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Taryn had not talked much to the ghoul actually taking the names. There had been too many people in the room, and the ghoul herself looked rather intimidating. Instead, she searched the room for Roch and, when she didn't find him, retreated. Maybe he had already come and left by the time she'd arrived, or maybe he hadn't signed up at all. As far as the chimera knew, Roch couldn't bake worth crap (she remembered his mintless mint cookies), but she had seen a taste-tester list.

Oh well. It wasn't his job to hold her hand. When the club started, they could see each other. She was somewhat disappointed, though, to have not met Xiu in all of this. Some other time, right?

The ghoul exited the classroom and began down the hall with her face down.

Oop! Taryn found herself dragged back into the room and shrank into herself. People flowed in and out, ones that looked damned intimidating, and she more or less hid behind Roch as he pulled.

He seemed excited, at least? That was nice. It would be good to see Xiu as well, maybe try to get one of those ghoul-to-ghoul readings the guilty-pleasure magazines talked about. Her eyes rolled up to view the room as they entered, trying to spot the... what was she, anyway? Something with cute little ears.

"Hey, Xiu," Roch said with a grin, even as he tried to tug the little chimera out from behind him. He held up his free hand, asking silently for some time before he turned to look at Taryn.

"The only thing people in here are going to bite are spookies... and cupcakes... and waffles. Man, I really hope there's waffles. C'mon," he said quietly. "Xiu's nice. Hell, she's a LOT nicer than me! True fact. I bet you and her have a TON to talk about--and then feed to me!"

Xiu waited patiently as she understood first hand what it was like to be shy. When Taryn managed a quiet greeting, the Baku smiled and gave a little wave of her hand. "Y...yes! It's nice to see you again, Taryn!" ...Okay, she was feeling a little...self-conscious as well, but Taryn seemed nice! And she was a friend of Roch's, which definitely helped.

Holding the sign up sheet in front of her face, Xiu peered out from over her, her tail wagging in excitement. "I-I see that you signed up! I'm glad!" Using her finger, she traced her finger down the list. The...surprisingly long list. "Junko and I are really excited to see that so many signed up. I'm sure it'll be a lot of fun."

...Though she was a little concerned about keeping the Home Ick room in one piece, with some of these members.

Roch was really all about eating their creations, wasn't he? ...wait, Junko? Where had Taryn heard that name before...

"Wait, so you started it?" How exciting was that?! ...well, maybe not so much. Pretty much anyone could start a club, couldn't they? This was a friend of a friend, though! That was kind of nice! ...okay, okay, tangents. Why was she so nervous?! "That's pretty cool! I haven't really met anybody who liked to cook at Amityville... um. Except now! Here!"

There was this stupidly happy look on Roch's face as they started discussing baking. He shoved his hands into his pockets and rocked back on his heels, letting them do the talking for now. In his mind he pictured all the people signing on the sheet carrying trays of desserts--

"Oh!" he said abruptly. "Hey, I had an idea, I figure I might ask you both, since you'll both be baking stuff. I want to throw a party. Just a little one. I was thinking you and Mitsu could do the music, and the baking club could provide little treats and drinks." He looked at Xiu, then at them both. "Nothin' huge, maybe a handful of people."

Or whoever showed up after he put up a flier or two.

"Didn't...approve?" Xiu seemed a little startled by this, actually. Perhaps it was only to be expected, though--cooking and baking had originally been pushed onto her by her parents, but the fortunate thing was that she eventually grew to love it. The idea of parents being disapproving of it though...well, she had never heard of that before! Shaking her head, Xiu smiled and reached out to give Taryn's shoulder a light squeeze. "W-well, we're really happy to have you! Umm, I hope you'll like being in the club!"

Speaking of which, despite the fact that it wasn't even officially open yet, Roch was certainly jumping the gun in his excitement! "I'd have to talk to Mitsu about it," She laughed, making a note to visit the lycan soon, "And I don't want to burn out poor Taryn by making her help alone, or just with me, so..." So they could either wait for the club to be approved, or perhaps they could round together some of the members for an unofficial first task.

"You should talk to Junko about it too, though? She and I will probably make the decisions together, or we'll ask for the members' opinions too, so..."

Classy? Well, classy might be a bit of a stretch. Tset was classy. A party with cookies and fancy punch? Not so much. Maybe she could draft Tset in helping with some fancy hors d'oeuvre? She definitely needed to see that ghoul again either way. Maybe she'd signed up for baking class! Taryn tried to get a peek at the list in Xiu's hands as she spoke again.

"What's the general idea?" she asked. Oh, good! Tset had signed up just before her! The chimera ghoul's gaze turned from the list to Xiu's face as she smiled, "I mean, are there going to be groups? Whole-club projects? Expeeeerimentation?"