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It was... sort of a party. Roch and some of his bros were moving large logs into a circle for people to lean against, and setting up a circle of rocks for them to build a bonfire in the middle of it. He didn't expect many people, especially after the last trial, but hell, people didn't want to spend their nights all alone in their rooms after that, either.

With more people there was safety. At least, that was his excuse. Really he was just looking to hang out roasting marshmallows and telling stupid stories. "Nahm's comin' with the food," he called to Rikki. "Let's just hope he didn't lie when he said he wouldn't eat it on the way here," he added dryly.

She hadn't eaten. She hadn't slept. All Chuppi could think about from the time she awoke in her room to the time she wandered the hallways, was that she had watched two of her friends get turned into weapons. All she could think about was how her friends that came after her died as well, how none had been left standing. Her death had been quick, painless, but she had told the hunters everything. Did the others think her a traitor for it? Did they hate her despite how hard she'd bitten her tongue in an effort not to speak?

Eventually enough time had passed that the monster realized she wasn't in her room anymore, hadn't been there fore a while, and there were sounds coming from nearby. Chuppi'd positioned herself near the lake, she liked the sound of the water, but sleep had never come and now her nerves were basically shot as she listened to the voices. Slowly they came more into focus, they were fellow students of the school, and even though she felt safe the chupacabra hesitated in her decision to move downward. One of the voices had belong to Roch and Chuppi really wanted to see him, but how about him seeing her?

Would he know that she had told the hunters everything? Had any of that been real at all, and if it wasn't what did it prove? That she would turn on her friends so easily? She bit her lower lip and tottered out from the shadows, heading towards the reaper boy with her eyes cast downwards. She looked horrible in terms of her skin being an ashy green, but otherwise she didn't look ill or unkempt. Wandering tended to keep a person from getting disgusting. "Gran hermano."

Her call to Roch was soft but steady, and her footsteps halted about four feet away.

"Hey Chuppi! C'mon over, screech, we're just getting everything set up for the bonfire," Roch called over to the little monster ghoul.

Then he turned to Rikki to answer the question. "Danny's comin', but we can't light the fire till we've got enough wood, anyway," he said. "And I'm bettin' Rikki's right. That thing can carry a hell of a lot more--you got the bungee cords, right?" he said to Nahm. "You at least brought stuff we can roast, right? I wanna try and put pizza on a stick."

He had it all figured out, too! He'd pierce it with the stick here, and there-- as he was thinking he summoned his guitar and headed for the stack of wood they'd piled to the side to cut it into smaller pieces.

Speak of the jackdamn demon.

Danny had just made it over the tiny hill that left her out of view until then. As soon as she found them she began running until she was near the foursome. She caught Nahm and Rikki's eye but put a finger to her mouth and smiled. Chuppi wasn't looking in her direction, but she assumed the ghoul was smart enough to get her signals. With her other hand she waved at them and winked.

Though Roch PROBABLY already knew she was there (seriously, she was the loudest creature in Halloween), she ran up to his turned back and jumped on. "Rooooooch!" she yelled, giggling. "You better not have eaten everything already. I'll light your pants on fire right here and now." She was very serious. She wanted food too.

Roch almost fell over, his balance interrupted because he'd been about to chop the wood. "Go yell at Nahm, he's the one that brought it!" Roch told her, getting his balance back. "Sheesh, Danny, does it look like I'm eatin' at the moment? We got no fire to cook it over!"

He glanced down at Chuppi, grinning slightly. "It's okay, little sister," he said quietly. "Everyone here is safe. I swear. Guys, when we do get the bonfire started, make sure not to look directly at the flames, got it?" Which seemed a strange instruction. "Especially when it gets dark."

Rikki waved back at Nahm and grinned at Danny as he dragged another log to the pile. He'd just made it went Roch gave his weird instructions, and Rikki nearly dropped the wood on his foot in confusion. "What are you talking about, man? It's just a fire." Which was bad enough, but he didn't see why they couldn't look at it.

He glanced at Chuppi, who he hadn't really noticed before, and shook his head. "Not really celebrating. Just being together, not alone in our rooms."

"You stare at a bright light at night, you're blind when you look into the dark for a few moments," Roch explained. "And off," he told Danny, shrugging to try and get her off his back. "Go climb on Rikki for a bit, already. I'm tryin' to get the wood chopped for the bonfire!"

He looked at Moure. "Yo, Moure, uhhh..." He looked around for something NOT fire based for the patchwork to do. "Can y'help Nahm over there set up the food? Make sure the guy doesn't eat it all, and don't look directly into his mouth--just sayin."

Then he looked at Chuppi. "But we are sort of celebrating," he told her. "In a real quiet sort of way--" yes, this WAS quiet to the punk. "My team was one of the three winning groups of the trials, lil sister! We only had to be thrown into spike pits and turned into weapons to get it," he added dryly.