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I'd recognize that collar anywhere. It's the same one that psycho stuck on me at orientation!
What'd you do to get shackled with that? |
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I ate a tart. |
| You... ate a tart?
| Are you serious?
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Yeah, that's it! That's all I did!
I was a little hungry, see, so I went down to the dorm kitchen and found some tarts in the fridge.
Three whole tarts! Big ones, too! |
FLASHBACK START
Heartslabyul Dorm - Kitchen
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Man, I'm still tired from our little adventure. I missed dinner, too, and now I'm starving!
Got anything for me, fridge? ...Whoa, score! Tarts! Those look amazing! And plenty to go around, too! No one would notice if I snagged one teeeeensy little slice, right? Right. Of course not.
*munch* Mmph... SO good! I'm in pastry paradise right now! |
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Of course they're good. Trey made them. His tarts are always exceptional. |
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Yeah, but I mean... These are CRAZY good! Like, he could sell these at- wait, Housewarden?! |
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That you would think to touch something of MINE... Well, I'm impressed with your audacity, at least.
But the Queen of Hearts's rule 89 is quite clear. "Never eat a tart without the Queen's permission."
The theft of tarts is a serious crime!
Off With Your Head! |
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Bwaaaaaah! |
FLASHBACK END
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And... here I am. |
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...... |
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So... The point is you're both terrible? |
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You don't think that it's insane for my magic to get sealed away for eating ONE slice of tart?!
For a mage, that's like having your arms and legs bound and shackled!
And there were three whole tarts! THREE! It's not like he could eat 'em all himself!
C'mon, you KNOW this is messed up! |
| I guess...?
| It does seem a tad extreme.
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What kinda wishy-washy answer is that?! |
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Riiight?! |
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Yeah, but…
I mean, if there were three of 'em, they were probably for a party.
Maybe it was someone's birthday or somethin'? Lookit that! I'm, like, a master detective too! |
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A birthday party, huh...? |
| That would explain it. | Did you even apologize? |
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Man... I thought you'd be more sympathetic! I'm a victim of the housewarden's tyranny here! |
| He may have been a little extreme...
| Stealing food is a serious offense.
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But you stole food! That ain't cool! |
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Aw, you gotta be kiddin' me! |
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| Tomorrow, go and apologize.
| If you apologize, I'm sure he'll forgive you.
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You don't go messin' with another man's meal...
Hey, wait a minute! I just realized I never got those cans of tuna the headmage promised me! |
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All right, all right. Fine. I get that I should apologize.
But you're coming with me, [MC]. This was your idea, after all. |
| Fair enough | Oh, I got this. |
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Anyway, you got a place for me to crash tonight? |
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You were serious about that?
Outside of the bedroom me and [MC] use, this entire dump is buried under a foot of dust.
So if you wanna crash, you better start cleanin'! |
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Dude, no way! I hate cleaning!
Just let me stay with you, [MC]. I'm real slim. I won't take up much space. |
| You wish.
| Allow me to introduce you to the lounge sofa.
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Tch. You're about as flexible as a brick.
Well, fine. The sofa it is. Night!
Duuude... Who is pounding on the door at this hour?!
Bleah! Every hit kicks up a dust storm! I'm coming, I'm coming! |
Ramshackle Dorm - Entry Hall
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I figured I'd find you here. |
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Ugh. Deuce... |
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So, you ate the housewarden's tart.
You really are an idiot, Ace. |
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Oh, shut up! Like you're one to talk! Anyway, uh... Is he still mad? |
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Not at all. Maybe a touch irritated, if anything. A few of our dormmates overslept this morning…
But only three of 'em got your treatment. |
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You call that "not at all" mad?! Sounds like he's still on the rampage, to me. |
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Move it! Outta the way!
Night Raven College student comin' through!
Oh? Did my collar catch your eye? It is way better than the one you're stuck with!
You know, the one that makes it so you can't use magic?
But hey, the school could always use another janitor! Bwahahaha! |
| Way to take the high road, Grim.
| I think he's suffered enough, Grim.
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Grrrrr! Trust me Grim, when I get my magic back, your hide is first up on the chopping block! |
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Didn't the headmage JUST tell you yesterday, no more incidents?
Regardless, you're not going to be able to participate in class if you can't use magic.
So why not just apologize to the housewarden? It's a small price to pay for having the collar removed. |
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Aaaaargh! I hate this so! SO! Much! |
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Hmm. Ya know, we do still have some time to kill before class starts. And I am kinda curious about the other dorms.
Guess I'll go along and scope out the place while you make with the groveling. |
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Since when did this become a field trip?! |
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