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Braum quietly let Yaya go and mingle as he landed, wrapping his wings around himself irately and silently fuming to himself. He'd given it all up, all his chances to redeem his reputation, for what? So Bell could prove she was hot stuff? Didn't she see she didn't NEED to be? That Braum could be all the strength she'd ever require? Perhaps it was more his ego was bruised than anything else, he didn't want her to think she'd need to defend herself all the time, though he couldn't say he wasn't a little mad she'd DELIBERATELY disobeyed him and the staff about going down Candy Cane Lane.

Walking silently through this abhorrent place, he calmed himself. He'd taken much longer to get here than he'd supposed he would, and his wings were certainly feeling the major ache now. He winced and realized he shouldn't have tried to push himself so far, so soon, especially with Yaya's added weight. But he wouldn't let her know. She didn't need to feel guilty. Straightening his undershirt, he brushed his shoulders free of stray snowflakes, catching up and spying the object of his frustration. With a pout, he stomped over to her and grabbed her shoulder, spinning her as she spoke to one of her friends, Collette he thought, if he remembered correctly from Date Night. He spared a polite nod towards her companions, and glared at the young witchling.

"What is wrong with you? I ask you ONE THING Bell, ONE. Stay safe, and catch up with us as quickly as possible, and you take the route EVERYONE said was most dangerous? Are you TRYING to get yourself killed and make me furious?" he berated her, not as harsh sounding as he'd wanted to be, as he ran a hand through her stark red hair. It was good to see her. Smell her.

As they spotted the witch Hadiyya let Braum's arm go so he could go to her. Lingering back to give them a bit of privacy. She didn't -want- to leave his side, but she knew how mad he was, how worried. They didn't need an audience. Instead she slipped over to Colette, and it was then she spotted the vibrant wrath demon. "Westus!" She couldn't help herself as she jogged forward to throw her arms around his middle in a tight hug. She'd been worried, but she knew he could manage himself.

"It's good to see you both safe." Her voice was soft, purposefully so. She wasn't keen on drawing more enemies to herself. Certainly not with the raum was preoccupied with Miss Belle.

Lips pursed, the marid plucked a bit of tinsel from the other ghoul's shoulder. Flicking it away in distaste.

She did glance over to the couple periodically to make sure they were safe, and she noticed, despite having had the snot beat clean out of her, she looked in decent shape. Vaguely she wondered if that was the pumpkin pills, and a twitch of fingers within her coat pocket found the pair healing consumables. Perhaps maybe she should take one before going farther?

"What is.." Something was coming. Dark eyes widening, she watched the reindeer come darting out towards Braum. "Look out!"

First they were all just milling about talking about elf germs and then Belladonna was being yanked around by some unknown force. For a moment she thought she was being attacked and had brought her hands up in front of her in preparation to fight back, but quickly dropped them when she realized who exactly it was doing all the yanking.
Her heart jumped up for one fluttering moment before it dropped straight out her stomach and her face crumpled.
In fact, she very nearly crumpled herself.

"I-I-I ah! I didn't mean to worry you, I just--" Jack damn it, she couldn't even defend herself verbally! OK YEAH. Now she kind of regretted going down Candy Cane Lane even more than she had originally, but she just... "I'm sorry..." Was all she could say, standing slightly slumped as she leaned just a little into his touch. Well, he couldn't be that mad if he was touching her hair, even a little roughly. Had he ever touched her hair before? Her cheeks flushed and she looked around listlessly, trying to think of a reason for her actions.

"At least we're together now..." She offered softly, looking down at the floor one more moment before letting her gaze drift up to meet his.

"Can we..... help you?" Belladonna asked the nearby reindeer. Now this was just ridiculous!

Ah, love... even if they were quarreling, it looked like they genuinely cared about each other. Alwine put her hands over her heart and sighed. The reindeer seemed to enjoy watching the romance at all, and Alwine really wished that it wouldn't interrupt them.

"Ahhh, l'amour..."

He had already wandered back over to the cluster of students surrounding Colette when Braum came in for a landing and immediately began scolding Belladonna as if she was fresh out of her pumpkin.

"Hey..." West muttered under his breath, raising the hand that wasn't holding his snow cannon. What was the big idea? The reaper ghoul had proven herself to be quite the fighter against Jingleberry! How dare...

Any further reaction was distracted right out of him by Hadiyya's sudden assault on his soft underbelly. What was the big idea again?!? He scowled, remaining perfectly still until the marid was finished. What was wrong with the ghouls at this school?

Giving the couple a second look while pointedly ignoring Yaya's concern, West finally put two and two together after Alwine spoke. He hadn't understood what the hell she was saying, but the way she got all soft and fluttery told him all he needed to know. "Issat Pumpkin' Pie?" he mumbled mostly to himself. Not a stripper then. What a shame.

When the green-nosed reindeer interrupted Braum's words, West snorted a mirthless snort. "Serves'im right," he said softly, following his words with an even deeper scowl. Wait. What did he care who the raum yelled at? Damn this place and its JOY!

With a loud 'OMPH!' while he got the wind knocked out of him, Braum doubled over, bracing himself on the ground and clutching his abdomen. For the love of Loki, that had hurt! Pulling his hand away to inspect the damage, he found himself to be bleeding slightly, his shirts torn straight down to the flesh. Damn. He knew the beast hadn't meant it, though it didn't help the pain in his side. Glancing to Belladonna and Hadiyya not too far away, he decided to end this as peacefully as possible. Both the girls seemed incredibly fond of their pets back home, and the deer was practically as mindless as a particularly dense Scareon.

Standing up on wobbly feet, he grappled the antlers of the creature, hoisting it back up on its feet roughly. Bopping the creature's nose again, he gave it a stern look and smacked it's haunches, pointing it in another direction.

"Go on then, you troublesome thing," he ordered, his wings flaring to intimidate the creature into retreat. With a sigh, he rubbed his temples, still clutching his side. He'd JUST told Bell to be more careful, and he goes and gets himself gouged by accident? Way to set an example. It did nothing to lessen his worry-induced tizzy over the whole situation though.

Braum:: 16

The deer shook it's head again when it was shooed off, it's ears flopping up and down debatingly before it seemed to decide it's better option was the flee instead of trying to eat the raum's clothing any further.

Hey, at least instead of getting his a** handed to him, Braum had just diverted the problem away!

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