Arriving at the gym, Thackery had a particularly guilty look about him, like a pet dog who had enjoyed a buffet of trash overnight. He didn't speak or really even acknowledge anyone, noticing the directions written in orange and following them with immediacy and urgency.
He didn't want to get on her bad side. Staring at the ball he'd stolen from her office day after day was bad enough.
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 7:46 pm
The response she received startled her just enough to blink, but she nodded in agreement, offering a quick farewell before the ghoul was off, to be with Roch. Riley did not presume chatting with other friends was any more preparational than speaking with her, but she wasn't offended. Her company was not very interesting nowadays.
Before she could be left alone for too long with her thoughts, another demon came up to her. It was clear he already knew her, by the way he spoke. It was candid, brusque, and to the point. She kind of liked the way he spoke. There was no frivolity to it. It made her expression lift, just slightly.
That's kind of you. She murmured, leaning in towards him. West. She tasted his name on her metaphorical tongue, carefully. She knew him, but only just barely, through what Malodore remembered of him. It's always nice to get back in touch with friends. How have you been?
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Clearly no master of subtlety, it was fairly obvious that West was surprised, then pleased that it seemed she remembered him. He couldn't fathom how, and he hoped she didn't recall everything they'd ever done together, but she had been one of the first people he had met at Amityville. Friends? Sure. As much as he thought of anyone that way.
"As fine as everybody else 'round here," he replied. Murderous students, murderous Christmas creatures, an excess of holiday cheer from the wrong holiday, teachers and students returning from the true death, all that amounted to a perfectly average couple of weeks these days. "Can't complain. How've you been?" He didn't think he saw any outward signs of Insanity, but he couldn't even say he knew what all of those were. The boil had wondered what had happened to that hole Caelius' dagger had made all those months ago, but he really wasn't going to ask about that, especially not now.
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 9:05 pm
Sammy was not one to read between lines, she would prefer on almost any other day for Shehk to just come outright with what she felt, yell at her, argue with her. Anything but this cold shoulder and bitterness that drove her insane on the inside.
She couldn't get into that right now though, not in front of Red. She didn't need to give her another reason to scowl and hate her. So she simply moved away, moving towards a purple mindflayer and another demon who though they didn't speak often she still held respect for him after their first year exams.
"Hey." She said to West and Riley before slumping into a seat beside the flayer.
Other than dying, losing her memory, returning to a world she didn't know and no longer felt welcome in, reconnecting with friends and loved ones, losing others, missing some unknown piece of herself that could only be returned to her by the one person whose fate was, as far as she knew, just as bad as hers..
Yeah. Sounded normal.
As fine as everyone else around here. She murmured, a soft chuckle lifting her voice as she repeated his answer. It was a good answer - the right answer. Things could be a lot worse. She could still be dead, for example. I noticed you at the part time job, the other day. The one at Christmas. She didn't want to explicitly say it, but she'd seen him at the end, just as bewildered as the rest who'd come close to that crown. She wondered over his experience. That was.. certainly not worth the pay.
She felt the soft slide of a body against her, and turned to give Sammy a quick look, softening in recognition. Hi. She murmured affectionately.
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 9:23 pm
Xiu's eyes sliding back and forth as she watched the exchange between her two friends with amusement, lifting her arms and crossing them over her chest. She looked as if she was watching a table tennis match, her gaze bouncing between Roch and Terra depending on who was speaking at the moment. Finally, she couldn't help it, emitting a laugh that she tried to muffle beneath her hand.
After collecting herself, she offered the pair a sheepish smile. "Sorry. For a minute, I just thought, 'wow, they really do fight like siblings.'"
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 9:31 pm
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Roch went still. "Did you tell her?" he asked Terra quietly.
"No, not... exactly," Terra said. "But it is not as if it is a massive secret--" She stopped, shrugging. "Although it is something I think should be... private." Because it was embarrassing. Although she knew some knew, like Nahm--
"Terra learned how t'sharpen her own weapon the other day," Roch said, changing the subject. "Y'know, I still ain't heard y'play," he said to the ghoul, frowning slightly. "But at least it's not so dull anymore. Have either of you seen her weapon? It's a beauty," he said to both Shun (who would appreciate the weapon part) and Xiu (who would appreciate the musical instrument.)
"It is not polite to summon a weapon in a classroom," Terra said, "or I would show you!"
West nodded at the ghoul, giving her a short wave. "Sammy. Been a while."
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 9:47 pm
Shun stared at Xiu for the moment.
"Should I start bothering you more often then?" he asked flatly. Was he being serious about this? It was hard to say.
"Hime-sama", he added. Just for the hell of it.
His attention shifted back towards Roch and Terra, raising a brow as her weapon was brought up. While he had seen Terra in passing, he didn't quite recall spying her weapon in particular. And so he shook his head quietly in response.
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 10:13 pm
Sammy shifted about looking at Riley properly, before reaching over with her bone hand offering a pat on the shoulder. "Sup Riley. Been a while since I've seen you." Almost as long as she had ignored Shehk in a way, "And you even longer." She leaned behind Riley offering a bone fist to bump with her former combat buddy.
"As for coming to these things, eh, I've accepted out lives or unlives.We will end up in terrible places just because we went to this school of all schools." She offered a weak smile, almost a broken smirk, "Places is family and home to me; so I keep doing stupid stuff like showing up to these."
For a moment her eyes flickered to Shehk, then Red, "...Even if that family hates you for it sometimes...."
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 10:14 pm
Sophie looked up at Mort and gave a soft smile and a 'hey' in return. He looked.. off and she wondered if he was just having a bad day or if it was something else entirely. Of course, the ghoul would never push the matter. They were known to each other but they were not yet at the level of sharing secrets and talking about boys and doing nails. Wait, what? If he wanted to talk, of course she'd listen. Until then she'd just.. be there. She stifled a giggle at the plush; which was harder when Mort waved it at Red.
The arrival of someone new had Sophie clamming up until she realised it was Aymet and he was just.. hiding? And seeming a bit off, too. Maybe they all needed some Christmas scarves to get them in the spirit. Or to decorate a tree. Or some fruit cake. Sophie gave a little wave in Aymet's direction. "Hello."
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 10:27 pm
Slightly entertained by the others, Marosa tugged at his sleeves to further cover his skin, hoping that he wasn't really that noticeable. Of course, with flaming red hair with blonde tips and trying to attempt to cover yourself as much as possible, you were bound to be noticed sometime. Marosa was just hoping it was later rather than sooner.
His eyes flicked back and forth between those talking and those not, and he idly wondered when the class was going to begin.
Alexander was busy perhaps staring at Red a little too hard with his one good eye when Sophie plunked herself down in the seat beside him. He turned his head towards her, his posture straightening as he offered her a warm smile. "Hey. Didn't know you'd be interested in a gym class. You uh...into physical activities and such or....?" Really, he didn't know that much about her yet, though so far they were getting along great! She actually reminded Alex a lot of his youngest sister, Isabella, whom he'd always secretly liked the best out of all of his siblings.
Though the other three weren't really hard to dislike. And his youngest brother wasn't old enough for him to decide yet.
Next to the undead group forming came Mort, who looked a bit more off then usual, and of course Alexander couldn't help the pangs of guilt that surfaced just at the sight of him. Was his insanity getting worse? He really didn't look well at all...though it could have been any number of other things. "Hey bro." He tried to sound warm, comforting, raising a hand for a friendly fist bump.
And then Aymet. Alexander had seen him around since the events in the haunted house, but hadn't really gotten a chance to talk to him and find out how he was fairing since then. The zomboil knew that he had asked for rather a lot back then, and that the other boil had trusted him that it would all turn out okay. Had he been infected as well? No way to know for sure, and Alexander was loathe to ask, feeling both like it was none of his business, and not sure if he could take anymore bad news, or could stand to store up any more guilt. But he seemed...off as well, and that didn't bode well.
"Hey." He wished he could say more, knew that at some point they should all get together and talk. That ghoul was here too, Shehk, the fourth who's Fear shard had been used. Alex didn't know her, but he couldn't help but feel like they had all shared something, that there was a sort of...bond there, regardless.
He reached up to run both hands up and down his face, raking fingers through his hair, messing it up more then usual, revealing his empty eye socket. What had started out as a simple phys ed class seemed to become suddenly tense and awkward. Or maybe that was just all in Alex's head.
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 10:50 pm
Malodore wasn't particularly keen on intense physical exercise - and it was a bit paranoid that Red might somehow figure out that it had been the one who had iced over her office, even though it had been an accident. Still, it figured it needed the practice, and... well, it was better to face potential trouble head-on than to hide from it. It was surprised at the number of people inside the room as it entered, and somewhat gratified at the number of familiar faces.
It waved to Shehk, opening its beak in a smile, even as it sent a fond mental caress of greeting Riley's way.
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 10:54 pm
Xiu's expression became puzzled as she watched the new exchange between Roch and Terra. What was...? She waited patiently for them to discuss whatever it was they were talking about, but when they turned back, it seemed as if they had decided to switch the topic. Determining that prying wasn't necessarily in her best interests right now, Xiu simply went with the flow of the new conversation.
"Oh--no, I don't think I've seen your weapon! If we weren't in class..." Considering that she was sure Red would start soon, perhaps now really wasn't the best time for Terra to summon her weapon and show it to them. Her tail drooped slightly, and she chirped a hopeful, "Someday, though?"
And then she turned to stare at Shun, trying to figure out whether or not he was being serious. She opened her mouth to speak, but found herself interrupted when the reaper called her by that nickname of his. She clamped her mouth shut and stared blankly at him.
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