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Titus went to help as well, his gloved fingers trying to pry at the tile. He could barely manage a good hold and they were so securely in place. A tug here and a pull there and it proved they were not going to come free.

"Jack you're right. It's not coming up." The look of horror came over Titus' face as Amrita explained all that could go wrong. She said broken nail he heard terrible raging infection that would cost him his hand. The words cave in echoed as a mine explosion, claustrophobia clutching his chest and robbing him of air. Dirt was only the cherry on top before Titus fell to his side and curled up in a fetal position quivering with fear.

Oh Jack he had to pee.

He lifted his head just enough to look out under the table cloth, the bathroom in full view. Majesty lines seemed to be streaming from every corner of it. Yes, it was a safe place. "What if we...what if we ran for it?" It was all he had.

The doubt was enough to nearly cripple Titus' resolve. Almost, until Amrita mentioned something. The wheels started turning and Titus realized something as she held his hands tightly. They would not both be making this venture. One of them needed to be bait to lure the others. That bait was not going to be him.

For a moment he held Amrita's hands tightly, almost reassuringly as he turned to look up into her eyes. "ALL FOR THEMSELVES!!!" He screeched as he pushed her away and rolling out from under the table combat style before scrambling to his feet and made a beeline for the bathroom.

Titus could hear the Vetala's cry behind him but he did not slow down. If anything her cries only encouraged him to run faster. The demon was across the floor in no time with his long strides and found himself at the bathroom. His haven at last! Inside he would be.....


Titus opened the door only to find people inside. Compromised! "AHHHHHH!!!" As quick as he could Titus slammed the door and began to run in panicked circles. He didn't know what to do he didn't know where to go. The place he thought was safe was not. As quick as he could he retreated to the corner where he huddled rocking hoping it would all be over.

"Errrr see, that's the thing," she explained, waving her hands to emphasize her words, "I uh, don't really drink anything." It was sort of awkward to talk about herself this much, but Danny didn't mind. "I mostly just get FEAR by eating food ... no drinks necessary!" she added jokingly.

She leaned back in her seat a little, tilting the legs so that the front two were off the ground. Was Danny treating this like a real date? Not in the slightest.

"So uh ... what about you? Do you ... err ... drink things?" she asked awkwardly. Seriously, talking to ghouls was the hardest thing in the world.

“I'm glad to hear that Miss Ev, I play a bit of violin and piano myself, though my singing isn't so good,” she chuckled, feeling slightly embarrassed recalling her terrible singing attempt at the floresctival. There was a brief moment of contemplation as Edel looked at the other ghoul, after which she would ask rather carefully, “Would you be interested in joining the club perhaps? I could relay a request for an audition to Roch ... The president.”

As for the question about her loyalty to the club, Edel grinned and sheepishly replied, “I suppose I am, Roch is a rather good friend of mine, or at least I consider him so.” A pause. Perhaps she should tell her a little more about the club? “The club was in charge of the music for the school play that was on two Octobers ago, and uh,” Edel leaned back into her chair and turned to Danny, “Danny, the flame demon over there is the club's vice-president.” For a moment, the ghoul wondered if she should have said that at all, Danny could possibly storm over for whatever reason and ruin the nice conversation they were having. “Anyway, there are quite a few other clubs in school, the school publications or the baking club perhaps. Do make yourself feel at home here and join in a thing or two,” the frost demon continued.

There was suddenly an uncomfortable shift and the ghoul took to glancing around the room. “Say, do you feel a little thirsty?” came a completely random question from left field. Edel had no idea why she had said that, she wasn't one for drinks, but there was an uncanny desire to quench her thirst. Her eyes glanced over the punch bowl sitting at the prize and refreshments booth and then returned to Ev. “Sorry, I don't know what came over me – how are you finding school thus far? The curriculum, fitting in?”

That strange feeling started to creep up on him. Titus knew it, they were out to get him. It was all a large conspiracy coming to this school and nothing more.

In a last ditch effort Titus raised his hand toward Amrita



And Promptly exploded into sparkles and hearts. It didn't even seem he could remember her name. Oh well that was close enough.