Angel With Broken Wings

30 - Mash Burnedead, Kat Ride and the Wolves of Magic (1)

[POV CHANGE | THIRD PERSON POV]

In a dark corridor the sound of wooden and puppet-like movement echoing through the hall as a mouse scurries past the figure in a hurry.

Within the dorm kitchen for Adler are three people together, Lance and Kat sitting side-by-side as Mash stands before the duo making cream puffs. "The higher-ranked Magia Lupus are clearly the top students in this school." Lance begins, his gaze focused on the movements of Mash, occasionally glancing in the direction of the girl as he continues, "I don't like the idea of us being sitting ducks. However, because the school encourages inter-dorm competition...the Dorms' locations are hidden from each other.

"That's why, we need to find where they're hiding and steal the coins back from them." Lance's commentary is met with a halfhearted okay from Mash, Kat tilting her head to the side before leaning against Lance with a yawn. "I know where Lang Dorms' general location is." Her small response makes Lance glance her way, startled by the sudden contact as a flash of red brushes his features.

"How?" The girl shrugs at the question, humming as she responds with a smooth tone, "By accident. It was before all of this mess though, that's when I met the masked boy the first time." Her answer was more heard by Lance it seemed, as the two had a conversation, their forms close to one another as Mash continues his work, attempting to ignore their close proximity. "You didn't hear a word of what we said, did you?"

Lance's comment makes Kat let out a small airy chuckle, the girl standing and maneuvering to be next to Mash after he finishes putting the creampuff batter into the oven. Her arms wrap around the black haired boy's right arm, and she smiles up at the boy. "Creampuffs are important." She mutters softly, attempting to encourage the boy as Lance continues on, the duo separating, "Lastly...it's been a month since you two were admitted. Here's the Dorm Robe. Put it on."

Kat swiftly replaces her regular robe with the new Dorm one, the robe flowing naturally over her as Mash attempts to put his robe on as well, flinging the object on his head. "Not on your head." Lance states bluntly, Kat helping the black haired maneuver the cloth properly onto his body. "It's got a logo on it." He observes, Lance promptly responding with a deadpan expression, "I can only hope you begin to live up to it." Kat gifts a small grin, smoothly complimenting the black haired boy, "It looks nice on you, Mash!"

She receives a small smile from the boy, Lance soon speaking up once more, "First, we should-." The blue haired boy gets cut off quickly by a certain blonde girl rushing into the room. Her eyes were wide with horror as she cries, "Kat! Mash! Big trouble! It's Tom!!"

[POV CHANGE | KAT]

I stand beside Tom's bedside within the infirmary, my position being between Lemon and Mash, the girl clinging onto my arm and hand as Tom weakly greets us four, "H...Hey, guys... How are you all...bambooing...?" My eye twitches slightly, my words flowing out without a second thought, "What happened to our panda? | Even his catchphrase is tired." Mash's comment flowed out with mine,  our words mixing together as Lemon and Lance glance my way briefly before Lemon looks back at Tom and questions him with concern,

"What happened? You look so drained." I nod next to her, thanking the girl silently for not pointing out my comment as Tom answers with a lost expression, "That's the thing...I don't really remember. When I woke up, I was here." The four of us glance at each other with hesitation, waiting patiently for the tired upperclassman to continue, "Usually, I fall asleep and bam it's morning. No dreams. But the night I collapsed...I dreamt that I was trapped, stuffed in some dark box.