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((THAT JACK-IN-THE-BOX IS AWESOME))

Junko jumped as she was answered by an unfamiliar voice, totally ready to just wail on him in a mild panic with her wreath until she saw it was just a boil and not some elephant attacking her. "He's...drunk?" She watched Israfel again. Was there anyone in Christmas Land not drunk? The trees, the students, the creepy jack-in-the--wait what? What was with that face?!

The ghoul whirled around when she heard Alcie calling her name, gasping with delight and waving to her. "Hello! I was getting so worried! ...Sin's not with you?" Or even Quarria? Oh dear. Junko reached out to link arms with the demon when she reached her, an action she normally would not have even considered if not for Yaya's influence, clinging to the girl both for warmth and for comfort. One down, three to go. "These toys are certainly...uh...unique?" She said with a tiny chuckle, looking around at them. It was probably safer than the mountains, and definitely safer than candy cane lane, but she was still wary now. Apparently even toys couldn't be trusted.

No doubt, it probably would have been funny for someone to walk by. Mei-Xiu wasn't exactly the tallest person around, in fact, she was pretty damn short. "Heh heh, It could have been worse I guess."

Once Merope reached shore, Mei carefully climbed down, taking one small hop for the last bit of the way down. Just where from here were they supposed to go anyways? Hopefully one of these two had the answer to that. Mei herself, was lost. "Yeah, I have no idea where to go from here, so I guess exploring is our last option?"

Nodding her head in agreement, she shared Cyr's feelings about this trip to the fullest. "Yeah.. Raiding Christmas town sounded like fun at first.. But I don't exactly like being harassed by a drunken tree, or having to meet up with any other JOY creatures that roam about this place."

Gaze following Cyr's to the bridge, she gave a single nod. "I'm up for taking that path. How about you, Mero---BLOODY MARY WHAT IS THAT!?" She shrieked as the jacked dammed chuck in the box appeared.

Hell's bells, what was that thing attacking the ghoul!? Petro had moved in front of Astra, as if trying to shield her from the sight of that hideously cheerful springing abomination. "Where are these things coming from? And why are they drawn to us?"

So far so good. Merope nodded to Cyrilla, taking a moment to look forlornly at the water. Well, it wouldn't go anywhere, right? Right! Or at least it shouldn't.

The boil looked to where Cyrilla indicated, shrugging his draconic shoulders. "I honestly don't care which way we go, though I'd like to stay near the coast... but the path looks nice and flat. Either way, I don't think I'll have any trouble walking."

And then the jack-in-the-box attacked. He stared at it as it sprung upon Cyr, before he turned to the bridge. Then he looked back to Cyr, then to the bridge. "HAHA! YOU GUYS GOT ELEPHAAAAANTS!" He called out to the rest of the students before blowing them a raspberry.

...Good job Merope. Good job. "I don't know what it is!" Merope cheerfully told Mei, "But it's not an elephant! The rest of the students seemed to be pretty upset about them. Or at least one of them was, earlier."

Laiha turned to look at Sepheran, whose name she still didn't know, and jogged to catch up with him. She didn't feel safe either, what with these constant attacks, but this boil could protect himself. He was doing a fair job of dispatching whatever came after him! Certainly if something attacked, the boil would be able to get it then too. She didn't want to be left behind, though! Especially not if Xi's security card was to be used soon...

She took as wide a berth around the JOYful jack-in-the-box, giving it a slightly horrified look. What a wicked creation!

((Ickis))

Oh what the hell was that!? Having heard a scream, Jericho turned to see a creepy Jack-in-the-box assaulting the green dracolich. It would have been nice to have some sort of access to fire right about now, even if it was just a torch or even matchsticks for that matter. Many of the enemies they've encountered so far seemed like they were wonderfully flammable.

However, he had a similar question to that of the horse-dude nearby. Maybe the inhabitants of this could smell their FEAR.

"Hey Bird brain, can you still walk?" he mumbled to Isra. Injuries aside, it seemed like the guy had gone from sober to completely wasted in a matter of minutes.

Petro's hooves pawed anxiously at the ground, hands clenching and unclenching and clenching again. First it was the trees. Then it was a pink elephant. Then it was this. This. "KILL IT! KILL IT HARD!" he found himself bellowing in encouragement. No, Tro really, really did not like that springing horror reeking of JOY and good cheer.

((Loooolz at these monsters.))

Shaking her head at Junko's question, Alcie responded, "No, I think she is trying to find some other suitable battle suit so she'll catch up in a bit. I don't know which path Quarria decided to take but I just wanted to catch up with you to make sure you were alright. You haven't been attacked yet? These toys seem rather aggressive." She felt the need to constantly watch her back and keep tabs on the environment around her or else anything could just catch her off guard.

Oh Israfel was drunk? Where did they get the cider? Jack, that would be nice right now considering how cold it was but probably not the best idea for her. She didn't think that she would be of any help if she got attacked by a toy. There were students from different cars so there were quite few new faces.