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((Aren't natural abilities off at the moment? /to Quarria))

Winston had moved on ahead, long legs carrying him easily across snow. It seemed there was a bit of a mess going on behind him with the others, forcing him to turn and start at a steady trot back to the group. Perhaps it had not been such a great idea to move on alone. But really, a lone white dog in a snow-covered forest would probably attract less attention than the hodgepodge of students and giant serpents in the main group. Was there another tree attacking? They could handle themselves, but really, leaving other students to get themselves beaten on by happy-trees was hardly any way to make friends.

He really should have stayed with the group. Knowing his luck he'd get body slammed into a comma by some rogue joy-tree. Hopefully he'd run into the group before then though.

Gabrian had swiftly decided that trees, along with snow, were now crowning his 'top most hated' mental list, specially as a random tree forced it's way into the main path and attacked Quarria. He hissed disapprovingly, almost as if the sound could help the larger serpent scare the offender away, and then did his best to remain curled up over the laps of the students Quarria was currently carrying.

Thankfully, her battle, like his own, was horribly brief, and the tree was defeated almost instantly. He found himself sniffing almost petulantly as he looked at the fallen foe, "Ssssserves it right!" then he moved slightly to make himself as comfortable as possible over the girls' (and Faint's) laps, hopefully serving as a blanket of sorts.

Of course, it was right around the time he'd laid his head on Alcie's lap and closed his eyes that he felt the familiar tug at the bottom of his stomach, indicating a shift back to human. Gabrian tensed and then began to squirm horribly in place, trying to wedge himself between two people, rather than remain on all their laps. He hissed sharply, disapprovingly and then felt himself change entirely to human; thankfully he was only in a semi-awkward position, half wedged between two of the students, still partially on poor Alcie's lap, "I'm sorry," he seemed rather embarrassed, and he squirmed in his newly regained human form until he'd placed himself firmly between Alcie and someone else before letting out a sigh, "I swear; the moment we get back to Halloween won't be a moment TOO soon. As lovely as this ride and... warmth is, the shifting is most inconvenient."

He turned his head to regard the larger serpent and offered her a true, honest to god smile. Possibly one of the first smiles he'd managed since the start of the trip, "A nix, actually. But yes, you can sort of say that. We prefer rivers, swamps and lakes though, over sea. Yourself? I've never quite seen anything like you."

"Whoawhoawhoa, you're a bit too hardcore for me I think. Heeey...wow, I'm feeling kinda..." The tree topples over with a mighty crash. You are sad that your pack didn't come with an axe, but at least it managed to drop something. You rob the sleeping tree without regret.

HP: 0
HP: LOOT



((I think the vemon is acceptable, besides she did ko the tree first shot so I don't quite see how its god-modding sorry late drop got distracted before having to head to work OTL))

Candlejack! Out of the corner of her eye, Alcie saw the tree approaching and she swayed vigorously as Quarria reeled backwards. Immediately with one arm, Alcie hooked herself onto Quarria's body and she placed her free hand on Gabrian so that he wouldn't slide off of her or Sin's laps. Thankfully, Quarria took care of the tree quickly and Alcie breathed a sigh of relief. "Phew. You showed that tree who's boss Quarria!" Chuckling slightly trying to relieve the tension, Alcie patted Gabrian's head gently. Glancing at Sin making sure that she was alright, Alcie nodded at her quickly.

Looking down at Gabrian, she noticed that the serpent was squirming uncomfortable on her lap. "Huh?" Then she noticed that Gabrian had switched back to his humanoid form and was kind of stuck between her and Sin. "Oops. Heh. It's alright Gabrian." For some reason she felt herself blushing a little but thankfully her cheeks already had a pink hue due to the coldness. Shifting over to make room for the boil, the water demoness looked away from Gabrian not sure what overcame her.

Pushing her hair from her face, Alcyone looked into the distance keeping a watchful eye out for anything that could potentially harm them. All she saw was snow, trees, snow, and more snow. It was all rather bleak...

"Yeah, I noticed the trees. I'm sort of hoping to get in to a fight with one actually." They were very interesting, and the idea of fighting a tree was very entertaining. He could, if he shifted during the fight somehow, easily gnaw and bite at it or even just claw at the trees bark. He didn't know how much damage/pain it would cause the tree though...but he could hope to find out, right?

"I could easily drag my pack as well, if I shifted, it would be a bit odd and done best if I moved backward. It would leave my back exposed, which would not be good. If I dragged it and walked forward it would be between my legs and something I could trip on....so lets hope we don't shift at the same time." He said this with a smile at the two. "And no, if it happens we'll take a short break Eracs. I wouldn't ask you to carry all three packs, it wouldn't be fair." Among other things.

"Well, while you were in the shed I'm glad your a student now Eracs, or we wouldn't have been able to meet you. Though it sounds like it wasn't too bad...I'd have gotten lonely myself." Very lonely indeed, he needed others in his life.

"...Oooh." Amrita hummed in understanding once Lizzy clarified the situation. Okay, that did make sense! Much more sense. She had read a couple romance novels to keep her brain active, but she didn't quite see the appeal in it. They were interesting, but she didn't really understand how sweet it was to want to die for them. If you lost your FEAR, there was nothing you could share with your special someone, right?

She let Lizzy explain even further to Johan, her gaze still on her heels in the snow. The offer to carry some students slipped past her in her focus on not tripping over hidden items in the snow. It wasn't until the Demoness spoke next that the Vetala looked up, holding onto the hand tighter when she looked behind them at the tent. "Umm...Probably...should keep moving?" She questioned, looking ahead at the 'leader' of the group. "Groups are good...I'm sure Christof could catch up easily."

Cuddled up to the best of his abilities Kilometer looked over in LWs direction. The look he expressed was one similar to disbelief that the question was even asked. One of those 'what do you mean what am I? Isn't it obvious?' looks. Then again maybe not everyone has met or heard of the nekomata before.

“I’m a nekomata.” Kilometer plainly replied. His balled body shifted as he fidgeted, trying to poke his tail out from under the cloth. “Split tail.” He continued, as if that was the grand answer of the decade. Adding, “I was a living nekomata at one point.” as he flicked his tail tips separately again. Those tails came in handy when grabbing the plate from falling. Speaking of which, he still never got to actually eat anything....

Kilometer’s half lidded eyes, due to the cold, widened from the sudden sneeze and shift change by LW. Bi-colored, wide eyes looked up at her. She was so much taller now. No matter. He was cuddled up in Vaith’s cape; making him content for the time being. That wouldn't be for long though. UGH! He can’t stay balled forever. Even though the cape was giving him warmth he still felt the cold from the snow below him. He’ll have to start walking soon. He assumed they had a destination.

He looked really cute cuddled up in the cape, but she didn't feel like informing him that. Especially after the look she got after asking what he was. What? She had never heard of a...nekomata. The she-wolf just blinked at him and pondered over the word. As far as she knew, her family had never mentioned any sort of shifter by that name. All she really knew about was other were's.

"The split tail is cool." She couldn't resist and crouched down to tug gently at said tail. He was becoming more social and probably didn't even know it! "What do nekomata's do then?" It was her curiosity getting the better of her. And Jackdamnit! The tips of her toes and fingers were tingling. And not from numbness. Oh this was going to drive her insane.

She had the sudden urge to cuddle with the cat. The only problem with that was, she was shifting back and forth between humanoid and wolf. Kilo would probably claw her at some point for face planting it into the snow. Ah well, she could tease him and tug at his tail. It was nice getting him to talk. And the gas mask on his cat form? LW refrained from giggling and commenting on that.

((out for the night, g'night all))