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"Christmas was awesome," West replied, unable to keep the grin off of his face. Sure, there hadn't been that much food or bathing involved, but there had been EXTREME SNOWBALL LAUNCHER 5000s and psychotic Death Charms and... Jingleberry. The demon was glad he hadn't died on this trip if only because it meant he might still be able to best the peppermint ninja some day. If West was going to die fighting anyone, that was who he wanted it to be.

His reverie was interrupted by the hell hound's next words. "So y'really died?" Yep, Holly seemed to confirm it. Hmph. He was glad he had avoided all that then. Did that mean... well, he couldn't ask either of these two if all those bodies in the cove had been students since neither of them had made it that far. He had thought so, but had convinced himself that maybe that wasn't true once they had all been rescued. He supposed he could overlook all of the smooching... for now. A little gift from him to them in light of this new information.

As he mulled over what Holly and Damien told him, West's grin faded and his brows re-furrowed. "There were kids there? After y'died? What were they doin'?"

For a moment or two, Bul didn't say anything until the overwhelming, intense flux was over. Her voice confirmed she was doing well enough now after dying. Of course, Bul wondered if it had hurt or not but the question was inappropriate to just ask.

Pulling back enough to continue conversing, the half beast shook his head and sighed. "Well... after you fell-" he paused of course, "-a cloak from much earlier on the island showed their face and it was a ghoul! She like... built this bridge thing to shuffle people over but a lot of people didn't make it... including Seiji. We ended up somewhere else after that and waited around for a portal. When that finally worked it was just darkness... oh jack.."

Bul turned his head away for a moment, reliving the darkness of the cove. The blood smell wasn't what got to him definitely no. He could feel and see body parts of students that were walking along side him. After so much tension it legitimately got to him whereas in any other situation it may not have.

He appeared to regain his composure when he realized he was happier with the thought of Mei falling than being sliced into pieces. "Finally we got to whoever the ******** was doing all this... there was maybe 15 of us... probably less..." he said. "And then the teachers came.. and stopped the cloaks from attacking any further... but from there it's really just been a blur..." Bul frowned now and rubbed the back of his head. "I feel like... we didn't do anything... nobody won.."

Looking up now he worked his way back to a weak smile. "But... I think that... now... knowing that everyone's safe... maybe we DID win?" he said and let his tail loosely wrap around the side of them. "Still... Mei, I am so sorry I... I should've been more careful and I should've helped you across... I feel like there was more I could have done for you.." he apologized, feeling a bit guilty for having made it so far but only because of her and Seiji and the help of all his fellow students.

Sepheran shook his head lightly, "It's alright, everything issss alright...I ssssaid it would be didn't I?" Sepheran replied though blinked a bit when he saw her blurry form move back slightly.

"Hm...? You're welcome...I like you too Arachne," Sepheran replied. She seemed like such a lovely ghoul, a good friend. His thoughts drifted to Myr for a moment. He hoped the other boil was alright. Besides Lizzy it seemed all his other friends or acquaintances were do to "field trips". Still..it was nice to have friends.

It took him a little bit longer to sort out what Arachne said afterwards but he smiled, "Of coursssse~ I'd love to sssspend more time with you sssometime," he replied not at all getting the hint of what Arachne was really trying to say.

Mandy buried her head into his shoulder, thankful they where on the ground otherwise she couldn't have done so without a footstool, and listened to the vibrations as he talked, a confirmation of reality to her.

"S'good. That they where all ok. Was kinda - flashbacky. Blades again. I-I haven't seen anyone else, no. M'sorry. Lost Winnie again, fog stole her when we reached the Lighthouse."

Regret flooded her voice at her last words, how had she kept going with her Winnie lost in there? Why hadn't she waited and searched for her, dragged her on?

"...W-What happened to you after the crash?"

Slightly more coherent, whole scentence even, but hesitant, not sure if she wanted the answer.

"The ghoul who gave us the useless key?" She had actually shown herself to them? "and she helped all of you..?" Now he had lost her. Last thing she remembered about the cloaks, was that they were trying to kill them, and that the crazy ghoul wanted to take all of their skulls.. Upon hearing Seiji had also died, she snapped her mouth shut. He had fell as well? How many of them did make it? She continued to listen, the word 'darkness' practically forcing her to cringe at the thought.

Only fifteen students had survived..? Out of all who had gone? "The teachers..? I'm guessing they hadn't given an explanation for anything?" She grumbled, frowning at the idea that they had been sent out on a suicide trip/mission. This whole trip.. It was a waste of time. Brushing her hair from blocking her view, she lowered her head, attempting to wrap her mind around everything that had happened.

Lifting her head, she worked a small smile upon her lips again. "If everyone is alive, then there's no better victory." She added. She would take the safety of everyone rather than anything else they could have gained.

Shaking her head as he began, "No, don't blame yourself for what happened. I.. I was stupid for trying to cross that chasm with a busted leg." Returning her gaze to the ground once again, "I.. I'm sorry. For everything that happened."

After the crash? The boat crash? Barth did some mental shuffling.

"Floated around in the ocean a bit. Before washing up on shore. All the fog was there, you know, so it was a bit hard to see. Picked up the supplies. You know, err, what they gave us. Weapon. Flashlight. Didn't end up using the flashlight much. Wandered around in the fog a bit."

There had been a lot of wandering around in the fog.

"There were a few, err, attacks, so after that I headed over to the cornfield. I was hoping it would be safer there, but someone set it on fire. Err..." he skipped over his dad and Christof trying to kill him. "I rode an elevator. Very old. Not in the best repair, and it was during a fire, but stairs were the alternative. There was a laboratory under the cornfield. And the portal, of course. After the ceiling started collapsing, we made it through to the Cove, and err- and after that," he swallowed.

"There weren't many of us left, after that. West, as I said. And Carry. I thought we'd had it, until the school secretary showed up. Hellma talked the fellow out of duking it out, and....here we are."

There. The whole situation. From start to finish.

Malodore just kept saying these things, these beautiful things that overloaded Riley's emotional sensory input. It was terrible and wonderful all at once. She dropped her hands from it's face and clung to it's jacket, turning her head to look up at Jericho as he was pulled in. One of her own arms wrapped around the dragon as well, and she buried herself into the two. There was a strange, unnerving feeling of nostalgia, as she felt herself pressed against both bodies, and her hand twitched for a moment in recollection. She reached up and ran one finger down the length of her face, where she still remembered the cold kiss of blade metal sever her in two.

She didn't want to remember that particular moment anytime soon. The warmth and comfort she felt in their arms now was all she wanted in her mind.

A stray voice reached her, and she realized Sin had been trying to convey a thought to her. She looked up, and met eyes with the fellow demoness, expression a fierce emotion-filled response without having to say a word. She nodded to the ghoul's question, before dropping her head back down again.

She had a lot to talk about. With a lot of people. Just.. not right now.