Without any issue Sana Tsukumo brought the party of four to certain dormitory located somewhere in the dark deep forest that surrounded the Harp Academy. They give themselves a moment to appreciate the beauty of something that looked like an Inn for travelers from some fantasy adventure.

As they stand in line in front of the Inn, it was the Shark who loudly spoke onto air a flag triggering commentary. "Oh look! The building is still here..."

For a moment the detective face expression got doubtful, knowing that this bandits-cops theme will probably stay active until the night will fall. But because nobody reacted to that line she too stay silent.

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Once again the white-haired girl spoke even loudly as if she really trying to summon something, or trigger a hidden reaction. "I said:... (The building is still here)!…"

"…" Another moment of silence passed with no reaction to her call.

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Facing the obvious truth Pekora Usada sighed, dropping her expectations and shoulders. "Shut, nothing is happening."

As they still stay in the line, the speaker spoke a question that was on right time on right place. "So, who wants to open the door?"

Its seemed a little bit suspicious for Watson, that no one of them approaching that building, so she spoke up her mind. "Do you actually expected a massive explosion?"

Because Gawr accepted the role of being a senpai for the freshmen 'kóhai', she put an effort to explain whats going on. "Listen, its not the question of what can happen. Its a Mori Calliope herself what we talking about. Plus is not her who holding the ignited match above the pile of explosives. (She is!), the pile of explosives."

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It was pointless to just stand there, doing nothing, as if they were waiting for a rain to arrive. So Pekora said bye to them as she take her cart and depart. That left only the exotic girl to make that forbidden step forward and lead the Shark and Detective onto they new home.

Just as they entered the supposed dormitory that even on inside looked like a fantasy tavern that was freshly sold to they new owners, it was the blonde who had a reminder. "I keep hearing about a dormitory. But no matter how I look at it, what I actually see is old looking Inn in middle of nowhere. What the heck?!"

Her upcoming roommate was curiously looking around. "Actually I was expecting that we will get a really creepy old horror castle. That will be fun."

This exchange of ideas amused the exotic girl that she join them. "For compare our dormitory looking like a good guys [HQ] lair from power rangers adaptation. Not sure for what we have a basketball stadium."

They little talk make a certain mouse ear twitched once. As expected, there was already someone presented on the Inn floor waiting for they arrival. The one who turn toward them to welcome them, was of course Hakos with her proudly grin of someone whose plans are coming true. "And if you ask… Yes!... The noble mansion is still free to claim. And yes again!... Is so big, that it can host everybody. Of course, if members of teams dint bother to share a giant room with a two story tall ceiling, between each other. But there was this issue that nobody wanted to settle on nighttime silence call. Plus issues with the lack of manpower to keep the entire mansion clean. So eventually, everybody will move out after month or two. Except some stubborn cases. Like the one where we needed to move out the room itself or none of ours team work will be done." Then she decided to add some trivia. "Hmm. Someone even thought that the mansion was an original school, until the more suitable one was build. It was not that case."

As the trio redirected they attention on red-haired girl, they noticed a limbless body of defeated Kiara Takanashi face down on the floor. Whats more, that limbless body was positioned like a trophy from hunt, or defeated adversary dropped to feet of victor. Takanashi was in front of person siting on a long but not so tall smooth wood (box?). That wooden shell look quite fine for storage and transporting a long musicals instruments. (Or a person.) And the person with butt on it was of course Calliope Mori in a depressed thinker pose, deeply sink into her inner toughs. As if it was a saving change of topic on the thoughts in her head she sighed tiredly and decided to explain something. "They themed the dormitories in order to support the inspiration part on the teams. The same prefabricated design can save the build and maintenance cost, but they can inflict a dullness. Also the draw a lottery." She sighed again as to sort her toughs. "Somebody knew very well, why to keep reserved this particular one. My winner cellar was the first thing they move here. And they were to much well organized." Then her next sigh sounded quite desperate. "Just tell me why? I make myself clear that I am solo."

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That question was aimed on the Hakos. So as Tsukumo just noted that she will put that thunk on second floor and go, the Rat give a hand gesture for the two other girls to get closer to her. Then she return her gaze on the pink-haired in front of her. What more she puts her hands on her hip and sigh. "Don't give me that look! I have to deal whit three loners who escaping joining any team."

Of course Mori dint like that reason and look at the short girl with dry (Are you serious?!) expression. "This was you agenda this entire time?! I thought that we had a thing." That girl seemed like she was tasting the bitterness of betrayal.

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But right now it look like the lite one was trying to put some sense to the taller one. "Don't be wimpy! You know very well who pulling the string behind the scene. Not that it will have any significant impact on yours performance." Nope, she tried to encourage the other girl. "Anyway: This can be an opportunity. Its matter on how it is explain. With a complete team you can make a lots of excuses."

"Ha! Joke on you! You don't have a complete team. One person missing and I doubt you joining."

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Even that argument dint shake the Rat. "And what make you think, that the fifth member is not already present?" Her gaze went down on the (box) that supports weight of certain butt.

On second look at that smooth wood box, everybody here finally realize that it was not been a cargo box or holder for a musical instrument, but an actual coffin. First though of most people will be; that the pink-haired already prepared that coffin for somebody (special).

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But rapper was surprised as the rest of the group, if not more. Mori step up from it, to look at it. Then she look at the defeated Takanashi, and then back on that coffin. A curiosity won over (Don't touch it! It a trap!) felling as she must check it out. "Hold on!" She crouch down and opened the lid on that piece of furniture. With all respect, she opened that box like a treasure chest. (Actually it was more like a certain action movie archaeologist opening sarcophagus to glance at the mommy inside. Ehm: a mummy.)

There was a skinny girl with a purple hairs (sleeping like a dead person?) with hands crossed on her chest like a religion figure from ancient times. [Ina'nis Ninomae, the priestess from the temple of the ancient one.] As if it was flipping a turn-on switch on her; she (rise) from lying position onto siting one. Then she opened her eyes and look at the rapper and stare directly onto its face. She had an expression of somebody who giving a divine prophecy to the adventurers, who shall enroll on an epic quest to save the kingdom. "I heard Crony to said, that I make it onto a team. It was so sudden, and I was like..." Making a direct example she stop (all motions), fully froze in time for a few second with a surprised expression, like a petrified person. Then as if it was push on pause/continue button on video player, she awake. "And the next I know; I am in some dark and claustrophobic box. At first, I thought that they shipped me overseas. Then I heard some familiar voices, like it was discussion on other side of the door. So I told myself: (Oh yeah… the kids are here.) Until I realized that something is off with that butt pressure from above."

For some reason, the actual short person duo was not moved by that speech, as Hakos uttered an off-script mention: "Is it weird?; that I don't considering that statement as offending?"

...and Gawr added: "That sounded to much like a visit on grandma house."

To fill the circle, Watson only glanced at them not sure what to think about this.

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Because the trio just stand there and watch, the one who acted was Mori as she make a noise of agreement: (Uhm!) Then she spoke up causally as someone who dint buying the role-play of his friend. "Give me a sec!" She carefully help the girl, (push the girl), [force the girl], back onto the coffin. Then she close the lid. Next, with her eyes still fixated on the coffin, she make an asking gesture to the side. "I need a nails."

That call was answered by a slender hand from that side that handed her the needed nails.

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The pink-haired girl put one of the nail from top onto the coffin edge and press it into the wood by just raw force of her thumb. Then she do it with next one. And another one... One by one, she was nailing the lid and asking for more nails.

If we don't mind the unconscious one behind the rapper, the red-blond-white trio; watched how that coffin was nail by nail sealed away with the precision of experienced funeral worker.

That (working) girl was to focused on what she was doing, that she dint notice that the (one) who was handing the nails to her, was actually that purple haired girl with a soft smile, that currently shall be inside that coffin.

Maybe that error in observation was a reason why Watson look confused and tried to raise her hand in (I have a question) gesture.

But Hakos dint even look at the Detective and prevent the blonde to raise her hand. As she use her own palm to reach for Amelia top of hand... She gently just puss it down in (No! You don't have a question!) gesture.

Gura on other hand was just standing there with something like a vague smile on her face.

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Eventually… Mori realize (who) handing her the nails and that her efforts to seal the coffin are meaningless. As she look at the slender girl next to her, she froze for a few seconds, until she spoke up. "Right... I forgot that you can do (that)."

But Ninomae smiled softly. "Calli, yours toughs are all around the place. Its not like you. So take a deep breath." The crouching girl do as she say and with a defeating sigh, (groan), her head fall onto the coffin in sign of desperation. This give the standing girl an opportunity to look onto the limbless orange-flame haired one. She move to that one and glanced down. Then she crouch down next to her and place her hand on that body.

Nearly seconds after that gesture, Takanashi awake from her (sleep?), looking around with (What happened?) confused expression.

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Rapper noticed what was happening: So she turn around and yell at the priestess. "Hey! Stop reviving her!"

But it was the Rat who barks back. "Bruh, she was only: knocked out."

That purple girl help the orange one to sit up. And when she look at her face she made a compliment. "Oi, who let the chicks out? Nobody told me that the romance season finally arrived. I shall watch out for this beauty."

Somehow it work on Takanashi as she blush and still sitting on the floor, she wiggle like a maiden struck by warm feelings holding her cheeks in her hands. Soon she lean toward the pink girl wanting to share the gossip. "Calli, do you heard that? She call me a pretty. That lady having a real noble taste." But Mori groan, rolling her eyes as she lean away from her.

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A twitch on mouse ear noticed its owner, that Sana silently descending the stairs, and was trying to sneak out. So this girl decided that is time to leave as she make the first step but stop in that position facing the group. "Okay girls, this is my call. The living rooms are up, the sound proof studio is in basement. Don't care how you organize this place, but keep this place in one piece and it will be fine between our group. The rest of the rooms, stuff and rules; explore them on your own." She was going to make the step but again stop herself in half-move. "On record yours dormitory is called (Myth) or sometimes even (Fable). It was something to do with the idea of sharing an epic stories in Inn between travelers on they journey. Or something like that." Then she remember at something else. "Oh, and before I forgot; there is rule against hunting on school estate, dormitories including. And… unfortunately... the definition of prey is specifically extended by all explanations of words love-interest."

That make Takanashi to jump on her feet in (No way! Are you picking a fight with me!?) facial expression. But she only saw that Rat hasty marching toward the doors and leaving the dormitory with Tsukumo.

On other hand Mori jumped on her feet too, yelling: "Yes!" victoriously clenching her fist battle tight. She was fired up to make that punch-line a physical hit. (If someone don't get it.) But still laugh to Phoenix face. "Ha, ha! Sit on yours own eggs! Hen!"

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The orange girl was in shock, but she think about what her object of interest said. Then she realize that loophole in all that statements and declarations that was told. Her worries were gone as she make a gentle love affection smile as she slightly lean toward the rapper. Throwing glances at the Calliope face, winking her eyebrows in a seductive way, as she was asking. (When?)

Of course the rapper noticed those (signals), got confused, because this reaction was not what she expected. She still know that something went wrong, but refused to accept that the things wouldn't be as she prescribed.

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Finally, Watson had a space to ask her questions. She had many of (What? Why? How?) But she just short it to simple one: "Whats now?"

This time it was Gawr who give it though. "Oh, I forgot that you are absolute newbie on this." On instant; Mori yelled if she is serious on what she said. So Shark put onto it a more effort. "Okay! I shall fill you sooner or later. But before that: Introduction shall be on place. I am Gura, the Shark, and obviously a skirmish melee. The pink Moe-power-house is Calli, our academy reaper, and a one shooting melee." Mori dint said anything, only standing in cool pose, she show a victory gesture sign. So the shark move on the purple one. "Ina, the priestess is a… (support caster?) and she is a o…" The white-haired was going to say something specific, but suddenly (her own memory?) give the Shark a slap on her check, and she quickly correct herself. "She is a Human. Like you." That purple girl like what she heard and got excited; asking if she heard correctly, that there is an another fellow human. Gawr tried to move onto next as she point at the girl with orange-flame hairs. Takanashi instantly poured out her chest making a cool pose declaring that she is Kiara, the legendary Phoenix, and that she is a tank melee. That only left one of them to introduce, but Gura dint wait for the blonde to do it as she point at her. "This one is Amelia a noncombatant technician."

The moment Mori heard that the blonde is noncombatant; she was going to scream a swear. But she cut the scream off when she heard the world (technician).

Takanashi quickly jump onto this. "Now when you mentioned it... I can imagine that they clearly successfully tricked an item engineer to join the famous academy. Especially when she dint have an option to return, nowhere."

Actually even Ina got interested in the new girl as she step in front of her, curiously observing the blonde. "I see.. So our daffodil really got a promising new start. No need to worry, this is indeed a garden of flowers and foxes. Hi Amelia, I am Ina. Nice to meet you." Hearing from Watson her careful (Okay.), make that slim girl beam up with happiness. "Ye~ey! Double (friend plus one). [Daffodil, often a yellow Narcissus representing a new beginning. Like a year, chance,or similar to that.]

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At this point, the blonde sighed dropping the little act she put on. "This more and more, looks like a I am to much out of my place. Heck, I think I am not just at wrong place, but at different story frame. All look familiar but somehow different. Jet you, keep talking Shark here, Shark there, Phoenix over there, calling me human. Then this one cutie looks like a fragile elf that got awaken from a long winter sleep. I do noticed that I been teased all around and nobody don't even bother to consider that I... maybe... is not what you think. So, when this carnival festival will end?"

All other girl, silently stare at her as if she was the one who don't get it.

So it was again the roommate of her who speak up. "I really found it amusing how green you are. Curious: Do you actually thoughts that the tail of me is a costume?... How dare you, I am shark... Listen here! We have here a Chicken, a Shark, a Specter [A visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition. Some object or source of terror or dread.], and a O… a really wise human, that is on pare with the wizards. In a more ways."

Hearing about wizards awake an interest in Takanashi. "What those wizard do?"

Maybe it was just the situation on where they were, but even Mori joined the conversation. "Actually, they can do everything on they own. They don't needed anyone of us, or anything from this. Not even the Harp academy. Nothing here was necessary to be build, or be included, or have at start any logical meaning. But one time; they got drunk and thought that for a (giggle); they shall try turn an academia into a zoo. O~or, the idea was to force the scholars to do the academy stuff in zoo. And some…" She force a cough to get into a serious note. "Ehm!: (investors)… took that yoke personally." Just remembering at it, give her a headache as she grab her head. "Before they manage to sober; the (gig) become a well know thing with to much support from all direction. Well, they realize they are in shits, but they still needed to keep a face. So they push through any idea that sounded good enough in theirs ears. No matter if it was a nonsense, if it fits the general idea of try to improve the academic (what ever sphere), then there were no boundaries." The tall pink girl give them this (Can you believe in this nonsense they come up?) gesture. "Nobody from the upper ups wants to have any responsibility for this project if something will go wrong. But at that point they cant just close the academy with: (Nah, we sorry. Moving on.)" At last she sighed. "Actually the history of Harp Academia its not important at all."

Ninomae was still smiling like she was enjoying this talk. "I heard they were throwing a darts on spinning globe model to decide where to put down the academy. The moon rabbits put a lot of resistance when somebody chose a moon."

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The blonde frown with (This is unbelievable!) expression, lowering her shoulders. "So truly a brawlers musical. I guess that is a win, win scenario for someone."

It was on place that white-haired pat her roommate on back. "You overthinking this. You having here a duo, that under the right motivation, can solo nearly everything. Then you had here a duo with direct lines approach. And then there is you… a human who survived an explosion. I think you fit between us pretty well."

It was the purple haired who bring up a more realistic words of comfort. "Humu, humu. [Hm, hm.] Perhaps, if I understand it correctly, you had been... 'Isekaised'? Where that explosion literally transported you to another world? Then only you and yourself shall found the reason of (Why you are here?). But... good luck convincing the genie in archive to tell you anything." Even if she look innocent she decided to give a grim warning. "Don't make a grave mistake to go there alone. Its not an easy task."

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The detective give them a frown. "You all are to careless. From my perspective: I can be a spy! Who was send to steal all yours secrets!"

But the rest of the girls give her a (Nah!) [We don't care if that's truth! / Go ahead!] reaction.

Not waiting for Watson reaction, Gawr make an announcement. "Look at you, you finally acquired a weirder (Lore of origin) that we having. Welcome to the A-star team, babe. God job everybody. Don't trip and die! Do anybody have any more nonsense to add onto the story?"

But then Mori was already swap to thinking at other things. "Question. Do putting us on a team roster, can be considered as bulling?" Because Takanashi asked (A what?!), rapper explain the question in detail. "Even the luck on draws can be considered as a skill. Then its on them; to have a bad luck to draw us. But knowing Bea, she will be doing a lot of (diplomacy) to keep us around just for the giggle. Dam, she will be literally cashing a favors by making us do a noncombat task." As if it was a causal house interaction Phoenix asked if she didn't mean: (Building the favors.) But rapper shake her head. "Don't underestimate that 'Hamtaro'." [a Hamster from certain story – a (cute rat?)]

This look like it was not going to end so Ninomae put her foot down. "You look like you wishing that you are in a dream and you cant wait to wake up from it. We shall put a lid on it now. As I see it, more of us here need a nap to process what is going on. Tomorrow morning will be a better day to brainstorming what to do next." Suddenly she realized something and got to exited. "Tomorrow?!" She literally froze like petrified.

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Watching that glitch, Mori uttered: (Not this shit again!) And just grabbed that purple girl like a bag, dragging her upstairs. Of course Takanashi followed her.

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That left the white-blonde duo to follow them. "So~o, we shall go to; to at last know which room is who's. But as I know Sana, she just drop my pile somewhere on floor. So, I am… you will say?… already unpack?"

Watson sighed. "So no cleaning was made at all."

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Something on that statement catches the Shark attention. Or she was in need of confirmation. "Can you do it?… The cleaning thing."

Detective without a thinking answered as if it was a matter of course. "Yeah, and you?"

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"You are hired."

That simple line triggered an anger reaction. "What?!... You mean: (Welcome! You can move in.) Right? Ri~ight?!"

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Seeing that the blonde girl dint take a shits, she urgently change the topic and put something out of her pocket. "Anyway, I promised you a reward. Here, take this! Its a treat!"

It was a small glass bottle/jar of some mechanically processed food. Maybe some fruit jelly. Watson study the label, until she protested. "Hey! That's a baby food!" She glance at her roommate, but that girl was already opened one jar and use spoon to happily eat it. So she shout at the white-haired: "Are you a baby?!"

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The shark eating a baby food, was in to much a good mood, that even that complaining dint spoil her taste food. "I am not a baby shark! I am a lazy shark! I don't even need to chew this food."

Suddenly this roommate remembers reading about the sharks babies and realize that when the shark babies are born into the mothers womb… there is no nursing by milk or something else… so the babies must go onto a battle royal and only one will make it out.

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Then this cute girl utter a literal mind bomb: "You hum-mans are not so different from us…" and she glum another spoon of 'babies' food.

Watson once more look at the label of the small jar. (It had a baby picture on it.) Whit a sweating face she had doubts if she shall ask: (If Gura actually believe that she eating babies or just messing with her.) So she change the direction of chat. "Anyway... What you eating... normally?"

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The glutton nearly emptied that jar and was already clearing last drops. "Really does not matter. I am an opportunistic eater. But you look like a crafty one that can prepare its own, dishes. What can you make?"

She give it a quick though and spoke up a relative safe choose. "I can make a pizza."

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Hearing that magical name, Gura got excited with (No way! Really?) expression on her face and her tail waved from side to side.

Watson saw that and link on it, making a grin smile. "Do you like it? So~o? What kind of pizza do you like?"

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But that question, confused the Shark. "What do you meant by, what kind?"

"I asking you: What topping on pizza you prefer?"

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Gawrs eyes got wide open. The shark stop all nonessential function trying to process this question. But soon her tail was happily changing position from left to right and back. "What do you mean by that? There is more that one type of pizza? Its not just what was found around?"

"Oka~ay, lets let the topic of topping to be a surprise." But then she giggle, seeing how stars settled in the eyes of the small girl, as if it was a gift day. It really sounds like a little sister got happily excited from big sis cool act. So the blonde smiled wildly. "Lets go."

And the duo went onto the stairs.