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G brightened a little at the questions about what sort of games. "Is a secret. G promises fun though!" His jaws opened in a merry grin, tail banging on a floor. "Will play one soon, promise." The tap on his arm made him start, and he lowered his head a little to take sight of the little mummy girl. "You tiny." G sounded bewildered. He wasn't tall! ...Was he? Lizzy had said something like that too. "...Well, G a little big."

As Yaya approached, the beast would emphatically nod, and even if he hadn't noticed that she was unhappy, he wouldn't refuse a request like that. "Yaya sits with G. Lots of--"

The loud thump and the ear-piercing wail was enough to make the monster snap his head up, his fins flaring out entirely while a sound almost akin to a croak suddenly swelled his throat up. While normally G might have been cowering at the back of the train at the sight (or in this case, sound) of something very big and very mean pounding away at the train wall, his natural instincts had surfaced as soon as the job of being a good host had been put into his big hands.

With another wordless, threatening rumble, the monster got to his feet and was cautiously placing himself in front of the slightly damaged wall, using his considerable bulk as a shield that other students could hide behind. His teeth were bared a little, and it seemed as though he'd temporarily forgotten how to talk, tail banging a warning tempo against the floor even as he shook his head from time to time as though to make the sound go away.

Whatever was out there, he was not about to let it hurt any of the students. He was supposed to make sure everyone was having a good time!

With the calming of the sound, Laiha found herself embarrassed. There she'd gone, hackles raised at something that didn't even want to come inside. Nobody else seemed to have such a dramatic reaction and there she was, half-raised up the side of the car and looking around her like an idiot. Slowly she sank to her seat, hugging her knees like a scorned child. Still her eyes darted. At least that strange little man seemed to know what he was doing, even if he was possibly running into horrible danger.

Games, though?

It was amazing how much Tahki felt her nerves ease at the reassurance that everything would be fine. And the mention of games. Was this a tactic to keep everyone seated and calm or was everything going to be just fine. Just moments ago there had been clawing and dents. Either way there was one thing to do.

Tahki gripped tightly to her golden headphones and sat straight up. She'd pretend like the clawing never happened and go back to playing the part of a good passenger for now. What else was there to do?

Games sounded like a good idea to keep everyone at ease. Hopefully it was as good as it sounded.

She was still trying to unsnarl her disconcerted snakes from their findings when the passing demon's comment registered, the flash of a smile reading more like derision than sincerity. Adelle had just managed to flick the last wad of grey-colored gum after her retreating back when the sound from before returned with a vengeance. Not only that, but it had apparently borrowed some destructive tendencies. The wall she'd been sitting beside went suddenly convex, brushing up against her and prompting her to move quickly out of her seat as the banging continued, snatching her school bag as she went. Metal scraping and giving against whatever was on the other side had her breathing through gritted teeth, feeling the tether on her abilities acutely in that second. An outpouring of protest and uncertainty all around let Adelle know that she was definitely not imagining this scenario, and she felt rather than saw G rise up, a green tide pushing against her periphery. Planting her feet into a defensive posture, she readied herself for what came next, letting the handle of her bag fall easily into her palm and waiting for the thing to break through. Just because she couldn't summon up her claws didn't mean she was a lost cause. If it turned into a fight, she had a good arm and a heavy course load to swing with.

That very same course load almost hit the messenger when he manifested out of nowhere, her snakes bristling expressively at the interruption. Games? Was this guy serious? She observed the gouges in the steel doubtfully, silence reigning once more. Her serious gaze then switched over to G, wondering if his senses were picking up on something eluding hers, quivering fins certainly indicating more than plain aggression. She huffed quietly under her breath a second later, smoothing her free hand across her face. If she was looking to the gentle giant for clues, she was casting the net way out there.

The bronze, barefooted monster's words drifted to her then, and she blamed the tension of the moment when she couldn't help but laugh, the sound unpracticed and rough. "Yeah," She murmured. "No kidding." First time on the train aside, she was pretty sure no other cars were experiencing this kind of trouble. Or at least she hoped not, thoughts darting immediately to her sister. Neve was plenty able to take care of herself, but it was a small space and they were all playing handicapped. The odds were stacked against them, if it came right down to it.

Tybalt watched as the recruiter left the car and disappeared completely. Though despite the reassurance, the black dog couldn't calm down. At least, not right away. His ears remained alert and his hair was still bristled. It would take quite a while before he was convinced that everything was okay. Though thankfully the others were calming down. That was good... And he had to admit, he was curious about these games that were mentioned.

Scooting a little close he listened to G's story and decided to pick up from where he had left off.

Derleth stood on the station platform. Students from all over Amityville Academy surrounded him, laughing and talking eagerly about the trip ahead. He wasn't entirely sure how he came to be among them, but the students all looked about his age and lacking anything better to do, he allowed himself to be swept along with the crowd. When the students boarded the train, Derleth climbed aboard too.

The train car Derleth boarded was crowded with all sorts of people and humanoid creatures. He paused and blinked slowly at the raucous din before making his way down the aisle, taking care not to step on any feet, tails, or other appendages. There weren't that many open seats left but there were a couple, especially on the left side near a large bulging dent on the side and roof of the train car.

Derleth ducked slightly to avoid hitting his head on the dent and sat down. The window beside his seat was broken, a spiderweb of cracks all running through it making it hard to see outside. So Derleth turned to observe the other occupants of the car.

They were telling a story of some sort. A game, perhaps? There was a lull so Derleth shrugged and joined in:

Petro cracked a grin at the ghoul when she laughed, even if he hadn't been trying to be funny. He had noted, briefly, that she was one of the few who had taken a defensive stance when the noises began and the thing from outside started trying to get in. He would have said something to acknowledge it but then G started a game. He turned to the female monster, gestured towards the small group that had formed and with a small bow said, "Ladies first."

He kept to the fringes of the group even as listened to the story, every so often glancing back at the dents and where that recruiter had headed out. When Sepheran had finished, Tro found it was his turn and looked a little dumbfounded.

Petro's Story -- continuing from Sepheran's

The students heard how the evil short lady knew about their plan All. This. Time! They turned to the mysterious reaper for more help, except the evil short lady's spy had caught up to them and was about to cast a spell that would Turn. Them HUMAN! Just when he was about to finish casting...

The noises and things hadn't worried Myr. Things like that were always happening to him and besides, weren't there people whose job was to make sure that the train stayed safe?

He grinned when he heard that they were going to play a game. He rather enjoyed games, and it seemed like the other students could use a distraction. Not everyone was so unconcerned about what was going on like he was.

The moment he could, he added his own part to the story.