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"Not really hungry to be honest." She said glancing up towards the elf chilling in the robot. Still the Elf and robot seemed to shift and slowly move away. She glanced towards the school, the Rat King still lurking in the theater.

"You talked about Jingleberry earlier didn't you? You said no one knows where he is right? Is that why you guys showed up? To try and find him?"

Though Sammy's instructions sunk in this time, it didn't stop the pain when she popped her jaw back into place. She choked on her sobs and spluttered as she worked to gain some kind of understanding on the situation.

"Uh...sorry..." she mumbled, working her jaw back into some semblance of a comfortable position. Her mouth twitched briefly into an apologetic smile as she glanced upward. "Thanks."

Then, like a blue-feathered deity, the other student was offering her candy. Magically appearing candy! She rose out of the snow with a shocked gasp, holding her hand over where her beating heart would have been. "...oh, candy! More thank you." If her eyes had the physical ability to turn into hearts, they would have. She exchanged the candy for a brief, gentle hug, only halfway though pulling away when she was shoving some of the shockolates into her mouth.

She stayed silent throughout the next few tactical choices. Move. Parade. Find food. Shine just continued placing candy in her mouth and chewing slowly, following the giant rainbow not-candy machine as it led them along, until it stopped doing so. Was it...homesick? She imagined she would he homesick if she knew what home was. It was probably a lot like the bad feeling she felt when she didn't know where Rain was.

Stepping ahead of the others, she reached over to give the machine a hug too.

"Shh, shh. We can find your Rainhome."

Amrita stumbled from the Theatre, disoriented and completely lost from the group she had been with. Christof...where was Christof? Lizzy? Charlie? Anyone?! Before she knew what she was doing she was following the sounds of music, and as she got closer she heard the voices...mellow, and then...not. If it weren't for the familiar voices that followed the bellowing she wouldn't have wandered over or followed them in general.

"What's---" Was all she could get out, staring up at the Robot that looked...astonishingly familiar. Very close to...then. The Vetala could only stare in confusion at what she was seeing; Why wasn't anyone attacking? Especially... Her gaze went to Sammy, and then to the crying zombie ghoul she vaguely remembered, hugging the robot. Hugging the---

What.

((Entering!))

Malodore followed the scent of smoke, trotting through the snow until it arrived at the scene of the... crime? Was it a crime to be Christmas in Halloween? That music was not entirely to its taste, for certain, and the way it clashed with the ambient sound was most unpleasant.

Still.

The plague doctor gave the robot a wary look. Half of the thing looked off somehow, just as discordant as the way sound warred with sound, and smoke warred with peppermint. There were other students here too, though, much to Malodore's relief.... though Sammy's condition was not a source of any kind of relief. "Sammy! Are you well, my friend?" it called out, coming up to her with its head tilted to one side.

Yay! The ghoul was not all rage-y and angry and kill-y! Smiling, wings gave a small flicker of happiness. Hugs were very nice. Oh oh oh! And evern more people were showing up! "Amritaaaaaaaa!" Flying over he waved. "How are you? This one is not stompy. Just homesick. I like him." Then again, this was the siren who was prone to making bad judges of character and tried to make friends with things likely to kill him.

And when Mal showed up? "Malllllll! Wait where is Riley? You are supposed to be taking care of Riley what if she gets into all the spookies or get attacked or-" Israfel narrowed his eyes. "Are you trying to find Riley a present?"

((Entering))

Riley was flat on the dragon, her stomach pressed down against him to warm the chilled skin that she had tried to numb and almost frostbitten in the process. She barely lifted her head, and caught a glimpse of what they were walking towards.

Wait. I take it back. We shouldn't go this way. She murmured. Nothing that is rainbow colored should ever be in Halloweentown. This can mean nothing good.

"...hey, have you guys like...multiplied. Is that like your special JOY ability...or...what is it you guys have again? Well...whatever, good for you little dudes...dude...being singular isn't that special anyways...thought it actually kinda is. By like...definition. But I'll totally help you pimp slap old Rat Guy. I just need to get something to eat real quick first. Low blood sugar, you know?"

It finally came to a stop...right next to the pumpkin patch.

Well, considering that Israfel was hugging the giant robot, it must meant that it really wasn't a threat. Feeling more at ease, Astra flew a little closer.

She could see Sammy looked in really bad shape, but she was with Malodore, so she would be alright, right? She then turned her focus to Riley and Jericho who just arrived. Riley didn't look to good either, but Jericho....

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Oh sweet Sally of halloween he was in his true dragon form

The blood drained from Astras face as he stopped nearby, and she fell to the ground, forgetting she was currently hovering. She didn't move, nor speak, eyes transfixed in the huge towering force that was the red dragon.

Astra may have grown used to him when he was in a student from, but she was far from wanting to be anywhere near him when he was like this.

Trembling, she looked around for a source of safety. She would have gone to Riley, but she was currently riding onto of Jericho so that left her with the Robot, and Malodore. Making a decision, she ran towards the Plague doctor, hiding behind one of it's legs.

Now that she was close enough, she could clearly see Sammy was troubled, and then see what was wrong; the robot was very close to the pumpkin patch.

"-d-d-don't e-eat the p-p-p...ummm" It was no use, she was to afraid to speak properly for the moment.