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[chiickadee]

"Not the same?" Danny said, head tilted. "What d'you mean by that?"

She looked over at Roch, who was talking idly with people about the symbol. That was good. Talking was good. He was still too skinny though.

Her eyes caught the tail end of Demi throwing a piece of jerky at Cady. She quietly gestured to Demi and said, "Throw Roch a piece, yeah?" It was said quietly enough that Roch wouldn't be able to hurt, but loudly enough that Demi would catch it. Hopefully the stupid puppy would comply instead of hoarding it all to himself.

Her eyes lit up as King entered the room. Surprisingly, Danny had thought about this when she texted the wolfos boil. "Yeah- we'll need someone to carry the other students back if they ..." She stopped talking.

blade kuroda

bloodlust dante

istoleyurvamps

 

[revenant aria]

"Hello, Roch, you're telling an old story to a reaper who was there." Vaith crouched down, disregarding storytime,still looking in the same area with little success. He found his golden eyes glancing over at Shun. He had the same bottle too. Hm, what water wouldn't have dried up, after so many years?

Vaith counted his reaper notes how lucky he was, with his ghost roomate often keeping her nose out of hunter issues.

ice queen

blade kuroda

 

[Bloodlust Dante]

Damien gave the ghoul a pup pout. "i guess that's fair, you didn't try and pet me yet, so i can comply." he grumbled out before trowing a piece at rock, but mostly at his face.

his old friendship with Roch, one based of playful teasing and pranks, it was good times. "i hope you can catch, ya musical trashcan." he said playfully before his ears swiveled around at the canine that entered the room.

A canine he did not know. a tail swished in reply as he padded a foot away from the hound and tired to catch the scent, and file it away like all the others. "i can't tell what type of canine you are." he stated simply, before tilting his head at the strange duty he carried, a mount what the...

However, his musing within himself fell short, as he gave Danny a sharp glare in order to silence her from continuing.

chimarii

ice queen

iStoleYurVamps

 

[medigel]

"Yeah?" He glanced at the marking on his hand, so similar to the one etched on the ground, and wondered just what it meant. A calling card, of course, but symbolism always carried more weight than first assumed. Had Alex signed himself over for more than just a simple rescue mission? He couldn't fathom if this was a contract and, if so, whether or not it worked like it did with demons. But he wasn't going to question it: if Bells had been among the ones taken, he would have taken the same path without hesitation.

He just hoped Medea wasn't giving a high price for her aid.

Pushing his glasses up, Mort gave the symbol a few more seconds of curious looks before pressing on. "Project 1, codename Thor," he explained, pulling up his left sleeve to reveal the construct went up to just above his elbow, every once in a while giving off a small glow as energy pulsed through its internal wires. "Hopefully f-first've many instruments made. Facilitates conductivity and thermodynamic activity as well as contain currents created by brain as part've own natural FEAR. Today, gets field test for battle weapon." He could already imagine punching a couple of faces that put a little gleeful edge to his sober look.

"But, ah, would ask two favors if don't mind. If come across salvageable tech while at Hunter base, try taking. Need, ah . . . samples to conduct certain experiments on. Second i-is more for Alex, though can take advice too, Mei." And here he turned to the other zomboil and made rather stern eye contact. "No heroics. Alright? Is pointless if save them but have others die in place. Goal of mission is get everyone out safely."

Seussi

Yayoi

 

[Lucyal]

It was a shame Hel never really checked her phone, but thank Jack she had a friend who was attached at the hip to his.

The reaper appeared along with Mot, looking around the room that a bunch of students had already gathered in anxiously. It had been a rather odd text message titled DON’T…and then another forwarded message from Roch…but it seemed to promise something. Something was better than nothing. Hel had nothing at this point to help in trying to get Mitsu, and the others, back. Scanning the room, the ghoul easily found Shun, but for the time being, she stuck to Mot…since he had that head injury and all.

“Well…better here than sleeping with that, ya?” Hel muttered to the cowboil.

Drifter Jet Enduro

 

[Blade Kuroda]

"We don't want to talk about it," Jericho said quickly. There were too many people around and he didn't want that information known to the public.

Chimarii

 

[Ice Queen]

The jerky hit Roch in the shoulder, but he grabbed it before it fell, looking at it blankly before stuffing it into his mouth with a glance at Demi. For a second the punk hesitated, then he nodded. "Thanks, forgot to eat today," he called to the dog before turning to Vaith. He had no clue how stunning that one sentence was to anyone that knew him.

"Ask a stupid question, man," Roch told Vaith bluntly. "If they don't help, though, we're just gonna be left sitting here until teachers show up and try and evict us--or we can go to the lockers and back down into the underground, but I don't know if that'd do us any good, either." He shoved his hands into his pockets, wanting to pull out his cell phone and call Amphi's phone again, but not letting himself--

His fingers brushed the key he'd found in Tex's locker box. His hand wrapped around it, unconsciously.  

[Bittiface]

"True enough.." Mot murmured, blinking slowly. It was ironic; the one time he wanted to sleep, and he wasn't allowed to.

"This will sound strange, but can you do the think work this time, today?"

Lucyal

 

[Blade Kuroda]

Shun soon realized he had a set of eyes on himself. Glancing over, he saw Vaith looking at him.

"Is there a problem?" he asked quietly, narrowing his eye some.

Random Artist

 

[Inle-roo]

Taima had thrown herself fully into her studies after the incident in the cave that some students hadn't yet come back from, according to rumor. She would be ready next time, now that she knew what to expect. She wouldn't need someone else's protection because she'd be able to protect herself, which meant that no one else would get trapped by a hunter's net because they were watching out for her, no one else would get taken--guilt wasn't an emotion the thunderbird had been well acquainted with until she had heard Amrita's name listed among the missing, but they were the best of friends now. If only she had stayed like Amrita had told her to, if only the other ghoul hadn't needed to defend her, if only she had heeded Amrita's warnings to be cautious...

Taima was still awake when she got the anonymous text. The buzzing of the phone startled her from the book she'd been reading without really parsing. She picked it up, hoping that it was news on the lost students, and frowned when it contained a blurry picture and a warning: DON'T. A moment after that, she got Danny's forwarded text with a date and time and a request to "call other birdys," along with confirmation that the rumors were true.

Suddenly, DON'T sounded a lot like DO. Taima flew to the office, unsurprised to see it in shambles and full of students. What did surprise her was the big, glowing rune on the floor, which got a curious glance from Taima before she made her way towards Danny. "Got your text," she told the ghoul, "what's going on?"

chimarii

 

[MoonKitsune]

Ice Queen

"I DON'T want ANYTHING talking about what has happened to them!" Calder growled, glaring at the what-ifs that could be happening to Amrita right now. She was alive. So help him, she HAD to be alive.

Thinking otherwise would crumble him to pieces. "They're alive."

((Edit out cause Derping))  

[Seussi]

"Feel free to hit me upside the head whenever you want, Mei." He offered, though it was hard to tell whether he was being serious or trying to make a joke. He didn't laugh, barely even twitched his lips in a smile. He was too busy trying to think, trying to....

His head turned down, eyes narrowing at the undead ghoul standing beneath him. "I'm fine." His voice was a little more on the growley side then usual, though, so that probably gave evidence to the contrary. "And you're right. Nothing will stop me from this. I need to get him back. I need to get them all back. Look how many here are suffering." His gaze swept the room again, noting the more familiar faces that had arrived. Many looked upset, or determined, or just plain impatient to know what was coming next.

Turning his attention back to Mort, he caught the look to his hand but decided to dismiss it. He knew that what he had done was foolish. He did not know what repercussions he might face once Medea's aid was given. He was aware that he was in her debt, that after this he would likely owe her something, but she had not offered up any of those terms, and if she had, he would have probably still gone through with it.

He tried to listen to what Mort was saying about his hand. Really, under normal circumstances he would have been all over it, asking a million questions, making suggesting alterations or upgrades. But now? Right now he could barely even concentrate on the other zomboils quick little spiel, though when he had stopped with that and returned to a more sober state, Alex's attention was drawn once more. Salvageable tech? Right, maybe once Yin was found and safe he'd consider it. And then the second favor.

A flash of grief crossed his eyes before they hardened, reminding himself that he had to stay strong. His voice was hushed and cold when he spoke"And what if they are dead, Mort? Should we all just turn around and leave, or do you suppose that I," He gestured towards himself, "They" He nodded his head towards the others in the room. "We." A nod towards Mort, and down to Mei. "Might we be able to serve up a little vengeance? Could we all really just walk away without even that?" Was this really Alex talking right now?

Yayoi

Ol-j-man