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A Different Kind Of Story - Some Tea And Chess
Now that everyone had gathered in the Ramshackle dorm and have met the unexpected guest, Yuko, she decided that it would be time to fulfil her promise; Showing her world to the others.
A Different Kind of Story: Chapter 2
The mirror started to glow again, the figure of the female disappeared. Instead of Yuko, the Main Street of NRC with the statues of the Great Seven. Along the path walked Yuko with a gremlin following her.
"Yukoooo~ It's Saturday! Why do we have to go Heartslabyul~? " The cat-like monster asked, mostly complained, in an annoyed voice while climbing on the girl's shoulder. "Oh, come now, Grim, cheer up! Rosehearts-senpai was kind enough to prepare a little tea party for us. Only our friends from Heartslabyul and us," they explained to the creature on her shoulder.
An unmotivated 'Nyaaa~' was the only answer she got, though.
They both stepped through the mirror leading to Heartslabyul and headed straight towards the dorm.
"Hello? Why is nobody here?" The Prefect of Ramshackle said out loud as she entered the building. She looked around the twisted floors but saw no one. Abruptly, a giggle echoed through the deformed floor. They quickly looked around, seeing nothing again. In the next moment, she felt two hands on her shoulders and could hear the giggles right next to their ear.
"YOU ACTUALLY CAME!"
Yuko and Grim both froze in place. The one who surprised them had her hair in a high, messy ponytail and had cherry red eyes with a red heart painted on her left.
It took a moment for the Ramshackle students to gain their composure again. Yuko then laughed a bit at her friends 'joke'. "Of course, Ace. First of all, I wanted to come. Second, I don't want my head taken." Yuko joked. The other one, on the other hand, answered completely serious. "Yuko-chi, you know god damn well this could've happened. By the way, don't you mean 'Our'? We aaaaalllll would've lost our heads!" The student gestured dramatically. Yuko just shook her head with a sigh, which got her a happy laugh from their friend.
"No, I mea-"
"I hate to admit it, yet Ace is right, you know?"
A second girl with long, navy hair and a spade on her right eye suddenly appeared behind the Ramshackle dorm leader. Yuko and Grim scream in fear, the scream echoing through the halls of Heartslabyul. Why does everyone here scare them or popped out of nowhere? "Deuce, you dumbass, don't scare us like that!" Grim fussed.
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Together, the four of them walked to the dorm lounge.
As they open the door that leads to the lounge, welcoming came from two students. One had leaf green eyes, orange, long hair -with the top portion tied back into a ponytail while the rest hung straight- and a diamond painted under her right eye. The second one had golden eyes, with her green hair was in a side braid, with a clover painted onto her left cheek. It was pretty easy to tell that they were Trey and Cater.
"Yuko-chan! Grim-chan! Rosehearts-san already awaits you two!" The orange-haired schoolgirl cheerfully said and walked over to the first-years while taking her cellphone out. "Say Cheese~," She said and took a selfie with her underclassmen. "Greetings to you too, Cate-senpai. Also to you, Trey-senpai."
A fifth figure joined the talking girls.
A small girl.
She had long, wine red pigtails, those formed two open flowers, along two strands of hair making a heart on top of her head and slate-grey eyes. Her big gown made her look even more petit.---
She looked adorable.
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The girls have moved to the dorm lounge to have tea. But the odd thing was they were upside down.
Meaning the table, everything on the table, and the girls themselves were on the ceiling, without falling. As if physics didn't exist.
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It was so unexpected that Vil even cut in.
"How is this possible? Even the tea doesn't fall!"
Yuko, unfazed, answered the Pomifiore leader in mere seconds.
"Oh, trust me, I would like to know myself. So I can't really explain it to you. I apologize."
"Yuko-san, not to be rude or anything, but you do know the laws of physics and many more things should prevent occasions like this from happening, right?" Azul tried to explain.
The girl knew that Azul didn't mean it in a mean way. Everyone would question what they were saying.
"Fufufu, of course, I do. When I first saw this, I thought I was mad! It turned out they were the mad ones. But this is a topic for a later time. Let's get back on track," Yuko waved the conversation off. A few complaints came with this decision.
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By the time Yuko managed to convince them that they'll find out what she means, later on, the girls themselves finished their tea. "Thank you very much for the invitation, Rosehearts-san. But Grim and I have to go now. I have promised, Kingscholar-senpai a round of chess yesterday."
"It's quite alright Yuko-san, I hope you'll have a pleasant day", the dorm leader of Heartslabyul dismissed the two visitors. Grim and Yuko said their goodbyes to the others and left off to Savannaclaw.
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On the way to the second dorm, the boys met another friend of Yuko, Jackie. The beastman (woman?) Already awaited her at the mirror leading to the Savannaclaw dormitory. She looked pretty much exactly like Jack. The only significant change was that her hair was in a low ponytail. The wolf-girl accompanied the two visitors on their way to the dorm leader in an appreciated silence.
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Currently, Yuko was in the middle of a chess match against her senior.
Grim laid asleep beside Yuko on the enormous bed of her upperclassman, not caring a bit about the chess game.
And in all honesty, they were only waiting until their opponent fell asleep as well, who already was halfway there.
"C'mon, Leona~ Don't fall asleep yet. You don't want to lose against a magicless first-year, don't cha?" As a response, Leona just grumbled something inaudible and flicked her tail.
The Prefect didn't take the magicless part too hard. They knew Ruggie only said that to rail Leona up.
Yuko silently smiled at themselves at the thought.
"You're head is up in the clouds again, herbivore." She quickly snapped back into reality and placed her figure.
"What the hell are you doing? Did you hit your head or what?"
"What do you mean, Kingscholar-senpai?"
Irritated, the lion motioned towards to playboard.
"This. You play like shit today. You're just lucky that you've always realized when I was able to defend you and stopped me." The only thing the third year got was a laugh.
"You may see it like that, I admit. Still, sometimes you have to take a step back and look at the whole picture in front of you."
Leona said nothing at this and decided to drop the conversation at that.
"Ugh, it pains me sometimes to know that you just leave stuff like that on the ground without fearing that somebody steals it!"
Both turned around to Ruggie holding an emerald bracelet. It was absolutely gorgeous. And expensive.
"Why should I? Nobody dares to enter my chambers, and if I'd find out that you've been stealing from me, I would force you to pay me all of that stuff, and you'd have to find a new job."
Ruggie just rolled her eyes.
"First of; That is the sad part: That you can threaten me by firing me and not pay me. Second; As of you'd care so much. I bet you wouldn't even notice if one of your accessories would disappear. You'd solely buy a new one. Enough money for you to do that is providing."
The two continued to argue as if Yuko wasn't even there.
She also didn't even try to do something against it since they knew it would do nothing.
The argument ended by Leona being annoyed and just telling Ruggie of and bringing her attention back to the chess game.
"Wow, I've been arguing and didn't pay complete attention, yet you still suck," the lion said with a smug smile.
"You only look onto the surface of things, don't you? Ignorance isn't a good look on you. Checkmate," Yuko said as she placed her chess piece back onto the board.
Leona's smug smile fell immediately.
"W-what? How?!"
Yuko only smiled while she explained her strategy.
"In conclusion, you've lost your chance at winning after I've made my first move." The second princess eyed them intensely. The Prefect's smile never more falling during the process.
After a minute of staring, the third-year broke the eye contact, rolled on her side and closed her eyes.
"Tch. Don't you herbivores have some other things to do? If yes, leave. Just make sure to put the board aside, and that quietly, got it?"
Yuko gave a recognition hum before moving off the bed, putting the board aside, taking Grim into their hands and making their way towards the door.
"Oh, before I leave." They turn around to their senior to face her. "I find it quite funny that this is one of your ways to handle failure. Just ignoring it. I may respect you, yes, yet you are a sour loser."
After that, she left without another word.
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[A/n: Sorry for any grammatical or spelling errors, English is not my first language!]
A Diffrent Kind Of Story - Buisnesse
After showing her capability of beating the second princess of the Afterglow Savanna in chess to her new acquaintance, they proceed to show them how things are with her and the Octavinelle trio.
A Different Kind of Story Chapter 3
"You have quite some sass, don't you?" the vice of Octavinelle said, very amused.
"I mean, why not. Just because she's royalty doesn't mean she shouldn't know how to take criticism, right?"
'Criticisms'. A kind way of phrasing it. It was obvious that it wasn't a question., yet it got an annoyed huff out of Leona.
"Would you like to continue, Leona-senpai? Or would you like to go back to your dorm and take a nap?" the brunette smiled innocently.
"Shut up, herbivore. Don't tell me what to do. Just continue," he said as he dismissed the girl with a swift hand motion.
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The reflection of them began to go hazy again.
The next thing that was seen in the mirror was Yuko and Grim, seated in one of the chairs of Mostro Lounge. The restaurant was filled with many other guests, who chattered without a care in the world. Besides the chattering of the students, quiet and relaxing jazz music could be heard.
Yuko and Grim just finished their dishes and talked about this and that. Grim mostly complained about the other first-years of their little group, with Yuko just listening. The two haven't left yet, since Azul wanted to meet them for something.
"Hello, Koebi-chan~" Yuko looked up to see two mismatched, droopy eyes and a lazy grin.
"Hello, Floyd-chan. How yo-" The seconde-year suddenly lanched her arms around them and squeezed her. They let out a choking sound for suddenly getting the air squeezed out of her lungs.
"F-Floyd, please let me go. I-I can not breath", the younger one choked out. As predicted, she didn't listen. The Ramshackle Prefect, still struggling, tried to free herself while their upperclassmen just laughed. Even Grim complained. That got some heads to turn.
"Floyd, please let her go," a gentle voice said. Floyd let out a quiet. disappointed 'Aww' before, finally, letting go. "Good. Now apologies to Yuko-san."
"But Jade-"
"No buts. We do not squeeze any of our guests. No matter how close we are to them", the calmer twin scolded. The second twin turned around to face Yuko again and apologized before getting sent off to the kitchen.
"I'm sorry, Yuko-san. You know how easily carried away my sister can get."
Yuko just waved it off, saying that it was nothing. And if considered how bad Floyd's mood can get, it was. Jade, as always, smiled politely.
"Anyways. I was sent here to show you the way to Azul. I suppose you two have some kind of business to discuss."
"Ah. Thank you, Jade. Are you coming, Grim?" Still angry about what happened, the feline jumped onto the prefect's arm so they can get going.
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By now, Jade, Yuko and Grim were standing in front of Azul's office's door. Jade then knocked on the door, asking for entry. From the other side of the door was a 'come in' audible. Jade opened the door for Yuko and Grim to enter, then closing it again so they could talk in private.
"Hello, Yuko. I'm glad to see you here again." The dorm leader got up from her office chair to greet her guests.
"I'm also delighted. Especially since we can talk without any... unusual circumstances," Yuko said as the two of them, awkwardly, shook hands. Azul quickly cleared her throat before offering Yuko a seat. They took the offer and gently placed their companion on their lap.
"So. What did you want to talk about?"
The other took a seat as well, opposite of Yuko. "Don't worry. I don't want to make a deal with you if that's what you thought. I already learned that I can't fool you to sign one." The dorm manager took one of the snacks that were on the little table in the office.
"So you admit that all of your deals are a scam? Or am I misinterpreted that?" The younger one also took one of the snacks as a dessert.
"I never said that. But sometimes, if my clients are foolish enough, or other reasons, I may bend the contract in my favour."
"So all of this 'being professional' is also nothing but talk if things like that happen here."
That certainly struck a nerve in Azul. Now the fun can begin.
"So your saying I can't be professional? Hah, you have a silver tongue, I give you that," the octopus said amused, as she took a bite from the snack in her hand.
"Never said that. I learn more and more about this school."
"Such as?"
Bingo. "Why would I tell you? It certainly would be good fuel for our little talk, but there is also plenty of other stuff to talk about."
A little 'tsk' escaped Azul's lips. "So that's where this is going. Is there at least anything of value that you 'learned'?"
"What do you consider of being 'of value'? Maybe then we'll get somewhere."
Azul put her hand under her chin in thought. "Well, some secrets or things of that sort would be of use, I suppose." Yuko, who was petting Grim (already asleep again), reached for another treat, curious where this is heading.
"You are a scammy one, aren't you? Even though, I expected nothing else if I'm honest. To refresh your memory, I am very close to the headmistress and other dorm leaders, right?"
"My, my, you're right. So I suspect there are something I could use for... 'businesses'. What would you like for that kind of information?"
Yuko hummed in the thought. "Well, I do require some money for the interior of my dorm. It would also be of use if you'd have some favours to pay back. So how about this." They pulled out a piece of paper, wrote a sum of madol and slid it towards Azul. "I offer you some information. In return, you give me money and some favours. How does that sound?"
The businesswoman eyed to piece of paper, considering the deal. "Are the twins also involved in the 'favours' I'd own you? And how many are we even talking about?"
That got Yuko thinking. Azul was mostly the brain of the group, while the tweels did all of the hard work. It would allow more options if they're in the deal. "Mmh, since you three are often together, it would be best if they are involved in our little deal. About the favours, how about 4?"
"I actually couldn't care less if these two play a role here. It would mostly affect me anyway," the other thought out loud. "But only 2 favours."
"3 favours."
"Deal" The head of Octavinelle snaped once, and a golden contract appeared out of thin air. She then laid the piece of parchment on the table, in front of Yuko, waiting for it to be signed. "Just sign here the matter is sealed."
And Yuko happily obeyed. Azul smiled contented after it was signed gracefully.
"Then this is finished. I'll hand one of the twins the things you want to know." Yuko got up, taking Grim in their arms before bowing. "It was nice to make business with you. Until next time," she said as they left the room.
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"Little question", Riddle chirped head in hands. "Did you just promised Azul to tell secrets from others? Others who have an actual influence on the student body? Just for some money and three favours?!"
Yuko chuckled slightly, Azul glaring at him, clearly offended. He knew what others thought of his schemes, but he still liked to play the victim.
"Let's just say it would've been of use for her to clarify what kind of secrets."
Riddle looked up, who did not expect this kind of answer.
"In other words; You scammed the scammer."
"Haha, you could say that. In the end, I just gave information that wouldn't be of great use. Yet, she was not able to say that I cheated since I just promised her some secrets, but not what kind of secrets," the girl revealed with a small, devilish grin.
"Moving on to Scarabia, shall we?"
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[A/n: Sorry for any grammatical or spelling errors, English is not my first language!]