"Mmm...sort've, but still I wouldn't have the courage to do such a thing," she answers truthfully. The conversation was becoming in depth, but she paid no mind to it. Just the questions were becoming harder to answer. She didn't even know why she was answering them, but she was anyways. It wouldn't hurt to give opinions back and forth would it?

"Why, do you happen to wonder about public affection?"

"Why? I've seen it so often in the last four days I just can't help but wonder why it's so popular around here."

It was all she had to say theree but, it was enough of a reason.

"I'm not sure if it's courage or lack of confidence in any sense of femininity I have; I do dress like this constantly in public... if they'd let me I'd dress like this for class too... You even have more courage than me in that aspect I guess."

another whisper so the other girls around wouldn't hear.

"Well, I don't follow what the crowd does, Darwin," she answers as a matter of fact, "Girls here can do as they please. What I do with my love is for my own eyes and mine alone. Perhaps I just don't wish to share such a view to others," she adds while giving a shrug and smile. Her voice was soft and not meant to to downsize her questions at all. It was truly how she felt, or at least what she thought. If the girls here wished to show public affection to such a height, she had no problem with it.

"Its probably popular around here because it gives a sense of security...power if you will. Since monsters usually bend us all to their will, its nice to have someone wrap around your fingers for once," she says with a chuckle.

I can understand that I think... or maybe I'm looking at it wrong. I guess there's another thing we share huh, keeping out of the crowd making ourselves different even if it's for unique reasons."
She'd pause letting clairice finish; a word came up that she didn't think she heard correctly.

"Monsters?"

She asked eying Clairice oddly; she'd forgotten the various attacks against her by the denizens of the isle.

She blinks at her question and eyes come wide. that's right, she probably didn't remember any of her rapings since she had amnesia.

"Oh...s-sorry about that. Slip of the tongue really," she says quickly. She wouldn't want to be the one to explain to Darwin of what happens here. Actually, she would hate to bring up such a subject. The last time someone forgot about their raping s and she broke the truth, they ended up in tears. She wondered if Kanoe was doing better with that bit of truth her's now.

Darwin felt a gently burning down her leg but paid it no mind other than a pained wince.

"Slip of the tongue... alright I'll let it sit at that... So what do you think of the punch? Surprised that she managed to make the alcohol so mute with the punch flavor."

"Well, I wasn't even paying attention to the liquor. She did make it subtle, although I cans till taste that 'zing' the alcohol has. Oh well. I just don't want to end up like her," she says, pointing at Airi.

"Aside from that, it actually tastes pretty good for an alcoholic beverage. Pity I am only eighteen years old and am not to the standards of drinking age back home."

"Oh? I'm from ireland, drinking age is eighteen. though didn't do much drinking anyway. I'm sure that girl had about two cups before being drunk she's small enough to be effected really easily... it is better than half of what i've tried."

She'd take yet another sip from her cup taking a calming breath as it passed down her throat warming and moistening the muscle at the same time.

"How much longer do you thin kit'll take until we're the only two still dressed?"

Probably not long. But if you keep drinking the way you are, I'm going to be the only one dressed," she remarks to her already emptying cup of punch. She herself had taken only two or three sips to quench her thirst. perhaps Darwin was becoming to focused on their conversation and the spetacle before them.

"Once I'm done with this, I'm goign to eat something. Drinking alcohol on an empty stomach makes you more susceptible to its effects of 'dumbing you down'."

"True, though I don't plan on having a second cup.... try to stay away from sugar though; it just makes more alcohol in your system from digesting it... or was that just fruit... can't remember."

She shrugged glancing at the group then Lilian. before returning to clairice's conversation.

I laughed slightly gulping down cup twenty four of the punch, Glad the supply was quite plentiful. Eyes staying on the conversation between Clairice and darwin not noticing anyone talking to me; though I wasn't drunk, not even tipsy even though I'd drunk a load of the punch by now.

"You two are too shy for this place you know. open up a little have fun."

"Darwin, this is punch. Its practically sugar in my hand," she replies and laughs softly. Punch is never a good dieting thng to use, but then again she wasn't dieting. Actually, she could stand to gain a few more pounds to even herself out. She sighs at the thought, never liking to endulge herself in food just to gain weight.

She turns her head to Lilian and watches as she gulps down who knows how much punch by now.

"Sheesh, Lilian. You keep that up and your going to gag, you know? How many cups have you had anyways?"

"How many cups... ummm... twenty eight or so why?"

I asked a bit of a curious expression on my face as I quickly gathered myself cup twenty nine. I loved the flavor without the nasty after effects. the warmth the zing and the ability to win any drinking contest I could ever enter. All were amazing things in my eyes.

"Yeah that's true too... no wonder alcoholic punch works stronger than an ale half the time."

Darwin had never thought of that oddly enough. She was pretty sleek so could probably do well to gain a few pounds just to help with her physique which lacked in a few areas of femininity; not that she ever showed that to anyone else. eyes went wide when Lilian answered clairice

"How are you even still talking with so much of the creature in your system?!"

her tone was obviously one of great surprise as she began wondering if anyone could have that much without passing out cold drunk. especially such a sleek looking young woman.

"Uhh Lilian, I think its time someone cut you off before you end up like the two girls on the floor there," Claire intervenes, alittle more then worried of what may happen if she kept drinking so much at this rate.

She looks to Darwin as if for some assistance. She just didn't want the woman to drink passed her limit and become like a drunk schoolgirl..