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Rhens enjoyed some of the exotic cuisine available while the show continued. While he had been outmatched by the others, he was surprised by how well he could hold his own in the game. He smiled as the festivities continued, with the battle of wits being part of the party to him now.

The Duchess's outburst was the cue Light had been waiting for. She turned in that direction, and said very loud to the next person: "Oh, I heard it right? The roses are respawning? THIS is interesting!" And as she turned to the fiddler she totally absolutely-casually-not knocked against Mari Lwyd, nearly being knocked off her feet. "Ooof- Chili eventide / An one, clumsy fox excuse / whilst watching the horse", she said as an apology, backing off quickly and making quite a show of wiping her sleeve as she did. Then she turned away... and toward the Wyverian who had meanwhile caught up with her. "The eye is fast. But the hand is faster" she snickered, adjusting a rose that didn't have the golden trim as the others to her waistband. The numbers of roses in the casket was unchanged, and the Mari Lwyd's attention being on the rose clutched by the Duchess, it might be some more moments before they realized that among all the white ones, there was a lightly more gilded one. Or perhaps it'd just go unnoticed; after all, cats are all grey at night so why couldn't all rose be white in day...light? Winking quickly at the Wyverian, she turned to the fiddler with a smile. "Skillfull holiday / A powerful rhyme triumph / watching the music" she said, as if simply paying a compliment like many others were doing.

"The portal I created during practice opened up under Zeus chest of lightning bolts and fell through to blow up hade's favorite Throne. It hasn't looked the same since. So I'm banned from opening one up anywhere but the underworld."

( hey, I'll be going for a bit)

"Ah, how long till it'll be unbanned?"

"Mmm." Lylith counted on her fingers and looked to be counting in her head before shrugging. "Till I die." She smiles.

"Oh, alright then"

Lylith looked away from the creature to watch the events in front of them. Watching to see if they had finally settled the disput.

The Mari Lwyd is knocked into, and does a bit of drunken stumbling around as a result. It doesn't appear to notice the rose has been exchanged, instead refocusing its attention on the performative duchess -- though its head briefly swivels toward Light, apparently a bit confused by haiku. Mari Lwyd ends up in a very awkward pulling and shoving match with the Duchess over the fake rose she had been making much over.

Wander looked at the crowd-ish of people, laughing a bit as well

"I've been taken by music ever since I first heard it."

The horse creature did like to cause trouble, didn't it? He did not try to step in this time, at least not for now.

There was mor praise being directed at him anyway. He noticed it was spoken a bit oddly, and after a moment, realized why. A light laugh drifted from behind his mask. "Thank you. It seems you have a way with words as well, even if it is a different one."

"Oh you can say THAT", Light chuckled. "I wouldn't be a match for a first grader in rhymes, it's why I like haikus, they're something I can make with more ease... but still, congratulations, that's what I'd call a...." she met the Wyverian's eye and grinned. "... winner move!"

The Duchess allows her fake rose to be wrested away by the Mari Lwyd, pretending to gasp with horror as it happens. The other Duchess' join in expressing their horror, murmuring and wailing along with her.

The Wyverian watched the stumbling of the Mari Lwyd with immense interest. Then, their red eyes met Light's, narrowing with the presence of glee. "A battle doesn't always need to be brute force, yeah?"

Wander finishes his coffee. he puts it under the table.

After a delay, Elliot joined in with the duchess posse, because it felt like the correct course of action.

Wander looks confused, "Guess I spaced out for a while..."

The scene going on kept demanding attention, even if only glances again and again. He also noticed something between the one in the fox mask and the one who seemed reptilian - or perhaps fishy? - but made no comment. Something they were in on, clearly. For the moment, the fiddler slunk away to review the food being offered up to guests instead.

Light couldn't help chuckle. "Oh yes, how was the saying... the word IS mightier than the sword?" She glanced in the direction of the squeaks. "I think we should have retrieve a good boy, perhaps his antics will cheer up the poor heartbroken Duchesses now that even the respawned rose has been claimed..." Was she grinning under the mask? Judging by her eyes alone, the answer was yes.

"AH, now I am brimming with power
though I was worried my rhymes had been defeated this hour
I have the rose from this realm at last
So here I go, way I'll blast,
while all you fools stand there aghast!" crows the Mari Lwyd, and it pirouettes away, dissolving into thin air. The smell of strong whiskey lingers behind it.