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'I haven't eaten all day.' Arachne confessed. She hadn't been sure she could have, what with her nerves, and running around to get ready. So she hadn't eaten anything and the thought of food sounded good right now.

She was also really, really nervous about dancing. She wanted their first dance together to be just right.

Hasuko fidgeted with her dress' long sleeves, blushing a little at Riley's compliment. "Thank you." she said. "I picked it out myself. I've never been clothes shopping without my mother before, but it was fun. Pink's my favorite color."

Hasuko smiled a little to herself at the odd mental image of Riley in a girlish pink patterned dress. The mindflayer was right, pink wouldn't really suit her cool image.

"Well, if you don't mind." she said in reply to Malodore. "It is a bit awkward with just Mr. Plant for company," Hasuko said, referring to the potted plant she stood next to, "he doesn't talk much."

Hasuko moved away from the wall to join the pair. "Thank you. I was a little scared coming to the prom by myself." A lot scared, actually, but Hasuko didn't want to admit that.

Xiu hid a smile behind her hand, slightly amused by his offer. Vaith was certainly being quite gentlemanly, wasn't he? She considered her options carefully, even glancing over her shoulder so that her gaze could sweep over the others. Well, the music was already playing so she was certain that her friends would split off into their pairs soon and start dancing. Besides, though he did offer, Xiu would have felt bad sending Vaith to get food for her.

"If you don't mind me tagging along, I'll accompany you to the refreshment table. But with that being said..." She awkwardly reached up to rest a hand on his shoulder and smiled, amusement twinkling in her eyes, "There aren't any duties to being a date, right? Not for me, anyways, so just act natural! There's no reason to fret over what you're 'supposed' to do." From what she knew of him, she thought was Vaith a pretty considerate boil in general. She just wanted to make sure that he wouldn't feel like he had to act a certain way. If she could help it, all of her friends would have a fun and memorable prom night!

"Though..." There was a moment of pause before she teasingly added, "I suppose you could try to smile a little more tonight."

Speaking of smiling, the Baku suddenly remembered her camera, and promptly held it up for the reaper to see. "You don't mind if I snap a few photos tonight, do you? It's not everyday I see you in a suit!" Her tail waved from side to side as she looked up at him hopefully. At least with someone like Xiu, it could be trusted that she wouldn't use any photos for future blackmailing purposes.

Punch. Movement.

Spookie.

What was going- "ASH! OH! HI! Right, um. Electronics. Expensive. SPOOKIE?" She hadn't even looked up at the ghoul, her gaze fixed lovingly on the pastry. She'd never had one before Open House, but she'd really liked it, even though it got her in trouble when she got home. Seen...pictures. Spookies had sugar, and sugar was BAD. Except apparently it was allowed here. Hmm. She sipped her punch, which, unbeknownst to her was also laced with sugar. She wondered if that Riley ghoul knew there were spookies.

It was probably like, her civic duty to tell her, but she also really should be getting back to her dates. She obediently moved away from the table, with a backwards wave to Ash - her mind was on other things. Sugary things.

If there was one thing the multi personality Hellhound could not agree on, it was with formal events. Much of the last week was spent shifting from one entity to another, one who wanted to go desperately, to one who clearly did not, to another that cared less and back around like a game of "duck, duck, vampire duck".

Damien's room was in disarray with his suits and tuxes either thrown haphazardly across any solid surface, or its pieces tattered and slashed open like strips of material lying on the floor.

Leather shoes managed to click against the floor where extravagant boots once adorned as the hound made his way into prom and all that awaited there. Everyone was flitting about in their elegant evening wear that made the green eared boil feel more uncomfortable as he quickly stepped in and to a table on the side where he could hide and pray that no one realized it was him.

At least the music was nice, hopefully enough to keep the awkward boil at ease for the rest of the night.

"Oh Jack, why the hell did Beta and Gamma have to forget about getting a date?" was the only thing on the hounds mind, his arm never felt lighter.

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"What, why?" There was feigned shock and surprise in his voice, a hand reaching up to complete the performance by clutching his vest slightly, "I thought you were much more modern than all that, Ren. You're more than welcome to take me dancing, of course," a pause, "As far as you being the manlier one... I don't know about that. I'm quite sure I distinctly recall me being the aggressive one on Vday," at that point, he leaned in slightly so he could lower his voice, "I think you're the one that did all the stuttering and blushing," that said, the nix leaned away from Ren, smirking down at him, "Not to mention that other thing you did," he was doubtlessly referring to the purring, but was, of course, not voicing that small piece of information out loud for his friend's sake, given the fact the girls seemed to know nothing of it.

There was a small wince, though mostly for show than anything as the gryphon dug his elbow into his shoulder, "I'm not so sure about that either, birdbrain. We might want to get a second opinion on that," he moved slightly to the side once Ren released his hold on his shoulder and then shrugged, "Possibly, but then again... that would probably be half the fun of it, Ren. I don't see why it should be a problem," that said, the demon lifted his head up to glance at the decorations, "Ah...the valentines dance and auction," he swept ahead a few paces and looked over his shoulder at his three friends, offering them a sly smile, "Good times."

Looking back towards the room around him, he made out a few students he readily recognized; among them were Riley, whom seemed to be playing with dice, and Jericho. Gabrian distinctly recalled the fact Riley had played a game with dice back during the Valentine's dance, and idly wondered if she was cooking up something similar. He was momentarily distracted when he felt Ren brush past them and offer them a 'one second' sign, "If you don't hurry back, I'm going to take both lovely ladies out to dance and you'll lose your chance to dance with me," he clicked his tongue over his teeth teasingly before offering both LW and Alessa an arm and a hand for each to take, "Because Jack knows neither lovely ghoul should be seen alone. I would never do something like that, my dears," he did notice Sparrow, whom he did not know, looking at them; or more specifically, at LW, "Puppy, I think you have an admirer, love."

Of course, no sooner did he say this that the lights dimmed out and the 'show' started. When 'Oogie boogie' showed up, Gabrian had to admit he was quite impressed and only tore his gaze away from the performance when the shewolf jumped and clung to his arm tightly. Releasing Alessa's grip momentarily, he patted LW's head and then returned his hand to the nagual, "This is a nice show, don't you think?" he chuckled, "Entertaining, without a doubt."