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It had been a week or so since the trip to the island, but even that was not enough time to erase everything from her mind. Paranoid at times, it was difficult to sleep with the images toying with her dreams, playing over the recent events like a broken record. Not only was it horrifying, but it was also tiresome..

A week.. A week of healing left her absent from her daily school routine, and distant from her friends. Sliding off of her bed, she tested out her legs condition by slowly pacing back and forth within her dorm. "Okay.." All seemed was well as far as her leg went..the rest of her was a work in progress. She was at a loss of where to start first; catch up on homework assignments? Or check up on friends----friends.. "Ah!" All this time, not once had she contacted Bul! "Damn.." Scouting her room for her phone, she gave a frustrated sigh when coming up with nothing. "Where did I put it!?" This of course, was a frequent habit. It was nearly impossible to find anything in this room.

"Oh forget it!" Giving up entirely, she headed for the door and motioned for Bul's dorm, making no attempt to change out of comfortable attire. Baggy sweatshirts, and the like were not exactly her clothing style of choice, but for the last week, she had become quite fond of this comfortable wear.

Thankfully they both were housed in the same dormitory, making this trip a short and painless walk. Standing outside his door, she raised her hand, hesitating for a moment. It had been a week.. What sort of state was he in? The last time she had seen him was when he walked her back to her dorm. Guilt filled the doll, as she rapped on the door a few times. The first thing that was in order, was for her to offer an apology.

Pausing upon noticing the door open, a wave of relief washing over her like a warm blanket---or was that the heat escaping his dorm room? Either way, she felt a smile of her own show as the boil emerged from the room. "Hey, Bul!" Giving the boil a hug on sight, she soon released him to look him over. Good, it looked like most of his wounds were pretty much healed by now, and he himself appeared to be okay. "How have you been? I'm sorry, I should have come and seen you earlier.. Things were just.. Well.. Never mind. Whats important, is that your okay!" She chirped, patting him on the arm in a friendly manner.

Of course, she wasn't sure what exactly he had gone through up until now, so she couldn't be sure he was okay.. At least, not for sure. "You up for a walk? Its been a while since I've been able too, not to mention, I haven't exactly had many people to talk to over the last week. I need to catch up."

"Unless your busy with something?" She added, unsure if she had interrupted him from any school assignments he may have been working on. If so, her bad! "Working on school work or something?"

If anything, she definitely understood him on everything taking a while to get back to normal---if it would ever really be normal again. The trip had left her loathing the school faculty a bit. "There was no classes? Really?" Bewildered at the very thought, she snapped out of her daze and returned her gaze to the boil. "Well, at least that saves me the trouble of having to catch up with classes. What a relief! I'm already a slacker as it is, I fear I would never get all caught up if I did miss so much.." Glancing down at her own leg as he gestured to it, she rubbed the back of her neck lightly. "Heh heh, yeah. Took a lot of FEAR, and time, but its all good now."

Clasping her hands together as he accepted her invitation, she found herself more excited than she thought she would have over a small walk. Well, it was the most interesting thing to have happened in the last while. "Alright then! Perfect!" Following his gaze as he took a small glance back into his room, it wasn't long before she noticed the heat lamp. Obviously the source of heat that first welcomed her on arrival. "Ah.." To be honest, she wasn't too sure what to have made of that trip, but certainly, she had not been so focused on studies as Bul had been. "If that was the case, I would be graduating from this academy right now."

She was about to answer him on the soda issue, but he retreated back into his room before she could get an answer out. Keeping herself from grinning as he returned, realizing his mistake, she gave a small wave of her hand in reassurance. "Don't worry about." Watching as he set the drink down again, she couldn't help but recall the Scarentine Dance, where a similar situation had happened. Good thing this one didn't fall when he placed it down. "Uh, sure. Gum is about the only thing I can actually chew without worrying about swallowing."

"Oh? What instrument do you play for the class? Yeahhh.. I know what you mean. Most of the classes were filled before I really had the chance to apply to them. I'll just wait for the next classes I guess." It really wouldn't be all too shocking to suddenly discover they had a large amount of work just waiting to pile up on them. Sadists.. the lot of them. "Oh? What sports are you into? I'm guessing something dealing with the snot ball you have? Uhh.. Whats it called again? Hacking snot? Er, something like that?"

Smiling as he offered the it to her, she reached for one, "Thanks." pulling the stick of gum from its package and popping it into her mouth soon after removing the wrapper. It was a little warmer than she was used to, but still tasted good all the same. Watching him for a moment, she gave a single nod in response. "It is. At this point, I would be happy to just make it to graduation."

"Hm?" What was she planning on doing? "I..haven't really given it much thought actually. You think I would, having come to the academy. I guess, something that will put my FEAR to good use? Right now, its pretty useless." Shrugging it off, she turned back to him, elbowing him lightly in the arm. "What about you? You have plans on what you want to do after graduation? Or are you like me, and will figure out something a little closer to the end?"

"Drums are pretty cool in my opinion. What instrument were you hoping for in that class?" To be truthful, she had no idea he was so into music. If he had mentioned it before, it definitely slipped her mind. Then again, with everything that had happened, it wasn't a large surprise. "Hmm, I figure health will be one of my main interests for class. Then again, I haven't checked out all the classes yet. Gym sounds fun though. Better than hitting the books anyways." Pulling back on one of her sleeves, she brought her hand up to tuck away any loose strands of hair in case of them getting stuck to the gum.

Nodding at his opinion on the whole island matter, she couldn't help but agree. "I'd prefer that over the island again actually. What the hell were those guys? The teachers didn't say anything about them at all, did they?" She asked, hoping she had missed a bit of information while out of it. Or maybe even an explanation as to why they had to go to that island in the first place. Though..she highly doubted it. "I'm not sure how I'll handle the announcement of another field trip if there is to be another in future." Frowning at the very idea, it left her with an uncomfortable feeling.

"Ah, right! Snotty hack!" Snapping her fingers as he corrected her, she continued to listen. "Bloodball? What's that? My father wasn't really in to sports and things related to them, so I've only just been recently educated on some sports. Casket ball being one of those said sports." Grinning up at Bul as he patted her on the back in response to her light jab, she listened as spoke oh his plans for after graduation, a little envious that he already had some ideas running for him. "Well, I think you'd do well at those. But I know what you mean. The island has kind of...its just made huge impact on everyone." She answered, giving a small kick at the ground as she walked. "I wonder how many students are in need of therapy?"

"Ahhh. Too bad you couldn't request the instrument you want. I guess Professor Blue wanted everyone to get a feel for another instrument as well. If you want, I can help out with what I have? Since I don't require a lot of what other students need, I don't really have to worry about spending. So if you need the funds, I can pitch in. Maybe you can add professional rock star to your possibilities after graduation!" Snickering, she shoved her hands into her sweater pocket, letting her grin remain.

"Nah.. If they haven't said anything then, I doubt they'll tell you now. They'll probably wait until they decide we're ready to hear it, or until we find out on our own. Whatever the case, I'm sure we'll find out some way." This school was just layered with secrets---secrets the faculty were good at keeping. "Yeah. I'm tired of getting stuck with second rate weapons..I mean, how in Jack's name were we supposed to win against them with things like blunt maces, wooden swords, and empty emergency kits? Especially when they had proper weapons. Talk about an unfair advantage." Grumbling to herself, she pursed her lips together before working on blowing a bubble from the gum, letting it grow bigger until it popped. "I second that. I figure, that if we all split up, we'll just end up in a similar situation to that of the island, and I really don't want to end up dying a second time." Shuddering from the thought alone, she pondered on if any of the others witnessed the same vision she had.

"Hmmmm~ Yeah. I only know of Casket ball because some students had been discussing it before." Was it really that surprising that she had never heard of it? "Ahhh..hence the name blood/bruteball. Okay, I get it." She nodded. "I don't think I would last ten seconds in that game. My body..uh..isn't quite built for contact sports." Pointing to her arm, she shrugged it off. "I would break just from one blow. Non contact sports I could probably do though." She would just have to stick to watching for now.

"I think your fine just the way you are, and you don't look that lanky to me." She added, patting him again on the arm. She would pat his shoulder, but it was a little more difficult to reach with their height difference. "Mm, thanks..and If I don't, I'm sure my father would be pleased to have me return to help in his shop." Grinning at his revenge plot, snickering even a little. "I'd like a little payback on them, for sure. But I have a sneaking suspicion that we'll end up face to face--er hood with them before then. Just seems to be our luck."

Nodding, she pouted a little as he refused her offer, but recovered when he finished. "Fine fine." Waving her hand at him, she shoved it back into the pocket, continuing her casual walk.

Something small and green caught her attention, as he pulled the miniature snot ball from his pocket and began to bonce it around. Watching for a few moments as the boil kept it from hitting the ground at all, she returned her attention back to him. "Yeah.. Whenever we need our FEAR most, it seems to bail on us. What's up with that? No.. I think it had to do with the island itself.. That place was insane!" Grimacing at the thought of the island, she returned her gaze to the snot ball again. "Definitely! We might as well just use our hands for Jack's sake if they decided to supply us with that crap again!"

Easing up again, she continued to watch the ball as he played with it. "Heh heh, I think I would have to have someone supply me with snot if I ever took up that sport though." It was a shame her body lacked the functions of other students. Crude as some may be, they were also quite amusing to the doll. "Hmm, your also still growing though. I'm stuck like this." It was a little frustrating to know she wouldn't get any taller than she was now, but she also considered herself lucky that she was created with this body, and not smaller dolls like some of her siblings had.

"Ehhh.. I don't know if my dad would be happy about the whole island thing, so I just kind of..BS'd what had happened." Rubbing the back of her neck, she was afraid of being pulled out of school just for something like the island affair. "Ehh, that would suck.. Maybe its just we keep our mouths sealed for now." Bringing her hand to her face, she placed her finger over her mouth to gesture a "sssshhh" like action.

"Icky.. Icky Icky Icky Icky.. Oh! The purple haired boil! Right right." He was right.. Not once had she seen Icky anywhere after they had arrived back...then again, she never saw anyone since then. In fact, Bul was the first person she had actually seen since they arrived back. Taking note of his current mood, she gave a light pat on his arm again. "I'm sure he's fine Bul. He's just taking some time off of school right now."

Her smile faded a little as he began to talk of his friendships, or lack there of. During her time here in amityville, she hadn't exactly opened up to many people either..instead, she pushed them away with her childish attitude. The island had left her reconsidering her actions, and valuing others more than she ever had in her whole existence.

Working a smile back onto her face, she linked her fingers behind her back as she walked. "You still have plenty of time to make lots of friends, Bul. Loooots more time."

Puffing out her cheek a little, she stuck her nose up a little, before returning her gaze to him with a small grin. "Fine, but that goes double for you."