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Muka drifted towards Tahki, seemingly unaware of her silent and shy disposition. He loitered around the offered chair but he seemed eager to meet others. His head swiveled around the room even though his body remained still. He was very social but so soon to his arrival to school he was hyper aware of coming off as a weirdo.

Little did he know that he came off like that anyway.

Instead of creeping up on unsuspecting chatting friends, he simply STARED at them all with a giant smile before sitting down in the seat. He did notice the boil with no shirt and suddenly his mouth dropped. He practically yelled in glee.

"YOU ARE FAMOUS."

To call what Cricket was assembling a 'class' when it was within the medical ward and not a proper classroom would have been a silly antic. She would have point it out if she'd both been there and known it was happening, but it would be several minutes after the last person had trickled in that she would make her appearance. If the room had been infested as it had been normally, it would have thrummed in greeting to her, but it was not.

So in all truth, the appearance of the nurse was very anticlimactic, stepping in with little fanfare, gusto, or anything that made it seem as though her own entry into the room had been anything but what it was. With her, the ghost carried a rather large tub and a length of wire that likely would string across the entire ward.

However, once inside she seemed to waste no time getting to work;

"Well. It seems we have a healthy crew here. That's better than expected." she said, clapping her hands together once. "If you don't want to be doing work, you should leave now. This is not a class as I would normally hold. This is a workshop. You will be working." She didn't even give any note to the fact that Jericho, who was on crutches, would probably have a slightly less fun time of this. Either way, however, it seemed she was going to waste absolutely no time getting on top of things.

"I've had some interaction on the front of how your classmates are doing at the Boogeyman training field. There will be injuries coming home with them. I will be needing to tend to them. I only have so many hands, so you will be helping me prepare for their return."

Her eyes looked to the baskets of laundry - sheets and blankets, it seemed - that had been left in the room. Ginko crawled into one of the baskets and curled up, seeming content there. Clearly he'd have to be removed before whoever took up that basket got to work cleaning it.

She did a quick headcount.

"It seems that unless I have miscounted, there are an even number of you. That means you will be able to pair up.

I will not pair you up, so you will need to find your own partner for this task." Whatever task that was, she left none of it up to the imagination, motioning to the baskets of laundry. "The first task will be cleaning linens. I realize this is not a grand task, it is not a fun one. However. People who suffer through it may find that it..." she paused, holding out the palm of her hand, flat so that it was a decent surface. For a moment, nothing happened... at least..not for a moment. The air around the palm grew heavy, thick...almost suffocatingly so. Cricket's fingers clenched around the space and she gripped her hand into a tight fist. Had she blood running through her ghostly veins, her knuckles would have been white from how tightly she pressed.

After about a minute, her fingers uncurled again and a perfectly round orange ball sat in her palm. It was probably familiar to a couple of students as a Pumpkin Pill.

"...worth it to entertain my favors I ask." Cricket herself would be taking up a broom and mop to start sweeping. The nurse looked over her shoulder to see if her expected assistant was with her.

"Take some time and assemble yourselves as you see fit while I get things ready to go." It would likely be surreal to actually see the nurse doing..nursely things for a change.

So many things happened at once that the witch wasn't sure what to address first!
Just as Nahm replied to her the witch was swept into a hug that she had neither expected nor denied. Instead she let out a tiny squeak that was equal parts surprise and joy before she wrapped her arms around Yaya. It had been so long and with so much in between them that Belladonna felt a few tears p***k her eyes and pressed her face into the girl's shoulder to keep from crying. It would be not only embarrassing, but also too cathartic to do in front of those out of the know so Belladonna did the only thing left to do; She smacked a big kiss on Yaya's cheek and smiled as brightly as she could.
"My dorm room, actually... It's uh... It's been a while and things weren't so good... But they're better. And you! You look fantastic as ever!" It was true, the few months apart had not diminished the ghoul's beauty.

Before the witch could say anything further, a shirtless boil entered the room with enough grunting to catch the witch's attention. How odd... But more students were filing in all the time and oh! There was Alwine!
"Hiiii Alwine!" Belladonna chimed to the girl, smiling at the familiar lack-of-face. And then... And then something entirely odd happened.
Dearest Little Chuppi walked in.
Of all the people Belladonna had not seen in a very long time, Chuppi definitely had to be the one she had not seen the longest. The witch let out a startled little squeak of the chupacabra's name, but before she could take two steps in that direction, Cricket entered the room.

To be polite she paused, but flashed the chupacabra a bright smile to let her know she'd be over soon enough to chat with her. Yet when Cricket began speaking of injured students returning, Belladonna couldn't help but fear the worst... The train ride to Christmastown had had injured students... The Island had had mentally injured students (herself included) so if she was going to see them... She would have to help.
Though shaky, Belladonna managed a deep breath as her hands wrapped around Yaya's arm.
Then Cricket had set out basins and linens. Cleaning wasn't so bad... In fact, Belladonna was more than willing to clean if it meant helping. But partners?
"Oh... I guess we should be partners... Since... Hah hah..." The witch didn't finish it, but let one hand drop from her friend's arm. The other remained firmly wrapped around the tan skin, something comfortable and positive to keep her steady. "We need... A basket, right?" She asked Yaya and blinked up at the girl. "Let's sit next to Chuppi and Alwine if we can too!"
Now it was time to smile and not be scared, especially not if injured students would be arriving soon...

"You made it back all right... I'm glad. I was worried about everyone on the boat ride." Alwine clasped her hand to her chest and gave her version of a nod, which was more a bob of her shoulders. Something seemed a little different about Rosciel, though he still had a serious expression and a frown on his face.

"It's good to see you, Belladonna..." but the witch looked like she had changed, too. She wasn't too sure it was for the better, either. She looked like something was hanging over her, something that had happened recently.

Alwine wondered if the witch had had a run-in with her own family, too.

As she watched the witch pair up with the beautiful Yaya, Alwine looked over at Rosc before walking over to the laundry.

"Let's not disturb this little one until we have to," she said. "Rosciel, would you mind partnering up with me?" She craned her neck to look back at the blindfolded student before picking up the basket next to the dream scareon.

Muka's grin spread. He seemed to be immune to the awful attitude and also oblivious to the rather obvious fact that the famous guy probably did not want to do the work involved in the class.

"I'm Ulmuka.." He offered a taloned claw to shake and a giant grin. His head spun around to look at Tahki and he giggled a bit. "Look Tahki! The famous guy wants to be my partner!" He probably would have been her partner if this guy hadn't asked first.

He had a hard time saying no.

"It's a pleasure to meet you. I read about you in the magazines." He actually had not heard Johnny's music at all but Muka read as many magazines as he could get his talons on. He busied himself momentarily by fetching them a basket of laundry. This should be easy... Muka was actually grateful there wouldn't be books or sitting still involved.

"At least we don't have to read for this course.." He giggled.

"If...if you don't mind, I'll be your partner." Chuppi's voice was soft as she moved over to Jericho's side, and the Thermos she held in her hands let off a clacking noise as her nails knocked against it. She was nervous enough that she was drumming her fingers against her beloved Emotional Relief, though not nearly bad enough to run out of the room. Belladona was there and she had smiled, so the little monster knew things would be somewhat alright. "I....can do most of the work if you don't want to move too much."

She wasn't offering to be a mule horse, she was mostly offering so that she'd have a partner. Chuppi didn't want to be without a partner when it was all said and done.

So it was chores was it?

It wasn't a terrible idea. They might as well be doing something while classes were out, and preparing the infirmary for the other their return was better than just sitting around and worrying about them. At least they'd be helping them and even though she had wanted to learn something a little more useful, she'd settle with this for now.

Now... Now the problem was finding a partner.

Fell watched the other students slowly sort themselves out. Some pairing with friends, others asking those they were already talking to.

It was too bad she didn't really know anyone here... If it were Mei or someone else she was familiar with it wouldn't be a problem, but... who should she ask? What if she asked someone who wanted to pair up with someone else? Would it be better for her to wait it out?

"Any ideas?" She asked the soul eater who remained silent but near.

:Don't asssk me. If I had known you'd be doing choresss I would have ssstayed back at the dorm.: He hissed out in annoyance. :Thisss is a wassste of my time!:

So Kingsbane wasn't going to help in her decision making. Though she didn't really expect him to help much to to begin with... Perhaps it would be better to just send him back. At least then she wouldn't have someone this cranky so close to her and save her a headache.