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The hunchback suddenly yelped, glancing away from the sudden burst of light as he backed into one of the sighs, which unfortunately crumpled under his weight and he was left in a heap on the ground. What... what had just happened?? He gave a muffled groan, rubbing the blinking, shocked ocular orifice.

"Mmmmmnng" Was all he managed as he scrambled to his feet, flushing slightly as he desperately tried to right the sign again. Only a little bit rumpled. Still good, still good.

Rubbing his eye again, he glanced up at the odd new girl, brows furrowing. A snack? No... not... not something that would really help matters. He straightened, (relatively) and dusted himself off, stitched lips pursing as he dug into his pocket for one of his freshly-hand-made cards that read:

Christof
Student Council Secretary

He offered it out to her before pointing to his eyes and then gesturing to the stand, his face still a series of crimsons and purples.

Christof stumbled at the sudden slap to his hunch, but caught himself. That didn't stop him from being surprised though. With a fresh little grunt, he pointed to his mouth stitches. At the sudden second question, though, his flush returned with a vengeance, "Mmmm?"

Well... well, she did have very nice Parts... and... was she a demon? Or a reaper? She was reaperish, which was preferable, but the wings and... hmm...

"Not until Frightday, when things have settled down a little and the trials are almost over. I'll make a big announcement when it starts, don't worry!" Junko had to get all the food prepared and she didn't want anyone to enter and then...if they made it through the contest to then continue on to make a mess of the course. Near the end but not the last day seemed like a good idea. It gave everyone who wanted to time to still try the course again afterward and work off the mass quantities of food they had just taken in. Yup.

A familiar voice sang her name and she gasped with delight to turn on her heel and face Nahm, clapping her hands and grinning. "Hi Nahm!" She glanced over and noticed his name on the sheet and grinned. She should have known. She was hardly surprised by some of the names on the list..though there were a couple that had her tilting her head. She couldn't judge Freya just yet, she didn't know the ghoul; was she all talk and no action or did she really have a 'stomach like a yeti'? Only time would tell. And Mitsu! She was very surprised by Mitsu! She was also worried...maybe they'd need to find an alternative for the ghoul when it came time for the chocolate. Junko did her best not to let her worry show as she gave Nahm her attention again, giggling as he offered her seeds. The ghoul hadn't been asking anyone else for them...she had a hard time getting herself to accept payment for something she was involved in creating; that mentality that she didn't make anything worth money was not quite gone yet, but it was getting there. "I-if you insist, Nahm! Though I'd feel bad taking your seeds. I haven't asked anyone else for them." She'd ask for seeds for fundraisers but...well, this wasn't a fundraiser! She and Shehk had just wanted to do something nice for the students who either weren't doing the course or had failed the course for the day.

Shehk returned and Junko grinned until she realized the ghoul was wet. No, she wasn't wet. She was drenched. Her eyes widened. If Shehk couldn't do it she definitely couldn't! There went her decision to give it a try. She wasn't touching that thing with a ten foot pole. Her hair curtained limply around her as she chuckled nervously. "Th..that's great! Um...hm...now I'm really starting to regret not getting any towels. Are you going to be alright?" Nahm looked like he was soaked underneath his robes as well from the looks of it. Oh dear. She couldn't believe she didn't think of that! Damn. But as Shehk said she should try it, calling her that name again, Junko looked nervous, especially as Seiji interjected and agreed with Shehk. She should try it. H-he thought she should try it. She couldn't do that! Even Shehk couldn't pass the course! O-or Nahm! Nahm had failed as well! And he had passed but he, a ghost, was exhausted! But then she thought back to the fight they had had about her wanting to believe she could take care of herself. And here was an obstacle course to...do just that.

s**t. Junko paled a bit in her face and swallowed hard. "O-okay...I'll give it a try soon, I promise. Um, Shehk? What does draguh mean?" Again she had butchered the word but it was a weird word for her to be saying! Was she...calling her a dragon? No, that couldn't be it. It had to be something else. But it was a change of subject from the course right by them all. She noticed something odd about Seiji, however. His eyes were trained on Nahm. Huh? Why? Ohhhh was it the robe? It must have been the robe. Junko smiled. "Seiji, this is Nahm! Nahm, this is my boilfriend, Seiji." There! Now they knew each other and Seiji could stop looking at him funny, right? Of course there wasn't much time to dwell on it as the new ghoul was yelling about objections and...fapping.

"...What's fapping?" Look what you've done, Freya. Look what you've done. She wasn't going to quit until she knew what it was, now. She needed to know. Christof? Was Christof fapping? Oh! Did it mean standing to the side and being anti-social? Oh yes, that must have been it. Fapping meant being anti-social and/or awkward. She felt so smart now figuring it out all by herself! Junko giggled. She raised an arm to wave it to get the boil's attention, at least to welcome him. He was such a hard worker! "Hi Christof! Would you like to sit awhile? You're free to! Stop fapping and hang out with us~!"

...Way to go, Junko. Way. To. Go.

Junko slowly lowered her arm when Roch started laughing, and then seemed to laugh harder when she called out to Christof.

What? Had..had someone...said something funny? "Uh...are you okay, Roch? I-is something funny?" She began to blush, feeling nervous. Was it something she said? Was it something Freya said? Nahm? Shun? Mitsu? Was it..her? She liked joked! She...she wanted to know the joke too...

Seiji called her over, looking quite exasperated, and she pouted. He always got that look whenever she was saying or doing something incredibly stupid; that meant she wasn't going to like what he was about to tell her. Junko stepped out from the concessions booth to sit down beside him so he wouldn't have to go to her, looking fairly worried as she leaned on to let him whisper in her ear.

Her face turned pink faster than one could say Jackdamnit. "Wh...WHAT?!" She sat to lean back away from him, blushing harder than she had in a long time and quickly standing. And she'd...in front of EVERYONE and...and Roch...! "O-oh Jack.." She was mortified. Why did she think she had any idea she knew what that meant?! Ask THEN speak. Ask THEN speak! 

"Um...I'm just...going to go.." She gave the obstacle course a look. Junko was frowning as she stepped toward it. "I'll...be back after I...yes..."

And then she was gone.

Thankfully little Jove was finishing the course during much of the previous discussion, and he trotted over proudly just as Seiji was wrapping up his explanation. He looked a little tired and worn out, but he couldn't bring himself to slouch around just yet. He was now a terror warrior, after all!

Offering Junko a happy tail wag as she passed, he came to stand next to Seiji with a proud stance. See, he could be tough just like everyone else!

Unfortunately his ego-preening was cut short when he noticed a familiar ghoul with pale hair... and a stitched face. He froze like a hallow deer caught in the headlights. Maybe it wasn't too late to turn around and leave, and hope she didn't see him. If she never even knew he was there, she couldn't threaten to eat him. Jove couldn't keep the frightening thoughts of being gulped down by that skeletal maw from running through his head, and briefly he wondered why none of the other students seemed frightened by her.