{{ Setting this a little after the thread with Malea, Intake Forms, in which they see each other briefly to clear up Hephie’s old account! I’m so sorry for the wait time friend but I’m ecstatic to get this going!
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It’s a busy night at Minx and a myriad of people from the city are visiting the burlesque lounge. All around him people buzz with conversation. It’s a constant and happy sort of atmosphere in the space and were he a little less tired it would be more than welcome that he’s stopped what feels like every few seconds as he walks to greet someone. He likes people. He likes seeing people happy. But underneath the smiles and talks he gives to others, Invidia is secretly the sort to crave the peace of his home. To be curled up in some corner reading a good book or ingesting the social media updates of others he knows and loves deeply.
Still, he presses on and mingles with people between his performances. He’s wandering through the elevated VIP section when he hears his name. That voice! Though he doesn’t get the time that he used to with this person he’d know the sound of that voice anywhere! Whirling around, his dark lined warm eyes find the face he’s seeking almost instantly. Hephaestus! The god is saying something and over the music and the chatter of others between them Invidia can hardly hear him. Excited he weaves back through the crowd toward the god and instantly pulls him into a hug.
“You!” He says it with such happiness. His embrace crushes the god to him for a moment before he’s pulling back a bit to look at him. Invidia is dressed tonight in a beautiful dark maroon outfit that drapes him well, his dark hair in the soft waves much like they had been when he and the god first met. “Hephie! You look marvelous! Come, come! Let’s go sit over here and talk!”
His hand is offered to guide the god to follow him to another table slightly away from the full ones where they are.
the busy night is a delightful buzz of energy. exactly what the god needed after everything that had been dealt with. his file at babylon was all in good standing, and the god may take advantage of that since he'd been feeling rather stressed and lonely lately after the sudden departure of his pretty winter goddess. but he wasn't shocked at all. after all, people tended to leave him all the time. but there wasn't time for such depressive thoughts in his brain. he was at minx to pay a visit to a dear friend.
he is rather pleased to see the other and the crushing hug hes pulled into delights. "i'm genuinely glad to see you around, though," he states. He allows himself to be pulled along to a quieter area so that they can talk, catch up.
Hephaestus lets himself admire Invidia's outfit and the god compliments his friend. "You look amazing today. The color really suits your hair and skin," he adds, grinning.
"I did come out to see you, since it's been a while since we last talked and I know that may have been super awkward at babylon earlier," he states, apologetic for his slight ignorance of their friesndship.
