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Well, that was not too hard. Cuinn cheered up slightly as he was given permission to tag along. His statement earlier had been sincere – in a group he was muuuuch less likely to fall victim to this tricks and traps of this “Haunted House”. Now that he had secured one, he would be muuch better off!

Cuinn noticed that both Mitsu and Xiu seemed to be a little nervous, and he wanted to reassure them. Part of being chivalrous was protecting the ladies, and since Shun did not appear like much of a gentleman, that role would fall on him. “The pleasure’s all mine,” he replied to Xiu softly. “Don’t worry. If we all go together, it won’t be nearly as scary.” It never struck him that she might be uncomfortable about something other than the Haunted House (like the sudden arrival of several strangers).

And then Shun spoke again. Just don't grab me again. Part of him wanted to reach out and touch the Reaper right then and there, but fortunately his self control intervened. “Understood ~ !” he stated cheerfully before turning his gaze to Poke.

Something about her was… different from the others. She wasn’t weird or anything, but she stood out to Cuinn. Why? Perhaps it was the fact that she didn’t seem perfectly familiar with Mistu, Xiu, and Shun. That's right! She had been introducing herself to Xiu earlier. Maybe she was a newcomer too? That would be a relief.

He couldn’t be quiiiiite sure without asking. “Thanks.” With that he started after Shun. “Did you come with these guys, too?” The simple inquiry was directed at Poke.

Though he did not mention his presence, Cuinn kept a close eye on the undead boy who had just arrived. Something about Fuaire rubbed the cu sith the wrong way. Cuinn was not one to judge people on first impressions, but he definitely planned to watch this guy. Was he acting so abrasive on purpose?

Damien was glad that the scaled boil was unable to retort back to his brazen claim, because he himself had some opinions on the usage of scales. Scales were too rough and abrasive to touch. and they could get chipped off and left anywhere to get injured by, or they would just come off in a large set like shedding. it just didn't look appealing to see and they tend to smell like the water. Nope, he would rather prefer the fur that he donned on his human clothes and his natural form.

Oh he fully expected the giant bear thing to fall down, on its knees to their group effort

But not ON them. Why thank you Faint for trying to kill us all, your so sweet.
He didn't have enough time to get out of the way of the teddy bear avalanche as he got smushed underneath its horrible fabric and fluff too.

The hound had his screams and curses muffled by the slain beast as he tried to wiggle out from underneath its sparkly corpse, and might have accidentally kicked Merope in the shin due to his own flailing for air.

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Riley was enjoying this sudden group attack on the monstrous teddy a little too much. Her tentacles tried to worm themselves into the body of the beast, but they didn't get far - she almost considered yelling timber when she felt it tipping forward, but it was too late. She rode it down, jumping off the moment it fell flat on it's face.

And on Merope.

And on Demi.

HEY. She called out to Faint, gesturing for the feline to come closer. Get your hands under this, we've got to give them some room to get out.

Both of her hands and all 22 of her tentacles slid under the edge of the teddy bear, and she heaved.

Face your demons

Tanukyle

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What had just happened to him? Was it all a dream created by those scented balls? Had he finally gone mad from years of solitude and lost his mind? Or was this all a reality that he just couldn’t accept? Well if anyone had been “raped” like he had been, and he was pretty sure others had, then he guessed some might want to just go about ignoring what just happened. For now though, since he was now released from the grasps of the monster, he could finally escape, and escape he did.

Rykier wasted no time darting straight out of the pit and back to safety, or at least the place seemed safe for now anyway. But what was he supposed to do now? Everyone seemed to have moved on to other things, and he could not spot anyone he was once with. Had both of the demons he had run in to been caught too, or were they still along the stair case?

“Maybe that dog demon got eaten by that fluff ball after all…”

Sighing, the hippogryph scratched the back of his head a she tried to make a plan. He didn’t really have much choice anyway. It was either stay, or leave. If he stayed it wouldn’t be smart to explore alone. If he left, well what much else was there to do besides game after game after game?

What to do…

Groaning, Rykier made his way back over to the staircase and started making his way up. The least he could do was make sure the dog demon and water demon were alright. If not, maybe he could find some other amusement, or leave. Either worked fine.


EDIT: [Exiting him out]

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LW had no idea what had just happened. One minute they had been traveling along, down the hallway. And the next? A giant..bear. Hugging Merope. A very big bear. "O-oh Jack! Where did that thing come from?!" It had just appeared out of no where! In typical she-wolf fashion, when things went from OhdearJackletGO! to OMFGBEARFLOP, LW squeaked and pulled her arm forcefully away from Demi. When the bear fell on him and Merope, she might have felt a little bad. Alright she felt really bad for abandoning Demi. But she didn't want to be squished!

"Are- I'm sorry!" She called to the hound, having now backed up against the wall and out of the way in case the bear thrashed or tried to grab more of them. Thankfully Riley seemed to be thinking clearly and LW watched the demoness get a good hold on the large creature and try to heave. And she just stayed against the wall for the first few tries. The she-wolf didn't trust the thing and wanted to make double and triple sure that it didn't snag another one of them.

Tail swishing, LW sighed heavily and told herself to stop acting like a puppy! Huffing at herself, the she-wolf pushed away from the wall and moved to get her hands under the bear in a solid grip before using those leg muscles and heaving. "Skulls! This thing...I swear if it's full of glitter..." She'd probably cry. Wasn't being covered from head to toe already enough? "C'mon, Riley!" Why yes, she had just been the one cowering against the wall and now was encouraging the mindflayer. Better to pretend she hadn't gotten a wee bit scurd.

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That blue undead definitely was unusual. Cuinn quietly observed as Fuaire inched closer to Mitsu and Xiu, even though it was clear he made them uncomfortable. Part of the cu sith respected the guy for his nerve. Who else would force their way into a group at a festival after being so rude? Oh. Wait.

Deciding that he wanted to keep this boil from bugging the ladies, Cuinn innocently positioned himself between the frez drah and Shun's entourage. "You don't have a skull pin? You're a new kid like me then, right? My name's Cuinn." Yaaaay small talk. "You are?" Shamelessly he rested an elbow on Fuaire's shoulder. The gesture seemed purely friendly, but it was also meant to attract his attention. If Cuinn could keep this one busy, maybe Mitsu and Xiu would be left alone.

When Xiu sent a smile his way, Cuinn cheerfully returned it. "I came here because I want to explore every booth at the festival," he explained in a cordial tone. "I had no idea this Haunted House would be so, uhhh, exciting, though." There was no way he was going to admit that he had originally actually believed that someone lived here. "What brought a lovely lady like you here ~ ?"

Momentarily, he left Fuaire's side to run ahead and kick some disgustingly cute stuffed animals out of the group's way (mostly for the ghouls' benefit - he didn't care much for Shun). After this task was completed he promptly returned to resume his chat with Poke.

"I see. So you're just acquaintances, hm? That's nice." Hooray. There was someone like him here! "I wish I hadn't missed that open house... was it fun?" When Poke asked Shun a question, he politely directed his ears towards the Reaper to hear the answer. After all, he wanted to know more about this place, too.

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Well if this wasn't more than a little awkward, she wasn't sure what was at the moment, Tsubaki thought to herself while watching the interaction between the were lemur and the chimera. She was almost positive that it wasn't a species thing though with only what she'd read in books to go off of, nothing was 100% when actually being out in the field and seeing things first hand. Either way she was soon distracted as the little one known as Vero started rattling things off again at an impressive rate.

And then the mention of the kittens came up again. Goodness... just thinking about those adorable little puffs that turned into the massive amounts of glitter than a good number of them were now covered in made her shudder. All in all, it was certainly horrifying and props were given where they were due to who ever had come up with it. Didn't mean that she had to enjoy it. "Ah yes... well... if we share clothing, it might end up passing the glitter around more from those of us who are contaminated." Tsubaki countered, hoping that it wouldn't press the issue too much more.

Any thought of having to possibly share clothing quickly left her mind at being suddenly pulled into a very friendly hug with the other newcomer, eyes going a bit wide at the abrupt display of affection. It certainly hadn't been something she'd expected, being taken off guard before there was much time to react. "Ah yes... my apologies. Introductions weren't very prominent in my thinking when faced with glitter kittens. I am Tsubaki, it's a pleasure to meet you." she replied with a small bow of her head. This really wasn't so bad.. the whole making friends and being sociable.

While thinking about all of this would require some though, yet another surprise seemed to pop up when Vero took her hand, guiding her along with the rest of them as they ventured farther into the house. "Hmm... well if we come upon something like that last challenge, the more we have the better." It had nothing to do with the fact that it was actually beginning to frighten her a little. Nope. No one bit.