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It had been a struggle, but the ghost boil had managed to drag one of the smaller, two person couches from the ghost common room down the hall to his room. It was a little tight now in the main section of his room, but for what they had planned that was ok. Wasn't as though it'd be staying there longer then the night. Giving it a final shove into place, the ghost surveyed the over all set up, and then nodded. Both the couch and the chair were facing the large flatscreen across the room, and the speakers still surrounded them nicely. "I think that about does it, now people just need to get here."

Grinning, he wandered around to the large chair now resting a little to one side of the room and flopped into. Slouching expertly with ankles crossed.

Junko had offered to help, she really had! But when it became apparently that her attempt to help really had absolutely no effect on what Seiji was doing he politely offered to just let her, uh, rest up and get the lighter things ready. Like candy corn and drinks and chips and other various snacks. Why was she always the food girl? Huh. Either way she was snuggling into the blankets she had stolen from Seiji's bed when he finally finished dragging the couch in, clapping for him from underneath the safety of the warm, snuggly blanket until he flopped onto the chair. The action had him half landing on her and she squeaked, laughing and sliding over as much as she could to give him room. "Yaaaaaaaay, you did it~." Junko cheered as she tugged the blanket out from underneath him so she could drape it over the boil along with her legs across his lap.
The blanket had been pulled up until it was just under her eyes, wide glowing eyes peering up at him from under the cover. She wasn't trying to hide...she just felt like being silly. "Will we actually get through a movie this time?"

Mai was thrilled to be invited to her first.. friend.. type.. gathering. She wafted along the ghost corridors, trying to remember which room she needed to stop at. Seiji had given her directions but.. Well she was just horrible with those.

It took a few times before Mai realized that one did not just open a random door and let oneself into another student's dorm room. After being bodily removed from several rooms after doing just this, Mai seemed to have finally gotten a handle on the "knock before entering" rule. She wasn't sure how she felt about it, but she would try to be polite.

She finally arrived at what she thought was Seiji's room and knocked lightly. Mai waited patiently for approximately 6 seconds before she let herself in.

That seemed like an appropriatly polite amount of time to wait right?

Aurian showed up exactly on time - she'd heard punctuality was important. Unfortunately her attempt at good manners was let down by her need to kick the door rather than knock. Plates and containers filled her arms, a delicate juggling act being carried out as Aurian had walked to Seiji's room. She was looking forward to catching up with her friends, and, well, that had meant an afternoon of baking. Mud cake, spider-chip cookies, and hot drinks (both sweet and spicy). Let it not be said that Aurian was unprepared.

"I brought food," she announced - unnecessarily - as the door opened and she was let into the room. "It seemed fair, since you guys were providing the movie and the room."
Well, that and Aurian would take any excuse to spoil others, really. It was just a double-bonus that it was for her good friends. Placing her packages onto the table between the couch and chair, Aurian sighed and rolled her shoulders, glad to have her arms back again. One immediately lifted and waved at the others. "Hi!" Aurian chirped.

Glancing around, her face took on an almost anxious look. "No Vaith? He's still coming, right?" It was important to Aurian that all five of them be together. There was something very wrong about the idea of Vaith being missing... it caused Aurian to rub at her lower ribs... but she told herself she'd feel the same way if it was any of the others that was absent. She made her way over to the free couch, sitting next to Mai and letting their shoulders bump together for reassurance.

Seiji smirked at the sudden squeak from the ghoul he'd very nearly sat on, and happily helped pull her from from beneath her, situating her beside him on the chair, though his immediate reaction was to simply tug her straight into his lap. They had guests coming over though, and a little self restraint was in order. "That thing was surprisingly heavy." Not so heavy he couldn't lift it, but heavy enough that it was actually a work out for him.

There was a knock on the door, and before he'd even had to worry about who was getting up to open it Mei let herself in. He passed a grin to the other ghost, raising his blackened hand in a wave. "Hey Mai, how's it going?"

Aurian arrived seconds after, and her arms were filled with tasty treats and tantalizing things that had the boil sitting a little straighter in his chair, dark eyes lingering on the snacks before flicking back up to the ghoul with a warm smile. "You didn't have to make all that, but thank you." A dark brow arched at her question about Vaith, and he smiled with a rathering knowing grin. "Should be, but might be running a little late. I'm sure he'll be here soon."

Junko blinked. "Surprisingly? How is an entire couch surprisingly heavy?" She couldn't budge it no matter how hard she tried! Then again this was Junko. She wasn't very strong to begin with. While she couldn't just sit on his lap they could compromise with her legs across his lap and her head on his shoulder, hugging his arm against her from underneath the blanket and closing her eyes. Quiet time before their friends arrived would be ni--oh. A knock? She whined and buried into the blanket some more. Noooooo she didn't want to get up! Who was it? Someone important? Oh..yes, apparently! "Hiiii, Mai~." Junko opened her eyes to smile and wave to her, eyes widening at the sight behind her. Aurian brought food too?! Oh happy day! "I think I love you." She told Aurian in faint awe. "You can put it over there with the rest of the food I made for everyone too. Ohhh those look so good!" She wiggled excitedly in the chair, still half-sitting on Seiji, and squealed with glee. "This is going to be fun!"

Mai perked up at Aurian's arrival. The mountain of treats the other ghoul brought was surprising, and suddenly Mai felt she should have thought to bring something as well. She made a mental note to contribute more to their next gathering.

Mai snuggled up to Aurian when the she sat next to her, and offered the other ghoul a welcoming grin. "Hey yoooou," she said, practically purring. "I'm sure Vaith will catch up." She sincerely hoped so, anyway.

But.. ooh.. those snacks that Aurian brought over looked mighty inviting. Mai tried to reach over Aurian, who was between her and the table. No luck, it was too far. So instead she practically oozed over her friend, tummy resting on Aurian's legs, and reached out to grab a cookie. When she had prize in hand, she didn't return to her seat, and just nibbled happily on her treat while still layed out on Aurian's lap.

Aurian smiled again as the others reassured her that Vaith was still coming. That was good. She finally had some friends, and she was more than grateful, but she especially loved that Vaith was a Reaper, too. And he had such a cute dragon! Aurian idly wondered if he'd let her pat it again...

"Hi, Mai," Aurian repeated as the ghost snuggled up to her. She broke down into giggles as Mai all but slithered across her lap to grab for the cookies. Between laughs, she said "We could move the table closer, so you don't have to do that."

But it was pretty clear that Aurian didn't mind. One hand started playing with Mai's hair, idly. She looked up at Seiji and Junko, basking in the praise for her food. "I don't mind. I like cooking and I wanted to do something nice for everyone."

"Junko IS flawless and perfect, though," Aurian said, tilting her head to one side. It was pretty easy to tell that she'd come out of the Haunted House excursion with a healthy dose of respect and awe for her fellow team-members, especially the second years. She looked down at her lap to see Note sitting there with a cookie in his mouth. "Awww, you're so cute!" she squee-ed. In an instant, Note was snatched up in her arms and hugged to her chest. Aurian didn't believe in Vaith's idea of personal space, either. In her good mood, she leaned against his side just like she'd lean against Mai.

Vaith interrupted with a frown, his red eyes turned from the movie towards Junko and Seiji. "Keep on going. We dont got the wine and cheese for this but we've got these snacks." Meanwhile, Note's wings opened in alarm but relazed quickly, as it realized who had grabbed it. Note was probably too used to Vaith grabbing his tail. Unfortunately, Vaith would claim the familiar started it by pulling his hoodie!

Vaith's shoulders slightly hunched but he leaned back against Mai and Aurian too, red eyes glancing downwards towards the top of Mai's hair.

There was no such thing as personal space in Mai's world. She squished herself as close as possibly to Vaith and snaked her arm around his to get comfortable.

Junko pouted at Seiji's answer, nipping at his nose as he tried to nudge at her. "You're silly." She giggled, pausing a moment as Vaith quipped up about...wine and cheese? "But alcohol is banned on school grounds..." She clearly missed the joke. She frowned until Aurian called her flawless and perfect, that frown being replaced by a smug grin. "Aurian says I'm flawless." She muttered to the boil, putting her head on his shoulder to focus on the movie again.

Aurian jumped when Sally leapt from the tower - further into Vaith's side. A sigh of relief was heard when Sally began moving again. Aurian, however, stayed where she was, not moving back away.

"Yay patchworks!" Junko giggled. "It must be fun being able to sew yourself back together."

Mai considered for a moment. "I bet they're flexible."

"And not be hurt when you fall from those heights," Aurian added.

Junko blinked. "Flexible? You think?"

Aurian frowned. She didn't get it.

Gee thanks Aurian! Seiji's grateful smile faltered as he stared at the reaper ghoul, then renewed at Vaith's sarcastic quip and Junko's misunderstanding. "The term that stems from, my dear, is 'have a little cheese with that wine.'" If she stil didn't get it he wasn't going to explain further.

"...Uh..." Junko pouted. She still didn't understand. "O..kay..." Just pretend you understand and look it up on gruegle later, dear. Just do that. Yes. Junko fell quiet after that to just enjoy the movie; she and Seiji never made it through movies together, she was going to savor every last second of this. "Jolly? Eugh. Christmas Town is not jolly. It's terrible and not in a good way." Junko even tried to hide under the blanket as she said this.

Both of Vaith's arms were taken, leaning his back awkwardly into the seatings of the couch. He was starting to minimally understand Aurian and Mai's definition of personal space. Or at least, he was trying, occasionally taking a deep breath or so. "Well it depends if you like .. trees .. or snow.. or candy canes. If they didn't attack, it might be better." Vaith tried to reason .. and shaking his head. Ok, it didn't work. Christmas town definitely wasn't jolly.

"This will not end well," Aurian muttered into Vaith's shoulder. Images of the burning tree lingered in her mind. And that didn't even touch on the idea of changing HalloweenTown to not be about Halloween. Or the idea of Jack trying to become the Sandy Claws. She snuggled Note closer, the dragon comfortably wedged between her cleavage. "Did you see Sandy Claws?" she asked the few who had visited ChristmasTown.

Junko sighed. "No, never. Just a lot of trees, toys, elves, reigndeer and giant robots that exploded and nearly killed us. Sandy Claws did appear in our school play though.." If that could really be considered an actual production. It was certainly something... "I want dice like that." Junko suddenly said, giggling. The little snake was so cute!

Seiji gave a small sigh, snuggling down into the chair and the ghoul beside him, moving the arm she was holding onto so he could rest a hand on her thigh above the blanket. "I wasn't around for that trip, but I heard it was unpleasant." he hadn't seen the play either, but he was pretty sure he hadn't missed anything worth seeing. The dice were cool, and the boil made a mental note to pick a pair up if he ever came across them.

"Oh look, Christof!"

"I've seen those," Aurian pointed at the pink bunny. "They make such cute minipets." The on screen seemed larger, though. Maybe it was the boss? She grinned at Junko. "They are cute dice. I didn't notice, did they have those at prom?"

"My feet almost froze off." Junko stated very calmly, as if that kind of thing happened every day. She giggled and shook her head at Kali. "No, just roulette and slot machines. But we had dice as decoration! Just none to play with...I want that doll! Oh my jack! It's so cute! SeijiSeijiSeijiiiiiiii I want that doll find me ooooone." Junko whined childishly, tugging on the arm she was holding. The little vampire doll was so cute!

Mai had never been to Christmas town, but from descriptions she'd heard it didn't sound like a place she really felt like visiting. The movie wasn't painting a very attractive picture either, at least in her opinion. She leaned her head against Vaith's shoulder as she watched the movie, making faces at the choices in decoration the characters were making. "That rat hat was horrible," she said flatly.

"They had really big ones on the sides of the stage, didn't they?" Maybe. Admittedly he'd been really preoccupied during prom and hadn't given the decorations the appreciation they really deserved. He blinked at Junko's begging, staring down at her. "If I ever manage to find one, we'll see."

"Awww the snake was hungry." Junko giggled as it ate the man feeding it presents. "And yes, the rat was terrible. But I'm not a big hat person myself..." Junko squealed as Seiji agreed to get her a doll if he found one though. "You're the best~."

The bat hat isn't much better," Aurian giggled, meeting Mai's eyes around Vaith. "They really need someone like you. The ninja outfits you made were incredible. Maybe that's what happens when you leave boils in charge of fashion?" It seemed incredible to think that Jack might fail at something, but apparently hats were not his specialty.

"I dont think they have a very good selection, Mai."Vaith commented, Note sighing contentedly in it's blissyful corner of the crook of Aurian's arms .. and bosom. It really wasn't that attractive-- Amityville students had grown to adapt much more stylish fashions. Or so Vaith hoped. "Us boils .. Designing's not really our department. Never really needed to be."

Mai peered around at Aurian and smiled. "Thank you.. though Junko did most of the work I think." She tilted her head. "She added stuff, I removed it," she added, grinning.

Junko chuckled. "The ninja outfits were interesting to make, for sure. I make clothes for Seiji sometimes too, don't I?" She grinned up at him, but her attention on the conversation completely disappeared as the gambling room was shown. She perked up, eyes wide and hair lifting ever so slightly. Ohhhhh this room looked very, very nice. Slots! Slots! Dice! A giant roulette wheel! She wanted to plaaaaaaaay. She wiggled like a child that wanted something but wasn't sure how to go about getting it, eyes trained on the movie.

Seiji grimaced before it softened into a rather smug smirk. "Removed, that's a nice way to put it. Those pants.. One wrong move and I might have flashed our whole group." And yet somehow he didn't think the majority of them would have minded. Vaith? Yes, he was pretty sure the reaper boil wouldn't want to see that, but the ghouls? Heh..

"Don't worry, Vaith," Aurian reassured him. "That's what we have Mai and Junko for. Me, I can tell what looks bad or good. But I can't design new things, or sew them. But they'll keep us looking good!" And then Oogie Boogie was on screen and Aurian meeped and clung to Vaith. It must be a ghoul thing - Aurian was brave if the danger was in front of her, but put someone on a screen and she just wanted to hide.