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Alex had yet to catch up to Yin since their second class had ended, not at all sure where to go or what to do after his mannequin had been defeated. It wasn't until much later, after he had wandered off and left the stitched, leather, humanoid form lying on the ground that he thought he probably should have at least taken it back to the clearing and shown his teacher that he had indeed defeated it.

Oh well, too late for that now!

Unfortunately, fighting out in the jungle, not paying any attention to where he had been going, had gotten the other boil completely turned around, and not for the first time in the past couple of days. He found himself wandering aimlessly, not at all sure which direction he was headed or where he should go. He was a little bit worried, but he figured at some point he would stumble across some type of land mark that would give him a clue as to where he was and where he should go from there.

Eventually he came upon a familiar sight. Canopied rooms, located up some trees. He made his way over to them, wondering if they were the same that he and Yin had explored on their first day on the island. If they weren't well..then he could at least climb up and have a look around, and try to get his bearings.

And so, he grabbed ahold of the ladder, and began hauling his way steadily upwards, not stopping until his feet were firmly planted on a wooden platform. A noise caught his ears, like the creaking of feet on a floorboard and his heart lurched in his chest. Oh jack, what if he had just climbed into somebodies home! On the other hand...it may have just been another student. Hesitantly, he called out, as he shuffled further in to the open room. "H--Hello? Somebody here?"

As Alex shuffled further in, He peeked around but didn't actually see anybody until Mitzi came into the room. "Oh..Hi Mitzi!" He said, somewhat startled but also relieved that it was her. He hadn't actually talked to her at all since their 'spar' and he wasn't quite sure that they were really on friendly terms, though she had waved to him in the orientation room upon arrival.

"I was just uh..trying to figure out where I am." He said, frowning as he glanced towards one of the open windows.

"How did you do in that class today? That was kind of intense." It wasn't really, Alex had kicked his mannequins a** and he knew he had, but he didn't want to sound boastful or anything.

Alex nodded along with her, listening but not really listening as he took a glance around the room. He did believe this might actually be the same one he and Yin had explored before. It did seem to be set up exactly the same, at least. Though there was a painting on the wall that he hadn't noticed before.

Hrmmm...

"Well, I don't know if I really need any help..." He mumbled, even as he frowned at the picture and started moving closer towards it. "I mean, I was actually just trying to find Yin, but he's probably gone off to do some things on his own. I just..slow him down too much sometimes I think. He's much more active then I am."

Ya, he was rambling now as he shuffled closer and closer to the painting on the wall, his hands shoved into his pockets.

"I might just head back to the dorms from here, if you could point me in the right direction."

The painting....it was...quite disturbing really. Were those horsemen cutting off the heads of reapers or were they...human? It was hard to tell.

Alex suddenly shook his head a little, blinking his eyes as he backed away from the painting. It was really quite disturbing, and gruesome, which done in the right way was fine with him. But killing humans unless they were hunters, even as much as Alex enjoyed the thought of possibly eating one, was just plain wrong.

Wasn't it?

"Hrm?" he said, suddenly snapped out of his thoughts by Mitzi talking. "Oh! Yes, thank you, that would be great." He gave her a warm smile, glad she was at least still talking to him after what he had done...

"Oh, well uh, yes we have." He said, with a small laugh as he reached up to run fingers through his white hair, now streaked with black. "But not before I made a bigger idiot of myself and did this to my hair, and bought a bunch of new things, and somehow made Yin think that I'd left him for good."

Yep, it had been a real mess, and Alex was glad that they had managed to get past it, and now things seemed to be going great.

Well....most of the time, anyways. Yin still seemed off at times, but Alex wasn't quite sure why or how to even explain it. He was choosing not to harass the other boil about it, not wanting a repeat of the fight they had had before.

"Look Mitzi I...I am really sorry about what happened with that spar. I know you don't believe me but...sometimes I just can't stop myself. I'm trying to get better, and I think this meditation thing the horsewoman taught us in class might help." He didn't know what else he could say to her except that.

Oh, birds screeching. Alex glanced outside, again. Yep, same creepy a** birds with their creepy a** black eyes staring into Alex's soul.

Somebody should think about snaring a few of them and frying them up for dinner.

"Well I..yes, I mean, it did knock some sense into me at the time." He replied, as he shoved his hands deep into his pockets and rocked back on his heels and forward again. "I took some time to think, and I went back to Yin's room for the night but then..well...the next day he left and I didn't want to be alone so I found some money and went shopping..."

Found money? Well, he did find it, but then he had also basically stolen it.

"When Yin came back and saw my things were gone, he thought that I had left him for good." He explained. "Then I came back to his room and well...we talked and ya, everything's good now." He stopped rocking to scuffle one of his feet against the floor. He never really felt comfortable talking about his relationship with Yin, for whatever reason. Maybe Yin had said it best. It was their own business and nobody else really mattered. But still, Mitzi had been pretty damned good about everything so far, and she seemed genuinely interested in making sure things were okay.

"I really hope the meditation does help" He said, grasping a hold of the topic change eagerly. "I just don't want to be put in these situations anymore where I lose control and revert to my basic instincts. It's really not a pleasant feeling, when you come out of it and realize you've hurt your friend, or somebody that you care deeply for."

Again he shrugged, not sure if he was comfortable talking about this now either, come to think of it, though anything had to be better then discussing his weird relationship with Yin.

"I've been reading about it a little bit. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that I've grown up and been around zombies my entire...un-life, so I've never been in a situation where I've wanted to uh..well, bite or tear apart things, other then the animals we hunt. I thought I was getting better at controlling it but...it just gets out of hand when I'm highly stressed out. Fight or flight, you know? Apparently, because of what I am, I prefer to fight." He gave her a wry smile, but he had a sad look in his pale gray eyes.

"It should get better as I get older, I should be able to get more control over myself. Being around so many different types of halloween denizens, while it may sometimes be an issue, is probably actually helping me as well."

He wasn't sure if any of this would make sense to the reaper, but if she understood, then maybe she could forgive him for what he had done.

"Anyways, it's over now, and it'll hopefully never happen again. Were you about finished up here? Did you need help getting back down? I'd like to see if I could find Yin"

He sagged in relief, since the ghoul did not seem upset or put out with him in the least, and was even still offering to help him find his way back to the main part of the village. He followed her towards the doorway, hands still shoved in pockets as he shuffled along at his slow and easy going amble.

"I think I'll just go back to the dorms then, thanks. If anything I can wait there until he comes in for the night to sleep. That will really be a lot easier then my struggling through the jungle all afternoon looking for him." He grinned.

"Though..uh..if you see him...maybe mention to him that I'm looking?" He asked, then at the last second realized that might not work so well.

"I mean..ahhh jack. Sorry, Mitzi." He reached up to run his hand through his hair again, suddenly feeling awkward. Of course if she ran into Yin, the other boil would more then likely run from her, or at the very least, try and get away from her as quickly as possible.

"Forget I asked?" He said, sounding rather meek as he made his way though the door and towards the walkway.