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(( ROUND 2 ))

Colette looked away from the cauldron and to Israfel at the mention of Christmas Town. "Yep," she said in a short, simple reply and nodded. It was a terrible trip, but after having time to think about it, she was happy she had at least made so many friends from it. The associated and thought of JingleBerry with anything Christmas was still there though, as Colette was particularly unhappy every time it was brought up. She would not be forgetting that any time soon, but she kept a neutral face on as to keep any questions away.

Looking back at the cauldron to start adding in her Fear again, she tried to focus and do it right. The mention of Truth or Dare made her nervous though, and she glanced at Barth before replying to Israfel with a more hesitant answer. "Y-yes," she said quietly. "I was there too.." The fact that the Sloth Demon had to kiss her at Truth of Dare made her feel awkward, but she thanked Jack that he was occupied with his friend Lilith. There was the memory of Christof trying to kill her every chance he got too. She had never gotten back at him for that..

By the time Colette actually paid attention to how much Fear she was adding, she had put in too much. The ghoul was still distracted by her own thoughts though and slunk back in her seat to await her turn again.

((Round 3))

Sin looked up and smiled brightly as she spotted Alcyone, she eagerly scooted over to make room for her friend but was careful to continue stirring. She thought things were going along nicely and now she sort of had the hang of adding in the FEAR. Smiling she added a bit more, not too little, not too much, just right!

"Hey Alcie!" She lightly scratched Pantaloons again, her nails running down his spine as he arched eagerly and wiggled in her lap. Obviously he was excited about the treat, but not silly enough to dive into a bubbling cauldron. She gave his rear a firm pat hoping he would stay still and well behaved for a little longer so she could finish up the assignment properly.

((Round 3))

So many words... Jove watched the siren with an unwavering look as he spoke of his friend, ears occasionally twitching in mimicry of those odd little head wings. For one who had not strung together two words since his application to the school, it was almost a marvel. Who knew students could be so chatty.

Not that Jove was put off by the talk, he found it rather... pleasant to be talked at. He shook his head at the appropriate moment, and his ears remained perked and attentive right through until Israfel turned his talk in Colette's direction. Jove stood up at that point and added a third dose of his Fear to the cauldron, as oblivious to the scareon's inquisitive sniffs as his own pet's overexcited wiggling. When he sat down, almost on the poor scareon's nose, he decided it was time for an intervention. Pulling the pomegranate out of his pocket, he placed it in the opposite pocket and gave both pets his best "please mind your manners" look.

One ear swivelled in the other direction when the pair of reapers began talking. Even though Jove didn't quite understand the insult to his talkative classmate, the change in atmosphere was sudden enough to make the little ghost flinch. And then to say his "awesome", "really nice" friend agreed with the insult? Now there were two reapers at the table with charged emotions. Reapers really were terrifying...

The fluffy little boil struggled against his cowardly instinct, and instead frowned and puffed up in an "I am indignant" manner. Then he reached into his pocket to offer Israfel a very determined pomegranate seed gift as if to say "those words don't matter, you can talk more now."

((Round 3))

Nodding at everybody, Alcie watched as everybody gathered their FEAR into the cauldron. She had no idea if they were doing this correctly or not but hopefully it would turn out alright? Listening to the conversation, Alcie really didn't have any idea what was going on but it clearly wasn't going well.

After her last attempt, Alcie was feeling pretty confident about her fear and this time, she stepped up to the cauldron thinking that she would do control it even better this time. She was wrong. Beginning to mix in her fear, Alcie realized that she was mixing in too much and too quickly. Before she could stop herself, she knew that she had added way too much. Frowning, she mumbled a slight apology at her group and stepped away from the cauldron. She really needed to learn to focus better.

Eri shook his head at Alcie and sat on his haunches while looking off into the distance. He could really care less about what was going on and what Alcie was doing.

PART 2 OF TASK UP

The orange mixture bubbled and bubbled - it was all it did, really, as the students took turns at it. The color change was insignificant, and only a trained eye could tell that it was in fact a shade lighter than when it first started by the time it finally stopped bubbling and was ready for inspection.

As if on cue, the Professor had appeared, having walked over from another table. He smiled when he saw the color of the mixture, giving an approving nod as he set Ayakashi down on the table, "Very good, almost a perfect mixture!" He then stood back to allow the Minipet to do his thing - walking on the table top, Ayakashi made one round around the table, staying silent as he gave all the students a sniff. When he was back to Malcolm, he leaped directly into his arms and gave everyone a contented look.

"Is that so, then?" Malcolm murmured before helooked up, addressing the students with a pleased smile, "Thank you all for putting effort into this, it is appreciated... This is the second group together with cooperation from everyone... I am especially pleased at you, Barth. Seems to me like you had been distracted, but you gave this assignment a shot, which I find commendable."

Holding out several green tokens the size of pumpkin seeds, he handed one to every student in the group, "Keep this safe... It will come in handy when my office is ready."



[OOC note: Your score is 16!]

Jove took the token he was offered and looked at it curiously, only to scowl and hold it up over his head as his foxfire tried to pluck it from his fingers with it's teeth. That was not what this was for! The professor had said it was to be kept safe, not that it was to be eaten! Keeping it well out of reach of the snuffly ball of fluff, Jove shoved the green token in his pocket.

He glanced around at the rest of the table, lingering on Israfel for a moment longer. Was the siren going to be okay? He certainly seemed determined, but Jove knew he was also guilty of puffing up when he felt he had something to prove. After a minute he hesitantly took a portion of the mixed FEAR from the cauldron to make his candy from. It didn't look so hard, he thought as he poured it into the saucepan. Just mix things together until it wasn't gooey or gross.

The pup set his foxfire down on the floor, giving it a direct look, pointing under his chair, and flattening his hand, palm towards the ground. The foxfire looked like he was about ready to ignore Jove, until a pomegranate seed was waved under it's nose, and then it scurried under the chair and flopped down like it's very life depended on it. Jove set the seed on the table, future reward for good behaviour, and the fluffy little dog just about bored holes in the table with it's eyes.

Jove tucked his feet up and kneeled on the seat of his chair so it was easy to work, and rolled up his sleeves. Time to get to work! The pup leaned forward to sniff the available ingredients, while his foxfire was otherwise distracted. The honey was the first sweetener that caught his attention, and he added a portion of that to the brew. So far so good. As it began to heat up he added some regular granulated sugar, and then more honey for good measure. He knew the fluffball under his chair liked sweet things. With ears curiously perked forward he watched the mixture begin to bubble, and then realized how thick and sluggish it had gotten with so much sweetener. With a slightly panicked expression he slopped in three good portions of water.

Maybe this was harder than he anticipated... With a worried look he leaned forward on his knees and stirred until the water was thoroughly mixed in. Now it was too runny, so he added another slop of honey. And then a slight whine, as if to coax the mixture to behave. He only breathed a sigh of relief once his batch was more or less back on track, looking not too thick, but not too watery. Jove went back to sniffing the ingredients once again, his nose wrinkling quite dramatically at the scent of the white vinegar. With a scowl he skipped over that and the cream of tartar, squeezing some lemon juice into to his mixture instead. It would go well with the tang of pomegranate seeds, which he began to stir in that that point.

His nose led him to the crushed citrus flowers, and he added just the slightest amount of those, his tail wagging at the almost tropical fruit scent the candy was developing. To finish it off he dosed the candy with some red and yellow food colouring, stirring until some oranges appeared amidst the stripes.

Finally he dumped the stuff out and poked it with a finger. A firm mixture. He played with it for a bit, squishing the stuff with his hands and enjoying the scent that radiated off of it. Judging by the whine that began to emanate from under his chair, the foxfire approved as well. Rather than torture the pet further, Jove hastily shaped one small ball into a little bone and presented it to the fluff since he had been doing such a good job staying put. And the foxfire took one sniff, and devoured the whole thing in one go. Jove wagged his tail and gave his foxfire some ear scritches, and the foxfire in turn wagged its tail and licked at the ghost's hands, and there was much puppy love shared between the two before Jove realized he had better fix the rest of his candy into bones before it became impossible to work with.

((OOC:

Mixture Good: 5 Points
Crushed Mixed Citrus Flowers: +1 for the fruit foxfire
Taste your Minipet loves: + 2
Color your Minipet is neutral with: + 0
Hardness your Minipet is neutral with: + 0
Smell your Minipet loves: + 2
Shape your Minipet likes: + 1

Total: 11))