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Alessa sighed, propping her head against his arm. Honestly she was tired of arguing about it, as he obviously wasn't going to believe her. And ultimately he and Livi were right, there were more important things to deal with right now, let getting off this Jack forsaken mountain. All she could say is that she was lucky she was pretty warm and though she hated being a rabbit, being a human was far chillier.

"Alright, lets just focus on getting through this path," she said, glancing from one individual to the next within the group. "I agree with...um...sorry, I don't know your name," she told Aksaja and shook her little head, sending her ears flopping, "But I don't think we should stay too long here..." She was about to mention something about how they shouldn't rest for too long, either, because the cold would still ware them out when suddenly what appeared to be a huge feathered serpent, or perhaps a dragon, descended from the sky and then slithered over to them. Alessa's ears stood up in attention. What was it today with monsters whose mouths she could easily fit into?

At the sudden conversation, though, Alessa figured that it must have been a student. She passed a glance between Gabe and Quarria, which actually required her to turn her head multiple times, and then asked, "Oh, is this a friend of yours Gabe?" Not waiting for an answer she turned to the ghoul and smiled, "I'm Alessa! I didn't-look out!" Her greeting turned into a warning as she saw a yeti come right at Quarria. Those horrible, horrible things! And their horrible...horrible teeth.

Did she... kill it? Could you even kill something that was made of snow? Igneous wasn't sure and she really didn't want to take the time to think it through. Thinking that hard made her head hurt and she was still smarting from that hit the snowman had gotten in on her.

She scooped up the box it had left behind and approached the other students. She didn't recognize most of them and her heart fell a little. What had happened to the rest of the group from her car who headed this way? And how had Rain joined this group - hadn't she started down that horrid Candycane path?

"Hi, I'm Igneous," she said as she caught up with them. "I was in the Krumm car but came this way when our group split up since I didn't want to risk the waters"

"Yes, lets hurry up!" He said bouncing and rushed off ahead of his two friends. "Come on, we need to get to the workshop. I wanna see what they have anyway!" I mean yes, there was joy everywhere and would be more there, but he wanted to see what sort of things they had in the workshop, it was sure to be interesting and like nothing he'd ever seen before.

Seeing how everyone was moving along as needed, he shoved his hands into his pocket and followed at his own pace. He was glad that Braum's ghoul and Iolanthe were being looked after and kept safe. Though he doubted he'd be on much use to anyone, he stuck to the back of the group as a look out. Best to lag a bit and make sure nothing followed than get too far ahead, this time around. A faint smile crossed his lips at how the group was coming together, even with all the new additions to it. A good, solid group of other students.

They'd get to the Workshop, find whatever they needed to find and get back. Then he could clean himself up, change into something else or just take a nap. Argh, he was tired. Though he should probably tent for a bit, he was pushing himself to stay awake as long as he could manage. Just in case something happened.

However, his head tilted as a ghoul made out of stone? She looked rather gray.. no matter, joined the group as well and he bowed a bit. "I'm Livi. Of Ickis. Glad to see another member join safely. Did you have any troubles getting here?"

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((Rolling for shifting. Odds:: Shift - Evens:: No-shift))

Draven beamed and nodded at his two friends. He was glad they wanted to move on; he was quite liking this adventure so far. Well, in a way.
He gave another look to the other students. Maybe some of them would be pressing on, too. That would be good, he reasoned. The more moving along the path the better? Draven really didn't know.

Alerick took off ahead of them. "C'mon, Eracs!" Draven called as he took off running after the werewolf. "On to the workshop!" Alerick had the right idea.

A familiar feeling washed over him. Candlejack! he thought. He had plenty of momentum hurtling him forward, and pretty much landed chest first in the snow. His legs switching from human to bird was just too sudden. At least he had kept himself from tumbling. He bounced a bit on top of the snow, his black feathers giving off a stark contrast to the white.

He looked to Eracs; he knew the scarecrow didn't like his raven form. "Sorry bout that," he said. "Still can't control it. Shall we catch up with our werewolf friend?" He added as much friendliness as he could to his scratchy voice.

(( Aahh, I hope Ruri can get it sorted soon D:

-puts up a renewed ref image of Corbin for newer peeps- ))

With a shake of his head, the Marid's apology was put to rest, "Don't worry about it." Corbin didn't feel it was impeding much in the way of conversation, not when he was keeping quiet and minding his own business. He did, however, offer her a reassuring smile after turning to see Aksaja begin standing guard. That was nice of the dragon, if things turned out well, he would have to thank him.

His blue gaze shifted, glancing around at all of the others; that ghoul was still in her rabbit form, some sort of snake being had arrived as well as a ghoul made out of stone, and Livi appeared to be tending to her while Braum was dealing with Iolanthe. The scarecrow took him a moment to find, as well as the Nix, and suddenly he caught the tail end of another student he had never seen before being forcefully transformed into one of his own; a crow, or perhaps a raven.

With the soft touch of the ghoul's fingers, Corbin's wings twitched and nearly retracted. His eyes snapped back to the Marid, looking tense for a moment before softening once more. Perhaps it was the part of him that was a ghost, so used to phasing and only touching things as he pleased, or it may have been the intensity of his natural ability making him anxious for any physical contact, but just as he had flinched when Livi gave him his tie he gave a start at her gentle gesture.

"Your plumage is quite stunning."

Was it really?

Not many compliments were received, especially in regard to his wings. Something nagged at the back of his mind, making him wonder whether the ghoul was being genuine or if it was the fact his wings reminded her of Braum's. No matter. One compliment deserved another. "Thank you," now getting used to the feel of her fingers, he stretched his wings farther, making them look larger. The Wraith's eyes roamed for something to compliment but all he could find was perfectly tanned skin, interrupted by blue and strips of black. Best to go with something simple, nothing incriminating. Surely she or Braum would become offended if he complimented her 'assets', her legs in particular kept drawing his gaze. "I could say the same of your eyes," he enjoyed the blue, it was a nice compliment to both dark and light colors; he was a clear example of that, to be sure.

He took note of her sitting up but not yet attempting to stand and assumed she thought she may be unable. Turning to Aksaja, he called "If you want, you can go. I'll keep an eye on her," before looking Hadiyya over once more. "If you need help walking, I don't mind," and he raised an arm, prepared to be a crutch--the balls tied to his wrist chimed at the motion, almost beckoning.

The lightning dragon thought about that for a moment, and then eyed the bells tied to Corbin's wrist. No... he'd rather not wander about by himself, thanks. Not when he could stick around someone who could heal him if one of these new monsters decided to jump his a**. Especially since he only had one pumpkin pill left. Stupid 'cider fairy', stealing his pill and then just offering him snow-cider which wasn't alcoholic AT ALL thank you very much. Tch.

"It's probably best to stick together," he replied with a little shake of his head. There was just a touch of bitterness in his tone, were one listening for it.