Reception Building?

"Gulp..." Lillian gulped as she heard the words "Student ID". She didn't have one! Not one, she had on herself, she believes...

She timidly raised her hand, "And... what if you don't have one...?" All always turned towards her.

Some looked with surprise. Others looked with suspicion and doubt.

"If you don't have one, then I would first have to talk with the staff member overseeing the outside gate. Letting you enter this realm without proving your identity is concerning. However, to answer your question, I suggest you acquire a new one unless you don't want access to the majority of the supplies here. You can receive one from that same building I had just pointed to."

"... Noted..." Lillian pulled down her hand and stared at the ground with a darkened expression.

"Assuming that no one has any more questions left to ask. I hope you all enjoy the 7 days provided for your leisure while we decide where to allocate you all."

After saying that, a bright yellow portal manifested behind her, which, after swallowing her, disappeared without a trace to the naked eye.

Everyone stared at the spot she was just in before suddenly scattering and socialising with those they met in the exam.

"Ya don't have a Student ID card? How did ya even get in here, Lil?" Millis patted Lillian's back in a comforting manner.

"Marionette helped me out..." She sighed, "On the topic of Marionette, where is she? I don't believe I saw her in the crowd."

"I believe... I saw her leaving that really advanced place we were in through a door..." Millis tapped her chin, pondering where Marionette could have possibly gone.

"Oh well... I have to get my ID... you should go rest, Millis."

"Yeaah... that exam REALLY tuckered meh out! Especially with all the weirdos in it." She said while yawning.

Suddenly, a bellowing cackle erupted from inside the canopy of a tree near the dorms.

"KAHAHAHAHA!"

"Hey! Get down from there this instant!"

The two turned towards the commotion.

Xander and Testrie look up into the tree to find an overly muscular man lying inside it while cackling.

It was Gram Savage—the future Mad King of Beasts.

"You aren't allowed up there! Get down before you crush the tree under your weight!" Testrie warned.

"No! Me no get out of the tree because little, skinny people said so!" Gram said, picking his nose and flinging his booger at Xander below.

Xander nimbly dodged it, "What the hell was that for?! You better come down here before I kick your ass!" Xander shouted—pointing angrily at the man. His earrings flashed with a subtle red light—signs it has been reactivated.

"KAHAHAHA! Make me puny man!"

Lillian and Millis stared at this scene with a deadpan expression.

"You see what I mean? To~tal weirdos..."

"I get what you mean... but you're one, too," Lillian stated with a smile.

"GASP!" Millis took a half step back and placed her hand over her chest, "For shame! I am not a weirdo like that bunch over there!" She pointed.

"And yet you continue to try and touch my chest every chance you get..." Lillian turned her head back away from the bunch and towards Millis, whose left hand was inching closer to her chest.

Millis froze in place, pulled back her hand, and whistled innocently.

Lillian then shook her head hopelessly, amused with Millis's playful and perverse nature.

"Anyway... I'm going to get going now. Later." She bid Millis farewell.

"Umu! We'll talk later, 'kay!?" Millis waved.

Lillian nodded with a chuckle and entered the Dormitory's Reception Building.

Millis waited outside and placed her hands on her waist. Her expression then turned grim.

"I forgot to ask for her phone number..." She then tilted her head up to the sky and yelled:

"I FUMBLED!"

She then sighed sadly and left towards the female dormitory.

***

Lillian entered the building before suddenly flinching at Millis's loud voice behind her. She raised a brow, "What's that about...?" She then shrugged and chalked it up to the "Typical Millis behaviour".

She turned her head back towards the inside and noted how professional and state-of-the-art it was... although it was quite small. It looked quite similar to what a hotel's reception typically looked like.

Lillian then turned towards the counter to see the receptionist dealing with a tall woman with long black hair.

Lillian was able to catch a glimpse of the woman's face and discovered it was... Marionette?

'How the hell did she get here!?'

Feeling a gaze focused on her, Marionette twisted her head around and made eye contact with Lillian. Her eyes widened briefly, "Oh... it's you..." she said in a neutral tone.

"Where did you go after the exam...?"

Marionette stared at her for a prolonged period of time, likely thinking up a way to string her words together before answering with:

"... I left to locate the Lavitory..."

"And... you somehow ended up here...?"

"... Yes..."

Lillian mentally facepalmed, 'How!?' She internally yelled, dumbfounded by the woman's incapability to discern directions.

"I see... have you found it yet?"

Marionette nodded, "I have. Now I am looking for the female dormitory." She said in a tone so emotionless that Lillian felt like pulling out her hair.