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It had been an entire year since his three closest friends left NRC, although one did leave with no one able to contact them. Yuu had attended all unbirthday parties since Riddle’s overblot and Yuu had made every day a joy. Although they used to be a quartet, now a trio, (Excluding Jack, Sebek, Ortho, and Epel, because Riddle was never sure. Although they would hang out like old friends. They had to be the most known friend group on campus.) Grim stayed here, after all the house wardens begged that the small feline remain on campus; with a bit of convincing from everyone (aka manipulation) he stayed on campus. But there's no telling what that bird-brain headmaster may do when they all graduate.
Yuu would lighten up the party with jokes and weird stories about his world. Riddle could never forget the long history of this place he called the ‘USA”
Or the Firework show...the poor flamingos
“No need to dwell on the past.” Riddle sighed to himself as he climbed into bed. Yuu was the one who told him not to cry, which was embarrassing.
Riddle snuggled into the sheets and closed his eyes, the world felt like it was melting away. He dismissed it because he thought he had a long day.
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“A little to the right there, Ruggie” Leona yawned from his bed, man it takes twice as long to clean this room now. But Leona can’t put his finger on it...
Ruggie sat up and sighed “Man, this used to be easier with Yuu around” he dumped the clothes into the basket and stretched.
This perked Leona’s interest, he’s right, even after Azul’s Overblot the guy was so thankful that he came from time to time to help clean. He'd get paid of course, because Leona isn’t that bad.
Leona laughed “Feeln’ all sad and shit Ruggie? Wanna end up like lonely dog Jack?” Ever since the Ramshackle perfect left, Howl has been a bit quiet, and sluggish. And it’s sorta depressing to watch, even for Leona...
Ruggie snickered “Oh please Leona! Ya miss ‘em too! Who was the one who tried to steal them from Riddle’s tea parties?”
Leona rolled his eyes and sat up “1. It isn’t my fault they barely got any irons from Clover. And 2. you better hurry up before I decide to search your room for my stolen shit.”
The hyena flinched and started cleaning faster. Leona huffed, yawning, falling back into his original spot on the bed.
His eyes fell and he was out in seconds, maybe his ears were deceiving him but was Ruggie screaming?
Ah well he’ll check that out in the morning....
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Azul hummed happily handing over the receipts of this week's sales to Jade. Floyd sat on the couch, likely forgetting Azul’s last request he gave the eel about an hour ago...
Jade looked over the paperwork, a smile laid on his face. “You know if it weren’t for Yuu, and their idea of a cash register and receipts you wouldn’t be able to scare away people trying to scam the lounge; or make this much.” ugh he hates that line!
There were few things that bothered Azul, and one was not being able to pay someone back. And he couldn’t do that when Yuu was still around...and now that they’re gone, he just can’t take them off his mind!
It's not like he misses them or anything, of course not! It's just...he could trust them with things, and that is a rarity in NRC. And it’s not like he thinks of the guy as a friend!
What a bother, he’ll think about that after he finishes this last sheet, then it’s off to bed, he has a big day tomorrow.
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Jamil sighed, having made sure the dorm was in order, and Kalim asleep; one thing is in order...going to sleep!
Ever since that perfect left, the pampered prince has been mopey and distant. And it unsettles Jamil when Kalim is quiet, even during the summer his siblings couldn’t cheer him up; the prince even suggested buying a way back for the perfect.
But luckily Jamil managed to stop him before he said something to his parents. And they’d do anything for their eldest son...unfortunately.
“What a headache,” he muttered, putting his phone on the charger; that housewarden was as pure as a white dove. They helped as many people as they could and got nothing out of it besides more jobs.
“And yet they took it with a smile...” they dealt with all 8 Overblots with determination and a will that would make steal blush. It was impressive yet scary...
Jamil rolled over in his bed, closing his eyes and counting his days until he gets to leave this school. Just another year-
Whats that sound?
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Vil walked off the stage, what a long and tiring performance. Finally! He gets to-
“HEY THERE V!” ugh and Neige is once again here...
Vil took in a long breath before turning around, plastering a smile on his face. “Hello. Neige.” he said through clenched teeth “I haven't seen you since the VDC... how are you?” That was a lie, Vil had been stalking his Magicam, you can’t get rid of a grudge that quickly after all.
Yuu had warned him about that....
Neige laughed “I just wanted to say, that your performance was amazing! You’ve gotten even better than the last time I’ve seen you.” the thing about this man's words is that-
“I can’t hate you.”
Neige cocked his head “Say that again?” he asked confused
“Nothing.” Vil waved it off “Thank you, I work hard every day. But I'm late for something else and need to hurry; goodbye.”
“V wait!” Neige yelled after the blonde man, but he kept walking.
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After fixing himself for bed (Which took about 2 hours) Vil scrolled through his camera roll, his Junior year at NRC wasn’t the best. Heck NRC wasn’t the best, but at least he made some friends.
He smiled down at a photo of the Ramshackle perfect, and their group of friends. Everyone lined up for one last group photo...Vil hopes the potato is keeping up with their skin care.
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“UGh!” Idia groaned putting down the controller, why hasn’t he been having fun with the Morino Cart? He created this game bec-
Idia shivered “Oh god, am I having an anime flashback?!” He created this game because Yuu mentioned something about a ‘Mario Cart’ from their world and that it was a very popular game. It was fun to play with them, they even had Idia make little updates to the game every so often. But now that they're gone...
“It’s boring now.”
Hm? Whats that noise? Idia glanced behind his back just to see-!
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Lilia walked down the corridor of the castle, rolling a tray of food (He didn’t get to prepare it himself because Silver absolutely refused to let Lilia do anything to the food.)
He stops at a door and lightly knocks, with a low groan coming from the occupant, Lilia let’s himself in.
Lilia smiles “oh Malleus, please stop barricading yourself. I'm sure Yuu is perfectly fine and healthy. That child of man is quite strong you see.” he sets the tray down on a table in the center of the room. “They would be devastated to see you in such a state of dismay!”
Malleus huffs, a bit of fire coming from his nose. “Humans are very fragile.”
Lilia laughed “Malleus,” he gives the fae a look “They fought you and won. They fought Grim and won. You should have more trust in them! That human is very different.”
Malleus sat up from his bed and walked over to the table. He looks at the food nodding in approval, upon seeing that Lilia didn’t make it. “That was an embarrassment to my name.” he looks solum, “But they treated me the same even after. They are different and...” he smiles “Quite dumb.”
Lilia smiled and patted the dragon’s back “Indeed-” he stopped, the magic in this room has shifted. Malleus immediately notices too. And sits up in his chair.
Lilia unsheathes his sword, “SHOW YOURSELF!” he shouts glaring at a large gray shadow.
It disperses into a jellyfish like creature, it was clear with a yellow light emanating from it tentacles.
“wha-”
but before they could finish the sentence, it exploded into a blinding light.