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Several moments after the doors opened, Llyr floated in, looking as though he'd found the place quite by accident. Dressed in a too-small, neon orange Amityville tee-shirt and too-big sweatpants that were held up by a belt wrapped twice around his thin waist, Llyrendil drifted towards the throngs of people, looking vague and dreamy and not altogether present inside of his own mind.

(Spoiler: he probably wasn't.)

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Xavier, on the other hand, was cowering somewhere in the back of the room, hoping that no one would notice him. Maybe, if he thought hard enough, and wished long enough, he would be able to sink into the floor and disappear because he wasn't even entirely sure why he was here in the first place.

Plus there was that whole thing about bringing a date which Xavier had most definitely...not.

He shrank back into the shadows as more people came in, attempting to become one with the wall.

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It was to Amrita that Sparrow swept up to the moment he stepped into the room, dressed, as usual, in an impeccable peacock-blue suit and tie, looking pleased. He did, however, give Jack a happy wave and a smile in greeting.

"Are you the curator of this event?" he asked excitedly, looking around the room with awe before turning back to her. "It's really quite lovely in here, your Student Council team has done a remarkable job. Oh, but please excuse me," he added hastily, sticking out a white-gloved hand towards her. "My name is Sparrow Heartreed."




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He didn't know a single person except for that blue skinned boil, but a party was a party, and Barnaby Dexter was most definitely a fan of parties. He'd slipped into the room almost unnoticed, flitting about with his wings buzzing to look around, and now it seemed more people were coming in, the babble of chatter starting to fill the room.

Barnaby, as usual, was not looking where he was going and promptly smacked into someone.

"Ow," he said, and then added reluctantly, "Sorry."



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Ren promptly gave the two little things a jovial wave and danced right along with them. A second later he saw Piper and a bellowing shout of "HI BLUEY" rang out across the dance floor, Ren waving enthusiastically back towards her.

The nice thing about having a bonded that was actually in the student council was that Yin's rper Yin actually knew when to show up for events. The downside was the telltale signs of planning ahead of time, and trying to avoid getting pulled into horrifyingly meaningless tasks. Not that he minded carrying the occasional box, but things could get so much more complicated than that. Also, trying to avoid the complaining, because there was only so much he could tune out, and only so many times he could murmur his agreement before he was prodded to make an actual contribution to the conversation.

What it really boiled down to was that he did his best to look presentable, and actually tried to show up on time, even though by now he knew it was acceptable to be fashionably late. Alexander would be around somewhere, but for now he just loitered near the edges, spun a wheel, collected a sheet of paper with an emblem of a brand that Alexander liked that was quickly tucked away, and then retreated to a familiar face in the form of a rather tall boil. "Good evening Jack," he said with a small bow in the boil's general direction.

Somehow, Amrita was surprised that it was Sparrow who snatched her hand up, and yet she knew she shouldn't have been. It was Sparrow after all, and he had shown nothing but pure chivalry in the past...why change now? His assumptions brought a modest blush to her undead cheeks, which was something strange to see considering her blood barely moved. The real surprise came when he introduced himself, and it showed on her face.

"...Of course I know who you are, Sparrow. You ran against me for VP?" The ghoul shook his hand anyway, but not without a little bit of surprised hesitation. "But...no, I'm just the Vice President. The actual brains behind all this is Aymet, the President." She used her free hand to gesture vaguely into the room, though by some stroke of luck she did manage to actually point out the armoured Dracolich. "And you can thank Alex and Mort for the invitations and decorations. I only crack the whip." The ghoul chuckled.

"But yes, they did amazing, didn't they? I'm so proud of them."

"I WILL PLAY ALL THE SONGS!" Ren shouted, much too loudly (as usual). He gave LW a winning smile and reached over, snaking an arm around her waist and pulling the werewolf towards him so that he could plant an affectionate kiss on her lips.

"You'll have to save me a dance, sweetheart," he said, and grinned. "One that we can really boogie to. OH!" he added, slapping a hand to his cheek and looking aghast. "We should text Jove and find out where he is."



Sparrow gave the ghoul a bright smile and kissed the back of her hand in greeting before dropping it gently, tucking his own hands behind his back. "Me?" he said, looking surprise, and then he laughed, shaking his head. "Oh, you must have me mistaken for someone else, I've never run for Student Council here.

"Though it seems quite a worthy cause," Sparrow added, a bit wistfully, as he glanced around the room before beaming back at Amrita "It looks quite smashing in here, I'm very much looking forward to seeing what this night brings!"

Which reminded him of something. Reaching into his pocket, Sparrow pulled out his skellyphone, fumbling a bit with the buttons through his gloves. He hesitated a moment, his cheeks flushed, and then typed out a short message before hitting send rather hastily, perhaps so that he wouldn't back out of it.




"Oh," said Barnaby, his voice muffled through the mask across his face. He rubbed at his nose and said, "I'm fine, just fine, thanks."

Then he gave her a curious look, squinting in the dim lighting to see her more clearly. After a moment he said, "Who're you? Are you new here too? You look new, and I say that because I'm new too, and I don't know a single person here."

A sigh of relief escaped her lips before she began to answer the boil's questions. His words seemed to spill quickly out of his mouth, held back only by the mask that he wore. "Yes, I'm quite new to the school." Come to think of it, she hadn't seen this boil around at all. Then again, if you yourself up in your room all the time, you can't possibly expect to meet any of the other students.
"My name's Suzu," She gave a little curtsy, lifting the edges of her skirt a little. "And yours?" She added after standing back up straight.

Lock was endlessly thankful he had relatively darker clothes because he was sweating buckets with how nervous he was. Voodoo had managed to text Piper from his phone and asked her to the dance for him. She'd said yes which was exciting but also scary because Lock had never taken a girl on a date he hadn't even kissed anyone.

So he was a bit late to the party, but only because he'd had to go to the store and buy some rotting flowers and a tiny skull bracelet for the ghoul. If he was going to take someone on a date, he was going to do it correctly!

It was mostly Voodoo's tugging that convinced him through the door, dandied up in his little party outfit. He spotted Piper not far off (it was hard to miss with that poof of blue on her head) and nervously approached her, gifts in hand. When he was finally close enough, he tapped her on the shoulder and said, "... For you." It was really smooth.

Alexander had, of course, been busying himself around the food table, because where else would he be? Though actually for once the zomboil was not just consuming everything in sight. Instead, he was inspecting everything with a wary eye, his pale grey eye to be exact, hands clasped behind his back as he leaned his tall frame forward, making sure nothing seemed to be out of place, or tampered with.

Finally, satisfied that everything looked absolutely fine, he straightened up, a large smile splitting his face as he beamed around the room and at everyone as they arrived.

Of course, the first person he spotted was Hel, and a thrill of excitement went through him to see her joining them at their little thrown together party to ring in the new year. Shuffling over towards her, and the tree she had just tied her wish on to, he coughed into his hand to get her attention, and then spread his arms wide.

It was hug time, Hel, and Alex was totally going for it this time.

...If she didn't manage to side step him, at least.

"It's so good to see you, Hel!" He beamed, happily, not at all aware in the slightest that this ghoul wished him a fiery doom. "Have you come all alone? Oh look!" He pointed, as Yin arrived and made his way over towards Jack. "It's my fiance! Remember I told you I was getting married?That's the guy!" He really had no idea that Hel already knew Yin.

And then there were more smiles.

So many smiles.