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Jake clutched his chest, feeling slightly nauseous. Just why did he have to drink that random soda on the counter? That'd teach him to touch random stuff lying around in the cafeteria. Between feeling sick and being weaponless, he wasn't quite sure why he took on an HH mission. Hopefully he wouldn't run into anything extremely hostile while he was here.

Sherry would have very easily agreed, on a normal day, that random foodstuffs were not a good idea. But no one had asked her. ... It was worth noting that TEA was not a random foodstuff, and she often had a cup or three of whatever blend(s) Deus had to offer. It was better than just plain water. She done just that earlier.

So, when someone had suggested that Haunted House Patrol was a good idea, Sherry had agreed readily. It had been so long since she'd been off the island at all that even this little jaunt, filled with danger as it might be, was worth the nice change of pace. The Life Trainee would have grabbed her things and headed straight off to see about getting in on that.

The best part was that if her and Jake had discussed it at all, she would have totally believed anything he said about being able to handle it, Chester or not.

BUT as she rounded that corner and caught site of one Jake not looking overly well, and one obviously not human close by, her mouth went dry. It didn't matter if the figure caused a faint twinge of recognition even at this angle, or that he didn't seem overly hostile, Sherry was worried.

"Jake. You ok?"

Aki, unfortunately, wasn't the best at sensing danger normally. He was even worse when the world was full of happiness. A teddy bear would NEVER hurt him, it was his friend. So even as the bear seemed to tense briefly, he merely smiled as he proceeded to look up and even thank him for his concern.

Oh, it really was a nice teddy bear. "Oh! Ahm glahd!" He might have said more, but another voice cut in which caused the bear to stand up straight instead of slumped. A lady this time, and as he turned to look his face was filled with such awe and amazement there was no end to it. So pretty, so elegant.



She had large angelic wings and a white shine to her that stood out even among all the brightness to the world. It was as if perfection had graced them all.

...wow the meatloaf was really kind to Sherry.

He glanced briefly at the bear as it spoke up again, briefly curious how stuffed things spoke, then back. So the two knew each other? Both were from some divine castle in the sky? Or maybe just the white mansion. Either way, this was good news. Such wondrous lands existed. Still, he had to be proper about this, he was meeting a talking teddy and an angel. Or maybe it was a Valkyrie. Either way. "Hahlo!" He chimed, waving a bit.

The puppy boy was given a smile, and he nodded, pleased at his enthusiasm, and he turned to look at Sherry. Had he known what the cerberus was seeing, he would have whole-heartedly agreed. Sherry was quite pretty and elegant today. No, she was always pretty and elegant, but exceptionally so today.

When she seemed to speak the boy's name, Jake blinked in surprise.
"Oh! Do you two know each other? How charming!"
Too bad manners didn't affect his memory, and he really did have terrible memory.

It was Aki, and though his speech seemed a little clearer, maybe, his odd accent was still a bit thick. A moment of thought about that and another about Jake's use of the word charming in a surprisingly non-sarcastic way...

Sherry blinked at both of the boys. It was hard to tell from Jake's reaction if he remembered Aki, but it appeared from the youngster's that he didn't remember her. Story of her life. But she smiled. It wasn't his fault, really. That place had played with everyone's memories.

"Yeah." She nodded. "We met for a short time, as shadows." The pup (she clearly noted something canine about him) looked very sad, and Sherry's heart twinged a little. She really shouldn't feel bad for him, being from Halloween and all, but she did. He was really nice, ok. And it wasn't like Jake was being hostile. "Jake was there, too. But it's ok, that place made Jake forget a lot of things, too."

The improvement wasn't much, but having to talk to creeple each day to survive was helping. As did classes. Just... it was best that didn't ask him to read or write anything.

He was still dwelling on having found more he forgot(which was a lot he'd come to realize) when the smile managed to get him to brighten up a bit, followed by her words. He wasn't the only one? Some shadows thing had done it? "Shadah?" He chimed, pausing as the teddy bear spoke up at that point, who's name was Jake he had now learned.

He held up both hands at that point, shaking his head soundly as the bear was being so kind as to apologize now. "Ah nah... ah fahrgeh ahs wehll..." He stated slowly, offering a smile at that point. "Ahm glahd ah cehn seh yeh agehn! Shereh, Jehk." He added, looking between the pair. He was really glad, they were both nice creeple, and it meant patching up the holes. "Soreh ah fahrgeh..." He added after a moment, bowing his head slowly. It was his fault after all. Even if some place had messed with this. "Ah fahrgeh ah laht et sehms."

To be honest, Jake wasn't quite sure what Aki said either, as it sounded like the boy had his mouth full when speaking, but pointing out something like that would be quite rude.

Instead he turned to Sherry, giving her a puzzled look.
"Nothing at all! I just met this little guy on my way here."

Jake was given a skeptical look, not because she didn't believe him, but because he was still being so darn nice. But she nodded at both of them, slowly, while Aki confirmed his statement, more or less. If Jake had seemed hurt it should be cause for worry, on a normal day, but he'd said he was alright. He even looked rather happy about it.

"A mirror? No," Sherry gave her head a small shake, speaking slowly. "We came through a portal from our home. What are you doing here, Aki?" It seemed a valid question to ask. She knew why she and Jake were there. Patrols. But dear, sweet Aki?