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“Muka is definitely nice…..” Joachim replied as he tried not to move while Israfel touched his hair at least he wasn’t offering to braid it while he napped.

Shaking his head he replied, “Thank you but umm…maybe another time I can touch your wings.”

So he could sing! Joachim thought as his face lit up a bit at the thought of meeting someone with a talented voice. Though love music wasn’t particularly his favorite, usually some sort of dirge or depressing sort of funeral song or a rather high stepping jig was more of his style but the idea of playing more instrumental was his specialty.

“Umm well I play flute so if your ever want someone to play and sing with…. Your more than welcome to join me…” Joachim replied with a bit of a blushing face, he wasn’t use to offering to play with others though he wasn’t sure if he would be thought of as strange for it.

Shaking his he replied, “No I didn’t come with a scarentine…. I came stag with Muka actually…. I am…not all that great…. Talking to ghouls so….” He didn’t want to admit that he actually had no guts to even ask a ghoul to scarentine.

“Ummm….Does the machine hurt and does it just pair you with someone that is similar to you? And did you have a scarentine?” It wouldn’t hurt at least trying the machine would it?

Wrinkling his nose at the gnome who passed by, the thought of them playing death metal music at the Scarentine was not at all at least appealing to him. “Hrrm… I think love music is better without death metal…” He muttered to the gnome.

Oh he played flute! That was a very good wind instrument. All Israfel would do was harp. And not very well at that. "I would love to! It's really fun to play and sing with others. It can get lonely by yourself. But I'm okay, because Lucien is usually with me. He liked my singing before I got good!" Lucien liked Israfel's songs even when he was terrible, just why he was the BEST!
"and Stag? You came on a deer? That must have been an interesting ride. And well um-" He laughed. "I'm half a ghoul and you seem to be talking fine to me. And Oh no no no! The machine doesn't hurt at all. It takes your fear and finds you a match of compatible FEAR' And um- Ummmmmmmm" His face turned red thinking about the ghost again.

"..........Maybe. I...don't.. know. But um- ummmmmmm" He was getting back into his normal mode. "Do you like treats? The minipets I mean. I have one that likes to make contracts have you ever seen him he'll try to offer you a contract and make you into a magical boil. He is very hard to resist. His gaze is like" He made the face O w O
"Like that."

"YES! That's him!" Merope shouted, pumping his fist in the air. He lowered his hand meekly and ducked down in his seat as students turned to glare at him, embarrassed. Whoops.

"Heeey, we're no-swim buddies!" Merope exclaimed with a laugh. "I'm thinking about running an event soon. No swimming. The only water would be involved would be the racetrack. I have a bunch of seahorses trained and everything to race, too!" He added with a note of pride, beaming. Never mind all that was left was to build the track itself...

Merope tilted his head to one side, nodding and looking a little uncertain. "I'm not very good with tech," Merope admitted with a laugh. "I shorted out more than one electronic on accident. It stings but..." He wiggled his hands and grinned. "'m still here, haha!"

His grin faltered slightly as the talk shifted to minipets. "I... I had one like that," he began a little wistfully. "Turned out to be one of my best friends once we got to know each other a bit. He's... gone now. I keep a few minis as pets, but I eat some. Mostly pets though." He shrugged. "Floresce are too boney, too crunchy to really eat. Do you eat minis? Which do you find to be tasty?"

Though startled from Merope's exclamation, Mort couldn't help but grin, albeit sheepishly. "No-swim buddies" indeed; in a selfish way it made him feel better knowing that even a sea student had issues like that. "Heh, know that feel," he commented with a nod on the "shorting out" bit, tapping one of his temples. "Brain makes 'electricity, sometimes shocks. Hope m-make plans to control better with something." Like a chip he could install in a section of his brain, or something. It was third on his list of Things To Try and Make, behind battle goggles and a robotic hand. "If need help, maybe c-can offer hand, r' offer tech? Need get over fears n'way . . ."

Merope's mini story made him tilt his head a bit, wondering what they could've gone through to turn a sour pet into a best friend, or why it wasn't around for that matter. Was that getting too deep on these fifteen minute meet and greets? Maybe he could ask about that later. "Would like any advice, yes. Won't eat Brian, b-but Brian eats everything . . . Lotta times tries eating pig imps," he recalled with a small sigh. "Small d-disaster. Try yelling, not work. Braincon - is bacon strips but with gray matter - braincon is best bet, but not best solver. S'for eating, mrrr . . ." He stroked his chin in thought. "Not mind bones, have tasty marrow - just hard chew, murder on teeth. Like meat most, 'specially kushi kushi. Kinda like nuggets after taking fur off. Foxfire a-also good, but try not to eat so much since got present from bro Herryk. Lanna too sweet n' loving, c-can't eat . . ."

Plus, well, Herryk would probably re-kill him if he did.

"Is good exercise n' will, try to think," Mort added optimistically. "Like how try not eat brains much, show can control self - show zombies smart too."

A pause. He slipped a glance at the paper that had been in his seat when he'd first arrived for a new prompt, liking this Merope character but being naturally bad at socializing himself. "Er, lessee . . . What music you listen to?"

Coincidentally, that was when the gnome decided to headband his way away from their tables. Guess they knew which kinds he liked!

Joachim mustered the usually somewhat half smile half frown that was his only version of giving a happy face. Having someone else listen or even sing with his music was better than just being the only one hearing his music.

"Great! Umm... I usually play... everyday so whenever you want someone to accompany you just let me know.... Lucien can come as well... the more opinions in my playing and writing the better.... Usually I just have my mice who listen..." Tapping his chin, he would have to write some new music for the occasion to get opinion in his work he hadn't really played any of his own written work to other so a chance would be good.

"Errr... no stag sort of means going without dates...." Though he never thought about riding on the back of a deer to the dance not that he would he was sure he would crush the poor thing. However the somewhat more shocking news was he was talking to a ghoul...or half ghoul he felt as if he had almost insulted Israfel in which caused his face to a deep scarlet red.

"Errr... I'm sorry... I didn't....errrr.................errrrrrr I mean.... oh...." At least both of them had red faces at this point, though Joachim thought it was somewhat cute that he was blushing about his date (and Joachim always did the same).

"I do like treats not that I have many of them... most of my minipets are mice and no..." Shaking his head as he was amused by face the siren made.

"No I haven't seen minipet like that turns you into a magical boil though I think it sounds.... somewhat cute... or at least the face does!.....Ummmm do you like mice? Like Miced Tea or Band of Mice?" He didn't want to go ahead and say that he had several of them.


Joachim frowned at the gnome as he head banged away from the tables, he didn't want to see him again but at least he didn't start singing death metal.

"I agree," Joachim replied nodding to Israfel as he sat down.

"Sounds like a great plan," Joachim replied with a nod he would just have to make sure he had something at least was ready.

Yet the talk about a ghoul's chest to Israfel's made his face turn another deeper shade of red as he avoided to comment on it. It was not something he would talk about to other boil's or anyone for that matter not that was to say he didn't notice them just maybe avoided turning his face red again.

"Oh good! I have LOTS of mice though some days I think too many while other days.... not enough, in a way they are my familiars my music summons them and they do as I say via music and sometimes command but at that point they also have a mind of their own. Do you have a favorite familiar...... or minipet and what is it's name?" He replied thinking of his own, especially the black mouse with the foul temper.

Astra was still looking around for her partner, when she noticed someone was walking towards her. And this one...well, what could she say? He appeared very much like a reaper, though as to what kind of reaper he was, she couldn't be sure.

The fairy felt herself blush at the reapers formalities, Knees bending so she may curtsy in response.

"Y-yes, I'm Astra" she spoke looking up to him. "And it's a pleasure to meet you as well, Thanatos". She smiled brightly at him. "So, are you new around here? I don't believe I've seen you before.