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Michi found herself out by the lake of all places. It wasn't that she liked the lake, it was a body of water after all, but rather that she had wandered around listening to music on her eyephone not paying attention to where she was going. That had ended with the smoke demoness standing at the edge of the lake in about the same area where she had met Herryk.

She was still listening to music though, standing at the edge of the lake, and peering at the water. Wandering was something that came naturally to the smoke demoness. The ghoul loved to just let her feet take her where ever, and with some smashing tunes going on in her earbuds she really hadn't cared where she ended up.

But now that she was here the lake made her... thoughtful. Amity was everything she had hoped for when her mother had sent her off to 'build character', but at the same time it wasn't. There was homework, classes, and frankly Michi was not getting along with everyone. That was typical of course, a ghoul like Michi made enemies as easily as she made friends, but what she wasn't use to was how many people were in relationships. Like actual, relationships. The concept almost blew her mind.

And then there was the whispers of the invasion, and how Herryk himself had warned her about staying away from field trips. That horrible things happened, and it wouldn't be good for her to witness such things. What horrible things could happen here at Amity? Really, it seemed like a decent enough place.

She had her eyephone still going, and was staring intently at a lake. She wasn't going to notice anyone or anything coming up around her. In fact if there was a hunter right there, she would have been dead. Way to go Michi.

Michi was bobbing her head slightly to the music playing in her ears. Still with those clear blue eyes locked on the deeper blues of the water. Pft, smoke on the water. She probably would not end up in the water if she could help it. Water was cold, and she preferred being warm. Much, much warmer than anything water could provide. The red skinned ghoul heard something that wasn't exactly music, and quickly snapped her eyephone off so she could hear whatever it was.

"-- your name and race!"

She turned to see a tall boil standing there with a look on his face that wasn't... pleased. Yes, that was the best way to put it. One of her pale brows cocked above the other, and Michi regarded him with a half smile. Her name and her race? Shouldn't the horns be a dead give away? She was rather proud of those horns...

"Hey there handsome. Don't you think these are a dead give away?" She tapped one bright blue nail on her right horn with a bit of a smirk on her lips. Ah, but she wouldn't want to upset such a handsome dude. Doubly when he was already looking so pensive. Boils were strange about things.

"But if I must, Michi, smoke demoness. What's your name?" She didn't ask his race because let's face it, Michi just didn't care. She had never run into a hunter, and had no idea they could run around in false bodies. "I'm new around here, but is it normal for people to uh, clarify race before saying hi?"

Seriously? What was this craziness? Her eyes darted off to the side like his had, wondering what he was eyeballing. What was going on? He looked back at her, this Jericho dude, and seriously was making her regret wandering to the lake. Something was seriously wrong with him.

"Uhhh, not what they seem? You seem a little out of it... Jericho." But seriously? Use her FEAR right here and now? What if she didn't feel like it? What if she didn't want to make a club out of her smoke... though smacking him in the head with it seemed like a clear choice at the moment. Actually, it might have been the best choice.

"Burn me on the spot? It would take a lot of heat to burn me, trust me." She took a step back none the less. Was this guy serious? Why was he acting so weird?! And humans? Michi had yet to meet, or really hear about anything called hunters. Even from her mother. Then again she tuned most people out unless it was about parties or fun things of that nature. So instead of really turning her FEAR on, Michi went with a more natural ability up her sleeve. She dissolved into smoke. On the spot. Slowly from her feet up to the top of her head until there was nothing there but strands of smoke. She then formed back and lifted an eyebrow at him.

"Good enough for you pal? Because frankly this seems crazy to me. What the jack would a human thing be doing here?"

Yeah, way to let your newness show.

At least he apologized, that was more on track. Michi didn't move forward towards him like she normally would (maybe he really was crazy), but the smoke demoness looked a bit more relaxed than she was seconds before.

"Humans, hunters? In our world? What are you talking about?"

Michi knew that she didn't pay the best attention to things. She was pretty sure she'd listen if anyone said hunter... or human. Those seemed like some key phrases to look out for, something interesting to talk about. Humans here. That was just hard for her mind to understand.

"Yeahhh... I'm like, new new. Maybe a week and a half new? No one has said anything like that except..." Except Herryk had warned her about terrible things, right on this spot. "Someone told me that bad things happen on field trips, and that I should probably avoid them. But uh, nothing about humans."

It really was weird. Her entire life she had heard small talk about humans, about how stupid they were, and various other phrases from the dinner parties her mother had held. She always figured none of it really mattered because small talk there never really mattered. Maybe she should have paid more attention to things...

Was this guy crazy? He sounded crazy to Michi. She didn't know what to do but stare at Jericho with a blank look on her round face. He was saying that there were humans called hunters running around Halloween with crazy weapons that were crazy strong, and could hurt people. Could hurt her. Her mind was just not understanding this concept. To her Amity was a fun filled, wonderful place. The two could not be the same, right?

"Well, I can promise you I'll keep an eye out for a reaper with a big, glowing, blue scythe and run the other way if I ever see him... but I must be honest with the fact that this sounds a little far fetched to me."

Yeah she was really new. Actually the day after the whole gender bending fiasco had been her first day here at Amity. She didn't read the newspaper, or listen to other students talk too much (unless it was about something cool like her or a party), so this was all just... crazy.

"Are you sure you're alright Jericho?" She wasn't trying to just come out and call him crazy, doubly after he had threatened to fry her on the spot a few moments ago, but Michi couldn't help but be a little concerned. He was pretty cute after all. "Maybe you should see the nurse or lay down or something?" At least she was concerned?

Humans looked like Reapers? That brought a whole different level to her image of Roch. Pft, b*****d. She continued to keep an eyeball on Jericho because the boil frankly made her nervous. She wasn't use to feeling nervous, or slight panic, or huge amounts of stress. Her life was so carefree compared to whatever it was this boil had to be feeling.

"Okay! No nurse... I just... just a little worried about you, that's all." She gave a nervous chuckle, not sure how to react to Jericho now. Normally she'd be stepping closer, flirting, complimenting him... but she had a feeling she didn't want to get close to this guy. At all. Please and thank you!

"They drain your FEAR on contact?" So it had taken her a moment, but now her mind was double taking back to that factoid. Hunters could drain your FEAR? That gave her a chill down her spine, something the warm skinned smoke demon didn't like in the least bit. Michi's sharp teeth bit slightly into her bottom lip as worry crossed her face. Humans were hunters, who were here in Halloween Town, and could drain your FEAR.

"This sounds like a really, really bad story."

Being one of their weapons? Was this guy speaking a whole different language? It sure as hell felt like it. There was a story behind this, Michi knew. She lifted a hand and rubbed her other hand on her other arm. She felt cold for some reason, and just really confused. This time she took a timid step forward, her brows raised still in slight confusion.

"Is there a story behind this? C-could I ask you what happened?"

She never stumbled over her words, but she had never been so nervous before in her life. If he could tell her something, anything that had happened maybe it would be more believable. Maybe she could understand why he was saying these horrible things. And why he was scaring her.

"I'm not trying to pry... I just... if..." She lost her words, trying to figure out what she needed to say. Michi couldn't figure it out.

She honestly wasn't expecting him to be so abrupt in telling her what was going on. The red skinned ghoul stared at him as he began to describe what had happened. How someone had been converted into a weapon on a field trip. Well, that explained why Herryk had told her not to go on field trips of any kind.

"I...," Michi shivered, trying to figure things out in her mind. She stared at the dragon boil, her mind going around in circles faster with every word that he spoke. Humans, hunters... it all just made her sick to her stomach. Like a bad dream everyone else was having, and she was worried of having the same exact dream.

"They killed one of the teachers?" We're those guys supposed to be older, more experienced, and just plain awesome or something? She flinched at his yelling, but that was because Michi was so off guard. The red skinned ghoul couldn't clear her head to think properly.