Chapter 11 • Window Scrubbing

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~Cafteria~

Grim: "I'm already exhausted from a full day of cleanin'

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Grim: "I'm already exhausted from a full day of cleanin'. I can't believe we still gotta wash a hundred windows!"

Y/n: "You're not doing 100 windows, you're going to do 30. I'm going to do 30. And Ace is going to do 40. So let's knock out our 60 and then find and watch as Ace has to do his 40."

~Time Skip~

Y/n: "....."

Grim: "..... ...... ... And now he's super late! I bet he up and bailed on us!"

Y/n: "He better not have."

Grim: "Ain't no way am I doin' his punishment for him! C'mon, Y/n, I don't care if we gotta drag him kickin' and screamin', he's washin' those windows!"

~Classroom~

Grim: "Hey! Ace! Get over here! Try to hide from me, will ya! Huh

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Grim: "Hey! Ace! Get over here! Try to hide from me, will ya! Huh... Maybe there's really no one here?

Painting on Wall: "Oh, I wouldn't say that, I'm here."

Grim: "Bwaaah! That painting just talked!"

Painting on Wall: "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?"

Y/n: "Where I come from the only time paintings talk are if they're possessed or a demon made them."

Painting on Wall: "Well, your "usual" and my "usual" clearly differ. Shall we agree to disagree on the matter? Now, you seem to be searching for someone."

Grim: "We're lookin' for this guy called Ace. He's got messy hair and a heart drawn on his face."

Y/n: "Ace is a fair-skinned young man of average height. He has fluffy, orange hair that flips up at the ends, and average-length bangs that fall around his face and between his eyes. His eyes are bright scarlet, and over his left eye is a red marking shaped like a heart.

Painting: "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: "Myaaah! So it's true! He's tryin' to ditch us! Do you know which way he went?"

Painting: "The door to the dorms is in the eastern building."

Grim: "Let's chase after him, Y/n!"

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