Chapter 13: Pray For Me

[Tristan Tuzanic]

Tristan who has already been drinking at the pre party gathering, notices Calithin. He hardly notices the woman who is having things thrown at her. He becomes angry and walks right up to Calithin, stumbling a little along the way. He wobbles a little and spills some of the drink on Calithin's shoes. He is not yet drunk, just wobbly with emotion.

"It's YOU! YOU YOU YOU! Oh my god, why are you here?" Tristan asks, even though he has never formally met Calithin. There's just something about him that he dislikes.

"You have everything...you don't even know what suffering is." Tristan laments randomly at the apparent stranger.

[Sidapa Amparo]

"Bye Aubrey, hopefully I'll see you at the party!" Sidapa says. He goes his own way, heading back to the run down apartment he's been renting. He quickly changes his clothes into some skinny black pants and a zebre tie, with black boots and a purple jacket. Then he takes a teleportation booth to the party. When he arrives, he finds a large crowd of people holding fruit. He takes a mango and starts eating it.

[Alexei Nacharade]

Alexei stands and looks at Alfy, letting out a slow chuckle. He'd somewhat expected Kaschei to send someone for him, seeing as he was still useful.

"Yeah, It's wonderful. The room service was awful, though."

He looked around and then folded his arms together.

"You're here to get me out, da?"

[Alonso "Alfy" Leno]

Alonso gave a wide smile.

"We will leave when you are ready. Do you have any belongings that are missing here?"

[Alexei Nacharade]

"I'll be needing some new clothes," Alexei says slowly, recalling most of his old clothes being burned off his body,"Nothing I can't replace, though. Just get me the fuck out of here."

[Alonso "Alfy" Leno]

"Good, follow my lead." Alonso calmly stated as he beckoned Alexei to the door. As the door opens Alonso pushes Alexei in front of him, and slides out his Manala pistol from his waist.

As they step into the hallway and begin to move down the hall through the guards Alonso whacks Alexei with his pistol and pushes him down the hall.

"This one is coming with me to a more proper interrogation room."

Alexei hadn't been in Rome long enough for anyone to really miss him. Alonso held Alexei at gun point in the teleportation booth, and typed in a code quickly.

The booth zapped them both away to London, and when the doors of the booth swing open Alonso holsters his weapon and steps out into the street.

"I can help you no further. Your boss is looking for you, and I think I know where he is. I was about to attend The Banquet of the Blessed and see him, in fact."

[Dr. Lonnrot Kukkanen]

I shoot a glare at Jumala and approach where my sister is being battered with various foods and drinks.

"By my authority," I announce, "I deem this act against Father Manala himself and declare that if anyone continues to continue this blasphimy, they will be put into one of my worst prisons."

[wyvernlord]

I nod to my men who are currently holding Hilja in place for them to release her. I approach Lonnrot and say, "Tell your sister to bring proper identification when she wanders into anywhere I'm monitoring."

I grab my manala gun and kill a man who fails to listen to Lonnrot.

"I don't fuck around about security," I announce. "He's is of the highest ranking authority here, and you must listen to him."

[Dr. Lonnrot Kukkanen]

I nod to Mr. Bargrin for his use of authority to my advantage and take my sister's hand.

Leading her out of the building, I say "Return her clothing."

[Calithin Crest]

"What...? Uh..."

I look to my left, then my right, then behind me. I kind of wonder if this guy is talking to someone else. I don't even know this person, and here he is, attacking me. Thinking he knows anything about my life. No, no. If there's one thing I hate...

"Well, playa, I... Got an invitation, so I'm here. Guess that's right. What's your name? I'm going to need to know who to bill for my shoes."

I try to give him a little leeway since he seems pretty messed up, but can't shake the feeling that I just want to punch him in the face. This is not my normal reaction to people, but there's just something about this guy. Still, I stay pretty collected. I try.

"Maybe you want to, uh... Sit down. Elsewhere. Chill out for a bit. Maybe switch to drinking water for the rest of the night... I don't particularly recommend my company."

[Jumala Keitoleinen]

"I'm sorry, I wasn't aware that this was your party." Keitoleinen states with feigned politeness to the psychologist. He laughs and determines that he won't let the cocky human under his skin.

"Well, I wouldn't want you to call down the wrath of Father Manala..." He states. He pushes Hilja out of the way towards her brother then turns to Anthony. The doorbell rings and someone from Genetech arrives with a collection of bizarre animals.

"Look, the next entertainment is here." Keitoleinen says. He claps his hands together and the Genetech employees with animals enter. An employee from Genetech steps to the side of the living room where there is a small stage. He starts by doing some tricks with hoops and a large, blue tiger. The blue tiger is a color mutation. Other animals remain in cages so they can not yet be seen.

[Tristan Tuzanic]

"My name is Tristan." Tristan says to Calithin. He feels like he should say something, but can't think of anything to reply to what Calithin said. He looks over at Tuesday and decides to ignore Calithin, walking over to Tuesday instead.

"Hey, what's your name?" He asks. "I've gone to these stupid banquets for a couple of years now and I've never seen you around." He states with a smile.

[Hilja Kukkanen/Sasha Pisarev]

"Thanks Lon.." I say to my brother before scurrying off to the kitchen to get my clothes and wash up. I grab the clothes and head to the bathroom, where I wash off all of the fruit. However, I totally made a bad impression on everyone...since now they will know me as the nearly naked, fruit covered girl who wasn't invited. I feel like I stick out like a sore thumb. However, I am here.

I then have an idea! I could ask my brother to erase everyone's memory about...well about what just happened involving me and the fruit.

Once dressed, I skip over to my brother...

"Pssst...do you think you can erase the memories of those here about what just happened?" I ask.

[Jack Kruschev]

I approach the cages and take a peek into each one while making a mental not of which ones are not present. Apparently, a few of the creatures were "lost" on the way here. But no matter, the remaining animals are more than enough to entertain the public for hours on end.

I walk over to Jumala and say, "I've got a special one you can...uh...'play' with for a while when we're done with him."

For the sake of knowing Jumala's history, I take a peak into the past, smile, and leave his area.

Jumala is not human, he is a God, but not Father Manala. I am confused of this and take a drink of water while smiling to passing people.

[wyvernlord]

I shoot a glare at Mr. Crest and continue to patrol the area with a drink in hand.

Due to the simple fact I'm a demi-god, I turn the liquid into an alcohol. It's great to have an actual drink. Ever since the Manalists have taken over, things seemed to have gone down-hill. I miss American life, culture, and civilization that dominated the world in 2XXX.

I continue to walk around and nod and say hello the greet people to the party.