[ THE CO-ED WASHROOM ] HERE BE HORSEMEN TERRITORY pg 10!

[Kyrieko]

'LW! There's a horsemen derby race in the bathroom with the broken door, wanna go see?'

She had no idea what exactly that black cat was talking about, but it sounding interesting. The she-wolf knew where to go too. But what was this about a derby race...? Wait. Weren't the horsemen students residing in that bathroom? Interesting indeed. LW didn't even think twice about her choice and quietly made her way through the halls in the general direction of the 'bathroom with the broken door'. This would be her first time in said bathroom. It would also be her first time seeing all the horsemen together. Assuming they were there anyways.

Why wouldn't they be? If I understood Night's message correctly anyways.

LW made sure to not draw any attention to herself as she padded along until reaching the washroom. With a glance over her shoulder, the she-wolf slipped inside and was surprised to see the growing crowd of students. Her tail flicked as her violet gaze quickly swept the crowd, looking for familiar faces. She spotted a few. There was Mitsu, Myr, Roch, Bul.... But not the specific faces she was seeking. When looking failed, she sniffed at the air. One scent did catch her attention. Not Night, though she hoped her friend got there soon.

Moving along the back of the group and squeezing between an occasional body, LW found the boil she was seeking. Her hand slipped through his arm as she moved up next to Ren, a small smile flashing up his way.

"So...curiosity and the cat and all that?" She said quietly to him, gaze flickering towards the horsemen. A slight shiver went down her spine seeing them all. Only...what? One of them? She had seen more than once? Now she got to see all of them. Together. Yep she was sticking close to her boilfriend.  

[Bloodlust Dante]

To be perfectly honest, Damien had no jacking clue where the hell the Lair was.

Aksaja was kind enough to inform him on something that was happening, something that was big from how skittish a few of the people were in the hallways. However "Come to the lair" wasn't as descriptive as he would have liked it to be and asking about it would only make the hound feel utterly stupid, but also might cause it to leak around ears that shouldn't know about it.

Normally the open areas would be bustling with activity but with all the media attention and the frantic papers for dismissal from concerned parents, it was starting to look desolate, with far more space than there ever was. Not even the ever constant vigilance of the boogeymen did anything to make the halls feel more vibrant, if anything students were wheeling around them like they had some kind of human disease.

But the hound was spending his time running through the halls, trying to get a scent, where ever they were amassing, it was going to be a fair lot of them. After a good half an hour, he found a variety of scents wafting in the hall and into a bathroom where his nose was almost assaulted by all the familiar marking of students that he knew.

"Looks like this must be it." he said in appreciation of the message and its crypticness, he didn't even know there was a CO-ed Bathroom on campus. Familiar faces all around, but the more dominating of the few were the four that occupied near the pinnacle of the massive room. The two from the horrible mirror room that saved his and the one that was in nurse Cricket's class back then, however the short one didn't look very familiar.

"I hope I'm not late, I had some trouble finding the place." he said casually to the group and gave a small bow to Jericho, Shun, Levi, Roch and Ren and of course sought refuge hanging around the Gunslinger Mot and Bul. They obviously didn't gather them all to play a game of hide and Scream or Creaturehunt in the forest. But the reason as to why piqued his interest more than just being loud and boisterous as he sat on his haunches and waited for more information.  

[prolixity]

The twins were quite used to being sneaky. And one of the main secrets of being sneaky was not acting like you were being sneaky. From the half-heard conversation between the two robed, hooded figures as they strolled lazily into the gym, anyone would have guessed that the grues were planning to ambush some unsuspecting or semi-suspecting opponent who had only expected to be fighting one of them. Nothing suspicious whatsoever; at least, beyond their usual level of suspicious.

Once inside the bathroom, the two boils found a shadowy corner and did what they did best: lurked.

((Proxyposting for Ahm with permission from Syrie~))  

[JetAlmeara]

Zurine had had a bit of a time finding the place - a hazard she suspected of simply being new but her motivation to follow such a rumor was large.. especially a rumor which so obviously excited so many of the other students..and not only that, would likely provide a wonderfully large gathering to attend. Even if she really had no idea what said gathering was about.

Oh well..surely she would learn that when she got there yes? If nothing else she could question the other students that showed up and upon entering the room she glanced around - recognizing a few faces from the hallways and brief encounters elsewhere. It was a sizable crowd already and given the way rumors tended to spread like wildfire the Padfoot was fairly certain it was going to get a fair bit larger then this even. Tail twitching slightly she looked over the room with its red carpet and throne, the rather imposing figures she glimpsed over the other students heads looked to be the masters of this meeting though as far as she could tell nothing had started quite yet.
 

[bobaTJ]

Taryn was on her way to Roch when she saw Xiu wave, and gave an awkward smile as she waved back. There was... so may people here, this must have been very important...

"You came!" the ghoul chirped to Roch, wrongly believing that she had been the one to summon the punk boil. "Do you have any idea what's going on...?" Even believing that she had provided all the information Roch had, she felt like he might know more.

As Zurine entered she offered her another awkward smile.  

[Ice Queen]

Roch grinned as he saw Taryn. "Hey," he said. "Sorry I didn't respond, I was already on my way over. You see those four over there?" he asked, pointing at the horsemen. "The boil is Invictus. He's the only one of the four I know, but he's a horseman, he was there when we broke into the tent the second time, he turned into a massive hellpony that spouted fire."

He looked quite happy about that fact, and sounded even more impressed. "He knows better than anyone that the newspaper was lyin. So... I figure he's got an idea." He didn't know what that idea was, yet, but he was starting to figure it out by how many students were there.

This was going to be dangerous... But anything would be better than being watched like a hawk, right?  

[Lucyal]

First that meeting with the bogeyman and Lattice…now a secret meeting put forth by the Horsemen…something was stirring, and it certainly had the valkyrie’s interest. Eris’ coo echoed in her head, and despite any past tussles she may have had with two of the Horsemen…recent events could allow her to set aside her dislike for the high and mighty attitude. Funny how quickly things change like that.

Trying to be sneaky in a house filled of valkyries growing up paid off, and with some skill one usually wouldn’t associate with the outgoing, energetic and loud reaper, Hel slipped into the co-ed bathroom, quietly stepping around some of the students who had gathered already, even her friends, for the time being, to shift closer to where Eris band Invictus had seated themselves. There, she gave a firm nod of her head in greeting, and placed her hands on her hips, and waited. She just wasn’t feeling the desire to socialize with her friends…not when they were called here for something.  

[Toshihiko Two]

"Yes but who was the text from?" Barth asked, half-pushed, half-dragged into the bathroom. Fifteen minutes had not been enough time to tie his cravat, or get his jacket, and he was still in his mucking about with mechanics clothes.

There were certain types of stains that were acceptable for Sloth demons. A generally rumpled, crusty appearance was not uncommon. Stains from tinkering with mechanical devices defeated the point of the fashion statement.

He was still protesting when Christof shoved him through the doors, and stopped awkwardly when he saw the number of students already here.  

[bobaTJ]

"O-oh.." So Roch did know more about what was going on... not a whole lot, granted, but more. An idea? Like a plan? This all had to do with the defaming article, didn't it... with Professor Red...

The ghoul stopped, staying safely within Roch's bubble of protection as she hugged herself tighter.  

[Inu-Mitsu]

Mitsu thought about asking further but it was obvious she would get no answers until the horsemen decided to speak. It was then that she saw Xiu enter and she greeted the baku in return, her eyes shifting toward the horsemen as Xiu looked at them. Honestly, Mitsu wasn't entirely bothered by them. It was strange but Invictus had spoken to her calmly and kindly in turn. She knew they were powerful and possibly short tempered...but so were a lot of her friends. Perhaps she was becoming desensitized to it all.

"I..I honestly didn't expect to see..so many people show up." And people were still making their way inside. Before they knew it half the school would be here. "You don't think it will make anyone suspicious do you?" It was hard to say with so many people gathered together what the teachers might think. "So I assume you don't know what's going on either?" Xiu had texted her so she had thought the baku might know but apparently she was in the dark as well.

Her eyes took in more people arriving, spotting Hel as she entered and headed toward the horseman. It was strange that she didn't come toward them but perhaps she had business with the four.  

[[ X_Bleeding Roses_X ]]

Mandy patted the hand on her arm comfortingly, watching as more students trickled in. She wondered just how many where to come... Numbers may turn out to be important for what was going on, she didn't know, but too many of them going to one spot would be suspicious.

Then two very familiar boils trailed into the room and Mandy felt her mood lifting slightly as she tugged Alwine with her over to them.

"Barth, Christof. I see you two also got the message. Any clue of the specific plans?" her eyes flicked to the four as she asked this.  

[Ice Queen]

"I suggest, as soon as this is over, we set up some fights in the gym," Roch said a little louder. "Give them something to believe we all came here for. Hell, what about a REALLY good fight that everyone would want to watch?"

He looked at the horsemen, grinning slightly. "I bet two of them battling would bring in a crowd. We could say we were placing bets before the big fight."  

[Nio Love]

Freya dragged Lattice through the halls and into the room, looking like a chihuahua on a leash. When she walked in, she finally let the poor ghoul's hand go, and hopped from one foot to another. Whatever was going on in here was exciting and maybe even illegal. The first person she saw when she walked in was Roch, and she practically bounced into his back instead of saying hello.

"PSSST." She hissed directly into his ear. "So what's the deal, what's goings on in here?"  

[bobaTJ]

Oh, screw that! Taryn looked shocked at Roch. A brawl?! Why would they have a brawl?!  

[Dragain]

Lizzy waited outside, looking ever so often at the time on her eyephone, using it as a chance to check for any messages she might had missed - until she realized that people were going in and she probably looked really suspicious hanging around the door like that.

Thus, after firing off a text telling Mac that she would be waiting inside, she slipped in through the door... Finding herself one of many students, with four horsemen standing in front of them.

It all felt very exciting for some reason, but also very overwhelming. She could see many familiar faces, some named and some unnamed, and decided to just push her way to the front to stare happily at the only male horseman's clothing.