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"Crowded," Barth said, "since that's where everyone is heading. ...If it's deserted, I'm all for turning around."

A thought occurred to him. "What happened to Hedera?" He looked briefly behind him, but there was no way the other sloth demon would have braved all the climbing. Probably. At least not as quickly as West was. Maybe she took the island path...?

"Other sloth demon," Barth provided helpfully. "Sort of sleepy. Turned into a plant-thing after the train crash."

Maybe she hadn't even continued onward. Maybe she had stayed in the infirmary. Maybe she was a better avarice demon than he was. Why had he gotten on the train at all?

Although he usually avoided other sloth demons, he should probably talk to Hedera. To learn from her.

"H-hello," Tsetsiliya replied when Barth greeted her. She was caught off guard when Alwine bounded over and thanked her for the sash. "I-It was nothing! You are seeing it very much used." She smiled at the headless ghoul and allowed herself to be lead up towards the others. Again, she was surprised when Belladonna offered to carry her skirts, but she thought it best to decline, even if the waterlogged fur and material was rather heavy.

"Thank you for offering, but I can I think handle them." The poludnica smiled and grasped the material in her gnarled hands. She didn't want to place the burden on any but herself, especially her friends.

Friends. After everything they had gone through together, that gave them sort of a situational friendship, didn't it? She could call them that now, she thought with satisfaction.

She stayed close to Alwine and Belladonna, listening at the conversation between the group members. A familiar name bubbled up - familiar enough to conjure a vague, fuzzy image in her mind - she added her two pumpkin seeds into the conversation. She hadn't seen the girl (if she was thinking of the right one, anyway - Jack knows she was horrible with retaining names and faces right off the bat) in quite a while.

"I-I believe she was also behind when we were at Candycane Lane.." Tsetsiliya scratched her cheek, trying to remember. The most that came back to her from their descent to Candycane Lane was the fruitless battle. "She is at the infirmary p-probably.. or was starting there. Perhaps on another path, yes?"

((Sorry for being so behind, been sick/still sick but I think it worked in Rain's favor as she's still here. XD ))

Everyone else had moved on to Christmas Town but Rain had stayed behind. She was excited when she got the text message that her friends were okay and had wanted to meet back up with them. Somewhere, the minutes blurred into hours and the hours into days. At least two days, it seemed. Maybe more? It was hard to keep track of time here. She had been sitting against a tree the whole time, several inches of snow had built up on her body. It was almost as if she had just shut down temporarily.

Of course that changed now that she heard their voices. Voices she recognized! She brushed the snow off and pounced in the direction they came from, nearly jumping right onto Tsetsiliya, "You guys made it!"

Kilometer had subconsciously landed back upon the path LW was creating with her tail. Honestly, it was easier for him to walk on her the pouncing through the snow. Given he still had to take larger steps then usual but the snow was not nearly as high.

She remained quiet as well and he could probably figure out why; but he felt no regret for it. The only response he could have given LW for her action was the one he gave, he saw no other outcome.

They've been trudging through the icy path for quite some time now. Or at least it felt like so. They must be reaching their destination soon right? The "monsters" seemed to appear more. He can only assume that was a sign of them getting closer to wherever they were going. Every so many steps he found himself almost tripping over the lights around him. They really have been walking for a while, the tangle is loosening. He let out a sigh before LW spoke up.

What do nekomatas do? Kilometer did not quite know how to answer that. He chose to be vague like he has been up until now. "They reanimate... things.. like the dead and objects and are menaces to society. Why do you ask?"

"I am not in the best of shape but I've been saving my last pill. I think I am ok for now. Most everyone else already went that towards Christmas Town." She was really curious to find out what was going on over at there and more than a little antsy for some payback, but she was glad she had waited. Now she would be able to head that way with her friends. Back together again, well, almost." For the most part, Krumm car had separated but she was really happy to be reunited with Colette, Barth, Alwine and Tset again.

"Have you been here long," she asked curiously. Really, how long had she been sitting against that tree anyway.

((Rain has 8 hitpoints but still has a pill!))

"R-Rain!" Tsetsiliya had nearly hopped out of the way (reflex after what had been experienced during this trip) but she stopped herself just in time upon seeing the student council president's face. She happily embraced the taller ghoul.

It had felt like an enormous relief when Belladonna had gotten the reply that Rain was on the Icy Path and doing relatively well, but it was even moreso when she could see their leader with her own eyes. She regarded the undead very highly, despite what her parents might have thought should she have shared the opinion with them. It was not them stuck in the mountains of a terribly JOY-filled land, after all.

"I was behind a little, but mostly we are all now very much together, yes?" She patted the accumulated snow that had fallen onto her from Rain's attack hug off her skirt, and took to dusting some of the snow from the girl herself. She took a moment to shift the wreath around in her arms to do so; since she could not help out the weakened ghoul with healing, she could at least do something. "I am hoping you have not been up here alone very long." Her hands paused as she dusted the last of the snow from Rain's clothes.

"You whippesnapper! Get off my lawn and take your ringing with you!"

HP: 4