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To be honest, being stranded on an island was one of the last things she would have imagined. Sure, she knew the school was pretty insane with some things, but this.. This was a whole new kind of insane. It felt as though they were placed on an island to be hunt down by predators inhabiting it, and she did not like it. Cringing on the mention of the boat ride, Mei let out a quiet groan just thinking about it. "Actually, I hated the boat ride here. First, our professor confiscated our clothing and gave us.. THIS," she gestured towards the dress. "but we also had a kid thrown overboard, exploding fish attack, and a squid attack us. TWICE!"

Finishing her rant, she followed after Bul as he made his way towards one of the buildings. "I wonder if there's any traps inside? You know, like you see on skelevision?" She asked, curious if they would find out for sure. Reaching for her own flashlight, she followed his actions and switched it on. "It smells like dust in here." She commented, wrinkling her nose a little at the smell. How long was this place abandoned for anyways?

"Those cloaks.. They scare me.." She admitted. "I hope we don't walk into anymore of them. I don't know how much more of a beating I can take."

"Er---long story short, we had Ms. Winter's as our ship's 'captain.' Y'know, the etiquette teacher? So she's all about formal wear and s**t.. I guess she just couldn't stand for us all wearing casual clothing on her ship." Letting out a large sigh just thinking of it, she cocked her head to the side at the mention of 'Icky'. "Who's Icky?" Never before had she heard that name.. Then again, she was sure she had seen it somewhere.. Groanspring maybe? She honestly thought it was just a nickname or something. As he continued on, her brow rose. "Your counselor drugged you?" Why on earth would they drug them?

Snickering at his response, she pondered on if there was ever a possibility of that happening. Nahhh. "Well, at least it would make for an interesting show." She added. Of course, she was only joking. If something like that were ever to happen, she would probably flip out as well.

"MmmMmm." She gave a shrug. "Maybe its just me being paranoid, but they just don't seem to be like any other reaper I've met.. I dunno. Maybe I'm just over thinking things." Its true though, that the reaper they had fought at the camp was a little less terrifying---but then again, his collection of skulls was enough to make one re-think that. He may appear to be cry baby, but that was no reason to underestimate him.

She agreed on this as well; the town couldn't have been abandoned for that long.. Especially if the cloaked figures have been through here. Watching as he checked for any traps, she felt a small amount of relief flow through her. "Dunno. More important though, I wonder what happened to the people that lived here. This town is big enough that there must have at least been a fair amount of people living here before." It was enough to make her stop and think over the possibilities, but still.. No thoughts seemed to satisfy her. She wanted to know for sure.

Head lifting at his question, her eyes began to wander about the building before stopping on a room ahead. "Looks like there's some sheets or something in there." Pointing towards the room, she slowly, and carefully made her way towards it.

Now that he mentioned it---why would they have an etiquette class in academy? "Maybe it was more the for the demons? It is a demoness who teaches the class after all." It would make sense, as demons were the highest of society in Halloween. In fact, it made perfect sense to her. It was possible they wanted to grace other students of lower standards on how they live life? If that was the case, they could keep it to themselves. She was much more happier with her own behavior, and comfortable in her own clothes. Right now, she just felt ridiculous.

Had she seen him before? He was friends---er possibly friends with that Sarias ghoul.. "OH! Weren't those two drunk at the Scarentine dance?" Yes, she remembered him now.

Shaking her head as he thought of taking a second blanket, it was obvious that they wouldn't be able to drag it along. It would only slow them down, and if they needed to move, fast, they would need to do without it.

"That would make sense.. I can't really see them having start out here. Then again, they could be living on a whole separate area of the island." Too many possibilities was enough to make her head spin. "Hmm." What was there that was worth defending here? What could have the cloaked reapers so on edge that they would be attacking without so much as a warning? "I guess.." There must be a reason for all of this. Why else would they have to go through such troublesome events? "Treas..ure?" A laugh bubbled out of her throat, highly amused at the thought. "If it is treasure, then I hope its enough to cover our funeral costs." Truthfully, she hoped it was nothing to do with treasure. She didn't need it enough to put her life on the line.

Leaning against a wall for a moment, she examined the pendant she had acquired after her tedious battle. "I wonder what these are for anyways? There was one like it in the forest behind Breck's shed. The school's secretary had said it had been put there as a lure or something by someone.. And that the school was being targeted.. Maybe it was those cloaked guys who put it there? But.. Why? It doesn't make any sense.." Arel had told them to keep quite about the incident regarding their 'vacation', but seeing as it kind of involved others now, she didn't see the problem of sharing it with Bul.

She still had yet to meet a demon she as afraid of. Most of them, she just considered to be like any other ghoul or boil who hung around the school--just with fancier clothing and more manners--sometimes..

"I see, I see. Better not let the head mistress catch you with that. She'll probably confiscate it faster than you could drink it." The school was pretty taboo an some things.. Cider being one of them. Bul and his friends were lucky to have not lost it to the school faculty yet.

Holding the pendant out closer for him to see, she shook her head. "I dunno. All I know, is that the one back at the school was left there for students to find, supposedly. Because of it, we ended up in this whole other dimension with weird blocks that almost killed us.. Its.. Hard to explain." Dropping the pendant again, she shrugged her shoulders, unsure herself. "I have no idea if its safe or not, but.. It fell out of the cloak of the reaper that attacked me.. So either it was dropped on purpose for me to pick up, or it was by accident. Its a gamble, but right now, I think we need to get our hands on as much of there stuff that we can. Anything that will help us lead us to them.. Maybe its like.. Uhhhhh," Snapping her fingers, she tried to recall what it was she was thinking. "A-a pass. Like.. Something that would allow us to enter somewhere? Er.. It sounds kind of stupid, but.. I'm out of ideas."

"Mmmhmm. It was stuck up in a tree, it was really shiny, and glowing. There was also a.. Now that I think of it, there was a fog or mist then too. I wonder if it has anything to do with this fog now?" Rubbing at her head, her brow furrowed in frustration. Where was that damned snowflake Arel when you needed him? She was sure he knew more about the situation than he had led on before. The same could be said for the rest of the school staff. Damn.. "Uh, so what now?" For now, she would just follow Bul's lead.

"Fair enough." She answered, giving a small nod. Everyone had their own ways of cutting loose and relaxing. It was surprising to hear that some people drink to get that. Smiling at the idea, she loved the thought of avoiding anymore unnecessary fights. "I hope so."

Stopping to look at Bul as he spoke, she pushed away from the wall to see if she could spot anything. "What? I don't hear anything. You sure?" She asked. How good was this boil's hearing anyways? Maybe he could hear better than she could? Who knew.

Why was he glaring all of a sudden? And at her!? "What..?" Hold the phone. "What the hell are you talking about!?" Slapping his hand away as he gave her a shove, she proceeded to shove him back herself. "I think you've snorted out one too many snot balls there, Bul!" Was he serious? Was he seriously accusing her of all this!? "What the hell is wrong with you!? If I recall, it was YOU who suggested splitting up into groups. Excuse me for picking you."

They're coming, they're coming to kill you and it's all because of HER

Bul's spiny tail lashed about behind him like some angry cat. "We split into groups for safety Mei, and you betrayed that! How can you act like that's not the case??" The boil was sweating red when he started to grip his weapon. Before he could take a swing at the living doll though, a voice shrieked while another cackled and laughed hysterically.

THEY'RE HEERE!! HAHAHA



"Way to go Mei!!" he shouted angrily, but it seemed his fury was deterred to an unseen force. He was yanked away and in a flurry of dust and fog disappeared from the house they were investigating.

"It's about time one of you showed up.." he snarled and spat at the ground. The voices that had taunted Bul prior to the encounter had stopped except for an occasional jeer. This he assumed to be the cloaked figure's doing at that point- no longer did the voices seem helpless and needy.

Bul swung full force at the cloaked figure but like his previous attempts with the big boss at the camp, he missed and cursed furiously. "What the ******** s**t??!" The damn fog had picked up again. How come he could never make a hit? He was so sure that his abilities as a monster would give him an edge but these forces were far too much for the boil. "Quit squirming around and let me pound the s**t out of you!!"


Bul HP: 23
Damage done: 0

Was he lying when he said he left his cider at home? Was he drunk now? What the hell was he thinking!? "How can you even say that! I didn't do anything wrong! YOUR CRAZY!" Shrieking back at the boil, she wondered if he was actually going to strike at her---was he? Flinching, she prepared herself for any sort of impact--an impact that never came. Flinching again as he snapped at her for a third time. She was about to reply but was instead cut off when a cloaked figure dragged the boil off.

"Bul..?" He was gone. Just like that. Gone. Was it her fault? Was it because of her that this had happened? But.. How? Why was it her fault? She didn't do anything wrong. ..Did she? Cradling her head between her hands, she covered her ears as if to block out the last words said to her. "Its not my fault, its not my fault!"