Over the hills and through the woods

[Raleigh]

*Elenore, in her rest state of a little girl, answers the door.* Hello. Welcome to the party. Please come on in. I suppose you are looking for Rei, yes?

[AmbushCat]

Rongshi: Ah, so you know what he looks like then? I've never met him before so I don't even know who to look for. Also, what is he teaching you?

Eebon: *shakes her head* Not his true form, no. Whenever I see him, he shows up with this black suit and hat. *pauses* He's been teaching me how to mess around with darkness and shadows and what not, helping me get the hang of dimensional-porting, things like that. Gaw... oh, and he's been helping Ellen manipulate paper to various degrees, too. *gestures at her sister*

[Circe]

Hm... *Circe slowly walks up to the house.*

[KonokoHasano]

Rei: I think, my dear, that you just outed yourself. Relax though as its fine, Usagi. Given what we all encounter in our lives the stuff in anime and manga might as well be a dry novel about an accountant. That and it has to be pretty cool to be a fan of that stuff and see it in reality so often what with the Jusenkyo springs at the like.

*The door opens readily for Ritsu. Inside she finds even more containers in several rows of various creatures and combinations there of along with several different machines. Almost negligently set off in one corner is something that looks similar to the transporter from the Fly that likely works in a similar manner. About halfway down the right wall is what appears to be a ready incubating machine with a display asking what genetic strains the user wishes to select. Toward the back, which is quite a ways, seems to be a bath of some sort of magical brew. Judging by some of the wear and tear that is obvious even from the entrance it is the most used method present. Much like the lab from earlier there are others already in this room working on various things. One young man is using what appears to be some tools meant more for chimeric grafting rather than generating a whole animalistic chimera from scratch to tune up what appears to be some sort of dragon scaled growth on his arm. A young woman is tending to a smaller bath similar to the large one in the back and overlooking something on a clipboard. Judging by her somewhat intent appearance though she likely works in here rather than being one of the family members.*

Usagi blushes, but nods at Rei. "Yeah; it's just sometimes embarrassing is all, even though I know that."

Ritsu's eyes sparkle even more as she looks around and examines the things and displays. "Rei has so many awesome things~" She blinks for a moment at seeing the woman and moves over.

[AmbushCat]

Usagi blushes, but nods at Rei. "Yeah; it's just sometimes embarrassing is all, even though I know that."

Heh. It could be a lot worse. You know that guy who keeps sending notes into the 'Villes? He saw this burly-looking, muscular guy at this restaurant about four years ago who had this Jigglypuff tattoo on his arm.

[AshK]

*Elenore, in her rest state of a little girl, answers the door.* Hello. Welcome to the party. Please come on in. I suppose you are looking for Rei, yes?

"Yes I am." Satoko says. "By the way is there a place where I could set these presents and Holiday Goodies down?"

Satoko tries to look over her handful that she pulled out of her subspace pocket after she rang the doorbell.

[Raleigh]

Elenore: Yep, we got a place to put it all. Let me help you with that. *Elenore attempts to help Satoko by taking a few of the items off her hands lifting them easily. As she turns around she spots Circe.* Hello miss Circe. Come on in and join us if you will. I am pretty sure we got plenty for everyone.

Rei: No worries. I will say you might want to mingle though since you never know how many here are native to some of those realms featured in such things. I'm pretty sure I have a few kids from the orphanage at least who are in one of those magician's guilds though probably not Fairy Tail.

Rongshi: Wow, really? How is it that he is teaching you and your sister all of this?

????(the woman in the lab): Yes, can I help you Lady Ritsu? *She doesn't turn around form what she is doing but one can tell she might have spotted her coming on her periphery. The woman's silver eyes give the impression of a person who misses nothing. Even as she is speaking she marks some data on her clipboard as a reaction begins inside of the magical bath.*

[AmbushCat]

Rongshi: Wow, really? How is it that he is teaching you and your sister all of this?

Eebon: *scratches the back of her head* I'm not sure how to explain it, really... he lays some guidelines down, we try to follow them the best we can, and if we see some form of success he gives us a lot of leeway and encouragement for working with it. Practice, practice, practice, gaw.

[AshK]

Elenore: Yep, we got a place to put it all. Let me help you with that. *Elenore attempts to help Satoko by taking a few of the items off her hands lifting them easily. As she turns around she spots Circe.* Hello miss Circe. Come on in and join us if you will. I am pretty sure we got plenty for everyone.

"Thank you very much miss." Satoko says. "My name is Satoko Tanaka-Hisakino. Just call me Satoko. So could you lead me to the place to set this stuff down at please?"

[Circe]

Elenore: Yep, we got a place to put it all. Let me help you with that. *Elenore attempts to help Satoko by taking a few of the items off her hands lifting them easily. As she turns around she spots Circe.* Hello miss Circe. Come on in and join us if you will. I am pretty sure we got plenty for everyone.

Right... *Circe comes inside.*

[KonokoHasano]

Heh. It could be a lot worse. You know that guy who keeps sending notes into the 'Villes? He saw this burly-looking, muscular guy at this restaurant about four years ago who had this Jigglypuff tattoo on his arm.

"Seriously?" Usagi asked, with a raised eyebrow. "Well... at least he's confident enough to do such a thing."

Rei: No worries. I will say you might want to mingle though since you never know how many here are native to some of those realms featured in such things. I'm pretty sure I have a few kids from the orphanage at least who are in one of those magician's guilds though probably not Fairy Tail.

????(the woman in the lab): Yes, can I help you Lady Ritsu? *She doesn't turn around form what she is doing but one can tell she might have spotted her coming on her periphery. The woman's silver eyes give the impression of a person who misses nothing. Even as she is speaking she marks some data on her clipboard as a reaction begins inside of the magical bath.*

Usagi perks at this. "Mage guilds? Where are they?"

Ritsu blinks. "You know my name?" She asked, but shook her head. "Makes sense that you probably would. Anyway, I was just exploring this place and getting a feel for it. It's rather amazing and spectacular."

[Raleigh]

Elenore: Alright, right this way Satoko. *She leads the girl toward a rather large table covered in various gifts and items intended for those attending.*

*As Circe looks around she is likely to spot a rather ordinary looking two story house today. It might be a bit large on the inside compared to the outside but nothing that really stands out as all that weird other than some of the labels on the doors maybe. Various people ranging from toddlers to people probably, judging from their beards, reaching into the quadruple digits in age are milling about partaking in various activities. A few children are listening to a story by one such older man that seems to be detailing the rise of some dynasty long ago. Over in near the table Elenore lead Satoko to are a few around the age of 12 or so trying to poke at the presents and looking for anything with their names on them. A couple in another corner is drinking some eggnog likely. She can spot Rei with Amber and Konoko if she is looking for the host near the dinning table just a bit to the left from the entrance.*

Rongshi: That is what my father intimated to me was the best method. Something about every person has a unique way of doing it so there is no set path or something. I'm still learning basic fire spells myself since I'm new to the whole magic thing.

Rei: I do believe they are upstairs at the moment inspecting my library. At least most of them are anyway. I do believe one wanted to check out the forge though. Feel free to hook up with them since I think they need a break from that research before their eyes give out even if I can't blame them for wanting more magics at their disposal.

????: Indeed. Is there anyway I might assist you while you are here? I was created for the sake of overseeing the lab so I can help you with whatever you might be looking for. Want to try your hand at chimeric creation?

[Circe]

*As Circe looks around she is likely to spot a rather ordinary looking two story house today. It might be a bit large on the inside compared to the outside but nothing that really stands out as all that weird other than some of the labels on the doors maybe. Various people ranging from toddlers to people probably, judging from their beards, reaching into the quadruple digits in age are milling about partaking in various activities. A few children are listening to a story by one such older man that seems to be detailing the rise of some dynasty long ago.*

Hm... *Circe looks around for anyone she might actually know.*

[AmbushCat]

"Seriously?" Usagi asked, with a raised eyebrow. "Well... at least he's confident enough to do such a thing."

Perhaps. ...Or else he's a few cards short of a hand. I mean, seriously. A Jigglypuff, of all things? *shakes her head* I'm sorry. I just can't get over that.

Rongshi: That is what my father intimated to me was the best method. Something about every person has a unique way of doing it so there is no set path or something. I'm still learning basic fire spells myself since I'm new to the whole magic thing.

Eebon: He's probably right. I mean, doing it this way is a lot of fun. Not having to sit down and write about a bunch of theories on how it works and what not... gaw. ...In my case, it isn't really magic so much as a mutation of some kind, but they're close enough not to matter. *takes a few bites of the food she took*

Hm... *Circe looks around for anyone she might actually know.*

*Elk is off playing with the bubblegum fairy, Uzuko Hasano, and is essentially acting like a merry-go-round that won't break down. Echo and Ellen are both sitting on a comfortable-looking cushion; the former is half-asleep, and the latter is reading a rather thick book about some sort of magic. Eiko Hasano, who Ellen was speaking to earlier, might be somewhere nearby; who knows?*

[AshK]

Satoko nods and follows Elenore to the table. After getting to the table, she sets the gifts down. "So Miss, could I go see Rei please?" Satoko asks.