The Coffin Bean

[Marceline LaGhede]

Marceline pulled a chair from an empty table and sat down. "I think this is somethin' y'oughta know." She stated firmly, taking a deep breath.

"... Well, last I talked to Rorrim, he was goin' to that circus to talk to Dashner. He said he wasn't convinced Dash would want to join that circus and to be honest neither am I, but he wanted to see if he could talk some sense into the bird-brain. Now, that was yest'day, and I ain't heard from him since, an' I've been getting a bad feelin' about the whole thing... I know the boo, he wouldn't want to join that circus.

"Something's going on. I can feel it in my bones. Just somethin' not right about that circus." Marceline was aware of her tendency to ramble, but she had to get that off her chest, and felt a lot better now that she did.  

[Glen da West]

"Well DUH!" Manny muttered with an annoyed rolling of the eyes.

Glen looked at his 'bull bluddy' and smled.

*SNONK!*

"Glen! Manny!"

"Sorry!"

Glen turned to look at Marceline and he got up from where he sat in the booth and patted the ghoul on the shoulder.

"Hey, it's gonna be okay! Rory's just fine I bet. Just hiding out somewhere to give his mom a good fright. He'll be back, quick as a flying monkey's sneeze." He then paused for a second and then added, "Tell you what, though! The four of us are going to a boovie. How about we get together after to brain hash on that freaky deaky circus? Hm?"

"Oo!" Chase jumped up on all fours, staring at his watch! "The groaning attractions will be starting soon!"

Manny jumped to his own feet.

"That's the beast part!"

All four headed quickly for the entrance, Glen pausing to spin around and call to Marceline.

"After the boovie! Meet us here and I'll bring you a...!"

Manny's arm reached back in and grabbed Glen's collar...

*YOINK!*  

[Marceline LaGhede]

**Saturday, the day of the Creepover...**

Marceline wiped the counter after a heavy morning rush, not very eager to be done with her shift. Her first creepover was surely going to be dead and buried and it was certainly all her fault. She intended to find Draconia at the end of the day Friday, in hopes to clear the air about the misunderstanding; but their paths didn't cross that day, and so Marceline was left to fret for the rest of the day.

She had a bit of time after work to get back to her doomitory, whip up a batch of Papa-Baron's Famous Boo-gniets to bring to the creepover, and rehearse her speech to Draconia about how sorry she was for hijacking her creepover and she'd do anything for her forgiveness... Thinking about it made her stomach turn. The bells on the front door gave a jingle as Char-lene breezed into the cafe, and Marceline was relieved to have a distraction.

"So your creepover is tonight, then?" Char-lene smirked as she swiped her card in the time clock. "Gonna paint your toenails and gossip about boos all night?"

"You bet..." Marceline flipped through dollar bills, idly counting her drawer.

"Don't sound too hexcited." She extended her hand for the store keys; Marceline passed them along and clocked out.

This was going to be a nightmare.  

[Cassandra MH]

Cassandra sat down she sighed heavily looking at the menu for anything sweet. She checked her icoffin

No new messages
"Why is my phone so empty am i not kawaii enough?"  

[Atomica Servo]

Cassandra MH

"Why is my phone so empty am i not kawaii enough?"

*BZZ BZZ*

Cassandra's iCoffin lit up with a text.

Quote:

Atomica Servo
OMG ghoul u got 2 come 2 this creepover @ the Looking Glass. Totes drama in the bathroom and also I M a dress designing genius!!!!

 

[Cassandra MH]

Atomica Servo

Cassandra MH

"Why is my phone so empty am i not kawaii enough?"

*BZZ BZZ*

Cassandra's iCoffin lit up with a text.

Quote:

Atomica Servo
OMG ghoul u got 2 come 2 this creepover @ the Looking Glass. Totes drama in the bathroom and also I M a dress designing genius!!!!

cassie nearly jumped out of her seat

Quote:

BE RIGHT THERE!!!!  

[Glen da West]

Wednesday.

The Study Corner in the Coffin Bean.

5:00 pm.

"Hiya Clawdeen!" Glen called out as the doors to the ol' Bean swung open and Glen eagerly hurried inside for both a drink, as well as the much anticipated Spellbound meeting.

"Hi Glen!" Clawdeen answered back and then she growled under her breath as along with Glen, arrived the werecat trio of Toralei, Meowlody and Purrsephone.

Before they approached the counter to order their drinks, Glen smiled at Toralei, probably the only student at Monster High besides the twins who regularly did so.

He said, "We have a few new members, right?"

"Hm, yes." Toralei purred. "That Cassandra ghoul signed up. Gave Heath a run for his money in her try out. The Willow n00b too. She passed the tryouts too."

"Great!" Glen beemed as he turned to place hi order. "This year's tourney is going to be uhh-mazing with all the new blood!"

"We'll set things up if you get the drinks." Toralei offered, taking Glen's card case from his hand and he nodded eagerly.

"Right! The usual?"

"Something new." Toralei called back as she and the twins went to set things up for the meeting. "Surprise us."

"I'd love to..." Clawdeen growled.  

[Ronan Aalto]

By Wednesday Ronan was starting to get anxious about the date he'd somehow managed to arrange for the weekend. He'd come to realise he knew absolutely nothing about dating at all, he'd always fallen asleep or gotten distracted during his mother's marathons of tacky rom coms. Now he wished he'd paid more attention, perhaps it would have been helpful.

After the situation with Doriana he'd come to realise that even if they said they didn't, ghouls had expectations and with Meme, not disappointing her REALLY mattered. He really did like her and shockingly, she liked him. He didn't want to mess this one up, but he felt like he was rowing around in circles with no-one at the helm.

He'd taken to asking anyone he thought could offer some suggestions but so far all he'd gotten was more conflicting opinions and a lot of confusion. Atomica's suggestions sounded like they'd bankrupt even royalty, Dashner seemed distracted as he talked about being yourself and complimenting the ghoul. Be yourself? Surely that was half the problem? Ronan didn't know the first thing about relationships and he felt like he'd sink like a stone without guidance.
Perhaps the Spellbound group might offer some insight into the world of dating.

He greeted the group quietly as he entered the Coffin Bean and ordered himself a hot cocoa.

"Good evening Glen."  

[Kai Merha]

"Hey Glen! Hey Ronan!" Kai strolled in, giving Ronan's waving hand a high-five. Maybe he hadn't intended to get a high five, but when Kai saw an outstretched hand, the only logical conclusion was to five that high.

Clawdeen saw Kai come in and practically JUMPED to the register.

"Kai, you gotta try today's special. Okay? There's just NO. OTHER. CHOICE."

"Oh, really? Wow. Okay! Thanks! I'll take one special, please!"

Clawdeen and every other furrista back behind the counter tried hard not to cheer. Kai's decision-making prowess (or lack thereof) had caused several traffic jam nightmares on Spellbound night. At least it seemed like tonight that wouldn't be a problem.

Kai stopped and spun around.

"Wait a minute...." All of the furrista's stopped dead in their tracks. "What IS the special?"

"Uh..." Clawdeen stammered. "It's a double scaramel latte with whipped scream and rainbow sprinkles."

"Oh. Gnarly." Kai nodded, and all of the furristas let out a sigh of relief. Kai gave Clawdeen the 'hang ten' sign and headed over to the Study Corner.

"Hey Glen, check out my new deck holder!" Kai held up a frighteously glitter-covered belt pack that held his cards. "I decorated it up in Arts & Crafts club on Monday."  

[Ronan Aalto]

Ronan shook his hand a little, he hadn't been expecting Kai to slap him a high five and that guy was rather enthusiastic.
But no harm done. Sipping his cocoa, he joined the others in the study corner.

"That is... extraordinarily shiny." He remarked on Kai's belt pack.  

[Glen da West]

"Hi Ronan!" Glen chirped scarily, grasping his hand and giving it a vigorous shake. Glen took his duties as Club El Presidente' for Spellbound seriously. He made sure to greet each and every member as they arrived for their usual meetings.

"Hi Kai!" (Hi Kai - HA!) Glen smiled and waved to Kai as he finished off his first Salted Scarameel Moancha, and turned about to order a second when his eyes fell upon what Kai had indicated, his newest Spellbound accessory - and homemade to boot!

"Wow! That is spiffy!" Glen beamed as he moved in for a closer look at Kai's decked out deck holder. "Hey Toralei! Purreowlody! Check it out!"

Torelei, the Club's Vice Prez, and the werecat twins, join secretaries, moved in to look at and (begrudgingly) admire Kai's work of arrrt.

Glen said, "We should totally see if Kai can boodazzle our cases too!"

Toralei mused and purred, "I thought he was going to design our club shirts? Do we have the funds in the treasury to pay for that too?"

"We'll ask Kai. He is the treasurer, after all. Ha!" Glen turned to Kai but then lost track of his thoughts when something occurred to him.

"Oo! You best keep that away from Chase, Kai ol' bluddy! You know how my manster is with shiny objects."

"How I am with what?" Chase said, having just arrived for the meeting. "What am I supposed to... whooooooa!"

Chase's eyes fixated on Kai's deck holder and his baby blues twinkled.  

[Kai Merha]

"Wow, thanks guys!" Kai was admittedly a little surprised by all the adoration. It made him feel a lot better compared to his emotional state at Arts & Crafts Club. "It was actually sort of a substitute project that Jewels suggested to me, after-"

"Sorry I'm late!" Invisibilly blew in the door...at least, everyone assumed it was him since there was no one at the door, but someone was still saying 'Sorry I'm late' in Invisibilly's voice. "It's tough being in both Drama Club and Spellbound club."


"Hey!" Clawdeen yelled out, and pointed at the Coffin Bean's Customer Service Policy sign. It read "No shoes, No shirt, No body, No service." Within a couple of moments, Invisibilly wavered into view.

"Sorry." He apologized again. "Is there any chance we can change the meeting date of Spellbound club, Glen? I don't want to have to quit either club."

"Poor guy." Kai remarked to Ronan as he shuffled his deck. "I can sympathize with not being able to choose one thing over another."

Kai's ghoulfriend, Demona was in the Drama Club and he sort of wished he could go watch her and the others practice. But Spellbound club had always met on Wednesday and the Coffin Bean was kind enough to clear out the study area for them once every week. So instead, Kai just had to be satisfied with texting Demona.

Demona MH

To: Demona
Hey, Ghoul! How's Drama Club going? Invisibilly just got here.  

[Ronan Aalto]

He waved to the suddenly appeared boo and looked back to Kai.

"How do you function with such crippling indecision?" He enquired innocently. He couldn't say he empathised at all with Kai's situation, decisions weren't his problem, comprehension was.  

[Kai Merha]

"I have very understanding friends." Kai nodded sincerely as Clawdeen walked up and handed him his drink. "Very patient, understanding friends. And if I get really stuck, my ghoulfriend is the BEAST at making decisions. When she's around, I know I can rely on her to help me out."

Kai finished shuffling his deck and looked at his cards.

"I'm not actually a huge Spellbound fan, not like Glen is, at any rate. I mean, I love the art on the cards and the game is fun. But one of the main reasons I hang in here is because I think it helps with the decision-making. At least, deciding what pair of shoes to wear seems a lot easier after I've spent so much time deliberating between playing Rutger Howler or Werepig's Delight."  

[Glen da West]

Toralei Stripe casually walked past Ronan and Kai and she purred while sipping at her Scaramel Flak Latte, "His decision making skills have also helped advance us to Mashionals again this year."