[Diamond18]

Diamond surreptitiously spiked her Dr. Pepper with a smidgen of Scotch. She had no idea if Scotch went well with Dr. Pepper, but she decided to take advantage of the abundance of alcohol before Squatter drank the place dry.

She gave a cheery wave to the black-suited man in question. “Cheerio,” she said, to match the cheery wave, noting with interest a waiter who passed by, bearing a towering cake bedecked with cherries. She cheekily plucked one cheery cherry from off the cake and popped it into her mouth.

“You’re looking dashing, Decay,” she declared. “Definitely a dapper definition of swank styling.”

Then she turned back to Annun and said, redundantly, “Cheerio to you, Annun! You indeed rendered me momentarily speechless with your vivaciously vigorous love of Vodka. By the by, do you like cherries, too?”