Grimoire 2: Wall to Wall
Cover image is of Ranmaru trapped between two walls, the public smiling Ruriko on one side and the private, faceless Ruriko on the other, her hands pushing the walls on him.
Panel: The teacher, Souzen, was pointing at different wand types on the holographic board behind him.
Panel: Ranmaru was staring at the eternally bloody writing on his desk near the edge that read, D O N’T S I T H..... the rest of the sentence was missing, a long scratch mark across the desk to the very edge on the other side.
Caption: These desks are said to be haunted by the ghosts of murdered kids. Reminds me of my old school honestly.
Flashback panels: Mary had a little lamb playing over the loud speaker. Ranmaru and a wounded student hide in a closet as a shadowy little boy in a bonnet and dress with a staff walks down the hall just outside the door, a ribbon attached to a massive monstrous looking ram with seven eyes and razor sharp fangs in his grip.
Caption: My old school was a little bit crazier though. As for Grimdark, we can’t afford new desks... not after what I heard happened last year...
Panels: Behind and above Ranmaru as he thinks about this is a large scene, one with multi overlapping panels of several students dressed up in ghost hunting gear fighting a series of monsters that run through the heavily decorated school hallways causing havoc. They enter classes and destroy desks.
Caption: After the I Ain’t Afraid Of You Ghosts Club failed miserably at containing the monsters that had crossed over from where, no one knows, all desks in the school were destroyed....the remaining ones burned by the school staff.
Flashback Panels: teachers and other faculty burning the desks and performing a cleansing ritual with a massive salt circle, dressed in robes, chanting, speech bubbles at each of them, in the teachers lounge.
Panels: He looks out the window at an extremely creepy old elementary school with a large wrought iron gate, several crows are flying around it, the school is a dark black with cracked and split walls, there are two large slightly open, double doors that seem to beckon you into the darkness beyond.
Captions: They had to take desks from the elementary school, Elm Street Elementary, a regular elementary school, across the street that everyone is pretty sure is haunted. The regular people in this side of Tokyo Noir, those not magically inclined, decided they wanted non magical education for their kids…
Panels: Ranmaru thinks about the elementary school on the first day (a small note says, *first day* in a floating caption in this scene.) The parents are smiling, the students are happy.
Captions: No one knows what exactly happened at Elm Street Elementary.
Caption: Some say a little boy went crazy and summoned a demon that took over his body and sealed the school closed, casting it into another dimension inside itself where hellish beings torment everyone who dares to enter.
Panel: A little boy grabbing his head, screaming, a strained look on his face as a dark aura surrounds him.
Panels: The elementary school is shown, the darkness inside the doors revealing ominous glowing eyes, they vanish next panel as a janitor walks past wearing headphones.
Caption: Which is why the motto of Elm Street has always been, "Never knock knock knock if you want to keep your block block block”
Captions: The motto stood for the term Blockhead which is a slang term Man or The Children Of Adam are called by my kind.
Caption: Though, it was that motto even before it burned down in a mysterious accident one night that was totally not caused by the supernatural...
Panels: Behind Ranmaru there is a note hanging on the now closed doors of the elementary school, in a fancy wooden plaque that reads *Nothing Supernatural Ever Happens Here, Have A Nice Day.* in blood.
Caption: but we do know that these desks are creepy as fuck...pretty sure this one is following me around the school...
Panel: Ranmaru looks back down to see that his desk is heavily bleeding. The words, O N E… T W O… etched into it. He sighed, pulling out a textbook called My First Spells with a wizard hat on the front, (floating panel inside this larger panel) he chants a spell symbolized by random symbols in a speech bubble, creating a blanket, (smaller side floating panel inside this bigger panel). He put the blanket over the desk as he grumbled and ran a hand through his own hair, looking annoyed.
Ranmaru's thoughts: What the fuck language is this? Its not Japanese or Romanian or even Latin, the fuck is this desk even saying?
Souzen: Can anyone tell me when private magic academy students get their wands?
Panel: Ashuri, who had arrived late, sits down and raises his hand. His face is the picture of boredom, Boy 2 and Girl 3 are sitting behind him passing notes.
Ashuri: Year one, as kids, before they leave on the Grimm Brothers Express Train system to attend and to live in the school full time
Souzen: very good Yūsha-kun! Now when do public magic school students get their wands?
Ashuri: Whenever the school can afford to pay for a wand maker because public school magic students are too poor to buy our wands from Owlvera's Owlery and Wand Shop. We also can't have familiars because the school district is a broken circus.
Souzen: Good! two silver marks to Bunny house!
Caption: House Marks, a scoring system we learned during Entrance Ceremony.
Panels: the marks in order appear behind him. A gold lion, a silver wolf and a bronze bunny head coins.
Captions: Gold Marks are worth 100 and silver marks are worth 50 with bronze marks worth 10.
Panels: Ranmaru thinks about this as Ashuri looks bored and Boy 2 looks upset at Girl 3's note.
Caption: With enough Marks, the highest ranked House gets a chance at winning the House Statue.
Panels: A glorious statue of a horned, winged demon with his arms and wings wrapped around Diavolo from the shoulders as they embrace.
Caption: A statue enchanted by my uncle himself depicting him and my omega aunt Yonatan, he was a demon.
Panels: Souzen carries on teaching, various classroom antics.
Caption: They say whichever House claims it the first of the school year, will find true love.
Caption: Or despair, for the rest of the school year, or more.
Flashback Panels: Ranmaru at 15 at his old magic high school, he's late, he slides open the door to the classroom, to find every student dead with their heads exploded into red marbles. Cue different shots of Ranmaru looking shocked and scared at different angles.
Caption: I know this… from experience.
Flashback Panels: Ranmaru, Ashuri and Kuroki in bloody uniforms of their old Public magic school after surviving a nursery rhyme themed death game in a montage.
Caption: A lot of experience.
Panels: Two students are whispering next to Ranmaru, he watches them.
Girl G: I heard Yuka died last, AFTER Mitsakiko!
Girl F: No way! They had five seconds left to solve the puzzle! That's not what happened when I played Deadly Little Lamb!
Girl G: You survived, just like me, you can't get mad if I give you details about a game you weren't even in!
Panels: He shook his head and turned away, but when he glanced back at them, they were gone, replaced by two male students trading Magicraft cards under their desks.
Ranmaru's thoughts: What the, are those-?!
Panels: His eyes widened to dinner plates, he started shaking. His internal freak out was interrupted when he looked at the sensei clearing his throat.
Souzen: I forgot to introduce our new student, Kyun-kun.
Panel: Narayana walks up to stand next to the sensei’s desk.
Souzen: this is Kyun Namjoon-kun, welcome him to Grimdark.
Narayana: Hello everyone, please take care of me.
Panel: Narayana bows to the class just as the bell rings.
Souzen: class dismissed, don't forget the second part of the magic lecture by Daiku-sensei is tomorrow! Don't be late!
Panel: Everyone groans at that and gets up to leave, but Souzen grabs Narayana's shoulder.
Souzen: Stay back a minute, we need to speak privately.
Panel: Narayana's expression up until then had been cold, his face lights up and he smiles
Floating Caption: Meanwhile in the hall
Kuroki: Kuho-kun! I am going to Japanese spells class but I still wish to hang out after school!
Ashuri: Yea Kuho, see any demons in the halls?
Panel: Kuroki is smiling while Ranmaru frowns a bit, Ashuri’s expression is blank but a small smile plays at his lips.
Ranmaru: Haven't seen any demons yet. Just some weird red haired kid with a really foul disposition, he's friends with Ruriko...
Ashuri: That's too bad. Thanks for the Key earlier
Panel: Ashuri pats Ranmaru’s shoulder, Ranmaru nods with a grin.
Ranmaru: Just don't lose it, who do you even know in the demon kingdom?
Panel: Ashuri pulls away, whistling as he looks off to the side and walks over to whisper to Kuroki before replying.
Ashuri: nobody.
Panel: The bell tolls, Kuroki walks off, Ranmaru watches Ashuri walk over and they head to their next class.
Caption: Little did I know, the power of friendship would lead to the end of days.
Panel: he sits in class, staring at the empty sensei’s desk, suddenly the door opens and a purple haired male in a business suit walks in with prayer beads that have crosses attached to it adorning his head. He slams his briefcase onto the desk and gives a sinister grin.
Father Chanel: I am C. Frollo de Nuovo, you may call me de Nuovo-sensei! I am your new magic history professor! Your old one fell down the stairs and didn’t get back up!
Ranmaru's thoughts: Who is this guy? He seems crazy, I'm so not prepared for this! where's Daiku-sensei?
Panel: the new shota looking teacher smiled at the class and pulled out a large textbook
Father Chanel: Open your bibles to Genesis! You there, brown haired child, start reading!
Ranmaru: Wait, this is magic history class, why are we studying the bible? Don't we have a magic lecture today?
Father Chanel: Because the bible is magical history! Ask unasked for questions in my class again and see what happens to you!
Ranmaru: But where... (Ranmaru’s expression is a mix of panicked and disturbed)
Panel: Chanel smiles a smile too big for his face. (zoom in on his face, close up)
Smaller panel hovering over that panel: He slams his fist into Ranmaru’s desk and a chibi spirit pops out and flies away,
(Small note pointing to the spirit: *This is only one of the ghosts in Ranmaru’s desk....* )
Chanel: Lecture canceled!!
Panel: Ranmaru gulped, pulled out his bible along with the others, pulling them out from the tape under their desks, shock on all their faces. Ranmaru sighed and began to read.
Panel: Ashuri leaned to whisper to Ranmaru.
Ashuri: Why are there bibles taped to the bottom of our desks?
Ranmaru: It's best not to ask that...
Panel: Chanel stares at all of them, smiling maniacally, Ashuri glances at him.
Ashuri: Right…
Floating Caption: Later
Panels; The bell tolls and everyone gets up to leave, Ranmaru among them. (Smaller side panel->) Someone grabs his arm.
Panels: He turns to see Father Chanel, staring at him.
Father Chanel: You, young man, seem to be too inquisitive for your own good.
Panels: Ranmaru stood there in shock, staring at the priest. His eyes narrow.
Ranmaru: What really happened to Daiku-Sensei?
Panels: Father Chanel smiles and leans in to his face.
Father Chanel: Wouldn't you like to know? Don't ask too many questions boy, I know who your uncle is.
Panels: Father Chanel leaned into his ear closely and hissed.
Father Chanel: I know he consorts with demons.
Panels: Ranmaru frowned as the god priest let go of him after he yanked his arm away. He watched him walk down the hallway, facing away from him, hand raised in a wave behind himself.
Father Chanel: Don't dig too deep in the affairs of demons boy.
Panels: Father Chanel looks at Ranmaru over his shoulder. Zoom in on Father Chanel's face in a twisted grin, eyes blank yet reflective.
Father Chanel: Or I'll put you down with the rest of the dogs.
Panels: Ranmaru looked freaked out and quickly rejoined his friends further down the hall.
Multiple panels: scene change, hover above the school. School lets out for the day, zoom in on Ranmaru who yawns and meets up with Ashuri and Kuroki outside the school gate.
Ashuri: We need you to go home and get some sleep pal
Ranmaru: But I thought you wanted to hang out?
Ashuri: change of plans Kuho, next week ok? We will hang out next week, just go to bed for now
Ranmaru: You're using the Reggie word, it must be important so I guess.
Ashuri: Yea, any other time I'd be like, wait till next vika, or this is the best vika ever. But it's extremely important.
Ranmaru: (Sighs) Fine.
Kuroki: Yes we will get in contact with you, Yūsha-kun and I have some things to attend to, such as getting some new ghost hunting books so I can complete my older brother’s collection. He did not live to do so after all.
Panel: Ranmaru frowned and nodded.
Ranmaru:I guess. (He looked rather annoyed but nodded) I understand Yowami. You guys go ahead, I’m tired anyway.
Panel: Ranmaru sighs and walks home waving goodbye to his friends who walk off into the streets of South Tokyo, Hiromi district.
Panel: Scene change, outside Ranmaru’s apartment window, in the of the night, zoom in on Ranmaru, asleep on his futon, which rests flat on the floor, dressed in super mutant hare pajamas, a loud THWACK! THWACK! THWACK! at Ranmaru's bedroom window.
Panel: He bolts upright out of bed, shocked and heads to the window. Looking out all he sees are the bushes below. But suddenly a small imp like demon throws another rock at the window, but as it is open and he's looking out of it...
Panel: Ranmaru is hit in the face with a small rock
Ranmaru: Ow! What the hell?!
Panel: The imp laughs, leaping back into the bushes to grab another rock before leaping back out to toss it at his head.
Ranmaru: Damn it!
Panel: Ranmaru glares, rubbing his head.
Panel: Ranmaru is rushing downstairs and into the lobby. He sees the imp on the receptionist's empty desk.
Ranmaru: You little bastard!
Panel inside the panel: He glares at the imp, a frustrated look on his face. Panel that the smaller panel is inside of: He grunts and dives for the imp, it leaps onto his head, yanking his hair and screaming,
Imp: kre kre kre kre!!
Panel: They are suddenly back in his room, It is pointing with it's tail at the poster of his high school on his bedroom wall, which is a tall purple haired woman holding a magic wand, the words Grimdark across the top and bottom
Panel: Ranmaru looks at the poster as it changes to the forest behind the school. (Smaller panel inside this panel—>) Blood begins to stain the ground inside the picture and the imp's screams get louder and louder and louder until...
GRMOIRE 2 OWARI.
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