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So the first thing to do was to make friends with the reindeer, right? The frost demon carefully approached the reindeer that was tethered to her assigned slay and waited for him to notice her. The creature eventually noticed her and responded by sniffing at her and snorting, which the ghoul took as a cue to gently pat him on the nose.

It was not a very good idea.

The reindeer's sniffing continued and his nose started to turn very red, unbeknownst to Edel who had boarded the slay. The slay set off well, and was picking up speed until a great sneeze came from the front, sending the slay jerking to the left. There was a moment of panic as the ghoul pulled at the reins to redirect the slay to the right, only for it to be a little too much.. The slay continued its course, jerking left and right sharply as the ghoul struggled to gain control of the sleigh, only for the maiden voyage to end miserably by hitting the sides and dragging it so that the slay was left with a very impressive scratch mark on the side.

He followed along with the crowd, passing through a doorway only to be greeted by a vast expanse of field all covered in snow. His ears twitched atop his head and his wings folded around him for warmth as he awaited further instructions, eyes roaming over the slays and the very large creatures that were tethered to each one. R-Rein-deer? That's what the animals with the amazing racks were called?

After being told what to do, Mathias hopped right to it, a bounce in his step as he made his way over to an unoccupied slay, approaching the large animal carefully as it turned it's head towards him, sniffed, and snorted.

Was it...was it snorting at him because his own antlers were too small? Did it find him pathetic? Mathias could feel his short fuse coming alight. He was not pathetic!

"Stupid arrogant creature." He growled, baring his teeth at it. "I vill show you who is pathetic!"

Perhaps not the best thing to say, as he was meant to be making friends with it or some nonsense. Not even bothering to try and be nice, he jumped up into the slay and took up the reins, "Now move, and be quick abou--" He needn't say anymore then that, as the reindeer took off over the snow, instantly cutting sharply to the right and sending Mathias tumbling to one side of the slay itself, body bouncing around and nearly falling out when they hit the side of the course.

"Ach! Nein, nein! Back!" He pulled on one of the reins hard, hoping that it might help somehow, but only served to have him cutting sharply in the other direction.

Back and forth it went like this until they came skidding to a halt at the end. Mathias came stumbling out of his slay looking a little bit sick.

"I do not think my reindeer is knowing vhat he is doing."

Yes. It was totally the reindeer's fault.

((right, right, right, right (hit the siiiiiide), left, right, left, middle, left, right))

Alecto’s lower lip quivered. “Whywhy?” she questioned in a soft murmur, ears pressed to her head. She brought a hand to her mouth when the boil dragged a desk between them. The ghoul stepped forward, but then stopped suddenly. Get out of here. What a hurtful thing to say. She curled her tail around her legs. “Butbut…” she started. “Friends.” Alecto might have burst into tears, but luckily Mayaa was there to save the day. Lips curled into a tiny smile. “Friendsfriends!”

And then class began.

“Oooh~” Alecto slinked over to her own slay and hopped inside. Giggling, she urged the reindeer to run as quick as possible. Unfortunately, that was a very big mistake. She howled with laughter as she crossed into the sides, but at least she’d made it back in one piece, right?

The dragon deflated at the blunt answer, her ears and tail drooping.

"Oh..."

Way to ruin her dreams there

Poke soon perked up when they were taken outside and shown the sleighs, as well as the reindeer that would be pulling them. It also seemed that Blitzen's family were to be helping out, literally. She hopped over to one of them, hoisting herself into the seat and picking up the reigns with a glance at the reindeer in front. Maybe one of these ones pulled Sandy's sleigh?

Weather it did or not, when it noticed that a creature with sharp horns, claws and teeth was manning it, the reindeer snorted nervously and began to canter off. "H-hey wait I didn't-" She pulled at it, which only made it worse as it began to slide to the side of the course. "No no this way, this way." She tried pulling the other way. It worked for a moment, before she was pulled to the far side.

It was clear she wasn't very good at this sleigh riding thing.

"I guess we can share. Sharing is important in herds." Yep, Mayaa was officially part of Trisha's herd.

Mellow was saved, but only because class was starting. "Oh... oh." there was more than a bit of disappointment that she wouldn't get to pull said slay, but Trisha grinned and said hello to the reindeer before climbing aboard. How did these reins things work? she to tell the reindeer to go down the middle but he kept on the left and then swerved all the way to the right as she tried to adjust, her reins got all tangled up in her hands as her reindeer pulled back to the left and then they almost stayed in the middle for a while by a stroke of luck before veering off to the right again.

"Next time I just pull..." She got off and patted her reindeer. He was a nice fellow even if he kept running all over the course.

Oh jack, Ruth should have seen this coming. All the signs were there, literally right in front of her face. This wasn't going to be a sled where the vehicle was propelled into motion by gravity and one's own body mass. This was the kind of ride that, as their professor explained, needed a relationship. With an animal. Ruth regretted it already.

She spent a good time staring at the dumb beast, not that it could tell given how her eyes were always obscured in shadows, nor would it care about the blonde Halloweener. This was obviously going to be a war of wills, and Ruth intended to do this right. The ghoul wasn't sure how to make nice with the beastie, but seeing as how this was going to be relevant only when JOY was around, she obviously didn't seem to bother trying.

The reaper gripped the reigns tightly when it was her turn, lightly climbing up into the slay, practically leaping actually. She leaned forward and silently commanded the reindeer start moving by stamping her feet and snapping the reigns.

Apparently, when Ruth decided she was going to do this right, she should have decided to do this correctly. Because the reindeer was literally so right, they hit the sides twice. Ah well, it isn't like Ruth was going to keep the slay after her little test drive.

The class soon began, prompting some of the conversations that she had been observing to come to a halt. That was disappointing but they were at least being lead to something very neat. This was like a carriage ride, Olivia realized when she saw the strange creatures and what they were attached to. She had ridden in a few herself, one for her exam even, but she never got to control one before.

This was going to be exciting. Though, when she approached the reindeer, he didn't seem to have the same mind set. Though, she didn't so much notice because she was lost in the task at hand, and staring at everything. Like the neat leather she was going to be able to hold and stuff. Though, it took her a moment to realize how she was supposed to uh... start. Glancing at her fellow students gave her the idea and with a flick of the reigns, Olivia and her new friend were off.

And not so fantastically, really, the undead directed the poor creature pretty erratically.

ignore, wrong dice, dumb Meg