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*Two Beastmen students, a dog and a cat, are engaged in an argument. They both shout and yell at each other, with the cat actually swiping the dog Beastman across the face, and the dog responding by punching them*

Dog: *Punching at the cat* (Yelling) You Sonnuva—I am not a dirty animal!!

Cat: *Scratching at the dog* (Angry) You licked my face!!

Dog: (Shouting) You had food on it!! What was I supposed to do!?

Cat: (Yelling) Not lick me!!

*As the fight continues, the two of them don’t even notice a much larger figure walking up behind them. They are suddenly frozen from their fight as a large hand grabs them each on their shoulder and a low, malice-filled hiss fills their ears*

Dog: *Looking over to their side* Eep!?

Cat: *Looking over to their side* Eek!?

Mahina: *Gripping them a lot tighter* (Hissing) Sssoooo…what seems to be the problem here?

Dog: (Stammering) I-uh-we-um…w-we were just…

Cat: (Blurting Out) We’re sorry!! Please don’t hurt us, Vice-Housewarden Mahina!!

Mahina: I’m going to let you both off with a warning, but if you do this again, I will immediately swoop upon both of you. Understand?

Dog and Cat: Yes Ma’am!!

Mahina: Good. Remember, arm wrestling is how we settle disputes and beef around here. Stick to it, freshmen.

*Mahina walks off and both the cat and the dog let out a sigh of relief, with the cat actively hugging the dog and the dog hugging back*

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*Later in the day, as the sun goes down, Mahina walks through the halls of Savanaclaw, doing one more sweep for rule breakers*

Mahina: *Stifling a yawn* (To Herself) No, not yet. Don’t be tired yet, you still gotta job to do.

*As Mahina uses the back of her hand to wipe the sleep from her eyes, she happens to notice something peculiar, a large bag of chewy candy and a couple packs of soda just sitting in the hallway. She walks over to the snacks and notices a note*

Mahina: “Dear Buzzardkill; since you probably weren’t gonna be in such a celebrating mood tomorrow anyways (when are you ever? 😒), I decided to get my part out of the way a little early. Don’t expect anything else from me, cause I already had Ruggie go to the store to get these. Enclosed with this note should be; a 2 pound bag of mixed fruity candies and hard candies, two 12 pack boxes of soda (one lemon-lime and one Cola). Have a birthday. Your Housewarden and better Spelldrive partner, Leona Kingscholar”

*Mahina looks at the boxes of soda and the bag of candy and then back at the letter, scowling at it. She presses her fingers so hard on the letter that it begins to smoke…but then she scoffs and stuffs the note into her pocket, picking up the snacks and drinks and leaving*

Mahina: *Slightly Blushing* (To Herself/Annoyed) Tch…stupid Tom, I don’t need these things, but…it would be a waste to leave them there, so I’m taking them anyways.

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*In her room, Mahina places the drinks into a mini fridge, next to some spoiled meat in a ziplock bag to prevent the smell from leaking out. She than takes the candy and places it over on her nightstand, before letting out a massive sigh of relief*

Mahina: (Exhaling) Hooo…*Deep Breath* Ok, work’s done, everybody is asleep, and there’s nothing stopping me from a shower and going to bed.

>One Shower Later<

*Mahina steps out back into her room, drying her hair with a towel and tossing said towel aside. She’s dressed in her pajamas now;

She sits down on her bed and prepares to lie down, before her phone dings. She checks it and immediately her eyes gape wide open, before she covers her phone’s screen almost automatically and looks around, then she squeals with an almost uncharacteristically girlish cadence*

Mahina: *Shaking her arms excitedly* (Excitedly Whispering/Yelling) EEK!! The new episodes of “Kyūto de Raburabuna Tomodachi” are out!!!

*Mahina punches the air and continues to squeal silently but manages to contain herself and her excitement by shaking her head and pounding her fists against the side of her head*

Mahina: (Calmer) Relax…Chill out Mahi, it’s just some drawings on a screen. What are you, a child? *Slowly looking over to her phone* You have a noisy enough day tomorrow without acting like this, so maybe you just watch it another time an—

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>Episode 1 & 10:30 PM<

*The clock on her nightstand now reads 10:30 PM and Mahina’s face is fully engulfed in the glow of her phone’s screen, watching her romance anime. To her left, the bag of candy on her bedside table is opened and already half gone. To her right on the bed, is the lemon lime soda box opened*

Mei: *Shaking her head* (Worried) I don’t know what to do!?

Mahina: *Gripping her phone tightly* (Practically Begging) Tell him!!!!

Mei: *Cupping her cheeks* (Whining) What’s a girl in love supposed to do when split between two guys!?

Mahina: *Shaking her phone* (Pleading/Gettinh Really Into It) Pick Haruto!! He’s better and he’s actually got your best interests at heart!! Ren is gonna betray you!!!

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>Episode 3 & 11:30 PM<

*Mahina’s noticeably a bit more dirty; there’s crumbs of hard candy around her mouth, soda cans all over her bed, and she’s already ripped open the second box. Her eyes are glued to the screen, which just so happens to be of the characters on a beach*

Mahina: (Internally) Yes!! Yesyesyesyesyes!!! This is it, the beach episode!! Mei-Chan and Haruto-Kun are going to be so cute!! I wanna see them walk the boardwalk and play the carnival games!!

*As Mahina watches the events on screen transpire, the scene switches from Mei-Chan to Haruto-Kun, walking down the beach shirtless. Beautiful music plays as the scene plays out in slow motion, with drops of sea water flecking against his skin and the sun reflecting off the water to give him a shine. The entire scene makes both the animated Mei-Chan and real life Mahina blush up a storm, with Mahina forgetting to breathe for a second*

Mahina: *Gulp* (Breathy) Oh…*Blushing quite a bit now* I-I guess we’re doing this now.

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>Episode 8 & 2 AM<

*Mahina’s bed is covered in soda cans and candy wrappers and she herself is a mess. She’s sweating profusely, hair is mussed and partially stuck to her sweaty forehead, and her face is in a perpetual state of both flush and blush. In her lap, she’s petting a plush Shark*

Mahina: (Absentmindedly) Look at them, Juno…just look.

Juno: …

Mahina: (Empathetically/Playfully) Aww, is someone hungry? Here, have some fish.

*Mahina places a small handful of gummy fish in front of the shark plush on her crossed legs. She giggles when she motions Juno over to “eat” the gummy fish*

Mahina: (Amused) Oh Juno…you hungry little shark

Juno: *making “omnomnom” noises*

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>13th (Final) Episode & 4:30 AM<

*Mei-Chan and Haruto-Kun embrace each other in a loving way, making the very messy Mahi quietly squeal with glee*

Mahina: (Pleading) Yes!! Yesyesyesyesyes!!!! Finally!! Come on, just confess to one another!!!

Mei: (Nervously) Haruto-Kun…I-I—

Mahina: (Expectantly) Yeeeesss???

Haruto: Mei-Chan…save your words, I know what you’re about to say to me—

Mahina: (Confused) No!? My OTP?!!

Haruto: And I love you too.

*Haruto pulls Mei into a passionate kiss and Mahina’s heart explodes with happiness. She rolls onto her back and starts giddily kicking her feet in the air in excitement*

Mahina: *Sitting back up* Yes!! Kiss, hug, hold each other close, love one another more than I love you both!!! Ahahaha!!!

*When the episode ends and the screen fades to black, Mahina is left alone sitting in her filth. She looks around at it all and begins to scowl, picking up one of the cans from her bed and throwing it away in her trashcan*

Mahina: (Annoyed) Disgusting Mahina. You should be better than this, making messes like this isn’t acceptable for a Vice-Housewarden nor a woman like yourself.

*Mahina reaches over and stuffs Juno under her bed again, grabs all of the soda cans and stuffs them into her trash, and burns all the wrappers of candy into one small melted plastic ball to throw away. She than catches a look at herself in the reflection of one of her mirrors and is deeply disturbed and angered by how she looks*

Mahina: *Looking at her reflection* (Critically) …You are not me.

Malleus's Halloween event confirms that Bald Mountain exists in Twisted Wonderland. It's mentioned in some tomes in the library.

Whether this is an actual location or a place of myth like Atlantis is yet to be determined.

I like to think it does exist in-universe, somewhere in the Shaftlands most likely. The mountain itself is teeming with paranormal sightings and mystical energy of unknown and malevolent origin. It's the last place demons were seen gathering in large numbers before they disappeared from Twisted Wonderland.

And recently, it's where one has returned for the first time in centuries.

Tl;DR: If Shriek ever gets a hometown event, it'll be to Bald Mountain. It's significantly safer than where she actually came from.

Bald Mountain…

If it does exist, I could see it being something like Mount Olympus, where it’s a real location and also deeply rooted in mythology of the gods (or I guess Demons) that used to live there.

The regular art is of Mahina laid out on her bed on her right side, hugging a plush shark, while wearing these pajamas with her midsection exposed. To her left, is a pillow with the name “Mahina” stitched in gold, and to her right, is a pillow with the date “7/12” on it. She is drearily looking up at the camera, with a slightly angry expression

The Groovy is her sitting in bed, and watching a romance anime. She is visibly flustered and blushing. Her hair’s a mess and all around her are empty soda cans and snack wrappers. The plush shark is sat between her legs, angled as if it is watching the show with her. There is a digital alarm clock on her bedside table that reads “4:30 AM”.

“C’mon!!! Just kiss already, you two obviously like each other!!! Please, it’s my birthday!!!!!”

Summon: What are you looking at!? These are common pajamas, pervert. Yugh…

Groovification: They’ve been teasing their kiss and eventual date for the whole season, I really wanna see it!!! 😣

Home: My Birthday? What about it?

Swap Looks: At least I can relax for a second…

Home Transition 1: Tomorrow morning is going to be really annoying…Oh well, what’s another day.

Home Transition 2: Every year, my father would make me chocolate haupia pie for my birthday, and his recipe was always best. It’s been a little while since I’ve eaten it though…

Home Transition 3: Tch…stupid shorts…riding up my legs all the time…showing my thighs…disgusting

Home Transition - Login: Look…I might not be the “friendliest” person around or look happy all the time like a woman should, but I don’t care. My life is my own and that means I can do whatever I want with it.

Home Transition - Groovy: *Wistful Sigh* Oh Mei-Chan…your Doki Doki’s are the only thing keeping my heart doing the same.

Home Tap 1: It is so late right now…I want to sleep…but I still need to finish my book.

Home Tap 2: Morning routine? Shower, Brush Teeth, Brush Hair, and Get Dressed. What else do I need…or are you implying that I’m missing something? 😠

Home Tap 3: I know for a fact that little ragamuffin, Shriek, is going to try and surprise me with a sparring session tomorrow, she was practically shaking with excitement today. *Yawn* Let her try…

Home Tap 4: I hope Reggie didn’t kill himself slaving away to make me something, he’s a good kid but little boys shouldn’t be so inclined to bake. Let a little girl do that…not Izzie though…Oh Sevens, no, not her.

Home Tap 5: Son of a—Ugh, I gotta replace these. My stupid midriff doesn’t stay covered. 😒

Home Tap - Groovy: I n-need to see them married! I need to see Haruto-Kun pull Mei-Chan into a passionate k-kiss!! I need to see him blush and I need to see her tremble!! I-I need to see the longing and…!!

Duo;

[MAHINA]: Not a word, not a single word! 😠

[CHARLIE]: …I like the turtles?

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Only to find Grim and Shriek peeling the flaky skin off his shoulders while he's sleeping on the Ramshackle couch. They're pretending he's a lizard who's in the middle of a shed. 🦎

Winter pup couldn’t handle the heat…but at least the fur-babies are having fun.

No but seriously, I can see Vil going all into a lecture about how peeling the skin is bad and how it’ll “increase the risk of infection or scarring”, just for Jack to wake up from his nap and nonchalantly peel away a huge part of his leg skin.

STOP GETTING IN MY HOUSE!!!

I’ve crushed 30 of your kin, several of which accidentally because sometimes you idiots don’t want to move and other times cause you jumped towards me!!

I have just witnessed 2 large crickets in my bathroom sink and I did what could essentially be considered waterboarding, because I turned on the hot water and splashed them a bit before adding soap.

He comes out of it with several cuts and gnashes, looking almost like he walked away from an intense battle.

Shriek comes out of it with dull claws and a lollipop because she “barely bit the shit out of me today”.