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Ulmuka slid up beside Vero, putting an arm around the bug spirit and urging him forward. He sidled up with Demi and Faint who were now with a fluffy tailed, rather cute looking ghoul.

The strix seemed less traumatized than the rest. He hardly seemed traumatized at all. His smile remained static and he'd found the mirror to be an enlightening curiosity.

"Don't be stressed." He clacked his teeth together noisily. The ghoul and both furry boils seemed distressed so Muka did what he did best. He grabbed all three of them and squeezed them in a hug. He wasn't able to lift the boils but he did seem to lift LW off of her feet a little bit. They hadn't even been introduced but he felt the need to give some comfort.

Of course he was just assuming that his unwavering grin, unblinking eyes and unsolicited hugs would be a comfort at all.

"Strength in numbers!" He couldn't fit the other winged boil in his hug but he gave him a playful squeeze on the arm. Should he introduce himself? Everyone seemed shaken and the strix was eager to move on.

[ stairway. ]

Jaime had been enjoying the progress he'd been making in the forward direction so much that he'd allowed himself to slow down a tad, though only for the benefit of his creaky joints and loose innards, shifting slightly just under his shirt. He certainly found no enjoyment from the house itself. Even now, with who knew how long to go, the place thoroughly revolted even him, even the zombie. Considering he was at a more-or-less moderate state of decomposition, that was an impressive feat indeed to be accomplished by a creep-show haunted house. No, he was slowing down because he was proud of himself for just being able to make it as far as he had already, what with the gas and the mirrors.

Any happiness he'd been taking from his progress, however, quickly faded when he heard the sound of thundering footsteps, bounding up the stairs behind him. Before Jaime even had the chance to react, before he could even turn around and see who was storming up past him, the dog demon was already upon him. He planted himself in front of Jaime, grinning and waving his tail in a manner that instantly reminded the zombie who Cervantes was. The boy, and a demon, no less, had managed to catch up, and even overtake him. It was like a nightmare. Even if Jaime hadn't recognized or even met the one in front of him now, he still would have been upset. It was an intimidating and aggressive thing to do.

But somewhere, deep down in what was left of his ruined heart, Jaime found some sort of hope that things didn't have to turn out as bad as they looked like they were about to. Trying to smile, he offered up, amicably enough, “O-oh, hi! We meet again, it appears!” He paused, unsure of how to continue. “Sorry for, uh, passing you back there on the stairs, I figured it was better not to wake you...” At this, he cut himself off sharply, realizing he had said far more than was necessary. He looked hopefully up into Cervantes' eyes, searching for any trace of compassion he could find inside of them. Silently praying there even was any hiding deep inside the demon, even if he doubted it.

((hallway))

Sebastian let out a sigh of relief, though the boils certainly couldn't see it due to his hood. At least they weren't going to just leave him there. Though he didn't want to admit it, Bastian wasn't really liking the idea of being alone at the moment. Not after that horrifying experience.

"Ah th-thanks Faint and ... Damien?" he gestured to each one as he spoke so he could remember their names better. "Happy to make your acquaintance boils," he said politely.

An odd beam of light was cast on Demi's necklace and it sparkled just enough for Sebastian to notice it. Without even thinking, he said. "That's such an interesting necklace you have there, where did you get it?" Sebastian couldn't help it- unique accessories like that were always inspirations for outfits at some point after all!

Suddenly there was a whole barrage of people surrounding the small group and Sebastian backed away for a moment. He was a tad overwhelmed by the sheer number of people in one spot. This school was absolutely batshit insane.

[Hallway]

He raised a hand and nodded to LW, signalling he was fine. His color - however little there was - was returning to his face and he looked to have regained most of his composure. With everyone making it through a looking a little worse for wear, he completely understood the werewolf's concern. He was sort of glad when she seemed to find a friend she could stick to, because she was looking a little fragile herself.

Faint let out a pitiful sound as he was squished into a hug with the other boils, frowning deeply. So close. No personal space. He could just imagine all the glitter swapping clothes and getting all mixed up between their collective bodies. He hardly knew these students. There was no reason to be practically flesh to flesh with them, ugh. He tried to shift himself so he was at least mostly pressed against Damien, since he trusted him the most out of his traveling companions. "Let's move on," he agreed quickly. Walking. Walking couldn't involve hugging.

.. Unless you were Damien and trying to move quickly. Faint stumbled in the grip and tried to stay upright as he was involuntarily moved, and then combined forces with the hound. The two of them moving together should break the hug.

((ooc: Fel, can we still continue to RP out the event? Our students would have ic-lly participated but RL got in the way x.x We don't mind not being eligible for the prizes for that round.))


With great difficulty, Maritess swallowed the lump that had formed in her throat. She forced an anxious smile onto her face but flew a little closer to the tatzel. A small eep escaped her lips upon hearing the whisper-soft voice asking her what she feared, what it was that undoubtedly paralyzed her with terror. Thankfully, she didn't need to dwell on the invitation too long as Levi's presence helped ground her. In a manner of speaking.

While the ominous decor of the room would have by now sent the winged ghoul shrieking out for the safety and familiarity of Amityville Academy, the brave ghoul she was with began to lead her up the stairs. "O-okay!" she piped up with false bravado, for once glad she had no legs whose knees would be shaking in jittery nerves by now.

The cold did not bother Tess so much, but the singing certainly was doing its job of unnerving her. "W-will do, Levi," she promised, doing the aerial equivalent of an about face as they climbed the stairs. "Y-you don't think we'll get glitter dumped all over us, do you?" she gulped.

[Faint "trusts him"..... with his body, NUFF SAID]
((Hallway))

Damien nodded at the confirmation of his name by Sebastian, really this place wasn't the best of situations to meet new people, but the hound assumed it would be a .... lasting impression at least. He doubted it was hard to forget someone you screamed in horror next to or spontaneously cried on. "Its nice to meet you too, even covered in glitter and stuck in a crushing hug." he teased out before the boil took notice of his pendant.

He looked down to see his necklace that somehow managed to wiggle its way out from under his shirt and gave the crystal a prod just to make sure it was indeed there. "Its a memento of home." he said softly before rolling the piece of jewelry between his fingers. Demi only had enough time to tuck the pendant back away inside his shirt before Faint tried to crush him with his torso and the hug only got stronger.

He could only compare the whole situation to some type of snake that liked to wrap around its prey till it ate the thing in one gulp. Most of them were all visitors, not really good acquaintances to be so close like this, he'd have to remember to bop Ulmuka for this after they were finished hugging it out. So running with the group in tow, literally just seemed like a good idea, they were still moving and hugging, multitasking just couldn't be bad. It was only till the Were tiger joined in that they started to really move as one, and sent the group into motion. "This is so weird, but its working!" he cried out after a few more steps forward, as long as it didn't turn into a rolling ball of boils, picking up random crap along the way, it should have been all good.

(( Editted for Kyrieko's response ))

Ulmuka snickered at the furry boils but was happy to move along. He'd also stopped hugging. He was only vaguely aware that the others weren't into it. He did pause though to take LW's hand and brush a kiss across the back of it. It was rather imposing though with those teeth of his...

"A pleasure LW! I am Ulmuka.. a prospective student and a strix!" He felt the need to announce all of these facts. They were things that had been asked and so his introduction would get everything out in the open.

On the other side of the mirror it was, thankfully, less vividly yellow. The tones were muted though still in pink (and still sparkly.. WHYYYYYY). Perhaps the creators of the house hoped to give them a break after the horrific experiences of the mirror? Were they that merciful here?

He was glad to see more people join their group. Though the space seemed to be getting a little tight. He moved a bit faster, hoping to keep up and also spread them out a bit.