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Ed listened to this whole thing just outside the door with an eyebrow raised. “Didn’t know Azul could act.”
Jade chuckled. “Why, of course Azul can act! How else do we get out of trouble with the law?”
Ed deadpaned. “You pay off the cops?”
“...That too.” Jade admitted.
“Ling, you’re still getting this right?” Al asked.
Ling grinned, still holding up the phone. “Yup!”
‘ Now back to listening! I’m enjoying this!’
‘Yeah, yeah.’
Ed focused back into Jamil cackling. “Hah... Ha ha ha... That's it. That's it! It's all going to work out! You really are my genie of the Lamp, Azul!”
“Do you wish to know the headmage's secret?” Azul asked.
Ed could practically hear the smirk on this fuckers face. “Oh, absolutely. Once I have the headmage's weakness in my grasp, I'll finally be free. I'll kick Kalim out of school and become housewarden myself!”
Jade opened the door as soon as Jamil finished that sentence. “And there we have it.”
Jamil jumped back in shock as he registered just who was standing outside of the room. Grim growled from Ed’s shoulder. “So, you finally show your true colors! I bet you thought you were real slick, tryin’ to pull the wool over our eyes!”
Ed snorted. “ Try , not succeed. You were very obvious about the whole thing.”
“For someone who apparently planned this whole thing out, you were very loud when it came time to monologue." Al snickered.
Jamil stepped back even further. “How... How much did you hear?”
Jade grinned. “All of it, from start to finish. Your entire conversation from the moment you left the lounge… has been livestreamed to the world from Ling's smartphone.”
Ling smirked from behind her phone. “Let me tell you, the people are LOVING the drama.”
Jamil’s face fell even more. “ WHAT?!”
Truth cackled in delight at Jamil’s obvious distress.
Ed snickered. “Oh man, Al, this is reminding me of Iore.”
Al chuckled. “Oh man, that was a riot. Literally!”
****
Ling smirked as the comments flew in as the stream continued on.
ScarabiaStudent
What the fuck?!
Leona__2 ✔️
lmao
Vil_Schoenheit ✔️
Ling what the fresh hell.
Also Leona what are you doing here?!
BlueFlameGamer✔️
Lolllll get owned #noob
AceUpYourSleave
Ling this is not what I meant when I said have fun.
GoldenGirlStan
Ah, Ed’s so pretty today! That fucker gets what he desserves for messing with our golden queen!
Leona__2 ✔️
Empress, actually.
“How many live viewers do we have now?” Jade asked.
Ling hummed. “About… over 100k? Lots of people are here.” Ling looked over the usernames of everyone in chat. “Oh, Hey Leona, Vil and Ace! How’s it hanging?”
Leona__2 ✔️
meh. I take it Ed’s having a great time?
“Oh you know she is.” Ling answered before turning her attention back to Jamil. “Say Jamil, how does it feel? You’re finally getting the recognition you’ve always wanted for your hard work! Even your peers are here to see it! Hell, I can hear them coming now!”
Jamil’s face paled even further as the students flooded the room.
“Vice Housewarden Jamil, is everything you just said true?”
“Have you really been deceiving us this whole time?!”
****
Grim scoffed from his place on Ed’s shoulder. “Talk about a wolf in sheep's clothing! You're a fraud, through and through!” Grim had barely managed to hold back his anger this whole time, but now that Jamil’s curtains had been pulled back- the claws were out. “Lemme at 'em Ed!”
Ed held up her hand to placate him.
Grim watched Jamil look around in panic. “Y-you... You've got it all wrong. I…”
Ed rolled her eyes. “Oh must we continue with this bullshit?! Can we get on with it?!”
“Yeah, I wanna tear at ‘em!” Grim agreed.
Jade sighed. “Must you two be so impatient? Oh well. Jamil, don’t even bother to try to talk your way out of it. The mind control magic you used on Azul is hard evidence. It's been you all along. You've been using your signature spell on Kalim and making him throw Scarabia into chaos!”
“And you haven’t even been hiding it that well to be honest with you. Like, you tried hypnotizing my husband in literal minutes after meeting her.” Ed pointed out. “Like, your plan wasn’t that great to be honest with you.”
“We’ve seen much better." Al agreed.
Jamil scowled. “ Gh...! I was trying to avoid escalating matters, but you leave me no choice. Azul, I command you! Subdue and restrain them all.”
Grim pressed himself closer to Ed while Azul turned to them. “...Yes, Master.”
Ed snorted. “Oh this is gonna be good. Ling did you-”
“I have popcorn ready, yes.”
“ Excelent. ”
****
Jade put a frown on his face. “Azul, no. You don't want to do this. Snap out of it.”
Jamil cackled. “Pleading with him won't help!”
“Yes. I am Jamil's loyal minion…” Azul blinked before smirking. “...Or at least, you wish I was.”
“WHAT?!” Jamil yelled.
Jade’s face broke out into the grin he had barely been holding back as the Ramshackle gang lost it.
“ BWAHAHA- AL LOOK AT THIS DUMBASSES FACE!’
“IT’S HILLAROUS!”
“THAT’S WHAT YOU GET YOU SNAKE!”
“ Ah, what a good vacation. ”
Azul smirked. “Jamil, you said the funniest thing to me earlier. Allow me to return the favor. You thought I was an arrogant magician, but you were sorely mistaken. An embarrassing misjudgment for the vice housewarden of Scarabia—the dorm that embodies the spirit of mindfulness.”
“What's going on? I know you made eye contact. I had you under control!” Jamil yelled.
Ed snorted. “Oh please, you think someone as sleazy as Azul would just put himself in a situation like that?”
Azul deadpanned. “Thanks for the vote of confidence Ed…”
“You’re welcome.”