{Disclaimer: the next two chapters(this chapter included), will have a number in the parentheses indicating which of the characters are included. I'm doing this due to the original chapter 2 became too long to put into this altogether. I hope you enjoy this either way!}
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December 8th
{Diasomnia}
Lilia looked around the path, hoping to find any sign of Malleus, who had gone on a forest walk after breakfast only to not return by the time class rolled around.
He was asked, alongside Silver and Sebek, to look for him, being given the entire day off to search by Crowley.
"Malleus?!" Lilia shouted.
"Waka-Sama!" Sebek shouted.
"Malleus-Sama!" Silver called.
"Where is he?" He mumbled worriedly.
He soon remembered the only place he would walk to: it was the only place they hadn't checked.
"He must be near my old acquaintance's manor. Let's check there." He said.
"Alright!" The younger ones said in unison, Silver running off in that moment to retrieve Bramble from his stable.
"Sebek, meet me by the forest's clearing. I'm gonna go inform Crowley about our whereabouts." Lilia told the younger, watching him nod and sprint for the clearing.
'Malleus better not have gotten stuck in another tree...' He thought worriedly, starting to run for the mirror room to the main campus.
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{Malleus}
Malleus had strayed from the usual path to make a detour to Aster's manor, shoes crunching against the snow that had been falling days prior.
'Did Child of Man ever receive my birthday gift to her? She was most certainly homesick-.' He thought, feeling his foot get caught in something that jerked his leg upwards.
"Woah!" He shouted.
He felt himself get hoisted up, and the next thing he knew as he opened his eyes, he was hanging by the foot upside down.
'Great. I'm stuck- Is this the same tree?' He thought, looking around him to realize the environment he was in was the exact same.
"Damn it. How did I manage to do this again?! Come on, Malleus, you should've learned from this." He mumbled, looking around for anyone that could assist.
He didn't see anyone, and so he did the only thing he could think of.
"HELP!" He shouted loudly, hoping that someone residing in the manor just east of him heard him...
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{Gemstone Clan}
Aster couldn't remember the last time everyone he cared about were all sat at the table together. They normally did this whenever Lilia would stay over, but since Yakumo and Olivine had joined, this was becoming a reoccurring thing the 12 of them would do.
And he didn't hate it.
At that moment, they were discussing the plans for the upcoming months, including this one. However, it was like everything had been taken care of for the time being.
"There really hasn't been anything on the Altars, Aster?" Eiden asked.
"Yes. We've asked around multiple times. None of them need regulating as of this month." He told him.
"Alright. Anything that we need to do morality wise then?" He asked.
"Not of this month, no." Morvay said.
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