Book 2 - The Usurper from the Wilds: Chapter 22; Start of an Uprising

The screen turns on as the chapter title plays "Chapter - 22; Start of an Uprising".

It was still night at Ramshackle dorm as Yuu got sucked into the mirror above the fireplace for another one of those dreams.

It enters a rocky cave with very little light seeping through. Yuu questions "The smell of…earth?" As it shows a bird stuck in a cage of some animal's ribs. The King of Beasts is just lounging around, this taking place most likely after his take-over. He tells most likely the bird as it's only the two of them there. "Oh, Zazu, do lighten up and sing something for me with a little bounce in it." The bird now dubbed, Zazu complains "Oh… I would never have had to do this for Mufasa." This triggers the lion "What? What did you say?" as he then shouts "I…am…the KING!" Just then a hyena walks in saying "Hey, Boss! We got a bone to pick with you." Then there are a total of three hyena's at the entrance as another one continues telling him "Scar, there's no food, no water… We're hungry!" But the King of Beasts just brushes it off telling them "What are you complaining to me for? Eat Zazu." One of the Hyenas then whispers to the other two "I thought things were bad under Mufasa…" But Scar overhears them and shouts at them "What did you say?! Get out!" They leave as the one who hadn't talked yet shouts "But we're still hungry!".

It then goes to that black void as a voice says clearly annoyed yet had an upset or sad undertone "If he can't stand being compared to him, maybe he should try harder!"

Yuu then wakes up only to Jack in her room in his P.E uniform as he tells her "Hey, wake up."

Yuu puts a hand to her head as she sits up and says on the quieter side "Was that just a dream?"

Grim then asks Jack "Huh? What are you doin' in our dorm?" Jack tells them "I'm on my morning run. Today's the day of the Spelldrive tournament, and I wanted to make sure you didn't mess everything up by oversleeping."

Grim is now excited as he shoots up and shouts "Oh! Yeah, you're right! We gotta catch the bad guys so they'll squeeze Ramshackle House into the tournament as a reward!"

Yuu thinks 'I have a bad feeling about this…' but decides not to bring the mode down by saying it so instead she shouts "Let's give it our best shot!"

Jack lets out an almost found sigh at that as he tells them "I'll see ya at the tournament grounds." He then walks out the door but pops his head back in as he shouts a warning at them "Don't you dare go back to sleep!"

It then switches over to a side street by the coliseum for the tournament. Azul, Jade, and Floyd are there but they look slightly different.

The Octavinelle uniform consists of a black, double-breasted suit, a lavender-gray scarf, a button-up undershirt, and a bow tie, then black cummerbund and slacks, white gloves, and a black fedora.

Azul wears sharp, deep-purple eyeliner while in his dorm uniform. And while most Octavinelle students wear a light-purple undershirt and white bow tie, Azul, being the housewarden, instead wears a white undershirt and a purple bow tie. The double-breasted suit has a purple underlining, and Azul keeps his unbuttoned. His lavender-gray scarf drapes over both his shoulders and under the suit's lapels. The scarf has fringed ends, with the symbol of Octavinelle printed on one end. Azul's signature, lavender-gray coat is not worn through the sleeves, and is instead draped over his su It reaches his knees in length, and has a purple underlining Azul wears black dress shoes with block heels and silver buckles on the sides. Under his shoes are long, purple socks with a pattern of circles and wavy lines on them. His white gloves are buttoned at the wrist. The black fedora has a lavender-gray band wrapped around it and tied with a neat bow, over which is a purple pin in the shape of a spiral seashell. Although one of the most distinguishing features is the long coat over his shoulders.

Meanwhile Jade's uniform is much more similar to the rest of the Octavinelle students. He has purple coloring under his eyes while in his dorm uniform. His undershirt is light-purple, while his bow tie is white and neatly tied. The double-breasted suit has a purple underlining, and Jade keeps it completely buttoned. Jade also wears a white pocket square in the left upper pocket of his suit. His lavender-gray scarf drapes over both his shoulders and under the suit's lapels. The scarf has fringed ends, with the symbol of Octavinelle printed on one end. Jade wears black and white wingtip shoes with wedges and black laces. His white gloves are buttoned at the wrist. The black fedora has a lavender-gray band wrapped around it and tied with a neat bow, over which is a purple pin in the shape of a spiral seashell.

Floyd's undershirt is light-purple, while his bow tie is white. While the bow tie isn't wrapped at all, and instead loosely hangs around his neck. The double-breasted suit has a purple underlining, and Floyd keeps it unbuttoned. He also keeps his undershirt partially unbuttoned. Under Floyd's suit appear to be dark-purple suspenders. His lavender-gray scarf drapes over both his shoulders and under the suit's lapels. The scarf has fringed ends, with the symbol of Octavinelle printed on one end. Floyd wears black and white wingtip shoes with wedges and black laces. Under the shoes are long, purple socks with a pattern of circles and wavy lines on them. His white gloves are buttoned at the wrist. The black fedora has a lavender-gray band wrapped around it and tied with a neat bow, over which is a purple pin in the shape of a spiral seashell.

Either way Azul was looking around the street that had stalls forming a solid border around the road.

Azul then said "Hm, excellent attendance again this year. I'll have to check how the kiosks are doing. After all, now that I'm head of the planning committee, we can't have merchants underreporting their sales, now can we?"

His smile turned a lot more wicked at the end as Jade told Azul "Housewarden, everything's ready at the coliseum. The players will begin arriving in ten minutes." Azul's smile switches back to normal, with possibly a softer undertone although impossible to tell as he tells them "Jade, Floyd, excellent work."

But Floyd asks, kinda bored but also curious "Hey, Azul, what's the deal? Why do you have the players' procession starting at the east building this year? The paths are so clogged with attendees that it'll be real hard for the players to get through 'em!" Azul replies plainly "That was a special request from a certain client. I'm not privy to ALL the particulars."

Jade smirks as he states "Ah, I understand. So this is related to that magic-boosting potion you were making yesterday." But Floyd is still totally out of the loop as he asks "Wait, you understand WHAT? What does rerouting the players have to do with magic potions?" Jade puts a finger to his lips as he makes a "Shhh" noise, as he then tells Floyd "Someone might overhear us. Lower your voices."

Floyd is now more excited as he asks, although now more quietly "Ooh! Is something shady about to go down?" Azul answers "That potion is only going to last about thirty seconds. What could he possibly be plotting, I wonder?" feigning ignorance.

But Jade says "Azul, you needn't feign ignorance. You know exactly what he's planning, don't you?" Azul says mysteriously "Do I? I wonder!" Before he chuckles.

But Floyd is still confused as he shouts, although still on the quieter side "Aw, come on! Tell me too!"

But Azul simply giggles as he says "And I was just thinking I wanted to refurbish the lounge, so this offer came at a most opportune time."

Azul then snaps his fingers as he tells the twins "But that's enough chit-chat. Time is money! Let's go see how concession sales are going."

The screen then fades to black as "To be continued" plays on screen before it fully turns off.