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It wasn't hard to agree with Riley on Hellma there. He hadn't been in this school for long and he could see that much just from the way the field trip had been. It was a dreadful time, and he wouldn't be surprised if some of the students ended up traumatized from some of the insanity that had occurred there.

"Hopefully, we do. I'd like to be as strong and wise as an elder dragon sometime," he mumbled. Most likely an elder would have been able to take care of that Death Charm with no problems. One could probably even take care of Jingleberry for that matter. At least that's how he felt.

Glancing over towards her, he tried to think of the strange pets he had brought back home here. Quite frankly he hadn't seen them since he arrived. He'd have to check the closet later to make sure they were still in there.

"Huh. I'll have to see them later. I just threw them in the closet when I got here. Hadn't seen them since. I'm sure whatever they are now, it's an improvement to what they were. Too JOYful those things were."

Tilting his head at the question, Jericho thought about what to say for a moment or so.

"It's pretty mountainous. My parents are currently residing in a pretty big cave system inside one of the range. One of the mountains is an almost dead volcano, which is probably what drew them to that place. The peaks get a little chilly and get some snow, but we don't generally go up there. The area around is mostly forest," he explained, recalling what his home was like, "Lots of wildlife so hunting usually isn't an issue."

At the mention of hunting, he suddenly remembered that the last thing he ate was a reindeer burrito. The dragon was getting rather hungry now... He was going to need to grab some food pretty soon.

"Then again we can digest just about anything so I guess it wouldn't be an issue in the first place, but vegetation just tastes horrible," he sneered before looking towards her. He knew a few things of Illithids from the stories his parents had told, but there wasn't a great deal, "What about you?"

Propping himself up a bit as Riley explained her home life, Jericho couldn't help but frown. No wonder she seemed a little uncomfortable at first there. It had to be rough to be living in such a place and he had trouble imagining what it was like, especially since Mindflayers couldn't exactly eat just about anything around them like a dragon could if they absolutely had to.

Before he could really comment on anything of the matter though, she had switched gears. Taking the hint that she might not have wanted to dwell on that, he glanced over at the pool.

"I do sometimes. It does pretty well to get my scales clean as you might guess," he said with a grin.

"Yeah... I wouldn't advise going in there," he agreed before getting up. Jericho went on to take a few steps away just to make sure he had room before removing his school pin. Within moments of it being off of him, his body began to change. As he grew larger, skin turned to scale and nails to claws. His head and neck elongated and a tail sprouted from behind. A set of spines and frills grew alongside his back as well.

Once the transformation was complete, he looked down towards Riley with a toothy draconic grin.

"Feels good to have that under control again," he mused while looking over his claws briefly before making his way over towards the pool. As if it was nothing, he went on and stood in it. The lava pool wasn't that big for him to really move around much in it, but he could at least lay in it sort of.

There was a low approving rumble coming from Jericho's throat as he heard the compliment from Riley. He was a red of course, which to him was the best of all the chromatics. Then again, he may be a little biased there, but it didn't matter a whole lot.

"It's kind of like sitting in a hot tub," he chuckled, "Though it's too bad I can't come into this in my humanoid form. I can't stay in the pool for too long though."

Lingering there a little longer, he soon climbed back out of the lava pool, being careful to not let too much of it drip out onto the floor. It didn't take too long for him to 'dry' off, but once he did, he made his way over towards Riley and lowered his head some so they'd be a little more at eye-level to one another.

"My scales in my true form do a lot to protect me. At least from some damage and heat to an extent. Lava resistant or not I don't think I could have taken a blast from that Death Charm."

Jericho couldn't imagine that it was a pleasant experience to be incinerated in nearly an instant. Though, he's done it to a few small creatures himself... like mice. It generally was on accident one way or another seeing how reducing something to ashes really didn't do much for him aside from venting out frustration.

He didn't mind the petting here; it was comforting to some extent. Though he wouldn't want some random person walking up to him and touching him for the hell of it. Thinking along those lines, he contemplated on her question, though it didn't take him long to come up with an answer.

"That sounds good to me. There aren't many people I let on my back outside of necessity. In fact.. right now you're probably the only one," he replied before his stomach gave a fierce growl, "Urg..."

"The last thing I had was a reindeer burrito from Christmas Town," he answered a little flatly while looking towards the door, "As nice as hunting sounds, heading to the cafeteria will do."

The food here wasn't as good of course but it was easier to access. It also did the job of quelling hunger.

"Ah... have you eaten at all today?" Jericho asked the Mindflayer. If not they could probably grab lunch.. or dinner (he had no clue what time of day it was right now) together.

Nodding to her at the mention of having to change back, Jericho looked towards the door. Even if he was allowed to roam the halls in this form there was simply no way he could fit comfortably. Most likely he would end up breaking something or a lot of things.

"The jolly meals tend to ah... come to life. So I guess it's similar to hunting in that respect. Not sure if they grow brains when this happens though," he mused before looking for where he had placed his pin, "And yeah I prefer my true form as well. But.. I do have to admit that the humanoid one is more convenient at times... being considerably smaller and all."

Putting the pin back on, his body shifted back to his other form. Once the transformation was completed, he stood up straight and stretched out.

"Ready?" he asked her while extending a hand so they could head out.