to be or not to be

chpt. 2

"i said, MAY THE LAST STUDENT STEP UP TO THE MIRROR," crowley shouted, making everyone jump. kanja placed a hand on his hip. "you could've asked nicely, you know?" then, he finally walked up to the mirror.

"state your name," kanja stared at the mask in the mirror. "kanja diablo," he said smugly. lilia shook his head in embarassment. the mirror hummed. "this one's soul is dark and mysterious. cold yet ki..." kanja tuned everything out, staring at the window in the ceiling.

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"..it's not clear. there's something blocking the way to this one's soul," kanja shook himself back to the earth. "whuh," crowley was confused, and so was everyone else. "what the- this has never happened in the history of night raven college!"

he turned to face kanja, who was...floating and resting his head on his arm...

"aww, i was hoping for a place in this school," he said disappointingly. "i thought i had eno-" "THEN LET ME TAKE HIS PLACE!" the rat racoon dog (grim) exclaimed. "IF HE'S GOT NO MAGIC, THEN ISN'T IT PERFECT FOR ME TO BE HERE?!" grim cackled before setting the place on fire. kanja let out an unholy screech, leaping onto the nearest person. the unlucky climbing post just so happened to be savanaclaw's dorm leader, leona kingscholar.

"what the-! get off of me, brat!" kanja just tightened his grip. "no can do, there's a fire going on," kanja's voice shook slightly.

lilia glanced towards kanja. "kanja!" said boy turned to look at him. "you use water magic, yes?"

leona stared at kanja.

kanja stared back. "hehe, forgot about that,"

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"kanja, stop hiding your magic," lilia told the boy off, bonking him on the head gently. crowley stared at the two. "... why were you blocking your magic?-" the mirror interrupted the headmage.

"DIASOMNIA!" lilia let out the breath he was holding. crowley looked done with his life. "huuuuuuuff. dorm leaders, please lead your dorm through your mirrors. me and the staff have to deal with.." he looked over at the wrapped up grim. "... that,"

scarabia's dorm leader, kalim al-asim, hopped around. "hey, where's malleus? did we forget to invite him again?" kalim's red eyes glossed over, hoping to find an answer. a tall, blonde male with purple tips sighed. "if you're so worked up about it, why didn't you invite him yourself," kalim shrunk. "... he's really scary, you know?" heartslabyul's dorm head sighed, nodding in agreement with kalim's statement. "he's right. diasomnia's dorm head is quite... difficult to converse with,"

kanja blinked. "but i was talking to him a few minutes ago," no one heard him.

lilia sighed, shaking his head. "just as i thought. you all forgot to send him an invite again," a green haired male in the back (sebek) gasped. "again?!" however, no one heard him. kanja and sebek sulked in the corner.

octavinelle's dorm head, azul ashengrotto, shook his head pitifully. "he seems really fishy," kanja whispered to sebek, who nodded aggressively. two blue haired students from octavinelle looked over in kanja and sebek's direction. "hey, jade. did ya' hear that?" jade nodded with a smile. "let's hope azul didn't hear,"

azul pushed his glasses up. "it seems the invitation didn't arrive properly. i sincerely apologise," lilia only narrowed his eyes before looking back at his dorm. "well then, let's head off," and with that, the extrance ceremony ended.

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"MALLEUSSSSSSSSSSS!" kanja wailed, running into malleus' much taller build. "why didn't you come with meeeeee?" he whined, making malleus chuckle. "you're just as much of a child as you were the last time i saw you," the dorm head smiled, stroking kanja's hair softly. lilia snapped a picture in secrecy, vigorously shushing sebek while silver stood there like a stick, asleep.

malleus and kanja stood there for a good few minutes before kanja fell asleep. the taller of the two placed kanja over his shoulder and walked off awkwardly, waving goodbye to lilia, sebek and the dead-asleep silver.

malleus carried kanja back to his room, laying him quietly on his bed. malleus sighed. "what am i ever going to do with you,"

"you could spend more time with him," a figure slid into the room. "lilia," said male smiled and nodded. "silver told me kanja kept complaining about not being able to stay with you enough, so i think you two should talk to him more," malleus tilted his head, confused. "but i spend plenty on time with him-" lilia slapped his finger on malleus' lips. "nope, not hearing any of it. just listen to this one, will you?" and with that, lilia slunk back out of the room.

malleus blinked, sighing once again. "is that really how you feel?"

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kanja walked down the campus corridors, spotting an unknown student who wasn't in uniform. "eh? i don't remember seeing them here," the unknown student was accompanied by the rat dog racoon thing.

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wait, the "RAT DOG RACOON THING?!" kanja screeched, attracting a few eyes from paintings to the pillar he was hid behind.

the two very strange duo ran down the coriddor, panting as they tried to converse with one another. "we... we gotta get that stupid.." grim puffed, even though he wasn't even walking. ".. that stupid ACE!" kanja blinked. grim and the student ran into the mirror room. "what's the harm in following them?" kanja did the dumb thing and followed the two into the hall.

in the mirror room, there was another student from heartslabyul standing there, looking frazzled. "you.. you want me to throw something at him?!" the blue haired male screeched. grim hissed. "YES! now do something before he gets away!" grim made a choking sound before slapping the the heartslabyul member.

"uuuuh. then, come forth, couldron!" a couldron fell from the sky, flattening the other heartslabyul student. "A COULDRON??" grim and the student slapped their hands on their face. "did- did we just become an accomplice for a murder?!" the blue hair student flailed around, running up to the crushed student.

"uuh, are you okay?" the student under the couldron glared up. "what do you think?"

the three not crushed people helped move the couldron off, which then popped out of existence. the orange haired boy rubbed his back. "maaaan. why'd you summon a couldron of all things?" the blue haired boy shook. "i- i didn't know it was gonna be a couldron!"

the other student shook his head. "enough of that, who even are you?" "you don't even remember your dorm mates' names?!" the ginger student crossed his arms. "yeah, so? if you're so confident, what's my name, huh?" the blue haired boy stuttered, avoiding eye contact.

finally, the two turned to face the unknown student, about to ask them a question. however, a certain gremlin thing seemed to be missing...

"WHERE THE FUCK IS THAT RACOON THING?!"