Twisted-Wonderland: Our Precious Treasure (Part 2)

(144) TDoKA: Someday in the Celebration

Closing to Sundown - Monday, 3rd January

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Grim took a deep breath before blowing into a balloon. Once he was deemed big enough, he tied the knot before flying to tape it along with the others at the top of the window along with the other balloons. The lounge of the Ramshackle Dorm had been changed into a 'splendid sleepover party' (as Grim would proclaim). The sofa has been pushed to the side to make ways for beds, pillows, and blankets. There was a fold-in low wide table in the middle of the surrounding beds. Streamers decorated the railing of the stairs and on top of the fireplace, along with more balloons. Right by the stairs, Barrett was tilting a projector screen on a tripod with Soo standing in the middle of the table.

"How's this?" Barrett asked.

"Umm..." Soo tiled his head, "a little bit to the left." Barrett tilted the screen but Grim frown deepened. "My left." Barrett tilted to the opposite direction. "Tilted a bit... Yep!" Using his thumbs and index fingers to make a rectangle, Soo nodded in satisfaction when the screen fit. "Perfect!"

Just then there was a knock on the door. "Hold up!" Grim flew toward the door. When he opened it, he couldn't contain his grin. "Ey! It's ADeuce!"

Ace and Deuce were standing there, each already in their ceremonial robe, and Ace had a laptop size shoulder bag with him. Jonah had managed to call the first-year group to join the first sleepover of the semester, which is also the first sleepover with Sebek. The Diasomnia boy was quite hard convinced. It was only after they got permission from Lilia that Sebek was willing to go. Leona practically pushed Jack out of Savanaclaw when Jack sounded unsure, telling him to "have fun with the other herbivores". Epel was another case since Vil wasn't going to let Epel go before the Pomefiore Dinner, but Jonah just pulled the same agreement that he offered to Riddle. Thus, the first year's pirate crew was now complete.

Ace snickered while Deuce blushed ever so slightly. "H-Hey! What's with the nickname?"

Grim shrugged playfully as he pulled the door wider for both of them. "Oh I don't know~ It suits you two~"

Ace rolled his eyes. "Whatever." Looking around he let out a whistle. "Where did you get the set?"

Barrett flew through the floor and floated around Ace. "Jonah managed to borrow them from Old Man Crowley. The table he rented from Sam for half the price."

Ace chuckled as he sat down on one of the beds near the table. "Man. There's no denying who is the headmaster's star student then." He took out a black notebook and put it on the table as he continued to speak. "Anyway, I have some classic movie here. Sleeping Beauty. Giselle. Swan Lake."

"I don't know that you like classic," Deuce said, leaning down to see the folder Ace just opened.

"My brother is a theater kid and does ballet," Ace explained, "these are his daily bread. Where's the cable?"

Deuce leaned down and picked up a cable that was connected to the projector before turning it on. "I don't know what Jonah told Prefect Rosehearts to let us go early, but I have my full respect for him."

"Then again," Ace rolled his eyes as he connected the cable to his laptop, "knowing Senior Riddle, he'll do anything for the captain." The screen of the laptop flickered a bit before the projector finally showed his laptop screen.

Deuce hummed. "That's true too."

"Aw, come on." Both of them turned to Jonah who was walking in from the kitchen. He had also already worn his robe, red hair untied and brushed against his shoulders. His bangs, longer than the two boys remembered, now covered his right eye. "You know I'm very persuasive," he continued. "So, the snacks are ready. All we need is to set the table once we're done with our own welcoming ceremony."