. The python began wrapping itself around Alistair again, his moment of bravery was ending.

[Jaeden Kincade]

“Ahh, because their wedding didn’t happen on this day, but my birth certainly did.” Jaeden said to Sam, pausing as he lifted his cup slightly. “Well, twenty-six summers ago it did.”

Jaeden then looked towards Fade, quirking a brow as his head tilted slightly, looking over the length of her body for a moment. “Acrobat and contortionist.” Jaeden replied to her before his chin fell to a rest within his hand. “That would make you quite flexible and agile. It brings the mind to be curious about certain things.”

Jaeden then looked to Alistair, a slow shake of his head given as he slowly stood up, circling around the group. A slow wag of his finger was given to Alistair. “No, no. No, no, no.” Jaeden said as his hands fell along Alistair’s shoulders and sat him down into his seat. “There will be no short appearances on this event. I do, on this evening, plan for all of us to wake not fully remembering the events of this night. If we’re really lucky, there will be unexplained articles of clothing lying around.”

Jaeden then motioned a waitress over, whispering into her ear for a moment. She soon came back, a tray full of mugs in hand. One mug was then laid down in front of each guest before three gallons were laid out along the corner of the table where Jaeden sat. Finally, a small empty glass was set at the center of the table. Jaeden then began moving around the table as he laid out a silver mizas in front of each person. “To this end, I propose a little game.” Jaeden suggested. “The rules are simple. You bounce your silver coin along the table’s surface towards the cup, attempting to make that coin land in the cup. You miss, you take a drink of ale. You make it in, you can order someone else to take a drink of ale instead.”

A fun loving smirk appeared on Jaeden’s face then as he laid a silver mizas in front of his own seating spot, before grabbing one of the gallon jugs of ale. He once again then began making his way around the table, filling everyone’s mug almost to the brim with the alcoholic beverage. “Verbal distractions are okay, but not any physical or magical ones. No blocking shots.” Jaeden then finally added before filling his own mug and sitting down. “I’ll start things off, then we’ll go around the table from my right.”

Jaeden then held up his coin, looking to his right, noting Ha’na, Alistair, Fade, Jaq and finally Sam rounding the table. Already three ales in, Jaeden’s coordination and dexterity was at a disadvantage, but it wasn’t all about winning and loosing to him in the end. His hand dropped, releasing the coin as it bounced along the surface of the table, clinking along the rim of the glass as it seemed to flip further into the air. Finally, it hit the other side of the rim before falling outside and along the surface of the table proper. “Well, nucking futs.” Jaeden said before reaching out to his mug and taking a large drink from it. He slowly wiped his mouth clean then gave a relieved exhale. “Next!”

[Hana]

She was next. She was next? Oh. Gods. She was next. She blinked dumbly at the miza in front of her. That exact moment melted away any thanks she had for the well-tidings and hellos. Her lip pulled in to be chewed upon. She glanced to Alistair. She was unable to ask him even quietly if it was socially acceptable for her to pass on the game, and she didn’t even stop to think that maybe her husband would likely not tell her the proper answer anyway. “It’s… It’s fine, love. Surely you’ll pass through this all quite nicely with this game…” She blinked again down at the miza. She added cheerfully all the same, “Your drink limit will last a good amount of time as long as you manage to make your shots…” And then she sized up the table, carefully trying to bounce the silver properly. A quick, lady-like drink was taken due to her failure at making a successful go at it.

[Fade]

She answered Jaeden "Yes, I'm flexible and moreover I'm a back bender" She was proud of that, back benders were few she paused and explained herself eyeing the miza in front of her "I bend backward easier than forward" She dutifully ignored his last comment.

She smiled at the miza as she picked it up and looked at the distance it had to bounce, she sighed as it missed and took a sip, the way things were going they would all be drunk.
She opened her mouth and voiced her thought "The way things are going its going to be a very happy birthday!" she grinned widely

[Chevalier]

Jaeden

LORE

• Being Mr. Popular!
• Miza Style Beer Pong

EXPERIENCE

Skill	XP Earned
Seduction	1
Riding	1
Rhetoric	1
Interrogation	1
Persuasion	1

Sama’el

LORE

• Finding Old Friends

EXPERIENCE

Skill	XP Earned
Rhetoric	1
Socialization	1

Storyteller Notes

Secret :

Well, looks like everyone except Sam and Jaeden has been inactive for between 1 and 2 years. If anyone returns and wants in on the grading, just PM me. Too bad I didn’t get to see the winner of Miza Pong.