Pantheo High: Enrollment

A Careful Deliberation

All four of them were seated inside the principal's office, in the order of Bragi, Loki, Rose, and Psyche, with Hades staring down on all of them sitting behind his desk. His eyes radiated blue fire as he flipped through the pages of the binder on his hands. He glared at them while Albedo was on his left side, hands behind her back, her feet only inches apart like a soldier told to be at ease.

Hades: You were given one task. 

He said with a restrained voice. It was apparent that he was moments away from ripping these four a new one. The white knuckles, the smoldering blue flames smoking out of his blazer says it all. But then, he took a deep breath and relaxed his shoulders.

Hades: Take care of the pest. Instead, you brought in a bigger monster to fight it, which led to the destruction of millions of drachmas worth of infrastructure, which only piled up after you tried to clean up the mess you made.

 Loki tried to speak up but stopped himself. The whole situation was a screw-up from the start. The four of them would be held responsible for the destruction of school property, for starters. Everyone stayed silent as Hades plopped the binder on his desk.

Hades: Well, at least now, the school will have three fewer delinquents. Albedo, hold the door for them.

Albedo cracked her neck and bared her fangs as her wings started to expand from her back. Rose, Bragi, and Loki stood up in protest. But before she could take a step closer, Psyche shot up from her seat.

Psyche: Wait. 

Hades arches his eyebrows in confusion.

Hades: You have something to say?

Psyche looks at the three, then at Hades.

Psyche: Okay, yes, they screwed up,-

Rose frowns at the statement as Psyche continued.

Psyche: But they got the job done. The cat is gone, the Foo Dog is neutralized, the students are safe, and most of all, um, no casualties?

Hades looks at Albedo, in which she slightly bows.

Albedo: All students are accounted for. No injuries, no deaths.

Bragi: And, judging on how we contained the threat, things could've gotten worse.

Bragi mutters.

Hades glares at Bragi, then continues.

Hades: At any rate, you will still be taking orders from me. Just count yourselves lucky you don't have to wear those perp school uniforms anymore. Loki nervously looks to the side.

Loki: Yup. Very, lucky.

Hades looks at Psyche with utter confusion.

Hades: Alright. You three can go. Psyche, stay.

Bragi, Loki, and Rose stand up and leave the room, with each of them giving Psyche a clap on the shoulder as they left.

Once they closed the door behind them, Loki, Bragi, and Rose walk into the waiting area of the Principal's office. The three of them look at each other with the 'You know what I'm thinking?' look. Rose spots a half-filled glass of water on top of the secretary's desk to their right. On their left was some kind of potted fern. The walls were all made of cobblestone, which was a weird choice in terms of architectural design. The door, however, was made of alder wood, from its light skin-like color. Loki rushed to get the glass and dumped the remaining water on the fern before shaking his hands back and forth, glass in hand. Loki whispered.

Loki: Outta the way! Outta the way!

Rose and Bragi stepped aside as Loki placed the rim of the glass against the door and started eavesdropping on the conversation.