Book 4 - Schemer of the Scalding Sands: Chapter 16; Escape Planning

The screen turns on as the chapter title plays "Chapter - 16; Escape Planning".

The training had finished and the Ramshackle duo were locked in their room again tonight.

A Scarabia student is even heard saying outside the room "All right, the Ramshackle visitors are secure in their room." A second student then tells the other "Let's check in on the other rooms."

The first one complains "I swear there's been another escape every day. Housewarden Kalim's been very cross about it. It's gotten so bad, he's not even listening to counsel from Vice-Housewarden Jamil anymore."

The other boy shakes his head and hugs himself for a second before asking "How long will we have to live like this? I just wanna go home…" The other boy then essentially insults the other "Oh, quit the bellyaching. You think I didn't want to spend the holidays with my family, too?"

The two then walk away to check the other rooms as they said.

It then shows what's going on inside of the Ramshackle duo's locked room.

Yuu had her ear to the door to double check that the students really left, when Grim asked "Are they gone?" Yuu listens for a couple more seconds before standing up and nodding then going to sit on the bed.

Grim then lets loose as he complains "That afternoon training was so brutal, my meal was ready to come up the same way it went down."

Once done with his complaints he moves on to their situation "We already know the headmage ain't gonna be any help here. Which means it's up to us to get ourselves outta this mess. Luckily, you've got my towering intellect over here. And I've got a perfect prison break plan ready to go!"

Yuu thinks 'Towering intellect, huh?' but given the fact she hadn't thought of anything yet she told him "Okay, I'll bite. Let's hear it."

Grim chuckled before answering "I swiped our escape toon this morning. Behold: Our ticket to freedom!"

He then shows off a…

…spoon…

He then exclaims and explains "We'll use this bad boy to dig our way through the floor, one spoonful at a time!"

Yuu's eyebrow twitched before she exclaimed "Where does intellect come in? That is the most basic plan possible! It's also gonna take WAY too much time and energy!"

Grim waves her off though saying "They used to call me Grim the Digger back home. Leave this to me while you stand lookout!"

Yuu's eyebrow twitched again.

But the duo ultimately went with his plan and Yuu was standing lookout.

Grim happily says "Wow, this is goin' smoother than I thought. I think I'm actually onto something here!"

It then skips to a little while later as Grim now complains "Okay, I'm gettin' bored of diggin' into the same spot over and over again…"

He then shouts over to Yuu "Yuu! Let's switch places. I'll keep an eye out now."

The two switch places and now Yuu's the one digging.

Grim then exclaims "Ah, crud! The patrol's comin'! Quick, pretend you're sleeping!"

It then skips to the next morning as Grim complains "It took 'til morning, but we dug a hole big enough for me to fit two paws through." Yuu pats his back before telling him "That's a good pace for one day! Prison breaks aren't done overnight, ya know?"

Just then noise of someone fiddling with the lock was heard.

A student then bursts in shouting at them "Out, you two! It's time for morning training. We're marching to the oasis again!"

The Ramshackle duo share a look of tiredness before just going along, this time the without extra force.

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