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Laughing, Xiu gave her friend a playful shove on the shoulder. She had considered going in for an affectionate hair ruffle instead, but she had had second thoughts after she actually took in how much care he had put into styling it today.

(Not that he didn't usually put a ton of care into his hair.)

"Geez, Vaith, give the poor boil some slack! First you break his heart, and then you expect him to bribe you back with a dinner date?" She tried her best to look disapproving, only to for surprise to flicker over her face when someone appeared and placed themselves between them. Xiu turned to regard the newcomer, and--

"Hel!" she cried out in delight, turning her body so that she could wrap both arms around the ghoul, "I'm so glad that you could make it tonight too! Look at you--you look beautiful!" Xiu grinned from ear to ear as she took in the valkyrie's outfit, and the grin grew in amusement upon hearing the exchange between her two friends. Resisting the urge to giggle, she took a step back and gestured to each of them in turn.

"Hel, this is one of my best friends, Vaith. Vaith, Hel." The look that the reaper sent her was returned with one of the baku's own--she lifted her brows and shot him a stare that seemed to say behave, but the corners of her lips were pulled up in a smile despite her best efforts.

When Vaith's phone began to buzz again, Xiu immediately perked up and tried to lean over to see his screen again. Look, she had to know how this tragic romance ended, okay?

She'd disappeared, briefly, through the mirror to see what else the Student Council had set up. The games did not disappoint, be it as a participant or as a spectator. But when she returned to the dance floor, her brows were knitted together in visible apprehension and she was dragging behind her a purple-skinned boil.

The reaper was scanning the crowd of dancers until star-filled blue eyes caught sight of Brenley and Ignatius. Dark gray boots strode towards them until she was standing right in front of them.

Nervously, perhaps even paranoid, she asked in a falsetto "Do I have behind me a rather good-looking, if under-dressed, boil? Or a frog?"

The aforementioned boil gave the two an unconcerned shrug, "I told her my name's Hector. She just doesn't wanna believe."

"Delicious." she gave deacon a smile.

"Small things should stay out of bigger thing's way little cat." Trisha frowned at Li Shou. This kid was a serious pest with no manners. Things that in her home county got trampled and/or eaten as soon as they started acting up.

"Yes something else." she too did not like the sound of the trumpet. Trisha came this close to hoof stomping the scareling. This close. Her hooves pawed at the floor. But Deacon handled it gracefully already. She would let the scareling go for now.

Trisha followed Deacon out of the prom area and through the mirror.


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Appeal? Scrawny? Pschaw! Deacon didn't even know. Li Shou had moves. By moves I mean manipulation tactics of course. The small boil just rolled his eyes and, seemed prepared to retort at both of his temporary acquaintances, until the awful noise of the trumpet filled his ears.

The boil cringed, stuffing the kabob into his mouth as he reached up to cover the massive furry appendages atop his head. What was that ungodly noise?! And... Who the hell was that!

By the time he turned back, Deacon and Trisha had already begun retreating. As only a child could, the Cat Sith's hand rested under his chin while his fingers wiggled, a kid-friendly rude gesture.

That did, however, give the boil ideas on how to spend his night. That big soulless ginger thought he had moves, did he? Maybe bigger lady meant more points in the dating game. They were talking about big and little a lot after all. Sure, he wasn't aware of all the rules but... It didn't take much to beat old people at games if you were quick and sharp enough.

At that moment as he plotted out his next devious move, the boil realized he had poked himself in the throat with the meat skewer.

He screamed.

She took the offered shoe and smiles in amusement as Carlos just downs the small cake whole! The Dormouse ghoul was getting used to watching creeple just inhale food, though she still found it a bit tragic...

After cleaning the icing off the little shoes she tucks them away in her purse as a souvenir. More swag! While she did that however, she watches in awe as the Cheshire Cat boil pulled and pulled on the candy nose! His solution to cut the rope made her laugh a bit before she searches the table. Surely they had a way to cut it! Lets see... Ah! There! "Heh! I think you were supposed to cut it with this!" she laughs before picking up the lever and using it to cut herself a piece. "Hey it is good!" she chirps happily.

As Camilla continued to munch on her rope she let her eyes drift to the growing crowd... Many of the faces she saw were unfamiliar... But she did see a familiar blotch of gray with a surprising splash of color on her! The gray Reaper would be given a short wave before the candy rope nose was finished. Ah what next? (Gonna time jump a bit)

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Half an hour later and Camilla had tried various spookies that she found were pretty eh... And had one of the Wolf in sheep's clothing dogs. It was pretty good actually! She had even broken down and tried that Wishing well drink, fortunately it wasn't alcoholic at all! Finally, Camilla had filled that little empty spot and was ready to go explore! But was Carlos? That was the question.

"Good Sir Beast? If your full, mayhaps we might go explore the games?" she asks playfully while speaking in a playfully proper manner.

It was certainly fun dancing with the amphibian prince. They changed it up here and there after Arnold at learned how to lead. But Aureole's hooves were starting to tire from the amount of elaborate moves the boil was making and she was starting to get a little hungry anyways.

She bid Arnold a quick farewell and a wave before making her way to the refreshments. The Peryton was still wondering where her date was for the party. She didn't mind being here alone but she had been excited to meet someone in a different setting of something other than classroom.

At least the food and drink looked good.

Who knew getting hungry would help her out at Prom? Aureole hadn't thought her date had arrived yet and here they were! She hadn't been given much of a description but that was she was tall, like the Peryton herself, the pairing flower that she wore in her hair and that the individual was of the dragon family. The last one wasn't too much of a help as many dragons attended the school.

But it was exhilarating to finally meet her date. She was very beautiful and polite. The bow and traditional greeting spoke volumes about the other. In a good way.

"Yes! A pleasure, Ashanti, I'm Aureole." She did her proper curtsy. And she had now just ruined the edges of her dress with bits of crumbles and icing from the cookie she had been eating but no matter. A few brushes to her dress and all was well.

"So, this did turn out to be something. First time to a Prom?" She lightly clasped her hands behind her back as she tilted her head up to look at her date.