Victory Party(Saber, Prythian)

[Saber]

Kate walked in and waved when Reggie greeted everyone "Glad to see you're feeling better Reggie, I've been trying to talk with the commissioner about getting you a medal of heroism for your selfless act last winter." A tear ran down her cheek when she thought back to that day, wiping it away and taking a breath to calm herself down. Petra walked in and beamed when she heard the thick Irish accent Reggie had, actually excited to see that the bar had an Irishman running it "Saints preserve us, another Irishman. What're the odds? The name's Petra Reid, and I really have to admire that spread you've got." Petra sat down beside Kate, keeping distance from alexi when she noticed he was starting to get irritable "So, where do ya hail from, Reg?"

Saber looked over at Mirror when Domain mentioned letting her steal the show, smiling softly "Yeah, she's definitely deserved it after everything you three went through..." His face was turning a bit red the longer he stared at Mirror, evident when he looked back over at Domain "I can understand not wanting to have simulated emotions when you have the real thing. It's actually not that bad, when you have control over them."

Katana giggled when Mirror pulled out her own pistol, amused Mirror was bragging about her own programs "Someone's a lot more confident in themselves. I wonder if a certain someone's been good role model for you." She gave Mirror a wink before jogging over to Baretta, who was busy scolding Mani4c "Hey, Baretta, can I borrow one of your pistols for a picture Mirror, my mom and I are gonna be getting drawn in?" Baretta looked over when Katana asked her about the gun, thinking about it for a while, before disabling the firing code and handing it to the young avatar "Here you go, the safety is on, so it should be safe to use." "Thanks!" She jogged back over to Mirror and Amaterasu and handed Mirror the gun "So, who should we ask for the sword, for mom's pose?"

[Prythian]

"Hmmm..." Mirror glanced around the room, flickering between different forms as she looked upon everyone one-by-one. "Ah, got it." She said, satisfied as she reverted to her normal self. "Saber's your best bet, I think." She idly examined Baretta's pistol, and got into the pose a few times, practicing until she was sure she had it right.

Domain gave a loud, brief laugh, more like a bark than anything else. "When you have them under control is right!" Sobering up, he shook his head. "I learned real quick to keep a firm grasp on my emotions, keep them underneath." He flicked his fingers, as if brushing something off. "Several avatars I've met thought that I didn't really have 'em. I hold my cards close to my chest. If I let them go..." He gave a shrug. "Best not to let that happen. Mirror's lucky."

[Mani4c]

Reggie just waved his hand dismissively when Kate mentioned him receiving a commendation for his efforts. "Lass, I was doing nothing more than protecting a friend, keep your medal. Besides, there's many people more deserving than I." When Petra mentioned the large amount of stock that he had in his bar, he smiled happily. "Ah, it helps to have connections Lass, I've got friends that travel all over the world and tell me about different types of drinks that I can import. I usually carry things that you couldn't get outside of a local pub halfway across the globe." When Petra asked him where he was from, he set down the glass that he was polishing. "Ah, well, I was born in a little hamlet called Badrick. It was a small place, less than 300 people there, it was out in the boonies but we were comfortable." Erika and Mary sat next to Petra and listened to Reggie as he talked about his childhood in Ireland, listening in with keen interest.



Amaterasu walked over to Saber when Mirror told her that he would be the best prospect for the pose that Katana had planned. "Saber, honey, could I please borrow your sword for just a moment? Your sister wants to do a pose work with Mirror and I and I'm not equipped for combat just yet." Before Saber could answer, a voice cut across the room. "Don't worry Madam, you'll be fitted in about a week!" The Doctor had just walked into the room, sporting a large cut on his head from when Bit clubbed him with a flash, with him he had a decidedly irate Bit in tow, as well as a unexpected guest. "Noxus!?" Walking well behind the Doctor, sporting a pair of data-cuffs, was Noxus. "Hello Brother, the Doctor thought that events like these are best spent with family instead of in a cell."

Lilith walked up to Noxus and summoned her sword, slicing the cuffs off with a deft motion. She then smiled and pulled him into a hug, "I agree, it's good to see you Noxus." Noxus nodded, "You as well Miss Lilith, I wish the rest of the NPD shared your sentiments." Noxus' tone was clearly angry about something. "Those irritating IA monkeys have been pestering me for a week straight, thinking that I had something to do with Justicar going AWOL. Idiots, as if I'd risk my fragile good graces for such a pittance." 

[Saber]

Petra placed an elbow on the bar, resting her chin in her hand as Reggie told her about his home in Badrick "Ahh, the countryside, I'm from Dublin m'self. Busy life of the rural policewoman. So, any good Irish ales you could recommend for the first round, Reggie? I promised the captain here the first round on me for her good graces with commissioning me a terminal of my own for my job." Kate looked at the time on her terminal, tapping her foot idly "Derrix should be here by now, what the hell is taking him so long?"

Saber tilted his head when Domain laughed at his comment about keeping his emotions under control. Then he started talking about his experience with his emotions, and keeping them hidden, then talked about Mirror being lucky. Before he could ask, he had to turn and look when Amaterasu asked for his sword for a picture she, Katana, and Mirror were going to be in. Curious, he decided why not, it wasn't like there were going to be any fights he would need it for here "I guess, sure." Summoning up his broadsword, he offered it to Amaterasu, letting her grab half of the handle "Careful, it's a bit on the heavy side." Once Amaterasu was back over with Katana and Mirror, he focused his attention back on Domain "What did you mean by Mirror's lucky?"

Baretta walked over and approached the doctor, Bit and Noxus, smiling softly when Noxus talked about the rest of the precinct not sharing the feelings of the avatars in this room "Well you can't really blame them for their behavior, given our history Noxus." She offered a hand for him to shake, still smiling "I hope that your accommodations in the cells are at least comfortable, considering the situation you're in until your trial." Bit glared up at the doctor when he addressed Amaterasu's combat gear, pushing her glasses up irritably "I would be working on them now, if you hadn't dragged me down here..."

[Prythian]

"In some ways, she got to choose her emotions... well, I'm not sure whether choose is the right word." Domain said softly. "From what she told me... by turning into various people, she duplicated small pieces of their personalities, mixing them together into what's now her. Since she was mostly copying people she liked, and her subconscious tried to reject anything from people she didn't... she ended up with her own unique personality, but with parts she likes having. You're lucky as well, in a way. Your emotions are now more natural rather than preprogrammed, but the base is still from how you behaved before your emotions changed. Me..." He rolled his shoulders in a shrug. "I was born with mine. No manner of choosing on anyone's part. It doesn't matter which parts I might like or dislike."

((Assume Mirror's getting into the pose))

[Mani4c]

Reggie bent down and pulled out four different bottles of Irish ale from under the Bar. "These are some imported Ales that I got from Home, just taste a sample and tell me which one you like the best, you can polish off the rest of the bottle and then we'll start talking tabs." Reggie grabbed twelve small glasses and poured four samples of each ale into them, he then gave each of the women a set of four glasses so they could taste the drinks. "Enjoy ladies."

Reggie walked over to Alexi, who was less irritable than he was when he came in, but he was still visibly annoyed. "How goes it Alexi?" Alexi shrugged, "Not bad, could be worse I suppose..." Reggie rolled his eyes, Alexi wasn't very good at hiding a bad mood. "What's eating at ya man? I'm a good sounding board, comes with the territory ya know." Alexi just rubbed his eyes and grumbled irritably. "The new arrival has a sense of humor, and it just bugged me is all. I'll be alright." Reggie nodded and poured Alexi his signature drink, and ice cold shot of gin. "On the house man, with all the Shite dropping on your head, you need it." Alexi nodded in thanks and tipped back the shot. It was sharp, and it burned like hellfire going down, just how Alexi liked it. "Ah...thanks Reggie." Reggie smiled and nodded at the Russian officer. "Just rejoin your friends when you're feeling more calm alright? I hate seeing you cooped up in a dingy corner like some kind of lurker."

Mani4c snickered to himself at Bit's annoyance. "Aw calm down Bit, we all gotta pull that stick out of our asses once in a while right? Just relax and mingle, it'd do wonders for your bedside manner." Onimaru raised his Sake tube and exclaimed in annoyance. "Eh, Eh! Who's got a stick up their ass? I'm probably the second most mellow person in this damn server." Sieg rolled his eyes. "Hmmph, Maybe if mellow translated into "Raging hyperactive manchild" you would be..." Onimaru put his drink down and grabbed Sieg in a headlock, proving the self-titled prince's point spectacularly. "Hey! Who're you calling a manchild, Tori-yarō(Bird Bastard)!?" "Unhand me you simpleton!" Mani4c started to laugh hysterically again, gripping his ribs at the sight of the two bickering.

Noxus shook Baretta's hand when she offered it, "I understand their paranoia when it comes to me trying to escape, but if they think that I'd risk my fragile good standing when my partner is emotionally unstable and in the company of an avatar who is effectively a newborn, they need to have their cognitive software de-Gaussed. As for my accommodations, they're quite comfortable, though I wouldn't mind having some science-fiction novels or something to read if it's not too much trouble." Mani4c chuckled, "I've got some old Issac Asimov(A classic science fiction author, and the inventor of the "Three Laws of Robotics".) novels for you, you can borrow those." Noxus smiled, "I've always wanted to read an Asimov novel, his stories about the idea of technological singularity are fascinating..." 

Ryutaros was ignoring the argument and had waited for the group to get into their pose. "Alright! Just stay still for ten minutes and I'll be done with the sketch and coloring!" Ryutaros perched his headphones on his head and hit play on his music player, the Japanese hip-hop could be heard thumping through the headphones as Ryutaros bobbed his head to the beat and began to draw.

[Saber]

Kate picked up one of the shots and took a sip, thinking about it for a bit before Petra slid her a new shot "Trade ya Cap, I already had this brand." Kate shrugged and slid her shot over to Petra, taking the still full glass Petra offered her and took a sip of that one. This one had a richer flavor to it, and didn't seem as strong as the other one "I think I'll have a glass of this one here, Reggie." Petra smirked and pointed at the bottle Reggie poured the shot from "Two glasses from this batch Reggie baby. You might as well make a tab for me to put them on, cuz I think I found my new favorite watering hole."

Saber smiled and jabbed Domain's shoulder jokingly amused how he was taking this discussion about natural vs simulated emotion so seriously "Yeah, well I wouldn't trade the new me for the old me anyway. If we knew how to duplicate the code that gave me these human emotions, I'd recommend it to any man-made avatar" When Onimaru started grappling with one of his soul kin, Saber couldn't help but laugh alongside of Mani4c, though trying to keep his laughter under control as much as he could, which wasn't very easy for someone new to the experience. "And the two of you share a body? How have you not lost your minds arguing with each other so much?"

Bit stared at Mani4c long and hard, before turning away without a word and walking towards the concessions, stationing herself there and keeping herself isolated as always. Baretta sighed and shook her head at Bit's reaction, before turning her attention towards Noxus and his comments about the officers' paranoia "I'll speak with them about it, try and figure out their views on this indirectly and put their worries at ease if I can. You may be technically a prisoner, but you are still our guest."

Katana drew her two swords and got into position to the left of Mirror, a smug grin on her face as she held the pose like a statue *This is gonna look so cool! I wonder what everyone will like about the picture.*

[Prythian]

Domain walked over to Onimaru and Sieg, an amused look on his face. "If you're going to have a brawl at this party..." Slowly, his smile turned into a broad grin, teeth showing. "You're going to have to let me join in, you know." Given the fact that he loomed in general (one of the few avatars larger than him at the NPD being Claymore), and his great strength, this was a statement, a joke, and a threat all wrapped up in one. "Though I have to ask... Onimaru, if I was fighting you and all of them... would it still count as a one-on-one? That might even end up being a fair fight."

[Mani4c]

Reggie smiled, "Two Dublin Red's Coming right up ladies! Something told me that you'd go with that one Petra. Erika, Mary, what about you?" Erika downed a shot in one go, swirling the contents in her mouth like a wine taster. She swallowed the drink and pointed at the bottle that he poured it from, this one bearing a blue label with a golden coat of arms. "This one please." Mary nodded, "Same here, they're all good, but that one has...something to it, it kinda tasted like honey. It was sweeter than other beer's I've had." Reggie smirked, impressed that Mary had noticed that. "Good eye, or, tongue in this case. This ale is made by a family that usually produces products with honey. This is called "Beekeeper's Brew, the family's actually pretty well off. They own a big house in the countryside and everything."

Samuel had ambled over now and sat next to Erika. "Hey Reggie, can I have a Dublin red to start off please?" Reggie nodded and started on the group's drinks, by now Alexi had finished his Gin and was staring at the shot glass, his face had a thoughtful expression on it. Samuel spoke quietly so Alexi couldn't overhear "You guys know if Alexi's been feeling down lately? This is more than just being the butt of a dick joke, he seems...off." Samuel's tone had a hint of concern to it, he wasn't familiar with Alexi's moods, but he could tell that something was eating at the usually happy Russian man.

Noxus noticed that Saber was acting differently, more like him, Mani4c and Lilith. "Hmm, spontaneous emotional alterations that outstrip pre-programmed responses. Typical, I try to vaporize him and I end up finally making a successful evolution with my viral code." Noxus was muttering to himself, his voice was tinged with annoyed sarcasm at the new development. The Doctor chuckled at Noxus' remark, having overheard it while watching the Taros bicker. "That's usually how it works isn't it? You try to do one thing and fate comes along to kick you in the arse. Don't be discouraged Mate, now that you're with us, I can help you test your viral code experiments in a more controlled manner, and with more safeguards." Noxus didn't respond to The Doctor's response, simply watching as Claymore walked up to the Taros and Domain, his armor activated for maximum effect.

Claymore walked up and grabbed the bickering avatars by the scruff of their necks and lifting them up to eye level. "This is a joyous occasion celebrating the safe return of our friends, stop. bickering." The Taros immediately ceased their fighting and nodded. Claymore set them down and deactivated his armor, his tone jovial once more. "Now then, I'm off to have some punch, and then perhaps we can begin the festivities once Ryu is done drawing our lovely ladies." Claymore ambled over to the concessions where Bit was, pouring himself a cup of punch, which was comically held between his massive index finger and thumb.

Kintaros followed Claymore, having been awakened from his nap by his brother's arguing. He poured himself a cup of punch, as well as a cup for Bit. He handed the cup to her. "Here, I know you're not used to being around us, and possibly don't even like our company, but please try. We couldn't have saved our friends without you, and this is to honor you as well as everyone else." Kintaro's voice was matter of fact, stating his opinion on Bit's place at the party with a resolute tone.

[Saber]

Petra looked over at Alexi when Samuel mentioned he seemed upset for more than just being about the teasing from before. Curious, and a little bit concerned, she got up from her stool, shot glass and all, and waved to the others "Be back in a bit." She walked over to Alexi's side of the bar and took a seat next to him "You okay there big guy?" She waited to see if Alexi would respond or not before continuing, keeping her eye on her shot glass "I know we got off on the wrong foot before, but I was only teasing. I kinda do that with everybody, it wasn't anything personal." She looked over at Alexi, less of a smug grin and more of a sincere smile on her face when she faced him "I know I have a bit of a wild child side, but I can be a pretty good listener when I want to be. I won't tease or nothing, if you want to tell me what's wrong...Because I seriously doubt being teased would make someone this edgy."

Baretta giggled when Noxus seemed disappointed in the fact his pursuit of evolution for avatars was in one of the people he disliked most. Placing a hand on Noxus' shoulder "Count your blessings and losses I suppose. If you want, I can pester him until he thanks you for his evolution."

Saber finally started to get a hold of himself after Claymore and Domain essentially broke up the fight between Onimaru and Sieg, taking a deep breath and centering himself "Wow, so that's what joy feels like. I really need to get control over these new emotions." He walked over and gave Domain a confident grin arms crossed "One of these days you and I are going to need to have a rematch. I'm sure you aren't too keen at leaving our fight at a draw either, right?"

Bit took the cup and drank from it without much interest. Kintaros was trying to talk her into enjoying herself, she knew that, but she wasn't the party type "Those corporate flunkies stole valuable research data from me, and abducted a police officer, I was simply taking back what they stole." Her voice was also matter of fact "While I take pride in the victory over Pariahtech, I don't celebrate my victories with parties. I celebrate them by preparing for the next attempt so we can put them in their place."

Katana stayed stock still while sending Ryutaros a text message "Is it done yet? I want to see it, how much longer until it's finished?"

[Prythian]

Domain chuckled. "Not particularly, no. But are you sure you could fight me as easily as before when PariahTech upgraded my data during my, ah, 'stay'? I may dislike them... but they added enormous amounts of flexibility to my programs. I should be far better in combat now. Think that beast-like armor of yours will make up the difference by itself?" He glanced at Saber, his smile not changing. There's always a better fight ahead... It had been one of the ways he lived, early on, before he ever met Saber. While he still believed it was true... now he had far more to worry about than where his home was and where the next fight was. His home was with Mirror... and perhaps the rest of the AUGMENTs.

His eyes turned somewhat preoccupied. The rest of us... one with Dagger... one with Integrate... one with Justicar... and two of us here. Will we ever all be in the same place? Almost absentmindedly, his head dropped just a small amount. Zip said there was a reason we existed... a reason beyond AUGMENT...

[Mani4c]

Alexi looked at Petra and sighed, "Ah, I honestly don't know...I just..." Alexi let out a frustrated sigh, he decided to just tell Petra instead of making an excuse. "It's the 15th anniversary of my Mother's death...she was murdered in an alleyway when I was only 17, and my father blew his brains out shortly thereafter...I was the one who found his body slumped over on the couch, with a bottle of Vodka on the table next to him and a rifle between his fucking legs." Alexi's gaze returned to the shot glass, his tone sounded less sad and more tired, he had long ago made peace with his parents' deaths, but Frank's death had stirred up old memories that he had thought were buried for good.

"I guess everything that's happened has made me more...touchy as of late. I've been mulling over my own mortality, and I keep thinking, "What's going to happen to Mani4c when I go?" because I know that I'm going to go before he does. I imagined me having a wife, and kids to pass on my experiences to, and maybe now...giving them Mani4c too, so he won't be alone anymore." Alexi smiled at the image, but his smile quickly vanished, replaced by a disappointed expression. "But look at me, I'm a mutilated 32 year old Russian with a bad temper and no social graces, I'm more attached romantically to my own commanding officer than anyone else, and that would raise so many fucking questions that it's better not to bother her with it, it'd be selfish of me." Alexi let out another sigh and set the shot-glass down with a solid clink and looked at Petra again. "I guess that your teasing kinda reminded me of that. That you've got a good future in front of you. You can retire, have kids when the party girl in you goes away. Me? I pissed away my youth by trying to become a super cop and getting blown the fuck up." Alexi's tone was downright envious.

Noxus scoffed when Baretta ribbed him about how Saber turned out, his tone was sarcastic. "Given how bad my luck's been, I'm not surprised by this, fate's always been a fickle harlot when it came to me. Tell him to keep his thanks, trust me, natural emotions are a bigger pain the the rear than they're worth in my opinion. But then again, I am the logical one in the family."

Ryutaros texted Katana back. "I'm almost done with the sketch, just stay put for a few more minutes Katana-chan. I've just gotta color it in, and your positions effect the shading of the color."

When Bit told Kintaros that Parties weren't her idea of celebrating, he nodded. "I understand, but if you stay locked up in that Lab, you can forget what it is we fight for. Things start to become nothing more than numbers and statistics, you need to see the faces of those you care about, the one's you fight for. It helps us keep perspective on things." To hear something so philosophical coming from the large yellow avatar was strange, he was much smarter than he looked.

[Saber]

Petra listened to Alexi vent his issues about his past, and his concerns not just about his future, but Mani4c's as well. She never really thought much about that kind of stuff, always liking to live in the moment. But for someone who was so far in life, that must really be a heavy subject to think about. She felt a twinge of guilt when he called her lucky, actually feeling bad now "...I never knew you went through so much, I'm sorry...I really am." She placed a hand on his shoulder, trying her best to smile reassuringly "You know, Big Bear, a girl can wait a lifetime for the right man to come sweep her off her feet. Sometimes you just have to take a risk, you never know what might happen."

Saber laughed and uncrossed his arms "You're probably right, I'd likely get leveled as things are now. If I want to keep up, I may need to have an upgrade of my own." He then noticed Domain's mood had changed, and couldn't help but be a little curious "Something on your mind?"

Baretta nodded and let Noxus get his angst out of his system "Fair enough. Why don't we all go and get something from the food bar then? Try and think about other stuff that isn't so personally depressing."

Katana gave a reply back giving the okay, and reminded in her pose, being as diligent with not moving as she could. *It's a good thing we don't need to breathe...*

Bit clicked her tongue qhen Kintaros started talking about keeping things in perspective, and not to focus solely on statistics "This coming from someone who isn't a researcher. My sole purpose is to rely on numbers and statistics to make sure that we stay ahead of threats and keep the city, and our own people safe. The fact that there was an unannounced group targeting some of our own people means I didn't think of every angle, and every possible scenario...I've gotten sloppy, and it almost cost us two allies, something I don't plan on letting happen again."

[Prythian]

For a moment, it almost looked like Domain hadn't even heard anything. Then his eyes refocused, and he looked back towards Saber. "...it's the others." He finally said. "Amplify... Integrate... and the fifth. Zip... that is, the Hunter... from the way he talked, it was important that PariahTech get all five of us in the same place. Even beyond just looking at our code and trying to replicate it. And... when he forced us to use our powers together... even though there was no change to my base code, I felt more... important, more powerful. Mirror told me she felt the same. And while that could have been the effects of Amplify's programs... I don't think so." He shook his head slowly. "Now I'm wondering if it's possible for one of us to get all of us together on the same side. And... what would happen afterwards."

[Mani4c]

Alexi nodded when Petra told him that sometimes he had to take a risk to get results in his love life, he smirked. "Well, I'm not afraid to take a risk or five." He looked at Petra and gave her a pat on the shoulder. "Thanks, and..." Alexi blushed slightly, "You...are very pretty, if I may say so. I'm sure that if you ever decide to pair up with someone, you would make them very happy." Alexi cleared his throat and stood up, "Now then, let's go join our friends." Alexi headed over to the others and sat next to Kate, "One Dublin Red please." Erika noticed Alexi's change in attitude and smiled, she looked over to Petra and mouthed the words, "Thank you." So Alexi wouldn't notice.

Mani4c and Lilith were already at the concessions table, Mani4c was piling his plate with various foods while Lilith was laughing at how much the viral avatar could eat. "How do you not blow up when eating that much?" Mani4c just shrugged, "High metabolism? I'm hyper enough." Noxus laughed and grabbed an apple, sinking his teeth into it and smirking. "I can't contest that brother." Mani4c walked over to Baretta with a slight blush on his face, he wanted to ask her something, but he didn't want to get shot either. "Hey, umm...Baretta, we were going to have some music playing later, and if they play a slower song, would you...like...to..? Ah fuck it, would you like to dance with me if they have a more slow paced song going later?"

Mani4c quickly raised his hands in a defensive manner, "I'm not trying to hit on you or anything, I just wanna do something nice with my sister. Something that doesn't involve blowing stuff up or getting shot you know? uh, not that you're not pretty! I just..." Mani4c proceeded to trip over his own words repeatedly, getting stuck in a rather embarrassing loop as he tried to not anger Baretta.

Ryutaros put the finishing touches on his artwork and gave his three "Models" the thumbs up, letting them know that he was finished. "Okay, come look! I hope I got the Picture right." Amaterasu was the first to look at the drawing, being a fan of artwork herself. "Oh my, Ryu..." Amaterasu had a smile on her face. "It's lovely!" She pulled Ryutaros into a hug. "Excellent work! Katana, Mirror! Come and see."

Kintaros listened to Bit's rebuttal and sighed. "There's a saying, "Those who seek perfection would be better off squeezing blood from stones." Kintaros looked at Bit, "What happened was completely unexpected, and there was no way of planning around it until it had happened. And by shutting yourself off from others, you become deaf to how they feel. Much like that incident with the Virus in the Pit, and your tendency to be oblivious to other people's feelings on a matter." The Doctor walked up and took a cup of punch for himself. "He's right you know, trying to plan for every eventuality is a fool's dream, even with our nearly limitless lifespans, we can never hope to close off every breach. You'll only drive yourself mad trying it Bit." The Doctor took a sip of his drink before continuing. "That's not to say that you should give up, but you shouldn't lock yourself away either, you need to find a balance, Your work will only improve if you do."

[Saber]

Petra smirked when Alexi said he wasn't afraid to take a few risks "That's the kind of confidence a russian bear like yourself should have!" She blushed and laughed cheerfully when Alexi complimented her on her looks, and that she would make someone happy someday "Someday is a little ways off, but I accept your compliment nonetheless. C'mon Big Bear, let's go enjoy ourselves with the others." She walked beside Alexi back to the others, wrapping her arms around his while 'escorting' him to sit with his friends. When Erika thanked her for helping Alexi out of his bad mood, she grinned and gave the Japanese girl a nod and a wink, before intentionally leaving her previous seat open for Alexi to sit. She walked back over and sat beside Mary and Erika, drink still in hand for a moment before she tipped it back and downed the entire glass. "AHHhhhh...Okay Reggie baby, pour me another!"

Saber listened to Domain vent his concerns about the 5 AUGMENT avatars being so separated, and his thoughts about what happened when they were closer together. He seemed to believe that Pariahtech knew something about them, as evident by how they and Zip, the hunter who caught them, spoke about them and desperately needed them in one place aside from just analyzing their code. Trying to figure out what he meant by it, Saber merely shrugged, looking over at Mirror while she and the other two were posing for the picture, and then turned back to Domain "Who knows. It's going to be extremely tough, considering Integrate is with my brother Halberd, and we have no clear idea of where the 5th avatar is." He smiled reassuringly, trying to make the uncertain terraformer at ease "But no matter what happens, I've got your back if you need help finding or confronting any of them."

Baretta raised an eyebrow when Mani4c asked if she wanted to dance with her, quickly going on the defensive before the presumed gunshot. After listening to him frantically defend himself, cutely in fact, Baretta smiled and poked Mani4c in the forehead "Relax, Mani4c. I wouldn't mind dancing with you, just watch your hands and you'll be fine."

Katana let her swords deactivate before jogging over to look at the picture beside Amaterasu. Her eyes sparkled excitedly when she saw how well the picture came out. "We look so cool! And it looks just like the other picture too. All we needed were the costumes and we could have pulled off a complete copy of the picture!"

Bit sighed when Kintaros and the doctor tried to gang up on her antisocial tendencies "...It's like trying to talk with a brick wall...Alright, fine! I will try to be more sociable, and conscientious about people's opinions, but don't blame me when I start making everyone around me awkward. Happy?"

[Prythian]

Mirror's own pistol vanished as she carefully hung onto Baretta's, walking over to look at the picture casually. "For me, the costume would be the entire appearance." She said, grinning. "We'd just need to make it into cosmetic data, maybe even overwrite this appearance for a day." Her eyes sparkled. Oh yes, she was going to need to experiment with different appearances, even if this one was the most 'her'. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got something to go return real quick." She jogged over to Baretta, turning the gun around in her hand to give it to her grip first. "I do believe this is yours." She glanced at Mani4c, eyes twinkling. "Having an interesting talk?"

Domain nodded towards Saber, though he 'knew' where the fifth avatar was. They were with Saber's own brother, Dagger. In fact, now that Saber had gained the same kinds of emotions Domain had, it seemed like they had even more in common than it had first seemed. "If you'll excuse me..." He'd noticed, out of the corner of his eye, some sort of conversation going on between Bit, Kintaros, and the Doctor, and Bit didn't seem quite comfortable. He strolled over, looking over them with a nonchalant look. "You wouldn't happen to be bothering one of my favorite researchers, would you?" Not even waiting for an answer, he turned to Bit, smiling. "Actually, while you're here, I was wondering about how your research has been going since you got those files from PariahTech about us."

[Mani4c]

Reggie smiled and poured another glass for Petra, Mary looked at Petra and downed her own drink, "One for me as well, Reg." Mary's eye had a familiar competitive glimmer in it. Erika noticed and groaned in exasperation, "Oh, Here we go! Now she's gonna have a drinking contest, and she's gonna get shitfaced." Samuel cocked his head in confusion, "So? A lot of people get drunk at bars." Erika rolled her eyes, "Yeah, but most people don't start groping your ass in public when they do! Mary does, and I'm always the recipient." Mary smirked lecherously, "You know you love it." Erika glared at her and said something in Japanese, "I'd translate that, but it's a bit rude, even for me." Erika looked at her drink and sighed, "Fuck it...if you can't beat 'em, join 'em." Erika downed her own drink in one go and slammed the cup glass back down. "Hit me up Reggie! Let's do this thing!" Erika slumped forward as Reggie poured her and Mary's drinks, muttering under her breath, "I'd better get laid tonight god damn it..."

Mani4c nodded when Baretta shut him up, "You got it Baretta, and thanks." When Mirror ran up to the duo and asked what they were doing, Mani4c smiled. "Well, I was asking Baretta if she wanted to do a slower dance with me once the music got started. If you wanna dance too, I wouldn't mind." Mani4c was nowhere near as nervous when talking to Baretta, not because of the risk of being shot, but because he wasn't exactly interested in Mirror in the same way as he was Baretta. He made it blatantly obvious that he had a crush on her, even if he tried not to.

Kintaros looked up a Domain calmly and shook his head. "We're simply concerned about Bit's social well being." He then turned to Bit, "And we aren't trying to embarrass you or harass you, we are simply concerned Bit. I consider you a friend, and I don't want you to be alone for your whole life." The Doctor nodded, "Yeah, I know I can be a pain, but I'm just trying to get you to relax a bit. You're a brilliant scientist and you should take the chance to relax among once and a while, you more than deserve it."

[Saber]

Petra looked over and grinned when Mary downed her drink quickly after she did, followed by a begrudged Erika. "You sure you can keep up with an Irish when drinking lassies? I've been able to go a good long while without needing any food to absorb it all, we don't want you two turning into a pair of puking messes now." She held her glass up in mock toast, while waiting for Erika and Mary to prepare their own drinks "Cheers girls." She started tipping her glass back, enjoying this glass while waiting for Mary and Erika.

Saber nodded and let Domain leave, curious about why he was going over to Bit and the doctor, but not willing to give in to curiosity that easily. He decided to walk over to Katana, Amaterasu, and Ryutaros and look at the picture "Not a bad piece, who came up with this idea?" Katana beamed like the cat who ate the canary when Saber complimented the picture, swaying back and forth on her feet and humming cheerfully.

Baretta took her pistol back, undoing the safety before holstering it and letting it dematerialize as it shut off. When Mirror asked about their discussion, Mani4c more than complying and offering to dance with Mirror as well. She thought that Mani4c had a crush on Mirror, but after watching how the copycat was acting when she first walked in, she knew that she had a crush of her own. And while she didn't have human emotions like some of the others, she predicted where this was going, and it was going to be amusing if it did. "Well, slow dances are typically meant for two, so one of us would have to wait their turn, or find another partner to dance with."

Bit started to get anxious when Domain walked over as well, but relaxed a bit when he started taking her side. She wasn't too keen on letting Kintaros and the doctor win this argument, so she decided to try for a political counter to their 'concerns' "I'm a scientist first and foremost, I live for statistics and calculations. But if I find down time in my work...I suppose I can try and socialize." She turned her attention back to Domain as he asked her about her progress with the notes that Pariahtech had about the AUGMENTs "Still slow going, but not as bad as before. Your data is pretty straight forward, and doesnt have many alterations or information we already knew save for specifics about limits or how it actually functioned step by step. And the fact that we've uncovered some new truths about Mirror's copy ability is a definite breakthrough in giving her access to her copied avatar programs, but developing the code and bug testing will be a bit of a pain unless I have a proper template to work off of."

[Prythian]

Mirror gave an almost wicked grin. "That's fine, Mani4c. You can just dance with Baretta. I'll do as she says and find someone else to dance with." Her grin went wider. "Maybe I'll even give him a chance, if I'm feeling generous." She put her hands behind her head, stretching to the left and right, almost as if limbering up for the possibility of dancing.

Domain nodded. "That's certainly good news. Now that we know the step-by-step process for me, though, it should be simple if we want to change any of my terrains in some way. As for Mirror, I'll let her know sometime about that possibility. I think she'd all but given it up before this."