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Xiu took the offered drink with a quiet "thank you", only for her gaze to snap towards him at the mention of her uncle. She puffed her cheeks out in silent denial, but made no other effort to defend herself because it was...kind of...true. Taking in his grin, she arched a brow and shook her head. "You're having way too much fun with this, aren't you?" she accused him in a whisper, nudging his side gently with her elbow. To be fair though, she couldn't stop her own curious gaze from wandering over to the sibling pair, wondering how the two were faring.

The baku took a sip of her drink and then smiled, glancing at Vaith from the corner of her eyes. "Put your eyes back in their sockets," she teased, loosely linking her free arm with her friend's before continuing, "Or are you jealous of Jiten's body?" Not that she could blame him if he was. If she were to take a guess, she'd wager that the Chimera pair had done a lot of training growing up. Either that, or they really were blessed with amazing genes--she didn't see a lot of students as fit as those two were.

Maybe she'd ask about their training regiment (if they had one) when they were back. Er, if they came back. She wasn't sure how their conversation was going to pan out when one of them was feeling quite clearly--and understandably--grumpy.

He was glad the horseman was getting a bit more comfortable. It was difficult to get comfortable around strangers, he knew what it was like. He was letting his guard down and that was a good thing. The demon grinned around the plastic lip of his cup, gently pushing the monster's shoulder. He knew exactly what he meant, but that was okay. He could make his own chocolate goods and then some. Damien hadn't need to learn the recipes. There was a book of them back at his place at this point. However, he nodded, conceding that he didn't know absolutely everything about fighters. He was a all-in sort of fighter, rushing in first. Probably why he got his butt kicked often enough.

Uru's eyes narrowed at the monster. He'll be holding him to that.


Uru's attention fell back to his winged friend. "You're here with someone? Was it part of that flower-pair-up thing a bit ago?" He inquired with a slight tick of the head. He had heard of it, but was happy that he didn't have to do that. It was either go with Damien or not come at all. He could have found something else to do while half the campus was here at Prom. Luckily, Damien was enthusiastic about going. Going with him. "Would you like some help finding them?"

The hellhound gave the baku a brief nod. "A pleasure meeting you as well, Miss Xiu. Hopefully we do cross paths again." He offered as he bid his farewell, moving an arm around Damien protectively.

Sibyl blinked, tilting her head and looking up at Gabby through her bangs. So grumpy gills even after she'd been gone for so long! Secretly she had hoped he would be happier when she came back. Ah, well. She would continue to work on that! Everyone deserved to be happy, even Gabby. "Ice is nice! But not everyone can walk on it, s'not fun for them. Maybe we could make just half the place ice! So everyone can play in it who wants to, and then everyone who doesn't doesn't have to!" She threw her arms up in the air, obviously proud of her obviously brilliant idea. This was why Sibyl made the big bucks, obviously.

"I like cupcakes. Don't you like cupcakes? I could go get you one~!" Her arms dropped onto her lap and she grinned up at Gabby, now bristling with excitement. "I like fairy tales, too. I got lots of 'em in my room, I could read one to you sometime!"

A strange rumbling caught her attention then. She blinked, looking in the direction it was coming from. A mirror? "What's that?"

It seemed the words were starting to affect the ghoul, and Jala couldn't help but grin. Just a few more and she would be absolutely HORRIFIED of-
Except she didn't get to say more. Something grabbed her, and despite herself, she couldn't help but jump, letting out a hiss, her tail doing the same.
Someone DARED lay their filthy hands on-

And then a hand was clamped over her mouth, a very familiar voice behind her. Aw poop. There goes her fun.
She would have told Xiu to wait for her, because she had SO many more stories to tell, but it was a little hard when she couldn't speak. And considering she seemed more familiar with Ji, she probably would listen to him instead. Ugh.

The moment they were away, Jala smacked his hand away.
"EXCUSE me. You were taking too long, and I was BORED. We were having such a nice chat."
She turned to see how the Xiu was faring, and was surprised to see there was another boil with her. Wow, ghoul worked quick. Then again, boils were often suckers for the sweet innocent-looking type. Who knew she was actually older than she looked? Though they were trying to be discreet, she caught them sneaking glances over. Who could blame them? This body was to DIE for.

"Look, Ji, I'm doing you a favor. That ghoul is WAY out of your league. Did you know she's a graduate? She shouldn't even BE here, and yet she is. I bet you she's here picking up boils. Why, there's one with her right now~"

It was very reassuring to hear such understanding and agreement on the importance of various skills. If everyone had the same abilities, powers, and strengths, that would make weaknesses all the more greater. This earned Damien some points, in the horsemans mind. A smart boil, he seemed to be.

But with the focus having shifted to him, he gave a very faint flinch, in a sort of 'taken-aback' way. It was mild, but his eyes did blink a hair incredulously. Mystery... date...? He... hadn't thought it was....

Slowly, he looked around the flourishing gymnasium, now making a few small connections to those that were attending, and... that pairs were expressing affection in idle methods. Staring at a few, he felt his gut clench a little with the tightening of his jaw. Was this.. some sort of... romantic event...? Stiffly, he slowly began to look from Xiu, to Damien, Uru, and back to Xiu again. He'd thought it to be a gathering, and nothing more. The pairing off he'd signed up for a means of 'icebreaking' or having a partner for any festivities that were game related.

Embarrassment creeped through him like a vine, his weight shifting, and arms crossing tightly along his chest, casting his gaze downward to where that hidden flower was tucked away in his black wrap. Maybe he should have read the information more thoroughly. Fists were balled in the crooks of his elbows, brow furrowing ever so lightly on his smooth forehead. Another event he'd joined that he definitely was not meant for. Now he understood Uru's earlier surprise. Discomfort back on the rise, he gave a small clearing of his throat, but made sure to avoid eyecontact with those around him,

"It's fine..." he muttered, having half a mind to crumple that flower up in order to cover up his tracks. He wouldn't know how to find them anyway.

As Xiu began to announce her leave, he only slightly lifted his eyes far enough to stop at one of her arms, giving a tiny nod of acknowledgement. She seemed pleasant enough. Acquaintances..? that would be really nice..

"Ahh, sunken ships and salvage!" Merope cursed as he finally made it to the gym, fins clamped tightly to his sides as he stared at the crowd before him. The undead leviathan carefully leaned forward, trying to stand further up on his talons to look across the sea of gathered people. "Come on, come on... Ah, right."

The boil snapped his claws before withdrawing a faintly glowing forget-me-not flower, staring at it and the crowd and back again. "...How is this supposed to work again...?" He murmured to himself, experimentally shaking it to see if it did anything.