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"Yes, let's. Quickly." She made a point to emphasize as she stood, heading towards the door and doing her absolute best not to look at the nightmare demon.

Unfortunately, her best wasn't enough. She had shot a glance over her shoulder. She caught that pleading look.

Riyo turned her head forward momentarily and bit her thumb. It was cosmic justice, really. Titus was getting just what he deserved. She was loyal enough as it was. The feline had proven she was ready to take a bullet for him, but that right there was a different kind of bullet.

Riyo stood still in front of the door, cringing and tapping her foot as she fought with herself. Don't interfere, she told herself. Let it play out, she told herself.

"I'm sorry Akubi." She knew she was holding him up. "If you have a nap deadline to meet, don't let me keep you."

The ghoul then turned around on her heel, folded her arms, and shot Titus a look. Her head shaking said hell no, but her eyes said 'make me an offer I can't refuse.'

Riyo didn't do charity work, after all. Everything had a price.

An almost skeletal hand reached out and intercepted the flask before it could be properly passed off.

"I'll take that, thank you." In a quick motion the flask was recapped, and even faster was tucked away into one of the many, many folds of clothes that obscured majority of the Horseman's shape. "You should know better than to offer alcohol to minors." Salbei scolded Wrath first, his red eyes narrowed and disapproval, and then he looked towards Hel, and offered a small smile. He even raised his arms slightly, as if expecting a hug.

"You look startlingly terrifying, dear girl."

Hel didn't appreciate her finger being put down, and she raised it back up to jab at him, narrowing her eyes more before she stopped, her hand falling to her side in a loose fist. That small annoyance was forgotten though in favor of, finally, answers. Her lips were a bit parted as she was informed. The horsemen had been given a new home? "Where!?" She demanded. "How do I get there!?" The strays didn't matter to her at the moment, and she couldn't help but look a bit disturbed and exasperated as he spoke about Salbei and how often he saw him, but, at least Gramps was okay, it seemed, and that was all she could ask for--

Actually, she was about to take that flask for a swig, but-- Her eyes widened again as she stared at a very familiar hand, and her entire head turned to follow it as it took back the flask. It was weird, but for some reason, her heart felt light and fluttering and...all kinds of stupid emotions and one she supposed was called giddy, as her eyes roamed up the collection of robes to his face.

Hel stared at the Famine sage a bit wide eyed, and unblinking for a long moment, frozen. Finally, she cocked her head to the side, and she crossed her arms, releasing a sigh. "Yanno, Gramps--" She started, sounding like she was about to tell a scareling a lesson. "It is rude to just go off without telling someone where you are going, especially if you are going to be gone for a while! They worry, ya?" Not her though. No. She wasn't worried at all. Hel held up that front for a moment before she unwound her arms and then launched herself at Salbei, wrapping her arms tightly around the laundry pile and burrowing in for a crushing hug.

Wrath didn't really mind that she continued to jab a finger into his chest, because he barely felt it. His head was swimming in booze (at least he hoped it was just booze and that the famine sage hadn't snuck something else into it), and well, rock hard muscles had their advantages, after all.

"Ah well, you see.." He began, ready to tell her that it didn't really matter where their new home was, because she couldn't actually go there, when somebody swiped away his flask.

Wrath looked towards the thief, and his face quite visibly fell. "But she is hardly a minor, Salbei!" He complained loudly, his voice like the rumble of thunder. "And you said that I could have that for all of my good behavior." He smiled broadly (really it was more of a leer), and winked at the other horseman.

But than it looked like some kind of family reunion time, and Wrath watched with a face that fell utterly neutral. He had no family anymore, his parents and multiple siblings all gone. The pain he felt in his heart was swift, and nearly crippling as he watched the interactions between the two of them.

Slipping a hand into the front of his fur lined vest, he pulled out a second flask, unscrewed the lid, and took a very, very long swig.

That aught to help.

Mia wouldn't have been surprised if a lot of students didn't know who she was. She hadn't exactly been a social butterfly (pardon the pun). But surely she knew she was on the student council... right? She might have been a little sad if she didn't, but, she supposed it couldn't be helped. This was only their first event, and they would definitely make themselves more known through more events. Yes, this was just the beginning!

It wasn't hard to tell the ghoul wasn't entirely impressed, but Mia held it in stride.
Baby steps, baby steps...
"Ah, yes! I admit I'm usually more used to quieter settings, but it's fun watching the other students enjoy themselves."
She then turned to Cannon, fluttering nervously.
"U-um, please don't eat me..."

"And I assure you, had I the chance, I would have." He assured the ghoul scolding him with the same, easy smile. His arms remained open, knowing that she would cave eventually and give him what he was looking for. It had been too long, and he knew her better than to believe any posturing she put on for the sake of argument.

When she finally did hug him, he lowered his arms to wrap them around her with surprising strength, the various trinkets in his hair clicking together as he lowered his head to touch his nose to the top of hers.

"I missed you too, troublemaker." He murmured to his most annoying halloween student ever, with a smile that he knew she wouldn't be able to see.

"She is a minor, and I said you could have it." Salbei's oddly kind-sounding words were muffled at first, what with his head being down and all, but they grew clear as he lifted his head to give a rather unimpressed stare at the muscled fiend. "You weren't meant to share." He smiled away, and leaned away from Hel's crushing embrace.

"And you, to be safe, do not accept anything he offers you." He warned, with all the paternal care he could muster, as he pat the top of Hel's head.

Yin had arrived late, that was true, but after having gotten not one but two dances out of the boil, Alexander was having a hard time remembering why he should have even had any reason to complain. Smiling, he held his hand out towards Yin again, and began to lead him towards the refreshment table....if by shuffling along slowly that was to be considered leading.

"I think there are a few games over here as well, if you'd like to try a few of them out." He still had to shout to be heard

Since Titus still had the tiny reaper babe he decided to pass the time in making sure Freya and whoever would regret it later. He marched his way over to the tables lined with treats and drinks and looked for the sugariest thing he could lay his eyes on. He finally settled on a large lollipop that was probably half the size of Peder's head and plucking it up placed it by the kids mouth for him to gum on.

"There ya little weed eat up." Titus didn't really give much thought to the fact that he was creating a sticky situation for himself. All he was concerned about was giving the kid back with a sugar high.