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As Ren took the other boil off his hands Seiji was free to glance around at those gathered around him, and found he didn't know a single one of them. well, save Jove of course. As the pup made his way over he was greeted with a rather pointy grin and a fond ruffling of pale blue hair. Hugs, as he knew, were reserved for dire situations.

"Ay Jove. You're looking loads better." Red on black eyes jumped from glowing eyes to the ear that still wasn't half so perky as it's mate, and he almost reached out to touch it, but thought better of it. Letting his hand fall back to his side instead.

"So mushrooms, hmm? What are we collecting them for?" The note hadn't said, and the older boil was rather curious. There was a small forest of the things under the whisp's bed, but if those were the ones he wanted, he could have just picked some from there, so he had to assume they were going for other ones.

West's appearance made the jikininki look up, and he lifted his clawed hand in a wave, grinning over at the wrath demon. "Yo." And because he couldn't resist needling him, he went on to add, "get lost? This ain't your usual gig."

Was she late? She hoped she wasn't late! Junko had been doing better since her day with Tomoko, and apologizing to Seiji, and her chat with Riley. She still had trouble sleeping and not even because of Her, and every now and then she did still run in terror from someone wearing too much black...but other than that she was doing okay! She had been trying to get to sleep early so she could have more time to try and force herself asleep again after the almost guaranteed nightmares when she received a text from Seiji. Mushroom hunting with Jove? Hmmm!

...Well, she wasn't going to sleep anytime soon anyway!

Junko had changed into something more presentable than pajamas, fed her minipets and then headed out of her room to the designated meeting place with a small basket. They were hunting for mushrooms, wouldn't they'd need baskets to carry them in? She didn't quite know how one went on a mushroom hunt but she was game for it! Even when she saw West. She could...she could handle him! He wasn't scary! The Mistress sneered under Junko's hair at the sight of West, and became even more irritated when Junko spotted Seiji. Junko grinned and hurried over to her boilfriend, trying to creep up behind him before linking arms with him. "Boo~!" She chirped. Oh yes, Junko was just so terrifying.

Now that she had found her boilfriend she looked around to see who else was around. Oh, good! No one she didn't recognize! "Hi, Jove!" She called out to the little puppy, looking more cheerful than someone who wasn't sleeping at all should. She'd be fine! She was used to this. She waved to Tybalt and Ren, and Sheridan, and Tess, and...yes..she even waved to West. She didn't quite know Astra though! She'd seen her around but never actually met her. So many people here to help Jove! This would be fun!

Tess' anxiety had lessened. Slightly. Thanks mostly to Jove's welcoming gesture. Or at least, Tess thought he was welcoming her into the circle what with the widening thing. When Junko arrived, Maritess initially thought Jove's actions were directed to the other ghoul. But no, the ghost boil (who was neither Seiji nor Tybalt) was looking at her when he did that, wasn't he? Her doubts would have been better put to rest if someone had given a verbal response as Tess tended to read too much into everything.

She opened her mouth to ask something, a clarification probably, but with most of the other students that had gathered not really talking to each other, Tess was at a loss over what to say. But she'd already made the attempt to talk, so, she might as well, "U-um, does the faculty members know about the mushroom hunt?"

The pup's tail wagged up a storm at the sight of Junko. He hadn't smelled her coming, and after the first time he realized she wasn't dead after all, that happiness had lingered to resurface every time he saw her.

He broke free from Seiji's grasp to trot over to Ren, as if saying "Look, Junko is here too!"

Then he surveyed the crowd again, pleased that everyone seemed to be getting acquainted with each other. The half-bodied ghoul still seemed a little troubled, and Tybalt looked rather pissed off, West looked uninterested and rather grumpy... And his brother looked a bit too smug. The scene was enough to warrant a head tilt from the pup.

But he was more concerned with the state of his bedroom mushroom garden than with everyone's social relations, so he trotted over to his wagon full of nervous energy and tugged it around a little bit, hoping to leave soon.

Ouuuu, Jove needed help with mushrooms and f;slkdfashdfl;kdjflasf. Tomoko hadn't been sure if she should come out or not, but ultimately she'd talked herself into leaving the demon dorms to brave the dark of night and find some mushrooms. Muttshrooms?Mushrooms...something like that. Never the less, the kitsune had gravitated awkwardly in the direction of Seiji and Junko..and then paused before gravitating towards Jove, ears perked right up.

She hugged her ball of stars to her chest and a little straggler moved about her feet, his form blending into the dark easily, though his body stuck out clearly against the pale fur of the kitsune, Mononoke looking at those assembled with a certain unease that a dog that had watched a child grow up would hold.

Clearly she hadn't been able to get out of the dorms any other way.

Awkwardly, Tomoko held up a hand, offering the ghost boy a small wave, one of her tails perking up and the tip of it wagging shyly.

Jove would have been terribly embarrassed if Ren had mentioned what he used those mushrooms for. Especially in front of so many of the older students. Only wimpy little boils slept with a frightlight, and Jove wasn't a child!

... But speaking of children, it looked like Ren really was being a nuisance. With a little huff Jove gave Ren a shove, freeing the black dog's tail with an apologetic frown. It was no wonder there was kicking and swearing going on, Ren was practically asking for it!

He was about to frown at Ren when he noticed a familiar little figure approaching, and he mimicked her hand-raising gesture in return. Kitsunes were rather similar to foxfires, sort of... So surely she would know what mushrooms were good! It struck Jove that it was almost like their field trip party, Tomoko, Junko, Seiji and himself, off searching for something... He tried to keep back the little shudder that ran through him, his good arm straying to his left side as though trying to keep the psychological wound from getting worse.

Thankfully at that moment the gentle breeze at the forest's edge changed direction, and he caught wind of something familiar. His good ear perked and he turned to look straight in LW's direction before his tail began to wag. Reaching over to tug on Ren's shirtsleeve, he pointed her out.

Tess blinked and chewed slightly on her lower lip at Seiji's question. "W-well, the last time a group gathered in the woods without the staff's knowledge or permission, w-we, um, they got detention for it." She shuddered at the memory. It wasn't as terrible as the Other Bathroom, but it wasn't pleasant.

At Ren's approach and introduction, the winged vampire gave the griffon a small smile, "I-I'm Maritess, and I know Tybalt he's vice captain of the Track Team." she added. The undead ghoul wasn't certain what else to say or whether it was appropriate to volunteer more information.