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"Yeah, Angeline," he said with a smile. "Y'know... uh... well, Terra's intent on helpin' me get over a breakup," he admitted. "That's why she asked y'to go along with me on a blind date--sortta like that speed dating thing y'met her in, basically. Except there's not an hour time limit. Angeline's a clockwork reaper that she's good friends with, she's the first one that Terra talked into doin' this," he explained.

He led her along the outskirts of the town, clearly knowing exactly where he was at all times, even as he spoke. "She's real fun--I bet you'd like her," he said. "I gotta admit, Terra picks good friends. That, I'm not gonna lie, makes me feel a lot better about graduatin' soon. Y'know, knowin' my sister's got good pals."

"Yeah, I'm a grim," Roch said. "I'm trainin' t'be a trick or treater," he told her as he started up a hill towards the Creepy Crawlies building. "I've done a few things already--I ran a competition called the Battle of the Bands, went t'Thanksgiving a few times, stuff like that," he explained. "Most hobs have gotten themselves a mentor by this point--t'learn a job for after school."

He stopped at the door, holding it open for her.

"You catch on quick," he said with a grin as he stepped in behind her. The room was large and had several pictures of the various bugs they had further inside. There was a desk to the right where a bored looking zombie ghoul was painting her fingernails. "I'll get our tickets an' a map," he said, patting her hand before heading for the desk to get them inside.

He came back a second later with two maps. "Got it!" he said, offering her one. "Butterflies first?"

He pulled open his map, looked at it for a moment, then headed forward to the door that led into the butterfly section. It was completely and utterly empty. The butterflies fluttered around large flowers. The sound of water flowing caught Roch's ear as they headed further in. There was even a little waterfall there, with a rock wall around the pool at the bottom.

It was... pretty. He had no question why there weren't people here, he thought as he looked at Mia. "Butterflies," he said, grinning. "Tons of them, it looks like."

"No biggie," he said with a shrug, glancing around just to make SURE they were the only ones in there. "Jack, looks like we got the place to ourselves..." He was tempted to do something, he thought, wandering around until he reached the fountain. "Wanna see my scythe?" he asked.

Yes, it sounded like a horrible come on. He knew. He was shameless like that.

"Oh, you do, you do," he said with a huge, wicked grin. He held out a hand and summoned his guitar. The FEAR in the area seemed to build as it swirled into form, then solidified, the neck in his fist. When it was solid he tugged the strap over his neck and tuned the red, silver, and extremely sharp looking guitar.

Then he sat down on the half wall at the edge of the pool. "This is Desiree," he told her. "I dunno, have y'seen Terra's Rosa?"

"You'll haveta ask her," he said. "She's got talent. Then again, she IS the Scythe family princess," he added absently. His fingers found the notes, and it seemed like he was just goofing off for a moment before he started singing, almost absently.

"He got bad well she got mad
And he lowered one more time well she got even
No one heard a single word
but as the clock ticked from next door I can hear her breathing"