prologue - ch. 4: ok, i'm a jin stan, problem?

I'm not gonna bore you with all the silly little details of my banishment to Ramshackle. Having to address things like OMG, where am I going to sleep if I can't get back home and undo all of my silly dimension-traveling shenanigans are stupid, period. If you've ever played the prologue of TWST, then you know exactly where I'm staying.

I mean, I'm glad that I'm staying right where I thought I was going to, but why the fuck did Crowley ever assume that this place was fucking habitable? The amount of dust… the fucking amount of dust... This was going to take a miracle, a shit ton of bleach, and a decent vacuum to fix.

"If I ever see that bird brain again, I'm going to skin him and use it as a blanket," I muttered angrily, "Plenty of character, my ass."

To turn my anger into something productive, I took a deep breath from under my hand and turned to look for some cleaning supplies. If the Grimlord decided to show up, I wasn't even going to bother with him. But the minute he decided to try to burn down this shithole, his ass was gonna get thrown into the rain so fast.

I know, I know, I'm supposed to be the fun irresponsible one. But when you're gonna be surrounded by even more irresponsible shitheads than you, and you're supposed to be the responsible one, you tend to get really touchy. Honestly, I was holding myself back while talking to Crow-man. I know for a fact that he isn't stupid, if he was, he wouldn't be the Headmage of a prestigious school, but talking to him made me want to rip his eyes out and eat them.

Also, I'm genuinely surprised he didn't say anything about me being a girl. Maybe it's because of the bagginess of the robes, but I doubt that. He probably wants something from me and is saving that for later, but honestly, I don't care. If I wanna wear a frilly skirt or a cute dress at an all-boys school as its only female occupant, then I'll do that. Maybe it's rebelliousness. Maybe it's my way of taking control in this shitty situation, but it doesn't matter. Not in the slightest. If I was going to be Yuu, it would be on my terms.

I sighed tiredly after thinking too hard and took out my phone to have some background music while I attempted to make this hellhole less hellholeish. Time to have my k-pop playlist on shuffle because I'm way too cheap for premium. As the opening of I Need U started playing, I perked up and spun around, looking for some bleach or some shit. Instead, I found some enchanted Harry Potter-esque brooms, a couple mops, and a bucket.

"Fall, everything, fall, everything, fall, everything..." I sang tiredly before straightening up and saying, "Time to clean up this shithole…"

I was desperately hoping that Grimlord would come soon if only so I didn't have to clean. And so I could have a decent excuse for not cleaning and some free labor. Free labor is always good. Especially from a cute demon cat who would totes demand the same from me, a poor wittle magicless bitch.

It wasn't til a little later that it started pouring, and water started dripping down from the ceiling.

"Fucking shit!" I cried, watching the water slowly drip onto the floor, "What kind of hellhole is this?"

"GWAH! It's pouring out there!"

I turned around and blankly stared down at the Grimlord.

"Huh? What the fuck are you doing here?"

"Bwahaha! That look on your face is priceless! Like a bat that got blasted by a water gun," He sneered, "As if I wouldn't just sneak back onto campus the second I escaped pryin' eyes. You all got no idea what I'm capable of! I ain't givin' up on goin' here just 'cause I got kicked out one measly ol' time. And if you think otherwise, you don't know Grim!"

"One, I don't know what look on my face you're talking about, fuckface, and two, well, I don't know you, and that makes me more than willing to kick you out myself," I sneered back as I started to move towards him.

"Hey! No! Bad human! BAD HUMAN!" He cried, "Ain't you gonna ask what I'm doin' here? That's what you people do, right? Talk about feelings and stuff? Just what kinda human are ya, anyway? It wouldn't kill ya to listen to me! Right?!"

"That depends. Are you willing to apologize for trying to burn me to a crisp?"

I got no answer from that, but he continued on anyway.

"I was born to do this! I'm a magical prodigy who's got the makin's to become one of the greatest mages who ever lived! So I've been waitin' and waitin' for that black carriage to come for me. And yet… Hrmph! That Dark Mirror's got no eye for talent!"

"Is this your way of making me feel bad for you? Just so you know, it's not working."

The asshole continued anyway, even though I could totally tell he heard me. The asshole's fucking ears twitched.

"That's why I took the initiative and came here myself. You humans don't understand what a mistake you're makin'! Not lettin' me in is a great loss to the world!" He declared proudly before some water dripped on him, "Mrrao! C'mon, scoot over! I'm getting dripped on here! Bwah! Another hole in the roof! These flamin' ears are like my trademark, y'know? I can't let 'em get doused!"

"Omg, like, I don't care. Good luck trying to keep dry. I'm gonna find a room where I won't get wet and clean it," I said before walking away briskly to find a somewhat clean room.

"Human, where are you going!" The heathen screeched, "Aren't you gonna magic away those holes? You could have it fixed in half a jiff. Ahhh, right, you can't use magic at all. Pffft, man, you're useless."

I stopped before turning back to the useless demon, pinning him down with a closed eye benign smile, "I'm not the one who can get kicked out into the rain at any given moment. Don't you know you should bite the hand that feeds you?"

I opened my eyes into slits and gazed at him in an impromptu glaring contest, Jin's lovely vocals contrasting the tension filling the room. We glared at each other until something fell down with a loud clunk.

"The fuck was that," I sneered, turning my head toward an empty room just across from we were.

"You think I know, dumb human?" Grimlord hmphed at me. We looked at each other before mentally agreeing to investigate the source only for our safety.

As we crept closer to the door, the dorm suddenly grew silent before something started laughing. The Grimlord and I turned back abruptly to find a fucking Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.

"Yee hee hee... Bwa ha ha ha ha ha," The marshmallow, Ghost C, I think was his name, laughed, "We haven't had visitors in ages! Oh, I'm just itchin' for new friends! Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

"Oh fuck no," I groaned tiredly, "Don't tell me I have to be a Ghostbuster. It's fucking late, I just wanna pass out."

"AAAAAH! GHOSTS! GHOOOOOOSTS!" Grimlord cried in that pussy way of his.

"Grim, shut the fuck up," I deadpanned before picking him up and clonking his head with enough pressure to make him pass out.

I glared at the ghosts in my psycho serial killer way before saying, "Look, I know you want entertainment and all that, but if you try to pull that bullshit on me tonight, I will exorcise you fucks. Thank you, and good night."

They kept quiet, which I took as a good sign, before I spun around, turned off my phone, and located that stupid room I managed to clean while I was being tormented by Grim.