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

[demon_pachabel]

"It is nice to see you doing well. It is nice to see so much energy in the student body after the last week."

Invictus inclined his head towards the mindflayer when she approached, seeming slightly more at ease with her presence than most of the other students who had gathered. He didn't seem surprised to see her there. However, he didn't regard her with the same amount of over-fondness he may have in her first excursion into the washroom. It may simply have been a formality, but there was also a chance that it was because he was with the Horsewomen and he knew better than that.

It was more likely a formality to keep from looking as though he held too much favor over certain individuals.

"This will definitely...change things, Lady Mindflayer." he answered after giving the other three a momentary glance. Perhaps even to the way things should be at this time. he added mentally. Whether or not Riley heard it didn't matter, it had simply not been a thought he'd shared out loud.

Nio Love

 

[Kaiyumi]

Xiu smiled as Sparrow headed over towards them, reaching out to give him a friendly pat on the arm when he stopped beside her. "Of course you're welcome!" She was always happy to see the reaper, though she perked up suddenly as she looked back to Mitsu and Shun. "Ah! Have you guys met? Mitsu, aniki, this is Sparrow. Sparrow, Mitsu and Shun." It was just a very quick introduction, but it would do!

The baku glanced around at the students surrounding them now, her expression searching as her gaze fell on the others one by one Finally, she looked back up at Sparrow.

"Did she come with you...? I really do want to meet her!" There was probably no doubt about who she was referring to.  

[revenant aria]

So many stares focused on them .. It was amusing, to be at the source .. yet a tad bit annoying. Aisa almost felt like, if she walked to the other side of the room and back again, the eyes would follow her everywhere. This meeting bordered the tolerable levels of Aisa's privacy, uncomfortably seating herself further into the couch.

Her eyes fell on Bul, Sparrow and other students with a somewhat not-so-stony gaze, folding her legs over, the shifting red velvet looked lost within the crimson of the couch. An irate tension started within her, at the sight of the bustling room. Their private room .. was not so private anymore. If they made it through this, there was no doubt, such students would feel entitled to walk through this room without regard. Yet, if it was about the hunters .. perhaps, heirs should allow that privilege a little more often.

She looked up in a very mild interest, as a purple ghoul walked up to them. The heir of Death was rather .. Well, to put it plainly, she hadn't been interested in anything more than Red at the time. She frowned, trying to recall memories. Connie knew her, right? That covered for them all.. Probably. She reminded herself to make a better effort at remembering the knobs and first-years. But with so much of them .. It wasn't surprising that the heir simply allowed Connie to talk, with her interest wandering back to the crowd.

The time to start should be coming soon .. She glanced at the other heirs, seeing that their attention focused elsewhere. Perhaps, if she stared at those students a bit more, they'd grow on her.

So she stared.  

[Ice Queen]

"Thanks, Needle," Roch said, a bit stunned at the statement that all his friends were theirs. She barely knew him! Kinda hard to know his taste in people--but hell, Taryn was a great choice to have as a friend, so he wasn't going to argue! And he knew that right now, he was one of the easiest guys for them to see. It worked, awesome. "Hey, Taryn, got a pen on you that you can put in a front pocket or something? It'd help them out."

Then he looked at the four--Riley was talking to them, that was to be expected. And... one of the horsemen was just staring at them. Staaarrriiinnnngg at them... He looked back at Aisa, lifting two fingers to his brow in a mock salute. He almost said something stupid like, "Sir, yes sir!" but he restrained himself.

The thrum of anticipation was hitting him by this time. A little grin played on his lips, his eyes gleaming dangerously.  

[Inu-Mitsu]

Mitsu had remained rather quiet for the time as more and more students filed in, some she didn't know and some that she did. Her eyes started to dart through the crowd a little anxiously before she realized she was being introduced to someone. As her vision settled back on a closer presence, Mitsu found her eyes were a little blurry and it was hard to see. Blinking once, twice, and a third time seemed to clear them, the boil Xiu was introducing her to becoming clear.

"H..hello." Mitsu bowed her head slightly in greeting to Sparrow. "I don't think we've met yet." Curiously though Mitsu turned to Xiu. Who was she referring to?

The question never left her lips though, something else had caught the lycan's attention. A feeling that she was being stared at. Slowly her head turned to find the source of this feeling before she found Aisa. The horseman was not staring at any one student it would seem but merely staring at them all in turn. It was hard to forget the horseman of death, she had exploded a pumpkin during sex-ed class after all.

Carefully Mitsu took a step back until she was right up against Shun, not willing to be further away from him then a slight shifting could remedy. Her eyes were still focused on the horseman but tentatively she raised a hand in a sort of greeting, though she didn't expect to be seen. There were far too many students here and the horseman wasn't really focused on any of them.  

[nekoluch]

Shun's message of happenings in the co-ed washroom certainly flickered her interest. Levi, like many of her peers apparently, curiously found themselves in the place where the horsemen were said to reside. Sure- she'd never been in there herself, but it was whispered among her fellow students. She'd only briefly seen the heirs of Famine, Death and War, but had properly introduced herself to Eris; during the last fight with the hunters, she'd certainly shown her strength. The tatzel admired this in the black-winged horsewoman. That would only further her urge to join the happenings of the washroom. She made sure to offer a respectful nodding bow to Eris on sight.

They'd all seemed to arrive before her: Demi, Xiu, Jericho, Bul, Shun, Mitsu, Riley, Willow, Yaya ... many of these were faces she knew and had seen around campus often enough. My, how the word had spread quickly. For a moment, she looked around trying to see if a familiar pink tone or fluffy brown tail were anywhere to be seen but she hadn't yet spotted those two. She did, however, find herself attracted to another pink tone; it was Lizzy with Mandy.

The tatzel greeted the drop bear with a "sup" tipping of the chin before looking to the headless ghoul, smiling as best she could to the invisible section where a head would usually be before looking back to the petite ghoul. She'd have to save inquiries of Mandy's friend's appearance for another time.

Screecheart. Somethin's goin' on ta do with... She figured there wasn't a need to finish that sentence. Lizzy had been at the trip as well and the ghoul offered just a solum expression to insinuate the association with Red's death. ...n' hunters. There was a questioning in her voice in respect to the humans they'd encountered.  

[Blade Kuroda]

Nodding to Riley, Jericho watched as she walked off to greet the horsemen. He didn't really feel too inclined to do the same, so he remained where he was for the time being.

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Looking over at the Reaper that had approached them, Shun glanced to Xiu briefly before learning the boy's name. Silently, he just nodded to Sparrow in acknowledgement. He didn't really know who they were referring to either. Seeing Mitsu look to the side, he did the same to find Aisa staring at them all. He gazed back at her before glancing to the wolf girl as she moved right up against him.

For a moment, he placed a hand at her side, perhaps to try and ease her. Turning his attention back to the Horsemen of Death, he went on to move towards her. His gaze flickered over to the other three briefly, but it was Aisa who he went to.

"It will be an honor to work with you, Death," he said quietly while bowing his head slightly.

Random Artist

 

[Eight]

Junko didn't have much experience with the horsemen other than seeing Aisa in the last sex-ed class, seeing Cymbeline on...that island...trying to get them killed, speaking briefly with Invictus on groanspring..and that was it. She had only seen Eris' handiwork during the last incident in the gorge. She had been amazing! But other than that? The only thing she had going for her was Xiu had sent her a text about this. What were they up to?

Thankfully convincing Seiji to go hadn't been difficult at all; she hadn't even needed to stoop to any special kind of strategy just a simple 'hey let's go' and 'okay sure yeah'. No fights, no arguing, no nothing. This was a good thing.

It was even better luck that the burns on her face and hands were almost completely healed, and her chest was mostly healed as well. But her chest and her forearms still needed minimal bandaging. This was good since she had the gut feeling her usual kimono would not be the best idea this time. Instead she'd opted for...pants. Pants and a hoodie. It was weird for her but at least the hoodie was similar to her kimonos. Zip up, long billowing sleeves, a hood. It would do. Her eyes widened at the sight of so many students, however, and she nearly turned right around and left. Too many students. And she was wearing pants. PANTS, FOR JACK'S SAKE.

No. Nonono. She could do this. Breathing in deeply for courage she cleared her throat and gave a nervous giggle. "Sure, we can look for her. She shouldn't be too hard to find." Junko raised the shoulder Seiji's hand was resting on to give it an affectionate nuzzle against her cheek before dropping it again, finding her other hand occupied shortly after by another friend. Her eyes widened and she smiled excitedly, waving to Yaya with her free hand. "Hey! You heard about this too? I'm not quite sure what's happening here..." Junko tilted her head to one side. "Seiji and I were about to go find Riley." She was welcome to join if she wanted to, of course!  

[JetAlmeara]

The room was continuing to fill up and Zurine watched the other students trickle in with curiosity, most of them she did not yet know although they all seemed to know one another - such was the horrors of being new to the school though and she had time to get to know them. Out of the coner of her eye she noted Taryn's shy smile and beamed back at her, the snake tailed ghoul had been one of the first she'd met at the school and it was still a shame their talk had been cut short but perhaps she would have a chance speak with her again after whatever this meeting was happened.

With the amount of people filling the room Zurine found herself shuffling off to the sides a bit in order to make room for everyone.  

[MoonKitsune]

Sosiqui

Calder was very disappointed and trotted with purpose over to the Plague Doctor who had sent him the text to arrive. It had been very misleading information, and for once he was surprised that the undead hadn't been as plain as it usually was with information.

Spotting Malodore, Calder walked straight up to him and pointed his phone at the undead. "You said equine cousins in your text. I only count one boil and the only equine one is a ghoul." He was rather upset about it, as he had high hopes for some rather dashing horse-like boils. He puffed his cheeks a bit. "...and a rather pretty ghoul." Prettier than him which didn't help his mood. That and the boil with them was one he went to prom with. Invictus hadn't seemed all that interested either. :C  

[chiickadee]

Danny was late, but justifiably so. She had spent the entire morning wondering if maybe, just maybe, she really should have gone down to the broken door bathroom. It was all just a trick by Roch, right? And then Bea joined in on the joke and took it too far. She had actually liked Bea, and thought her an upstanding Halloweener. Well that facade was gone now! Still, Danny's curiosity had gotten the better of her, as it so often had before.

So it had come to be that Danny arrived at the broken door, surrounded by boogies. She had snuck in, like the rest of them, if not with an extremely worried expression on her face. They were just waiting in there with a bucket of water to splash on her, weren't they? WEREN'T THEY?

The scene inside was definitely different than she had imagined. It seemed as though the entire school was crammed into this "bathroom." Roch was talking with Taryn, and the horsemen (whom she'd only seen a few times, to be honest) were talking to Riley ...

With the scene so amiable, Danny let her guard down immediately. Bucket of water or no bucket, Danny marched straight over to Roch's group and socked his arm in greeting. "That's for trying to dump water on me! And for getting Bea to do it too!" Only Jack knew how her mind worked.

Ice Queen

 

[Dragain]

nekoluch

"Levi!" It had been a while since she had last seen the tall ghoul; the last time was probably during the field trip, and it had been so chaotic then that she was sure they did not have the luxury of holding a decent conversation. Now though? Despite the tense atmosphere, they were not in immediate danger. This was something she was grateful for as she pulled her into a hug, closing her eyes, her voice dropping, "I'm glad to see you well..."

She stayed there, holding Levi for a little longer before letting go, giving her a smile, "Yes... See those four?" She subtly tipped her chin in the direction of the four horsemen, who seemed a little occupied, "They were the ones who started the... Rumors, it seems. I'm not sure what they are planning, but yes... I'm assuming it has to do with all of that..."  

[Ice Queen]

Roch reached up, rubbing his arm as he looked at Danny blankly. "What water bucket?" he asked blankly, completely confused. "Jack, ghoul, I was told by Invictus himself, sort of. He's pretty jackin' obscure, to be honest, so it helped when Mot sent me a message, then Taryn, then Nahm--" He looked around as he remembered the grue, trying to find him and his brother. "Who isss..."

It helped being almost six feet tall, he thought. "Sulking in the corner over there," he said, pointing. "Why would I bother inviting you to a RESTROOM to prank you? Oh, and this is Taryn, this is Freya, Needle, Lattice, Herryk--" Jack, it was getting hard to keep track of who was near enough to talk to...  

[chiickadee]

"Because there's water in the bathrooms Roch!" she tried to explain, hissing the word "water." Before she could even get another justification in, Roch was on to looking around, for someone, something.

Danny was about to say hi to everyone when Roch stood up very straight, and announced he was looking for Nahm. Danny yanked him back down to "ground level" and started shushing him, quite loudly. "Roooch. Shhhh. Shh don't shhh," she said as he searched. Her face was a bright red, unusual for her. Just the mention of Nahm's name brought her back to his dorm where he had decidedly confessed his love for her. Well ... maybe he didn't say it in so many words, but Danny definitely thought that Nahm was widly in love wit her.

Embarassed, she turned back to the group as Roch "introduced" his little group, most of which she knew. She was friends with Taryn, and was on pretty good terms with the ghoul. She'd never really talked to Freya or Herryk, save for in the Haunted House, VERY briefly. Needle and Lattice she'd seen in classes, but never really talked with. In all, it was a tad awkward for her in the group. Not that she noticed. "Ah ... hi," she said, in a very low, embarassed tone.