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Post Traumatic Pony Disorder. That was what Israfel felt like calling it. He was still jittery but, he'd been dealing well enough with the change. It wasn't bad by any means it was simply...different. He wasn't used to confrontation of any sort, his emotions and feelings included. He had a napping nightmare sadly, though he'd woken and calmed himself down. Queen-King, forced to watch as hunter and horsemen fought and died, as a bird of grey flew over them all, swallowing them into nothingness. The color grey made him wince now. The word 'insanity' making him flinch. It was too soon to confront it.

Yet he wanted to talk. Actually talk. About the affliction to Riley and what had happened. What they had seen and done- he'd sent the two ghouls a text, inviting them out to the lake. He'd bring snacks. He just wanted to talk. Discuss. Figure out where it all had gone wrong. Sighing he laid back on the blanket he'd set up.
Things were so complicated now.

Her arrival was no different from any other time she appeared in a situation. She marched along boots crushing gravel along the ground as she walked her arms where crossed under her chest as if huddling against an unknown cold. The Siren had sent the call, and she would respond. She needed to, she had to talk to someone, everyone and anyone really.

At the same time she dreaded what would happen, the emotions it would bring, still the much more level headed Siren was the one calling. She was curious to see what he had to say as she arrived.

"Hello Shehk," she was quiet, surely she had been the busiest of all dealing with Jericho, and likely Maladore too. "Israfel here yet?"

Shehk deviated from any and all snacks present - her finicky diet said 'Oh hellz no' about soda and 'double hellz no' about sugar.....Sugar. Riley loved sugar. Nngghhh, her chest really hurt. "If I seem like I'm doing well then I'm a better actor than I'd like to be." she confessed, static lacing the edges of her mind.

However, at the mention of what their little 'meet up' was to be about, she grimaced. Great, more feeling time. "I wouldn't have called a field trip even without the surprise ending." she noted.

He nodded slightly. "You seem a touch distant, but, not to a overly great extent Shehk. I do not think you are acting as you might be doing what had been doing for the better part of a year, internalizing. But if you'd like a different term for it, would excursion suffice?" He seemed relaxed almost, if not for the twitching with his left earwing. Another sip from his drink and he was fisshing in a pocket for something. At first he pulled out a protection charm but huffed and set it aside. Finally, he came back with his phone.

"Wrong. While leaving the school has caused a great deal of hardship, it has not been utterly a fruitless or completely tragic thing. Had we not been set to the land of Christmas, I doubt I'd have made friends with many. It was were I met Riley after all." The mention of her name, while spoken with a sort of detachment, was shown in his wings, shuffling and being pulled closer to his body. "I am happy you both are not greatly suffering, our loss aside. I would like to ask, do you think there was a way which we might have helped her?"

Israfel was uneasy enough. Talking was hard after all, and he hadn't had a conversation like this in over a year.

Sammy took a long drink from her can looking up towards the dim sky, purple eyes flickering for a moment. "Yeah. Christmas, Riley was riding around on Jericho's back like some smug queen..." She continued to sip watching as Israfel spoke before she finished her drink placing the can on the ground rolling it under her feet.

"Still, Red, now Riley, and Jack, the Hunters took out almost all of the Four Clans." She let the weight of her boot slowly crush the can, "The cost of some of the good memories is starting to outweigh them.."

Another look crossed her face as she looked at Shehk as 1 + 1 made two, "You... you weren't acting odd because of liking Jericho, you knew back then," She shivered, "Dammit why didn't they tell anyone? They know any of us would have done anything to help them!" She slumped down into the dirt sitting back resting on her hands.

"We ******** it up again.... I tried... I tried not to make the same mistake I made with Red, I nearly broke some Reapers face because he was trying to hit her. But what can you do at that point?" She glanced at Shehk, "How do you give raw FEAR to someone who's gone that far? We might be able to save Jericho with it somehow, or others but, but what if it gets that bad again? What do we do then?"

"Because not everybody in Amityville is on their side. I was only told about it because they were worried I was exposed." she licked her fangs. "In fact, as much of an eye as I keep on Jericho, he is keeping one on me in turn." As there was no telling if Shehk could have been showing signs of Insanity - she was already Grey enough to just be passing off as normal.

"All it takes is a Boogeyman finding out and then Amityville is in trouble and we're under Quarantine again." she said further.

"Malodore is immune." Shehk said on the note of the plague doctor. "So when we all fall to Insanity, Plague Doctors will rule the earth, I guess." she looked to Sammy, then away from her again. "Visiting the human world seems like something that would be made more possible for the older students via the mentoring program, I'd think.

However, I'm just going to put this out there: I don't think that Jericho would do too well in a structured arrangement like that. You two might not be fully aware of how bad he can get if he feels threatened or wary about something, but....." she frowned.

"He can get rather...intense.... at times........" Like when he started spewing fire everywhere and she had to duck and cover. She wouldn't say much more than that.

Shehk had a very good point, all it would take is one slip up. One misstep, and they would all pay the price. Plus if Jericho was lashing out, "Yes, he's gotten more 'VOI' as of late hasn't he?" he'd not fault the dragon, Israfel was sure Insanity was not pleasant to that degree of exposure. Picking at the lace on his coat, he listened. They had ideas..and possible set backs.

He did smile at the ghoul. "Congrats on your relationship by the by. It is a good match. Indeed, insanity infected or not I am sure he can ignite your fire now can't he?" There was no long an excuse for innocence as he said it. "And before we get off track, while the Heirs are far older, FEAR is in the end, FEAR. It is possible that Insanity treats all victims the same, but those with greater power, it takes longer. Like a large bottle of water takes longer to flavor that a small cup. Malodore might have been to prolonged exposure, or to-" He glanced at Shehk. "Sexual? I was not that much of a shipper, but they were intimate in their own way. If they shared small bits of FEAR an immunity might have formed."
He waved his hand. "I believe some of the trick or treaters might be offering mentorship, and they have proved to be on our side against the boogeymen. While they might not be wholely trustable, they are far more lax. But has Malodore, tried to transfer his immunity to others by sharing FEAR?"

"I hate to say it but honestly he's always been Voi happy.... latest events just give him every right to be like that." For a moment she seemed to look away, ignoring most of the talk about Jericho and Shehk. It would be wrong to say anything considering she was for all intense and purpose a bit jealous about it, but it wasn't exactly fair to be so.

One of them was practically dying, the other had gotten out of a bad relationship and was happy. She had no right to say anything and so she simply didn't. Instead she took up her time rolling over to grab another drink before speaking again.

"I'd like to talk to Nox to be honest, but I hear part of his requirments is passing that damned fire course." She paused for a moment licking her lips clean before sitting up a bit more properly, "Actually, Nox is probably someone we should talk to right away. He told us about the hunters a while back. Riley, myself, Bul, and Jericho too. It was a fluke meeting and well... he mentioned the one called H."

As for the talk of sex she could only make the most leecherous grins. "I'maaah... lets just leave this topic right now before I start getting distracted with bad thoughts..." Ehehehe... Siddie. Yup.

The topic turned serious easily enough again and she could only shrug. "What we need. Is Riley. Cricket needs to see a whole case of this. She never had a chance to look at Red, nor has Maladore had a chance to look at things properly. The question; how do we do that?"