"Only good things, I assure you," Violet remarks with a grin and a wink, taking everything in stride. Marius gives Courfeyrac both a pointed look and a slight rolling of his eyes, as if to say, 'I told you so.' As much as he might ridicule Courfeyrac for his flirtatious ways, but he could never actually speak seriously ill of him to anyone, lest of all to a kindly woman who is providing them with the favor of her company today.

Marius shakes his head as Courfeyrac mouths to him, blushing faintly as he does so. Of course, his dear friend winds up with the elegantly named companion and he winds up with a stallion named Pikachu.

"Here we are then," Violet leads them into the ring outside, where three horses await them. "Paladin is this one here, and Pikachu is that lovely brown one over there."

Marius' eyes threaten to pop out of his own head when he sees his horse. Tall, broad, and exceedingly stamping his foot in between snorts, he seems eager to be out of the containment of the ring. Marius visibly gulps.

"Jesu, are you certain it is safe for me to ride this creature?"