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Hello, I'm Wasim from Gaza, specifically from Al-Mawasi in the south of the Strip...

We are suffering from famine, there is no food other than flour and its price is 300$... It is very expensive, we cannot afford it...

I struggle every day in crowded queues to get bread to feed my family.😞💔

Help me and donate to me to buy flour for my family and satisfy their hunger.🙏

I'm nothing without you. You are my last hope.🫂😞😭

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*having tea at heartslabyul before everyone goes on break*

Yuu: “I miss my mom. This is holiday season back where I’m from…man, this sucks” *sulks and eats tart*

Deuce: You have parents?

Cater: You miss your family???

Riddle: Must be nice.

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Yuu: *sigh*

Grim: ….

Yuu: *siiiiigh*

Grim: ……….

Yuu: *SIIIIIIIIGH*

Grim: MRAH ALRIGHT ALREADY. WHAT DO YA WANT?

Yuu: I miss my husband. I wonder what he’s doing right now. All I have of him here is my wedding band….I just want to see him.

*proceeds to admire a wedding band they had hidden under their uniform gloves*

Ace+Deuce: YOU’RE MARRIED???? HOW OLD ARE YOU???

Grim: Aye lets pawn that for dorm funds

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*at monstro lounge. jade’a trying to shove mushrooms down floyd’s gullet. The latter is fighting for his life*

Yuu: Slug em in the nads Floyd! Lesson one in human anatomy! Make em’ sing!

Azul: *appalled* can you not encourage them??? Aren’t you supposed to mediate disagreements?

Yuu: nah. You don’t get between siblings. That’s their beef. GET EM JADE, MAKE EM EAT HIS WEIGHT!

Azul: I take it you have siblings? - urk. Thank the sea witch I am an only child.

Yuu: *cheers when jade claims victory - at the expense of a now broken table* Be grateful it’s just the two. I have three and we once made a game out of sledding on concrete. News flash - the er visit cost quadruple that table

Azul: *proceeds to make medical investment plans*

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Yuu: *crying*

Leona: The hell’s wrong with them now? *eyes ruggie*

Ruggie: *puts hands up* I didn’ do anything! I just swiped one of their cookies! I swear!

Yuu: *crying harder* It’s an oatmeal creme pie dammit! Y’all don’t know little debbie and it shows!

Leona: ….do i want to know?

Ruggie: *hands back the half eaten creme pie. Lowkey freaking out because Leona looks ready to whack him upside with a spelldrive disc* Here! Y’see? There’s still some…c’mon prefect. Ya can stop crying now. I’ll get Trey to make ya another. Just take a breath.

ace starts to act more temperamental and confrontational whenever something happens outside of his control. he's more anxious than anything, but it comes out in the form of sharp words.

(after so many overblots and life-threatening situations, he feels as if he could maybe put a stop to it if he had just a bit more control over other people.)

deuce lets other people mistreat him and order him around without putting up a fuss. he hates conflict and arguments more than anything, and is willing to do anything to keep things calm for a few more minutes. on the flip-side, he's not afraid to beat someone into submission if he has to, even if they're not wronging him on purpose.

(that's how trey and cater did it. riddle didn't overblot back when it was just the three of them, so clearly, things would've continued to be just fine if ace and deuce hadn't set them off, if they'd just been more like their juniors--)

whenever jack helps someone out, he starts expecting things in return, and the same logic applies whenever someone helps him out. it can never be a genuine thing. he's always standing with bated breath, waiting until the moment somebody tries to get leverage over him, or until he needs to cash in a favor.

(leona and ruggie are never genuine-- with themselves, with each other, or with him. with them, there's always, always a catch.)

epel starts getting really snide and sarcastic whenever someone doesn't meet up to his standards or says anything he disagrees with. but vil doesn't believe anybody who complains about it to him, because epel acts perfectly normal otherwise.

(why should epel be the only one targeted? why shouldn't other people feel that shame? why does he have to cater to other people? why can't people ever try to please him?)

ortho, who begins to think the worst of people all the time, even before ever meeting them. you have to do quite a lot to convince him that you mean well, and you better do it fast, or he might actually laser you for saying the wrong thing.

(people in this school are so mean sometimes. they don't try to understand idia. they don't try to understand him. even idia doesn't understand him, sometimes. awful, awful, it's all so awful.)

sebek becomes intensely vengeful over anybody who wrongs him, with his payback ranging from harmless things, like putting a frog in someone's bag, to dangerous endeavors, like setting someone's broom on fire mid-air.

(lilia lied. silver cried in his arms. if even malleus can do his most loyal companions wrong, anyone can. it's only fair that he gets a bit even every now and then. they deserve it, all of them.)

yuu is so disinterested in anything that's going on. they'll pretend to help, only to leave or disassociate or make excuses after excuses or just flat-out turn out to be completely unhelpful, with almost no attempt to prove the contrary.

(so many pretenders in this school. nobody's ever helped them out, so why shouldn't they return the favor?)

Riddle, Trey, and Cater: I think they would be shocked at first, just observing them after hearing about the rumors/complaints. Cater makes an off-handed comment about Ace acting like Riddle at the beginning of the year and it just clicks in their heads, especially after watching Ace and Deuce together. They were acting like them

Leona and Ruggie: Probably do not take the rumors/complaints seriously. This is Jack! He wouldn't act like them. Then they actually see it themselves, Ruggie asks for a favor and Jack, in Leona fashion, asks what's in for him in return.Now if this was another Savanaclaw kid, they would let this go, but not Jack, Jack shouldn't be like them. Something was wrong.

Vil and Rook: Vil doesn't buy the rumors or complaints at all, as Epel acts completely normal around him. But Rook? Rook knows everything going on in this school. He's seen Epel act just like Vil, except more hostile. He tells Vil all the complaints are true. Finally, Vil witnesses it in person (Epel going off at a Pomefiore student just like Vil does with Epel) and he feels kinda sick at noticing how similar it was to his own behavior.

Idia: Idia notices it right away. Ortho is the complete opposite of his older brother, so if he starts acting like him, Idia's gonna notice quickly. He hates it. He should be the one who thinks the worst, not Ortho.

Malleus, Lilia, and Silver: It takes a bit of time as he's acting normal around them and others. Until someone wrongs him, then they notice the changes. Someone made fun of him? Frog in their bag. Bullying his friends? They have accidents in shared flying classes (Even if he never said it around, Sebek cares of the others in the first year group) and Silver points out similars with Malleus and Lilia, and the two older fae immediately know what's happening

Yuu acting normal without ramshackle and first years only (maybe some ghosts and teachers, whatever floats your boat) but with the others it’s different.

Yuu’s helpfulness and friendliness is growing superficial. No longer is it out of goodness, but obligatory(maybe force or pressure)

More likely to ignore optional requests; excuses and diversion.

There is a semblance between the headmage and the magicless student, disinterest and avoidance.

The difference is one is free to do whatever and one is stuck, but no one really notices.

ace starts to act more temperamental and confrontational whenever something happens outside of his control. he's more anxious than anything, but it comes out in the form of sharp words.

(after so many overblots and life-threatening situations, he feels as if he could maybe put a stop to it if he had just a bit more control over other people.)

deuce lets other people mistreat him and order him around without putting up a fuss. he hates conflict and arguments more than anything, and is willing to do anything to keep things calm for a few more minutes. on the flip-side, he's not afraid to beat someone into submission if he has to, even if they're not wronging him on purpose.

(that's how trey and cater did it. riddle didn't overblot back when it was just the three of them, so clearly, things would've continued to be just fine if ace and deuce hadn't set them off, if they'd just been more like their juniors--)

whenever jack helps someone out, he starts expecting things in return, and the same logic applies whenever someone helps him out. it can never be a genuine thing. he's always standing with bated breath, waiting until the moment somebody tries to get leverage over him, or until he needs to cash in a favor.

(leona and ruggie are never genuine-- with themselves, with each other, or with him. with them, there's always, always a catch.)

epel starts getting really snide and sarcastic whenever someone doesn't meet up to his standards or says anything he disagrees with. but vil doesn't believe anybody who complains about it to him, because epel acts perfectly normal otherwise.

(why should epel be the only one targeted? why shouldn't other people feel that shame? why does he have to cater to other people? why can't people ever try to please him?)

ortho, who begins to think the worst of people all the time, even before ever meeting them. you have to do quite a lot to convince him that you mean well, and you better do it fast, or he might actually laser you for saying the wrong thing.

(people in this school are so mean sometimes. they don't try to understand idia. they don't try to understand him. even idia doesn't understand him, sometimes. awful, awful, it's all so awful.)

sebek becomes intensely vengeful over anybody who wrongs him, with his payback ranging from harmless things, like putting a frog in someone's bag, to dangerous endeavors, like setting someone's broom on fire mid-air.

(lilia lied. silver cried in his arms. if even malleus can do his most loyal companions wrong, anyone can. it's only fair that he gets a bit even every now and then. they deserve it, all of them.)

yuu is so disinterested in anything that's going on. they'll pretend to help, only to leave or disassociate or make excuses after excuses or just flat-out turn out to be completely unhelpful, with almost no attempt to prove the contrary.

(so many pretenders in this school. nobody's ever helped them out, so why shouldn't they return the favor?)

thank you op for always feeding my first year brainrot, its not crumbs its a fucking feast of 'what ifs',

This post got me thinking, so mb in advance, I've got to word vomit

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The first years are becoming true NRC students, and they hate it.

They should be prideful, but it doesn't feel like something to be proud about.

What happened? They know what happened, they just don't know how to deal with it. It makes them angry more than anything else.

Each of them have expectations already set for them. Either they want to live up to them, prove them wrong, or both.

They were never perfect individuals before, but now they are something worse, and they know it. It's like a twisted coming of age movie.

They are the infamous first year group, an interdorm friend group. Not that uncommon in NRC, but special with circumstance being direct involved in overblots

They get in trouble together on the regular, but also motivate each other in a way others, especially upperclassmen, can't.

They've seen eachothers' tears and desperation. They've seen eachothers' situations in a way other's don't.

More than on other students, they take their issues out on each other. They don't need to, they don't want to, but what are friends for?

Its probably not healthy, but besides the food, what at NRC is? The school ghosts see their plight though their peeping, and do nothing about it. That implies that the upperclassmen and staff see it too, and do nothing.

Does that mean how they are coping is right? Probably not, given their school's track records.

But, they don't want their issues affecting their personal life. Their families and homes should be untouched by their misfortune. They don't know if they will make it home with all these overblots

Taking it out at school seems much better than bringing those issues home, especially on capable friends that can return the favor.

They understand eachother better than anyone else, they will cry, they will curse, they will fight, and they will keep eachother in check.

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“As much as I would like to, I cannot ignore these infractions. It's for your own sake. Understood?” — Riddle Rosehearts {Book 1, Chapter 19}

deuce: hey, ace? jack just texted me. he says he needs my help to set up the track for next week’s competition. do you mind covering for me during riddle’s study hall this week?

ace: what? deuce, you do realize if you fail one more test, professor trein’s going to send you to remedial classes, right?

deuce: well, i know that, but this seems pretty important… the track field is huge. jack’s already been spending all week preparing for it by himself. and nobody else is strong enough to help him…

ace: you are one b-minus away from failing history this semester! you really can’t afford to miss out on riddle’s tutoring. and if you get stuck in remedial classes and private afterschool sessions, the rest of us probably won’t be able to see you for, like… what, three weeks? c’mon— you’ve got friends that love you and would hate it if they couldn’t hang out with you for that long.

deuce: it’s… just one study session, ace. and even if i fail, i don’t think it’s going to be that serious—

ace: deuce. this isn’t funny anymore. i don’t like it anymore than you do, but these are the rules, and we’ve got to play by them. if you wanna be stupid and send your grades careening off the cliffside, be my guest! it’s not my life you’re going to ruin by having a bleeding heart. 

deuce: …well… i guess it won’t matter too much, either way. i’m… sure jack can handle himself.

ace: that’s better. now come on. we’re already late.

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“Look, I totally get why you see Riddle as a tyrant, and why you disapprove of his methods. But for me... I can't hold that against him, you know?" — Trey Clover {Book 1, Chapter 19}

deuce: sorry, jack, but… i can’t make it today.

jack: deuce, is somethin’ going on with you? you’ve always jumped at the opportunity to help out the track team before, and this is the fourth time in a row you’ve put a rain check on it.

deuce: i’d love to help out, it’s just… well, with the semester ramping up, ace is just worried about my grades, is all.

jack: ace is worried about your grades? i respect giving it your all in everything you do, but… shouldn’t worrying about your grades be your prerogative? giving it your all means nothin’ if you’re just not into it.

deuce: i would rather be helping you out on the field… but it’s not that bad, really. he’s just worried about me! and he’s right, besides. if my grades are good, i’ll have more time to spend with all of you!

jack: …i’ve given you plenty of opportunities to spend time with me. and you haven’t taken a single one. 

deuce: …i know. i’m sorry about that. but you know how ace can be sometimes. we’ll hang out soon — promise.

jack: …you say that every single time. when are you goin’ to follow through with it, exactly?

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“I don't care if it IS just for three days. Savanaclaw's got no use for dead weight, no matter how short or long your stay." — Leona Kingscholar {Book 3, Chapter 13}

epel: jack, i really need your help with something.

jack: hm?

epel: it’s just… these savanaclaw students keep harassing me on my way to potionology. i’d love to give them the ol’ 1-2, but if i do, then my accent might slip out, and then rook will probably hear and report it to vil, and you know how he’s going to feel about that—

jack: okay, okay, i get it… so what’s in it for me?

epel: …what?

jack: you want me to accompany you when you’re walking to potionology, yeah? if i help you, what do i get out of it?

epel: i don’t… jack, ain’t we friends? can’t ya just… help me out? ah’ll pay ya back for it later if that’s what ya really want, but—

jack: sorry, epel, but i’m not really the kind of guy to take someone at their word — not anymore. i’ve got no reason to help you, so i need you to give me one. i need a guarantee that this’ll pay off for me, or i ain’t doin’ it. you got anythin’ like that?

epel: …not at the moment, no.

jack: then sorry, felmier, but you’re gonna have to find someone else. i’d tell you to ask deuce, but that guy’s kinda… unreliable.

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“Your moves are all utterly unchoreographed. It's embarrassing to watch, frankly—and woefully inelegant, to boot. You get a five out of one hundred. Next time you pick a fight, think twice about who you're challenging." — Vil Schoenheit {Book 5, Chapter 7}

epel: hey ortho, can i ask you for a favor… um. what are you doing? is that a… recording booth?

ortho: oh, hello epel felmier! and yes, this is indeed a recording booth! my brother made it for me. do you like it?

epel: it definitely looks professional, if nothing else. kind of tacky, though. what are you using it for?

ortho: well, vil schoenheit is thinking of making a musical production for the film research club’s next project! i was thinking of trying out for the lead role, so i’m playing around with the vocal synthesizers idia gave me to find the perfect pitch. i’m really excited for the auditions!

epel: …you’re going to sing? you? in front of… all those people? are you sure?

ortho: …is there a problem, epel felmier?

epel: well, if that’s what you want to do, ortho, i’m not going to stop you… but you do remember what happened during the sdc auditions, the last time you tried to sing in front of vil? he said you were… what was it again? “genreless”? and as much as i hate it, he had a point. and that’s not going to change no matter how much you pitch your voice.

ortho: i… i know that, but—!

epel: ortho, it’s not just the singing. i’ve seen you dance, you know. and just to be blunt about it, drunken monkeys could probably put more emotion into their dancing than you do. and all of that aside, you’re a robot who’s still a rookie when it comes to being an actual person. vil would literally have to be completely insane to put you in a musical! you’re ten times more likely to end up backstage, fixing lights or something. you’ll probably be better suited for it, too.

ortho: i…

epel: i don’t mean to sound cruel, ortho, but i just don’t want you getting hurt. even people you think you know can say things that hurt your feelings. and when you perform on a stage, that’s a gamble you’ll be taking with a bunch of people you don’t know. just… be careful, okay? 

ortho: …alright. i will.

epel: good. now, about that favor…

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“I-I couldn’t. I’m just one guy. Nothing I do would make a difference…" — Idia Shroud {Book 6, Chapter 48}

sebek: SHROUD! i’ve recently heard that you plan to star in schoenheit’s next musical production! i understand most humans around this school consider that to be a great honor, and so i wish you the best of luck in your endeavor!

ortho: oh, thank you, sebek zigvolt! but… um, i changed my mind. i’m not going to audition.

sebek: …huh? whyever not?

ortho: i just don’t want to embarrass myself. my dancing will never be as expressive as i’d like to be, and i know from experience that my vocal performance will never be optimal enough for a live audience. given all of those factors, i determined it would be best if i didn’t try out at all. i don’t want to waste the time of people who would really make this show great, and, well… that’s just not me.

sebek: that’s… uncharacteristically pessimistic of you. you haven’t even tried yet.

ortho: oh, i don’t need to. it’s all in the data.

sebek: …and who gave you this “data”, exactly?

ortho: my data comes from a variety of sources, but if i had to condense it down… vil schoenheit is the largest contributor. upon reviewing several clips of how he normally judges people, and based on my own experience with him, i came to my ultimate decision.

sebek: …

ortho: …is something wrong, sebek zigvolt? you’re not typically this quiet in conversation for more than ten seconds. was it… was it something i said?

sebek: no! no. it’s not you, shroud. i was just… thinking. pardon me, i have to take care of something.

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“I have a wonderful gift for you all." — Malleus Draconia {Book 7, Chapter 36}

yuu: sebek. i just caught some very interesting news yesterday, and i thought you might like to hear it.

sebek: truly? silver hasn’t fallen asleep headfirst into the water fountain again, has he?

yuu: no, actually. i was walking epel to potionology yesterday, and he told me that someone had replaced all of vil’s hair products with tar. nobody can get it out, and now he refuses to step foot outside the dorm. 

sebek: what are you implying, human?

yuu: well, i know that a regular person couldn’t have done it — they definitely wouldn’t have been able to get past rook. they would’ve probably have had to teleport it inside, and there’s only one species in all of twisted wonderland with enough magic to master teleportation as a teenager. and last i checked, malleus and lilia have better things to do than make sure vil can never show his face in polite society again.

sebek: …frankly, i don’t know what it is you are referring to. i understand it is your nature to attempt to solve problems, but i assure you, there is no “problem” here. 

yuu: sebek, i’m not mad. just… tell me why you would do something like this? i don’t understand.

sebek: i am simply doing what i see fit. and it is not any of your business, either way.

yuu: sebek, i’m just trying to help…

sebek: yuu, i respect you more than any of the riffraff that roam these halls, but i’m afraid you don’t seem to realize when your “help” isn’t wanted. why don’t you focus on yourself before turning your attention to others? i feel as though that would save you a lot of undue trouble.

yuu: …*sigh* you try to help someone, and this is the thanks you get…

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“Ah... Ahhh! Ahhh, yes! Of course! A way home for you! Ha ha ha! Why, I'm expending every effort!" — Dire Crowley {Book 4, Chapter 2}

ace: yuu, where were you yesterday?

yuu: hm?

ace: i asked you to help me make a study guide for protection class and you never showed! if you’re not going to come, you could at least just say it outright.

yuu: wh— oh. right, right, that. sorry, i was planning on going, really, i just… y’know, fell asleep.

ace: …you fell asleep.

yuu: yup. sorry, i’ll be there next time. just, uh… so busy these days. you know how it is, being the housewarden of a dorm and all. really sorry about that, ace, but hey — maybe next time, you can ask jack or something. i'm sure he'd love to help you out.

ace: …can you at least look up from your phone when you talk to me?

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Jack shit talking deuce after refusing 💀

Ngl smth is wrong with me bc I agree with Ace

Deuce stay committed to smth damn 😭

Ortho having low self esteem around Idia will be a cycle of doom

SEBEK OH MY LORD??? honestly feel like Lilia would at most scold him and leave it along but DAMN WHERE DID THE CHIVALRY GO???

Ngl Sebek is the only actual acting friend with is a PARALLEL WITH MALLEUS🧐🧐

Yuu became the one thing they hate and it’s so funny. Father figure Crowley vibe but not in a good way I mean you act like your dad but he is deadbeat

I love the quote reference and relating omg I’m diving nosefront into first year angst djgjfofkf

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ace is the first one to come up with this idea. he think it's a harmless little thing, a prank that'll cause plenty of mayhem but won't get him in any serious trouble. so he starts referring to cater and trey as his dad and mom respectively, and riddle as his uptight, no-nonsense older brother.

("one time i saw my brother try to put one of mom's tart into like a ziplock bag to save it for later, and when he took it out like two days afterwards, it fell apart immediately and he started bawling, ha ha! my dad got the whole thing on camera and shared it with me — i can show you if you want.")

he ropes epel in on the plan. epel is a little more hesitant, but seeing this as a way to get back at vil, even in a small way, he agrees to it. vil is now "ma" and rook is now "pa". people do start to wonder why he still uses he/him pronouns to refer to his supposed mother, but they decide not to question it too much.

("a few months ago, my pa told me a story about how one time my ma was trying to comb his hair, only for his comb to get stuck. so he got another comb to get the first one out, and that ended up getting stuck, too. five combs later, and peepaw had to rush him to the barber for an emergency haircut. it was pretty funny, but now i'm left wondering how pa even knew that story... hold on, i need to check my bathroom mirror for cameras, excuse me.")

surprisingly, deuce catches on pretty quickly, and he starts thinking maybe it's a new dorm policy. he doesn't know why, or why nobody else seems to be doing it, but ace seems pretty sure of himself, so he starts doing it, too, if a bit awkwardly.

("my brother always gets on my case for my bad grades. it's a little frustrating, but he only does it because he cares. my dad tutors me whenever he can, but he's not very good at studying, either. but whenever i do get good grades on my report card, my mom makes me egg tarts!")

yuu starts after they ask ace about it, and thinking it's a good prank, they decide to join in on a little mischief. so they start referring to all the teachers as their "dad". it makes people really confused, because they assume they only have one dad, two at most, but "dad" seems to change personalities every single time they talk about him.

("i was helping my dad do paperwork the other day, except we didn't get anything done and spent the entire evening playing solitaire and making dog puns."

"i was filling my dad's basketballs for him for his next game, whilst simultaneously helping him rework his pick-up lines that he's going to use on rsa's 'hot librarian' — his words, not mine. it was... a weird experience."

"i was feeding my dad's cat a couple of days ago, but i guess i fed him too much, because he's just a ball with limbs now. it's fine, though — it's not like my dad actually goes anywhere. too old for that, y'know?")

ortho is up next. idia's already ortho's brother, so he can't really do anything with that, but he really wants in on the average teenage experience of pranking your peers. so he starts referring to literally every upperclassmen he knows as his "brother". this is when everyone starts to realize that something's wrong, because some of things ortho says can not apply to idia in any reality.

("my brother is so talented! he's so good at talking to people, and making them sign contracts with him, and convincing them to invest in his restaurant... gosh, i wish i could be as good at communicating as him!")

jack is, unsurprisingly, very unamused when he figures out what the others are doing, but he doesn't try to stop them. but after a few weeks of exposure, and jack starts unconsciously doing it, too, which the others don't point out to him because they think it's absolutely hilarious.

("my brother didn't show up to morning practice, again, so my other brother and i went lookin' for him, and we ended up findin' him in a tree. obviously, my brother and i can't climb as well as my eldest bro can, so my brother just... threw a spelldrive disk at him. to get him out of the tree. and then we had to rush him to the infirmary because now he had a concussion. i don't... i don't know why he thought that would work.")

sebek is the last hold-over. not only is he unamused by this prank — and frankly very aghast when he realizes that jack has also been infected by it — but he's also really repressed and will do literally whatever it takes to not sully his image in the eyes of diasomnia. of course, with enough wear and tear, this doesn't last very long.

("ugh. my brother fell asleep on the road AGAIN! i swear, so many people have tripped over him, i'll be surprised if he hasn't broken any ribs yet.")

ace and epel think all of this is extremely funny, so they all keep trucking along with it with nobody noticing for a couple of weeks. it's all fine and dandy until the first-years are out on the town during the weekend, and deuce gets involved in a really bad carriage crash.

at the hospital, deuce starts deliriously asking for his older brother to take him home. but when the receptionist checks his familial records, they're really confused because deuce never even had a brother.

unfortunately, ace knows exactly who deuce is talking about, and awkwardly spends the next 30 minutes trying to get a hold of riddle over the phone.

So when they are complaining, they say 'my brother' or 'my ma', you know, complaining and all that junk. And Ortho of course is recoding everything, and they decide to dick around and when they are picking them up from class or clubs and they see their 'older brothers' or 'parents' they remark on what they are doing and Ortho zooms in to scan what's going on so he can make sure he doesn't confuse things have a clear record of who is who. For the Scam Trio-I mean the Ocatvinelle trio, they are 'our rich uncle' and 'scary cousins' while Scarabia is 'the babysitter and younger brother', and its a whole thing they do.

Ortho, being tired and overwhelmed with all the data processing he's had to do, when Eric asks for the BTS sends everything, including them speaking about their seniors like they are family, which was just a joke for them and he doesn't realize it. It becomes viral overnight when the episode labeled Family Moments get released, and how they are so close and just little assholes throughout the entire thing. It becomes a whole thing that people notice that all of them close to only each other, like real families and everyone else in the dorms are kind off to the side, like neighbors are and that they DO act like families.

and i love how jamil and kalim are "the babysitter" and the "younger brother" respectively, even though kalim is older than all of them by like a year.

AND THEY OUT THEMSELVES ONLINE BY ACCIDENT ortho bbygirl please check your data before just sending all of it to the guy who's in charge of putting your stuff on the market. especially when it involves you and your friends basically telling the whole world that your classmates aren't really your family members but gosh darn it if they don't feel like your family members. like what are you-- rsa students?? cut the sappy shit.🙄

omg, i can just imagine eric seeing the video and smugly calling vil about his new "grandson, goodness, vil, why couldn't you have told me sooner? i had to find out straight from the horse's mouth, for goodness' sake".

i hate you. i love you. i’ve never hated you more than the day i realized i loved you. i think you are the best thing and the worst thing that’s ever happened to me.

i couldn’t name your favorite color or movie or book or food to save my life, yet i know you more intimately than most people ever will. i’ve stared you down in your darkest, ugliest, most vulnerable moment, but i still feel like i barely know you at all.

i feel like i'm always on eggshells when i'm around you. i still seek you out whenever i'm having problems, but you don't know 95% of what i'm going through, because most of it involves you.

i want to do everything in my power to make your life miserable. i want to do everything in my power to make you proud of me. you’ll always be someone i can never impress, but i try and i try and i try, anyway.

i have nightmares of you slitting my throat, and i have dreams of suffocating you in your sleep. afterwards, i wake up, i smile at you, i say “good morning”, and i don’t talk about it.

i can never be what you want. you are blunt, but that’s the one thing you will never say outright. i’m still painfully aware of it. i’ll still be here, though, because i have no idea what life without you would be like — only that i’d probably be 10x happier but also 10x worse.

i hope i bring you comfort, and i hope i bring you pain. because that’s everything you’ve always brought to me.

i know you and i are a bundle of contradictions. don’t let that distract you from the fact that i still love you, at the end of the day.

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what they don't realize is that anybody who blows out the candles on the palace's birthday cake will have their wish granted, regardless of the consequences or if they actually meant it or not.

when riddle receives the cake, he jokingly wishes that the first-years would listen to their upperclassmen. deuce laughs and ace rolls his eyes.

the next day, everything starts going very wrong.

ruggie laughs and gives jack a very non-confrontational "shut up", and suddenly, jack loses his voice. he can't speak at all anymore. he can't even growl. the infirmary nurse can't figure out what's wrong, and he has to sit out of alchemy lessons because he can't communicate with his partner.

before school, vil off-handedly tells epel to brush his hair, and now epel physically can't stop brushing his hair. it's so bad to the point that he takes his brush to class, and his brush starts pulling out strands of his hair with how tender his scalp is getting.

cater reminds ace and deuce to paint the roses for the next unbirthday party — a chore that should only take one, maybe two hours tops. trey finds them later at midnight, still outside, still painting the roses. and that's when everyone discovers that ace and deuce have painted the roses red, then pink, then green, then aquamarine, then white, then all the way back to red — and they've been repeating this cycle for 7 hours straight.

sebek, ortho, and yuu seem unaffected at first — sebek follows all of diasomnia's orders, yuu doesn't have much of a say in the matter anyway, and idia rarely ever orders ortho around — but this doesn't last very long.

lilia tells sebek that he shouldn't spend so much time with diasomnia, and next thing he knows, the entire diasomnian student body doesn't see or hear from sebek for literal days.

similarly, idia anxiously and politely asks ortho to stop attracting so much attention to ignihyde with his sheer amount of presence, and ortho just straight-up vanishes. even idia's sensors can't detect him anymore.

furthermore, trein tells yuu to take a break and, quote, "get away from night raven college for a bit". given everything that's already happened, you can probably guess what happened next.

five days after riddle's birthday, most of epel's hair has fallen out and his skin has been rubbed until it bled. jack hasn't said a word all this time, and he's been put on indefinite medical leave for not being able to participate in class (shot in the dark — the nrc system is pretty ableist). ace and deuce have had to be sedated for them to sleep almost every night. diasomnia, ignihyde, and the entire nrc staff have had constant, back-to-back panic attacks.

ace is the first one to come up with this idea. he think it's a harmless little thing, a prank that'll cause plenty of mayhem but won't get him in any serious trouble. so he starts referring to cater and trey as his dad and mom respectively, and riddle as his uptight, no-nonsense older brother.

("one time i saw my brother try to put one of mom's tart into like a ziplock bag to save it for later, and when he took it out like two days afterwards, it fell apart immediately and he started bawling, ha ha! my dad got the whole thing on camera and shared it with me — i can show you if you want.")

he ropes epel in on the plan. epel is a little more hesitant, but seeing this as a way to get back at vil, even in a small way, he agrees to it. vil is now "ma" and rook is now "pa". people do start to wonder why he still uses he/him pronouns to refer to his supposed mother, but they decide not to question it too much.

("a few months ago, my pa told me a story about how one time my ma was trying to comb his hair, only for his comb to get stuck. so he got another comb to get the first one out, and that ended up getting stuck, too. five combs later, and peepaw had to rush him to the barber for an emergency haircut. it was pretty funny, but now i'm left wondering how pa even knew that story... hold on, i need to check my bathroom mirror for cameras, excuse me.")

surprisingly, deuce catches on pretty quickly, and he starts thinking maybe it's a new dorm policy. he doesn't know why, or why nobody else seems to be doing it, but ace seems pretty sure of himself, so he starts doing it, too, if a bit awkwardly.

("my brother always gets on my case for my bad grades. it's a little frustrating, but he only does it because he cares. my dad tutors me whenever he can, but he's not very good at studying, either. but whenever i do get good grades on my report card, my mom makes me egg tarts!")

yuu starts after they ask ace about it, and thinking it's a good prank, they decide to join in on a little mischief. so they start referring to all the teachers as their "dad". it makes people really confused, because they assume they only have one dad, two at most, but "dad" seems to change personalities every single time they talk about him.

("i was helping my dad do paperwork the other day, except we didn't get anything done and spent the entire evening playing solitaire and making dog puns."

"i was filling my dad's basketballs for him for his next game, whilst simultaneously helping him rework his pick-up lines that he's going to use on rsa's 'hot librarian' — his words, not mine. it was... a weird experience."

"i was feeding my dad's cat a couple of days ago, but i guess i fed him too much, because he's just a ball with limbs now. it's fine, though — it's not like my dad actually goes anywhere. too old for that, y'know?")

ortho is up next. idia's already ortho's brother, so he can't really do anything with that, but he really wants in on the average teenage experience of pranking your peers. so he starts referring to literally every upperclassmen he knows as his "brother". this is when everyone starts to realize that something's wrong, because some of things ortho says can not apply to idia in any reality.

("my brother is so talented! he's so good at talking to people, and making them sign contracts with him, and convincing them to invest in his restaurant... gosh, i wish i could be as good at communicating as him!")

jack is, unsurprisingly, very unamused when he figures out what the others are doing, but he doesn't try to stop them. but after a few weeks of exposure, and jack starts unconsciously doing it, too, which the others don't point out to him because they think it's absolutely hilarious.

("my brother didn't show up to morning practice, again, so my other brother and i went lookin' for him, and we ended up findin' him in a tree. obviously, my brother and i can't climb as well as my eldest bro can, so my brother just... threw a spelldrive disk at him. to get him out of the tree. and then we had to rush him to the infirmary because now he had a concussion. i don't... i don't know why he thought that would work.")

sebek is the last hold-over. not only is he unamused by this prank — and frankly very aghast when he realizes that jack has also been infected by it — but he's also really repressed and will do literally whatever it takes to not sully his image in the eyes of diasomnia. of course, with enough wear and tear, this doesn't last very long.

("ugh. my brother fell asleep on the road AGAIN! i swear, so many people have tripped over him, i'll be surprised if he hasn't broken any ribs yet.")

ace and epel think all of this is extremely funny, so they all keep trucking along with it with nobody noticing for a couple of weeks. it's all fine and dandy until the first-years are out on the town during the weekend, and deuce gets involved in a really bad carriage crash.

at the hospital, deuce starts deliriously asking for his older brother to take him home. but when the receptionist checks his familial records, they're really confused because deuce never even had a brother.

unfortunately, ace knows exactly who deuce is talking about, and awkwardly spends the next 30 minutes trying to get a hold of riddle over the phone.