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Maritess gave her current date a relieved smile when he made it obvious he wasn't going to needle her on her tardiness. Nor did he mention anything about her lower half (or lack thereof), which was always a good thing! Maybe she should go on more of these Dash Dates if they were as proper and gentlemanly as he was being. And if they looked half as good as he did, well, all the better!

"You're the first Bakeneko I've ever met," she explained, somewhat shyly, hoping that he wouldn't think her to be some ignorant undead from some backwater town for it. "Is becoming a Nekomata why you enrolled into the academy?" she asked, primly placing her hands on the table as proxy for her non-existent lap while her large, leathery wings continued to silently beat and keep her hovering.

__ Though her cheeks appeared unblushing, Hadiyya's compliment tickled her inside. Colette absolutely loved her swords; someone else who could appear as if she appreciated them too, even a little, pleased her. The reaper found herself less nervous, and she flashed a smile. "Thank you. And it's nice to meet you too."

__ The ghoul hadn't really done much since arriving at the academy. She fixed up a dorm room to call her own and thought about what classes to take, but nothing drastically opinion affecting. Though she did get lost the other day while exploring. "I'm having a good time so far, though I haven't done much really. Still figuring out which classes to take. You're the first student I've met too.." Colette poked her finger around a tear in the tablecloth and glanced at an overly droopy cattail in the table's arrangement, thinking and realizing herself a bit dull. She returned her eyes to the ghoul, "How about you?"

Kasumi couldn't help but laugh. Belladonna had a penchant for cheering people up (not that the ghost was unhappy, but it certainly brightened her spirits! -- haha, ghost humor!) and she was warmly welcomed to the table. The ghost loved discussing all things romance with Belladonna, especially since the witch seemed so interested in the subject. She was also more experienced than anyone else Kasumi had met at the school. At the mention of a dress, the ghost was overwhelmed with gratitude. "Really? For me? Bella... thank you so much. I simply must repay you... is there something I could do for you to make up for the effort you've put into the dress? I promise I'll take very good care of it!" Now images were dancing in her undead head of herself in front of a mirror, posing in the most gorgeous cream and blue dress to ever see this side of Halloween.

It was simply amazing!

When Belladonna executed what was only known as the Girly Teen Sigh, Kasumi know it was on. The boy had definitely captured a few hearts, and being a demon, he had the charm for it in spades. Blinking, Kasumi tapped her chin. "He's quite handsome, definitely, and the outfit is to-die-again for." She knew Belladonna was much more suited for grabbing his attention, and since they were such good friends, the ghost couldn't find it in herself to harbor any sort of animosity towards the witch, even if she tried. "I fancy his fanciness, I suppose!" she explained with a good-natured laugh. She really had to learn to just laugh at these things. "Watch, you'll be paired up with him and I better see sparks flying, or else...!"

The ghost made a mock fist and did her best to pretend this was an Unlife or Redeath Struggle between two lovestruck teens. "I might swoop in and snatch him away if you're not careful!" Another giggle secured the deal from Kasumi's end.

Calder was walking between tables, his pet Fester, a large leech, plopped on his head. It was all very romantic. The setting he had constructed from used curtains and construction paper. The candlelight setting the mood and everyone paired. It was just so BORING! Why wasn't anyone holding hands, confessing deep feelings, or at least someone grabbing their partner and carrying them bridle-style out of the room?

Instead, it was idle chatter and he chewed on his bottom lip. Maybe this arrangement was a bad batch. He had to try again! There needed to be chemistry!

With a hard blow, Calder whistle sounded. "Okay, that was a nice warm up. Hope you all got some juicy tidbits from your conversations, but now it's on to the next lucky contestant. Time to rotate! Those with hearts, stay in your seat. Everyone else, move down the line."

Round 2

♥ Deacon - Coralie
♥ Tahki - Tess
♥ Belladonna - Braum
♥ Junko - Kasumi
♥ Hadiyya - Harrow
♥ Chuppi – Colette

__ Her red eyes set upon each student as Hadiyya motioned to them. She was impressed, but not surprised, that she knew so many students just in this room. The ghoul was pleasant to be around and not overwhelming or dull from Colette's experience. Her first class certainly was an interesting one too. Colette had wanted to explain her reason for coming and maybe ask about sex-ed, though she didn't know for sure if the ghoul would be okay with talking about such a thing, but the loud whistle stopped her before she could even start.

__ "Oh.. I suppose it's time to move. It was nice meeting you." Already the other students were moving, and she actually felt a tad slow. Pushing her seat in, she gave a farewell smile. "Hopefully I'll see you sometime again." Having to leave so soon was sad, but time flies.

__ Colette headed right, or what she figured was the right way. Her left possibly was the host's right. All she was certain of was that her next acquaintance was quite short, sort of adorable in that way. She sat and a weaved her fingers together in her lap, feeling that damned nervousness creeping up; but the round eyes of who she was now sitting across from actually rubbed it off a tad. "Uhm.. hello. I'm Colette.."

Deacon had offered a friendly farewell to Tess as they were told to change partners, his gaze moving about to see who was headed in his direction...

While amusing might have been the word on Coralie's mind, awkward was the word on Deacon's. When the girl sat across from him, his eyes moved from her face, to her name tag and back again.

"I'll be damned, you've still got the advantage over me." He said, pointing toward her breasts badge.

Shockingly, his tone wasn't hateful. He'd tried to break his own guitar over her head too, and may very well have had Morton not stepped in. As much as it sucked to have lost that battle, Deacon had respect for a lady who could hold her own in battle.

He laughed lightly at her question, tunneling his fingers through his hair and over an ear as though checking to make sure. "Yeah, I guess it's fine. Surprising that I didn't get any broken bones... Those drums weighed a ton, let alone the friend of yours that fell with them." If anything, it sounded like he was bitter toward Morton.

It was all well and good when Kasumi joked in a ghostly nature with the girl, but when she threatened to snatch him away Belladonna very well lost her smile. For a quick second she was prepared to jump up and claim his as her own, what with being a rash person and with those pesky witch hormones bouncing around. Never before had the young girl really felt so strongly toward a person, so the only viable option was to fight her very hardest. But the second passed and Belladonna realized Kasumi had merely been jesting. Though her cheeks blushed a bit at that, she managed a quick hug to her ghost friend when the partners were changed.

And as if her sudden rage hadn't been bad enough, the object of such rage seated himself across from her! Her pink cheeks turned a deal redder, as though they were trying to imitate the color of her hair. Managing a bright smile that still looked exceptionally nervous, Belladonna ducked her head at Braum.

"Good evening! I was not entirely sure if you would be here tonight or not, but here you are! Fancy that!" Fancy him~ was more like it, but Belladonna batted those thoughts away and leaned forward across the table a bit. "Don't mind Calder's introduction about being sad and lonely. Surely you are not lonely!"

Well, that was a good enough introduction, right? They had talked before and had a class together and there wasn't any reason for Belladonna to feel this awkward. Good Hecate, why had she come tonight?! Oh... To hopefully see Braum in his lovely suit.Checkmate in that case!