DAMMIT! IT HAPPENED AGAIN!

If you just read a piece of writing lacking in punctuation, BLAME THE WEBSITE. I can't tell you how many times it's done this to me now.


"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"

Thomas slams into his knees.

Xavier head-butts his back.

Nicholas flings his arms around his neck.

"HOLY-FREAKING-CRAP!"
Ted proceeds to spin around wildly, flailing his arms and trying to dislodge the three boys latched onto him.

The three are merciless and, above all else, lousy with pent-up energy. They live in an orphanage full of girls, and much like Bullworth, a boy catches hell if he physically harms a girl. Thomas has the scars to prove it; unfortunately, Diana caught him before Hoffman could, and…
Well.

It doesn't need to be explained.

Off to the side, Earnest, Melvin, Beatrice and Meg are watching. The Nerds are in hysterics, and Melvin's snapping off pictures. Meg is smirking, her arms crossed, in amused triumph. She shakes her head.

"And this," She says coolly, "Is why we always threaten to sic Diana on them when they start trouble. Brawn doesn't scare them; Her imagination does."

"OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! GET THEM OFF!"

"AH HAHAHA!"

Damon and Luis are slack-jawed, completely clueless as to how to handle this situation. Hurting the little kids is grounds for a Prefect beating; but these kids are… Beating up Ted.

Nicholas keeps one arm wrapped securely around Ted's neck, and then uses the other to snatch the football from the quarterback's hands.

"GOT IT! I GOT IT!"

All at once, all three let go, and Ted collapses in a shaking heap on the grass.

As the boys celebrate Kirby leans over to Dan and whispers, "Is there an age limit on who can join the team?"


I dunno. More of that humor to lighten the misery that is so predominant in Rule of Rose.

For those of you who haven't played before (And I wasn't aware of this either until I actually played the game, though I did a lot of research on it ahead of time), there are three boys in the game: Thomas, Xavier and Nicholas. I think they were really put in there more for realism than anything else. I mean, unless you specifically cite that the orphanage is strictly an orphanage for girls, it would be kind of strange to have only girls present…