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Kasumi was somewhat familiar with haunts - she'd done a great deal of research once she gained enough personal stability in Halloween. She'd had a very strong interest in herself and other ghosts, but had never actually met a Haunt until now. Nor a Drop Bear! "If you don't mind me saying so, Miss Mandy, I do adore your ears! I'm not familiar with Drop Bears, but you yourself, and Miss Alwine, are very polite! It's a pleasure to meet the two of you." So this field trip would yield more and more good experiences, and they weren't even on the boats yet!

The fact that the doll created tapes, it was so fascinating. She'd heard of the practice but hadn't met another onryo. "Are we all vindictive?" Kasumi frowned. She was afraid Miss Alwine wouldn't like the truth, but who was she to lie about the whole meaning of an onryo's existence? As a Haunt, Alwine was sure to understand, right? "Vengeance is our entire purpose, I'm afraid." Kasumi threw up her hands in an apologetic gesture. "That is to say, we're not all focused on that! I mean, I myself am not. I don't even remember what I'm supposed to be vengeful for, to be honest." The ghost did ponder why the doll was making tapes, but she could always ask about it later. Who was she to deny a fellow onryo's needs? 'twould be silly.

Amrita had actually been there in time to get a seat, if she wanted to. In the end she decided to stay back against a wall, not wanting to get in on the turf wars that broke out pretty quickly. She didn't regret her choice.

Her boat assignment called out, she was torn. On one hand, she had TAHKI! ...And Jericho and Malodore. But on the other, no Lizzy or Charlie.

The little Undead girl was trying in vain to spot the people on her boat that she knew, but when she spotted Jericho and raised her backwards hand to wave him over....

"JeEEEEK!" Lizzy's text rang through her eyePhone, effectively scaring the wits out of the poor ghoul. Again. Flailing a bit, she pulled the phone out of its hiding place on her person, reading the text and doing her best to answer back promptly, completely forgetting Jericho, at least for the moment.

"i n the a uditorrium" Was her text response, which was entirely unhelpful.

At the mention of how stressed Alwine had been when she'd first discovered the tape Mandy turned and gave her a small smile to reassure her, that hadn't exactly been a fun time for either of them.

When Kasumi mentioned her ears Mandy felt slightly conflicted over whether it was ok. Usually people where calling them cute which was NOT GOOD. She was a monster ok? But Kasumi had only said she adored them which she guessed she could accept. As long as she didn't say cute. Besides the compliment on Mandys manners, something that really didn't happen often, might have softened her up a little. "Thank you, hopefully this is meeting is a good sign for the trip"

Well, it was already actually, now she knew three people on her boat.

Mandy was then distracted from the discussion by the arrival of a boil who claimed to be on Alwines boat. Staring at him intently, and possibly a bit creepily she breathed in deeply, absurdly thinking for a moment she might be able to smell and bad intentions, before jotting decisively. "You. Look after Winnie on this trip and make sure she's safe and has a fun time or I'll track you down and rearrange your insides. Ok?"

A little bit of threatening was ok by her. As long as she had a small bit of reassurance Alwine was going to be safe, she wasn't going to trust the staff after all.

Aurian sat quietly through the announcements. Her faintly-glowing eyes darted back and forth, while the rest of remained still, trying to take in the students around her. The problem with being brand new was not knowing anyone... though at least she was spared the disappointment of some others at finding they were not on the same boat as their friends.

"No weapons," had her head snapping up, eyes blazing. Thankfully the voice-over continued that this didn't apply to Reapers, though they should keep their weapons sealed. Aurian pursed her lips. Fiddling with her double-ended scythe, she decided she could deal with that. No minipets was less of a worry to her, though the small Chaos minipet on her shoulder hissed its opinion of that. One hand reached up and patted him idly. She received a swift bite for her trouble. (Though it was a soft bite, all things considered, so she simply wiped the excess blood away and accepted it as a lovebite.)

Once the initial rush had died down, she stood and readjusted her many belts before making her way over to the list. Teal fingernails ran from the top of the list... all the way down to the bottom, pausing on one of the last names and tapping it. So, it was Boat Eight, then. The other names listed for her boat were not at all familiar. She hoped they were friendly.

"Ah well," she sighed. Then she checked the teacher for Boat Eight. Arel. Despite her best efforts, she frowned. That was the angry man who'd made the announcement, she thought. This... might not go so well. "Oh dear. Now I really have to hope the other students are helpful." Because the teacher certainly would not be.

"Seven in the morning?!" Was it possible that she could look any more horrified right now? Probably. Best that she not really ask that question. Not with how this was starting out.

LW followed Ren's finger and looked at the name he was tapping at. It was Carry's name. At his words, she didn't try to weasel out of answering. "Yes." She glanced at him, meeting his golden gaze. "That's Pride. At least I'll have her on the boat with me~" LW added, looking back at the list. Her eyes just couldn't pull away from Sarias' name. But she knew that if things got bad, Carry would back her up.

Scanning the list again, she felt her stomach drop even more. Yet another demons name she knew was on her boat. Riley. Looking at the other boats, she felt a small part of her ease at knowing that Ren and Gabrian were on the same boat too.

"Yeah....interesting." She mumbled. Her tail curled around both their legs. Gabrian was going to have a heart attack when he saw the list. "Ren...? Ren what do I do!" Obviously, she couldn't fight the ghoul. And they were going to be stuck and a Jacking boat together! On top of this, she couldn't even have her trusty hazmutt with her for comfort.

She watched as he pulled out his skellyphone and it made her think to look around for the others. Gabrian was bound to show up anytime now. He'd been awaiting this list anxiously. Alessa and Jove were hopefully lurking about somewhere in the auditorium as well. The she-wolf sniffed at the air, hoping to catch one of their scents.

And where was Carry? LW wanted to meet up with the demoness once before tomorrow morning. They could discuss things. Like safety precautions to take. And what to do in case their boat sank. Maybe she should text her?

Being threatened wasn't on Mac's list of possible outcomes of this meeting. Especially not by a furry-eared Monster girl that he wasn't even talking to. His pure surprise was clear on his face, his black eyes locked on the creeper-bear that was a good five inches shorter than he was, unable to resist leaning back the slightest bit as though to protect himself from her crazy.

"Uhh...." He stammered out, really unable to figure out what else to do or say. She was smaller than he was! The Reaper's attention only eagerly went back to the pile of bandages that still managed to talk. He was curious; was she just all around invisible, or did she really not have a head? HMM.

"Your friend is jackin' crazy, man!" He stated uncomfortably as if the crazy ghoul wasn't there, despite looking at her again. "What'd you do to make her so protective?!"


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Amrita, on the other hand, smiled up at Jericho, albeit sheepishly. She didn't mean to be rude with her phone call, and soon the phone itself was back in the hiding place on her person. Safe and sound and easily forgotten.

"Uhmm...N-no, you're the first!" Granted, she only really knew Jericho, Tahki and Malodore out of that entire list, so she could have seen them and just not known it. "J-just, do you mind staying here for a bit...? Lizzy's trying to find us."

Sepheran sat amongst the crowd hand holding the letter that had brought him here. So another weird trip huh? Well, while the last one was to say at least...interesting he wondered if it was smart to go on another one of these "trips" not that he had much of a choice anyway. He listened closely noting the time when they would be boarding...he gave a soft moan. Early morning...he was never good with morning.

Liannan gently nudged her head softly against his chin making Sephy smiles softly. "Ah, thanks Liannan," the basilisk stated lifting his hand to gently pet the white snake on his shoulder. Another note caught his attention for a moment though. No minipets...surely they would allow him to take Liannan though right? -shaking his head lightly he chuckled. Of course they wouldn't, he needed Liannan or else he'd probably keep falling off the boat or cause everyone trouble...he knew how much of a klutz he was without her.

As the other paper came by Sepheran held it up for Liannan to look at. So...he was on boat 3? He would have to remember that, though he was also a bit saddened to find that Lizzy and Tess weren't going to be on that boat, but he was also glad when Myr's name appeared remembering the other boil from the Christmas Raid and music class. Speaking of which he wondered if any of them were somewhere nearby.

"Amrita~" The moment she was close enough to spot the shorter ghoul standing in front of Jericho, she had made a beeline for her. Wrapping both arms around her in an affectionate hug, she held onto both her backward hands even as she pulled away. She then pouted slightly as she squeezed her hands, "I'll miss you, but I'm sure we'll be able to meet up... Whenever the boats dock anyway."

She paused, turning and inclining her head to look at Jericho; if he saved her once, he could be relied on to look after Amrita, right?

"I'm counting on you!" She grinned at the boil despite feeling a little awkward around him right now - part of her wished that she was on boat 1 too. There was Amrita there! And Jericho too... She was on a boat with students she did not know - and Calder. She couldn't help looking a little upset at the thought, but quickly smiled again as she turned to look at Amrita.

"Be safe, alright?"