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Charlie scratched his head the best he could through his long sleeves and then looked from the board to Riley to... Cady? Charlie had met the monster once before and she had been a pleasure. Charlie's grin widened.

"Thanks Riley~," He suck his hand in his pocket and pulled out some lint and paper clips. The demon handed the ... stuff to Riley in thanks and then went ahead to approach Cady. She was already pointing to him which was a good start.

"Rocks? Shoes? OH! Probably but thats not important." He extended a long sleeved arm which was awkward with his shortness. "Lets go eat some food~" He gave Cady a serious nod.

They had barely finished playing their game when Roch called out to King to join him, and then Lady Temes arrived. Sit down? Was that part of the event he had signed up for? Then Miss Xiu-Ying was arriving to take Alexander with her and told him that they were conversation partners. Ah, so then...Lady Temes was his conversation partner. That made sense. "Of course Lady Temes."

He took a step away from the group before turning back to Alexander and Miss Xiu-Ying. "I hope the two of you enjoy yourselves, I shall see you after the event?" And then he was off, trying to reach the table that Lady Temes had before her so he could pull out her chair for her, because that would only be polite.

*MEROPE* wants to get to know somebody!

He still wasn't sure sure whether or not he should be there. It was a choice he had agonized over and debated for several days, torn between several choices. Go? Stay? As himself? As herself? What sort of dress? Both Junko and Lizzy had both offered to lend him/her a dress if he went as herself, but what would fit? What wouldn't?

It was the accessories that made up Merope's mind. Or rather, the lack of accessories. His dwindling hoard made the decision for him. Already he was kicking himself for pawning off the jewelry for that fool's errand he took. Anyone could look in his room and assume he was just another aquatic undead student. His hoard wasn't enough to qualify him for "draconic," much less "sea serpent."

But what he had was enough to get him by. Merope straightened the dark blue vest he wore over a white poet's shirt, checking to make sure it was tucked neatly into the blue sash he wore around his waist. He couldn't help but to pause and brush imaginary dust off of his dark blue pants, glancing over them nervously. Did he over dress? Under dress? He straightened up, checking the black rose he had tucked into the pocket on his vest. Hopefully he fit in. If not... well.

He straightened his shoulders and strode into the Scarentines Day event, his eyes sweeping the room. Students were already settling themselves down at tables, others clustering near what looked to be a board of some sort. He wandered over to the sign-ups, looked them over, then added his name to the list before wandering over towards the games.

(( OOC: To whomever I'm paired up with: I work in the mornings on those days, but I will be able to tag in the evening. <3 I apologize in advance!

Otherwise Merope is now in the game thread~ <3 ))

Riley stared, deadpanned, at the lint and paperclips in her hand. She waited politely until Charlie was out of her line of sight, and then her hand turned, dropping everything to the floor. She wiped her hands clean on the side of her dress, and moved to begin lingering through the tables and making sure everyone was settling in nicely.

And thus the first pairs were made. Jericho eyed the new students all warily still, feeling that he couldn't quite trust them yet. He would definitely be keeping an eye out for strange behavior. No hunters were going to ruin this party if he could help it. He'd burn them all down!

Yesss....

The students were all heading over to some of the tables, while a few were lingering about.

It seemed like things were going along nicely for the time being, Shehk sighing with some relief as pairs were matched up and individuals went about making their games, her tail wagging slightly.

"Just gets better and better." she commented under her breath as she roamed, taking note of who was there and who wasn't. Part of her wondered if there was somewhere she could ditch her wings...but Riley would have noticed, and that wouldn't have ended well.

She touched Jericho's elbow as she walked by, nodding her head to him, before moving on.

Christof shied back beside Junko, reaching up to pull off his hat to fiddle with it demurely. He was glad it seemed people liked it. Gosh, a real... actual Patchwork Girl....

He gave a grunt goodbye, glancing about to make sure everyone else was well taken care of.

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Enzo, meanwhile, glanced at the board his name had been scribbled on. Huh! So he had signed up for some sort of... speed dating thing? Well, that was swell. More friends and- hoooothere! He spotted his alleged partner slinking towards their table. Well then, this aughta' bee a hoot, that was for sure. Smirking now, he straightened his jacket, giving a low whistle to Boss, (who had been wheeling close to the refreshment table) to follow as he slunk after.

((to Table 6!))

Tensing for the moment as he felt someone touch his elbow, Jericho relaxed when he saw it was Shehk. Better her than one of these new students. Or a hunter. Far better than a hunter. Letting out a breath, he nodded to her, before catching Junko's gaze. He didn't say anything, but he didn't trust that look she was giving him. What was that about?

He was fine! People seemed to be overtly concerned for him as of late. It wasn't needed.