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The scene started out with both boys still staring at the giant rock they split. Midoriya and Tanjiro turned around when they heard footsteps growing closer. Urokodaki had shown up, he first inspected Midoriya’s split of the boulder he waved his hand signaling Midoriya to stand next to Tanjiro, and then he went to inspect Tanjiro’s split.
“To be honest, I had no intention of sending either one of you to Final Selection” Midoriya and Tanjiro gasped lightly, their eyes widened in shock at Urokodaki’s words, “Because I didn’t want to see any more children die.”
Aizawa halted for a moment to take in Urokodaki’s words. He felt himself make a small sad smile. It reminded him of the amount of students he’d expel, because he didn’t want them to die due to the lack of potential they had to become heroes. His mind drifted onto a memory of a light blue haired boy who no longer walked amongst the living.
“I was sure you both wouldn’t be able to cut through the boulder, but” Urokodaki laid his hands on top of both boys heads, “Well done you two, you boys are truly remarkable, I’m very proud” The scene showed how both of Tanjiro’s and Midoriya’s eyes started to water.
The scene focused on Midoriya, a memory flashed of All Might saying he was proud and how he could be a hero. Midoriya burst into tears, he launched himself at Urokodaki giving him a hug, Urokodaki returned it back, and he gestured to Tanjiro to join in the hug as well which made the burgundy haired boy start to cry as well.
All Might tried his very best not to tear up at the scene that was tugging at his heartstrings (He failed). Everyone else was both sad and proud for Midoriya, Tanjiro too. 2 years of working hard, they both deserved so much.
“Make sure you both come back Alive from Final Selection, Tanjiro, your sister will stay here with me until you return” Urokodaki said. The scene then changed to Midoriya and Tanjiro looking down, Urokodaki was preparing food, he said they should celebrate for both of their hard work throughout the 2 years. The boys thanked him as they grabbed the bowls from him.
Urokodaki’s words were heard, Tanjiro, Midoriya, I’m afraid there is nothing else I can do for you boys. After today you both will face unimaginable hardships. You both rest up and sleep soundly in peace for one last time”
“One last time? For real?” Present Mic asked.
“Well they are about to fight man-eating demons” Todoroki responded.
The scene changed to clippings of burgundy hair falling towards the ground. Midoriya was helping Tanjiro trim his hair, Midoriya’s hair had already been cut back to the shorter curly and fluffy hair he had than the day before.
“I kind of liked Midoriya’s longer hair, it suited him,” Jiro commented.
“Really? I like Midoriya's original hair” Sero added.
Urokodaki suddenly spoke up, “Hey, Tanjiro, Midoriya, what did you think of the hotpot?” Both boys paused and looked up at him.
“It was so good!!” Midoriya exclaimed with a big smile spreading his arms out
“Yea it was great! I haven’t feasted like that in a while” Tanjiro replied.
“Sounds like they’ve had nothing but plain bread for a long time if that was their reaction” Momo said.
“Yaoyorozu did you see the food!! It looked bomb!” Kaminari exclaimed.
Urokodaki responded with, “Growing boys such as you two will get bigger and stronger the more you eat, the same applies to demons,” Both boys' faces suddenly turned into a neutral but serious face at the mention of demons, “Remember that. The more humans a demon has eaten, the more powerful they’ll be.”
“That’s so creepy” Shoji shuddered, murmurs of agreement followed.
“So if they’ve eaten a lot they’ll be tough to defeat?” Tanjiro asked, and Urokodaki confirmed it to be correct. He explained how demon’s physical appearance, attributes, change, and how they even learn how to do strange spells called Blood Demon Arts
Urokodaki opened a compartment with two masks, “Midoriya, your powers can almost be considered as one of those arts, making you scarily similar to them in both ability and strength. Make sure to be smart when using them” Midoriya nodded, “Tanjiro, with your sense of smell developing further, you’ll soon be able to tell how many souls a demon developed.” He then suddenly handed them both a mask, Tanjiro asking what it was, “It’s called a warding mask. I’ve imbued it with a spell that protects the wearer from harm” The boy inspected the masks.
“I cannot wait to see the absolute shock on the demon’s face when they see Midoriya using his quirk,” Mina said excitedly.
“What if they think he’s a demon?.. Or Half demon?” Kaminari paused looking confused, pondering about what others would think of his abilities.
“Half demon? Kaminari, what are you on about” Jiro rolled her eyes.
“I mean Urokodaki did say his quirk was like demon arts,” Sato said.
“His quirk really is powerful though, I wonder how he will balance the use of his sword as well as his abilities” Midnight wondered.
“What if his punch is so powerful he can blow demons' heads off?”
“Why would you put that image in my head.” Uraraka sighed.
The scene changed and it was morning now, it showed the boy’s putting on a blue haori with clouds imprinted on them. Tanjiro went to where his sister was sleeping and promised to come back no matter what.
“She’s really been asleep for 2 years?” Vlad King asked, a few students nodded.
“That’s gonna be me after final exams” Mina said giggling as some of her classmates laughed at her joke.
The two boys were standing in front of the small house, Urokodaki told Tanjiro he’d be there protecting his sister. He told the two to take care of themselves and to be careful. The boys nodded and they waved goodbye.
“Say Hi to Sabito and Makomo for us!” Midoriya yelled. Urokodaki’s hand that was used to wave back at them faltered.
“Midoriya. Tanjiro..” The scene suddenly switched to one where Sabito and Makomo were shown glowing in a black background, “How do you know the name of the deceased.?”
Multiple gasps were heard in the living room, mostly coming from the teachers.
“Th-They were dead the entire time?” All Might’s eyes widened.
“But how! They were all training together!?” Cementos said.
“This truly was a horrific turn of events” Tokoyami shook his head.
The scene changed to Midoriya and Tanjiro going down a path surrounded by glowing purple trees. Midoriya had a big smile on his face, dragging his hand along the purple flowers, “These look so beautiful!” Midoriya exclaimed.
Tanjiro laughed lightly at Midoriya’s reaction, “They’re called Wisteria Flowers! They seem to be all over the place but I thought they were out of season”
“Gahhh! They look so beautiful!” Hagakure cried.
“I wish wisteria flowers glowed like THAT here” Yaoyorozu said.
“Deku should totally bring some flowers when he comes back, and see if they glow!” Uraraka exclaimed, her eyes glittered.
“You mean if he comes ba- OW-!?”
The boys were now atop of a hill, other swordsmen were nearby, Midoriya and Tanjiro walked forward, “There's a lot of people” Tanjiro whispered to Midoriya, the green haired made a ‘mhm’ in agreement.
‘Some of these poor souls aren’t going to make it out alive..’ Midoriya looked towards the ground. He couldn't bare to see which of those would not be seen again.
Suddenly two young voices were heard, greeting the swordsmen and how they’ve entered the Demon Slayer Corp’s Final Selection. The young girls explained how the Wisteria trees prevent demons, that have been captured and left on the mountain, from leaving. They explained how they will have to survive for 7 days on the mountain, and told them they will be beginning now.
Midoriya and Tanjiro flashed determined faces.
“An entire week huh? They better not get killed” Aizawa said.
“It’s Midoriya and Tanjiro, they’ll both get out alive I just know it” Kirishima said confidently, not a trace of doubt was seen on his face.
The scene changed to both of the boys running.
“Midoriya we can’t think about literally anything but surviving!” Tanjiro exclaimed.
“Don’t worry, Tanjiro, we'll make it! We just have to look out for each other” Midoriya replied.
“Let's head east! Sunlight will hit there first, so by then the demons won’t be able to do anything and we can rest!”
“Smart” Present Mic complimented the boys' thinking.
Suddenly, the camera showed Tanjiro smelling the air and Midoriya’s danger sense activating, they both halted standing guard back to back. They both knew it was a demon nearby, A memory suddenly showed of a night where the two boys were training. Midoriya was explaining to Tanjiro about the awakening of Danger Sense, Tanjiro had stars in his eyes and praised Midoriya for being so cool for having all these abilities which caused the green haired boy to turn a shade of pink from the compliment.
Some laughs echoed around the room.
“It’s so crazy that Midoriya developed a sense where he can detect danger, does he have multiple quirks or something?” Sero commented.
“Midoriya? Having multiple quirks sound crazy” Ojiro said but then sighed, “But it’s possible”
“Yeah, like Todoroki has fire and ice!” Mina exclaimed.
“But those correlate, how does Midoriya’s strength enhancer have a connection with black tendrils and the ability to detect danger?” Yaoyorozu questioned, “they’re completely different.”
Some students stopped to think.
Other students blanked.
“Wha-“
All Might's grip tightened nervously.
“I don’t think we should pay so much attention to it right now. Let’s just be glad Midoriya has those abilities and is able to fight to see another day!” Kirishima made a fist in the air. All Might thanked the boy in his mind.
Tanjiro and Midoriya were seen eyeing the forest nervously when suddenly they realized the demon was coming from the top, they quickly dodged out of the way. A Demon with blue hair and crazed eyes were shown. The demon laughed creepily.
“Tanjiro behind you!” Midoriya yelled. Tanjiro gasped at the sudden ambush of another demon, he blocked with his sword. Midoriya made his way to Tanjiro when all of a sudden the 2 demons began arguing with each other over their prey.
Seriously-!?
There's actually no way-
A few laughs were heard around the room from the unnecessary arguing from the 2 demons, others were too concerned over Midoriya’s well being for this trial to be able to laugh.
The demon eventually stopped and decided to attack the 2 boys simultaneously.
Tanjiro and Midoriya’s grip tightened on their swords, dodging their attacks as memories of Urokodaki’s teachings went through their heads. They slash the heads off both demons, standing in shock of the aftermath, the demons faded away.
Someone in the audience cheered at their first demon kill.
Tanjiro began tearing up, knowing his training wasn’t all for nothing.
Midoriya however, started breathing roughly. I killed a demon. Midoriya thought.
Tanjiro grew worried for the boy, his face full of concern. “Midoriya? Hey what’s wrong!”
“I actually killed someone ” Midoriya brought his hand to his mouth.
“Midoriya nooo! Don’t worry about that it was a demon! They’re bad!” Hagakure whined.
“You have a point but, decapitating someone can seriously be traumatizing now that I think about it.” Jirou rubbed her neck.
“And they were humans before” Mina said
“So is this like.. Technically not murder?” Sato questioned.
“Midoriya, it wasn’t just anyone! It was a demon. A demon who has taken the lives of many innocent people before!” Tanjiro said walking towards Midoriya, he placed a hand on his shoulder, “I know it seems gruesome because of a beheading, but be glad that a demon can’t harm anyone else now.”
“Well if a human has lost their humanity due to the treachery of converting into a demon, then are they really worth keeping alive? After all, as Tanjiro said, demons have killed humans without mercy.” Vlad King scratched his head.
“Is Midoriya gonna get charged with murder when he comes back-!?” Mineta panicked looking at the teachers.
“Would you rather him not do anything when something is trying to actively kill him illegally?” Todoroki gave him a look.
Aizawa sighed, “Todoroki is right, under these circumstances, he is fighting man-eating demons, this is a kill or be killed situation, after all as Vlad King said, they aren’t really humans in that world they murder the innocent without remorse.”
“Kill or be killed sounds absolutely cold” Kaminari had chills run down his spine. Bakugo rolled his eyes.
Midoriya looked at Tanjiro with sad eyes but he lowered his hand and sighed, “Yeah, you’re right Tanjiro. It just feels so wrong” Midoriya shuddered, putting away his sword.
Tanjiro smiled knowing he could be a bit of help to Midoriya, he looked towards where the bodies of the demons used to be, “Wow, nothing gets left behind after being slashed by these types of swords huh? Not even the bones..”
A memory plays of Urokodaki explaining how there are specially built swords called Nichirin swords, they are made solely to kill demons at the necks, where the demons are weakest.
“Huh, I wonder how come normal swords aren’t able to behead demons.” All Might questioned out loud.
“I’m more concerned about how long it took to find out .” Midnight chimed in.
The screen went back to the boys, and suddenly Tanjiro plunged his nose in disgust. Another slayer had yelled and ran through the forest, near the two boys, complaining about the trial.
Tanjiro grew horrified, he hid behind a tree, grabbing Midoriya by the arm and roughly moving him behind as well.
“What is that?” Iida asked, his face looking disgusted.
“A demon?” Midoriya asked not being able to get a good look, Tanjiro nodded. A gigantic green demon, trotted along the forest.
Suddenly the screen switched to the voice of the young girl Makomo, “Hey, Sabito. Do you think Tanjiro and Midoriya can beat him ?”
The pink haired boy sat atop of the boulder, “I don’t know. No matter how hard you try, it’s never enough. You know that well yourself, don’t you?” Makomo looked up at him with saddened eyes.
The panicked slayer boy tripped, he yelled about the mutated demon. Said demon walked slowly carrying a human's body in its grasp, lifting it and devouring it whole, his body got larger at his meal.
“Ugh, that's so gross,” Jirou shuddered.
“Poor dude” Kirishima brought a hand to his mouth.
“I don’t think we can really acknowledge how disgusting and horrifying this is for Midoriya in real time as it is on TV,” Tsu’s stomach turned at the body being eaten.
“We should probably send him to counseling with Hound Dog after this whole situation” Aizawa crossed his arms.
“Yea no kidding,” Present Mic agreed.
The demon’s body mutated around his arms, he reached for the dark haired boy.
Tanjiro panicked, Midoriya immediately jumped into action, slicing the arm of the demon before he could do anything with the random slayer. Tanjiro looked at him in awe with how quick his reaction time was.
“Yup! He wastes no time!” Uraraka cheered.
“Remember to always be on guard, something can ambush when you least expect it” All Might said to the group of teens.
Tanjiro ran out from behind the tree going to join Midoriya at his side. The demon's eyes grew wide, “Would you look at that! Two sweet little foxes have come to me once again.”
“Again?”
“What is this guy talking about..”
“Tell me little fox cubs, what year of Meiji is it now?” The demon asked.
Midoriya looked towards Tanjiro, who grunted, “It’s the Taisho Period now!”
The demon moved his eyes in confusion, when suddenly he let out a scream.
Some people jumped at the sudden screaming.
“Damn dramatic much?” Jirou laughed.
“Already-!? Time has passed into a new period? Again! Again while I’ve been held prisoner inside this place!” The demon screamed angrily. The 3 swordsmen looked up in horror and shock at the tantrum the demon was currently throwing. Suddenly the demon started cursing Urokodaki.
“What did Urokodaki do-”
“You know Urokodaki?” Tanjiro asked nervously.
“How?” Midoriya added.
The demon looked down, responding, “I know him, all right. Because Urokodaki is the one who captured me and brought me here! I’ll never forget that day 47 years ago! Back when he was still hunting demons. The Edo Period during the Keio Era.”
“No way.. Edo Period?” Tanjiro said in shock.
“He’s been trapped in a unescapable forest for 47 years!?” Vlad King exclaimed with wide eyes.
“I would’ve lost my mind, no doubt, kero” Tsuyu said.
T his guy has been here for 47 years? And he hasn't gotten killed? Midoriya questioned.
The boy behind Tanjiro and Midoriya accused the demon of lying, “No demon could ever live that long in here! Besides, all these demons have eaten a few humans! They die in Final Selection, or they end up eating each other!”
“Cannibalism at its finest.” Aoyama said.
Numerous people seemed to simultaneously turn their heads, slowly, in absolute distraught at the blonde haired teen who somehow kept his smile.
“Aoyama what-”
“And yet I’ve managed to survive all this time,” The demon taunted, “Trapped inside this wisteria prison, I’ve managed to devour at least 50 of you damn brats.” The demon began counting, he pointed to Tanjiro and Midoriya, “That makes you two 14 and 15!”
“What are you talking about!?” Tanjiro yelled.
“Explain yourself!” Midoriya furrowed his brows, his grip tightening on his sword.
The demon giggled into 3 of his surrounding hands, “That’s the number of Urokodaki’s students I’ve eaten!” He cackled, “I promised myself to kill every one of his students.”
“Poor Urokodaki, he didn’t deserve that” Hagakure placed her hands under her chin.
“Yea, but talk about the kids he sent off that got brutally murdered by this squashed looking pear” Jirou stared at the screen blankly.
Tanjiro and Midoriya gasped in horror, “Let’s see, the one who particularly stands out to me are those two, ah yes, the boy's hair was peach-colored, a scar laid by his mouth he was the most powerful of the brats. The other female brat wore a flowery kimono, she was small and lacked strength, but was awfully agile.” The shadows of Sabito and Makomo played on screen.
Tanjiro and Midoriya gasped. Midoriya looked absolutely angry, Tanjiro had a more saddened look.
“ Aaaanddd Midoriya looks absolutely livid,” Ojiro commented.
Uraraka, Tsu, and Kirishima got the same flashbacks of the time their agencies had saved a light blue haired girl.
“Yea that guy does NOT play when it comes to protecting kids,” Kirishima said.
No! They were just kids! Midoriya grit his teeth.
They had already been killed by this demon? Tanjiro thought, But me and Midoriya were with them!
“Alas, the two young souls were only present to guide our protagonists to the otherworldly wonders that they had failed to experience, only because fate had driven them to the gruesome date of death.” Tokoyami held his hands together, closing his eyes.
What he didn’t know was the amount of stares he got in return.
“It was not that deep bro.”
“Tokoyami who the fuck hurt you”
“This man is a poet.”
The demon used his many hands to point, “That mask. I can tell who are Urokodaki’s brats. They are textured and carved to match the style of the tengu mask. He calls them Warding Masks right? Everyone got eaten just because they were wearing them! They are all inside my belly! It’s as if he’s guided them to their deaths!” The demon cackled, explaining how he slaughtered Makomo in great detail.
“That poor girl..” Midnight had a saddened expression, bringing her hand to mouth.
“I'm glad they at least semi-censored it, that would’ve been even more horrifying” Shoji shuddered.
Midoriya had heard enough, he was seething, he charged up One For All in his legs and in his right arm, he flew towards the demon, Tanjiro screamed as he charged, “How could you-!?”
Sabito appeared, both of you need to focus on your breathing, forget about us.
The demon threw a punch at Tanjiro, sending him flying towards a tree, “Tanjiro!” Midoriya screamed, immediately activating BlackWhip, catching him just in time to not further damage himself.
“Oh thank god-”
“Nice save Midoriya”
“Pheeeew”
“What the hell is that?” The demon asked in surprise, the reflection of Midoriya’s BlackWhip in action showed in his close up eyes.
The random male slayer looked back towards the two swordsmen at battle with the demon. I'm getting out of here while the demon’s taking out those guys! He began to run
“This is how you thank your rescuers!?” Iida face-palmed.
“Ungrateful son of a-” Bakugo glared at the screen.
“Off with his head!” Kaminari yelled angrily.
No matter.. The demon thought, They will both be coursing through my stomach soon. He laughed. I wonder how Urokodaki will feel when another duo of his children don’t come home! Oh how I wish I could just see the look on his face!
“I wonder how you’re going to feel when Tanjiro and Deku kick your ass!” Bakugo smirked.
Midoriya quickly looked towards Tanjiro who had trouble keeping his eyes open after the intense whiplash of getting aggressively thrown and caught too quickly.
“Come on Tanjiro, I need you to stay with me!” The green haired boy yelled. However, the other boy lost the battle and lost consciousness. The demon extended his hand towards Tanjiro. Using his quirk, green lightning crackled near Midoriya’s legs as he launched himself toward the unconscious boy. The bushes and tree leaves shaking behind him from the air force. Midoriya slashed the demon just before it was able to land a hand on the boy. “Don’t you touch him!”
“You brat.. Just how in the world are you doing that!? No such speed can come from some mere human like you!” The demon screamed in anger.
“Well that’s because he’s not exactly from any world you come from,” Todoroki answered the demon’s question.
The scene changed to complete darkness. “Tanjiro!” A young boy's faint voice was heard, “Tanjiro!”. Suddenly a black haired boy was seen in front of Tanjiro, he was upside down screaming his name yet again.
The burgundy haired boy awoke gasping harshly. He quickly turned on his feet seeing the situation. “Midoriya!”
Izuku turned with a smile on his face, “Tanjiro! Thank God!”
“How long was I out!?” Tanjiro asked.
“Just for a few seconds! Are you okay?” The other teen replied.
“I-I think so!” Tanjiro readied his sword, smiling behind Midoriya knowing he protected him as he was unconscious. He already knew he could trust him with his life.
“Yup! That’s our Midoriya!” Iida smiled.
“We can always count on Midobro with our lives!” Kirishima said confidently.
The demon was growing annoyed by the second, sending more arms towards the boys. They slashed them all with ease, however Tanjiro was growing worried on how long they can go with the Demon on-goingly regenerating.
“You boys can’t defeat me just by slashing off my arms, but then again, even that pink-haired brat couldn’t slice off my head!” The demon said, a memory of Sabito breaking his sword against the demon’s thick skin played with Sabito getting his head splattered in the demon’s hand.
Some in the room gasped at the half censored gruesome sight. Others jumped from the mere instant jump of death
“This is horrible..” Present Mic brought a shocked hand to his mouth.
A split screen of both boys having angered and shocked faces was shown.
“Stop talking about them!” Midoriya yelled angrily.
“Don’t worry Midoriya, he will stop after we finish him off! No more lives will be sacrificed by the likes of him!’ Tanjiro said, slashing another hand. Both boys began running towards the demon. Sending numerous hands to deal with Midoriya from under the ground he sent more above ground to Tanjiro, both of them evading them.
The demon’s eyes widened, ‘What!? How are they avoiding my attacks! That other brat jumped from my grasp! And this one is too goddamn slippery!”
Makomo was suddenly shown looking sad, “Do you think he’ll beat Midoriya and Tanjiro too? His neck is so tough after all.”
Sabito sat atop of one of the rock split into fourths, “They may lose, and yet, they may win”
“That didn’t answer her question at all!” Sero put on a blank expression.
“Well he doesn’t wanna give false hope” Tsuyu shrugged.
“Only one way to know for sure!” Kaminari pointed at the screen.
“Either way, there’s one irrefutable fact. They were the ones who sliced the toughest, largest boulder of all.” Sabito finished.
The screen switched back to the boys continuing to either attack or avoid the demon.
“Tanjiro! I’ll get his neck, avoid as much as you can!” Midoriya yelled loudly.
Tanjiro turned towards him for a split second, his eyes widening as Midoriya winked at him.
Midoriya had said the plan out loud to get most of the demon’s attention towards him! This would give Tanjiro an opening to slice his head off!
“Smart, however dangerous. They were lucky enough that the demon wasn’t paying attention to Midoriya’s sign.” All Might commented.
“Yes, and on Tanjiro’s part, even taking a fraction of a second of attention from your opponent can be a fatal decision in such a situation” Aizawa was glad they can at least throw in some Hero lessons into this.
Some students took mental notes from their teachers.
“What an idiot duo you two are!” The demon cackled, “You guys aren’t going to go anywhere exposing your plans like this!”
“And another thing,” Aizawa said, “Never underestimate your opponent.”
Tanjiro managed to get close to the demon, ‘Total Concentration! Water Breathing!’ Tanjiro ran along the demon’s arms when suddenly the demon realized his mistake.
‘What? No! He has gotten too close! What the hell? I thought that bush haired brat was the one to attempt to kill me!’ The demon thought, “Not to worry! He can't possibly slash a neck as thick as mine!”
‘ First form!’ Tanjiro displayed nothing but determination on his face.
‘As soon as he fails to cut my neck, I’m going to crush his head! Just like I did to the other one!’ The demon extended another arm. Suddenly a line as thin as a spiderweb was shown directly to the demon's head, water burst from Tanjiro’s sword as he screamed launching forward. The demon’s head had gotten slashed off!
Cheers rang throughout the room.
‘Water Surface Slash!’
The Episode Ends.
“Oh my god they continue to scare us!”
“I knew they’d do it!”
“Such reckless planning, but hey they made it”
“I can’t wait to watch more takedowns!”
Suddenly some students remembered how Aizawa had said either 1 or 2 more episodes before everyone had to go to bed. This would make it 2.
Aizawa sighed, “Don’t give me that look, I said 1 or 2. You guys are lucking I pushed it to 2” he told the swarm of children giving off puppy eyes.
“Sensei please!”
“Come on, you can’t do this to us!!”
“Not when we just got to see the finishing blow!”
Some of the teachers chuckled, “C’mon kids, they finished him off so you can rest easy knowing they’ll be okay” Midnight said. The students continued their plea’s.
“Hey!” Aizawa activated his quirk, “We will continue this no later at 7 in the morning alright? Jeez you give them an inch and they try to take a mile” He looks at the other teachers who seemed amused.
“Alright kids, we will see you tomorrow! Off to bed now get some good rest!” All Might exclaimed at the students who were starting to realize there was no convincing.
“Goodnight students! We will be back on the journey later.” The Principal gave a smile as he and the rest of the staff began to exit the 1-A dorms.
Until the Next Episode.