Re: Entrance, ~7-7:30 PM
With a shake of his head Navid waved off Rick's offer. For the time being he was far more interested in getting a better feel for the party and the guests who had attended; he knew too few of them, and though he realized his hectic work schedule was largely to blame he couldn't help but feel he had fallen lax somehow. So deep was his contemplation of these social niceties that he nearly missed altogether his friend's approach. He smiled at the sight of her, a dark-haired Alice modestly dressed - and therefore almost entirely out of sync with the bulk of her fellow attendees.
"Eric and Ariel," Navid corrected, chuckling quietly as he did. "Brighid," he said, leaning down to pull her into a brief, one-armed hug. "You're lucky to have Rick nearby. He's pretty useful in a pinch. He did most of the work fixing that leak in the stairwell." He looked to Zara, then, his smile widening to a pleasant near-grin. "Zara, this is Brighid. Her family are very dear friends."