Noire spent the rest of the morning trekking through the hidden passageways of Ramshackle Noire had found a sideboard and a couple small nightstands that she was hoping to restore and put to use in other rooms of the dorm. As Noire checked the sideboard to make sure there was nothing inside it, her eyes landed on what appeared to be a metal box of some sort. She pulled it out carefully to get a better look, opening it up to see a small, slender object laying on a purple cushion. It was an aged bronze color with a clear crystalline orb at the top. "What is this…?" she wondered aloud. "It looks pretty important. Why was it just stuffed away here?"
"What should we do with this, then? Should I just had to his office and give it back?"
"Do with what?" asked a voice from behind her. Noire turned to see Ace, along with Grim, Hook and the rest of the Heartslabyul boys.
Riddle cast an uncertain look around. "Well…your dorm certainly has…character. I'll give it that much."
"Hey, guys!" Noire greeted as Grim scampered over to her and perched himself on her shoulder. "Not that I'm unhappy to see you, but I thought we were all meeting at the Hall of Mirrors."
"Yeah, that was the plan, but then someone decided not to answer her phone," Ace snarked.
Noire gave him a confused look as she fished her phone out of her pocket. Sure enough, she had missed calls from all of them as well as texts from Ace, Deuce, and Cater. She laughed when she saw the flurry of concerned selfies Cater had sent her before putting her phone away. "Sorry about that. I got so caught up I guess I didn't hear my phone."
Deuce turned his attention to the staff in her hands. "And what's the deal with that staff?"
He looked at the staff in Noire's hands, taking it when she held it out to him. "I also didn't think I'd be seeing one of the original dorm leader staffs; I was under the impression that the headmaster either destroyed them or locked them away." Riddle answered.
Noire shrugged. "I mean…I know I haven't even been here a week yet but I'm not exactly getting 'responsible adult' vibes from him."
Cater nodded. "Yeah, he strikes me as an 'utterly-hopeless-deadbeat-dad' kinda guy," Cater agreed.
"Maybe he didn't bother with it since Ramshackle isn't an official dorm," Trey guessed. "Although…I guess that doesn't explain why the staff was just left here."
"Who cares why it's still here? Official dorm or not, he named Hook the dorm leader," Ace said. "And besides, we need to be getting back to Heartslabyul."
"Ah yes," Riddle said, handing the staff back to Noire, who in turn gave it to Hook.
"Sure thing," Noire agreed, she picked up her bag, " Is it ok of i change at Heartslabyul?"
" Yes you can use my room " Riddle said, " That way some students wont get any funny ideas " he said.
Noire looked at Ace and Deuce, had they told him about the creeps at the cafeteria ?
" They didn't " Riddle said almost like he knew what she was thinking, "Cater overheard and told me incase anything happened when you visit us "
"That's fair " Noire said. with that the group headed to Heartslabyul for the unbirthday party.
