Ooh, thanks, Starli, that would be great! Sure, Meg can start the conversation if you'd like. :)

<Sapphire>

<The room's starting to fill up with AEs now. I notice a small girl with platinum blond hair and a pink dress that just suits her pale skin and ice-blue eyes. She's standing by herself - I wonder if maybe we could be friends.>

Iffy says "egkip"?!

My AEs are here!

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<Hawthorne> (now shipped with Lyra)

<As I stand outside the doors of the Moonnight Manor, I put my arm around Lyra's shoulders and give her a kiss for good luck. She blushes but smiles edges closer, gazing into my yellow eyes with her blue ones. I shake my head to snap out of it, then push open the double doors.>

<Magnolia is coming later, so I don't bother to look for her. She said something about... buying chocolates? Nevermind. I take off my shoes and place them to the right of the door (as the rules stated, Lyra says, taking her own off).>

<"Do…you want to stick with me?" I ask Lyra. I wonder if she'll say she wants to stick with me, but no, Lyra's independent.>

”No,” she says. “I’m going to go talk to that girl in the armchair. I think she’s an AE of Rora’s…Lyre?”

<”Oh,” I say. “Alright. I…guess I’ll go to the third floor…to explore?”>

“Sure,” she says as she kisses me on the cheek and leaves me.

<I loiter around for a few more minutes, watching Lyra, then drop off the food platters we brought. Then, I climb the stairs and walk up to the third floor. It’s cold, but I’m wearing a jacket. There’s a girl up here, named Lore, I think. Older than me, but whatever. I walk up to her as she struggles with AUX cords.>

<”Hey, do you need help?” I ask. I think I startle her, as she turns around with a shocked face.>

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Lyra (now shipped with Hawthorne)

As we walk into the Moonnight Manor, Hawthorne puts his arm around me and gives me a kiss—probably for good luck. He’s been sweeter since we started dating.

We push open the double doors and walk into the manor. “We should take off our shoes,” I say, pulling mine off. Hawthorne does the same as I straighten my shirt—I decided to wear a suit. More comfortable than a dress.

“Are you going to stick with me?” Hawthorne asks, with a hopeful look on his face.

“No, sorry. I’m going to talk to that girl in the armchair. I think she’s an AE of Rora’s…Lyre, I think?”

“I guess,” he says sadly. I give him a quick kiss and leave him, walking up to Lyre.

“Hi, I’m Lyra. You’re Lyre, right? One of Rora’s AEs?”

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Magnolia (unshipped. 10 years old.)

As I walk into the Moonnight Manor, I see Strawberry, Mira, and…who’s that standing next to them? I walk over, nervously excited to meet them, before Strawberry, who’s about to walk away, leaves.

“Strawberry! Mira! Other guy I don’t know..? I’m here!”

I smile excitedly and glance at Mira. There was some trouble with her, but I think it’s better now. We’re a lot alike in personality, but not exactly alike. She has brown hair, while I have blondish hair.

“It’s me, Magnolia. Nice to meet you all, finally!”  I say, straightening my dress.

Ever-

Im so glad Quinn said yes, because right now I'm really nervous and small talk may not cut it. So I grab their hand and we go upstairs two floors. It's pretty empty, there are some AEs setting up aux cables and that's about it. But the song that's playing is House of Memories by Panic! At the Disco. I don't know what to say, but "I really like this song! What kind of music do you like?"

Five-

I shrug. "Depends on the options." But I really want to hang out with Strawberry, so I add, "I'll go with you," and a small smile.

:Ellerie:-

:":Oh, um, thank you,:" I say. ":Yours too! Your tattoos are really cool,:" they had some tattoos, and they seemed to be glowing in the moonlight. I've never been opposed to the idea of getting tattoos, it sounds fun for when I'm older, and I could maybe get matching ones with someone! ":Do you go to very many AE parties?:":

Meg-

Im just kind of standing around, when I catch someone staring at me. She's pretty, with brown hair that frames her face perfectly, and sapphire blue eyes the exact same color as her dress. Could we be friends? I walk up to her, since we made eye contact and at this point it would be awkward to just walk away. "Hi." I'm not very good with what to say to people, so I awkwardly leave it at that. Although I do have to fight the impulse to tell her to stop staring, but that's mean and not what I'm going for here. 

*Quinn*

*"Oh, you have good taste! I love this song. I like the sort of creepy vibe.*" I smile. "*I usually listen to a lot of alternative music, with a sort of lofi style? But I love this style of song. Reminds me of Bloody Mary by Lady Gaga.*" Without really thinking I start to dance. "*Do you know how to dance?*" I blurt out. I redden a little, but don't attempt to take the words back.*

indigo

i see two Aes dancing,i think ones name was quinn? panic at the disco is playing house of memories.i don't know what comes over me,but i just start singing along

"baby we bilt this house,on memories,take my picture now,shake it till you see it,and when your fantisys,become your legicy,promice me a place,in your house of memories!" 

Ever-

I laugh a bit. "Yeah!" I dance with Quinn. She seems embarrassed for what they just said, asking me if I know how to dance, but I don't mind. "You have great taste in music too! What's your favorite song?"

~Agua~

~I'm snuggled up in the corner, of the library. With a mug of hot coco. The fire is crakling, and oh no. The door is creaking open. A little fairy girl fluttered in, she smiled. The staired of into space for a moment. She hovered infront of me "Hi! I'm Roseset! Who are you?!"~ 

&Lore&

&I blinked, another person?! I must be real popular with out even knowing it! But, uh. I only need one person helping. I wanted to get to know Carneilien better. I'll apologize later, I bet they'll understand. &"Uh, Carneilian. Would pull that red wire." I gave a smile to the other two. &"There's a song request sheet over by the DJ table. You should go put something down!"& .&

$Strawberry$

$"REALLY!?". I grinned, I pulled him half way down the stairs. Then stopped, turned back to Mira. $"MIRA! Five and I are going to get some food! When we come back, want to go up to the Ballroom?!$

She nodded. Smiling. I skipped down the rest of the stairs, Five in tow. We then, arrived. At the dinging room!& 

<Sapphire>

<To my surprise - and delight - the other girl comes over to where I'm standing. "Hi," she says, a touch shyly. I find myself hoping that it didn't look as if I was staring at her at first, but when I glance at her again, she doesn't look upset. Mentally I remind myself not to openly stare, and then a second later respond to her greeting with a smile. "Hi! I'm Sapphire, Poinsettia's AE. Nice to meet you!"

A Panic! At the Disco song is playing - the lyrics penetrate my consciousness without really making sense. Something about a house of memories? I sigh - I've always been terrible at deciphering what singers are trying to say while I'm listening to their songs. I get distracted by the background music, I guess. I look at the other AE. "What do you think of this song?" I ask in a friendly tone. Maybe we can strike up a conversation over music.