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"WHAT IS THIS?"

Stepping out of the dust and into the Jericho, the dragon had been expecting a warehouse full of various goods and loot, but there was nothing before him but the other students. To say he was disappointed was a bit of an understatement.

Letting out an angry huff, he tried to see if he somehow had missed something, but sure enough the place seemed very empty.

"What the Hell were we supposed to grab here? There's NOTHING. I don't even see a single coin around here," he ranted, "Did we fight our way through this damn land for this?!"

((HP: 14
2 pills
snowball launcher))

Livi had been scratching the back of his neck a bit when he heard his name being called. Oh... he knew that voice! It was good to hear Iolanthe's voice again, after somehow losing track of her once Braum had snagged her at Icy Peak. The smile of his face was honest as he turned to face her, a hand raised smoothly in greeting. He was surprised to see she was still wearing his jacket, but that didn't show on his face before he gave a soft little mock of a snicker, a hand tugging at the burnt and ripped up remains of his jacket. Showing a bit of skin at the moment wasn't too much of a bother to him. "Ah this? I kinda got blown up when a mecha exploded. I didn't get away fast enough. However, horrible though I must appear, I am feeling quite fine. Thanks to that lovely invention called the pumpkin pills. Though... wishing I had thought to bring another set of clothing, heh. Even my bag looks bad!"

He wasn't too bothered at that moment... not... really >>. Did he want it... back? The jacket? "Not really. It's rather warm in here and if you still have need of it, then please keep it. I don't mind. On that note, how is your arm?" His eyes glanced down at the arm in question before he looked at her with concern. "Does it still pain you or is it better?"

Glancing back at Riley, Jericho let out a low rumble as she said they weren't done just yet. It made sense he supposed, but he still wasn't all that pleased with the current situation. He had expected something here after being stuck in that smoky room for awhile.

"Well, there's certainly plenty of us here. We shouldn't have any problems taking down whatever's coming our way," he huffed, "So bring it on."

Giving another snort, he looked around towards the other students to get a general idea of how everyone was. It seemed that the majority of them were ready for a fight, which was definitely favorable for the Halloweeners.

"Exploded?" she mouthed, glancing over his ripped and burned clothing once more. Well, that was a good explanation. "Ours didn't explode, it kind of just.. crumbled into pieces." She pulled her make-shift shield up, made of a plate of the robot's armor, and waved it slightly to show him what she meant.

"Pumpkin pills on this end too," she smiled, bringing up her previously broken arm to flex the fingers and show him how much better it was. "I waited until I absolutely had to though - you never know what's going on in this place." She glanced around the rather empty warehouse, not for the first time wishing that she and Gabrian had just stayed home and played a game or something. "Braum finally showed up in our warehouse though, I thought he got lost somewhere."

Warm? She shook her head at that comment. "Our warehouse was freezing," she wrapped one arm around her middle for emphasis, hugging the jacket closer. "I feel like it froze me straight through." She actually had no idea what had caused it - maybe the icicles - but thankfully the temperature was climbing again. "So if you don't need your jacket, I'll just hang on a little while longer." She smiled at that, though deep down it was mostly because she was worried they might encounter freezing temperatures again. Even if there was a fire somewhere, a jacket would be extra protection, right?

"Do you know what we're supposed to be doing now?" Her brief smile had faded and she was glancing over her shoulder at the straggling members of her warehouse party. She really just wanted to go home at this point, but the only path seemed to be.. forward.

Iolanthe HP: 18
Pumpkin Pills: 1

"No you didn't," Hedera vehemently protested at the boil. "Jingleberry? They're evil! And absurdly overpowered! I was there!" She shivered, nervously looking around.

The thought of the ninja brought another thought to her mind. "Wait, so has everyone carried on an affair with Hellma? The ninja said something about it, and so did the Santa Scout we fought-"
Then she just looked disgusted. That was the WORST POSSIBLE THING to think of. The demon went a shade of yellowgreen in the cheeks, making gagging sounds.

"Lucky. I wish ours would have done something more dignified like that, instead of filling the room with smoke and other bits." His nose wrinkled at the unfairness as he gave a mock huff and crossed his arms over his chest a bit. Yes, basically, he was pouting. "Least you got some sort of protection out of the deal, yes?" He was mighty impressed with the shield and he nodded his approval accordingly. "Same with me. When I came too, I felt like if I took another breath... or coughed, I'd be done for. And I would have really... really hated to start over or something. If nothing else I had to see the end with everyone, I think.

"This place is rather... insane. And they have the nerve to insult our home! Least we don't have.. smoking snowmen and mentally baffled yetis." His hair shifted with his head as he shook it, dislodging a bit more soot that he hadn't noticed before. Ugh, how distasteful! He needed a bath... a shower... both? Yes, both sounded good about now. A brow shifted at the mention of Braum, glad to hear he had made it through as well. "That's good to hear. I was wondering about him, actually. Did his ghoul make it all right as well? Corbin mentioned something about him being with another ghoul or something..." In Livi's mind, the boil was definitely starting a harem or something. "Hmmm, ours was pretty warm, possibly because of the smoke and the bot or something. More cold seems rather displeasing... what color door did you go through? I went through the black one."

Don't ask him why he was making small chit chat. Maybe it was because it felt good to see her again, he wanted to chat with her a bit. Right then, it was empty and nothing was currently happening... so a nice breather where moving or running about wasn't required was a nice change of pace. "But please keep wearing the jacket. I'd hate for you to get cold at all. Hmm.. what to do? No, not really, to be honest. I'm figuring that our loot is around here somewhere, but there has to be one more thing to deal with. Or else it wouldn't be empty here. It'd be a lot busier or.. chaotic or something. The quiet is disturbing..." His wings shifted and stretched on their own a bit as his eyes looked for others he knew. "But least everyone's all together now, right?"

"Oh, they're fine," she held up the two weapons whose eyes were looking around anxiously, "You don't have to worry about them." She wasn't exactly saying it to relieve Alwine, though she hoped it relaxed the ghoul at least a little, but she had said it because she was completely confident in their ability. She wouldn't let anything happen to them either, because if something were to happen, it wouldn't just be bad for the situation; Colette's overall health and wellness would plummet.

Lowering the two swords, she glanced at the new arrivals and then around the entire room as best she could with all the smoke about. "I wouldn't be surprised if something did show up," she now knew that nothing about this trip would really be that easy, "but at least there's a lot of us to fight it." She looked at Alwine with hope that everything would be alright. Though the Reaper preferred not being crowded because it certainly wasn't inconspicuous, she knew that they needed all the help now that they were so far into the mission. She did not want to get sent back to the infirmary again.

Colette wondered if what she had just said comforted the ghoul or if it caused her to worry more. Looking to the side she mumbled, "Uh.. here," and opened her right hand to let the sword drop to its own levitating ability. She reached in her bag for her Carol of the Bells and reluctantly pulled it out. The 'weapon' was annoying but useful.

Her swords couldn't levitate for very long on their own, so Colette quickly rang the bell and healed Alwine + 1HP before placing it into her pocket and grabbing a hold of the sword. The Reaper put on the best smile she could to lift any worry, "There. If something does attack us, you should be a little better." She didn't think she really did much, but hopefully that could wipe away any bad conversation choices she had made. If anything, at least she moved the bell for quicker access instead of having it hide among the little gift boxes and peppermint points inside her bag that she managed to pick up along this adventure.

(( ER. That was a lame roll. 8| ))