Monster High - The School Grounds

[Shadeaux D Gloom]

A certain locker door opened gently and out stepped "Shad" in his sleepy time wear. He scooped his book bag up over his shoulder and went to take a step forward when he froze.

He turned around and opened the locker back up, looked around at the inside, then shut it again.

He turned to the student beside him and said, "Hunh. First try. Wonder what I did wrong?"  

[Glen da West]

Draconia St George

By he time the fourth can was drained dry (which didn't take long at all), Glen was practically back to normal... or as normal as Glen was capable of becoming.

"Uuurp!" Glen paused, himself even caught by surprise, until he was the hexpectant looks on the faces of the ghouls and offered a meek, "Hexcuse me."

As Marceline turned back to her interview with Iris, Draconia turned to see Glen hlding the now last and empty can of Red Ghoul upside down, giving it a shake. With the hexpected result, Glen sighed and went to drop it into the trash until he caught a 'look' from Venus across the hall. He then dutifully waved his sand and the empty four pack, and the avalanche-worthy number that exploded from his locker, floated over toward the recycle bin.

Glen then accepted his bag from 'his' Drakie and the two pals headed down the hall.

"I'm gonna have to find Rory today, Drakie. My mom said his mom is going to be one of the chaperones for Tombcoming and I..."

"Yo Glen! THE Draconia!"

Glen's boofriend Chase called as he crossed their paths in his own Spirit Day sleep wear - or lackthereof. Glen's head did a 'whiplash' and he walked smack into an open locker door.  

[Draconia St George]

Glen da West

"Yo Glen! THE Draconia!"

Glen's boofriend Chase called as he crossed their paths in his own Spirit Day sleep wear - or lackthereof. Glen's head did a 'whiplash' and he walked smack into an open locker door.

With Marceline still ruminating on her answer, Iris turned towards Tombcoming Scream King candidate Chase.

"Chase!" Iris called out to him, stepping past the dazed Glen. "I'm doing interviews for the Gory Gazette. Could you answer one question for me? Why do you want to be Tombcoming King?"  

[Rorrim Rory Bludworth]

"Uh...you okay, Glen?" Rory asked, hopping out of the mirror in the locker Glen had just bashed himself into. "That looked really painful!"

Rory hefted up his book bag. It felt a little weird coming to school wearing his pajamas, especially since they weren't quite as spiffy as his normal wardrobe. But if everyone was doing it-

"O-o-o-h..." Rory's head swiveled and he saw Marceline in her nightshirt and shorts. Rory felt his cheeks growing bright red. "I should get to class-"

Wait! She was in the same class as him! No relief there! Before he could run into the boo's room or back into a mirror, though, Iris Clops grabbed him by the arm.

"Oh, no you don't! As soon as I'm done with Chase, I'm getting a soundbite from you next!"  

[Chase Q]

Draconia St George

"Chase!" Iris called out to him, stepping past the dazed Glen. "I'm doing interviews for the Gory Gazette. Could you answer one question for me? Why do you want to be Tombcoming King?"

"I do?"

Chase blinked, as he stared at Iris for a moment as is captivated, but he then shook his head and smiled.

"Cha! Sorry. I found myself lost in your eye. Ha ha!"

Chase trotted up, past Rory who seemed frozen at the thought of his own impending interview, and Glen who was rubbing his poor nose while his eyes never strayed from Chase's bare upper torso. (Draconia snapped her fingers in Glen's eyes but to no avail.)

Chase then draped an arm around iris's shoulder.

"I mean, I do... I just never really thought about it, y'know? But then I thought about my name being called and was like 'Whoa' and I saw the crown in the trophy case with all the sparkles and was like 'WHOOOOA!" Y'know?"

Iris blinked, a unique sight when one's head was an eyeball.

"Um... I guess so?"

"Right! Then I found out it was my ghurl, Hellene, who nominated me so I knew I had to do my feathery fiendress proud! Win the crown and be the most HEXTREME Tombcoming King in the hisstory of Monster High!"

"Ah! The modest candidate! Have you any goals should you win?"

"You mean besides rockin' that totally clawesome shiny crown?"

"Yes, besides that."

"Well..." Chase bit his bottom lip in contemplation. His face then lit up in a bright smile. "Cha! Totally! I always wanted to introduce a Hextreme Sports Club here at school! That's what I want to do! Annnnnd... get the lurch lady to offer more vegan foods, y'know?"

"Fascinating!" Iris scribbled his answers down in the notepad. "A candidate out for the health of his peers and perhaps soon-to-be 'subjects! Thank you Chase!"

Chase pointed at iris and clucked his tongue. He then turned and trotted away, fist bumping Rory and Draconia, then running his hand over Glen's cheek ... prompting Glen's knees to wobble and Drake catching him before he fell.  

[Rorrim Rory Bludworth]

"All right, now we're getting somewhere!" Iris scribbled furr-iously on her notepad. "Rory! You're up next. Why do you want to be Tombcoming Scream King?"

"W-well..." Rory stammered, acutely aware of Glen and Marceline watching him. "I WANT to be Tombcoming Scream King because...Well, I'm new at school, you know...but I've wanted to attend here for a really long time! It was sort of my scream come true to finally be allowed to attend here. And being Tombcoming King, I guess that would be, like....the ultimate. The ultimate thing!"

Rory tripped over his words. Speeches weren't his thing; stories were.

"Watching Monster High from the other side of the mirrors, I've seen such incredible things happen here - such adventures! And I've always longed to be a part of it. A part of any of it, you know? I feel like, being voted Tombcoming King would be like the student bodies saying 'Hey, welcome! You're new, but you're one of us now!'"

Rory cleared his throat and pushed unbrushed hair out of his eyes.

"And also I guess I'd like to bring more awareness to the Murk Trial Club in a positive way, with less sleeping potion rumors and more genuine interest in the club."

Iris stopped writing.

"Sleeping potion? Oh, from the Ghostly Gossip. That rumor is SO two days ago."

She scribbled down a few more notes.

"All right! Fang you very much, guys! Marceline, catch back up with me when you have an answer - I'm going to try to catch as many candidates as I can before first period! Tootle boo!"

And Iris pushed her way into the student throngs, searching for a new candidate to interview.  

[Kai Merha]

"Kai! Kai Merha!" Iris Clops called out to Kai as he sat with Demona on the steps of the school, chatting about this and that. Kai looked up and gave Iris a smile.

"Hey Iris. What's up?"

"Gory Gazette business." She replied, brandishing her notebook and pencil. "You've been nominated to be Tombcoming Scream King, you know."

"Oh...yeah!" Kai replied brightly. He had sort of forgotten in the flurry of Demona's return and Jewels being sick. Kai turned to Demona. "By the way, I've been nominated for Tombcoming Scream King. Nero nominated me. What a bro!"

"Well, right now I'm grabbing some soundbites to post in the Gory Gazette before Tombcoming. So I'd like to ask you why you want to be Tombcoming King and what you'd do."

"Hmm...." Kai leaned back and thought on it. "Well, it's a heck of an honor just to be nominated in the first place of course. How totally gnarly is that?! I guess I'd want to be Tombcoming Scream King because it'd give me a deeper connection to the school. Be a part of history, you know? One of the things I miss as a, uh, recent monster convert, is that link to monster past. Being Tombcoming King would be sort of a way of helping to build monster history for myself and my future lineage."

Kai put an arm around Demona.

"If I was crowned king, I think I'd want to do something wild, like host a royal party for the school! And I'd decree that Hawaiian pizza always be on the menu!" Kai laughed and winked. Iris nodded as she wrote everything down.

"Thanks, Kai! All right, let's see who else I can find..."  

[Ronan Aalto]

Ronan wasn't entirely sure the idea of sleep wear for the entire day was such a great idea, everyone seemed to be struggling to keep their eyes open, as if the very fabric of their PJs was woven with some potent sleep spell.
Ridiculous really, but he had to admit, even he was feeling more drowsy than usual this morning.

He nodded a vague greeting to Doriana as she looked his way, closing his locker and brushing uncombed hair from his face. The unbrushed hair was the bit that was going to bother him all day, he knew it. His unruly curls were determined to get his face this morning, leading him to wonder why he hadn't considered some manner of sleep cap.  

[Jewels Underne]

Jewels stifled a yawn, they really were contagious.
"goodness, I do hope this wears off before class." She stared at the snoozing boo Sally had pointed out and frowned. "D.. do you think we should wake him?"
She didn't wait for a suggestion, gently prodding the guy with one claw.
He jerked awake with a snort.
"It wasn' me!" he protested, then. "Uh.. I mean..."

Jewels giggled as the boo looked around in confusion, then nodded his head politely to the ghouls.
"Ladies."
He adjusted his night shirt and wandered off down the corridor.  

[Skinny Sally]

Sally looked at the boo and tilted her head. She couldn't help but giggle at him too as he walked off.

"How peculiar." she said. She looked at Jewels "Seems like everyone needs a wake up call."  

[Demona MH]

Kai Merha

"If I was crowned king, I think I'd want to do something wild, like host a royal party for the school! And I'd decree that Hawaiian pizza always be on the menu!"

Demona chuckled "Your a dork, However the party idea sounds clawsome. Who do you think would be queen?"  

[Kai Merha]

Kai paused. That was right, if there was a Tombcoming Scream KING, it stood to reason there'd be a Tombcoming Scream QUEEN, too. Kai waved back at Iris.

"Hey! Iris! Quick question for you. Who are the Scream Queen candidates?"

"Oh, sure, hang on a sec." Iris flipped through her iCoffin notes and pulled up the listing. "Here you go."

Kai turned the list so Demona could see too.

"Man, it's too bad you got back from Grrmany too late to be nominated, bootiful." He told her as they perused the list.

List of Scream Queen nominees

-Draconia St. George
-Gryff
-Jewels Underne
-Vinnie Lovecraft
-Meme Pennywise
-Vanissha De La Luz
-Ascreama Poweurgh
-Maceline LaGhede

"Oh, look! Jewels is nominated!" Kai noticed, brightly. "Boy, after being so sick yesterday, it'd be a real boost to her if she was picked to be Queen, don't you think?"  

[Demona MH]

"Im voting for Drakie." She said flatly  

[Dashner Hawke]

Dashner came casually strolling around the corner, coming to greet his friends before he had to be at class.

"Hey-"

Iris Clops? Asking Rorrim and the others questions? She was asking the candidates questions! Dashner almost completely despised interviews, because he was always afraid he'd say something wrong, but then he pictured Perry's face in his head, saying "You need to campaign!" He stepped up closer.

"Iris."

"Hey Dashner! I hear you've been nominated as scream king."

"Why yes, yes I have," he replied, giving a failed hair flip due to his short fauxhawk.

"That's great. I just want to ask you a simple question- Why do you want to be scream king?" Iris got ready to begin writing.

"Well, I have a simple answer and explanation, really. I love Monster High with all of my heart, and I want to see a school that I love so much succeed in everything that it does. Monster High is here for a great purpose, you know."

"Awww!" He heard a few ghouls saying as they passed by.

"Thanks for your time. Would you mind pointing out another candidate I can shortly interview?"

Dashner pondered the question for a minute, before seeing his roommate out of the corner of his eye. "My roommate, Ronan Aalto." Dashner pointed to the Selkie.

"Great, thank you."  

[Cassandra MH]

Cassandra walked on the steps reading The Fault in Our Scars, by John Scream. Listening to Marina and the Die-moans. She was humming to herself she shut her book, taking a breath. "I hate this book....no I dont." she opened it again.