ℕ𝕆𝕋𝔼:
𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕒𝕝𝕠𝕥 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕝𝕠𝕘𝕦𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥

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Darkness

That was what she awoke to

Smooth Velvet beneath her, a silky robe sliding off her shoulder ever so slightly, the darkness kept her from being certain she was donning only her pajamas under the silk garment.

"Ok , I'm dreaming of being in a coffin, good to know-"

The black void suddenly became the floor, which her still Fresh- Out of the Coffin form lied face first on the ground. Adorned in oversized robes , silky and black, with violets and silvers scattered along , and plain black flats. As she let out a yawn, stretching her arms out, she took a peak around, gauging her surroundings.

Outside her V.I.P deathbed was a collection of flying coffins , all noiselessly floating along side the green fire torches lighting the room with an eerie glow. She recognized this room in seconds.

Ok , dreaming of being Isekaied , great. This must be the premium dream package , I get to feel textures and pain , Yippee

Wait ... textures..?

Suddenly, the memory of  her rude awakening came back,  settling in a theory in her mind she prayed was just a ruse , and nothing more.

For if it wasn't, she was in for one hell of an afternoon, and maybe more.

Please for the love of literally anything, Do not tell me my ass got Iseka-

A soft blue light could be seen reflecting off the coffin besides her approached rapidly, yet with a consistent pitter-patter sound, as if it were moving closer on very, very tiny legs.

"HAHAHA , I , GRIM THE MAGNIFICENT, ORDER YOU TO -"

His voice reminded her something she couldn't put her finger on...Something..blue?
Too high pitched to be a natural human voice, but could totally be done by an impressionist

Oh yea, Stitch. Thats who it reminded her of,
If Stitch could talk normally, anyway.

Even though to her ears, he spoke in english, she could think of only one character that would fit the voice and situation. One she had nicknamed
"Rin Okamura the Cat" during her first
play-through.

𝑮𝒓𝒊𝒎

Cutting him off, knowing this spiel all too well, she spoke her mind as she finally gazed upon the tiny menace in his new 3D form. Without thinking much, She feigned surprise at his entrance, her perfect physical act shattered by her deadpanned choice of words in her still recovering panic.

"Oh my god , you've got to be 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆"

Jade and Sapphire eyes locked in a staring contest for the count of 12, both slightly thrown off at the situation, for completely different reasons.

Realizing he was still mentally loading , she darted for the exit , with the Tiny Mage in hot purusit , figuratively and literally .

"Adíos, el Gato!!"

"GET BACK HERE GIVE ME YOUR UNIFORM NOW , HUMAN, OR ILL TURN YA INTO CRISPS"

𝑰 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝑰'𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒆

Sparks of Blue flame followed his words , aimed at her legs , which was a fine motivator to keeping her Adrenaline and legs running at top speeds while she tried to plan her next move.

𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒆 , 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑫𝑨𝑴𝑵 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒕, 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝑨𝒄𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑-𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅?
𝑶𝒉 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 , 𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑-𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒆
𝑨𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒔 : 𝑨𝒅𝒆𝒖𝒄𝒆

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒕
𝑰 𝑲𝑵𝑶𝑾 𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒑

𝑮𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰sekaied 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒔𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔 "𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑻𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆" 𝒕𝒚𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍

𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒊 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝑰 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝑪𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒖𝒔, 𝑰𝒎 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒇 𝒊 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝑹𝑺𝑨 , 𝑰𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒓, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎 , 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒂𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆-

In her panic , her foot caught the hem of the oversized cloak, sending her straight for the terrain, her face completely blank as it slowly headed for the ground

𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒕

𝑰𝒇 𝒊𝒎 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏,  𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒌𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒎𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒂

I'll take severe brain damage over this nightmare scenario, atleast I'll forget everything about Twist , so I won't get tortured for information, or held hostage , or maybe even-

The feeling of colliding into someone before she even made it to the ground de-railed her focus completely, leaving her spirialing in a mental cyclone of new worries

𝑾𝒂𝒊𝒕...

....𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌..?

A strong arm seemed to hold her still to their chest , preventing her from falling.

Just on feel alone she could tell this person had extremely sharp nails , basically talons at that point , and they were likely massive, given how the arm seemed to be slightly reaching down to hold her, even if she only reached a measly 5'3

Her anxieties swarmed more and more, a knocked over beehive of thoughts and Calculations, spinning round and round and round.

𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒏 , 𝑰𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 , 𝑪𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒚𝒆𝒕

... 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇, 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒎 𝑰 ?

𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒘 , 𝒎𝒆

𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝑭𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝑨𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒉𝒚𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌

𝑶𝒌 , 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌!!
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒚 𝒊𝒔...

..𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕

OH

... oh 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒕 ...

𝑷𝑳𝑬𝑨𝑺𝑬 𝑵𝑶

"Are you alright, Child of Man?"

A deep voice spoke from above, a dash of an old timey accent laced with deep ,silk smooth tones fell through its sound, a verbal Sirens call.
Or perhaps, Dragons call was a better word

Oh yea, Even when speaking in a language she could understand for the first time-

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨

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𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒑, 𝑰𝒎 𝑭𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅

𝑾𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒓𝒖𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒔

"Uh..." her words fumbled , thrown off by the
Off Script encounter she was in no way prepared for, still even processing her situation in its entirety, this curveball was in no way gladly received.

𝑺𝑯𝑰𝑻 𝑺𝑯𝑰𝑻 𝑺𝑯𝑰𝑻
𝑺𝑨𝒀 𝑺𝑶𝑴𝑬𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑺𝑻𝑼𝑷𝑰𝑫
𝑩𝑬𝑭𝑶𝑹𝑬 𝑯𝑬 𝑮𝑬𝑻𝑺 𝑺𝑼𝑺𝑷𝑰𝑪𝑰𝑶𝑼𝑺

"I'm fine , I think.. Thanks for..uh..catching me, I guess?"

Off to the side , a Hollering Grim floated in the air , trying to blast fumes at the pair , to no avail

"PUT ME DOWN !! I AM THE GREAT GRIM- MRPHHH?!?"

Forest green smoke wrapped around his tiny body, encasing his mouth in a cloud of itself, causing the Dire-beast hybrid to be unable to speak. Still squirming and floating in midair , if on mute during a call.

"...."

"........."

𝑰 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 , 𝑭𝑨𝑺𝑻

𝑩𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔

Attempting to get him off her trail, she did her best to seem less anxious then she truly was , as she informed him of the one thing she knew off the top of her head would get him to leave

"...Y'know , Orientation is ..uh , right now, I think everyones supposed to attend? They may have just forgotten to tell you so-"

𝑰𝒏𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕 , 𝑰 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒅,

𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒊𝒕, 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒘𝒌𝒂𝒘𝒓𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓

"I see.... You have my gratitude. May I ask your name, so that I may know of whom I owe this favor?" 

𝑭𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌 , 𝑫𝑵𝑫 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔

Looking over to a small stream , she tried to think of a name that seemed pretty, but could only think of songs, not wanting to stretch it out the answering time to the point of suspicion, she blurted the first thing that came to mind

".....Ophelia..?"

𝑰𝒎 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇

𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 , 𝑰𝒎 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆

𝑪𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑫𝑰𝑬𝑺 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅 , 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑷𝑳𝑨𝒀 𝑰𝑵 𝑸𝑼𝑬𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑩𝑨𝑩𝑳𝒀 𝑫𝑶𝑬𝑺𝑵'𝑻 𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑵 𝑬𝑿𝑰𝑺𝑻 𝑯𝑬𝑹𝑬

𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕

Looking off thoughtfully , as if reminiscing , his only response was simplistic

"That is an...Intriguing name.. "

Still awkwardly trying to find a way out of the situation, she failed to notice until just then that neither of them had yet to move much from the position in which he had caught her, leaving her unsure as to either slowly shuffle out or back out as quickly as possible, like some cats would to a cucumber.

Allowing her to gently back away, he still seemed lost in thought, pondering something.

"You're not from around here, I presume?"

𝒀𝒆𝒂 𝒏𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒕

She nodded slightly, getting slightly distracted by his horns in the process , for just a moment, anyway.

I need to move this forward..

𝑰𝒕𝒔 𝑹𝒆𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒄 𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑰 𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒔

Attempting to hone her fears in, she did her best to put on a warm smile, praying her years of acting experience would pay off hiding her anxiety as she asked a question of which she already knew the answer, but asked out of politeness.

"Oh , and you are..?"

Looking her over once more with a sense of surprise, the Fae seemingly made a decision, one that only he knew of its reasons .

"No...I'd rather not say , if you ...genuinely do not know who I am?"

The final piece seemed to come bearing an inquiry, a test of sorts, to which she couldn't afford to mess up so soon.

𝑷𝑳𝑨𝒀 𝑫𝑼𝑴𝑩 𝑷𝑳𝑨𝒀 𝑫𝑼𝑴𝑩 𝑷𝑹𝑬𝑻𝑬𝑵𝑫 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑫𝑶𝑵𝑻 𝑲𝑵𝑶𝑾 𝑾𝑯𝑶 𝑯𝑬 𝑰𝑺

𝑰𝒇 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒕 , 𝑰 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒎𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍

Faking obliviousness, she put a finger to her lip, shifting her eyes as if in thought.
In reality, she was moving them around so that she didn't have to hold eye contact with him, knowing her anxieties would have a field day if she did.

"Uh..... Should I ?  Are you a local celebrity or something?
Im not really familiar with things from around here.."

She was rewarded with obsidian tainted lips curling into a small smile.
The Dragons eyes were now completely on her ,
a realization that didn't help her hearts current earthquake of beats, coming from anxieties and slight excitement from both pulling off her oblivious improv on a 200 year old Dragon,

and the possibility of befriending, y'know:
Malleus Fucking Draconia

Finally, he spoke once more, this time, with the same verdict she had witnessed upon playing the game for the first time, however,  now it was seemly occurring in real life, and way earlier then it should, but who was she to complain?

"....Then I shall allow you to pick a name of your choosing, should we meet again,  though you might come to regret it... 
Shall I escort you to the ceremony?"

A sleek gloved hand was held out to her, its size likely bigger then hers by threefold.
She reached out excitedly , then remembered her original plan , and the situation she was in.

I don't have time for friends or fun ,
I have to get out of here as fast as possible , before anyone finds out I know a shit ton of stuff I shouldn't.               

Besides, If I make friends , knowing that information could put them in jeopardy if the wrong people find out , and use them against me , and like hell I'm letting that happen

Slowly retracting her hand , she softly declined. Despite her heart wishing otherwise, she chose safety above the desire to befriend him.

"I'll ...get there myself, and we can ....meet up when I do.?  Thank you for the offer, its very kind of you."

𝑩𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒕?𝑫𝒐𝒅𝒈𝒆𝒅 , 𝑯𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒍? 𝑻𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒈𝒐.

Though she could tell he was disappointed by her response, she watched as he turned on his heel,
Looking back only once more.

"Then .. Farewell, Child of Man"

Green lights enveloped the tall form, and all of the 6'7 figure vanished , aswell as releasing Grim from his Air Prison in the process.

Stomping his tiny foot on the ground, he began raging almost instantly, obviously not happy with the turn of events that caused him to be put in Time out for 10 minutes.

"HOW DARE YOU JUST TALK WITH MR BIG HORNS WHILE I-"

As she finished typing up her robe so she less likely trip , she turned to the feline, deciding to make her escape now rather then later.

"...See ya"

Pausing for a moment, then regaining himself as he realized she had left.

"HUH? GET BACK HERE HUMAN"

And the Chase began once again.

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Only 30 minutes after did the realization hit

𝑾𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅...

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒎 𝑰??

𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆...

Running in circles as she attempted to search for a landmark to help her track her location, with fire still quite literally on her Heels
her attempted to once more figure out where she was interrupted as the scene began to warp completely , flashes of Green and Blue and Purple blinding both her and the small firebender as they fell.

Estelle landed on the floor with the grace of a worm, her body positioned similar to a marionette whose strings had been dropped and cut in mid act.

Grim landed atop her lap , the two still processing the occurrence in silent shock.

From nearby, someone began to appauld , as if they'd won a raffle.

"Finally! I began to worry we lost a student completely.
You missed orientation, but I must thank you for Informing Mr. Draconia of  it, and your location aswell . Who knows what could of snapped you up out there?"

The canes repetitve thumping sound was followed by the clacking of footsteps approaching her, his words a dead giveaway.

𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒔 𝑪𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒚 , 𝒏𝒐 𝒅𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒕

𝑰 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒚..

𝑯𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚...

"Everyone else has left the orientation, but the rules state , that until we have found a missing student, if orientation is still uncomplete , all Housewardens must stay within easy access to the Mirror Chamber , ah!! It seems they have arrived"

𝑶𝒉 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕, 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔

𝑫𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒄?

Refusing to look up out of sheer panic and disbelief, she decided to deduce who was who through their wording.

"Is this the one that caused all that ruckus? 
I dare say I should have your head for not only being tardy , but wasting our time aswell!!!"

𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒕, 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑪𝒊𝒆𝒍

"Oi , Herbivore,  you better make this quick , or you'll lose two teeth for every minute of sleep I've missed."

"Perhaps a Deal could be made in favor of your protection? You have angered quite a few with your less then timely arrival, I assure you."

"Hey , lets all be welcoming!! They probably just got super scared after being locked in a coffin. I know I sure would of been if Jamil hadn't warned me in advance! I totally would have run away too!"

"Your uniform is sliding off your shoulders, improperly tied as well,  your hood hides too much of your face,  and you're shaking like a small animal. Atleast try to be presentable."

"Ugh, can we get this over with? I planned to do a dungeon with Crimson today, and Im already late.."

"Im 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 certain he won't mind, Shroud
Also , My Apologies, but we cannot find Malleus at the moment, so ill be filling in, as vice housewarden ,  I truly must thank you for telling him of the ceremony, he was quite happy about it, you know."

𝑶𝒉 𝑭𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒎𝒆...

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕

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𝔸𝕦𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕤!!!

So it truly begins , the shenanigans

I apologize for how much mental dialogue was in this chapter!
I hope it doesn't bore you!

I hope it also shows how different we , as people Act or Present ourselves, compared to what we are actually thinking and feeling internally!

Next Chapter will be mostly back and forth confusion, so I don't need to warn you for anything, I think

Also, happy borthday Jack!!!!

You will not be showing up in the plot for a long ass time, sorry man, we'll get there eventually.

Anyway, let's continue on....