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After finally defeating Trial by Fire, Jericho let himself sleep for the rest of the day until it was time to go to their little secret meeting. During their time of relaxation and sleep, he had gone into his true form and curled around his treasures, Riley included.

A little reluctantly, he got ready and followed her down into the basement when it came time. While he would have liked to rest longer, he was feeling much better now than he was earlier that day. His stride was back to its normal gait. The dragon's pride would take a little longer to heal as he still felt that he had slowed his friend down during the trial.

Once they were in the basement, he looked around, trying to see if he could spot Nox anywhere around.

"He should be.. Don't know why he'd stand us up."

UNHOLY JACK-

The mood had been tense and quiet as they waited for Nox, so Bul's sudden cry, in its normal volume, made Riley jump and nearly have a heart attack. Her claws dug into Jericho as she gripped his arm, swiveling around to face Bul with wide eyes.

Breathe. Assess. Rationalize. Don't rip Bul's head off. After she had processed all these thoughts, she finally relaxed and said something that wasn't a screaming profanity.

Hey. Ah. We can help you, but we're waiting to speak with someone first. So unless you want to find a gnome to break into your dorm, would you mind waiting a bit?

The boil's tail swayed welcomingly towards the two even as they appeared a bit shocked. With a brow raised he crossed his arms but remained poise as Riley informed him of their meeting. "That's fine. ******** me if I'm gonna go get help from any gnomes. I lock my door when I'm out for a reason."

Needless to say the monster was still curious as to why they were down here. Luckily he was still in his sweats and the cold basement was no match for him. "I'll just chill here till you guys are done." Reaching into his workout bag he pulled out a monsterade bottle and sipped the luke warm liquid as he waited.

"Ya'll planning a rager?" he asked arbitrarily. Shady rendezvous on campus generally equated to the greatest parties "never had."

Ah, timing. Riley had barely managed to steady her heartbeat after Bul's surprise appearance, when Nox had her jumping out of her skin a second time. Poor Jericho was taking the brunt of these surprises, as she dug into his arm again at the sound of Nox's voice.

Of course, Bul's timing couldn't have been worse, either. Riley took one look at Nox, and followed his gaze to Bul. Her mind was made up relatively quick - she wrapped her arm under Bul's, and tugged him in with them. Privately, she whispered to him as they entered. Don't speak. This is really important.

She let him go once they reached the table, and urged him to take a seat. She, however, sat on the edge of the table itself. The last thing she wanted was to feel like Nox was teaching them a class.

Bul was taken by Riley as fast as Nox had shown up. The TOTer was definitely familiar from a couple days before whence he had completed the Trial By Fire. Taking orders he kept his mouth shut and nodded when they were pulled in.

The half beast waited until they were sealed in securely before stepping back and leaning against the wall behind the table. Having not interacted with a TOTer inside the school grounds before Bul made certain he was both attentive but passive through the conversation that followed.

This was it. Riley felt a twinge of fear, at the mere idea that she simply didn't know enough to make Nox talk. Every scrap of information she'd managed to glean suddenly bubbled up at once, filling her mind with scattered thoughts. As a result, her voice wounded waving, like a radio station that was losing its signal and being replaced by a stronger one.

I know that the Island we went to is home to humans. I know they steal our kind and break them, until they can be turned into weapons. And I know the fog in that Island is what causes hallucinations.

Her eyes tightened as she tried to focus. We're not safe here. There's spies among us, even now. And that ghoul Emily, she was there for months. If they managed to take her.. they could take any one of us.

She looked up at Jericho, her eyes pleading as if to ask if he could think of anything else they could share.

Confidential things? Well it seemed this secret meeting was a lot more serious than a rager party. When Riley brought up the details Bul looked up thoughtfully the island plenty vivid still in his memory. Wait, humans? "You mean the cloak at the cove- he was a human? They were not reapers?" He asked quietly. Abruptness would likely be unacceptable.

Naturally all this information was completely baffling the monster. While confusing there was nothing obscenely unbelievable about it, considering they got murdered like wild undead boars at the mercy of blades in the fog. But humans? Emily was an unfamiliar name however, and kept Bul searching for a face to match it. Jericho then proceeded to mention the horsemen which Bul remembered famine's psychotic attack on their group as well as Aisa's strange behavior when he'd met the ghoul.

This news was driving his curiosity crazy but he could not bring any words back to even ask further questions. He just wanted to hear. Pushing off the wall he stepped forwards and rested his tail underneath him to create a pseudo-chair near the others.