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It was hard to not allow the frustration to build inside the pit of his stomach. First Culture class and now music? The two things he was good at.. usually, he was failing miserably when he finally had his chance to excel. Ugh, mumra would laugh her round tush off at that bit of news, he was sure. She wanted him to fail at this school so he'd have no choice but to go back home. Go back under her thumb. Unlikely!

And he had to remember that so he could focus. He couldn't go back there. Ever.

Gabrian nodded at Barth, offering the rather sleepy looking demon a smile back. In all honesty, he had no problem with the sloth demon; he didn't think anyone should be punished for being the way they were and thus, well, shouldn't that extend to the avarice demon? He was midway about to say something when Calder flopped himself back into his seat. Something about the way the kelpie moved dragged the demon's attention back on him and for a long moment, Gabrian just watched the other boil quietly.

Was that... oh good grief, was that envy he saw in Calder's eyes? He refrained from facepalming or dropping his head on top of the desk, instead choosing to school his features into some resemblance of serenity, waiting for what was inevitably about to come. On one hand, Gabrian hoped the kelpie would misinterpret his words, because honestly, if he did, it'd mean Ren would be happily out of harm's way. On the other hand, something told him that letting Calder believe that he was involved with the gryphon would inevitably mean that the whole school would believe it too. Eh. Their ghoulfriends were understanding but... he wasn't sure they were that understanding.

And of course, there came the words he'd been hearing. Gabrian all but cringed at them, "We're not... together," he turned his head and gave Ren a look that clearly said he needed help, please, but soon enough returned his attention to the kelpie in case his words would mean he'd play round 2 of 'touch the gryphon's ears', "The gryphon is still mine regardless though, and you may not touch," he really, really felt like snatching his cloak and shoving it forcefully against said gryphon's face at this point.

Then, all hell broke lose as Israfel began to sing.

In a way, Gabrian was rather glad for the timely interruption, because clearly it'd make the kelpie forget the whole ordeal. Right? Right. He raised his hands to his ears and cringed at the horribly mangled vocals, wishing he could hide his head under his bagpipes. He only barely heard Barth's strangled yelp, but before he could do much of anything, a patchwork decided to help him out, allowing the nix to keep his hands over his ears, shielding himself from the horrible singing.

When the tuba landed on Israfel, Gabrian let out a sigh of contentment, finally able to peal his hands away from his ears and thus, redirect his attention elsewhere. Barth was er... still on the floor and the nix bent down to offer the sloth demon a hand, "I think you need some help, don't you not?" he kept a wary eye on the tuba in case the siren emerged though. He also watched as Livi managed to get his violin to cooperate with him, and he gave him an encouraging nod.

It wasn't until Gabrian spoke the words about ownership and together.. or not-ness that the avarice got the picture as to what, exactly, was happening and why Calder was envious. Did Carry not tell him that this particular boil was the guru of romance or something? His head tilted slightly as he did his best to recall, but he was pretty sure that was what she had said. That Calder enjoyed romance, all aspects of it, but seemed to... oh. Though unspoken aloud, he had to say that Gabrian's claims of ownership (of a sort) would lead to some kind of confusion and this would definitely be a rumor kicked about school, but one that should be easily dispelled.

..... Hopefully.

When Ren gave the one second motion, he nodded in complete understanding. best to set the limits right away before simple conversation, he was sure. "Indeed. What is your type of instrument, if you don't mind my asking?" It was obvious that the envy demon was doing his best to ignore the sounds of a certain siren, but the pain on his face was a bit hard to mask completely. Hecate below, he felt like his ears were bleeding! Even the muffled sounds were a lot better, though being trapped under a tuba couldn't be comfortable. "This class... is not at all what I expected..."

It was like hell... or something worse. But Gabrian's nod of approval made him smile happily as he returned it. To know that someone who actually played the instrument thought he did well was very pleasing to him indeed! "I'm confused as to why we're playing other instruments other than the ones we know already. I've never heard of a class that would swap them out this way..."

((Um, 6,1 is a pass roll?))

He...wanted her to play the piano? Junko blinked and just stared at the professor, unsure about how she felt about this. At least piano was somewhat high on her list, but not because she knew how to play it. In fact, Junko had never even touched a piano in her entire life! Never ever! She'd never touched any instrument! She would have preferred singing but it seemed any complaining or begging to be switched would not work from what she'd seen. Junko hummed curiously and stepped up to one of the two pianos, grabbing some sheet music.

...This...was not promising. Junko had no idea how to read these notes. She wasn't trained or anything! But the piano seemed like fun, and she liked listening to it so...might as well give it a try?

It didn't end too well. In fact, she sucked. Junko winced and brought her hands back away from the keys as if she'd been burned. That was awful!

((1, 6...math doesn't matter because first number is ODD. 8D Haha fail.))

"Yes! Definitely!" She nodded excitedly at Sepheran, excited at the thought of a jamming session. Well, sort of a jamming session; she hadn't played the guitar with anyone since Battle of the Bands ended. She would sometimes play to herself or her Minipets, but not with anyone else - it would be fun to do that again!

"I do agree that its soothing... Well, most of the time anyway," She giggled; the songs she had witnessed during Battle of the Bands was far from 'soothing'. It was actually rather painful on the ears and body, but overall, it was still an enjoyable experience. A short pause followed before she blinked, "Although what do you mean by it allows you a better look at the world?"

It sounded like a rather interesting point of view to her!

(( 6-1 is a pass, yes. ))