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Willow hadn't been expecting anyone to ambush her on the way to the hot springs. There was a pause as the tiger looked a bit shocked. Shifting slightly as reporters basically crowded her, and she was dressed much like she had been on the beach. Each uneasy shifting caused her hair to sway. "Uh..... can I help you fellows?"

The clamoring of each of them trying to talk at once was causing Willow to start to twitch. "Woahh, slow down. I can't keep up." She frowned as she looked at the reporters. "One at a time, you." She pointed towards a boil.

The reporter beamed as the byakko called him out, adjusting his glasses before preparing to write he took a few moments to ask the question, " Rapport, Scarelings Daily. So, what can you tell me about yourself?"

Willow paused looking at the reporter. That was his question? Her ice blue eyes seemed to look up towards the sky as she thought, "Well, first off I hate crowds, especially when they're behind me." The tigress shot a glare behind her to attempt and scare everyone into moving in front of her. Once that was done she gave a small cough, "Anyways, My name is Willow Voltaire. I'm a ghost, Byakko to be precise." She answered with a pause, "I love learning about different races and minipets. I'm from a rather large family I guess you could say, but I don't know all of them. I'm also a first year student here at Amityville."

The tiger paused and looked around, "Uh... who's next?" She watched them all start again. Before pointing to a ghoul who looked pretty distinguished.

"Lula Grave, Ghouls only Report." The ghoul wasted no time introducing herself and getting out her question, "We heard a student dissipated during the last Trials. Are you scared for the next ones?" She seemed eager for the answer that Willow would give. As did all the rest of the reporters a few of them were shoving closer to get a better listen to the answer.

"Someone dissipated?" She asked pausing considering this revelation, she hadn't been paying much attention to the other teams but her teammates had come close to dissipating themselves. "Honestly, it's a hazard in this sort of thing. I didn't think the trials were going to be easy. I signed up to test myself, if I wasn't ready for such a thing I wouldn't've signed up." There was a pause as she smiled, "After all, we're Halloween. We don't die, so there's no need to worry, right?"

The tigress took notice of the faces around here and perhaps a few whispers from reporter to reporter as they processed what she said. Willow frowned slightly, wondering if she should've said that, but there was no turning back, "I mean I realize I'm a first year, but it's all a learning experience. If I wasn't willing to learn, why would I bother signing up?" She smiled and nodded. That seemed to pacify most of the whisperers. "What about you sir?"

He was a smaller boil, one that looked almost like a gnome. However, Willow seemed to expect that he wasn't by the way he was dressed. "Marty O'Gyole, Darkling Tribute." He said pausing and fumbling with his cards, "O-oh Jack where'd it go?" He was flipping through his cards pausing, "Ah-ha! Do you think you have learned anything important from the Trials?"

Willow waited patiently as he looked for his card before pondering the question. Had she learned anything? "Well it's pretty early on in the trials we still have a few to go. However, what I've learned so far I guess is to trust those close to you." She nodded, though she'd learned that earlier than the trials, back in the haunted house. "Also, size doesn't matter, if you work together and believe in yourselves you can do anything. Even if you don't come in first place, it's the fact you tried."

She smiled taking the time to glance around, "Okay one last question then I really need to get going." She said her eyes were scanning the area. "You," She pointed towards another ghoul.

"Sissy Snipes. Halloween Daily." The ghoul introduced herself, she looked pretty much like a snipe. "What was the hardest moment for you to overcome during the last Trials?"

Willow paused as she thought about the answer, what was the hardest moment? "Hm I guess it was watching the kraken land on our sand castle just as we defeated it." There was a small pause as she thought about this, "Yes, it's rather saddening to see all one's hard work just go up in a sandstorm because of one little tentacle. I would've loved to made calamari out of that kraken." Her tail flickered as she kept herself from licking her lips at the thought of it.

"Okay guys, I really need to go. I got to get rested up for the next trials." The Byakko bowed to all the reporters.