cressida/merri | mid-evening
Merri chuckled sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck as he glanced back to where he had fell. Several other guests were still eyeing him, and he supposed it would have been too much to hope that nobody else would have noticed. Even if such graceless falls were more or less frequent, Merri would have been equally embarrassed, either way.
Turning back to Cressida, he kept smiling and shrugged. "I am!" he reassured her. "I... that is, it happens a lot, or at least enough that I'm, ah, used to it..." Merri cringed as he said the words; they sounded truly stupid to his ears. "But I'm okay, really! So please don't worry!"
This time, his smile showed teeth, and he continued, "I'm so happy to see you here, though! Are you having fun?"