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It was hard to say what he was there. Especially after Truth or Dare, Livi wasn't much in any mood to get into any more trouble than he had already gotten to. Typically... but he had to take Luka for his daily walk or else the tiny foxsquirrel caused all sorts of trouble in his room and he hadn't wanted that either. The fog had thrown him off; confused him and made him edgy for some unknown reason; but Luka was overjoyed with it and had romped all over the place, yapping and howling. Thankfully, he had made enough noise for Livi and Enma to keep track of him...

Until he had gotten silent. They knew he was still there, as he was tugging on his leash still but the poor thing was shivering. What was... it was then the demon heard the footsteps and the odd sounds. Where in Jack's name were there? A glance back showed that they had wandered a bit too far from the campus as usual... maybe around Brek's Shed... part of him wanted to turn back, but tonight was an odd night of nights and instead of heading back to his dorm room, he wanted to find out what was freaking out Luka...

The principle of it all and stuff.

Natalia approached like the rest of them, hands laced together behind her back and bouncing lightly with every step...okay maybe not like the rest of them, but her walk was just as curious. The fog was thick and eerily so this particular night, leaving very little in visible range but leaving plenty up to the imagination. In the distance she could make out voices as feint as a slow-blowing wind...but, there were other things mingled with them. Had she heard a moan?

The groan, moan--whatever faded into the backdrop, leaving student voices much louder and in its wake. Several paces before her she could make out the top of a building, not too high off the ground to be a home or anything like that, but rickety and tiled much like...

Brek's shed. Oh jack no, not Brek's shed, the place where the hounds lived. Natalia paused for a moment, taking one step back with her hands now pressed to her chest lightly. But, what was that? The voices surrounded the shed, and after a moment she could make out several silhouettes snooping about. One boil stood prominent in her sights, perhaps a newcomer to the escapade like herself. Taking several more steps forward, eyes darting this way and that to ensure her safety, Natalia reached over and tapped Livi on the shoulder before edging back.

"Hey, do you know what's going on?" Then, having heard a familiar voice, the ghoul searched around for LW as well. "Hon?" She thrummed, tapping her chin lightly.

Natalia nodded her head, shivering a bit from fright before drawing her tail toward her chest and clutching on to it. It was one of the boils from Truth or Dare, which was reassuring. Nibbling her lower lip for a moment the werelemur proceeded to take a step past Livi, and then to turn around and face him.

"My name is Natalia, by the by, I'm not sure if you caught it during the game. I know I didn't catch yours." Tilting her head, she gave the left side of her a quick glance before continuing. "I'm not one to shy away from risks and what-have-you but this is going to get a little excessive; getting in trouble every other night, that is." Chuckling, Natalia gripped her tail a bit harder when a twig cracked beneath a heavy foot. Must be a student...but still, never a bad idea to keep your guard up.

The strange mists and noises that sprung up around the campus had Jericho rather curious as to what the source was. Coming up and around Breck's shed, he stared towards the woods with a frown. This didn't seem right at all. He had heard that the portals to other lands were here which made him wonder if something had managed to breach through to Halloween.

Somewhere nearby he heard a soft whine of a dog. Not far off he could see the sillouettes of others in the area as well. They were a little further away than the source of the whine, so he went to investigate who was closer for now.

It didn't take long before he spotted something red amongst the fog, which turned out to be Malodore.

"Come to see what this fog is all about as well?" he asked the Plague Doctor, "Don't suppose you have any ideas do you?"

Riley hadn't really been interested in the fog, until she realized that students were flocking to it like flies to a corpse. It was this that peaked her interest, and she'd only come out of her dorm to investigate after seeing quite a few other students walking around aimlessly in it. She walked out to the area, but stayed clear of the fog itself, unlike a few others. She crossed her arms in front of her and glared at the fog that engulfed the forests, looking very put out.

Well this is going to severely hinder hunting time. She grumbled out in an open thought.

A flash of purple zoomed past her, headed straight for the fog, before being engulfed within and disappearing entirely. Well, there went her hazmutt. She rolled her eyes at it's innocent stupidity, before inching closer to follow.

A smile grew on her face, one that matched the relief following Livi's remark. She would so prefer to stick with someone, anyone really, but it was especially nice to have a boil offer his presence. He could, potentially, act as the 'brawn' she needed in the event of another dog attack. Or the distraction--which ever it came down to.

"Livi, ahh yes now the bells are ringing." Freeing one hand from the tip of her tail and running it through fine, blue locks; Natalia continued, "Well I am glad to finally make your aquaintance." You know, it didn't hurt that the demon was extremely handsome to boot. The werelemur would have something lovely to look at as they willingly wandered into danger...or ran from it. Turning her attention to Luka, whom of which she had all but forgotten once Livi's physic was the thought on her mind, the ghoul extended her hand out for the little one to sniff.

"It would definitely benefit all of us to stick together, I'm sure." Her eyes never left the foxsquirrel's quaking frame, but she was well aware of her surroundings all the same. Students who had been several paces away were closer now and their voices loud enough to hear. This, as well as Livi's willingness to take Natalia into his care, (even if he didn't see it as such) was enough to drop the hairs of her neck.

"Don't be afraid little one, everything will be alright." Having such a soft spot for pets...or perhaps in an effort to impress the Envy Demon, Natalia spoke to Luka directly.

Gabrian had been on his way to Breck's shed, actually, very much intent on trying to sneak in, and as such, was currently trying to be as inconspicuous as possible while slithering through the grass that surrounded the place. There were several reasons he favored his serpent form when he went out to visit places like the shed; for one, despite how slow he was moving along the grass at the current moment... he could actually be rather fast in this form. The fact he had long teeth that provided a natural weapon was a plus, and then, there was the river; if he needed a swift escape, there was nothing better than slithering into the water and banishing from view. After all, there were very few things that dared follow him into the water, usually, and those that did were usually easily out-swam within moments.

Alas, the mist was, without a doubt, something new. Or at least it wasn't something the nix demon had seen in his other excursions to the shed. Scowling slightly, the large, python sized serpent reared up off the ground took a moment to look around; maybe today wasn't the best of days to visit that jack-forsaken shed after all...

Unfortunately, he was a stubborn boil and refused to give up, even with the strange, unknown humming sound in the near distance. So thus, on he slithered until noticed... were those voices? Blinking in disbelief, he reared up again, and squinted through the fog, his tongue slipping in and out to taste the air; there were scents he recognized. Now firmly abandoning his initial idea of raiding the shed, he advanced forward until he noticed LW, Junko, Livi and what seemed to be a lemur ghoul (he thought he recognised her from some class, but he couldn't be entirely sure).

"I guesss today is not the best of daysss to be going inside the shed, is it?" he reared up languidly as he approached the group, still in serpent form, his gaze landing on LW briefly, and then shifting to the envy demon. Even though his form was different, his voice remain the same, "What is going on, exactly? I did not expect to find... any of you here. Or the fog," or the faint humming sounds, which were starting to really grate his nerve, "And what in Jack's name is that awful humming sound?" his ear fins lowered slightly, his tongue slipping out and back in several times.

It seemed natural to want to help out a ghoul; after all such things were ingrained into his head since birth, really. To not pay attention to someone who could need his assistance wasn't something to ignore. So her agreement to accompany him made him very pleased indeed. "Same here. I noticed how you were having fun at the last venture I saw you at... however, there simply wasn't enough time for us to properly meet. But the pleasure is definitely mine to have." She was a very good looking ghoul and her fashion style was keen. It was impressive to the boil who so loved his fashions.

When spoken to, Luka slowly lifted his head to sniff shyly at the hand before him. He wasn't familiar with this ghoul but seem had a pretty tail and seemed nice too! The kind way her voice spoke made him feel less nervous and he lightly licked her fingers as a way to say hi. "Typically, he likes to headbutt people he finds interesting, but he's feeling shy.. hopefully, once we know what's going on, he'll relax." That was the main reason why he was bothered. For Luka, his oft-times clueless pet, to be bothered concerned him.

When Gabe spoke up, his head tilted before he looked around. It was through this glancing that he noticed LW's wave and returned it, letting her know he had seen her. The sounds of slithering were easy to hear so it took him a second before he looked down and noticed the boil he knew pretty well. "No idea, I'm afraid, sir. But no today is not the best of days to test our mettle, I think. I was walking Luka and he ran off in this direction... until something spooked him and now he's scared. But now I want to know why... Humming? I do not hear any humming..."