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✧25. Che'nya. ✧

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"Rrrgh! I hate that little ginger megalomaniac! Does he think HE's the Queen of Hearts?" Ace stomped like a toddler. Yuu still kept his grip on your sleeve, though he was calmer than before. "Banished by the housewarden from my own dorm... My dream of becoming an honor student is slipping further and further away..." Deuce sighed woefully.

You reached a hand under your collar to relieve some of the pressure being put on your neck. This is the worst. It's putting pressure on where your neck gills would be, and even though you haven't breathed through your gills since you came on land, you still felt slightly suffocated. Grim tried to yank his collar off. "Stupid collar! It's so tight! Grrr..."

"You're really racking up those collars. Quite the impressive collection." A... floating head? Suddenly spoke to you. It startled you and your group, and your first instinct would've been to attack if Yuu hadn't been holding onto you. The head had purple hair with white highlights. It was messy and shorty and his bangs were choppy and curved. Two cat ears with various piercings sat on his head. His eyes were a bright yellow.

"Myah! A ghost head!" Grim jumped back and grabbed onto your leg. "Oh dear. It seems I'm not all here." The cat boy smiled. Soon, all of him appeared. His undershirt consisted of dark and light purple stripes, mostly covered by an oversized white button-up. The first few buttons were unbuttoned. He wore blue jeans with various bright-colored patches. He wore big purple boots.

The boy never touched the ground, staying afloat in the air. "What? Er, so you do have a body, then? Who are you?" Deuce questioned the mysterious floating cat boy. "The name's The name's Artemiy Artemiyevich Pinker. Am I a cat? Am I a purrrson? A mimsy borogove, perhaps? A mome rath with a knack for magic?" He had a playful smirk. "A wha...?" You quietly mumbled. You didn't clock any of those words. Ace squinted his eyes as he tried to say the guy's name "Uh, look, Ar... Arte... Run the name by me again?"

"Heh heh. People usually just call me Che'nya. Let's just say I'm not from the other side of the looking glass." The cat boy snickered. This guy is a freak. "Yet another weirdo..." Yuu mumbled. "You think so? I'd say by the standards here, I'm no more mad than anyone else." Che'nya smiled brightly as he spoke. "After the insanity that teapot tyrant put me through, I'm not in the mood for whatever this is. Just leave me alone." Ace sulked like a child. Next, he might throw a temper tantrum... you rolled your eyes.

"Riddle the teapot tyrant... Heh heh. Well, I can't dismiss that perspective as wrong." Che'nya smiled teasingly. "He's always been quite strict." You barely listened as he spoke, instead getting distracted by the way his fluffy tail swished back and forth. "Do you know something about him?" Deuce questioned. Che'nya put an arm behind his head in relaxation and looked at his nails in a sassy way. "Perhaps there are things that I know, and perhaps there are things that I don't." He smiled.

Grim furrowed his eyebrows in frustration. "That's not an answer!" He crossed his arms. "Is there something you wish to know about Riddle?" Che'nya cocked his head to the side. "Yeah, what created such a control freak?" Ace questioned. "I believe his four-eyed friend may have the answer." Che'nya alluded. Four... Eyes...? Humans don't typically have four eyes. Though, they also don't typically have tails and animal ears. "Four-eyed friend? You mean Trey?" Deuce thought out loud.

"Trey only has two eyes...?" You whispered to Yuu. Yuu giggled at your genuine confusion, which only served to confuse you more. "It's cause' he has glasses..." Yuu explained. You were still confused. How do glasses equate to an extra pair of eyes? You did not receive an explanation. "He's known Riddle since we were all little boys." Che'nya explained. "If you want to know more about Riddle, I would begin my quest there." Deuce put a thoughtful hand to his chin. "They're childhood friends? I didn't really get that impression."