Twisted Luck

1st day part 2

Once Grim and I finished eating, Grim stated, "I'm exhausted from cleaning all day. I can't believe we still gotta wash a hundred windows!" I reply, "Try and learn from this experience." Grim notices, "That Ace guy is sure taking his sweet time. Who does he think he is, making me wait! I'm pissed!" I sigh, "He probably ditched us." Grim shouts, " No way I am letting him skip out when I didn't skip out on it. Come on, Y/n I don't care if we gotta drag him kickin' and screamin'; he's washin' those windows!" We both walk to a classroom where we think Ace is, and Grim screams, "Hey! Ace! Get over here! Try to hide from me, will ya! Huh... Maybe there's really no one here?"

We then hear from nearby, "Oh, I wouldn't say that, I'm here." We both turn to look at the voice and see it came from a painting. Grim panics, "Bwaaaah! That painting just talked." The painting states, " Yes, and...? Is a talking painting really such an oddity at this school? The lady in the portrait on that wall talks too. As does the gentleman in the portrait on this one. As long as a painting has a mouth, why wouldn't it be able to talk? Is that really so strange?" I reply, "For me, yes. Paintings don't usually talk." The painting remarks back, "Well, your "usual" and my "usual" clearly differ. Shall we agree to disagree on the matter?"

The painting then realizes, "Now, you seem to be searching for someone." Grim states, "We're lookin' for this guy called Ace. He's got messy hair and a heart drawn on his face." The painting replies, "Ah, I know the one. A new student, I believe? Today was his first day at school. I think he went back to his dorm a while ago." Grim pouts, "Myaaah! So, it's true! He's tryin' to ditch us! Do you know which way he went?" The painting answers, "The door to the dorms is in the eastern building." Grim shouts at me to chase after Ace, and I say, "Thank you, Mr. Painting!"

On the way, I tell Grim, "Just so you know, if a boss leaves the henchman all by himself, then the boss is seen as weak and a coward. If you want to be known as the greatest Magician, you're going to have to stay close to me and not run away."

When we are nearby the dorm mirrors, we hear Ace state, "Yeah right, like I'm gonna was a hundred windows. I'm just gonna go back and—" Grim interrupts shouting, "AHA! GOTCHA, PUNK!" Ace panics, "Oh no! They saw me!" Grim shots, "Jerk! Hold up! I won't let you be the only one to escape!" I think, 'Only one...?' Ace shouts, "I'm not just going to wait around for you!" He grins, "I'm outta here!" Grim shouts, "It's not fair for only you to get out of it! I wanna skip out too!" I sweat drop, 'We already finished our 100, though...' A navy-blue-haired boy with a spade tattoo walks into the hallway, "...Hm?" Ace pushes him out of the way, stating, "Outta my way!" The other boy complains, "Hey! What gives?!" I yell at him, "Please, stop him! He's shirking his cleaning responsibilities!" The boys stammer out, "What? That's not right! But how to stop him?" He starts muttering his options, "Like, freeze his legs? Or bind them with a rope? Or maybe I could... Hmm... No..."

Grim shouts, "I don't care how! Just do something! Anything!" The boy panics, "Anything?! Anything, huh... All right! Here goes anything! I summon thee... something heavy!" A cauldron forms and hits Ace square on his back. Ace shouts, "Bwaaah?! Wha?! A pot?!" Grim laughs, "Ah ha ha ha ha! Look, Y/n, look! That Ace guy got crushed beneath a giant cauldron! It squashed him flat! Aha ha ha! That's what you get!" The blue boy panics, "A cauldron?! I wasn't expecting that. I may have overdone it this time..." Ace states, "Owwww! What are you bothering me for? You guys coulda just banged out the work yourself!" I tch and say, "Headmaster's orders. You heard the man."

The blue boy asks, "You have to wash a hundred windows as punishment? What the heck did you do?!" Ace replies, "I was just screwing with that furball a little. ...Okay, and the statue of the Queen of Hearts got a teeny bit charred. Sue me." The blue boy berates Ace, "You damaged a statue of the Great Seven?! No wonder he flew off the handle at you! After you managed to get into THIS school, how could you get in trouble on the very first day?!" Ace asks, annoyed, "Oh, shut up. Who are you, anyway?"