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Stewart had somehow managed to end up on the beach, it had been ages since he had been to the beach and he figured it was about time. Stewart had no intentions of going swimming though, so he looked quite out of place. But it was a nice quite place where he could collect his thoughts and pretend everything was normal.

In an effort to get away from her work - not that she minded it, just that she had a tendency to get wrapped up in it - Anjali had made her way down to the beach. Clad in a simple yellow sarong with a bathing suit underneath just in case, she walked only a few steps before kicking off her flip-flop sandals. It was rather nice, really - captivity aside. One might as well have a gilded cage if one must be trapped, after all...

Anjali's thoughts were interrupted by her realization that she was not alone. At first glance she didn't recognize the other woman, but... "Excuse me... is this sand taken?" she asked, smiling at her and indicating the beach next to Amaya.

"Huh?" The young girl blinked and then smiled at the woman she had yet to met. "No, not at all." She was glad for the company, even though she wasn't sure if this woman knew what was really going on or not. She didn't seem to stare at the enormous amount of scales trailing down her arms or her rather disfigured feet though, so she just hoped for the best.

Amaya watched Jamal in silence, stiffling a laugh as he jumped. That always happened to her when she wore headphones too. She raised her long, clawed fingers to give him a tiny wave. Last time she had seen him was at the Halloween party and he thought her scales were costume... she just pleaded that he had been informed since then. She couldn't take telling people the truth.

Jamal gave both women an accusatory look, but it was mostly in jest. "Ya'll tryin' ta scare a brotha' mo' than he be already?" he quipped as the headphones were pulled down to rest around his neck and he pushed the pause button on the player. "Hidin' up in da....uh....sand?" Okay, so...bad attempt to try and brush off his startlement.

The clawed wave only brought a slight wince, but that was all. He was forcing himself to get used to the idea that animal-like people were running all over the place and he was going to join the ranks eventually. He forced a nonchalant look though and squinted his eyes. "You be at da hall'ween party, righ'?"

Then his eyes shifted to Anjali, whom he also squinted at, but did so longer than he had to Amaya. "s**t, dis music all old...ain't got no way to get new stuff, but it a'ight," he said with a shrug as he regained a normal expression instead of a squinty stare one. "Now, I ain't 'memberin' yous befo', so I 'pologize...what be yo name?"

"A pleasure," Anjali said warmly to Amaya, trying not to stare at the woman's odd features - obviously a change had overtaken her, though she wasn't sure what serum had been used on the other girl.

In contrast, the man ... well, he seemed normal, she realized, after she'd caught herself staring at him searching for the animal features she was sure had to be there somewhere. What a reversal.. but no, he seemed unchanged. Like her. "I am Anjali, the groundskeeper here," she said, pleasantly, holding one hand up for a handshake, wiggling her toes deeper into the sand. "I have been here for some time, but... ah... we don't celebrate All Hallow's Eve in quite the same way where I came from, so I did not attend that celebration.

Ah good, so he knew. That was a comfort. Judging by Anjali's reactions, she probably knew as well.

Though oddly enough, she didn't feel comfortable around them. She felt out of place and oddly naked, being the only one out of the three that had changed at all. Normally there was at least one other person around who had gone through the same thing.

Trying to shake these thoughts off, she looked between the two. "Nice to meet you two... how have you been?"