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When the first round ended before they could do anything to save the ghoul Christof had bid on, Colette sighed and slumped. "Darn it.. " They had been too slow. Now that ghoul would suffer a fate worse than anything Colette could imagine! Oh, and they were leaving together? It would come sooner than she guessed! There was nothing she felt she could do though. That was how these things worked and all, he paid.

Looking around awkwardly, Colette pointed in a random direction and spoke to Belladonna, "I'll uh.. be over there somewhere." It was getting awfully crowded, and Colette felt uncomfortable around so many strangers. With that note, why she went to Belladonna in the first place was a mystery. She knew the ghoul as one of the most sociable she ever met.

Colette leaned against the wall off to the side and played with the sack of seeds in her hands, feeling the weight of the bag. She was supposed to use these on the charity, right.. but that meant bidding on someone. Another student. "Hmm..."

Eyes skipping from each student up for auction, she thought to herself about what to do. She was not going to purchase a ghoul.. that was a last resort. The other boil up was already bid on.. she didn't have the nerve to just take him away from someone who wanted him. He had been her partner for a class before too, that was enough for the Reaper. And, ah.. Calder. Yeah.. he had tried to drown someone and almost hit a teacher. Colette wasn't even going to think about it.

She was staring at everyone on stage in concentration now, not even considering how odd she may look. That combined with the grip on her pumpkin seed bag, it was easy to tell she was contemplating bidding. Colette just didn't want to look like someone desperate for a date or anything. Actually, she technically was on the desperate level for a date and some good socialization, she just didn't realize it. Not wanting to go to a dance was normal, right?

With her friend sufficiently calmed, Riley felt it was a good time to walk back to-

Wait a minute.

Jericho had distracted her from seeing everyone else up for bid, but she now noticed a rather shiny looking cretin standing behind Jericho looking like he wished he could melt into the wall.

Riley's eyes narrowed to slits as a plan, a terrible, terrible plan, began to form in her head.

I'm raising my hands in the air! All the players know that I'm layin' down 100 seeds on this idiot hottie Calder.

This could only end in tears.

As Sin tensed, so did Christof, shrinking back with a look of terror at her impending wrath... but then it seemed Lizzy had swung in to his rescue, having more history with his flailing communication and thankfully clarified. He nodded frantically, pointing with his free hand to the pink-haired spider demoness, relaxing a little. That seemed to be enough for Sin- at least enough to get her to unclench her fist and not shy away from his hand... ooooh they were touching! Smiling softly behind his scarf, he nodded to anything she said, practically floating on clouds as he felt the electric tingle between them. Morrigan? Morrigan! That's right! Blast and Damnation. So... so he had to convince Sin? He glanced around frantically but- of course- Barth was probably still in his dorm room, passed out. Always. With a whine he tried to spy Riley who hopefully could speak on his behalf but she seemed busy with.... Jericho? His worried expression became a bit disgruntled and he was just glad the poor Dragon was not also dancing in his underpants-

And then he spotted Calder on the stage, and his expression twisted into something a bit more sinister- although the patchwork boil was still young and the expression could also have been mistaken for constipation. Calder wanted to be a work horse? Well now the work horse was up for auction and... had... had Mistress RILEY just bid??

Still clinging to Sin's hand, he suddenly pulled her away from the group of her would-be saviors towards the tentacled Demoness curiously. Was she really bidding on him?? That was.... almost too hilarious to be true!

Sin followed Christof hoping that he was telling the truth, that he had only bid on her for a demon master. Except they were approaching Riley and Sin suddenly tensed. Whoa? Riley? No...that couldn't be right Riley was going to the dance with Malodore. So then what was Riley doing here? Had she given Christof all those seeds on her behalf? Well Arachne had helped with the final bid, but still.

"Christof, why are we heading towards - Hello Riley!" She tried to force a smile and then glanced at Christof worried. Seriously? What was going on here?! Again she had the sinking feeling that she'd be going to the dance solo, and that beautiful dress...no one was even going to be able to appreciate it.

Aymet raised a clawed hand, pointing at the fish girl. He had arrived pretty late but not too late to see the auction had just what he was looking for.

"I'm raising my hands in the air! All the players know that I'm layin' down 500 seeds on this hottie Alcyone!"

He'd never bid on anyone before. At least Alycone would go to a good cause!

"Glad to you've cheered up."

He couldn't help but smile a second time when she brightened up. She looked so happy when he agreed to go to the dance with her. Which made him glad as well. He really liked Chuppi. She was great to be around. She never made him feel uncomfortable or awkward, nor was she pushy or bossy, and on top of that, they even shared some of the same interests. Such as track. Even if he kind of neglected his duties as vice captain from time to time...

At the call of her name, Tsetsiliya's face considerably paled (quite a feat on an already ghostly skin tone), only for the heat to come rushing back in a bright burst of pink. She shuffled onto the stage, and suddenly felt much more self-conscious in the short dress she had chosen for the occasion. It was with great force that she looked out into the audience, and tried to swallow her nerves with a dry throat.

There were a lot more students here than she originally thought.

As her face continued to redden and her stomach feeling almost ready to heave, she was berating herself for ever thinking she could handle this. It would be a fiasco, even if it was for a good cause! She would end up like those poor ghouls who hadn't gotten bid on and would be in the gnome's clutches for the dance! What in the name of Jack was wrong with her, doing something like this?

Her knees continued to quake, and a tingling sensation was dancing up her arms and legs. Her nerves were putting on quite a little performance.

"H-H-H --" The word stuck in her sandpapered throat. "H-Hello! P-Please to be..bidding.. f-for a.. g-good ca-cause.." The words found a grave and buried themselves as her voice died completely, ending in a high, quiet squeak.

Oh Jack help me.

For a good moment or two, Jericho stared at Riley as she bid on Calder. He thought she couldn't stand the Kelpie! A part of him wondered if she was feeling alright. It might explain why she was persistant on getting him a date tonight.

And then it was over. Giving Amrita a bit of a blank look, he was silent for a few seconds before he was kicked off the stage.

".. I guess you won me then?" he said with a raised brow. He really didn't know what to make of this.