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Riley's eyes were closed.

Her breathing was even and heavy.

Her form hadn't moved an inch all day.

But she had heard. Every. Word.

And no one could tell, but Riley was seething furiously right now. It was only for the simple fact that she knew she would probably rage on the entire student body and slaughter mass innocents if she allowed herself to so much as open her eyes and look at Sin, that kept her feigning sleep.

But Riley was not asleep. Her mind was churning furiously in plot.

The only person who might notice something would be Jericho, as her nails dug accidentally into his scales. Oh, she was angry. She was livid.

She'd just been betrayed by a fellow demon. This. Means. War.

Twitching slightly as he felt Riley's nails dug into his arms a bit as he carried her, he glanced at her with a raised brow. Jericho still thought she was asleep though, and just took the tension as some side effect from some dream of hers. He could only imagine Mindflayer dreams being hella trippy. Though, with the chaos of some of the battles, he had missed the little exchange between Sin and Junko so he didn't have anything to go off of if he did get the feeling that the sleeping one was angry.

Moving along more, he stared as Sammy handed a squirrel to Shehk. It seemed she had managed to snag one before it got away. Frowning, his stomach let out an audible rumble which was followed by a groan.

With any luck perhaps he'd find a not-ghost reindeer around here to devour..

No sooner had the thing died was Israfel running up to Lucien and pulling him into a hug. It was odd, but the idea of him loosing his friend to such JOYful beasts was more scary then even the princess corner. Or the other bathroom. Which he still had nightmares of thank you very much.
Cooing over Lucien, Israfel fumbled the box. "Huh?" Oh wait, they were going now? Going was good. Very good. In fact- "Is that the other bridge up ahead?" He hoped it was. Oh Jack how he hoped.

Glancing back to see if the others were following his slow hobbling limp, Christof saw the looks Lizzy and Amrita were giving the loin-clothed student as suddenly he became human again. The hunchback's face flushed with frustration. Great, he was even more handsome without the horse face. He eyed the snow-reddened legs, mind mulling over the musculature. Well, his own were getting pretty beaten on this trek, maybe a new set would be in order? Petro's were pretty long, too, it would even make him taller... all it would take was waiting until a possessed and horrible singing toy crashed upon him and-

But no, that was impractical. He wouldn't want hooves half the time anyway. Remember, it was pin-illusion. Bah. Speaking of attractive legs, he hoped Sin's were still in tact. He could just barely make her out up ahead, chatting merrily with her friends while others fended off the attacking beasts. Well... it seemed his fumbled attempt at rescue hadn't been dwelt upon. Hell's Bells, she probably had forgotten he existed. Well, that's what people like he were good at, right? Drifting into the background. That's what his Master had always said, anyway. Lurk in the shadows, and only appear when useful. That was how a proper Igor was supposed to behave. Know your timing.

And so he'd be lurking. And following. And waiting for his moment.

For now it certainly was safer in numbers, it would seem.

[I missed Enoh/Amrita's post. D8 Am sorry!]

She looked a little surprised at Amrita's request, but she had been thinking the same thing; there was something about Tahki's true form that made her look even more huggable than before... If huggable was even a real word. Besides, she looked so soft and warm! After a pause, she added, directing her question at the Gryphon, "Um... Yeah, may I too?"

"Yup, that's right!" The Spider Demoness smiled just before the boil turned back into an owl. She felt rather relieved at the fact that he knew her name, although she was not quite sure why she felt that way; perhaps it was because they are travelling together... It pays to know each other by name at least. Hearing Amrita say the owl-boil's name, she made a mental note to remember it, so that there would be a way to address him later, if needed.

She then turned to Jericho with a slight frown, "I guess that makes sense... Seeing how happy they are despite the circumstances they are currently in - I mean, look at the bodies littering the ground! - is somewhat unnerving." She stopped herself from saying 'Not knowing when I might be forced to shift being into a giant spider scares me even more'.

((ooc: d'awww, Christof ::gives him huuuugs:: ))
Though Petro shook his head of the dizziness, the anticipation of an actual battle, one that wasn't a mere result of attracting JOYful creatures, kept the grin on his lips. He glanced back every now and again to make sure Seph kept up with them. He also hoped Astra would also manage to find them soon. Eventually his atention was drawn to the boil Lizzy had introduced from earlier. Christof, was it? Petro had never seen anyone like him before and couldn't help but stare in curiosity. Why was he hunched over like that? It certainly didn't look comfortable. With the obvious lack of tact (and knowledge of the patchwork's condition), Petro asked "Are all your scars n' stitches from battles?"

Julian's head swiveled around when Tahki moved and he watched as she stood and looked ready to move on. He cooed once before popping back into human form. He sighed and picked up his stuff.

"I take it you're ready to go?" he asked, then looked to the other students still around them. Amrita, Lizzy, Christof... a few others he didn't know. Oh... Oh, no. He hoped that someone else was going to lead. Because there was no way he could manage that. He'd hoped Sin would, but she and the ghouls she was with had moved on. And he didn't really want to push anybody.

Unfortunately, it didn't last, and he flashed back into owl form, his stuff landing back in the snow.