The students were gathered in the throne room, standing at attention before their Master.

"For today's training," Master Eraqus said, "you will be helping me to clean out my attics."

The three students rolled their eyes. Jerome complained, "That's not training. It's a chore."

Master Eraqus tried to deny it. "No, this is training. I'm training you to, um, decipher between treasure and junk because… the essence of being a keyblade master is… um…"

They glared at him.

"Alright, I admit it. This one is just a chore. I'm looking for something and I know I put it in one of the attics here somewhere. So I'll need you to bring down boxes so that I can sort through them. After that, you can sweep and dust the attics to clean them out. Finally, you'll return the unimportant things there."

Thus, Aqua, Jerome and Terra found themselves cleaning out one of the many attics in Master Eraqus's palace. There were boxes upon boxes of random junk, piled high into each nook and cranny.

"This guy's a hoarder," Terra said.

"Ugh, I hate these chores," Jerome complained. "But I'd be less averse to doing them if he was honest and called them chores. We're not idiots."

Aqua called out, "Hey, guys, look at this." Terra and Jerome walked over to see that Aqua was holding a picture of Master Eraqus and a really pretty woman, smiling at each other all lovey-dovey. "Looks like Master had a girlfriend back in the day." She put the picture in her item inventory. "I'm keeping that."

Terra chastised her, "You can't do that."

"I think I can," she rebelliously replied.

Jerome nodded. "You know what, I agree with Aqua for once. There's probably a few things of value in here that Master doesn't necessarily need." He opened one of the boxes. Inside was a ton of Yu-Gee-Oh Duel Monsters cards. "Why does he have an entire box of…?" Jerome closed the box.

Aqua opened a different box. It was filled with painting supplies. Canvases, oil paint, water colors, tempuras, acrylics, paint thinner, paint brushes, palates. "Looks like Master used to be an artist."

Jerome opened another box. This one had some really retro-looking clothes. Bell-bottom jeans, tie-dye shirts, leather vests. He pulled out a pair of black, leather biking gloves, bearing a symbol of a Kingdom Key. "Nice!" He put them on.

Aqua opened up a different box. It held a plushy of pig-lady with blonde hair. "Oh my gosh! It's a Mizz Piggy doll! So cute!"

Jerome opened up a box that had a brand new, old-timey polaroid camera and film. "Mine."

Terra intervened, "Okay, you two are literally stealing."

"He probably doesn't care about any of this stuff," Aqua said as she opened another box. "Ew underwear." She closed it. "Nasty."

Jerome opened a box that had a few blankets in it. "I could use these. My room gets cold at night."

Aqua opened one that was full of children's toys. "Do you think Master had a family once?" She pulled out one of those play-fight robot sets.

Jerome opened one full of board games. "Are either of you interested in these? He has Battleships, Monopolize, CandiLand, Clues, SorryNotSorry, Command Board, and Connect Five."

Aqua opened one box that had a bunch of hardware supplies. She frowned. "Terra, this one is full stuff that we could have used to fix the wall that one time."

Jerome opened a box that was full of nice shoes. Like really, really nice. Designer loafers, name-brand sneakers, custom-made hiking boots. "What are theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese?" He exclaimed. "Look at all these shoes!"

Aqua gaped at them. "Yes! He's my shoe size!"

As Jerome and Aqua rummaged through the shoes, Terra succumbed to their peer pressure and opened a box. His eyes widened, as it was filled with nothing but hentai manga and dirty magazines. He said nothing as he closed the box, picked it up, ran downstairs, and stashed it in his room.

He returned to see Aqua wearing Master's Nike Keys shoes. She was complaining, "He didn't even wear them! He told me to pick them up and then he put them in the attic!"

Jerome was wearing a pair of Nike Keys: Oblivion. The shoes were black and silver, and adorned with the image of an Oblivion Keyblade. "A bit tight, but I can manage."

Terra couldn't believe it. "Jerome, this is so unlike you."

"These shoes are 17600 munny."

"Each," Aqua added.

"That is waaaaaay too expensive," Terra exclaimed. "But anyway, we need to finish the task at hand."

"Okay, just one more." Aqua reached over and opened a small box. It was full of notebooks. "These look like his old journals." She picked one up and opened it. She began to read, "Year XXOO. Month XX. Day OO. Sometimes I wonder if I'm good enough to become a keyblade master. Xe… Xhe…Xheha?" She stumbled over pronouncing the name. "Xehanort is much better than me at everything. Sometimes I feel jealousy in my heart. But I know I shouldn't. I should only be encouraged to become stronger! I will become stronger than Xehanort. I will earn the Mark of Mastery. Mark my words." Aqua giggled. "Young Master Eraqus sounds like a knucklehead."

Jerome nodded. "He sounds pathetic."

Terra sympathized. "Aw, give him a break."

Aqua continued reading, "In other news, I think I'm making progress with Trisha." Aqua paused. "Trisha?" she repeated. "Does that mean…?" She seemed puzzled for a moment. But then she shook her head and kept reading, "Today, I asked her on a date and she laughed at me. But she didn't say no. So that's good. I don't know if she's playing hard to get or if she seriously doesn't like me. Love is so confusing. I guess I shouldn't be so focused on her, but every time I see her, my heart skips a beat. Being a keyblade master is my goal, but if I can also win over Trisha, then I'll be extremely happy."

Terra cooed, "AAAAWWW! Master had a crush back in the day."

Jerome looked at Terra. Then he looked at Aqua. "It sounds familiar…"

Aqua closed the notebook and put it away in her item inventory. "Interesting." She stood up. "Okay, so, yeah, let's finish this chore."

"This chore wasn't so bad," Jerome said. "I feel like we learned a lot about Master today."

In the end, Master Eraqus never found what he was looking for. He grumbled to himself, "I know I put it somewhere in the attic." Aqua and Jerome felt guilty, fearing that he was looking for one of the things that they stole. Ironically, Terra felt no guilt whatsoever.