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Since the headmage allowed them to take the day off for today, Yuujin told the inhabitants of the building to help out with cleaning the leftover mess, "No! No way! Why would I, the magnificent Grim, help you out on this!" The cat argued
"If you don't, we'll kick you out" Solar threathened, staring at him with sharp eyes, but it worked though, "N-nevermind, where can we start first?" "Well we could start on this lounge first, it looks like it survived 10 disasters" Yuujin wasn't joking at all, it did look like it survived 10 disasters, the wallpaper was peeling, the floorboards looked old, lights weren't functioning well and pretty sure the rocking chair was gonna crumble any moment now
The blonde wanted to fix the chair first, "Hm, I could scope out the woods behind us for a possible log, although I'm not sure when I would find one" Solar told them, thinking about any possibilities, "I'll accompany you kid, this ghost's old but I can speed up the process" Harvey suggested, the blonde looked relieved at the motion
"Well if that's the case, me and Grim can clean the washroom" Bernie signed up, with the mentioned unwilling other, already dreading what's coming, "I guess that leaves me and Karly with getting replacements for the curtains and carpet" Yuujin said, the aforementioned ghost floating right by his side, the 6 of them quickly got to work with their tasks
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(Solar's Side)
Both him and Harvey went into the woods and travelled some distance, "I should check this side of the forest first, you can go that way, call me if you find one" They told him, "Alright old man, I'm gonna do it, don't worry" He reassured the other, the ghost waved bye before floating at the right side of the woods
That left Solar with the left side, "The leaves look pretty dried out here the further I go, I wonder if anyone had the guts to go out here, this place looks great as a hiding spot" He told himself in his mind, exploring a bit further until he spotted an injured bird, it looked like it fell out of its nest from a few tree branches upwards
He wordlessly summoned a bandage wrap and wrapped it around its injured wing, it tweeted in gratitude while Solar chuckled to himself, "Hey birdie, do you know where I can find a fallen log?" He asked while holding it carefully in his hands, it tweeted toward west
"Hehe, sweet, thanks for telling me, here have a treat in return" The blonde said, summoning some birdseed onto its nest and putting it back there, Solar then went to the direction the bird pointed towards, "People act scared and obedient towards someone if they have an ounce of power above themselves, why can't people just act normal towards eachother if that's the case? At least birds are thankful when given help" He thought to himself, getting annoyed by what happened during the entrance ceremony again
Soon enough, he found a fairly long log on the ground overgrown by grass, "Ey Harvey! I found one! Can you help me out!" Solar called out, the ghost appearing right after he said that, the two of them went to opposite ends of the log and carried it outside the woods
Good thing there was no one around to see a person and a ghost carrying a huge log toward Ramshackle, that would've raised some questions as to ask if the blonde was mentally crazy or not
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(Grim's side)
Bernie brought over the additional cleaning supplies that was delivered from the headmage to the washroom, Grim had no choice to whether back out or avoid any work as he was now apart of this dorm
"Make sure you help with me on this one, little Grimmy, unless you want to get in trouble" Bernie reminded as he handed him a detergent spray and a wet wipe, "Fiiiine, I will" The cat grumbled, standing up and walking straight toward the bathroom
The ghost chuckled at his reaction before following in with a mop and bucket in their hands
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(Yuujin's side)
Yuujin and Karly headed straight toward the school's own shop, the ghost leading the way for him, the boy looked around the surroundings to see different buildings, each one pointed out by Karly so he knew which was which
The boy felt bad that they had to borrow money from Solar cuz he didn't have any, maybe he'll ask Crowley for some but anywho, at least Yuujin took this chance to get familiar with his surroundings
"Hey Karly, where's all the students here?" He asked, the ghost pondered for a moment, "They could possibly be in class right now, it's just you who got the day off remember?" They told him, the younger one nodded in understanding before seeing the building they approached
They passed by the chicken coup, botanical garden and alchemy workshop, and crossing the bridge, they passed by the Hall of Mirrors building, Karly told Yuujin that place was where all the dorms were located by mirror gates, the magicless looked awed at the information, "So cool, I'm glad I got teleported here" He thought
After passing the place, both of them reached the shop labelled "Mr. S' Mystery Shack", Yuujin wondered who this mystery S was but nonetheless, entered the building with Karly floating outside to wait, the shack was very organised to say the least
There were trinkets around the shop and some potions at the front desk, safe to say, Yuujin was impressed, "Hello dear imp! Is there anything you want, everything's on stock!" A voice called out to him
The person in question was someone who looked very very familiar with Yuujin, "Wow they have Dr. Facilier here too? Nice" They thought, "Oh I just need some curtains, a carpet and wallpaper for Ramshackle, possibly some paint buckets too" He told him, the paint buckets were for the outside walls and an idea Yuujin had for later
"Ah I have just the perfect ones for you!" He reached down from his counter, showing out a uniquely patterned carpet, some flowy curtains and a wallpaper plus the, "How much is it?" Yuujin asked, "Only 50 madol" The man said, as Yuujin counted the money he borrowed from Solar, the man introduced himself as Sam who was the school's shopkeeper
He gave the money to him and got the things he needed, Karly helped him out with carrying the curtains and carpet back toward Ramshackle, where both of them saw Solar and Harvey deciding where to place the log, Grim then came running out of the house covered in bubbles and Bernie chuckling inside the building
The cat threw himself onto Solar's shoulder, "I DONT WANNA CLEAN THE WASHROOM ANYMOOORE!! IT'S TOO DIRTY AND I GOT BUBBLES!!" He shouted into his ears, the boy ignored him and signalled a thumbs up to Harvey once they figured out where it should go first, Harvey then returned back into the building
Solar noticed Yuujin telling Karly to bring the things inside the building first, "Oh hello Yuu, it seems that your back from your task" He approached the boy with Grim still clawing up his back, the bubbles fizzling out but he had become calm now
"What are those paint buckets for?" Grim pointed out the objects on the ground, "Oh well, I had a great idea and I thought to demonstrate it to you guys, follow me first" He said, closing the gate and leading the way up until the porch
The magicless boy opened up the gray paint bucket and dunked his hand inside, Solar and Grim looked at eachother in confusion as Yuujin put his painted hand onto the porch's floor, "So I had an idea that with every person that helps out with fixing Ramshackle should leave a mark on here so that people would know who contributed to this if we ever graduate so gray for Ramshackle and any person from any dorm with their respective colors would be here too" Yuujin told them both, the two liked the idea and followed his example too
They placed their hand/paw onto the floor and let go, seeing the gray marks left behind, the three high-fived together with their painted hands, "Oh wait, let me do something" Solar reminded himself
He crouched down and quickly dried the paint with his magic before writing their names using his magic pen, "It's okay now" He said, the three of them entered the dorm and washed their hands first, Solar proceeded to throw away the old stuff, with Grim and Yuujin along with the ghosts helping out with the wallpaper, curtains and the carpet, as well as fixing the positioning of each furniture
After a long day, the three of them were equally tired and rested on the couch, someone was knocking on the door and Yuujin stood up to answer it, "Hello child, regarding you and Grim's enrollment to Night Raven College, I personally asked someone to stitch together a uniform for you, it seems you three used this day to fix up the dorm as well" Crowley said and pointed out, handing a box to Yuujin himself
"It's best I get going for now, you three's class should be 1-A and don't think about skipping it, okay?" He reminded them before leaving, Yuujin set down the box and opened it, revealing his school uniform for tomorrow
It was the usual black one with a pale gold on the edges of some places, but there was an additional design of blue fire around the bottom area and the ends of the sleeves, while his pants had a yellow and orange sun pattern near the ends, the magicless boy was satisfied with what he got
As a few more minutes passed, all of them agreed to sleep for the night, unaware of what's to come tomorrow, or rather later :)
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Bonus Scene
"Hey Feyrn, what do you think Housewarden was called out for?" Madelynn asked from the bed in front of him, "Hmm, I don't know, but I'm guessing it's nothing important" He said, looking up from his script-writing
"I got a bad feeling, but I'll ignore it" The other girl guessed, before resting and sleeping from her bed, Feyrn also had a bad feeling but he stopped writing and went to bed as well
--earlier that day--
"So you called me to request that one of my dorm members be transferred to Octavinelle? A first year no less?" Vil confirmed with Azul, who was sitting beside him in the Headmage's office
"Yes, that person is very important for Monstro Lounge's business and I'd want this to be kept secret until that day of her transferring" The other said to him, looking professional in his attire
Oh boy, this is gonna be messy