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Well, after watching various students disappear into the fog towards unknown destinations, Johan was still uncertain what action he should take. From the bits of conversation that had come to him in the eerie fog acoustics, he'd learned that they were under attack, though intermittently, by reapers of some sort.

As he was mulling this over, a decidedly loud wail came from somewhere over to his left, and Johan started, staring wildly in that direction. Food? Whoever Claire was, why in Jack's name was she calling for food at a time like this? Though she did bring up a good point. Would they be able to find food in this place? Johan had brought some with him on the ship, but his pack was lost to the waves. He made a quick check of his robe, however, and discovered a package of tea spookies that had gotten caught in a fold. They were hopelessly crumbled, but the package was made of foil, and the crumbles sounded dry.

Moved by a sense of pity for the ghoul, who was obviously frightened, Johan stumbled out into the fog in the direction of her voice.

"Hello?" he called, unable to make out anything but vague dark shapes in this hazy place.

While at the moment Junko could care less if West had done so she was quite surprised he didn't fight back against what She had so rudely said to him. Good, good. That made her life less miserable. She frowned when she noticed she'd scared poor Tomoko and Jove, however. "I'm sorry." She said quietly to them, petting the ball of stars on her lap. Tomoko liked this right? And she was always holding on to it... Junko held it out to the small kitsune ghoul. "Thank you, Tomoko. Would you like it ba--wh-what?" Wide eyes settled on Jove as he...did he just talk to her?! He did! He spoke to her! She'd never heard him actually speak before! The ghoul pursed her lips, smiling anyway despite that, and tried desperately not to start crying again. "Th-thank you, Jove." She managed to get out, sniffling again. They were making it impossible for her to stay upset despite her having every right to! Guuuuuuuuuys!

She squeaked and jumped a little on Seiji's lap when Ren suddenly came and spoke to her as well, nodding a little to the gryphon. Physically she was alright, she supposed. It was going to take months for her hair to grow back though...sigh. She waved to the boil she was being introduced to as Seiji said her name, curling up on his lap again. "Hello, it's nice to meet you." She hoped he wasn't upset for her trying to hide from him before. It honestly wasn't anything personal. At least she was feeling better now? Yaya's hand took hers and squeezed it, and she did the same back for her as well. She looked so hurt. What had Ren been doing to her? "Are you okay, Yaya?" She rubbed the back of her friend's hand with her thumb, squeezing it again. Here she was crying over her hair, though she felt she had every right to, and Yaya was taking a broken ankle so well. Mmf. She was being pathetic. She tried not to frown at that, knowing that if she frowned right this second she'd start crying again at how pitiful she was being. You'd think she'd been broken by The Mistress or something! Did this injury mean she couldn't leave this spot though? That...sounded quite nice, actually! Or it would if Junko hadn't already gotten her hair chopped off. Now all she wanted to do was hide.

...Someone else was coming. Another ghoul. Nooooo, no. Junko didn't want more people to see her this way. "Seiji? Can we go now? I'm feeling a lot better." She whispered to him, frowning up at the ghost boil. She didn't want more people to see her with her hair this short. Ren came over again and she went quiet, looking back toward Jove as the gryphon boil spoke of them taking the little ghost pup with them. "I don't mind Jove and Tomoko coming with us if they want to." They had been trying so hard to cheer her up, she knew neither of them would make fun of her for her short hair. But ultimately it was up to them, right?

Seiji

Slow as things seemed to have been a moment before, they appeared to be speeding up again. The appearance of a few new people could very well have had something to do with it. Seiji didn't mind really, he glanced down at Junko when she frowned up at him, murmuring her desire to move on. While he believed they were safer here, it was almost impossible saying now to her. "Ya, we can go. Let's just make sure Yaya will be alright."

He turned to do just that, watching as West began to disentangle himself from the djinn, then found himself face to face with the gryphon boil. "Ya, that's right," he smiled, clearly pleased the other had been paying attention. "Sure, we'll be happy to have him." He didn't say it, seeing as the pup had a tendency to glower when it was hinted at he needed looking after, but Seiji would be doing just that. "I hope you find your friends."

Now with that handled he finally turned to Yaya, leaning so he could pat her on the shoulder. "You stay by the fire, alright. If we run into Sharra we'll let him know you're okay." He coupled his words with a reassuring smile, then got to his feet, setting Junko down beside him so she could say good bye to their friend as well.

"You two are with us then. Maybe we can find that runt, too?" He offered a hand down to Tomoko and Jove each to help them to their feet. "What was his name, Elaphe?"

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Yaya

The djinn actually smiled when Ren touched her face again, tilting hr head this way and that to look her over thoroughly. He was gentle, and his fingers were cool to the touch, it really did feel good. Very soothing. "I will stay right here, scouts honor." Features pinched, half amused, then smoothed again. "Thank you."

The sparks, while mildly alarming, didn't come anywhere near them so Yaya offered them only a worried little frown before West's moving about called for her immediate attention. She knew he had to go, the more people out exploring the sooner they'd find something and they could go home, but still.. She didn't really want to be alone. "I know, be careful." Sighing, she let him go so he could stand back up, then shook her head. "No, I'll freeze out there. Besides, they set up base here for a reason, it's probably safe." She smiled up at him and gave his shin a pat. "Go ahead and go. Find who ever is behind all this and kick their a** for me, alright?"

Looking up at Junko, Yaya gave her hand a tug so she'd kneel, then wrapped her in a tight hug. "You be safe, stay with Seiji." She gave her a last squeeze before drawing back and giving the ghoul a nudge. "I'll be okay here."

There were voices out in the mist, faint at first, but she could recognize them now. One was Claire, Barth's sister, the other was unmistakably laced with a strong accent. She knew that voice. "Johan!"

Johan had been slowly aware of other voices in the fog, talking quietly, and assumed there was another group of students close by. Hearing his name drew him to a halt. That voice...

"Haddiya?" he called back, and started moving towards her voice. While he wasn't thrilled that the touchy demoness was the first acquaintance he would find on this island, he preferred interacting with someone who wasn't a complete stranger. And he very much wanted to know what was going on. First, though, he had to find her.

"Marco?"

"If there're asses t'be kicked, I'ma kick'em," he replied with a terse nod. West quickly scooped up his bat and knapsack and headed back into the fog. As she had said, the marid would be safe by the fire with this Johan boil she was shouting for, and the less of that ghouly Junko and Yaya crap he had to witness, the better. Time to find Holly and get the hell out of here.

(( Away, away to the Abandoned Town! ))

Jove scrubbed at his forehead with the back of one hand as though wiping off the kiss, but he couldn't hold back a little whimper as Ren left. The gryphon would be okay, wouldn't he? The pup's ears slowly fell as Ren disappeared into the fog, and when he turned back to the rest of the group he was fighting a desolate face. Ren would be okay, and he would find LW, Alessa, and the scary snake boil, and Jove would be just fine until then so he could kick the older boil for worrying about him so much.

His sad eyes turned towards Junko and Seiji, silently asking if they were leaving now as well, to find help somewhere out there in the fog. He was a little anxious to keep moving, what with that black figure lurking around somewhere, and the temptation to just run and find a snug little place to hide in was very strong. The pup knew if he got scared and bolted, he might never find his way back... With a nervous little swallow he trotted a little closer to the group.

Huh...? Junko blinked and looked down at Tomoko as she asked for the ball of stars back. Hadn't she already--oh! Oh, it seems she'd kept it when Jove had sidetracked her! Oops! The ghoul nodded, holding out the hand that had still been tightly gripping the ball; she didn't want to lose something so precious to her friend. She knew what it was like to lose something important now.

Junko was never taking her hair for granted ever again.

"Of course!" Junko told her, waiting for the little kitsune to take it. There, now she had two free hands! She took advantage of that, hugging Seiji's whole arm now and resting her cheek against his arm. She didn't care where they went as long as it was away from here. A close eye was kept on Jove and Tomoko, not wanting either of them to get lost.