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It bothered her to hear Riley's voice like that - more than bothered, really. It pained some deep part of her and she wasn't exactly sure why that was. Still, she tried to not look too bothered on the outside - which was a task. She was already starting to have sort of nervous concern to everything she did. Some sort of desperation to keep the pair at an even keel while they were out in public.

It was like handling that forest. Slow. Steady. Don't get worked up. Don't let your head get muddy. Deep breaths, don't rush it.

I understand. She pushed the thought back towards Riley carefully, making good point to be gentle and not speak out loud with it. That would garner suspicion from the other students. Instead, Shehk put on her best smile and walked over to Riley to offer her a hug - a hug that could easily have been rejected.

"Been a long time since I saw you so bundled up. Seems like the last time I saw it we were all on a train together." she noted - trying to sound amused by it. Part of her wondered if Riley even still had that outfit in hiding somewhere. But, it was too late to be helping Riley with less-visually-jarring-from-her wardrobe decisions, and as it stood she simply didn't care about that.

Her heart hurt in a special way that she couldn't quite place the reasoning behind.

Shehk was totally unaware that Riley was checking her chest out right then, as it was - after all, that was the easiest part to check out in that shirt. Instead, she seemed to be enjoying the fact that Riley was a very warm individual. She'd always liked warm bodies - a side effect of having a very cold one, unfortunately - which made the hug all the more pleasant for her. The physical contact was good.

It calmed her to some extent. Did it help the mindflayer, she wondered? She certainly hoped it did. All she could do was be supportive and try to do what she could for them at this point.

I do not mind worrying for you as much as I am sad that there is need to worry. Shehk answered. I have been fine as far as I can tell, given the situation. Nothing unexpected has developed.

Kinda.

She wasn't quite sure why she was here, but she was. Probably because some higher power - her roleplayer - decided that she needed to take a class.

She made sure to stand away from Jericho though. She did, however, stand near Levi, making a face that could easily be described as 'desu' at her.

Jericho's gaze shifted over towards Neil for the moment. It took him a bit to register what had just been said to him, but Demi had already clarified things. So then, his attention went back to Riley. It was hard to not focus on her when he could pick up on her anxiety just as well. It certainly wasn't helping too much with his own state of mind.

he shot out mentally before shifting a little closer to her and the Pricolici. While he moved towards them, his gaze was fixated on the cave.

Gritting his teeth together, he rustled his wings nervously.

Neil looked from Demi to Jericho and then back to Demi. Jericho seemed pretty preoccupied with something. Like he was deep in thought about something. Neil could respect that at the very least. Being interrupted in the middle of a thought was something that Neil hated him self.

"Shiny stuff huh?" His tone was mildly interested. "Did you do something to piss this ghoul off?" The gimblewolves ears perked just a slight bit. Setting some one on fire at random didn't see plausible to the canine so Neil concluded there might be a possible history. Standing out here in front of this cave was mildly boring but now it was semi interesting.

Alex had found his way next to Yin again after signing up, content just to be near the other boil, his hands shoved into his pockets once more as he stood there. He'd already noticed that Danny was there, and wouldn't have expected any less then her to come over and say hi, and he even flashed her a large smile and lifted a hand out of his pocket to wave a happy greeting...

...But then she just said hi to Yin and pretty much ignored Alex completely, except to ask if the two of them were dating now. If Alex hadn't been so ridiculously happy the last few days, that might have actually hurt his feelings a little bit, though he knew he and Danny hadn't quite found any common ground yet so it was somewhat understandable. He was actually a little glad that Danny had asked Yin the question and not Alex. The zomboil himself still wasn't exactly sure what to call the relationship he currently had with the weremantis except for 'together', but the together that they were so far didn't seem all that much different then it had been when they were just friends.

So what could Alex do except look at Yin curiously as he listened to the other boils response? Yin suddenly didn't look as happy, and that gave Alex a bit of a cold feeling in the pit of his stomach. And the way Yin whispered the response, like it needed to be some big secret...

But the answer he gave was..nice at least. It made Alex feel better about everything, for now, and when Yin looked at him, he smiled warmly and nodded, saying simply, "Yes," while shoving his sudden doubts aside to think about later. If Yin didn't want the whole 'bonding' thing to become public knowledge, then Alex could keep it to himself. He also decided maybe, if it was making Yin feel so uncomfortable, he might want the subject to be changed.

"How have you been, Danny? I haven't seen you since Scarentines day." He asked, politely.

Sluuuuurp. The punk boil took another long drag off of his drink, his eyes on Danny, Yin and Alex, a bland expression on his face. Sluuuuuuurp. Did she just--why was she hugging both of them? What would make Danny hug two--nah, that was a stupid question. Danny was big on hugs, right? But..

There were all those meaningful glances between the two boils. And he almost choked on his drink.

"You mean he's gay?" he asked, aloud. A frown crossed his face. "That's like... beatin' on a ghoul!" he finally concluded. Although it was rather an offensive conclusion, and he would probably get pounded by his pal, Calder, if he found out, but still, this was Roch. "Well, s**t."

Now he felt even guiltier. He wondered if he could skip out after signing up...

Jove was rather apprehensive about the adventure class. After all his experience at the school, cumulating in his latest and most secretive 'adventure', he was certain adventures only lead to trouble. But maybe it was only because he simply wasn't doing it right.

So clearly... He had to take the class.

He headed to the meeting place, a cave he had wandered by quite often... but never gone inside. It was too big for a little pup to find cozy, and he just didn't get a good feeling from it. Even just heading that way for class made him feel a little jittery. And the high pitched squealing noise up ahead only made him feel worse.

But he noticed several familiar faces, and gave his friends a short wave before going to stand near Ren. Nothing like a bit of brotherly comfort to soothe his nerves.