[CLOSED]Second Snow [Mariko][Akane][Z][Maleko]

A soft smiled played up the corners of the red lady’s lips. Last time she had graced the weakly built hall with her presence, she had been very flamboyant. Not this time though, no. this time she intended to strike awe into her ally’s people. Not the bloodthirsty nature she had revealed while ruthlessly destroying any chance Maya had at winning. Her gait was elegant, her face was stone, and as if she were doing it intentionally, her intimidating aura was at its maximum. All of which was according to plan, but it seemed to melt as anticipated upon seeing her ally’s face.

”Evening Lady Eira,” a courteous royal bow, as customary to the queen, ”I hope you are well after the incident at Houndoom Hall?” The red queen flicked her eyes to scan Eira’s ankles. Next to her, Silas was as serious as ever. His serious nature too, added to Akane’s pressure she placed upon each passing person’s shoulders; strutting proudly like a lion as he so often did.

"Oh, good evening Akane," Eira replied with a large smile as she noticed her friend and fellow queen. Seeing Akane's eyes move towards her ankles, Eira shifted the hem of her gown to show that she was once again in heels with no sign of the injury that had occurred the last time the two of them were together. "As you can see, I am fully healed now and am ready to see what tonight will hold. Are you participating this evening?"

"Yes I do and he is looking wonderful today. Quite the extra bit of spark in his coat and everything," Eira complemented, smiling warmly at her friend's partner. Eira then motioned to a cushioned chair beside her as way of offering it to Akane. "The contest won't be starting for a while, so why don't the two of you relax a bit here so we can chat and catch up? It has been a while since we last saw each other after all."

Mariko looked around the ice hall that was part of the contest hall she had traveled to get to. This was her first time out of Pyron, and to be honest she already missed the warmth. Above her, cowering from the cold were Celeste and Luka, while in her arms was Snowdrop who seemed content to sleep in her Kimono sleeve covered arms. She had pulled out her old Theater Kimono to wear today since it was the only really formal thing she owned. She only wished she had remembered to bring something warm to wear over it. Seriously... It never got this cold where she was from, so the cold was eating her from the inside out.

"I shall," said Z, "I have some new friends that would put on quite the show here in these halls. It wasn't that hard to make the trip this time. I was able to hitch a ride with some people that were headed this way to trade some stones. How have you been? I see you fixed the stage up from the last contest I attended here."

Scorpio happily picked up Grace and tossed her up and down, taking care not to lose or damage her stone.

Z noticed the glow and turned, "I think your little one is evolving." Scorpio also noticed the glow and made sure to place Grace securely on the ground before she could get too big for him to catch safely. *congratulations little one* Z smiled, "I'm glad that your little one has finally grown up enough to evolve to her next level. I wonder if she will be strong enough to face down opponents that come your way in the future?" Z watched as little grace began to grow and change shape as she evolved.