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Tick Tick Tick Tick

The room would be completely silent were it not for the ticking of the clock on the wall.

The environment was more comfortable than your usual medical setting, but it still felt cold in a way.

The door creaked open and in stepped professor Crewel. "Hey, Pup." His voice lacked its usual stern tone one would hear in the classroom; instead, his voice was gentle and almost hoarse.

The hoarseness was no doubt a result of him screaming at the headmage in a roar you shiver even recalling. He had spent hours tearing into the man for his gross negligence and irresponsibility.

"Pup?" His voice became more worried when you failed to answer.

"Sorry." A meek, rasped voice leaves you throat. Your throat burns with dryness despite the 6 glasses of water you already drank, and it feels like every syllable echoes through your head and causes an intense, throbbing pain. You don't recognize the voice that claws its way out of your throat as your own.

You hear the soft scrape of a chair on the floor next to your bed. "No. Don't apologize, Pup." Rocking your gaze slowly over to him its clear to you, with the way his jaw clenches and unclenches while his eyes search the blanket covering you, that he wants to say something, but isn't sure what.

You slowly rock your head to look forward again. "Everyone's been in such a panic. . .and it's my fault, I-"

The man cuts you off as you choke on your words: "Pup. This is not your fault."

"But-" Your throat feels like its been given a massage with a thousand razor blades. The coughing your attempts to speak cause only make the pain worse.

Crewel quickly grabs another glass of water and holds it up to your lips for you to drink. "But nothing, Pup- Keep those arms down or you'll re-open the wounds. That old building was bound to collapse at some point. We all knew it. If the fault is on anyone it's on us staff. Crowley made you stay there, and we didn't stop him." The glass cup clinks slightly too harshly onto the nightstand as he sets it down.

Silence falls between the two of you.

Tick Tick Tick Tick

The ticking of the clock numbs your thoughts. You force your mind to stop focusing on the pain radiating from every inch of your body and instead listen to the steady ticking of the clock. The only other sound that can be herd is the occasional hurried footsteps outside the door as the other staff do their best to take care of the situation.

Your injuries have already been treated by a specialty team sent from STYX the moment the news got to them. They were the only ones aside from Grim, Leona, and the staff that had seen your mangled form before you were wrapped up like a mummy. You didn't have to ask how bad it was. Seeing Crowley throw up at the sight of you was enough to tell you it was bad.

The STYX team had spent nearly a whole 24 hours stitching you back together like some ragdoll and rearranging the many pieces of you that had been ripped and jostled out of place. If not for them. . .well, you don't want to think about it. If you looked like a mummy on the outside, you were sure that under the bandages you looked like Frankenstein's monster. There really wasn't a single bit of you that got out of that death trap unscathed.

You were kept in the school infirmary instead of being carted off to some high-tech STYX facility only because they needed to operate on you as soon as possible and didn't want to move you too much after the initial procedures. They made do by shipping a ton (literally speaking, more like 3 tons) of medical equipment to the school, most of which was now littered around the infirmary in a rushed yet professional way.

Despite your closeness to your friends, the only people who had come to see you were the staff. It's not that none of your friends wanted to see you, but that they weren't allowed to. The doctor's worried having them in so soon, when they were still full of hysteria from the news, wouldn't be the best idea. They weren't able to text you either as your phone had been crushed in the collapse.

"How's Grim?"

Professor Crewel hums: "Physically, he's pretty unscathed. He just has a few scrapes and bruises. Mentally, he's a bit traumatized."

You supposed that made sense. You didn't remember much, but what you did remember was Grim's voice. He had been returning to the dorm from after school detention when he found the building in shambles on the ground. He called out to you but your lungs were filled with debris and your torso was being crushed by layers of rubble. The dorm ghosts met Grim at the edge of the junk pile that used to be a dorm and confirmed that you were inside and that you needed help. The ghosts talked to you as you laid there, not being able to physically move anything off you themselves. They kept you awake and assured you that Grim was getting help.

Not long later you heard shouting. Two of the ghosts stayed with you while the third went out to meet the staff and fill them in. You were told after the fact that that's about the time they called up Leona to use his unique magic so they could get you out as soon as possible (that was the first time many saw the lion run).

You were blanking in and out of consciousness when they found you, but you remember them finding you. The feeling of the weight of the rubble lessening as it was methodically turned to sand and removed (in order to not end up crushing you with sand instead), the small grains dripping on your face, and eventually, the full force of the pouring rain battering your face as the last of the rubble was removed from above you. You remember Leona's manic eyes turning horrified, Crowley puking, and worst of all, Grim's face.

"STYX sent over a few trauma counselors. There are ones assigned specifically to Leona and Grim as well since they saw some of the worst of it." Crewel finally broke the silence again.

"And you? You and. . .the other teachers were there too. . .and Sam."

"Calm down, Pup. We've all had evaluations done to assess how we're handling it. We'll be fine.

"What about. . ." Your voice trails off, but from the look in your eyes, Crewel can tell what you were about to ask.

"What about the headmage?"

You nod, wincing slightly when the motion disturbs an injury on your neck.

"He's under investigation." Crewel responds after a brief pause. He knew that you surely couldn't be all that fond of the crow, but as you saw it, he was probably also your only ticket home. Crewel looked up to gauge your response, but your face remained neutral.

"And you, Pup? I obviously know you aren't doing particularly well physically right now, but what about mentally?"

"Hm?"

Crewel hesitated, not wanting to dig around in a mental wound and make it worse, "You were. . .under there for a while. I'm sure it must've been. . .scary."

You think for a moment before responding: "Was I really under there that long? It didn't feel like it. . .I think I passed out a few times." Your mumbled words put Crewel at ease in a way. He's not happy that you had been passing out, but he was at least glad that you weren't stuck under there fully conscious and feeling every second tick by as if it were an hour.

"Hmm. I see." Crewel nods. "I ought to let you rest now. A counselor will stop by tomorrow to talk to you about what happened." He stands up as he says this, his knuckles still white from how tightly he'd been gripping the fabric of his pants. "Rest well, Pup."

You simply nod, this time more carefully as to not disturb your wounds, and watch him walk out. When the door closes you swear you hear a choked sob.

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I was looking through all of Silver's voice lines and I noticed that almost every time Yuu interacts with Silver, there has to be a mention of him looking good, fixing up his clothes, etc. implying (to me at least) that Yuu actively seeks out conversation with him in some way?

I could make a whole fic about them just using Silver's lines from his cards and events and the main storyline I kid you not 😭

For instance, I don't have these cards but:

In his Dorm Uniform card, he says: "Hm? My hat's crooked? Thanks for straightening it out."

In his Birthday Jacket card, it's: "What's the centerpiece of my look today? I haven't thought about it, but I guess it'd be my white sneakers. They're easy to move in too."

Halloween card: "Ah, you straightened my hat. The horns look wrong if they're even slightly askew, so thank you."

Platinum Jacket: "What a dazzling outfit. I suppose when I wear it I must be ALL silver... It looks good, you think? I'm glad."

And then we get these gems, which show Silver slowly but surely opening up to Yuu:

Birthday Bloom: "Ah, it's you. Perfect timing. Why don't we head to the balcony so I can introduce you to the birds?"

Platinum Jacket: "Oh dear, I'm getting sleepy... You'll let me sleep on your shoulder? No need; if you could just...shake me...awake... *snore*"

And then!! You can also see Silver sometimes actively seeking them out in situations! cause we went from him thinking Yuu is odd:

To him complimenting them back (which I know everyone in the cast does but stay with me here):

and just being so??? idek the word? vulnerable? soft? In his masquerade groovy line, he just drags Yuu to the dance floor 🥹

In the main story line, he says this:

Which took me out because what do you mean it's just us? Grim is right there! lmao 😂

Plus!! In his Dawn Armor card, he's so frickin' sweet! I thought Kalim was the underrated one but noooo we literally have a prince charming in the cast how have I been so blind all this time 😭

Yeah I would assume you'd feel closer to Yuu, you literally had them in a chokehold while travelling through dreams 😂

This scene below made me melt when I first read it, it's one of my favorites. I know Silver is just expressing thanks and sharing a moment of vulnerability, but also add on to the fact that this is a boy who is so cool, calm, and collected, that even he couldn't admit to his own father that he didn't want him to leave school.

I'd be asking Lilia for his son's hand in marriage after the whole Book 7 fiasco just because of this line 😭

Delulu aside & I know this isn't an otome game but I lowkey feel that out of all the cast members, (Malleus "The Child Of Man Is Mine" Draconia included), Silver is the one that I can see Yuu crushing on. Hard.

Am I supposed to believe that this isnt an invitation for a date?? Not to mention the many times he has invited Yuu to work out lol is that his way of getting to know Yuu 😂

I'm sure there's more that I missed, please let me know!

During this scene, Colombina is seen out of a cage, asking harlequin to save her with the words of

"I don't want them to touch me anymore"

For context, Colombina is obviously a victim, she has been called "Beautiful" by the humans that owned them, and said they'd sell her to god knows where, but it won't be a good place.

This scene, Colombina is tied, not in a cage, and Pierrot is fainted due to starvation.

Clearly, Colombina would've asked Pierrot to save her if he was conscious. But I highly doubt Pierrot would even begin to grasp the concept of killing his first love, and Colombina most likely, knew this too.

So? Who did she turn to? Harlequin. The next strongest, and the one who probably knew what she meant, by "Save me" during this scene

See, for some victims, they see only one escape.

Death

Which is unfortunate, yes. But it's a real thing that happens.

However, her death obviously had some side effects on Harlequin, because when he eats her, his laugh is... Forced.

Specifically during this scene, they were all starving. If it wasn't obvious enough (lol)

Harlequin, did not make Pierrot eat Colombina out of anger or hate.

But out of, well... What I can merely call, concern. Pierrot was dying of starvation. And the only form of consumption they had was Colombina's dead corpse.

Harlequin is an obvious closed off character, who —despite being an asshole B— still cares for everyone in the circus.