HANDS... Of TIME Will Wring My Neck.

HANDS... of TIME will wring my neck.

It is 9:15 according to the watch. It was this late in the story, yet she was still in the shackles placed upon her by STYX.

How on earth did the Ramshackle prefect end up in such a predicament?

[The pages beckon you to take a peek]

Usually, she would've been back in NRC at this hour, just in time to prepare for what was to come with the Diasomnia chapter. Yet, somehow she's still shackled down in Tartarus. Why is that the case?

Guess it's because of those stones she ate, the ones Grim would gobble down in the previous timelines. This time, she was the one throwing these down the hatch.

Kyuu told her that it was necessary to swallow these blotted magestones in order to develop her UM. Each stone swallowed meant that she would get stronger and stronger.

You could say that she saw this as necessary. The ends justify the means, and it's utterly justifiable that she must get stronger to save everyone. Plus, if it meant that Grim would be saved, then she'd gladly take the fall.

And so, stone after stone did she get strong. The hour hand struck harder, and the minute hand moved faster. Each battle from each dorm got easier and easier the more she consumed a stone from the fallen phantoms.

Yet...

Of course, nothing in this world comes for free.

The night after the VDC competition, the Ramshackle prefect went rogue.

At first, Grim went missing from the dorm's premises. This greatly worried Mayuu, thinking that her efforts were futile and that he was bound to go ballistic and get captured by STYX all over again. However, this was proven to not be the case, as he eventually returned from his trip from Sam's shop with a wagon of tuna.

However, later that night, Grim woke to his tail getting stepped on by this stupid human. This would be a normal occurrence, but something about her this time seemed off.

Mayuu's motion was akin to a robot's; stiff and mechanical. The prefect definitely did a lot of strange things, but even this was an outlier for her peculiarities. What was even more strange was that she decided to take a trip outside without her weapons. Presumably, if she were to be awake at this hour, she'd go out to train.

Something was definitely up, Grim just knew it.

Thus, he decided to follow her. Better safe than to be sorry, and he didn't want to feel sorry if his human ended up disappearing just because of his ignorance.

Trailing behind the prefect, they both eventually reached the VDC stage. Everything else that happened went by so fast.

She was hungry, hungry for the magestone buried in the depths of the stage. She was desperate to get that crunch that the murky stone gave, and she was going to do anything in order to get that bite.

Grim witnessed the prefect unearthing the stage with her bare hands, causing them to wear and tear to a degree.

"M-Myaaah human!!? S-Stop it! I command you to stop! You're gonna get yourself hur-"

"H O U R H A N D"

The response Mayuu gave him for his rare concern was a punch to the face. What makes matters worse was that she used her UM against him, dealing a painful blow to the poor thing.

With this incident, Mayuu ended up being taken by STYX. There they discovered a concerning amount of blot building up in the prefect's system. Thus, she is to stay on the premises until it's deemed safe for her to return to the outside world.

To her, this is all worth it. The narrative deviated from the story she knew. Now, there was hope that she could finally change the ending of this tale.

Yet, who's to say that the route she's on would yield better results than the one she already knew?

[ - END OF CHAPTER -]

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Loosely Twisted From Timothy Green And An Actual Sage Plant

Notable Relationships

VIL SCHOENHEIT - Childhood friends, they stayed really close throughout the years and still spend a lot of time together in NRC. Sage trusts Vil a lot and knows he can rely on him. They're in the same modeling company too, so whenever their schedules sync they just hang out.

MALLEUS DRACONIA - Started out as pen pals in their second year and got closer at the beginning of their third year. Malleus piqued Sage's interest because he kinda saw a little bit of his old self in him. He usually invites Malleus on walks to the botanical garden and just talk for possibly hours.

ACE TRAPPOLA - Gets into petty arguments a lot whenever they meet. Sage thinks Ace is an annoying little asshole and Ace also thinks he's an asshole. No one really knows why they act like this but Sage always gets embarrassed and changes the subject whenever it's brought up.

AZUL ASHENGROTTO - Sage isn't really fond of Azul, he feels like he always has to be on guard when around Azul just in case he gets pulled into a contract. He hates feeling indebted to people so he usually tries to avoid Azul, but will talk to him if necessary.

SEPHIRA AMARYLLIS & SIA FELIS - Sage met these two idiots during his second year. Since Seph was a first year he was supposed to show her around but they got into some trouble and Sia snitched on them. Although the three of them did become close friends and even formed a club together. Sage sees both of them as his younger siblings so he gets very protective of them.

Fun Facts:

Huge mama’s boy. Sage holds his mothers in very high regard and he always sends letters to them while he's at NRC.

Has a pretty big wax seal collection along with a few stamps. His favorite is a custom-made stamp of his initial.

Used to do modeling full-time but is now part-time due to an incident.

The little bands on his foot are his friends' colors, pink for Sephira and green for Sia.

Tries to be open-minded about fashion and will try everything at least once. Even if it's not really his taste.

His leaves are located on his wrist and ankle! He always uses the ones on his wrist, but the ones on his ankle are completely off limits, he won't use those unless it's completely necessary.

Actually a decent cook, despite having a complicated relationship with food he finds making and preparing meals very calming.

Students mostly know him as the guy who tries to befriend/adopt freshmen or loners. He knew what it felt like to be alone with no one to talk to and he doesn't want anyone else to experience that.

a little sketch in my style:

Credits: Template by: @/nem-0nee Assets: @/alchemivich

*Might add some extra stuff later! *Sage's sprite is actually a collab between me and my homie @/nem-0nee!

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sarrrrrrrrrrrrrr

2 years ago

!!! TW: BLOOD AND IMPLIED VIOLENCE !!!

[ AFTERMATH ]

Moments after giving your answer, the sound of ticking disrupts your exchange with the mysterious fellow. A third-party member steps in, carrying an air of savagery with her blades.

This... stranger... no... This... villain. How could she harm someone with such ease? No ounce of remorse or regret is shown. It's as if they wanted this person dead.

Before you could even interrogate her, she just... vanished? The body too?... And the blood?!-

Was anything that happened in the last 10 minutes even real? Did you just happen to hallucinate everything? Were your case of daydreaming getting worse?

...What the hell just happened?

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sarrrrrrrrrrrrrr

2 years ago

Anyone else think about that bit where Charlie shoulder tackles Du’met in an effort to save the others? I do.

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sarrrrrrrrrrrrrr

2 years ago

Request. How would Charlie react if someone(of course not me🤣) would ask him to film a p*rn together?

Charlie: Lonnit Entertainment and its staff are not specialised in adult entertainment.

Sounds like something he might say. X’D

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sarrrrrrrrrrrrrr

2 years ago

Just got myself clip studio so I’m testing it with a Charlie scribble.

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sarrrrrrrrrrrrrr

2 years ago

LEONA KINGSCHOLAR PORTRAIT

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sarrrrrrrrrrrrrr

2 years ago

Nick: We need to get through this locked door. Eric, give me your credit card.

Eric: Here.

Nick, pocketing it: Jason, break down the door.

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sarrrrrrrrrrrrrr

2 years ago

meow meow meow meow enjoy sky bleow

Got really bored while “reviewing” for a test… A few doodles wouldn’t hurt [obvious lie, nothing has been reviewed properly 🚶]

We got Nemo, Reine (upcoming TMA oc), and Michael (@sarrrrrrrrrrrrrr’s sona)

Will be on and off as usual!! And I’ll be queueing up some missed asks through the week bc I forgor to answer them💀 (if you sent me an ask I SWEAR I’ll get to you </3)

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sarrrrrrrrrrrrrr

1 year ago

What a horrible time to have a Train Conductor Sona when we got Colleen Ballinger existing 💀