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Maybe.. maybe she should have bowed, as he did. Now Maple just felt stupid for putting her hand out like that and quickly pulled it away. Mostly so he wouldn't hit it and also so that well, she didn't feel as dumb. "Oh.. Th-thank you..." She replied in a small voice as a light blush washed over her cheeks.

"Is.. is there anything y-you'd like to s-see in p-particular?" She then asked him, her fingers playing with the hem of her cardigan. There were only a few points around campus she didn't know for certain, mostly since she never ventured those parts but she was fairly certain she could give... kind of a decent tour. Maybe. Hopefully. Probably not. Oh, please go well.

Van had not thought that the pink ghoul was very short, until she was there. And she was, in fact, very short: it had not been the distance making her appear so tiny. "You would be an excellent size to be carried on shoulders," he said, grinning back and trying to keep his tail from whipping bystanders in the face. It was, after all, braided with ornamental chains.

"I'm Van and I want to see all of the things! I never get to go inside or go out of the festival place and I can't wait, where do we go first?!" Van and Simply seemed to generate enough energy that they could probably level the Open House entry.

Van was pretty much bumping into everyone on his way through, very ungracefully, being dragged out of the crowd. Except it didn't seem to bother him: he was so extremely excited that he just bounded along after her, knocking boils and ghouls alike off their feet.

"What kinds of best places?!"

Giving him a double thumbs up, she began to move through the crowd. Heading towards the Undead dorms. "Sounds like a plan."

To be truthfully honest, Mei didn't know too much about the sports teams of the school. The only real athletic things she did were dance and gymnastics. But her new friend prooooooobably wasn't quite interested in that. But...well...maybe?

"I don't know a whole lot about the sports teams. I mostly just stick with gymnastics, dancing and free running. But I believe there is a Bruteball team if that might interest you." She tilted her head slightly. "I don't think video games really counts as a sport, but the Scario Kart club might disagree."

Piper blinked owlishly. "Hy-whattica? Peenies?" She started giggling at the word. Peenies. ...OH. Wait, those flowers?" she asked. "Aww, well thank ya~ Problem is, I think my hair'd eat anything you stick in there. But yeah, I'm in a club."

Sort of. She sucked at being in the club.

"I'll tell ya about it on the way. To the dorms!"

This encounter was already so much more pleasant than how his first began. She was polite, and not entirely in his face, or dangling all over him like an overly attached... Who knows. Either way, her hand was gratefully received, and he gave it a pleasant squeeze, intrigued by the placement of her hands, but not entirely surprised at them.

"Ezra, it's a pleasure to meet you. I wanted to see more of the.. Learning facilities, but my previous guide didn't seem to find that idea overly interesting for her. Which is fine, I suppose, but not quite what I wanted. Are their places for outdoor studies, or.. Well, I'm not so sure. I'd ask for the Library, but I'm not sure if that's too boring for you as it was for the last guide.."

QUEST STUDENT NEEDS A TOUR

Sap

Sap was really happy to wake up, first of all. Waking up was a nice feeling after dying vividly and horribly. Well, maybe not so horribly. Fire wasn't as bad a way to go as she'd thought when she'd fallen asleep. She decided that that was the best kind of dream - when you woke up different and improved. She certainly felt improved.

And then the fireworks started and she felt absolutely ecstatic. It was the Amityville open house! She had totally forgotten! She got herself dressed, scrambled on her Guest Tag, and ran for the gates, practically skipping in her delight, her leafy pigtails and the nooses that tied them bouncing with every step.

Oh she was so excited! She'd wanted to come here for so long! And now, she was! As a guest, of course, but still! "Oh my Jack..." she whispered, staring up at the gates in awe. "I want to go here so bad..." She fell in love with it all over again.

[ QUEST STUDENT LOOKING FOR TOUR ]

Bibiana shot up in her bed and the first thing she felt was relief at being in her own room and not in Wonderland. The second thing was a jolt of shock from the sudden fireworks she could hear. She was confused until she remembered about the open house at Amityville. Had all of that been just one night's dream? It had felt like so much longer than that...

But she was glad she hadn't missed the open house. She'd been looking forward to this for a very long time. She smiled, and it felt like she hadn't done so in months. It felt so good to smile that she started giggling. Once she had gotten the giggles out, she got up and proceeded to dress in her signature outfit.

With a quick goodbye to her parents, Bibi ran out the door and headed for Amityville. It was super crowded at the gates, but she was sure there would be plenty of room inside. She got through the line and was handed a guest pass, then-

"Ow!" She reached down to rub her shin and saw a red-hatted garden gnome telling her to behave. Well. Okay then.

[ QUEST STUDENT LOOKING FOR TOUR ]

Caiden blinked awake, staring up at the ceiling of his own room. That was a little surprising. He was half expecting to wake up in a hospital with his sister because that dream could not possibly have lasted only one night. But...he was in his room, and not the hospital. So had it really been only one night?

He turned to look at his digital clock and frowns when it really had only been a day. The fireworks outside his window confirmed that even further. Today was that open house thing at Amityville. His parents had been talking about it for weeks. There was no way he and Cadence were going to get out of it. Not that he wanted to, really.

"Yo, Cade! You up?" he called and banged his fist on the wall behind his head where he knew his twin's bed was. Without waiting for a response, he got up and stretched, amazed that he wasn't sore or bleeding. Whatever. His goal for the day was to forget all that Wonderland crap. It was just a really bad dream and he was really interested in going to that open house.

Once he was dressed, he met up with his twin and off they went. That crowd in the front separated them, but he wasn't that worried; he'd find her later. Or she'd find him. Whichever. He took the guest pass he was handed, then jumped at the kick he felt. "The hell?" he grumbled and looked down at the angry little gnome that told him to behave. He rolled his eyes. Sure sure. What kinda trouble could he possibly get into at an open house?