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Raziel had been a little slow getting to the field. He had signed up for the class a long time before in the gym and had assumed that the class was going to be there. When he got there, nobody else was there and he had waited some minutes before looking on the doors to see if a sign was posted, after finding the sign Raziel made a dash for the field.

Upon arriving, there were a lot of other students there, most of whom Raziel didn't know, but there were of course some that he did. He snuck up behind the crowd in time to hear Red's directions. Once she was done speaking Raziel took his time stretching and getting ready. If he was going to have to guess a path across some field, he definitely didn't want to end up cramping or something partway over!

Things Bul heard about Red convinced him to not test the professor's patience, and like Blue, he knew that following orders and actually trying to learn from a class was preferred over loafing.

"Well... guess I'll see you guys on the other side. Given that I make it of course.." Bul only uttered the last part to the ghouls around him before saluting and suddenly taking to a sprint down the field in winded motion unsure of what was about to happen to him.

For a moment he felt a spring of glory in his step- being the first one out there. However, the feeling was short lived as he suddenly realized he'd also be the first to ******** up. Well... it didn't matter he was the first on the other side of that dark chasm so he'd be the first over it again.



((H10, H9, G9, F9, E9, E8, D8, D7, D6, E6, F6, G6, G5, F5, F4, G4, H4, I4, I3, H3, G3, F3, E3, E4, D4, C4, C3, C2, C1))

((Path is E10, E9, E8, D8, C8, B8, B7, B6, C6, D6, E6, F6, F5, F4, E4, E3, E2, F2, G2, G1. ))

It wasn't a bottomless pit this time, that was all Damien had to keep telling himself. Not a bottomless pit that would lead to his doom, there was an infirmary here. There should be no reason to be scared. So why did his legs refuse to move? He had no idea why his legs refused to listen to his mind, the body still remembered all the trauma his brain choose to push aside. Wasn't the brain stronger than the mind however?


"Its ok, I can do this" the hound told himself for a boost of confidence, already feeling his legs limbering up back to a part of his body that should work with him, not against. The first step was unsure behind the line, but the rest of his steps were pushing forward and with no signs of stopping, just sharp turns and sidesteps. "I can do this!"

Grinning at the hell hound, Mei returned a wave of her own, pleased that she arrived here as well. "Well, you know. Had better times, but everything is okay I guess." Her attention moved to other students getting ready to move across the field, and then to Bul. "Nah. I bet Professor Red has all sorts of surprises at the ready." Nodding to herself as she eyed the field, thoughts on what lay ahead clouded her mind. The fact that Professor Red was all to pleased about it didn't secure any safe thoughts either. "Hmm, looks like we'll have to wing it."

She was about to answer Bul when he questioned on who would make the first move, but watched as he instead moved on ahead. "B-becareful Bul!" The idea of being separated from their little group was enough to make her nervous...but it was necessary in order to move forward. Turning to the two ghouls, she gave a wave to both Natalia and Whisper, hoping her nervousness didn't show on her features. "Good luck guys. We'll catch up later, for sure!" Stepping towards the field herself, the doll practically gulped as she made her way across the field.



(( Path: I10, H10, G10, G9, G8, F8, E8, E7, E6, F6, G6, H6, I6, I5, I4, H4, G4, G3, G2, H2, I2, J2, J1 ))

Lucien's pounce didn't go unnoticed, and the Siren made a surprised cry before settling down and cooing at the presence of his friend. "Lucien!" Jumping up, the siren hugged his best boil buddy. "Oh my gosh I feel like it's been forever! I was on a BOAT! And I got attacked and then there was this creepy fog and people died and then I screamed and attacked things but that's normal but yeah I lived and oh my gosh I was so scared but I made it and-" Red's words made Israfel flinch, quieting him immediately. Earwings flat against his skull he shuddered. "I almost died on the island but for some reason the other bathroom scares me more."
Shaking his head, Israfel bumped Lucien's forehead with his own. "But look Lucy!" Wings flapped and Israfel hovered off of the ground, maintaining his air-born status for a few seconds before huffing and falling back to his feet. "I'm getting better!"

Junko stared at Red, eyes wide and hair hanging limp the moment the professor arrived on scene. She was very glad they didn't need to wear their gym uniforms for this, so very, very glad; she'd rather wear her kimono. She frowned and bit down on the end of her thumb, looking around at the rest of her classmates. To be honest she was actually a little disappointed this wouldn't be a battle exhibition! It had been one of the things she actually wanted, because all the times she had come across something hostile she'd had her butt handed to her! Or...you know...her hair. Junko shuddered at the memory and played with a section of hair, the rest of it finally writhing and twisting lively as a sort of comfort to herself. Never again. Never. Again. But why had battle exhibitions been put on hold? One would think now of all times would be when they needed them! So they could, y'know, learn how to actually fight without dying!

And the fact that Mei was in this class as well made her want to do it even more. She had to learn how to defend herself against ghouls like Mei, though considering her last fun adventure with psycho banshees she was beginning to find Mei a much lesser evil than she originally was. It helped she didn't attack her on the island too.

But damn, Red was a blunt woman. Junko frowned at the insensitivity of her words, looking around at the other students again to see how they handled that place being mentioned again. Who else had died? She hadn't see quite a few people she knew had been on the island, and it worried her. Everyone seemed to have been brought back in one piece and at least physically okay, but she was still so worried. How was everyone else handling their return?

Junko watched with bated breath as Bul stepped out onto the field, clutching and pulling at her hair. This...this didn't look so hard! What was she worried about? Even Sin was doing it, and Demi, and Mei..Lizzy, Claire...

This was too easy.

"Why are the exhibitions on hold?" She muttered with a deep frown, giving an unhappy little sigh as she stepped up to the field. How was she going to do this? She couldn't just go in a straight line, right? Well she could but considering this was Red that would be a bad idea. Maybe zigzags? But too many zigzags would be a bad idea. Junko walked to the furthest end of the field before she began to make her way slowly across the field.



((J10, J9, J8, I8, H8, G8, F8, F7, E7, D7, C7, B7, B6, B5, C5, D5, D4, E4, E3, F3, F2, G2, H2, I2, I1))

It didn't come as a huge shock to Astra to hear the teacher say she didn't care about what had happened to them, since it seemed that none of them really seemed to care. But it still sent a shiver down her spine to be reminded of her experiences in that horrible place. And it seemed she wasn't the only one.

Listening to the instructions, she looked over the field. It seemed...very boring actually. She couldn't see anything wrong with it, nothing to give away any possible booby traps. The fairy sighed in exasperation; This had nothing to do with decision making! it was just a guessing game. Sure, she was incredible lucky to survive the island, but that didn't mean she would be just as lucky here. How was this going to help anything. Privately she wondered if Red was angry at them for some reason and just wanted to see them blown up.

Oh well, It didn't matter now. She may as well get this over with, and hope for the best. Her wings kicking into gear she flew across the field, trying to use her speed and...hope she wasn't about to be roasted.



((Path: 10A, 9A, 9B, 8B, 8C, 7C, 7D, 7E, 7F, 7G, 7H, 7I, 6I, 5I, 5H, 5G
4G, 4F, 3F, 3E, 2E, 2D, 1D))

West followed Colette closer to their instructor, glad that the interruption had distracted the reaper from their conversation. He had seen her fight in Christmas Town, and while he wasn't against pissing her off through mockery in the future just to see what she would do, now was not the time. Apparently, he was about to have his a** handed to him, battle exhibition or not. Or at least Professor Red thought so.

He was pleased to see that their teacher was pretty much everything he'd heard she was in a classroom setting. West wasn't one to put much stock in rumors about the faculty, mostly because he hadn't heard a thing about several of his favorite teachers before taking their classes, but he supposed no one had been inclined to sugarcoat how they felt in this case. Red certainly seemed prickly.

"Lookslike," he said, still smirking at Colette. "I'ma givvit a go anyway," he said to the ghoul. "Seeya on th'other side." His gaze found Holly in the group of students who remained on the near side of the field, and he gave her a short, mocking wave before making his way across. West zigged and zagged, hoping that his erratic path would confuse whatever was lying in wait for him, if it was, in fact, actually sentient.



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