This will (probably) be the last chapter with any canon-like material.
I am excited to see what's going to be next.
Maybe you can already tell?
"You've been waiting. Let me reward you for that."
Legosi barely got any sleep after last night, but he was still riding high on his little midnight snack. Even though he didn't get a wink of sleep; he felt like he could conquer the world.
His late night escapade didn't go unnoticed by his roommates though. He was much later than usual. He had to put his uniform in the washing machine, after all. Can't just leave evidence behind.
The dorm mother already chewed him out for showering so late. The wolf apologized profusely, saying his club meeting was running rather late in preparation for Adler.
It took him ages to wash off all the blood and the scent of rabbit. It's better that his roommates don't smell corpse on him so late in the evening.
The dorm mother let him off the hook just this once. Telling him he cannot make this behavior a habit. The wolf politely affirmed that it wouldn't happen again.
I am very lucky I always keep a spare uniform in my backpack. It'd be rather awkward to walk into the room without clothes on.
The wolf knew he had to get out of bed pretty early if he wanted to check if the smell hadn't lingered on his clothes. If literally anyone with a nose smelled blood: the wolf would be screwed.
The wolf stretched, opened his curtain and hopped out of his bunk. "Hey, Legosi.", Jack whispered. "You're out of bed pretty early. You were very late last night. Are you sure you wouldn't like to sleep some more?"
Jack sniffed the air, clearly catching a powerful scent. Are those... flowers? How much shampoo did he use? You can smell that stuff for miles!
The wolf gave his best friend a smile. "Oh, uh, hey Jack, no. I feel pretty good actually.", Legosi admitted. "I still have laundry in the machine and I want to pick it up before it gets too crowded."
Jack's tail wagged excitedly. "That's good to hear, Legosi! Would you mind picking up mine too?", the labrador retriever asked still focused on his homework.
That's perfect. If I blend my stuff with Jack's scent it will definitely throw people off.
"Yeah, sure thing. I guess I'll see you in a minute.", the wolf fumbled to put his pants on. "Alright, good luck." The wolf was already out of the door before the Labrador finished his sentence.
"Weird. What's gotten into him so suddenly?", Jack wondered aloud.
The rest of the morning was rather uneventful. Miguno and Durham made the odd comment on how it was out of character for the wolf to be up so early. Other than that there wasn't really anything of note.
Legosi had the urge to stand up straight all of the sudden. He wanted to make himself look as intimidating as possible, but when he really thought about it-it wasn't as good of an idea.
I feel like I am less awkward than I was before. I feel strong and proud. Though this breakfast tastes like sandpaper all of the sudden.
Legosi got snapped out of his thought. "Hey Legosi, do you think I'd look good in glasses? I almost stepped on one of those smaller animals again."
Legosi pondered for a bit. "Actually, yeah, I think it would suit you." Legoshi took another bite from his bean steak.
He's eating rather slowly today. Normally he loves the eggs here. Jack thought worried. Something is off about him.
"Eh, Legosi?", Jack asked. Before Jack could continue his round of questions regarding the wolf's odd behavior: he was interrupted.
"STOP IT! WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR ISSUE?!", a Hyena yelled. He clutched his tail in annoyed grievance. Pulling a fox at the collar. "CAN'T YOU TELL YOUR BIG FEET ARE CRUSHING MY TAIL?!"
The fox looked even more aggressive than the Hyena. "HEY, I APOLOGIZED, DAMN IT!" Those two are always up to no good. Jack thought.
He looked over at Legosi. Wait, why is he smiling? He's actually enjoying this?! What happened to you, Legosi?
Jack wondered why Legosi had such a big shift in behavior. Normally he'd hate these kind of pointless quarrels.
"Good grief! Carnivores must have it rough, especially when their bark is worse than their bite.", Louis announced coming from out of nowhere. People exclaimed their approval for Louis' statement.
Good now that Louis is here this mess can finally be defused. Jack whined.
After a very long argument, peace finally returned to the cafeteria. Louis walked to their table and went straight for Legosi. "I saw that you liked that little performance. You're more of a bad wolf than I thought."
Legosi began stammering. "Uh, uh, no, no, c-certainly not! I was just surprised by it, that's all." Louis tilted his head and rolled his eyes. "You're not fooling anyone acting like that."
Louis smirked satisfactorily. "Looks like you really took my advice to heart. Keep up the good work, wolf." He straightened his collar and took his elegant leave.
What the hell was this guy on about?! What advice?! Jack's face contorted into worry. "Uh, Legosi. What was he talking about?"
The wolf gave him an incredulous look. "Oh, ah, uh, n-nothing really. Louis-senpai gave me some advice on how I could handle myself better." The wolf looked a little guilty.
"Sorry if that made you uncomfortable, I d-didn't realize that-" Jack snapped his fingers. "Legosi", Jack groaned. "You've been acting strange all morning and that just had me worried. I didn't realize that it was because of some advice someone gave you."
The wolf looked solemn. "Sorry, Jack." Jack looked him in the eyes earnestly. "There is no need to apologize, just know you can't suddenly flip the script on someone. That'll weird people out. Make it a bit more gradual."
Legosi's mood brightened. "Yeah, you're right. I should've taken my time instead of doing everything at once." The wolf suddenly gave Jack a tight hug. "Sorry for worrying you."
Jack reciprocated the hug, but couldn't help feeling like there was still something off.
The rest of the day went by without much incident. Legosi, having finally finished his classes made his way over to the drama club in preparation for the next play.
Legosi was helping Kibi the anteater move some boxes to the backstage. "Hey, hurry up! This stuff's heavy you know?", Kibi strained.
"Oh, uh, sorry. Moving along." The wolf finds something with the boxes strange. Weren't they much heavier before? Must be my imagination.
In the backstage costumes were being made for the play. Because some roles got swapped, the stage crew had to remodel some costumes from scratch.
"A break from rehearsal? That's odd, we never had that before.", Dom the Peafowl admitted. "Are they really that scared of yet another incident? The school's already on lockdown."
Legosi was paying the topic no mind. If a break is what they want, a break they will get. "Louis must've been really mad. You just know how excited he gets when the performance is close.", Fudge sighed.
Kai fumbled some more with the sewing kit, obviously getting frustrated. "Agh, if the performance being moved wasn't bad enough, now I have to work backstage too!"
Dom gave him an amused chuckle. "Oh, Kai, you aren't doing that terribly. I like your design." The mongoose looked surprised. "R-Really? Uh, thank you?"
Legosi was almost finished with sewing the collar of the costume. Just a little bit more... I can't loop that damn string. It's not going through! Is it stuck on something?
The wolf prodded his needle. Almost.. "Legos...!" So close.. "Legosi!" Startled the wolf dropped his needle. He let out a groan. "Were you listening?"
"No, what do you want?" Dom got taken aback by that rude tone. The group gave the wolf some strange stares. "What's the matter with you all of the sudden?", Dom asked offended.
The grey wolf huffed. "Sorry, Dom. Guess I was spacing out again." The peafowl looked at him skeptically. "As I was saying: I want the assembly hall and entrance to have a flower motif for the final act."
Legosi knew where this was going. "We were thinking about bringing flowers from the Gardening Club. As you may have guessed, I want you to ask for red roses and bring them back here."
Legosi stood up, basically already indicating that he accepted the task. He stretched his arms and back. He was just about to leave when Ellen stormed through.
She looked exhausted and frightened. "Guys! Guys! You won't believe this! Another herbivore was killed yesterday!"
Everyone looked at her in horror. Nobody said a word. It's like all the oxygen left the room. Looks like the bunny's out of the hat.
"So what now? They're just going to segregate the school and cancel the play until further notice?! What's that going to do?! Make the killer even hungrier?!", Bill roared.
Sanou shook his head. "They don't have much of a choice here, Bill. The killer has already shown himself to be quite brazen. Two murders in three days!"
"I heard it was the girl from the gardening club. How awful!", Ellen sobbed. She immediately got consoled by Els who rubbed her back.
Bill and the rest of the carnivores looked down dejected. "I know this is a hard pill to swallow, but it's for everyone's safety.", Sanou said without much confidence.
Bill's fury returned to him soon after. "This is just going to make everything worse, chief! Carnivores are already getting sideway glances from herbivores. This is going to make all our efforts thrown out of the window!"
Els put her foot down. Her face being bright red. "Whatever you guys have to say about it: it's done. There is nothing we can do!" Bill retreated a little; politely looking away.
Louis barged into the room, pissed. Nobody has ever seen him this livid. He jumped on stage. "Everyone, I have an announcement to make."
Everyone stared at him with curious interest. His voice sounded melancholy. "As you all may know, another herbivore was just found to be devoured last night." Louis cleared his throat and without much interference continued. "What I am going to say does not leave this room or there will be hell to pay. We don't have one killer on campus, we have two monsters lurking in the shadows."
Everyone sounded shocked, paranoia settling in. Nobody in the room felt safe anymore. "People, let's all just calm down! I am telling you this, because it would be a disservice to you to keep quiet." Everyone looked at him with worry. "What I am saying is that we as a club have to be strong together. We have to show people that we can coexist! Don't you dare give up now that we have come so far!"
Nobody looked sure that could even be done now that there were already two animals dead. Louis looked at them solemnly. He seemed out of breath and out of ideas.
Louis jumped off the stage and basically flew to his office. Leaving everyone in the club to their own devices.
"Look at all the chaos you have caused. You really like this don't you? Seeing the fruits of your labor.", Instinct bellowed in the back of the wolf's mind.
The wolf sank further into the background. The wolf reaching for the ladder to go up. "You've put up quite the performance for everyone. How long will that last you? At some point you will have to eat again."
Don't tell me things I already know. Now's not really the time. "The time is never right. You don't get to pick. I am excited to see how this will unfold."
The wolf let out a deep breath already having found his way back to his precious lights. Here he was truly at peace. "Don't deny it, you're also excited. I am curious who is going to be next. The chopping block awaits."