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Scarabia Dorm - Hallway
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And there we have it. |
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So, you finally show your true colors! I bet you thought you were real slick, pullin' the wool over our eyes! |
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How... How much did you hear? |
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All of it, from start to finish. Your entire conversation from the moment you left the lounge... ...has been livestreamed to the world from Azul's smartphone. |
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WHAT?! |
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Azul's Magicam livestream presently has five thousand active viewers. It's trending online under the topic: "A Certain Magicians' School's Dirty Little Secret." It's your moment in the sun, Vice Housewarden. Naturally, all the dorm students are gathered in the lounge, watching you. |
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Scarabia Student A |
Vice Housewarden Jamil, is everything you just said true? |
Scarabia Student B |
Have you really been deceiving us this whole time?! |
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Talk about a wolf in sheep's clothing! You're a fraud, through and through! |
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Y-you... You've got it all wrong. I... |
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Don't even try to talk your way out of this one. The mind control magic you used on Azul is hard
evidence. Jamil... It's been you all along. You've been using your signature spell on Kalim and making him throw Scarabia into chaos! |
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Gh...! I was trying to avoid escalating matters, but you leave me no choice. Azul, I command you! Subdue and restrain them all. |
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...Yes, Master. |
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Azul, no. You don't want to do this. Snap out of it. |
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Pleading with him won't help! |
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Yes. I am Jamil's loyal minion... ...or at least, you wish I was. |
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What?! |
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Jamil, you said the funniest thing to me earlier. Allow me to return the favor. You thought I was an arrogant magician, but you were sorely mistaken. An embarrassing misjudgment for the vice housewarden of Scarabia—the dorm that embodies the spirit of mindfulness. |
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What's going on? I know you made eye contact. I had you under control! |
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Please. I'm a competent magician. I always prepare for all eventualities before I act. Isn't that right, Floyd? |
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I think you let your guard down a little too soon there, Sea Snake. |
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MRAH! What's with your voice?! |
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I signed a contract with Azul and got this rad deep voice for it. Whaddaya think? Do I sound all cool and grizzled now? In return, I offered Azul my signature spell, Bind the Heart. |
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And if you don't know what that spell does, your face is going to crack when you hear this: It jams an opponent's magic and diverts it elsewhere. |
| You used Bind the Heart to divert the mind control magic! | That's the magic he was using in the Coral Sea! The one that kept our magic from hitting! |
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And after swiping it from Floyd—ah, correction. After taking it as collateral, I used it to evade Jamil's mind control spell. Then I pretended to be his thrall and got Jamil to spill his true intentions as he gloated. |
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I gotta hand it to ya, Azul. You're real dastardly! |
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I prefer to be called an intellectual. At any rate, I quickly deduced that Jamil was the only person Kalim would care about enough to fight back against Jade's signature spell. And that was the underpinning of my whole plan. |
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Ja...mil? What is this? What's going on? |
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K-Kalim... |
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Y-you were controlling me? That can't be true, right? I've been having occasional blackouts lately where hours have passed the next time I come to... But those were just dizzy spells or me nodding off, right? I tend to doze off anywhere as it is. You've always gotten on my case for it. So please, say it isn't so. Tell me I was just nodding off. |
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Mind-controlling me, plotting to expel me... You would never do any of that. Jamil, you're... You're the last person that would ever betray me, right? After all, we're best friends, right?! |
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Ha ha... Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... |
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Aha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!! |
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H-hey... What's wrong? |
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Oh, I'll tell you, Kalim. I'll tell you EXACTLY what's wrong. |
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Huh? |
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You've been the same for as long as I can remember. Oblivious, gullible, foolish... AND I HATED IT! You trot along merrily in ignorant bliss, utterly blind to my suffering! Every time I see you smile, it makes my skin crawl! I'm sick of it! There's no point in maintaining my facade now. You have no idea how many days I've spent wishing that you would just go away. But that ends today! Myself, my family... I don't care about ANY of it anymore! |
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W-wait! Jamil! |
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The one you behold is your master... When I ask you a question, you will answer. When I give you a command, you will assent! Snake Charmer! |
Scarabia Students |
Agh...! |
Scarabia Student A |
Urgh... My head... |
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Wha—did he just mind-control the whole dorm at once?! |
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All of you, eject Kalim and the Octavinelle guests from the premises! |
Scarabia Students |
Yes, Master. |
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Jamil?! |
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