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Riley looked up at Jericho, unable to hide the pessimism in her eyes. Her words did not match her look at all.

Of course he's going to make it. She announced sternly. We're all going to make it. She looked back down at Aksaja, and curled him closer for warmth. They wouldn't have sent us in here if they weren't sure we'd make it. She lied through her teeth.

Whatever the intentions the school had for this special field trip were being clearly eclipsed by the looming threat of casualty.

Or, she mused with an failing attempt at a light tone, he'll die, and come back as a ghost anyway. And probably haunt me for the rest of my life for taking the pumpkin pill that could have saved him.

The pumpkin pills.. she had almost forgotten. He still had to have one of his own, didn't he? Aksaja, come on. Look at me now. Pumpkin pills would be of no use to him if he was unconscious.

It was relieving to see Aksaja's eyes open and hear his voice, no matter how weak. She brushed his hair back away from his eyes - which was more difficult than it sounded, the way it stuck against his skin from the sweat and soot. Just relax, she murmured quietly, lightly keeping track of the sound of his heartbeat and the way he breathed. If anything seemed amiss, she'd be forced to shove a pumpkin pill down his throat and make him swallow - very forcefully.

Is anyone else hurt? She brought her head up to Jericho, glancing speculatively from him to the shadows in the black haze that she knew were the rest of the students. She didn't even know who was in this black hell with them, because they'd walked right in to battle from the moment they stepped through the door.

It was no less than a miracle that Deacon wasn't buried alive under debris. Though, that nice explosion had given him a very sudden meeting with the wall. Thankfully, he'd been sitting a bit close to one as it was. He could barely hear, let alone see anything once his senses seemed to start to regain themselves. He stumbled around awkwardly a little, sneezing against the heavy smoke even with his low to the ground height. When Jericho flapped a little of the smoke away, he caught glimpse of their location for a moment and half-blindly wandered through the smoke. In the direction he'd seen them, as far as he knew. The cat's persistent meowing would be the only way he'd be found, since he most likely wouldn't be seen very easily.

Deacon's HP: 19

"Thank you, Sin." Junko sighed softly, smiling. It was a nice gesture but she didn't feel much different than she did before. She was alright though, she'd be okay. As long as she didn't get completely wailed on again. She played nervously with her hair and looked around some more, trying to find a way out just from where she was standing without moving from her spot. She didn't want to leave her friends.

...What was that noise? Junko blinked and searched around for the source. Meowing? Was that a cat? "Kitty?" She cooed out quietly, wandering away from Sin and Alcie to find this kitty. A cat? Maybe it was a student? "Heeeere kitty, kitty, kitty..." Junko called out, bending down a little as she walked as if being closer to the ground would make the cat easier to find.

((Junko's HP: 10))

Aksaja blinked as if he simply couldn't remember why he'd said anything in the first place, gaze going unfocused for a moment. This wasn't really too hard to do at all... in point of fact, it was harder to concentrate on staying awake and aware of things going on around him. So to space out like that, he just... had to stop trying.

"I..." he began, then stopped, blinking. "Everything hurts," he finally settled on the pure truth. He didn't particularly want to stay awake right now, but if he could con a pumpkin pill out of SOMEONE...

The lightning dragon winced at the loudness of Jericho's shout, but he so wasn't going to complain just now. What he really wanted was another pumpkin pill to replace the one he'd given away like an idiot lost, but failing that... Bells would work.

Oh! It was getting louder! That was good, meant she was going in the right direction. Junko kept walking slowly until she felt something bump against her shin, stopping where she was and looking down to see the cat winding around her leg. Awwww! How adorable! She got down so he wouldn't be able to see up her skirt or anything, smiling warmly down at him and scritching behind one of his ears. How adorable! "Aren't you adorable! And you even have little booties and...that's so cute!" Junko giggled, moving her scritches to underneath his chin.

"Junko...he's probably a classmate." She reminded the girl as if she were a complete moron. Junko gasped softly and stopped her petting. That was right! Oops. And here she was treating him like some common housecat. Nonetheless Junko scooped him up in her arms and cuddled him close against her chest, making her way back to Sin and Alcie with the cat.

"Right, right. I apologize. You're probably a student, huh? Hm...I wonder if I know you." Did she know any cat..er...demons? Or monsters? There was Faint and Deacon as far as she could recall off the top of her head. Though Faint looked more like a tiger! So... Junko blinked. "Deacon?" She heard the call for a healer and frowned, looking around. She didn't have any healing items herself except for her last pumpkin pill, and she sure as hell wasn't giving that up...