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Alcyone was glad that she was co-hosting a demon get-together with Sin. It should make school life much more interesting... Grinning, the water demon heard Sin mention it to Gabrian and she couldn't help but chime into their conversation. "Yes. There will definitely be food and drinks. You should definitely think about joining us." Smiling sweetly at Gabrian, Alcie hoped that he would consider playing his violin for them because she couldn't help but find herself wishing that he would play right now!

Turning to greet Lizzy, Alcie smiled and hugged her fellow demon friend back. Wow, there were so many conversations going on around them Alcie wasn't sure who she was supposed to be talking to. She didn't even really notice that the cart was unattended and there was no adult supervisor around until Lizzy mentioned it. "Hm, yeah he has been gone for awhile. He might have just.. stepped out for awhile?" Raising a brow, Alcie lifted herself up to look out into the sea of students to see if she could pick out the supervisor but not to avail.

Ah, the throwing and shouting was for the old guy giving out stuff. "Hmm" Basil played with a strand of her hair, glad she was caught back up with the world. She aimlessly smiled and kicked her feet back and forth.
She vaguely noticed that there was no adults when she heard all the questions and it, but why would that matter? Nothing bad is happening, no one is acting up, so who cares.

"I am actually not very good at social gatherings," came the reply as he tilted his head to one side; he was, in fact, being rather honest, which was amusing if one took into account he was currently surrounded with students and not doing too poorly, "I'm a touch antisocial, you see, so despite the fact the food and drink sound horribly tempting... I'm afraid you might find yourselves having to pretty much physically drag me to that meeting, if you wish to endure my company," Gabrian wasn't actually joking; if Sin and Alcyone wished him to be there, they might have to actually take him there themselves, but at least he was offering them an invitation to do so, which was no doubt as good as it was going to get.

"If I'm there, I'd be happy to play. I very much enjoy performing and singing," it was, after all, in his blood. Or something, he wasn't quite sure what it was. He could very rarely turn down anyone that wanted to hear some music or a song; it was almost beyond him, "The guitar?" he turned from Sin to Alcyone, "I know how to play that, though I'm afraid not nearly as well as the violin. I would love to hear to play it though; maybe we can do a duet," he wasn't quite sure how a violin and a guitar would sound together, but it was worth a shot - if all else failed, he wouldn't have minded picking up a second guitar.

Music made everything so much better after all, "Hmmm?" he turned his head to look around, noting that their previous caretaker indeed seemed to be missing, "I see no problem with the fact we're not being watched. I'm sure we are capable of behaving ourselves without need for constant supervision," a pause as he took a look around, "We don't seem to be doing a poor job at it anyhow," he still, however, couldn't shake off the feeling that something about the car they were in seemed to be off, and it certainly had nothing to do with the fact they had no adult supervision. No, it had to do with something else; there was an underlying feeling of... something, and it told Gabrian that things weren't quite right. He was trying to push that thought to the back of his mind, instead concentrating on the conversation(s) at hand.

As the gnome rushed in, shouted, and collapsed on the floor, Gabrian peered curiously over the edge of his seat, "Then again... supervision might be rather delightful right about now," he blinked and made a slight face as he caught sight of the gnme's wounds, "I knew something was wrong..." he turned his head towards those around him, hoping they had some sort of idea of what to do. Hopefully some sort of idea that did not, in fact, involve bodily harm or huge amounts of violence, "This does not bode well," a pause, "What'exactly, is a trail chaser anyhow?"

It was safe to say that Faint has fallen soundly asleep, even among all the racket and commotion of the other students bustling around. The rocking, jittery motions of the train car had made his eyelids feel heavier than he could have imagined, and he was soon sitting with his head against the back of the seat and his tail curled warmly around his body. He was like a contented kitten.

Until he woke up...

The commotion upon waking was like being slammed in the head with a migraine. His slitted pupils narrowed as he furrowed his brows and tried so hard just to concentrate. Nothing he listened to seemed coherent and he was left just rubbing his palm on his forehead, trying to ease the fog that befuddled him. "What the jack is going on...?"

And then, out of the blue, came the bearded gnome that just jacking died right in front of him. What the... Was there even an expletive for his confusion right now?

"Yeah... Probably. Hopefully, this trip would be uneventful," She forced a chuckle as she nodded at Alcie. However, she couldn't help but look a little worried; should they really be left alone? She had heard bad things from some of the students about the last train ride - apparently, Red had assigned some students to attack other students. It resulted in quite a number of casualties... Then again, she doubt this was the case, right? After all, they're just going on a harmless (as harmless as Halloween gets anyway) field trip.

Or maybe she spoke too soon.

She looked on, horrified, as the gnome stumbled into the cabin - ew, a gnome in the cabin! However, when she saw his captain's badge, Lizzy felt a little relieved... That feeling, however, vanished when she noticed his injuries. She shuddered at his 'warning', eyes widening when he passed out... Died in front of them. In front of a cabin of about 25 students. As much as she disliked gnomes, she had never thought of killing one, mentally or otherwise.

"Alcie... Did that gnome just..." She gulped, looking paler than usual as she reached out for the Water Demon's hand, "Did he just die?"

She looked at Alcie, then at Sin and at the boil they were talking to - maybe one of them could provide her with an explanation.

Winston looked up as he was spoken to, leaning back in his seat and smiling. A nod. "Yeah, was it that obvious?" His smile was honest, but the teeth he flashed were sharp, almost like a dog's. "I'm Winston, nice to meet you--" he paused, a deliberate one meant to provoke a name.

A ruckus drew away his attention as a cry wailed out. He frowned at the quickly expired gnome. He was an observant boy, the patch did not go unnoticed as he leaned towards the isle. "So, ah, who's driving the train?" his hand pointed at the large and rather obnoxious hat. Not that he was say it was such out loud. It was rude to speak ill of the dead. And there happened to be a few "dead" on the train with him. No need to make an unwanted feelings to point in his general direction. It was a curious development. First their supervisor goes missing. Then a dying gnome speaking of Trail Chasers, whatever those were, and then promptly expiring. "Interesting field trip huh?" he smiled despite the circumstances to the student who had spoke to him moments before.