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[Club Activities - part 2]
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Summary: Crowley keeps knocking at your door, quite literally, wanting to hear your club choice. You might as well get this over with.
Notes: gn!reader, humor, it's kinda long, reader is oblivious, mentions of minor injuries but in a funny way dw, it's the looong overdue pt2
Part: 1.0 / 2 (you're here!) / 2.5 (soon!)
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"So, have you decided?"
Crowley stands by the doorway. He looks completely normal, a pleasant smile plastered on his lips. You blink, sluggish, resisting the urge to slam the door on his face.
"It's five a.m. on a sunday."
"Yes, that's correct, good to see you're keeping up with the passage of time."
You feel there's a jab aimed at you for taking your time on choosing a club. Or on answering the door. In your defense, Grim was sleeping on top of you and you didn't want to disturb his sleep. Nor yours. You were hoping the Headmaster would just give up and leave you alone, but instead he only knocked louder. 
"Well?"
"Uh..." You take a bit to remember the first thing he said. "No, I still have some meetings to go to."
"Were the sports clubs not to your liking? I'm sure you'd do well in one, should you put your efforts on it."
"Nah, I'll pass."
"I see. Then, you'll tell me your decision by the end of the week, yes?"
"Since when did we agree on this." It was a question, but with your drowsy state it just fell flat.
"Since now, of course! I was very kind to let you take so much time to chose a club, but you must understand I'm under some pressure as well to make sure you'll have the best possible education here. We can't afford to lose too much time!"
You blink again, your brain still sleepy. "Oh. Alright."
Crowley claps his hands in an excited manner. "Wonderful! I'll be eagerly waiting for your decision, then!"
Only as you watch his retreating back getting farther away that it finally registers just what you agreed on. You groan, closing the door and leaning against it.
Well, nothing to do about it now. You should really get onto it, anyway. Still, your break will be missed.
Film Research Club (Vil, Ortho platonically)
You had finally left the sports clubs behind, time to try something new, like arts!
Since you've worked with Vil at the SDC, you were already used to his strict personality and thought you'd be able to handle yourself pretty well. You might not have that much experience with acting but you did know how to pretend everything was ok and your life wasn't falling apart, so you think you might have potential.
It was quite surprising to see Ortho there, but the sight of your friend's welcoming eyes and cheer made you feel relieved, relaxing amidst the Pomefiore students. They were intimidating, though in a different way the guys from the Spelldrive club were. The latter looked like they could easily beat you to a pulp, while the former looked like they'd give you a disgusted stare and call you a peasant in such a condescending tone you'd implode on spot. They were all very pretty as well, but you wouldn't let that make you self conscious since you knew no one could beat Vil anyway.
Speaking of, Vil himself comes to speak with you and explain about the club with a professional conduct as he says that Crowley had warned him of your special situation and that he'd let you help out, since they always needed extra hands on deck. You got hopeful at that, perhaps it was time for you to shine and discover a hiden talent of yours! These daydreams are soon crushed as Vil puts you on backstage duty and turns around, having something or other to talk about with the other members.
Well. That was... not what you were expecting. Ortho explains that in order to enter the club as an actor, you must audition beforehand and prove yourself worthy. That makes sense, you guess, so you accept it with grace. Backstage work might not be as exciting as being on the actual stage, but you had Ortho by your side to make sure things won't be too dull. And a side of you wants to make Vil proud of your work, so you suck it up and ask Ortho to lead the way.
Ortho shows you around the set you'll be working on for the day. It's one of Pomefiore's dorm ballrooms, and it's huge. You look in awe at everything, even though it's a bit plain in terms of furniture, it's quite detailed. In moments like this you remember Pomefiore's dorm is a castle, as you feel the royalty emanating from the ceiling, with it's luxurious chandeliers, to the walls, with it's intricate golden patterns, even at the floor, by it's quality.
He teaches you how to operate the lights and sound for a bit while the actors decide on what they'll film that day. You feel just the tiniest bit of jealousy at them, especially because Vil seems to be very focused on everything they say. Ortho must notice this (of course he would), and tries to cheer you up. After all, you're his friend! He doesn't want you to feel bored at the club when there are so many insteresting things to do!
You move from the more technical parts and go to the storage room, where they keep most of the props and extra accessories. You explore it, looking at everything but not touching, not wanting to get in trouble if you break anything on accident. As you're looking at an old mirror, Ortho picks up one of the pink cowboy hats and puts it on your head. It looks goofy, not matching with your uniform at all, and it makes you laugh.
You retaliate by putting a pirate hat full of colorful feathers that's way too big on him. It slides down and covers his eyes, making him look like a little kid trying on their sibling's clothes. Not to mention the feathers, that also clash with his body's design. You both laugh and go to different directions, trying to find more things to put on.
Ortho ends up with a vivid red sash wrapped around his waist and a wooden rod in hands, while you've got a pink feather scarf around your neck and a hollow steel rod in hands. You stare down at each other from your sides of the room, pretending you're on one of those western cowboy movies, even acting like it too. You drawl out something about the town not being big enough for the two of you. Ortho goes along, putting up the worst pirate accent with his robotic voice and telling you to prepared to be boarded.
Between giggles, the two of you meet at the middle, your rods clashing as if they were swords. You make exaggerated moviments that would be impratical in any fight while dropping the most cliche lines you can think of. Ortho dodges your attacks in slow motion and retributes with his own, making it seem more like some funny dance than a sword fight.
You were having so much fun you kind of forgot you were there to do a job. You're quickly reminded as the door suddenly opens and you, startled, let the steel rod slip from your hands mid attack and hit the wall with a loud clang. There stands Vil, hands on his hips as he stares at the two of you with one arched eyebrow, an unimpressed look on his face even after almost being hit right on it. You're not looking the most dignified, with your whole attire. Nor is Ortho, which helps you to not feel alone on the receiving end of Vil's judgment.
The three of you leave the props behind and return to the main area. More precisely, to the actors' dressing room part. It's not an actual separate room, but rather a space of the ballroom reserved for this. Most have put on their costumes and are adjusting the finer details, Vil instructs you to help them while he sets up the stage.
You try your best, but every actor sends you a glare as you approach them, making you turn on your heels and try another one. And another. And another. You're not feeling very helpful. How you wish you could just ignore it like Ortho does. The only thing you actually do is helping zip up some clothes when they can't reach their backs and do it themselves. You don't dare to touch their hair or you feel they'd explode you with their minds. There is one instance when you have to lace a guy into a corset, but you get a bit confused with all the laces. Maybe it's like tying a shoe? You pull on it with too much force at first, leading him to complain at you the entire time. In your defense, you've never done this before! You tie it up with a cute lace at the end to make up for it and scurry away before he could release more of his wrath upon you. You settle on following Ortho around like a lost puppy.
Finally, everyone finishes up and you move to the middle of the room, where the scene will be taking place. From what you gather, the movie they are making is about a royal family that's having their heir assume the throne, but there's a plot against him going behind the scenes. The main character seems to be corset guy, who still glares at you whenever you pass by his camp of vision, much to your (un)luck.
Ortho leads you to the first place he showed, since they'd start recording soon. You watch him work with the lights, turning them on dramatically as they start the scene and making it follow the main lead as he monologues about his woes of assuming such a big responsability and how he feels between the sea of people present. The actor does a good job, good enogh to appease Vil, who watches attentively near the camera. The thing is, he's trying to replicate a foreign accent and that, combined with his melodramatic lines, makes you have to stifle a laugh.
You try your best to stay quiet and pay attention to the story, but some of the lines and the way they dramatically deliver them sound so silly you can't help but giggle in your palm. Ortho looks at you inquisitively, tilting his head and trying to understand what you found so funny. You whisper an explanation to him, making him see the words in a different manner. As you laugh, he laughs along discretely, both of you having fun again.
Vil motions for you to keep your volume down, as to not disturb the actors and break their concentration, and you send him a thumbs up. Still, you keep on reacting, even mouthing their words with exaggerated facial expressions. Ortho seems much more interested in what you have to show than the lights, since he misses some of his cues and gets it later or sooner than intended. Which is also funny, since the confused looks on the background actors' faces are very entertaining. 
It comes to a point in which you're holding in your laughter so much you're a bit out of air, and you end up bumping into one of the controls, making the background music change suddenly, from a calm waltz to an action scenesque one. Your startled eyes meet Ortho's, and in true friendship fashion you both burst out laughing. Vil cuts the filming and strides up on you two, reprimanding you once again, and you feel like a guilty puppy being scolded by their owner. You must look like that too, since he sighs like an overworked mother and takes pity on you, deciding on something else for you to do and leave Ortho to do his job without distractions.
Vil gives you the role of an extra to play, just for you to have an idle conversation with the protagonist that won't last even five minutes. He shows you exactly how the scene should go, taking hold of your hand to conduct a dance and dropping casual chatter with you, looking you in the eyes, with a conduct that's so charming you're sure you feel your heart skip a beat (too bad it's just acting though). You feel like you can do that as well, so you hurry to change into one of the formal outfits and repeat the line Vil told you over and over again in your head, heart beating way too fast.
There is just one thing you didn't count on: you apparently have a bad case of stage fright. Or perhaps it's happening especifically because you know Vil will be watching you like a hawk. As you position yourself amidst the other extras, you feel your heartbeat accelerating and your hands start to sweat. You try to relax your tense shoulders and clear your throat, looking at the floor to steady yourself.
As your cue approaches, you move closer to the corset guy, whose attention snaps at you as soon as you enter his vision field. Even if his face looks polite, like a prince, you can feel the glare he's still sending your way, just on a more subdued level this time. You can also feel the stares of the others on your back and your tongue seems to have been tied. Your head comes up with a blank when you try to remember what Vil told you to say. Oh, this is not good. Why did this have to be so nerve wracking?
Time passes slowly, seconds feels like hours as the protagonist waits expectantly for your words. Trying to not disappoint, you blurt out a joke improvisation line, like the ones you see on movies sometimes. Unfortunately, your sense of humor is vastly different from Pomefiore's students', and the joke falls so flat everyone has to take a moment to recover. You wish for the ground to swallow you as Vil yells a "Cut!" and the other actors look judgmentally in your way. Maybe if you close your eyes it will go away? You can still hear the other's whispering, and although you don't understand what exactly they're saying, you can only guess they're mocking you. Welp, guess it's time to become a hermit at ramshackle and never show your face at school ever again!
It takes only a minute, but as soon as Vil has recomposed himself he commands everyone to be quiet. You open your eyes again, gathering all your courage to see the disappointed look on his face, but you're surprised that's not what greets you. Instead, Vil's got a nasty glare that's sharp enough to cut a man, and it's not directed at you at all! Vil procceds to reprimand the rest of the cast for being so inelegant as to make fun of a begginer and even mocks their need to feel superior. You've never felt more grateful for him in your life, maybe you can still go to classes after that, since no one will dare to mess with you and risk his wrath.
As the others look ashamed for being yelled at by their leader, Vil pulls you aside and tells you that maybe it's better to try something else if your stage fright is going to affect your performance so much. He sounds strict as always, but he has an almost soft look in his eyes as he congratulates you for trying to overcome that fear and that you did well enough for someone with no experience. You feel a lot better after that and thank him sincerely, promising to give it your all at whatever other job you can do to help! He smiles at your enthusiasm and it's as if the clouds have parted ways for the sun to shine. (The other club members look amazed, as they've never seen such a soft smile on Vil's face before.)
He then asks you if you know how to work with a camera. If taking pics with Cater to post on Magicam counts then yes, you do have some experience with it. Vil says he's got the perfect job for you: being part of the camera crew and helping to film everything. You accept, after all, how hard can it be, really?
Apparently, a lot. Vil had just left out a little detail from this job: you'd be filming the aerial angle of this scene. Which meant using Kalim's magic carpet. As you recall, you're not the most adept at riding it, flashbacks from winter vacation entering in your mind. Still, you had promised Vil you'd help on this, and you weren't sure if he'd find you another thing to do or get your complaining the wrong way, so you decide to give it a try anyway.
You wobble on it, camera propped up on your shoulder and secured by a sling strap just in case you losen your hold on it. (Which is very likely). Surprisingly, you manage to get the carpet off the ground without many complications, so things are looking up (quite literally)! And then comes the part where you have to guide it and you're almost thrown out of a window with the force it makes a turn. Your grip on it tightens and you try to wrestle it into submission, with little success.
Things procced like this, you trying to learn how to drive the carpet while making turns on the air and holding on for your life. (And making sure the camera is safe. You don't want a repeat of the chandelier accident from the start of the year, so you're not taking any chances). Anything you might have tried to film is probably so shaky and blurry it isn't even usable, but you have more important matters to worry about.
That goes on until you make a particularly sharp turn, causing the carpet to lose control and go spiraling straight to the floor. Luckly, you manage to land on a convenientely placed couch (has that been there before?) and doesn't get much hurt. You're clutching the camera to your chest in a protective manner, so it isn't damaged either. At least, not much, but it isn't anything the Ignihyde guys can't fix.
Vil and Ortho are by your side in an instant, asking if you're alright. Vil extends his hand and pulls you up like a gentleman, fixing your hair softly. He's really close to your face and you can feel your heart beating faster, though you're not sure if it's due to that or the adrenaline of the fall. Ortho reassures you that not even him got the hang of piloting the carpet, as it seems to only actually obey Kalim, and that you did your best!
You really did try, so you can safely say you won't discover any hidden acting talent any time soon. Time to check out other clubs. 
(Ortho tells you to drop by another time at practice and watch the recording with him, since he had a lot of fun! Vil tells you that should you wish and work hard for it, you may have potential and he'd be willing to help you reach it. You agree, since it was very nice to visit and, most of all, to get to see Vil on his element like this. There's an added bonus of you not having ended up at the infirmary as well, which is enough to put the club on a positive light in your books. It's a bit sad that's the standard, but oh well, nothing to do about it.)
Science Club (Trey, Rook)
Alright, art may not be for you, but maybe science is! Or... whatever it is that they do in this club.
It's a bit intimidating since there are way too many people there, more than you've seen in any other club. What could they possibly be doing to attract this many people?
Rook, as observant as ever, notices you before you've even set foot inside the lab, coming close to greet you and ask if you were going to join them for the day. You relutanctly agree, staying close to his side as he leads you deeper into the room, opening the path. You make sure to not bump into anyone and cause an accident.
Trey is at one of the work tables at the back, sharing it with Rook. He sends a calming smile your way and explains that it's a club with a vast variety of activities, as long as they're not of the physical sort. You sigh in relief, listening to him reciting things such as plant cultivation and chemistry experiments. You already have to do those things on your regular classes, so you're confident in your ability of succeding for once. Rook adds that this flexibility in activity has attracted many people, creating a beauté diversity of members. (Trey explains that there's a lot of odd people as he side eyes Rook).
You sit with them, since you don't know anyone else. Rook goes on about the experiment he'll be doing this time, something that will leave a beautiful impact and stay on the mind of anyone looking. It sounds a lot like what happens when you partner up with Ace and Deuce at alchemy class, that is, stuff is about to be blown up. You scoot closer to Trey.
Taking pity on you, Trey reminds Rook that there's an ingredient missing, since they had used all from the lab's storage on their last class, and offers to get it at the botanical garden for him, inviting you to come along. You jump at the opportunity, agreeing and getting up to follow him. Rook thanks his generosity and explains that there's no way a gentleman like him would leave all the hard work onto the two of you, so he follows along. Trey looks a bit annoyed, but you only wanted to get out of being roped into a crazy experiment so you don't mind much, as long as you keep Rook away from any potential explosive plants.
The fresh air from the gardens is much better than the stuffy feeling from the crowded lab, and you take a deep breath to appreciate it. Trey takes you to the temperate zone, the path filled with beautiful flowers of all colors and scents. The sound of the little river below you only adds to the pleasant atmosphere, the sun rays warming up your skin and soul. It's wonderful. You'd like it if your club classes were to take place there. It might be enough to convince you to join, the nature so full of life energizing your mood, a smile blooming on your face.
You pass by an area that has thicker vegetation and stands out from the whole, attracting your curiosity, so you ask Trey what could be there. He warns you to not wander to that side of the garden, as there were carnivorous plants being cultivated by the third years. You wave him off, saying you had those back in your world and they were pretty harmless. Trey looks at you in doubt, but decides to not question it, aceptting your answer and going back to his search for the missing ingredient. 
Since you have no idea what you should be looking for, you leave the boys to it, deciding to observe the flowers instead. Distracted, you end up getting farther away from them, the flora enticing you and putting you under a spell, demanding your attention. It's not until you bump into a tall... something, that you realize how far you had gone. You lift up your head, wondering if you had bumped into a tree, only to find two open hinged lobes dripping with sap closing on your face.
A scream gets caught in your throat as you take in the gigantic carnivorous plant in front of you, that's only coming closer. You didn't know that when Trey had mentioned them, he didn't explain that they aren't like the one from your world at all. Not only were they huge, but also seemed ready to eat a human at any given chance.
You're pulled by someone behind you, falling into a secure chest and feeling strong arms embracing your waist as the plant's jaw's close into the air where you were just a second ago. The sigh you let out shakes your whole body and you let your weight be supported by your saviour. You find out his identity soon enough, as a familiar voice by your ear calls you chéri and asks if you were fine.
After thanking Rook, he guides you to the main area of the garden with a protective hand behind your back, making sure you wouldn't stumble into any more potential dangerous plants, as he goes on about how they were "the hunters of the natural world" and how "such danger has it's own alluring charm, non?" You don't catch the glint in his eyes as he asks the question, too busy trying to get your heart beat back into a normal rhythm. 
Trey scolds you lightly for ignoring his advice, but he seems busier trying to equilibrate the plants he harvested in his arms and glaring at Rook, probably for leaving him alone to do all the work. Rook stays unbothered, putting his hands on your shoulders and staying close as he directs you to the exit, his usual smile stamped on his face.
As you put the fresh ingredients near the others that Rook had selected earlier, you notice some strawberries in the mix. You shot a questioning stare at Trey, making him laugh and explain he took the chance to harvest some of his hand grown special strawberries. He takes some from your hands, brushing your fingers together before lifting them up to inspect closely. The strawberries are a beautiful shade of red, making you salivate only by looking at them. Trey has a contemplative expression as he murmurs he should use them as soon as possible in order to make the best use of their ripeness.
You suggest him to make a strawberry tart with them and offers your help, on the light price of getting to eat it as well. He smiles and agrees to your proposal, telling you to follow him to the kitchens. You do, happily so as you carry some of the strawberries in your arms, leaving Rook to take care of the potions experiment. Really, you feel like you've killed two birds with one stone, so you pat yourself on the back for doing a good job.
Back at the first month of classes, you remember cooking with Trey, Ace, Deuce and Grim, and how much fun you had, despite the circumstances. With the group reduced to two, it might be more toilsome, but you were confident it would be worth it.
Trey finds an extra apron for you, tying it himself to make sure it would stay in place. He gently explains the steps to prepare the ingredients, helping you whenever you didn't understand something. It was quite nice, seeing Trey look so in his element, an unconscious soft expression on his face, as if he was enjoying himself. It's domestic, even, how you dance around each other in the kitchen, passing bowls and cutlery back and forth. He is good humored as he recalls stories from the club, making you laugh whenever he bemoans Rook's experiments.
The stories he tells are very captivating, so much so that you don't look at the recipe book, doing the steps on automatic. Once or twice you almost spill what you were mixing or use too much force to cut something, but it's salvageable every time, so you don't comment on it. You leave the crust on the oven for a bit too much, but it's only slightly charred, so you're pretty sure it's still edible. One of the flour bags slips from your hands and falls on the sink, covering your face in flour powder. Trey helps you clean up, but he's laughing at you and your now white hair. It comes to the point in which you're mixing the crème pâtissière and you get too close to the stove, making the ends of your sleeves to catch on fire. Trey quickly puts it out and runs your arm under cold water. The crème ends up a bit too lumpy, since neither of you were stirring it for a while, but it's not too bad.
Alright, maybe you're not the best at cooking. Still, arranging the strawberries in a circle on top of the tart was pretty fun. The last thing left to do is to let it cool. You lick your lips thinking about eating it once it's ready. You're about to help Trey clean the mess you've made in the kitchen when Rook bursts through the door, looking excited. He tells you there's no time to explain and takes you by the hand, dragging you back to the laboratory. You send Trey your best regards and wish him luck in cleaning everything alone. He sends you a pitying look back.
You should wish yourself some luck as well, since the motive for Rook to have brought you to the lab was for you to help him with the new formula he thought for his experiment. He explains that the one he was trying didn't have it's desired effects, as you could clearly see from the scorch marks on the table you were sitting before. He says that for the new formula, he'll need help to get the ingredients prepared and handed over, since he couldn't stop stirring it until everything was added in. You don't know how he came up with this solution, and honestly? You don't want to know.
Having no other choice, you agree to help him. He reminds you to put your gloves and safety googles on before starting, making a comment on how your cute apron would do as your lab coat. After getting into place, you follow all of Rook's instructions, preparing and handing over the ingredients he asks for. You have no idea what it is that he's going for, as your potions classes are still on a basic and more theorical level, but you decide to trust that he, as your upperclassman, knows what he's doing.
Dread pools on your gut as you watch the ingredients going into the cauldron. There's a hissing sound and bubbles emerge from the deep purple concotion. You have no time to react as Rook thows his arm in front of you just in time for the explosion to take place. You grip onto the table tightly and manage to stay upright, thanking the Sevens for your safety googles. If it were not for them, your entire face would be covered in a sparkling purple powder, some getting into your hair as well. Rook laughs and tells you that you shine bright like the sun. You look on unamused. Trey appears, having heard the explosion, and sighs, clearly being too used to this happening. He tells you and Rook to clean up as he starts to clean your mess, bless him.
Rook takes you to the nearest bathroom available, both of you trying to wash the explosion's results off. It has stuck like glue, and you have to splash your face with the cold water over and over for it to go away. You think there's still some of it on your hair, but can't bring yourself to care much. The apron wasn't enough to cover your body, so your clothes weren't spared either. Rook doesn't comment on it, but you can see him looking at you funny by the corner of your eye.
As you enter the lab, you see that the students that stayed after the first explosion had left. Rook wonders out loud on why they didn't like the innovation of his experiment, sighing as he goes on about the beauty of curiosity. You and Trey exchange glances as you clean everything together. You feel like you stayed way past the club's scheduled time and your arms hurt from moping the floor. At least you get to share your wonky strawberry tart. It doesn't taste as good as Trey's usual ones do, but you like it. You can't decide if it was worth all the trouble though.
Grim laughs at you once you get back to Ramshackle, your face is itching for the rest of the day, there's some sparkles in your hair for the rest of the week, your slightly burnt arm won't stop aching, you sent your clothes' laundry bill for Rook to pay. As much as you respect scientific advances, you feel that being involved in the research isn't for you (nor the cooking). Time to check out other clubs.
(Rook keeps approaching you at the halls to update you on how he's thought of possible changes to make the potion work. Trey comments he liked having company in the kitchen and help for cleaning up for once. They aren't very subtle. You don't even have to agree to visit the club again another time, as Rook has already volunteered you as his lab assistant and Trey has gifted you a recipe book with markings on which recipes you'll try to bake next. Guess you have no other choice but to go back now.)
Pop Music Club (Cater, Kalim, Lilia)
And back to the arts you go. But this time, instead of performing, how about playing some music? Joining the school band might be fun!
You're surprised to only find three people in the club. All the others had a bunch of people, but in this one, once you enter the classroom you're met with three of your friends hanging out in a couch. Why was there a couch in this classroom in the first place!?
It's not just three random people, either. It's the chillest and most extroverted people of the school, the ones that got along with everyone and were very popular. They whip their head so fast to the direction of the door once you enter you get a little worried for their necks. They seem elated to have a visitor, so you suppose this won't be so bad, even if you don't feel confident enough to play an instrument in front of other people.
Kalim jumps at you and envelops you in a big hug, a smile shining on his face as usual. Lilia pats you on the back, pushing you closer to the center of the room and welcoming you. Cater takes out his phone and takes a selfie with everyone, declaring it would go viral to have the cutest people of the school all together in one place and gushing over how many likes he'd get. They sure are a lively bunch.
Lilia plops you down on the couch, telling you to feel at home and winking. There's a center table with food containers in front of you, Kalim offers you a bite, explaining they made the snacks to bring to their club meetings, and Cater proposes to make it a culinary competition, in which you'd judge which one was the best. You were pretty sure you had left the cooking behind at the science club, what did it even had to do with music? Well, you weren't going to complain about getting free food!
Cater insists you try his first, a round tupperware with fried corn tortilla chips and guacamole in a dipping bowl at the center. It looks amazing, making your mouth water a bit. You take one of the chips, lightly lower it on the dip and take a bite. It's overall very good, the consistency and the crispness are wonderful, there's just one little problem: it's very spicy. Very spicy. Not the "oh no there's a tiny bit of spice in my otherwise bland food" type but the "my eyes are burning my thorat is burning my stomach is burning I'm going to burn from the inside out" type. And that's how you feel as you fan your face and drink the water Kalim brings you, though it only makes the burning worse, spreading it throughout your mouth and making your eyes water. Lilia appears upside down, hanging from the ceiling and scaring you, and offers you a glass of milk instead. You gratefully take it and chug it down as quick as you can.
Once you've calmed down, Lilia explains how he keeps milk around for Cater's food, that's way too spicy for his liking. Cater looks at you with puppy eyes, asking if you liked the chilli peppers he added to the recipe. You didn't, not really. It would be one thing to add some, sure, but it's like there's more pepper than anything else. You weakly smile at him and explain apologetically that it might not suit your tastes so much. Cater seems a bit down, but he only shrugs and jokingly says that not everyone can have good taste.
Kalim bounces up to you next, shoving his container in front of your face and telling you to try it. He proudly says he made it all without Jamil's help and that he hopes you'll like it. You look at the fried dumplings, remembering it's a sweet called awameh. It looks good as well, although a bit burnt, nothing that would stop you from eating it. You take one, getting surprised by how crunchy they ended up being, the sweetness exploding in your tongue. It would be very good, but you have the impression Kalim must have used the wrong measure of the ingredients. Yes, it was sweet, but it was way too sweet. Not only that, the sugar mixed with the cinnamon on the syrup also left you thirsty, as you downed another cup of water. It was like cinnamon was impregnated on your mouth, there was definetly too much.
While you accept your tongue will never be the same after the combo of strong flavours, Kalim reveals he tried to follow one of Jamil's mom's recipes for it, declaring it to be the best he's ever proved. He just got a bit confused when taking the measures for some ingredients, but he was proud of his work! You make a mental note to try to eat one of Jamil's awameh later, sure that it would taste delicious, and compliments Kalim on his efforts, suggesting gently to ask for help next time he has trouble with it.
The last one is Lilia, and you start dreading what might be hidden on his container. He seems preppy that someone will get to try his food, telling you that he's the one that cooks dinner at Diasomnia and how Silver and Sebek love his food. Cater and Kalim look at you with pity, shaking their heads. You've heard of Lilia's infamous cooking skills before, so you have to mentally prepare yourself before looking at what he prepared. It's... uh... something alright. Though it's unrecognizable, a dark glob that just looks sticky and burnt after the point. Your desperate look does nothing for Cater and Kalim to try to save you, as they look away furtively.
Aceppting your fate, you take one of the spoons Lilia brought and take the smallest bite possible while he stares at you attentively. It tastes foul, as expected, as if something had died in your mouth. You resist the urge to gag, trying to go for a smile and ending up with a grimace instead. It's horrible, there's no other way to describe it. All the rumors don't do it justice, it's way worse than what they say. You suspect you will get food poisoning later, as you down another glass of water. At least you're keeping yourself hydrated. Lilia seems to either not notice or pretend he didn't, as he keeps his cheery attitude and asks if you liked it. You nod weakly, hoping it would be enough for him to not force you to take another bite. He mercifully looks satisfied with the answer and you sigh with relief.
In the end you tell them you don't know which one was the best (you side eye Lilia's, thinking on how you knew which one was the worst at least). They don't look disappointed, content in having you prove their food as each munchs on their own snacks happily. You wonder how they manage to do it. Suddenly you miss Trey's baking and the wonky strawberry tart you've made.
As everyone sits together, Cater puts on some electropop song on the background that reminds you of the famous vocaloids from your world. You have an epiphany that Cater would listen to Hatsune Miku. You're not sure what to do with that information, staying quiet in shock as the other three talk between themselves. You remember him mentioning something like it when you went to do the SDC auditions, but you had other things to worry about and it must have slipped your mind. Once you've recomposed yourself, you ask what the food had to do with music, since the question had been burning in your mind for some time (not as much as your tongue burned tho).
They explain that the pop music club doen't really do much music, as the name suggests, they mostly just hang around to chat and chill. It has gotten them in a bit of trouble with the Headmaster, as they don't do anything that could actually be considered a club activity, causing him to have threatened to disband the club. Not to mention there's no new members for a while, no matter how much they try to attract more students. You consider joining this one just to spite Crowley. They clarify that they do play their instruments every once in a while to cover some song, but with their different music tastes they never reach an agreement on what to play most of the time.
You're curious on how they might sound as a band, sure it would be a chaotic but entertaining sight. You would ask to see this, if it was not for Cater excitedly declaring it's "gossiping time". They put on elevator music to play at the background and huddle close together, leaving a spot open for you to join their little circle, as if you were about to be in into the school's secrets. And that's exactly what happens, as the three of them seem to know about everyone and everything that goes on Night Raven College. There's so much drama you've never heard about, and you feel you know way too much about the lives of people you've never even met, but it's nice to create conspiracy theories about what would happen next in the soap opera that was other people's lives.
The topic changes to Magicam, since you were lowkey stalking the boy that had caused a ruckus in the cafeteria the past days. Cater likes his account's aesthetic, saying it passes the bad boy vibes he has, and whines about their club's magicam page. You weren't aware they even had one, so you ask to see it. It's... not what you were expecting. They might as well not have an account, since there are no photos other than their icon, which was the symbol of the club. Cater complains that they couldn't come to an agreement on how the page should look and were too lazy to try to work something out, so it has stayed like that for months.
Since you know how much he cares about this stuff, you offer your help! After all, it could be a lot of fun, and it'd feel as if you're the manager of the club. Cater lightens up with joy, throwing his arms around you and bringing you close to affectionately rub his cheeck on the top of your head, thanking you for being such a prestative underclassman. You enter your business mode, thinking on how you could go about this. It makes sense to promote the club doing something other than hanging out, so you tell them to pick up their instruments and pose.
You go around them and try many different angles. Kalim and Lilia have fun doing weird poses that makes very clear they aren't playing at all, but there's a charming genuine smile on their faces. Cater poses with his guitar like a professional, making captivating facial expressions that make even you swoon, only encouraging him to make different ones. He could be a model, you think, with how he knows all the right ways to smile at the camera and tilts his head just so to make him look cute and alluring at the same time, fingers skillfully positioned at the eletric guitar's chords, eyes lidded, hair messy deliberately, body facing forwards with confidence. He has everything to ace the rockstar persona, at least in looks.
You try taking some of them together as an unit, but none pleases you enough. There's something missing, but you can't quite put your finger on what. You give his cellphone back as you ponder about it. Cater looks through the photos, commenting how one looks "super cool~" and in the other he's "slaying". He decides it'd be a great moment to take advantage of his cuteness streak to take a photo with everyone together, yourself included. Cater drapes his arm around your shoulders and keeps you close to him, cheek coming to rest at your forehead. Kalim and Lilia make poses behind you two, laughing at how silly they look with all the filters Cater tries on. 
He ends up telling you to decide which photo looked better, as he couldn't chose just one, something like: "any photo with you would look cute, of course I can't chose!" You look through all of them, but only one gets your eyes, the only without a filter. Everyone looks genuinely happy, making your heart warm. Cater's is not looking at the camera itself, but slightly to the side, where you are, with such a soft expression you can't help but be endeared by it. It's him, not a forced smile and exaggerated pose, just Cater, happy. That's what the other pictures were missing. 
You show it to him, insisting it's the best and should be the first photo on the club's Magicam page. He pouts about the lack of filter, saying how the other ones look much cuter, but you explain that you like the real him much more than any filter, since nothing could ever come close to the real deal, no filter in the world could make him justice. You're very genuine with it too, since it's the truth. Cater stares at you, caught by surprise, and turns his face away from you, ears tinted pink, taking a minute to recompose himself, leaving you confused. Lilia looks on knowingly, smirking at him. You weren't alone in your confusion, as Kalim seemed to be just as clueless as you.
Your argument manages to convince him, though, as he soon comes up with an eye catching description and posts it, grumbling that you should be happy now. You are, actually, so you simply smile at him, giggling at his playful eye roll. Only after the picture was already posted and you entered on your own account that you notice your eyes were closed. You yelp and try to convince Cater to change it to another one, but he refuses, telling that you were the one that chose it so you should stick with it, sticking his tongue out at you in a childsh manner. You whine some more before giving up. Cater seemed really content with the choice, if the soft smile on his face as he glanced at it meant anything, so you let it be, resigning to your fate. You weren't even a member, so you hoped you wouldn't attract that much attention. (You really hoped Ace wouldn't find it, otherwise you'd never hear the end of it.)
He suddenly gets an idea to decorate the classroom to make it look more "magicamable", dragging Lilia with him to get the decorations. Lilia whispers something to him that makes him glance back at you with a red face, quickly scurrying away and leaving you and Kalim to look on in confusion. How weird, what had gotten into him? 
At that moment, the playlist shuffles, coming up with a song that has a very upkeep beat. Kalim jumps in excitement, saying that was his favorite song and he couldn't not dance to it. You can't help jumping your leg and moving your head to the beat, swaying to the contagious rhthym. Kalim notices and extends his hands in your direction, inviting you to dance with him. You know you're nowhere near his skill level and you'd look clumsy compared to his fluid moviments, but his earnestness convinces you to give it a try. You were sure he wouldn't make fun of you, so why not have a good time too?
Hand in hand, the two of you move together, not completly in sync, but in a rhythm that feels right, that's only yours. It's nice, seeing his content expression up close, foreheads almost touching, feet following the other's steps, hips swaying together. You spin once, laughing, he spins once, grinning wildly. You're lost in the trance of the hypnotizing beat of Kalim's heart.
The song gradually comes to a stop, making both of you calm down too. Kalim has one hand on your waist, the other still holding yours. You hold onto his shoulder, your noses touch, breaths coming in puffs, his eyes crinkle and it's warm, he's warm. Your chest follows his in it's rise and fall, your stomach does pirouettes, to the point you're dizzy, your cheeks feel hot. You start worrying you might have really gotten food poisoning from Lilia's cooking.
Before either of you say anything else, the sound of Cater's giggle burst your bubble, bringing you back to the real world. You whip your head to the door, watching as Lilia and Cater giggle deviously, Cater's fingers working fast on his cellphone's keyboard. You separate from Kalim's burning touch, your hands suddenly feeling cold, and stride up to them, demanding to look at what they found so funny. Lilia shows you, on his own phone, a videoclip of you and Kalim dancing together, nearing the end of the song. Your focus is initially on Kalim, as he glows, movements showing years of expertise, it's... beautiful. Then your gaze averts to yourself, and how, like you suspected, you were looking goofy near him, not matching the tempo at all.
You whine up at Cater again, asking him to delete the stories he posted, but he refuses, saying it was way too precious to miss. You lightly hit his chest and look up your lashes at him, pouting. His teasing expression falters, as if you were on the brink of convincing him. Lilia pulls you away and explains it was only on close friends anyway, so you needn't worry about the whole school seeing it. Kalim agrees that the video is very nice, beaming as he watches you two having fun. You sigh and give up, not having the heart to be a killjoy.
Lilia and Cater's hands are empty of any decorations, so you question them about it. Cater frowns exaggeratedly, drowning on dramatically on how they couldn't find any and how it was such a pity. Lilia covers his hand to hide a giggle, only making the action more obvious. Cater glares at him subtly. Kalim notices how the club's reserved time is almost coming to an end, deciding that to make a grand finale you should play an instrument, after all they should at least pretend they did something club related for you to report back to the Headmaster. And it'd be a lot of fun for you to play with them!
Lilia claps his hands together, agreeing it would be a most gleeful experience. He insists on teaching you how to play the bass, not wanting to hear whether you already knew how to or not. He gives you the instrument and shows how to hold it in the right way, trying to teach a few chords. It's a bit difficult to understand the confusing terms he uses, so he sighs and comes behind you, taking your hands in his and doing the movements, pressing his chest against your back, his deep voice right by your ear as he explains. You can't pay attention to it all, for some reason. You kind of feel dizzy again. Perhaps it's the food poisoning for real this time?
His fingers guide yours along the strings, gently pressing on the right spots, strumming the chords at the bridge. He murmurs the instructions, voice ressonating like the low pitch of the instrument, hot breath tickling your skin. You let him do as he pleases, dazed. The simple notes ring in your ears, lulling you into calmness, eyes closing as you let your sensations take the wheel, the frequency making your heart vibrate in your chest, as if dancing along, your head floating in the clouds.
It's all good and well until Lilia starts singing along. Or whatever it is that he calls "singing". In reality, he starts screaming some punk-rock lyrics right by your ear. Your heart jumps so quickly you swear you almost had an arrhythmia, your soul leaving your body for a second. Your eyes snap open so fast the lights from the classroom blind you and make black spots appear in your vision. You elbow Lilia in your surprise, thankfully making him stop trying to burst your eardrums. You get away, taking off the strap of the bass and giving it back to him. You think that's enough practicing for now.
Later on the day you confirm your food poisoning suspicions to be true. You've gained a new found respect for Sebek for enduring the poison Lilia calls cooking everyday and still managing to keep that impressive disposition of his. At least you helped the pop music club get more followers on magicam and spread their word out there. A bunch of people sign up to know the club, so you're all really happy! You felt like you've done a good job. (In the next week, the people arrive and see no sight of you, only of the dynamic trio. They don't show up again, leaving the members number back to it's original three.)
It was pretty fun, all things considered. You didn't get hurt other than in your pride and your social image, so it's a win in your books. Still, you're not sure you could handle their energetic and chaotic personalities combined like this evey week and risk getting deaf or suffering stomach failure. Time to check out other clubs.
(Cater comments on how the photos you took together got the most likes, insisting you come over again for a photoshoot. Kalim says he's got new songs to dance with you and that he's asked Jamil to help him cook for the next club meeting. Lilia tells you that you still have to take some more bass lessons to get the hang of it. Well, you suppose you could pass by sometime to be in the know about what goes on at the school and to get to prove Jamil's cooking. And to enjoy your friend's company, of course!)
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Hello, hi, heya! I noticed something and wanted to share it. So the Pop Music Club only has three members and was in danger of disbanding according to Lilia's ceremonial robes story. Malleus and Jade are the only members of their clubs though so how are they not disbanded yet? Vil was also the only one before Ortho but I think he's in a different category since he clearly has mobs in his club. Your thoughts?
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Oh, that’s a good point 🤔 Cater says in Lilia’s Ceremonial Robes vignettes: “We've only got three members and we never do anything. If we don't get more people this year, we're getting disbanded!” He also states that “[…] the headmage has his eye on [the Pop Music Club]” because of their low membership, which implies Crowley is the one that handles club disbandment at NRC.
Unlike Vil’s Film Research Club, there are no mob students with membership to the Gargoyle Appreciation Society or the Mountain Lovers Club. Malleus and Jade are stated to be the sole members of their respective extracurricular organizations… so why doesn’t Crowley bring down the hammer of disbandment on them?
… My guess is that Crowley’s too afraid to piss off Malleus and/or Jade 😂 Malleus is the more obvious threat of the two, being someone of royal status as well as a powerful mage. Being told his club is going bye-bye could upset him and result in… uh, Kentucky Fried Crowley, let’s say.
Jade, while the less obvious threat, is capable of coercion through other means. Remember how Octavinelle collects dirt on people (Jade’s Ceremonial Robes vignettes + book 4) to use it against them? Remember how they put Crowley in a tight bind in book 3 by seizing control of a quarter of NRC’s student population so he would cave to their demands? It’s very possible that Jade could retaliate or figure out something similar to make Crowley’s job more difficult than it has to be. I can see why the headmaster wouldn’t want to get in those two’s time with their hyperfixations.
Back to the Pop Music Club for a second! It’s true that they have an influential figure of their own in the ranks: Kalim! Wouldn’t Crowley be afraid of upsetting him? Possibly! The thing about Kalim though is that he’s not spiteful or retaliatory. He’d be sad if his club disbanded, but I don’t see him trying to get back at the headmaster for it. Kalim would be sad for a while and then eventually look for another club to join or try to do something to cheer himself up. After all, Kalim seems to have joined the Pop Music Club moreso to socialize than to play instruments. Maybe he can talk to his friends or arrange another social activity to fill in the space of time after classes.
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I SAW A THEORY WHERE THE SONG MALLEUS WAS HUMMING AT THE END MIGHT BE A LULLABY LILIA USED TO SANG TO HIM 😭😭😭💔💥💥 I WILL NOT BE SLEEPING PEACEFULLY TONIGHT
(sending u this ask because i thought it'll fit well with ur latest artwork of lilia and mal... gave me the most heartwrenching angst tysm✨🙏)
Oh Yeah! That sounds like a great theory!! 🤯🤯🤯 I headcanon (you know what it could be canon) that “Once Upon a Dream” (what Malleus was humming) is a famous or popular Briar Valley Song/Lullaby.
I also gathered some info from Lilia’s ceremonial robes vignette below! I loved this vignette so much
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the “crying babies” were definitely Malleus and Silver lol I wanna hear Lilia screaming “Once Upon a Dream” now lmaooo
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For requests, how would Cater, Vil, Idia, and Lilia react to a MC who used to be a pop idol back home? As in they catch them singing their old songs and dancing their routines?
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anon, this request made me so so giddy because this idea is just stellar!! i hope i delivered on it! it also came just in time because i just got lilia's ceremonial robes sr and i also just read his vignette too. so like great timing!!
LILIA VANROUGE
“what could this be?” lilia asks, hanging upside down from the ceiling.
you scream a bit in shock and almost fall over. “great seven lilia! you scared the shit out of me!”
“sorry, sorry. i couldn’t help but be curious about what you were singing and dancing to. it doesn’t sound like anything i’ve heard.”
“oh.” your face grows hot with embarrassment. being in twisted wonderland kind of made you forget that music from your world was different. “well...it’s my original stuff.”
“really now? were you a musician?”
“ummm...no...more like a...pop idol?” you squeak.
“wait really? i see, i see.” lilia appeared to have a devious look on his face.
“what are you thinking? you have an idea and i don’t like that look on your face.”
“well since you were a pop idol back in your home world, then that must mean you’re a perfect fit for the pop music club!”
“i’m rusty! it’s been so long!”
“we need more members so we don’t disband. besides, i can prove to cater that i can bring in more members! and you are just the thing we need to attract more attention!”
CATER DIAMOND
the lack of members in the pop music club was concerning. of course, crowley was threatening disbandment if they didn’t have more members soon. and lilia wasn’t suitable enough to bring in members because of his lean towards metal music.
he just asked kalim if you were around. not for any reason other than to try to convince you to join the club (even though every other club was trying to convince you to join).
he stumbled across you practicing in the mirror, singing. you kind of missed the stage, your adoring fans, the fame of it all.
sure being in twisted wonderland was nice because no one could bother you. but you missed your old life as a pop idol just a little bit-
“hey (y/n)!”
“ah! cater! what are you doing here?”
“well kalim told me i could find you here.” he looks around the studio. “i was wondering if i could suck you into the pop music club.”
“oh that sounds great! every other club here is so boring. besides it might mean i can get back to performing-”
“wait what?” he raised an eyebrow.
“get back to performing! in my home world, i was a pop idol. dancing, singing, instruments, you name it!”
cater rubbed his chin thoughtfully. “you know what, that means we could use your expertise to get more members! come on!”
VIL SCHOENHEIT
the pomefiore ballroom was the perfect place to practice your dance routines. you wouldn’t want to lose that ability after all. plus it provided exercise without being too exhausting.
you were too lost in the moment and in the music that was in your head to notice that the door had opened.
“excuse me.” a voice coughed.
you immediately froze and turned around, seeing vil with his arms crossed. “vil! hi!”
“hello (y/n). what are you doing here?”
“practicing...what are you doing here?”
“well i was going to give epel another ballroom dance lesson but he ran away. plus i’m the prefect of pomefiore. it’s part of my routine to check each room at least once a day.”
“oh...i see, i see. don’t mind me. i’m just-”
“singing and dancing to pop songs?”
“yes.” your face went hot. “how did you know?”
vil pulled out his phone and showed you a picture of cater, you, kalim, and lilia on stage. “you joined the pop music club. i see i have lost in the attempt to have you join the film appreciation club. but i guess it makes sense considering you were a pop idol.”
“it’s okay vil i can still join- wait what?”
“you were a pop idol before, correct?”
“i was...” you squinted to read the caption before sighing. “god damn it cater.”
“you’re a lot worse than i thought.” you didn’t know if that was a compliment or not. “you should stretch more and straighten up your posture slightly. clearly you haven’t warmed up correctly.”
“i didn’t ask for your opinion.” you sigh. “i know i’m rusty.”
“well you can replace epel for his lesson. i’m sure he will be very pleased.” he smirks.
IDIA SHROUD
idia was very familiar with pop idols. he practically knew every single one. he was all into the fandoms and everything. you would find a stash of light sticks for different idol groups and idols he loved.
he preferred to do his work and eat his lunch in private, alone, in the comforts for a dance studio. there was something so comfortable about a room full of mirrors, ironically.
what he wasn’t expecting was to see you, dancing, and singing. it was a little off key but either way, you were great. you were amazing. and he was blown back.
curse his slippery fingers though. he accidentally dropped his books. “ah shit.”
you turn around, face immediately going hot with embarrassment. “uh, idia! what are you...doing here?”
“i usually come here to study or eat lunch...or something...” he mutters. “what routine is that?”
“routine? oh it’s...it’s my own.” you mutter.
“your own?”
the gears clicked in his head.
“no way...you’re a pop idol!” he exclaims.
“yes. yes i am! caught! at least back on my home world.” you sigh. “sometimes i miss them, the adoring fans.”
“well...maybe i can be your fan.” he mutters.
“oh idia. you’re so cute!”
his entire face went red and his hair turned orange. an idol just called him cute?! “oh...thank you (y/n).” idia hid his eyes underneath the hood of his hoodie.
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Just got the Heartslabyul manga. I'm pogged~ Gonna ramble about it. (spoilers under the cut)
The manga is doing a stellar job of endearing me to this version of Grim. Like I love this gremlin cat already whereas in the game I was eh about Grim until chapter 4 (and arguably still on the fence about him)
I think the manga trims the fat of the prologue nicely. It’s so refreshing to not have to go through the chandelier and the ghost fight this time around.
Though at the same time they skipped great bits like Deuce throwing Ace and Grim working with MC at Ramshackle.
Ruining the Great Seven statues is treated with greater severity here; worthy of expulsion rather than the window washing in game. On one hand I'm thinking that's overkill when they have magic to clean it anyway whereas you can't easily replace a valuable magestone. But then again everyone stopped to mourn the statues when they were knocked over on Halloween so maybe it's not too out there of a punishment(?) This is an abridged version of the prologue so I guess my expectations are more generous. Catch me on another day and I'll probably think something different.
It’s super cute how Ace and Deuce are already acquainted and on their BS in this retelling. "stop following me >:(" "I'm going to class, idiot >:(" It's great.
They kept the Juice joke, I'm happy.
Riddle plays a bigger part, most certainly because this is about Heartslabyul, but damn he’s serving.
That shoujo as hell shot where Riddle gets tackled to the floor lmaoooo I wouldn't be surprised if people started shipping Riddle and Yuken.
There’s a few funny faces here I’m dying lol look at that scuffed Trey.
Kalim didn’t get burned in this one. Good for him. :D
The way Azul is drawn, he looks like a wine-drinking aunt. I mean, he always does, but the vibes are a lot stronger.
Boy's def got a longer face than his in-game appearance. He looks older in a sense.
Look at Kalim eagerly watching the events awwww.
It’s neat to see how the mirror hall is supposed to look. I'd always thought it was just a big round room, but here its layout is similar to a church. Makes sense because of the coffin motif.
Idia wearing his robes even in his room is a nice touch (calling back to his ceremonial robes vignette)
Yuken is hella huge holy shit. I heard he was built but seeing it in person is something else lol
IDT they mentioned Malleus by name at all like the game prologue did (and Lilia didn’t appear either). So you see the panels of him earlier in the book and like oooh whos' that???
Overall the housewardens presence at the ceremony is less pronounced. Vil and Idia only said like one line each lol I kinda forgot they were there. I guess that's the trade-off for having Cater and Trey being introduced this early.
Crowley: "You're the protagonist." Yuken: "I got kendo, dawg. No I ain't".
Yuken is such a based protagonist I love him. Just happily rooms with ghosts and accept the janitor job like it’s nothing.
I like how they gave that one dude his own character card in the beginning as if it was going to mean anything. Nice subversion lol
I wonder how confusing it would be to find this manga on a bookshelf or online with no prior knowledge of TWST, looking it up and learning it’s a whole ass gacha game that’s currently on its 7th chapter (chapter 6 for the localized versions) and there’s a bunch of side stories and stuff. Because the book doesn’t say anything like “adapted from the game of the same title” or something.
Ok, they kinda do, but it’s in the blurb by the storyboard artist.
Deuce is great, I don't remember if he took this much initiative in the game (then again, it's been a year since I went through the prologue).
Ace is also less of a lil' shit in this version. He's pretty chill all things considered.
Yuken’s just carrying Deuce like a bag of flour lol
Holy shit Riddle’s here. CANON DIVERSION MY BELOVED. Oh and Trey and Cater are there too lol
YOU FUCKERS MISSED GLEE CLUB PRACTICE. You're gonna lose at nationals.
Dawg, who's the narc that told Riddle about the hedgehog sneezing? Like bro could've said nothing and saved everyone the headache.
Cater and Trey look hella good in this panel at least.
Hell yeah model sheets.
Yana Toboso drew Yuken’s character sheet. That's neat.
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“Remember to Breathe” ~ Danica’s Dorm Uniform Vignette (2/3)
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“Our dorm leader is a little intimidating, but please don’t be afraid. This is the most beautiful dorm in our school!” 
(A/N: This was originally posted back in February when I was still new to twst. Now that I’ve had this blog a few months, I decided to go back to some of my old vignettes and edit them. Some passages and plot bits have been rewritten and I’ve learned to make fake screencaps. Fake screencaps here are originally from Lilia’s ceremonial robes and Jade’s dorm uniform stories respectively.)
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Three Days Later…
Taima: I see, well, look on the bright side. 
Danica: What bright side?
Taima: *grins* Your evaluation could have gone way worse!
Danica: I guess, if you wanna look at it that way. It’s just…
Taima: I know, I know. Think of this as a challenge, your first at this school. 
Epel: Is there a reason why performing makes you so stressed?
Danica: Not performing itself, performing alone.
Taima: Dani has a thing about always performing in a group. Back in our idol club, she never wanted to have solos even though, honestly, we thought her voice was the strongest out of the three of us. 
Danica: But I won’t be singing solo for the contest, why is Vil-san making me do this? 
Taima: I think he probably wants to see how serious you are about competing in the VDC.
Epel: *crossing his arms* Or how well you follow orders. That seems more likely. 
Danica: Ugh! Well, at least you’ll be there, Tai-chan, and I’ll only be singing for a small number of people, mostly those in my dorm.
Taima: …
Danica: Hmm? What’s wrong?
Taima: Uh…about that…
*Flashback to Scarabia dorm lounge*
Jamil: Taima Abilene?
Taima: Yes? That’s me.
Jamil: This just arrived for you. *hands her an elegant looking envelope embossed with the Pomefiore emblem*
Taima: For me? *reads it over* Oh, cool! I’ve been invited to a concert at the Pomefiore dorm! 
Kalim: A concert! Sounds awesome! Who’s performing?
Taima: My friend Danica, she’s such a good singer. You guys should come too! 
Kalim: Yeah! I’d love to! There’s nothing I love more than…
Jamil: Kalim, you forget the invitation was extended to Taima only. Would it really be appropriate for you to barge in uninvited? 
Kalim: Haaa, don’t be like that, Jamil! I’ll ask Vil if we can come too! I’m sure he’ll say yes! 
Taima: Yeah! The more, the merrier!
*Back to the present time*
Danica: And?
Taima: Weeeeell…*laughing awkwardly* if it makes you feel better, only Kalim-san is coming. Jamil has a club meeting that day soooo…yeah…
Danica and Epel: … *glaring at Taima*
Taima: Heeeeyy, in my defense, there was nothing in the invitation saying I couldn’t bring a plus one! 
Epel: Geez, ‘think Vil-san invited anyone else?  
Danica: Sevens, do I hope not! 
Taima: Try not to worry too much. Tell ya what? Me and some of my dormmates are gonna check out that Monstro Lounge on the other side of campus. Ya’ll wanna tag along?
Epel: I love to, but I’ve got etiquette lessons back at Pomefiore. Ugh! 
Danica: I would too, but in addition to everything else, I gotta go find a club to join. 
Taima: Oof, maybe next time then. Got any leads?
Danica: One, someone told me there’s a light music club meeting today so that’s where I’m heading. 
Taima: Wish you luck on that; catch ya’ll later. 
Epel: Buy, guys. 
Danica: See ya back at the dorm, Epel. 
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Danica: Oh, I’m sorry, did I come to the wrong place? I’m looking for the light music club.
Cater: *smiling* Then you’ve come to the right place! 
Kalim: *also smiling* Nice to see new faces. Welcome! 
Danica: Thank you, but, this club only has two members?
Lilia: *hanging upside down right above her* Three members to be exact. And we’re more than delighted to welcome more!
Danica: EHHH?! 
Cater: Haha, don’t scare her off, Lilia! 
Danica: *trying to laugh* I wasn’t scared. Just surprised. (He wasn’t there when I…did he teleport?!) 
Cater: Don’t worry, he does that to everyone, even us! Anywho, glad to have you with us, Dani-chan! I’m Cater, a junior from Heartslabuyl, and you’ve just met Lilia. 
Lilia: Lilia Vanrouge, third year and vice dorm leader of Diasomnia. Pleased to make your acquaintance, Miss Danica, such a lovely name. 
Kalim: And I’m Kalim! Dorm leader of Scarabia! 
Danica: Pleased to meet all of you, but, how do you know my name? I don’t think any of us have met. 
Cater: Haha, true dat. We might not have met in the flesh, but you’ve been the topic of our discussion today. I was just betting with Lilia when you’d show up here and…
Danica: Excuse me, what are you talking about? 
Kalim: He’s talking about your concert! Of course! We’re all hyped about it! 
Danica: …! 
Cater: I just got my invite, took a little convincing, but Vil finally agreed when I convinced him we were scouting for new members for the club! And that by keeping the invite list exclusive, he’d…
Danica: INVITE LIST?! Who else is coming?! (How did I know Vil-san was going to do this?!)
Kalim: Well, I’m coming as your friends’ plus one, and Vil said we could each bring one person. 
Cater: I’m bringing my vice dorm leader Trey. For some reason, he was totes interested in coming with me when I told him it was gonna be at Pomefiore. But hey! The more the merrier! 
Kalim: Yeah! That’s what Tai-chan said! 
Lilia: I was going to invite Malleus since he hardly ever gets out and…
(Danica tunes out the rest at the mention of Malleus)
Danica: …!!!! (MALLEUS?! MALLEUS DRACONIA?! WHY IN THE NAME OF THE GREAT SEVENS WOULD HE…)
Lilia:...but he’ll be busy at that time so I’ll be bringing Silver instead. 
Danica: *gives a little smile* (Oooooohhh, thank goodness…) 
Kalim: Oh, Silver’s coming? Awesome! 
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Danica: …
Cater: But back to present, Dani-chan, what you’ll be singing? 
Danica: I... have a few ideas. I’ll probably make a final decision once I get back to my dorm. 
Kalim: Yeah, probably gotta talk the setlist over with Vil-san, huh?
Danica: Yeah, most likely. He’s allowing me most control over my performance, but he insists on having the final say on everything. And naturally, I have my own ideas and he…*trying to smile* has his own. (LIKE THAT I SHOULD BE DOING THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE!!)
Lilia: Even so, perhaps you’d be so kind as to give us a little preview of what to expect Saturday?
Danica: *eyes widening* A…what?
Cater: Yeah, I’m sure Vil won’t object to that! 
Kalim: Sing for us! Sing for us! 
Danica: …I…I…
Lilia: Go on, don’t be shy, Nightingale. 
Danica: Well…I would…it’s just…I…I…
*The three look at her with curiosity*
Danica: Oh no! I completely forgot! There IS something I need to square away with Vil and it can’t wait! My deepest apologies for leaving so soon but we’ll all see each other Saturday! 
*The sound of hurried footsteps and the closing of the door*
Kalim: She seemed nice!
Lilia: A little timid, but very sweet indeed. 
Cater: Maaaannn, why must Pomefiore always get all the cuties??
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Danica: Sidonie-san! Where’s Vil? I must speak with him right away! 
Sidonie: He and Rook are in the ballroom, is everything alright?
Danica: It’s about Saturday! He’s probably not going to like this but…
Vil: *Standing with Rook* What won’t I like? 
Danica: !!!
Vil: Go on, what do you have to say?
Danica: Ermmm…well…I’m sorry to bother you, Sir, but this is about Saturday. 
Vil: Ah yes, we were just going over preparations! 
Danica: But…since you…chose to invite other students…I feel all the more pressured to be perfect. I know this will upset you but I’d like to cancel, or maybe…
Rook: Cancel?! Why ever for?
Vil: All I said was that you could invite your Scarabia friend. I never stated I wouldn’t invite others. 
Danica: I understand that, but…I’m…concerned about my ability to give a top-notch performance. 
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Danica: …Well…for one, I brought some of my stage costumes with me from home when I came to NRC. I recently tried them all on and it appears I’ve…lost some weight. Since this concert is such short notice, I don’t have time to send my costumes to a tailor. Therefore, I don’t have anything suitable to wear.
Vil: Hmmm, well now, that would be quite a conundrum warranting cancellation…
Danica: *face lights up*  
Vil: …if you weren’t already going to wear your dorm uniform. *smiling* I appreciate your desire to look fabulous, but in this case, wearing your dorm uniform would be more appropriate since you will be bringing merritt to Pomefiore. Is there anything else you’re concerned about? 
Danica: YES!!! I mean…yes there is. I assume the concert will be here in the lounge. If that’s the case, with everyone who’s been invited, I’m worried this space is a tad too small to…
Rook: How interesting that you would read my mind, Mademoiselle! Vil and I just arrived from the ballroom and I have convinced him that space would be more suitable for allowing you to truly shine! 
Vil: Anything else? 
Danica: One last thing, I guess (pleeeease, let this work). Back in my old idol club, we would always have our performances recorded. That way, I could watch them later to critique myself and take notes on what to do differently in the future. *with a smile* I’m guessing it would be too short a notice…
Vil: Hmph. I must say, and I don’t do so lightly, that your devotion to perfection is honorable. Fear not. Cater seems adamant about taking pictures for social media, so I’m certain he’ll be more than thrilled to take video as well. I’ll make sure he forwards everything to you. 
Rook: As you can see, cherie, you have no need for concern. Come Saturday, you will merveilleusse! 
(Danica lowers her head sadly, Sidonie notices.)
Sidonie: Vil, I might be meddling but I think the idea of Saturday’s concert is distressing her. A lot. 
Vil: Is that so, Danica? There seems to be more you wish to say.
Danica: …
Vil: Go on.
Danica: (Should I say it? But this may be my last chance) All those things are important to me, but the honest truth is, I’ve never sung solo before. If you make me do this, it would be a first for me.
Vil: I know. 
Danica: Huh?! How do you…
Vil: How I know is of no importance. Do you think I would consider any amateur singer to represent our school, and our dorm, at the VDC? 
Danica: No, Sir. And I want to meet your expectations, but I…
Vil: *frowning* If you want to meet my expectations, you can begin by not acting so sullen before you’ve even started! How will you know what you’re capable of if you give up at the slightest difficulty? Unexceptionable! 
Danica: I’m sorry. I certainly don’t want to be a disappointment. *lowering her head* I’ll…do my best on Saturday.
Vil: That’s better. Now, you should probably start rehearsing, you can use the ballroom if you wish. (Danica leaves, Sidonie looks concerned) Hmmm? What is it?
Sidonie: Don’t you think you’re putting unneeded pressure on her? Even if she leads the girls’ team for VDC, there will be others with her. Doesn’t this seem kind of excessive? 
Vil: Not at all, because when she wins, she will be in the spotlight to a much larger degree. I only wish to see if she is up to the challenge. 
Sidonie: Wait, so you’ve already decided to let her lead the girls’ team?
Rook: Oui! After finding some videos of her idol club on the internet. She’s quite talented and certainly has a winning presence! 
Vil: She’s not aware of this yet. I’ll inform her Saturday evening, after her performance. 
Sidonie: But now this makes even less sense!  Why make Danica prove herself if you’ve already decided…
(Vil and Rook give her a look and she pauses in thought) 
Sidonie: I see…so you’re testing her. If that’s how it is, don’t worry, I won’t tell her anything. *looking slightly defeated* I just hope you know what you’re doing. 
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Vignettes [Set 2] [Heartstabyul]
I DEADASS DID NOT THINK I WOULD GET THIS OUT TONIGHT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
ENJOY!
That Was My Intuition (Part Two) | Riddle - Labwear
and we're back
IS THAT A LUCKY EMBLEM
with this one
Why did you let him in the house
Good god it begins
AAAA
12 SPOONFULS???
omg
omg
omg
Trey I'm so sorry
Trey throw it out as soon as he leaves
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
WLEDLASKD;LSDK;SDKL;A
WHAT THE FUCK
RIDDLE CAUGHT THE SICK
SLD;SALDKLAS;KD;LAADS;L
SLUMBER OOOO THAT BROTHER GONE
Thank you, Jade.
Go to sleep little tomato
What's Your Verdict? (Part One) | Riddle - Ceremonial Robes
Riddle if I had to sit and wait for people to be sorted into a dorm
I too would not care too much
Oh god the attitude
LASDKALJDKLSADJASKL
I PITY HIS HOUSEWARDEN
ITS YOU BESTIE
ooo they talkin shit about Ace
JLADFJKLSADJKLADSJDA
SEBEK
sjldkjsdklfjaskldjklasjdadskljdsalkd
SD,AKD;LASK;DLASKDL;SADKAS;L
DASJLLADS;L
SEBEK BITCH
LISTEN RIDDLE WHEN IT COMES TO MALLEUS, SEBEK BECOMES A WHOLE OTHER PERSON
NOW Y'ALL GOTTA DO CLUBS
CAN I PUT MY THINGS AWAY FIRST DAMN
Listen Silver is impatient because he's fighting off drowsiness
welp
What's Your Verdict? (Part Two) | Riddle - Ceremonial Robes
wadk;lklsa;dk;laskdl;asdk
OMG
SEBEK RELAX
oh
Silver big mad
I ain't seen that face yet....
VORPAL
LET'S FUCKEN GOOOOOOOOO
I would like to pet Vorpal
That was nice.
The Culinary Crucible: Making Cabbage Rolls (Part One) | Riddle - Apprentice Chef
Y'ALL TRYNA DO THE COOKING BY THE BOOK?
Riddle...
My head is in my hands, even as I type this.
... Riddle
Silver had to fend for himself with Lilia in the kitchen.
"...for the father who raised me." damn who's cutting the onions?
EVERYTHING HE DOES IS FOR HIS FATHER
AAAAA
MY LITTLE TOMATO IS CUTTING THE ONIONS
oh god
The Culinary Crucible Making Cabbage Rolls (Part Two) | Riddle - Apprentice Chef
You gotta let the ancestors guide you in the kitchen
SIT DOWN
BE HUMBLE
oooh who are the judges in the vignette?
MALLEUS???? LMAO
Malleus shut the fuck up. You're being rude, not teasing.
whew malleus we need to socialize you more.
Baby you only got like a year left.
Weird that they didn't put the image when he was cutting the onions and instead at the end but OKAY
All That for Nothing | Ace - PE Uniform
EPEL
RUGGIE
RANDO
ALSO
IS THAT LEONA MY BELOVED WORKING OVERTIME???
YES ACE THAT IS LEONA MY BELOVED
.... Twst X HQ!! Au...
I know Ace didn't catch that shit with his bare hands
HE CAUGHT THAT SHIT FROM BEHIND WHILE SHEILDING RIDDLE?????
METAL????
NO FUCKEN WONDER THAN SHIT KNOCKED US THE FUCK OUT
Well, well, well look who it is shut the fuck up
Leona you need house training
ACE YOU'RE HITTING A LITTLE TO CLOSE TO HOME
God I just realize that Leona deadass is the type of person who stays up in his head (in a very mean to himself way) and that's why he sleeps so much because literally that's the only thing keeping his mind from wandering
Awww
Such a Snoozefest (Part One) | Ace - Ceremonial Robes
Ah the other side of Riddle's Ceremonial Robes Vignette.
Ace, I'm assuming that there's at least a hundred students at the school.
That ain't easy peasy.
DEUCE
AS;LDKLA;DKA
"Bet we'll get on like oil and water."
He said in they share the same braincell
I TOLD YOU BRO
Okay shut up I think Riddle is looking at you.
I can't even lie, I'd try to sneak out too.
SDLSJKD;ASLKD;LASDKA;LS
NOT HIM SEARCHING FOR AN ACCOMPLICE
AS;LDKSA;LDKAS;LDKAS;LDASDK;L
DON'T FUCKEN BULLY EPEL FOR HIS PRETTY FACE
HE'LL SICK AN EMU ON YOU
Wait... I feel like this means everyone is standing
Fuck that I'm out. I'm deadass walking out after getting assigned. I'm not staying for the rest of y'all. I will see you at the dorm.
Such a Snoozefest (Part Two) | Ace - Ceremonial Robes
WAIT EPEL IS BEING QUIET TO KEEP HIS COUNTRY ACCENT AT BAY
AH EPEL'S FROM BUMFUCK COUNTRY
ITS THE FUZZ SCATTER
FUCK ITS RIDDLE
PLAY DEAD BITCH
DON'T FUCKEN TRUST IT
200 HUNDREED FRESHMEN
AH HELL NAH
IM NOT STANDING FOR SHIT
CATCH ME OUTSIDE
30 NEW PEOPLE IN ONE DORM
WE MADE IT OUT GOOD GRIM
WE JUST GOTTA SHARE WITH SOME GHOSTS
Disc-Out
Damn running into Sebek
Brickwall headass
Ooh what we buying?
LETS GO GET SOME FUCKEN PUDDING
LESS TALKING, MORE PUDDING
I would beat people up just to say that I got one.
"YOU BETTER FIGHT ME FOR IT THEN, BITCH!"
DON'T DO IT DEUCE
YOU DON'T KNOW HIM
YOU GOT YO SHIT NOW GO
COM-WHO?
MY MANS GOT TWENTY
Damn my mans had to fight tooth and nail as a child too...
Aww my mans did shopping for the whole house...
It Feels Right (Part One) | Deuce - Ceremonial Robes
The whole school who?
AWWW THEY'RE GETTING AWARDS
GOOD BOYS DEUCE AND JACK
(Side Note: My dog is very upset with me doing these and not laying down with her).
Jack where yo ears go?
Jack, relax.
Relax Deuce...
HEY IM HERE
GO BEST FRIEND GO BEST FRIEND
LEONA YOU BETTER GET YO UNDERCLASSMEN
OR THEY CAN CATCH THESE HANDS
oooo what were you talking to your brother about?
NOT ALL OF US TAKING A NAP
It Feels Right (Part Two) | Deuce - Ceremonial Robes
Aww he mama gonna be so proud
Damn not Jack knowing Savanaclaw students be on some shit
asdmaddlskl;sd
awwwwwwww
Beat they ass Duece. Beat they ass.
They gang's all here!
I'm always worrying about me boys
Grim, you are so right. You should have your own robes.
She said wanting to see him in the tiny robes
PERIODT BABY BOY
Wanna Guess? (Part One) | Cater - Ceremonial Robes
I'm surprised ain't nobody look pissed as hell
I would have been made an example.
I would not have been able to not mock Riddle then.
DORM ASSIGNMENTS AINT EVEN BEGAN
I GOTTA GO
Oh wait...
Okay first up is Jack
next is Epel, who probably would have been fine in...
no...he would have cursed out Riddle stupid.
NEXT IS ME
NEXT IS ME
WHERE IS I
Wanna Guess? (Part Two) | Deuce - Ceremonial Robes
Oh the dorm is pretty at night
Oh god Cater has to wrangle the Caters
THE RAZZLE DAZZLE
...
Cater imma need you and this pretty to chill
Love to see a bit of what's behind that mask.
Fingers Crossed! | Cater - Beans Camo
...
Cater gives me the biggest Oikawa vibes.
MALLEUS???
yeah malleus is like water? mans just be slip slip sliding
Malleus you sweet boy
DON'T SCARE THE BABY
Nailing That Bare Minimum | Trey - PE Uniform
Trey really said "All I need to do is pass" and I felt that.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
WHY ARE WE SO HIGH UP
KALIM GET DOWN
WHOSE SON
NOT THE MAGIC CARPET TRYING TO COMMIT MURDER
WHY DO YOU JUST HAVE THE MAGIC CARPET
Kalim, Kalim, Kalim.... not a thought up there. at. all
;LSKDLAK;ASLKD;LASKDL;AKDA;LKD
I'm so sorry, Trey. You didn't deserve that.
"Normal" What I Am (Part One) | Trey - Labwear
GIRL NOT THE SPOTLIGHT
It's only the two of y'all Rook....
Trey: "Haha. You and your being French."
STRAWBERRIES
OMG THIS IS WHERE THE KNIGHT OF ROSES CAME FROM
ROOK?
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
JADE!
Fucking Rook.
You maybe French but you are funny.
OH FUCK NOT THAT FACE
WHEW
"Normal" What I Am (Part Two) | Trey - Labwear
MORE STRAWBERRIES
Speaking of which, Strawberries are about to be in season y'all.
Awww
KAS;SDLKASL;DKASL;DKASL;DKAS;LDKAS;LD
NOT FLOYD HAVING TO STAND IN LINE AS PUNSHIMENT
...whew chile not the toothy grin
ROOK?
AGAIN?
DAMN NOT THE BAMBOOZLE ON RIDDLE'S UNREFINED PALATE
EVEN JADE IS IN ON IT
Damn those strawberries look good.
Trey is the type of Normal that I would not want to fuck with.
NOT CATER KNOWING EXACTLY WHERE IT WAS FROM
:|
Someone here is lying.
And it ain't me.
Wait a Moment, Riddle (Part One) | Trey - Ceremonial Robes
RULE 469(HA NICE)????
I don't want any of that food.
WHAT THE FUCK DID FLOYD DO
(DON'T WORRY HE'S ON THE LIST)
Trey: "Whose son? Damn-"
DON'T BULLY ME AND MY MANS GRIM
JAMIL
S;LF;SKA;LSAK;LDASK;L
FUCK
AWWWWW
Wait a Moment, Riddle (Part Two) | Trey - Ceremonial Robes
WHO FUCKED WITH THE ROSES
On pur let's talk about the food
Cater hurry up there's only so much boring one can stand
HURRAY
HE DID IT
My mans needs some tea and a heating pad.
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book 7 part 3 thoughts!!
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***THIS POST CONTAINS MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR BOOK 7, PART 3 OF THE MAIN STORY AND MALLEUS’S DORM UNIFORM VIGNETTES.***
If you’d like to watch a rough part-by-part summarized translation, please check out this archived stream!
Please note: this is NOT meant to be a summary or a translation; these are only my initial thoughts on the events that unfold. There may be details overlooked or misunderstood in this post, so PLEASE do not use this as a translation.
LOL???? We start this part in Ignihyde 😂 with Idia getting a phone call from (OG/grown-up) Ortho??? Ortho says he’s enrolled at RSA and it’s Idia’s first year as a dorm leader????? What sorcery is this???? I-Is this Ortho’s dream…? Or is it Idia’s dream???
cnn kdveienskebe Okay, it’s Idia’s dream??? Oh gosh, he pictures Ortho as being the kind of heroic and kind-hearted person who would attend RSA if he were still alive… 😭
NOT THAT IMPORTANT but Idia games with Lilia and it’s cute :>
Idia is happy to go along with the call but then notices weird little discrepancies like how NRC’s opening ceremonies are at night (but Ortho called him during the day and Ortho is excited about NRC even though he himself is going to RSA)? He feels like something bad is going to happen…
AND SUDDENLY A WILD MALLEUS GREETS HIM???? Wow, he finally got invited— Gao-Gao Dragon-kun returns as a motif throughout episode 7, Idia seems super hype about it. Interestingly, it looks like Gap-Gao has evolved into a full-fledged dragon when Malleus shows it to Idia 🥺 The set-up is very similar to Idia’s + Ortho’s ceremonial robes stories, but in the original vignettes, Idia meets Malleus on the way to the ceremony and gets too scared, so Idia heads back to his dorm.
OMINOUS??????? Malleus is all like, “Gao-Gao was broken many tomes, but I fixed it and I intend to keep it this way for a long time”. This, of course, is him actually talking about what he’s done to prevent everyone from leaving him :)))
OMG WILD LILIA TOO
Entrance ceremony~ The characters repeat the exact same lines spoken during the prologue!! Deja vu~ Cool little easter egg there, this really is a redux but with nothing bad happening and Malleus actually invited and Idia physically present instead of just being a tablet— Something else weird is that Yuu and Grim don’t seem to be at the ceremony.
RSA is confirmed to have dorms and dorm leaders as well! No specific dorms are referenced though.
“I feel like I’ve forgotten something very important…” — Idia
Back to Diasomnia we go… and the expected Sleeping Beauty dream sequence from Yuu… Then Yuu wakes up to what seems to be the room Mickey described to them (from the animated short 1936 Thru the Mirror) but mirrored/flipped (the date on a calendar is written as 51), Also???? Yuu and Grim seem to remember the “real world”; they recall Malleus casting magic before they passed out. UHHHH they’re locked in the room and there are ghosts drawn on the windows. That’s weird, that’s suspicious 😳
THE FOOT STOOL (ottoman?) IS A DOG WITH A PUG FACE???? Wait… THIS IS MICKEY’S ROOM, ISN’T IT??? He literally described a foot stool thing that barks like a dog the last time he talked to Yuu.
WHAT everything is alive??? Beauty and the Beasting it… Grim eats a sketchy nut and temporarily becomes big (a la Alice in Wonderland), they mention there are mushrooms in the Queendom of Roses that have a similar effect.
OH MY GOD MEETING MICHARD REAL GONE WILD NOT CLICKBAIT
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Mickey makes more Thru the Mirror references (he squirts ink at playing cards)? Then he mentions dancing about the queen (of Hearts!?) and the king getting mad about it… ordering the card soldiers to attack him. “I feel bad for the card soldiers.”
Mickey weirdly says something like. Their consciousnesses are in this place but their bodies are elsewhere. Mickey is going to help them look for their friends!! They sort of imply this is Mickey’s dream world, he starts vanishing because now it's morning... and now he is "waking" from the dream.
Blot??????????? They punch a monster thing????
HUH???? ??? ? ???? ? SILVER PULLS UP TO SAVE OUR ASSES???? 😭 We get his UM reveal as well! It's called "Meet in a Dream" (written as "Let's see the same dream") but we don't immediately get to see what it does because we cut away to the real world. The incantation for "Meet in a Dream" is roughly, "For the person/people I met before, for the person/people I will meet soon". IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING AURORA WOULD SAY WHILE WAITING FOR HER PRINCE THAT SHE DREAMED OF
Back at Diasomnia, Malleus is creepily humming over everyone sleeping...DHBFIYODSBFIOIOAF MORE IMPORTANTLY THOUGH, ORTHO'S CONSCIOUSNESS IS IN CYPERSPACE AND HE ACCESSES THE LAST MEMORIES HE HAD STORED BEFORE GETTING KNOCKED OUT (something, something... emergency protocols activated because Malleus emitted a high amount of blot)👁️ His hologram goes and tries to wake Idia up (lol I guess he did end up getting affected by Fae of Maleficence), then tries to connect to his spare bodies but their circuits are not working. He also tries playing music of Idia's favorite girl group to wake him (Idia usually wakes up and dances), but Idia still doesn't.
The time also seems to have not moved, just like during Endless Halloween Night. Wow, Malleus really decided to reject any and all change, even the passage of time...
Ortho realizes just how wide Malleus's spell has been cast (like, it seems to extend even to RSA which is on the other side of Sage's Island). That's... scary... x_x Guess no heroes are coming to save them, huh?
OMINOUS COMMENT: Ortho says that if people continue to dream like this without waking, they will miss out on food and water that their bodies need... and so they will DIE. They got like a week tops without water 🤡 and then their consciousnesses will remain forever trapped in the dream worlds????
STYX becomes relevant again! They get alerted to the blot levels on Sage's Island.
KJBLDVITUFUQFWOVYQFEOBAFIBAFI DIRECTOR SHROUD AND HiS WIFE SHOW UP???????? THEY GOT ON FULL-ON CYBERpUNK HELMETs ON TOO??? Mrs. Shroud sounds so young 😭 and she acts surprisingly cutesy???? She calls her husband “papa” and serves at STYX's technical director.
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STYX forces on Sage's Island can't seem to penetrate it... UM IT SOUNDS LIKE MALLEUS'S MAGIC FIELD IS EXPANDING, STYX is going to evacuate people close to Sage's Island.
WEIRDLY, IDIA'S DAD COMMENTS THAT HE FEELS LIKE HE HAS SEEN THIS SCENE OF SPRAWLING THORNS BEFORE???? Mr. Shroud remarks that he has seen it in stories of the Thorn Witch. I-Is history… repeating itself?
Ortho gets in contact with STYX and Mrs. Shroud is soooo cute 😭 She calls him “Or-kun” and worriedly asks him about his older brother and if Ortho is hurt, etc.
So Malleus used ancient magic (regional dominion?) to control everything in that field?? Mr. Shroud says fairies in general have always historically had the magic to “change” the world/nature, like land forms and the weather.
Uhhhh so??? They that Malleus’s magic won’t ever run out because he can absorb power from the natural elements to fuel his magic??? His magic field will keep expanding… so Twisted Wonderland is pretty much fucked if they can’t stop him 💀
OH MAN Mrs. Shroud says they’re going to try and contact Briar Valley 🤡 though Grandma Shroud tried to in the past and it was difficult?
Aww, sort of sad?? Mr. Shroud implies he’s a normal person and that he’s dealing with geniuses that try to do things that he can’t.
The Briar Valley actually responded and try to help them break the barrier around Sage’s Island!! But it sounds like even they could not get past it…
Ortho transfers his consciousness to the Cerberus Gear body!! (Mrs. Shroud makes it for him!) It can last ~20 minutes inside the field. Two dogs will follow him; they have the Cerberus security system in them.
He’s the best suited for this investigation (it’s NOT meant to be a rescue, just a mission to collect info) because his existence defies nature itself; he is the culmination of human ingenuity and Malleus can’t overwrite that. Ortho promises to come back and to save his big brother, he doesn’t want the Shroud parents to lose “another son” 😢
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LOL all the researchers are passed out on the floor, even Mr. Shroud was like. Sleeping under a table 😂
Not Mrs. Shroud joking about peeking at Idia’s password protected folders 💀 and not Idia leeching off of STYX’s wifi cuz he’ll die without high-speed internet to do his dailies…
Mrs. Shroud continues to be so wholesome and worried for her children, she encourages Ortho to come back if he’s scared or feels like he’s in danger. It’s so moe of her 🥺
Hmmm 🤔 the Shroud parents are definitely a lot different than what I thought they’d be?? They’re very warm and accepting of Ortho, especially Mrs. Shroud. I didn’t get that impression from book 6 and Idia’s post-OB flashback, it seemed like the Shroud parents were very hands-off and work oriented. Of the two, Mr. Shroud is definitely quieter and more stand-offish, so it seems like Idia takes after the dad and Ortho after the mom. It’s not a bad thing, I’m just surprised!! I’ll definitely keep this in mind while writing them moving forward.
Back to Mickey's world!! ... Suddenly, they're in the sky and comedically falling out of it???? They land outside of Diasomnia dorm.
HMMMMMM so Silver says that the “blot” he fought earlier is like… the darkness that appears in dreams. He has seen it many times. If the darkness catches you, it will drag you into an even deeper dream… and it seems like they fell into a new dream because Mickey woke up (so Mickey’s dream crumbled).
“Meet in a Dream” allows him to enter the dream world of people who have a bond with him. So… there is a preexisting connection Silver has with Mickey????
Silver has??? Met Mickey before in his dreams?? This confirms the story Mickey told us before of seeing a silver-haired boy. Usually the dreamer does not remember him being there, but Mickey for some reason COULD remember Silver. (When Silver himself wakes up from the dreams, he doesn’t remember them.)
bcsksbiexbkss OMG POOR LAD????? Silver has tried to wake up before by punching himself and by bashing his head against rocks (to no success).
He doesn’t 100% understand his power or dreams yet, but he describes each dream to us as its own landscape? It’s an oddly artistic way of describing it but I guess without the context of Malleus trapping them all there it calling them “landscapes” is nice!!
Silver says he somehow stumbled into Mickey’s dream while following a bird that shone with rainbow colors. Ho-Oh is that you (A bird that gives the illusion of rainbow colors… It sounds similar to the white birds Kalim borrowed in his dorm story vignettes from Silver.)
There are other stipulations to using his UM; Silver has to be sleeping AND be aware that he is dreaming in order for him to dream walk. He also can’t decide whose dreams he ends up in. Silver eerily mentions that he cannot escape from dream worlds, not unless the dreamer wakes up or the dreamer/Silver gets a large enough shock.
Silver falls through the sky to get to new dreams? He calls these transitions “dream corridors”. He describes dreams as places of memories and wishes, making up one’s greatest desires… but also meaning different things to different people.
They enter Diasomnia and IN COMES SEBEK SHOUTING AT THEM??? Apparently there's a party going on at Diasomnia to send Malleus and Lilia off for their internships. (There is a little glowing fairy thing flying around Sebek which indicates that Sebek is the dreamer. We did not previously see this light around Mickey.) Sebek rushes them to the party where everyone else is waiting!!
Oooh, we hear what Lilia’s internship might have been! He would be going into a company that specializes in making magical tools for medicine/health; his reasoning is that the Briar Valley has people who are not used to technology, and Lilia wants to be able to make their lives easier by introducing these technologies to them. Malleus’s archeological internship would be in the Land of Crimson Long.
BRUH 😭 Dream!Lilia says he will stay in their forest cottage where he raised Silver for the rest of his life, he’s not leaving.
Silver calls them out on the bullcrap, calling the situation for what it truly is. “This is just a convenient dream!” It’s fake, it’s all wrong. He shouts at on point, which is something be rarely ever does; the last time I can recall him shouting is back at the end of Endless Halloween Night.
ERRRRR (real) Malleus is monitoring all of their dream worlds, that’s 100x more creepy than anything Rook can do 💀 Malleus is justifying this by using his position as to-be king; “it’s only natural for a king to watch over his subjects”, that kind of thing. Leona would be hella pissed—
Eh? EH????? WE'RE PUNCHING SEBEK NOW (he’s protecting Malleus). And so we beat him up and Sebek finally remembers reality. (I think the implication is that by beating him up, they’re “shocking” the dreamer awake.) Sebek begrudgingly joins our party!! ✨
bhlBFYUVAIFAIAFDIL I OH NO, MALLEUS IS MAD THAT SILVER IS “AWAKE”
AYO OB MALLEUS BATTLE, HIS PHANTOM IS MALEFICENT'S DRAGON FORM, IT’S TIME TO GASLIGHT, GATEKEEP, GIRLBOSS (before revealing his OB form, he was really trying to convince us it’s not a dream when we said it was one + confused Grim with his claims, then lowkey threatened us by saying “if you keep talking, I won’t forgive you”.) That’s… scarily accurate for how real emotional manipulators act 😬
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I kept being reminded of Malleus’s dorm uniform vignettes around this point in the main story. In the vignettes, Malleus teleports the dorm leaders (without consent) to Diasomnia to hold a meeting, and they become upset with him for treating them like objects. Malleus is STILL treating living beings like objects (even if he does care for them). Look at what he’s doing: he doesn’t think about what they want, he’s manipulating them again, and even earlier he implied they and Gao-Gao were the same… Broken things that have been repaired, and that he intends to keep this way forever.
Silver grabs their hands and says they’ll jump into another dream!! LOL 😂 Sebek’s being tsundere at the worst of times… “I WOULD NEVER HOLD YOUR HAND!!!” SEBEK PLEASE, NOT NOW!?????? We’RE GonNA DiE
Malleus tries to force them back under, but a sparkling light "like an aurora" compels Silver to not succumb. Silver asks his father to give him power while clutching onto the ring on a chain that Lilia imparted to him. AWWW SILVER 😭
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This time they wake up in a forest and get surrounded by masked people who speak in... animal sounds??? It may be a fairy language; in Fairy Gala: If we learn that different kinds of fae communicate in different ways (for example, the diurnal fae speak in like bell chimes). Sebek seems to understand what they are saying... so maybe the language of the nocturnal fae????
AYO THE MIDDLE ONE KINDA LOOKS LIKE CROWLEY... EVEN THE EYES GLOW YELLOW LIKE HIS DO???? IS IT JUST THE MASK SHAPE???? OR WAS CROWLEY A WAR VET??????? ??????? ?? ?? ? (Side note: I think these masked NPCs are meant to resemble Maleficient's minions!)
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There is also what appears to be the sound effects of canon fire??? Is this… a battleground?? The human-fairy war?????? (The masked men are soldiers that report to Lilia!)
FKJLADFIHLAFSLIHAFLIADFILETasasutvfetoqevb WHAT WHAT WHAT???!?!?!?!?!?!?!? LONG HAIR LILIA SHOWS UP IN A MASK AND SAVES THEM???? HE’S USING HIS CLEAVER TOO (this is his dream for sure now 😭)
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So in Lilia’s new design, we see that there are green gems hanging off of him; these may be magical gems or the special ore he mentioned his weapon is made from (which is very rare in modern times).
If you look closely, his hair streaks are dark red instead of bright magenta. This lines up with one of Lilia’s voice lines in which he expresses dying his hair different colors depending on his whims.
Every warrior seems to be wearing a mask? And we can see their eyes glow (I wonder if this is a trait of nocturnal fae)? The masks may be there as s cultural thing or maybe as a tactic to obscure their faces from their enemies.
It’s odd that Lilia’s dream seems to be of war time??? Because Malleus’s magic is meant to give them happy dreams, but surely Lilia doesn’t think of war time as a happy period of his life???? Maybe that will be better explained in the next update??
AAAAAAAHAHHHHHHHH??????? ? ?????? ? ? ? ? ? ? THAT'S THE END OF THE PART 3 UPDATE???? ? ?? ??? ? TWST, YOU REALLY GONNA CUT US OFF LIKE THIS?? ???? ? ? ? ???????? ? ? 🫠 WE’RE ONLY At PART 55 AnD SO MUcH SHiT hAS GONE dOWN…………………..,,..,,, …….. ….. … . .. . .. . . .
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Another Batch of Vignettes [5 of 5] [Diasomnia]
Certainly the First | Malleus - PE Uniform
Ah Cater, always a friendly face.
Nevermind
Mang if y'all don't just be nice to this dragon man
DON'T JUST SAY THAT SOMEONE'S TERRIFYING
YOU WERE BETTER WITH UNAPPORACHABLE
ASDLJSAPDSA
"You're just such the mystery boi all the time."
LMAO
I feel like that was so much work
AHHAHSLAJDLKJDASKLDJ
HE FUCKEN DIPPED
"Perhaps because I am an otherworldly "mystery boi", whose thoughts are inscrutable and hence terrifying, I do not show up in pictures at all?"
Got his ass
I Have a Reward for You (Part One) | Malleus - Labwear
Ah Leona's second territory
Cater!
Oop mans is wet lol
Oh?
Double Oh?
I mean...Lilia did give it to him, Cater/
Triple Oh! Deuce is a Tinkerer
Call him a Tinker Fairy
Malleus you've got to stop poofing away
>:3c
PERIODT DEUCE
Listen Ace, let him be in delinquent mode. It means we get to laugh more.
NOT THE SALUTE
NOT THE REST OF THE FRESHMEN SLDJASKLDK
NOT THE MUSIC
That was so ominous for literally no reason.
I Have a Reward for You (Part Two) | Malleus - Labwear
GIRL NOT THE BOXING MUSIC
HE IS READY TO THROW FUCKEN HANDSSSSS
Awwww, thinkin' about Heartstabuyl's rep
LMAO
...Deuce
Why do you have a box cutter on your person
THIS MAN IS BRINGING SHANKS TO FISTS FIGHTS
MALLEUS NOT THAT MUCH MAGIC
But also
Its the casual ass duelcasting for me
Aw it just needed to be dried out
Shoulda just dropped that bitch in some rice lol
WHAT THE FUCK
GIRL ASDKAS;LKLAD;SKD
ALF;KL;ASKFLFAK
GIRL IS THAT A FUCKEN MALEFICENT THEMED TOMOGACHI
I GOTTA FUCKEN GOOOOOOOOOOOO
Completely Slipped My Mind (Part Two) | Malleus - Ceremonial Robes
Don't worry about this being so late
Omg Sebek you fucken simp relax
Its the pout for me
Lilia is like: "Who's fucken child is this?"
GIRL A FEW DAYS LATER
OOP DIASOMNIA DORM UNIFORM
I want Lilia's coat. I want a big ass fierce ass coat.
Deadass didn't have much to say here since I said most of it during Leona's side.
Accused of Negligence | Silver - Uniform
Kalim once again being an absolute delight
Like tbh
Sebek chill
Malleus will be fine
If Lilia isn't worried then neither should you
And plus
Everyone is scared of him anyway
Kalim , once again hitting the nail on the head
Once again Kalim admitting that if his head once attached to his body, he would forget to put it on.
Not So Different | Silver - PE Uniform
NOT MY MANS SLEEPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COURTYARD
Welp
You've been caught by Vil and co.
I mean... Silver does have some really pretty eyes
Vil... you'd be better off going to Lilia
Y'all bitches love using status and stuff
Silver be likeL "Head Empty, No Thoughts"
NOT THE OHOHOHO OJO-SAMA HAND
This whole vignette was just Silver being bothered.
How I wish There Was a Cure (Part One) | Silver - Labwear
Awwww y'all in trouble...
Not Kalim looking surprised tho
Oop a sleeping poition
NOT HOLDING THE CREDITS
TEACH PLEASE
GIRL NOT YOU TRYNA GET THE ANSWERS FROM JAMIL
HE'S GONNA YELL AT YOU
... he's pissed
HOW THE FUCK IS HE ALREADY ASLEEP
HE'S AS KNOCKED AS MY DOG RN
My mans got narcolepsy
KALIM WE ALREADY HAVE A POITION TO MAKE
NOT Y'ALL JUST DRAGGING JAMIL INTO THIS SHIT
NOT "NOT A GLOFIED CUP OF COFFEE" LMAO
How I wish There Was a Cure (Part Two) | Silver - Labwear
Girl a forest that's far away?
Gone head and make a cup o joe dawg
THREE HOURS
Lilia is a knight
More like an Agent of Chaos but okay
HELLO
Jamil... I've got some new for you...
GIRL NOT THE FUCKEN DAWNWEED BEING DELIEVERED BY A FUCKEN RABBIT
I AM LEAVING
...girl
can
can Silver talk to animals
girl
is Silver the sleeping curse realized?
GIRL IS THAT FUCKEN THUMPER
GIRL IS SILVER
IS SILVER A PRINCESS?????
Love the subtle nod to Jasmine there
Okay back to doing the exact opposite of what we're supposed to be doing!
Ooo look at those pretty ass lashes
L;K;SLDKLFKS;D
KALIM
SILVER
Jamil has his hands full...
It Is Time to Eat! | Sebek - PE Uniform
WHAT WE EATIN'???
Jack and Sebek: Knowing About Exercise and Nutrition
Deuce: Simply Existing
What the fuck was Lilia feeding you
SCATTER
HE CAN'T CATCH ALL OF US
...don't fucking eat that
Sebek... Lilia doesn't know how to cook... don't listen to him
"That "infinite experience" bit makes you sound kookier 'n kookaburra, though."
ASLDKSA;DL;DKL;ASKDAS;L
"FLEXING ON THESE FOOLS"
dlsa;jdaksa;dlkas;
LILIA
STOP TRYING TO POISON THE CHILDREN
HE GOT HIS ASS
SEBEK I FUCKEN TOLD YOU
HE DON'T KNOW SHIT
MY NGGA AGAIN???
I want some candy....
aww the baby done embarrassed himself in front of his peers
I Will Be Speaking Quickly!(Part One) | Sebek - Ceremonial Robes
Damn, well there goes that plan.
Mang Crowley if you don't get more staff
(I mean Mother Gothel is right there waiting to be added)
Girl, all that for one person? No.
WELL SHIT
THEY DONE FUCKEN GOT US GRIM
JAMIL YOU TOO?
Who the
Sebek, I will throw hands. You better be ready to catch'em.
Task who with doing what?
Grim... its time to fucken dip.
THIS IS JUST LIKE WHEN RYUJI WAS GONNA THROW HANDS WITH MORGANA
AAAAA
No promises, Jamil!
Welcome to my house, don't mind the mess.
Fineeeee
Okay... Sebek is strong as shit. Noted.
But Sebek... he doesn't have hands. Only paws.
Little baby paws
I should
AAA
MAN YOU GOT OFFA ME
They don't really need to rely on you but its the thought that counts.
Man I'm finna go to my room and go to sleep.
I Will Be Speaking Quickly!(Part Two) | Sebek - Ceremonial Robes
Lets
Fucken
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Grim go lay down over there. Take a nap. You've done enough.
Thank you, Jamil
Malleus has literally been alive for like a minute so ofc his magic is pretty freaking off the charts
Sebek why did you get him started
Sebek I don't go here
SLKDSAL;DKAS;LDKASL;KDLA;SDKASLDK
JAMIL BITCH
...
Wait... Jamil you don't actually like Kalim?
Or like just not like besties?
Oh my god he's gonna cry
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OMG HE HAS TEARS HE DEADASS IS GONNA CRY
Yeah... he kinda do, Grim
I DON'T PROMISE SHIT
Oop finna listen to stories about Malleus over tea.
YAS BITCH SPILL THE FUCKEN TEA
YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
We'll Have to Compete! (Part One) | Lilia - Ceremonial Robes
I WANT A DONUT
ALSO WE GOT FUCKEN SNACK TIME
SNACK TIME SNACK TIME
Ewww black licorice
GIRL NOT "WHICH CLUB ARE IN AGAIN"
LILIA PLEASE
GIRL NOT Y'ALL HAVING A CLUB WHERE Y'ALL
IM
GIRL
OOP Y'ALL FINNA GET CAUGHT
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oh i've yet to see this pout on Lilia
There's so much going on
I'm the lead singer
LETS GOOO
MFKN SING OFF
HIGHSCHOOL MUSICAL THIS BITCH
We'll Have to Compete! (Part Two) | Lilia - Ceremonial Robes
Cater, it just dropped this week are you sure that you know the lyrics
Kalim, sweetie...
;LSLADKL;SADKLSA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
NOT "IS THERE A BABY ALIVE"
I had a Baby Alive...
Lilia lowkey dropping that he has fathered children
LILIA YOU CHEATED AND I KNOW IT
LETS FUCKEN PULL OUT THE BEDAZZLER
NOICE
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LILIA MY BELOVED
GIRL HE WAS TELLING A STORY???
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Twisted Ramblings
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