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The Booth

It's a haphazard looking table really, not a booth. It looks like it was dragged out of the reject closet and one leg had to be propped up on a school book to even it out.

As you near it, you spot a little sign that says "One button and one piece of candy per student!"

Rain hoped she made enough buttons as she poured them out onto a haphazard looking table. Should she have put "For President" somewhere on there? Oh well, it was a little too late for that now. She did however think that the candy was a nice touch. It wasn't as fancy as Kasumi's booth, but Rain was a simple ghoul.

She was stationed right outside of the cafeteria. She had stolen a couple brain muffins to nibble on throughout her mini campaign. The last thing she wanted to do was go into a frenzy in front of everyone! She was a little sad to be missing lunch though. It was her favorite part of the day but free time was something she didn't have much off these days.

Students were always coming and going here. It was the best time to catch most of them.

"My name is Rain Rottingham and I'm running for student council president. I would really appreciate your votes and support, my fellow ghouls and boils! You might ask why? Well, that's a good question!" She paused briefly, she was so nervous!

"I plan to bring unity to the students! No more shall undead be stepped on, no more shall the ghosts be disrespected, no more shall the demons be frowned upon, no more shall the monsters be disregarded, and no more shall the reapers be ignored! We are all ostracized by the other groups to some extent, it has been this way for generations. I say, it's been TOO LONG. I say, it's time to really unite as races, at least under the roof of this school. I say, it's time for everyone to be treated equally and most of all, I think the teachers need to treat us with more respect!"

She was really getting worked up now. She was beginning to pace in front of the table, arms moving about as she spoke. "We outnumber them. I'm not saying we should mutiny, no. The professors deserve our respect but I think we deserve a little back. I think this is our chance to fix some of our problems, to better the school, to make our mark, TO CHANGE THINGS FOR THE FUTURE GENERATION OF STUDENTS! Vote for me and we can try to make a difference! We shouldn't have students falling through holes in the floor, desks that crack and want to break when we sit in them. We deserve better than this!"

She tapped a finger against her chin momentarily before continuing, "The personal boards were harmless. Many of us received detention over it, and it was horrible! I think we should bring the personal board back, without punishment! Why should our right to find romance be taken away? Punished for? We are young, we are being denied a right of passage that is part of our transition into growing up! We should take back our rights as students. I also believe we should socialize more. More parties, more events! What better way to bring all the races of students together than socializing? In an nutshell, boils and ghouls, we need to have fun! Vote for me and I will strive hard to make this school a more enjoyable experience for ALL THE RACES!"

She was so excited that she scaled up the nearest wall and flipped down to the ground. She was excited and proud of herself for at least attempting this. She wasn't sure many other zombies had. Even if she didn't win, this was a giant leap for her zombie kind and she was tickled blue about it!

Junko had been on her way to get food for Her when she came across the little booth that looked like it could use a little more love, but there was a ghoul there as well introducing herself! But why--ooooh, right! Student council! Sin had been nice enough to send her a note asking if she'd support her and someone named 'G', whoever that was. She stopped to watch and listen, her eyes widening and a tiny gasp escaping her. Wow! She really liked this girl's conviction! Unite the races in the school? That sounded easy enough, she was already meeting so many different kinds of people! Ghosts and reapers and demons...change was always fun! What was the personal boards? Junko blinked and tilted her head at that. R-romance? Oh my! Who would punish someone for trying to find their Mr. or Miss Right?! That was just cruel!

If the speech wasn't enough, and it really was more than enough, the flip really impressed her. About halfway through Rain's speech Junko was totally ready to vote for her, but the flip really added that nice finishing touch. And Rain seemed so genuinely nice, she didn't seem like she was lying or making anything up to tell people what they wanted to hear at all!

"That was amazing! I'll vote for you too!" Junko giggled, following another ghoul to the table and looking down at the buttons and the candy. The candy would definitely do to keep Her quiet and happy for awhile, and the button had the most adorable picture of Rain on it! And Sin had given her buttons as well, so why not get buttons from everyone she was going to vote for so she didn't panic at the last second and forget who she wanted under the pressure or picking the right person? "May I have one as well?" She asked, looking over the selection of buttons. Hmm? That ghoul's hand seemed a bit close to her for it to be that particula--ohgoodnessherhandswerebackwards! Junko didn't make a noise but her eyes did widen, quickly looking at another button instead. She wasn't judging but that was something she'd never seen before! She was already helping herself to a piece of candy, picking up one lollipop with a bit of Junko's hair.

Well well well! Someone had happily set up a table over here! And oh what a table it was, Shehk looking over it with some happy appraisal (and seeming to perk up ever so slightly when she saw the buttons she'd made...not that she was going to get too into that 'LOOK WHAT I DID' stuff), just watching as Rain went into her ever so epic-dramatic-speech. It really was quite the speech. Hell, wasn't it what most of the students wanted? To stop having to be haters-gonna-hate with each other?

In fact, Shehk was even so inclined to give Rain a small round-of-applause before she looked over the table, chuckling at the assortment of buttons and even some candy. The candy wasn't as interesting to Shehk (unless she wanted to be in a world of pain later), before grabbing up one of the simple 'VOTE RAIN' pins and fastening it onto her bag next to a 'v0w0v' 'Money is Green too' and a ...pin that was obviously pinned on the INSIDE of her bag to keep anybody from seeing it. She'd probably have made an annoyed face if she was asked about it.

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Because really, it was probably a 'NUKPANA NEEDS MAKEOUTS' pin.

Rain waved to Shehk as she came by her table for a visit. Had she met the backwards undead ghoul yet? It was nice how quickly their dorm was growing! Did the undead ghouls outnumber the boils yet? Would be nice if they ruled their dorm.

It looked like Shehk had a lot of buttons but that wasn't much of a surprise. She considered Shehk to be one of the most popular ghouls in school, but the thing was, she was really nice about her popularity. She didn't wave it around like a badge. She was always so friendly as far as she saw, unless someone gave her lip. Rain really admired that ghoul.

Rain turned her attention back to Junko, "I still don't know why we got in trouble. The masque was coming up then and there was a personals board put up. As far as I know, no student was behind the board. It was to look for partners for the dance, really innocent, but everyone that put their card up on the board got detention. And not just any detention, most of us were sent to clean a bathroom," Rain paused to shudder visibly at this, "I never cleaned so much in my life and it was very.. disgusting and dirty. Layers of well, you can imagine. On the floors, on the walls, everywhere! And that wasn't all! There was a monster that we had to fight and most of us probably wouldn't have made it if the other detention students hadn't come to help. It was awful. All over what, trying to find a partner for a dance? Or a boyfriend? Or just someone to share your interests with? It wasn't fair or right at all." The situation still heated Rain up. There wasn't a lot that could actually make her angry but the bathroom experience was still a sore spot with her and thus, an exception.

Clean...a bathroom? That didn't sound so ba--nevermind that sounded like the most disgusting thing imaginable. Junko's eyes widened and she just stared at Rain in shock and horror, the things she was imagining probably not even doing the atrocities justice. How could they do that?! That wasn't even fair, especially if it was one of the staff who put it up in the first place! Junko would like to see this board, but now she'd be afraid to even go near it in case just being in its presence would get her in trouble! "You're right! That's definitely not fair! And it sounds really dangerous too!" Was it some kind of test of their FEAR or something? That was an awful way to go about it! And this other girl had been involved as well? She didn't seem to know about this poster though. How could she not know? Her face was on it! "You were there too? That's just awful! I haven't seen any gnomes yet...I'm very sorry to hear that happened to you two."

She smiled and accepted the offered hand, giving it a gentle shake. "Nice to meet you too! I'm Junko...and yes...the posters? It's umm..'Vote for'..." What had the name been? It was a name she'd never seen before, she just hoped she would be saying it right. "Nuck-pana? He's running for public relations? Your face is on the poster though..." Something about making out with her. Oh! Was he this ghoul's boyfriend? How cute! But then why wouldn't she know about the poster? And why would he need a poster saying to vote for him so he could make out with her?

...Yeah it didn't make sense.

Junko giggled at the undead group's enthusiasm, clapping her hands and bouncing on her toes a little. It was so exciting to see races band together, especially those of the same race! Such camaraderie! Why couldn't she have that kind of bond with Her? Sigh. Oh, but maybe she should also be finding more monsters to vote for as well if that was the case. Hmm! "I wish you the best of luck, Rain~!"

Amrita nodded in agreement; this ghoul was a stranger to her as well, but she was okay with that! She seemed surprised when she was told she was neat; really? She was pretty sure she was quite the opposite. Still, she smiled with what was left of her lips, taking a moment to shyly play with some of hair. "Thank you!" She piped up happily, wiggling a little bit in joy. She was told she was a lot of things - but pretty was never one of them! Coming from a fellow undead - and intact bodied one at that! - she was overjoyed. "You are very very pretty too..." Then in a much quiet voice; "And very brave."

"Thank you." Looking mighty pleased, Amrita reached out and took a bat candy, and one of the original 'Vote Rain' pins. She liked the colours of the new ones, but...having something with a face and the name just seemed like a much better idea to her. She didn't trust her frequently self-erasing whiteboard memory.

"Thank you." She murmured, unaware she had repeated herself while holding her one candy and one button, unable to stop smiling. "I would like that very much! Um, I'm Amrita. It's nice to meet you." There was a quick glance cast to the Monster girl, and her smile fell to a more nervous line, looking down pretty quickly to focus on pinning the button to her sari. A difficult task on it's own!

Once the pin was on, her proud grin returned and she looked up, staring at Rain to the other two Undeads; they were all so very pretty! She wanted to say hi to them, but there was a Monster here too. She had a strict rule about not talking to anyone but the undead unless they spoke to her first, but it would be rude to ignore her...and it would go against her rule to not ignore her. What a situation!

So, with a smile at Rain and the others crowding the booth (including a tiny one for the Monster!), she turned to leave, offering a quick 'Thank you, see you around!' before she made her exit.