AN: UUUUGGGH sorry it's so late you guys! I had a ton of stuff to do, and unfortunately this had to sit on the back burner for a little while.

Yell.

As Randy stepped off of the bus, he could almost feel how prestigious this school was. Honestly, it looked like what you imagined when you thought "Bramble League" - old-looking buildings with an air that seemed to say, "You'll never be good enough to go here, unless you've got money." The building dedicated to scaring, however, stood out like a sore thumb. It looked much plainer compared to the ones for law and medical students, almost as if it had been dropped in from another place. Inside, however, it had state-of-the-art technology.

"Alright, MU students!" A bright orange monster in a dark purple sweater waved them over, and Randy grabbed his things and went to stand near his team mates. "I'm Jacob Noctsmith, and I'll be the guy you go to if you need anything during your stay. Please, call me Mr. Noctsmith. Now, if you'll follow me, I'll lead you to your dorms."

The students shuffled after him as he led them across the campus. The atmosphere felt so expensive it was almost stifling, and he heard someone he'd met on the bus – Francis, if he recalled correctly - cracking a joke about how he expected to see topiaries shaped like money signs. That caused a giggle to ripple through the group, eliciting the curious stares of a few Yell students as they passed. They were wearing dark purple too, and in their arms were law textbooks. Randy noticed that Johnny caught the eye of one, pause for a moment, then quickly look away. Huh. Probably a friend of his.

"He's probably thinking about the last money party he had with them." A big, dragon-like monster grumbled, and Randy watched Worthington's back as he did so. He thought he heard him mumble "Can it, Von Blaze."

The dorm room they were to stay in looked like a large mansion. "Ah, it's just like home, isn't it, Worthington?" Roy asked as he walked past Johnny, and the horned monster growled. "Will you guys cut it out with the rich jokes already?"

"Why? I'm sure we've got a whole vault of them!" Art yelled, and about half of the group groaned. "Get it? Vault? Like a bank vault?"

"Well, it didn't make much cents, you know." Randy added, producing even more groans and a death glare from Johnny. He was enjoying watching his former leader get annoyed.

"Good thing we've got a whole treasure trove of more!" a girl shouted out. Randy barely remembered her name, but he thought it was Allison.

Johnny rolled his eyes. "I hate you guys!" he shouted, and a few nervous chuckles rose up.

"Well." Mr. Noctsmith said as he looked at them in disapproval. "I can see your team dynamic is exceptional." The laughing quickly stopped at that, and someone whispered something about how they were glad the Dean wasn't there to see them."Come along now. I'll show you your rooms."

MU's team was staying on the second floor – above Yell's students, but below Fear Tech. Above Fear Tech were the Scream University's students. Randy had the sneaking suspicion that the first floor rooms were better, even if the room he was placed in was way better than the one he was living in at MU. The beds were more comfortable and actually came with sheets, and there seemed to have air conditioning that he had control over. The window was nice and large, and if he so desired, he could step out onto the roof above the front porch. His floor also had a common room, and Brock was already going around and planning a gathering there that night – never mind that there'd be an opening day party on the next day.

The best part of the room, though, was that he had it all to himself. There was no roommate to get attached to him, to expect him to stick around when he simply couldn't.

Randy sighed happily, then dug out his camera, climbed out onto the roof, and turned his back to the campus. He then smiled widely and took a picture of himself, and heard a girl shout "Whoa, Boggs got the best room!" Grinning, he turned to see three PNKs leaning out of a window. "Smile, ladies!" he said, then took a picture as they waved. "I gotta admit, blue's a good color on all of you!"

Two of them giggled, but Brittney sighed and looked at her MU t-shirt. "Ugh, no. This just clashes with my complexion."

"Aww, I bet you wish you had this!" He morphed to match her shade, and she and her sisters ducked back inside while laughing. Randy laughed too, but was distracted by a knock on his door. Worried that it was some sort of authority figure, he scrambled inside and went to answer it. He was greeted by the three girls, who pushed past him with a camera of their own. "Come on, let's go sit out there!"

He realized that people were going to be charging through his room to get to the "balcony", and that was probably why it had a sort of fence on it's edge. For now, Randy decided to roll with it. He climbed out the window and sat with the girls, talking and taking pictures.

It wasn't long before Noctsmith came by, looked up at them, and shouted, "You're free to stay up there as long as you'd like! We have a lot of art students who like to go there for their landscape studies. Just don't go crazy!"

"Alright! Thank you!" Randy shouted back.

Over the next few minutes, they were joined by Wheeler and Pearson, who looked a bit tired. "Look at you, Boggs, surrounded by beautiful women." Claire said as she stretched. "Ugh, it's good to get some fresh air. That stupid little office they had me filling out paper work in didn't have air conditioning."

"Yeah, whose bright idea was that?" Brock asked her. "I hope Fungus didn't get lost on his way delivering it to administration, that would suck."

"Are you kidding? He'd probably curl up somewhere and cry." Carrie said with a giggle.

Claire rolled her eyes "Lay off on him, alright? He's kind of new to this... interaction thing."

The PNK girls snickered to themselves, then waved Claire over to make conversation with them.

They carried on with talking for the next couple of hours. Randy hardly noticed the dimming daylight until a mosquito bit him. "Oh, gee... we should probably get inside before the bugs eat us alive." he mumbled as he shuffled to his feet. "I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to get something to eat."

"Dude, I'm gonna get pizza for the party. You just wanna eat that?" Brock asked as he followed Randy into his room.

"Yeah, I guess. I'm not gonna turn down free food, after all." Randy joked, then went to take care of the bug bite, knowing that it would probably mess with his camouflage if it got really bad. Sure, it would be a tiny spot, but that tiny spot could be all it would take to find him, and if the first event involved hiding, he couldn't have that.

He made his way to the common area, where a few monsters were starting to gather. Randy smiled, then felt someone tap him on the back. He looked behind him to see Fungus handing him a card on a lanyard with both hands, his eyes directed slightly away. The lizard took it from him and muttered the word "thanks," leaving the bean-like monster to make a hasty retreat back to his room.

Randy, not knowing what to do, simply put his ID around his neck and waited for the pizza to arrive. He was going to act sociable tonight – the act wouldn't kill him, he decided, and maybe he could fix the rift that was between him and Johnny.

After all, they were meant to be teammates, right?