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And then Shun had an owl.

"What the ******** is wrong with everyone today?" he hissed in frustration, trying to bat way Endy as she began to flap her wings.

Hel got a baffled look on her face as Sparrow spoke, and it just got worse as he went on. At the end, she hesitated, and then let out a laugh. “Ah, good one, you got me, friend, pulling my leg and what not…I did not think you to be such a jokester!”

Because clearly he was just really into his prank, and he really just wanted to prank her good…get her going there for a few moments. “That is cute, pretending to be new! You have been here for a few years now, yanno! You were here before I was! Nice try.” She laughed again.

Angeline wasn't 100% sure where she was, but she was starting to seriously consider the need for a seeing eye pet.

But she was listening really good to everything going on at the time being, trying to look like she could be helpful, if not much else.

There was no possible way Belladonna was late. It was simply unheard of.
Rather, instead of being late, she arrived at the perfect time to bring cheer and fun to the booth. A shout of delight is her introduction to the group around the Reaper booth as the witch flounced up to everyone, looking rather frilly this festive evening.
"Happy House Cup!" She cheered, smiling brightly at everyone gathered. Look at these adorable Reapers come out to share their house pride! It was just getting her all sorts of syrupy to see them all there!
Which meant that anyone who was close by would get a witch blinking bright pink eyes at them.
"Evening everyone! Isn't this exciting? That opening ceremony was certainly something!"

There was more to be said but first the witch saw a cat.
Totally forgetting that there was anyone else there, the witch rushed over to the cat and sparkled at it.
"Hello little kitty! Happy House Cup!" Was there a person attached to the cat? Belladonna wouldn't know, she only saw a fluffy little kitty-cat she needed to touch please.

Kettil just watched Voodoo's climb with a bit of amusement and then his eyes settled back at Lock's face. His head tilted his head to the side, "Well good luck on not attending, friend. I think you'll have a very borin' school life if you do, though."

"Speaking of attending..Freya said she'd be here soon." Kettil muttered mostly to himself as he took a quick second to check his phone for the time. Hmm. Should he start to worry? Perhaps.

He waved at Belladonna when he heard (and saw) her come around, "Heey Dúulsi'! Happy House Cup."

Endzela at this point settled near Angeline now she was staring at the Reaper, "You are new."

Kari held back a shiver of relief as the ghoul, rather than rat her out to the angry grim, put herself in between them. A small part of Kari's mind registered the pin being shoved into her hand alongside a wink as the ghoul attempted to play off his suspicions. She was helping...

And it was working!

Shun still seemed a bit perturbed, but let Kari off with only a sharp warning.

"Hel... ah... my name is Kari... though you probably already figured that out from when I introduced myself to... Shun, was it?" Kari replied with an innocent stare in his direction, trying to act as though she totally didn't already know who he was from the booth game's flyer. Smooth.

"Yes, I'm fairly new here... not as a student, though... not yet, but I hope to be one day", she continued with a hopeful smile. Before she could add anything else to the conversation, another boil appeared with a heavy hand on Shun's shoulder and an admonishment for his manners before moving to grab Kari's hand and plant a kiss on it. She stared owlishly as he moved on to kiss Hel's hand, never having met someone like that before. Either this boil was overly gentlemanly or this boil was a straight up player.

"I-I'm Kari... thank you...", she replied, trying to shake the shock off. She just might have gone from one dangerous situation right into a different kind of danger...

Maple was there, having found herself... in an area, looking nervous and unsure as always.

Poor Shun, everyone seemed to be just going at that game that was created about him. She didn't have the gall to try it, she didn't particularly know the older reaper and he didn't seem too pleased with the goings on.

[ Entering ]

Miasma returned, hair still damp and wearing entirely new clothes from the ones she had arrived in, not that anyone would have noticed, as she had never actually stopped by the reaper dorm booth yet.

"If anyone needs me, I'll be busy devising a certain gnome's demise."

It seemed Shun had a contender for "most grumpy reaper" at the moment, but even she might have pitied him slightly had she known the ordeal he had gone through. Except to her, her clothes were more important and she was already sulking over the loss of one of her hundreds of outfits. Day was ruined.