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Kalim and jamil were supposed to talk to trey and riddle about some house warden and vice stuff when they saw three people frantically painting a rose bush. “Painting the roses red… We're painting the roses red… We dare not stop, nor waste a drop,So let the paint be spread…” they sang, tearing up and they painted black roses red. “We're painting the roses red~…We're painting the roses red… Oh, painting the roses red. And many a tear be shed.” the two slowly walked closer. “Because we know, we'll cease to grow! In fact, we’d soon be dead! And yet we go ahead. Painting the roses red.” once they got over there jamil confirmed the roses they were painting were indeed black. “Painting the roses red. We're painting the roses red!” kalim tapped one of their shoulders. “Oh pardon me! But you Three, Why must you paint them red?” they looked at him confused then shocked “Huh?!” “Oooooh!”. They looked at the two. “Well, the fact is house warden kalim we painted the roses black by mistake and the house warden he needs 'em red” the three said and went back to painting. “If he saw the black instead, he'd raise a fuss!” they said scared and painted faster “And each of us-” the pausing drag their thumbs across their necks.“Would fully loose his head!” they said before going back to painting. “Goodness!” klim said worried “He’d take your magic just for that?” jamil asked inspecting the paint noting it was a lot thinner then normal paint and didn’t have that paint smell.
“No word about our magic now, not one not none. We don’t want to be the ones laying atop the the royal flower bed!” jamil tilted his head. “Since thats the part we dread… We're painting the roses red!” they said painting again. “Oh dear! Well, then let us help you!” kalim said picking up a brush and the pain, and started to paint the roses carefully as the paint was thin as syrup. "Painting the roses red! We're painting the roses red! Don't tell, house warden of what you have seen!” they said looking fearfully "or say that's what we said! But we're painting the roses red!” they said trying to make the paint stick to the flowers as Jamil carefully painted them as well still considered about the paint. “Yes, painting the roses red! Not pink. Not green. Not aquamarine, We're painting the roses red!” they heard loud talking and heard riddle. Riddle “Hum…” he hummed looking at the roses they painted. “Who’s painted the roses black?!” riddle said starting to turn red. “WHO’S PAINTED THE ROSES BLACK!?” he screamed everyone falling away or back. “Who dares to taint, with such vulgar paint! the royal flower bed?!” he screamed looking at the people who stood before him, jamil and kalim pushed behind them. “For painting the roses black!, someone will lose his head!!” Riddle screamed looking at them “Oh, no! House warden! Please, it’s all his fault!” one of the guys said pointing to at 2nd one. “Not me, house warden! It’s him! its him!” the second one said tossing the brush at the third. “You?!” Riddle shouted looking at the third. “No, him!” the third said said throwing the brush at the first in line. “That spade you say!?” riddle shouted then looked at him “Not me, it’s him!!”the guy said tossing the brush to the first again. “That’s enough! OFF WITH THEIR HEAD!!!” Riddle screamed the three getting a collor and being dragged away. “They’re going to lose their heads!” cater said singingly “for painting the roses black!” deuce said singing out the same way as cater did. “it serves them right, they painted black! the roses should be red!” ace sang following deuce and cater rhythm. “Oh, they’re going to lose their head-” the three were cut off by trey who shouted at them. “Silence!” Riddle turned to the two scariba students. “And who is this?” riddle said his eye glazed over dark red. “Riddle it’s us…” kalim mumbled, as cater walked over his eyes also a dark red saying. “Uh… well now, eh…” trey walked over his eyes that same as riddle “let us see, riddle” trey said, poking Kalim’s face. “It clearly isn’t a heart. Ace said his eyes also dark. “do you suppose it’s a club?” deuce asked eyes also red. “Oh! Why, it’s scariba’s house warden and vice!” riddle said his eyes lightened and the others going back to normal.
“whats happening to them?” jamil asked pretending to not be worried “what would be happening?” ace asked, tilting his head. “Who are you talking about?” cater asked also tilting his head. “Those guys? The ones who were painting this bush.” jamil said, gesturing to the bush next to them. “No was painting that bush.” deuce said firmly looking away from it. “Yes there were…” kalim muttered. “No one was assigned to paint this part of the rose garden today.” trey said firmly. “I- why is the paint weird?” jamil said standing up straight and holding onto kalim’s hand as he wrapped around him. “What?” riddle asked. “It’s thinner and smells metallic..” jamil said stepping away from them pull kalim with him. “Kalim… when i say run, run and tell anyone that there's blood spilt in heartslabyul." Jamil whispered to kalim. "I don't understand what your getting at." Riddle said, getting upset. "Its not paint." Riddle’s expression was dark suddenly. "Off with your head." He growled and jamil rushed shoving kalim towards the door. "Run!" He shouted and kalim immediately started running and ran out the door running into azul. "Ah! Kalim what-" "Help! Uh jamil said that there's blood spilt in heartslabyul! He's in there and needs help!" Kalim shouted clinging to azul. Floyd and jade were nearby and azul said they would help while he got others. Kalim ran as the trio went into heartslabyul.
When kalim got back with crewel, yuu, epel, rook, malleus and Lilia. He saw jamil leaning on Floyd to the door. "Jamil!" Kalim ran to him. "Kalim… we need to go… now…" kalim held onto jamil and quickly left the others and went to scariba again. After 15 minutes jamil was getting better. "I saw what they did to the guys.. they literally got their head chopped off. The red paint was blood.." he muttered wincing slightly when kalim pressed a disinfectant towel to a large cut on his back. "Sorry! … What do you think will happen to riddle and the others?" Kalim asked being careful as he cleaned up the wound. "If Crowley has any scene he'll turn them in…" kalim and him sat there before bandaging the wound. The two sat silently before heading to bed. Jamil stared at his ceiling when he heard his door open he glanced at the door seeing kalim "sorry I just…" Jamil simply opened his arms, kalim went over and went under the sheets and hugged jamil's chest and the two stayed silent and fell asleep.
"Watch your head viper."