Leonid tore his gaze away from the action taking place on the stage when someone spoke to him. New? Implying that this entire thing was a regular thing with this group of people? "I guess I'm new, I had no idea this was a whole thing. My friend brought me along and said it was a whole surprise. He's the one over there but seems to be... busy," Leonid said as he realized his friend was speaking quite intimately with another guest. His tendency to ramble when nervous cropping up at what he felt was the worse possible time. He didn't tend to want to speak to people while experiencing certain things and he shifted in his seat in an attempt to make it go away.

And for some reason it did not help any that the man speaking to him reminded him strongly of a pirate from one of his adventure books with those hoop earrings of his. "Have you ever considered adding a bandana to your wardrobe? It would suit you." He really needed to fix his habit of rambling nonsense when his nerves were shot, he idly reflected.