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Gilly took just about fifty wrong turns before actually finding the theater. She held a soggy flyer in her hand that advertised the show tonight. She had left about a half an hour early, but felt like she had been walking for hours.

She walked up to the doors of the theater and looked for any sign of life. The doors were closed she couldn't see any other openings.

"Unnnggh." the door handle slipped as she tried to pry open the door and she fell back on herself. "I guess it's locked, maybe it started already." She pouted and scooted up to the door, pressed her ear against it and tried to see if she could hear the play in progress.

Ah, Christof as well? Malodore nodded to the patchwork too, opening its beak in a smile. "We seem to have defeated it rather handily... I doubt it's a Hunter or other such beast. Do you smell that fragrance in the air? It reeks of JOY..." Just the scent of it brought Christmas Town to mind. Where it had first met Jericho... and Riley. Its gave her hand a gentle squeeze.

"That was me, yes," it said with a nod at Jericho, its voice ringing with pride for a moment. "But... more of them? Ah..." It sighed. "I suppose this is probable. Shall we investigate, perhaps?"

It glanced back to Sammy, sobering a bit. "Take care of yourself... I mislike these creatures, potentially fascinating though they may be."








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Oh, goodie. More fighting. Riley's deadpan voice responded to Jericho though her voice was public. It sounded completely devoid of anything, which made it sound startingly sarcastic. Malodore's hand-squeeze brought her attention back up to the plague doctor whose shoulder she rested her head on, and she nodded at its question.

You know, I think a proper investigation is in order. She gave it, and then Jericho, a rather startling impression of a mouthless grin. It will be like old times again.

"It's alright Mort, no need to apologize. I'm glad you made it though," the ghoul would have asked if the undead boil enjoyed the play but seeing how the situation was, that question would be reserved for later. The ghoul frowned at the mention of JOY by some of the older students in school. Had they experienced this sort of thing previously?

"Have you encountered such a creature before?" she enquired of the black dog, fully aware it was a rhetorical question given how he had reacted. Still, the ghoul couldn't help but be curious as to where they had met one before.

"Haha yeah. Only this time, we'll be on our own turf. Should we get going while the giant rat is out of it?" Jericho asked while flying closer towards the Plague Doctor and the Mindflayer. A part of him didn't want to abandon the other students while there was a potential threat so close. But.. there were a lot of them here. And just one rat.

They should be fine... right?

Tybalt turned to look at the frost demon, as she spoke to him. She must be one of the students that had joined the school after that whole event. Most students were quite familiar with JOY creatures.

"Can't say I've seen this particular one, but yeah... Last year when we raided Christmas town for our 'field trip'" he rolled his eyes at the use of words. "we encountered all sorts of different JOY creatures." He snorted and wrinkled his nose. "The place stunk of that scent then too. Can't say I missed it." It was a vile scent.

Landing once more in the aisle, Jericho nodded to both Malodore and Riley. Experimenting didn't really interest him, but he did want to make sure his friends were alright as they sought knowledge. He'd play bodyguard. And transport as needed.

"Alright. Let's get the Jack out of here," he said before leaving with the others.