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All of this was a little too close to what she had seen through Ava's eyes. So close, that it was unsettling. From the sound of chatter going through the group stuck here along with her, it sounded as though others were possibly thinking the same. Well, as long as they didn't end up like the others, then she would continue on with the exploring.

Tybalt was easily spotted not far off from where she stood, thanks to his built in night light of eyes. Other familiar faces were among him as well. Good, if something did go bad, then she wanted to be near people that she could put her trust in. If only Bul was here as well..she would text him, but thanks to his phone having gotten waterlogged, that option was out of the question.

Students appeared to be attempting to pry open what looked to be some sort of trap door. Perhaps that was where the voices were coming from?

When the jiang-shi called to Alex, Mort turned to also pick out his zombro, though he was a little distracted by a familiar face lagging behind. "C'mon, Mei, you too!" he called to the red-head.

Pause.

That would probably cause some identity confusion.

Uhhhh. Okay, what was her full name? Mei something. Jack, it'd been months . . . Jaaack.

"LFX stick together," Mort added, generating a little spark of electricity between his fingers to help her figure out their position. Hopefully that helped delineate the difference and not reveal how he'd forgotten his old teammate's full name. "Zombies too. Let's k-keep these ghouls company, Alex." Because the way things were going, trouble was definitely going to find them. It was a feeling in his bones, and the circuitry that constituted for it.

Now back to the conversation at hand. At Meixiang's teasing face, Mort only grinned, the tinges of bittersweetness perhaps caught as he clenched a fist; green electricity arced about it to briefly light up his face. "Oh, do know. Trust me. Been through enough to know i-is best be on guard." And even then, sometimes that wasn't enough.

What bothered Mort most was that this was too much like the Trance, like the time his observed student had fumbled her way through the darkness into a cave of empty promises and cursed treasures. Wary wasn't beginning to describe how Mort felt about this endeavor, as much gusto as he had in the beginning.

"Personally wouldn't waste good cider on Horsemen, but maybe you have better luck," he said. "Really've only met one I-I liked. Rest usually give bad looks or, from Famine, probing ones."

Knowing there was at least two of them in the school with the name Mei, the living doll didn't quite realize that Mort had been referring to her. Rubbing at the back of her neck, she followed Mort over, thanks to him helping her find her way with his ability. "Hey, Mort. Long time no see." LFX. It felt like forever and a day since the whole haunted house incident. But it was nice to see that Mort remembered. There were a few others with him, but it was kind of hard to tell whom they might be with the lack of light.

Lumikki had totally been paying attention...maybe. Well it wasn't really her fault she didn't notice the other students that had joined the group, she was kind of wandering around wondering if her brain was right and this tunnel seemed oddly familiar. As well as worrying if the cider she had stashed away in her coat would be taken away from her or not, hearing a voice come up from behind her she turned to see a boil who seemed very unhappy, as well as two other ghouls. Seeing a spark ahead of her she smiled,

"OH! Light!"

...okay a little too loud. Hmmm should she tell someone where she was just in case.

"...do...does anyone know where this tunnel might lead? Because I have a slightly bad feeling about this..."

"Ohh right, that makes sense. Maybe she'll be able to make something new out of it!" Wasn't that what alchemists did? Leo found herself wondering what kind of thing you could make from cider. Hmm. Maybe she'd ask Mei again later when all this was over and the cider had been delivered; surely you could make something interesting from cider.

Alex? "Alex!" She hadn't even noticed him here, but now that he was catching up to the group, she threw him a happy smile. And he was followed by a ghoul she'd never seen before, so for good manners sake Leo threw a smile at her too. Whether or not she could actually see it in the darkness was debateable. "And nice to meet you, miss. I'm Leo."

Skipping a bit and humming the tune Mei had made up, she turned her head to look at the Reaper boil who'd spoken. "Hm, I guess that's true." Depressing, but probably true.

"And not even the faintest clue." She replied to the ghoul who'd looked suspiciously happy earlier. Not that Leo could talk, seeing as she was suspiciously happy right now.

Shehk hadn't tried to lead the way at all once the way had been opened, content to bury herself into the center of the group as she cautiously moved along the hallway. When it opened up, however, she made a rather curious noise. "Huh...doesn't seem like anything worth hiding...." she noted.

She had been walking past the lockers when one in particular stopped her, seeming to jerk to a halt before she took a few steps back and looked at one of them with a small and curious tilt of her head. Then to the other side...then back again. She reached out, brushing some dust off of the name plate before she sighed.

LOCKER 112 - BENEDICT SYLVAN STONE

'd**k'

"So. You did exist, d**k." she mumbled to herself, taking a moment to try and jostle the locker open before making a face. Well, what did she do about that?

She slid her phone away staring through the door into the mess of Arel's office. This was certainly not normal, swearing and a bit of yelling yes, but this was above and beyond the usual fits Arel might have had behind that door.