Papercuts || Empires S1 - HIATUS

2: Different

"Alright! That's all! You're as familiar with the school as I am—" The two males were mobbed by students, rushing to the crowd on the other end of the hallway. There was cheering, loud cheering. "Is that normal?" Sausage asked, motioning to the crowd.

"Yeah, you wanna go check it out?" His new found friend, Pixlriffs, asked him. Sausage was definitely curious, what reputation did he have to lose? Nobody knew him! "Hell yeah! I wanna see what's happening!"

Pix smiled as he guided Sausage to the crowd, "FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!" The cheering was rather obnoxious, but Sausage's curiosity was peaking. Pushing through the crowd to see what, or who was fighting. He finally pushed his way to the front, Pix standing next to him.

Jimmy was ducking down with his right hand on his thighs, using his left to wipe the blood running down his nose. "You... are something else...!" The blonde's voice raised with every word, obviously agitated. "Jimmy— You attacked me first! It was an act of self defence!"

Sausage rushed over to his housemate's side, trying to somehow heal the male with his limited magic knowledge. Jimmy gritted his teeth, running to throw a punch to whoever had been teasing him.

Sausage turned to see the action.

Jimmy grabbed the other's hair, punching his arm like a feral animal. "Stop! Guys! Both of you! I don't— I'm disappointed, guys!" That voice... was awfully familiar. Sausage looked to the person who stopped the people fighting, meeting the emerald green eyes and large purple wizard hat he remembered so clearly.

"Gem!" The male smiled as he ran up to the shorter, hugging her as if his life depended on it. "Who— Who are you?" Gemini asked, Sausage's heart heaved a bit. She couldn't recognize him like he could? "Sausage! From Gr.5!" Sausage smiled enthusiastically as he continued to hug the female.

"Oh... You're back from Mythland?" She asked him, Sausage finally let go, grinning uncontrollably. She didn't completely forget him! "Yeah! Pops' finally let me back! I'm living with Jimmy now!" He swung an arm around the bleeding-blonde.

"That's great! We should catch up!" Gemini smiled, obviously very happy for the fellow wizard. "I'm bleeding— I'll be going now, to the nurse's office." Jimmy removed Sausage's arm, the crowds around them slowly dispersing as the short 'fight' was over.

"You're living with Cod-boy and Fish-lady? Of all people?" Sausage turned to the guy Jimmy was fighting, the male had ocean-blue eyes and dyed teal bangs, with ginger hair... similar to Gem's. "You're just gonna stare at me? How come Gem gets a hug and I get a questioning stare?"

Gemini laughed at her brother's response to the staring, "I think he's in shock at how violent you are. I would be too if comparing you now to how you were 6 years ago." Gemini elbowed the male's torso, getting a yelp. "I'm not the violent one! It's Jimmy who's initiating combat!"

Sausage took a deep breath, the male wrapped his arms around the dragon-hybird. "You're so cool!" Fwhip laughed at the eventual reaction, hugging the other back. "Just warning you, Jimmy likes drowning new 'friends' and use up one of your expendable lives. Kinda weird if you ask me."

Sausage let go, confused by the wording. "Drowning?" Fwhip nodded quickly, letting go of the embrace. "Yeah, he takes you to the school swimming pool. Then he holds you underwater to signify your 'loyalty' like— just be friends??" Along with Fwhip's narrations were large hand movements, trying to make out Jimmy to be a supervillain.

"Katherine does something similar and you don't point her out for it?" Pix came into their conversation, Fwhip sighed. "I would, but I was dumb enough to fall for Katherine's. I'm just warning the newbie, don't fall for the tricks, these initiation things don't ever work first try you have to die multiple times."

Right then, the bell rang, "Welp, now I gotta go to History... with Codboy in my class..." Fwhip sighed, saying goodbye to Sausage. "He's... different..." Sausage couldn't help but mutter out, Gemini nodded, agreeing. "Yeah— he's gotten much more involved in the family business, I guess?"

I updated my author's note & info to include how admins work. Also I've been watching Jimmy's season 2 ✌️

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