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"Destroy Esmeralda!"
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Noble Bell College - Bell Tower Interior
"The gargoyle..." Azul gaped.
"TALKED?!?!"
"Of course it talks..." Y/n said flatly. "Why, you didn't know?"
"Of course we didn't!" Azul and Idia shouted in unison.
"Statues don't normally talk, Mon Cherie!" Vanitas added sharply, half amused and half irritated as he stepped closer to Y/n, his hand brushing hers possessively.
"Sure I talk. I'm a gargoyle at Noble Bell College, an arcane academy." the gargoyle replied with a smirk. "I've been watchin' over the school and Fleur City from the bell tower for eons now."
"You're practically an ancient artifact," Vanitas said, tilting his head as if weighing the gargoyle's worth.
"Wait, so you're like the talking paintings at Night Raven College?!" Idia blurted out.
"I knew I wasn't just seeing things when I saw the gargoyle move earlier today!" Azul declared. "There, you see? I was right, and you were wrong." He smirked smugly.
"Was it necessary to boast?" Y/n asked flatly.
"Absolutely not," Vanitas replied coldly, glaring at Azul's self-satisfaction. Azul only smirked more in response.
"Uh-huh, sure, whatever you say... Ah!" Idia jumped when he noticed Malleus standing completely still. "Um, Malleus? You okay there?"
"......" Malleus only blinked slowly.
"What's the matter, Malleus? You've been staring at the gargoyle in silence." Azul asked, a note of concern in his voice. "Considering your enthusiasm for them, I thought you would be jumping for joy by now."
"Oh nooo! Nononononooo! You've got it all wrong." Idia said quickly. "From Malleus's perspective, the object of his hyperfixation just revealed a completely unexpected side of itself. It's possible he's got reality whiplash, and he's all like, 'The gargoyles I love don't move! This isn't accurate to my headcanon!'"
"So people will just deny reality if it doesn't match some ideal they've conjured up in their minds? That's absurd." Azul muttered.
"Vanitas does the same thing," Y/n remarked.
"I do not!" Vanitas shot back immediately. "I—I just have taste!"
"Sure you do," Idia grumbled.
"......" Malleus remained silent.
"Hornton...?" Y/n called softly.
"His silence does give me an ominous feeling of déjà vu... Is he going to let out another angry burst of magic?!" Azul yelped, backing away alongside Idia.
"Heeey, that's a nice set of horns. Completely unique from my friend here." the gargoyle said cheerfully, pointing to Y/n's horns before tapping his own. "I got 'em too, see? We should hang out."
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