Episode 4-8: A Tour Around Scarabia
Meanwhile at the Ramshackle dorm, Eugene is slouching on the couch wiggling his feet in midair as he glance at the clock on top of the fireplace.
"Jeez, what's taking them so long? It didn't take that long to come back from the cafeteria right?" Eugene mutters. Suddenly, Rapunzel burst into the lounge carrying two plate of cookies in her hands.
"Annnnd it's done!" Rapunzel chirps along with the happily croaking Pascal as she saunters over and places the plate of cookies on to the table. Eugene then takes a whiff of the baked cookies with a huge smile.
"Mmmm nothing beats then smelling your wonderful cookies." Eugene compliments making his wife giggles softly and smiles at her husband.
"Oh please. You love my cookies." Rapunzel assures him.
"Who doesn't?" He quips making her giggle again. Suddenly they heard the door knocking.
"Oh! That must be them!" Rapunzel chirps and Pascal croaks. Eugene rises up from the couch and stand on his feet as he stretches his arms out.
"Took then long enough to get back here! Let's go!" Eugene insists as he marches downstairs.
"On it, come on Pascal." Rapunzel said as the chameleon nods his head. As the two strolled downstairs to the foyer, Eugene grabs the handle and opens the door to reveal the coolheaded brunette lake goddess herself.
"Hey! Lake lady is here!" Eugene shrills.
"Oh! Vivien, hi! I didn't expect you to come here!" Rapunzel marvels with a shock look.
"That's because I came to you all with warning..." She informs them as the brunette lake goddess opens her emerald eyes gleam with seriousness.
"I would like for you two to hear me out." Vivien advises baffling the married couple. Pascal tilts his tiny head curling his brow at the lake goddess where they aren't prepared on what they're about to hear.
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Back in Scarabia dormitory, Kalim beams with a bright smile laying his hands on his hips.
"Alright, we're done with training!" He cheers as the peppy dorm head whip his head and grabs Glory's wrist bewildering her.
"Come on, Glory-chan! I'll show you around!!!" He cheerfully insists.
"Wah!" She gasps as he drags her along the hall.
"Gaaaah!!! Slow down!!" Grim shrieks as he grabs on to her shirt tightly.
"Whoa! Hold up, guys!!" Cassandra shrills as she scampers after the group.
"Wait, we still have have stuff..." Jamil was about to halt him, but soon let's out an exasperated sigh something that Cassandra and Glory noticed before they spun their heads back to Kalim.
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Back at the ramshackle dorm...
"They're in where!?" Rapunzel shrieks as Pascal drops his jaw to her shoulder out of shock.
"Indeed, Sun child. Moonstone and Moonchild are in the Scarabia dorm planning to stop snake child from overthrowing Desert King. And when I say desert King and Snake child, I meant Kalim Al-Asim and Jamil Viper. Therefore; we must go there immediately and I think of a plan." Vivien suggests.
"Well why are we standing around for? Let's just go up there and check it out!" Eugene shouts as he marches out of the dorm panicking his wife.
"Eugene wait!" Rapunzel halts as she scampers after her husband with Pascal clinging on to her. Vivien then let's out a sigh.
"My my, such hasty individuals..." Vivien mutters shaking her head. Soon she hears a hoot in the dorm when an owl flutter outside and she extended her arm out for him to land on as he lets out a hoot.
"Yes I know." Vivien complies as she closes the door and chases after the couple.
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Later at the Scarabia dorm, Kalim was showing Glory, Cassandra, and Grim around the dorm while the bubbly Kalim has been strolling next to Glory like a duckling this entire time.
"Whoa~ Everywhere you look has a golden sparkle to it...Just like from Ramshackle dorm, y'know." Grim comments.
"Except there aren't any sparkles. Just colorful painted walls and we added paintings as well." Cassandra informs and Glory nods.
"We even have a garden that was about to bloom after winter!" Glory chirps.
"Really? That's so cool! My dad give a small donation to remodel the dorm when I got accepted but..."
"Just how rich are you!? Are you some kind of prince like Leona!?" Grim shrieks.
"Ssssh...calm down, Grim." Glory hushes and pats his head gently.
"The Asim family isn't royalty so I'm not a prince, but some of my family is related to the royal family." Kalim informs causing Glory to curl her brows.
"Asim...? Wasn't your name Al-Asim?" She ask curiously.
" "Al" is an old word from the Land of Hot Sands that means "son". Family names are passed down by one's ancestors so they said that all boys born into the family will be called 'son of'. My ancestor was 'Asim' and since I'm a boy I get 'Al' and since my name is Kalim Al-Asim, it means 'Kalim, son of the Asim family'." Kalim explains.
"Sounds like a interesting name." Cassandra compliments with a grin.
"I agree." Glory chimes.
"Whoa...I've never even thought about the origins behind names before.
"It's hard when you're not familiar with it? You can just call me Kalim!" He chirps.
"Seems like there are students here from all over." Cassandra mumbles tilting her head a bit.
"You should come visit me in the Land of Hot Sands sometime! We'll take care of you!" Kalim perks.
"I bet your house is as big as a castle." Grim guesses.
"Not really. We only have about 100 servants." Kalim casually corrects them shocking the trio.
"100 is more than enough!" Cassandra shrieks.
"Yeah! I've only got one min-. Ow!"
Glory cuts Grim off with a bonk on the head.
"Say that again or you won't able to eat tuna for four days." Glory threatens flinching the grey gremlin before he lets out a fearful nod.
"G-Got it!" Grim stutters as Kalim chortles lightheartedly.
"Hahaha! You guys are hilarious!" He chuckles as Glory let's out a sigh and turns back to Kalim.
"More importantly, how big is your family I wonder?" Glory ask curiously as Kalim folds his arms tilting his head slightly.
"Hmmm I've got more than thirty younger siblings. There's no way we could take care of them all without that many servants." Kalim merrily said shocking the trio.
"Thirty?!" Grim and Cassandra shrieked.
"That much?!" Glory shrills, but Kalim hums scratching his head with his finger.
"Uuuhhhh, it might be forty. I stopped counting once I got over thirty, but I did got their names and faces down though! Ah ha ha!!" He chortles causing them to sweatdrop.
"Talk about a Brady bunch like family..." Glory mumbles.
"That's a whole other league of from us normal people." Grim grumbles.
"Jamil's parents are part of our servants. So Jamil has been helping take care of me since we were little. Jamil is amazing, he's smart, observant, and more than that a great cook!" Kalim boasts.
"You're right, everything we ate was awesome." Grim compliments making Kalim grin happily.
"Right? You guys should stick around for dinner too! 'Kay!" Kalim reassures with a big grin.
"S-Sure..." Grim stutters as he leans to Glory's ear.
"I get lost in the moment talking with this guy." Grim whispers.
"Hmm the last time I saw him, he was genuinely a cheerful and optimistic man. But there's one thing that's baffling me. What does Jamil have against Kalim?" Glory mutters tilting her head slightly laying her hand under her chin.
"That's what I'm getting when I first saw him. Sides, I caught him scoffing and scowling at Kalim earlier."
"Same here, but it makes sense. Kalim's genuinely nice, we all know that, but he's quite naive. That's one single flaw we can point out." Glory informs.
"Hmmm maybe it was because he's having a rough day?" Grim guesses, but Cassandra shakes her head at his assumption.
"Rough day my butt. Something's definitely going on with this viper guy. Here's the thing, I'll go back to the lounge and find Jamil to talk to him in hoping find more info about him and Kalim while you and Grim keep him distracted." Cassandra whispers and Glory and Grim firmly nods at her.
"Hehe. You can count on us, Cass!" Grim chuckles with a cocky smirk.
"Be sure to return to us once you gain info and remember to act dumb alright?" Glory reminds them and Cassandra smirks with a firm nod.
"Kid, I got this under the bag. I know my strategy well." Cassandra reassures.
"Hey guys, don't be whispering way back there! Come here." Kalim shouts making the trio flinch and they all spun to Kalim with innocent smiles.
"Oh don't worry we're coming!" Glory reassures.
"Actually, you guys can go without me. I need to go to the bathroom real quick. Do you know where it is?" Cassandra ask acting innocent and unsurprisingly Kalim fall for it and beams at her.
"Sure! It's down to the right!" Kalim said and Cassandra smiled warmly at him.
"Thanks, see you guys." Cassandra salutes and sprints through the halls with Glory mouthing the words "Be careful" to her and she nods firmly getting the message and turns back. Once she's gone, Glory and Grim spun back to Kalim whom he smiled warmly.
"Come on guys, you're going to love this room!" Kalim chirps.
"We're coming!" Glory shouts as she and Grim saunter over to Kalim where the cheerful dorm head opens the door and turns on the lights shocking Glory and Grim when they saw a whole pile of gold, riches, jewels, and all kinds of expensive stuff.
"Holy sh#t!!" Glory yelps with her eyes widen by the amount of riches he has.
"Baaaah! What is this place!? It's floor to ceiling treasure!" Grim shrieks and Kalim beams brightly at them.
"My dad had me take all of this when I left home. It couldn't all fit in my room so I turned this room into a store room for it." Kalim explains with Glory sweatdropping at his response.
"This place is more of a vault than a store room..." Glory stated.
"What she said!" Grim chides.
"Ooh. That's a good word for it. Very nice, Glory-chan!" Kalim compliments.
That's not really a compliment....
Glory thought as Kalim lets out a cute chuckle.
"My favorite thing in this mountain of treasure is...Huh? Where is it?" Kalim inquires spinning his head left to right baffling both Glory and Grim.
"What exactly are you looking for?" Glory ask curiously with Kalim shrugging his shoulders in response.
"My carpet. It likes to go all over the place by itself sometimes. Heeey, where'd you go?" Kalim calls out trying to search for the carpet.
"Carpet? Wait, you have a flying carpet!?" Glory chirps with an excitable grin and Kalim smiles brightly and nods.
"I do! Though I have a hard time find it tho...." Kalim mutters.
"Don't worry, I'll help you find it." Glory assures him enlightening the dorm head.
"Really!? Thanks, Glory-chan!" Kalim cheers. While the two are searching for the carpet, Grim is scurrying through the vault awing at the gold and riches.
"Whoooaaaa...Gems as big as my eyes and shiny, gold cups. With all this, I'm sure he'd never notice if one went missing...Heeheehee..." Grim snickers as he was about to pickpocket some sh#t full of riches, but unbeknownst to him, a flying carpet slowly floats towards the gremlin and pokes him.
"I'm a little bust looking though treasure right now!" Grim shouts smacking "her" away with his paw, but the carpet kept poking him causing him to get irritated.
"Will you just leave me...Gaaaah!!!" Grim shrieks as he quickly shuffled away from the flying carpet.
"That carpet is moving on its own! Is it some kind of possessed carpet!?" Grim shrieks.
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Meanwhile at the halls, Cassandra is sauntering through the halls with a determined look.
"Where is he?" She mumbles until she stops her tracks when she heard screaming far away.
"WHERE ARE THEY!?" A fainted male voice boomed across the hall causing Cassandra to sigh and face palm knowing who's voice it is.
"Not the best time, Eugene..." She mumbles as Cassandra sprints off to the lounge. Once she arrives, Cassandra widen her eyes to see two Scarabia and Iman fighting off a hot tempered Eugene, whom he is being restrained by Rapunzel and Vivien.
"Back off, punk!" The Scarabia resident seethes.
"Yeah! We'll use our magic on you if you don't surrender!" The second Scarabia resident berates them, but Eugene refuses to listen to them and sticks his tongue at them.
"Surrender my butt, jerkwads!!" He retorts as he was pulled back by the two women.
"Fitzherbert, restrain yourself." Vivien calmly ceases him while holding him back.
"Eugene please! Don't provoke them!!" Rapunzel pleads with Pascal croaking in agreement.
"Not till these dunderheads tell us where Glory, Cass, and that big headrd raccoon are!" He seethes making Owl hoot softly shaking his head at him.
"You wanna fight, asshole?!" The Scarabia resident sneers.
"We won't show mercy!!" The second Scarabia resident shouts panicking Iman.
"Whoa whoa whoa! Everyone calm down! There's no need to fight!" He reassures them getting between the Scarabia residents and the Rapunzel trio.
"Guys!!" Cassandra shouts and the three of them paused as Rapunzel, Vivien, and Eugene spun their heads to see their ravenette friend standing there.
"Cass!" Rapunzel chirps and Pascal croaks in glee. Soon Owl came flutter towards the swordswoman as Cassandra extends her arm out for him to land on.
"Hey Owl." Cassandra greets him as he lets out a casual hoot.
"You know these guys?" Iman ask curiously. Cassandra then whips her head and folds her arms staring down at the Scarabia residents and Iman with a serious look.
"They're close friends of mine, now put your pens down will ya?" She bluntly demands them with Owl staring down at them causing them to be stunned when they realized something.
"Oh right! She mentioned about two friends staying at Gothel's place." The Scarabia resident whispers.
"Umm hello? We're standing right here you know." Eugene bluntly points out.
"And her name is Glory by the way." Rapunzel chimes with a frown and Pascal scowls at them.
"And she and Gothel are two different people. So please make no misconceptions about her." Vivien politely reassures.
"R-Right, sorry." He apologizes as both of them put their pens away and Eugene let's out a sigh.
"Aw thank god you're here! Thanks Cass, but WHERE'S GLORY AND THAT GREY LITTLE CAT?!" Eugene shrieks.
"She and Grim are in the vault with Kalim at this moment." Vivien informs with zen baffling everyone.
"Wait what?" Cassandra baffles but she raise her brows at her before it hits her and the Rapunzel gang.
"Oh wait, nevermind." Cassandra backtracked.
"Ohhhh right, future vision. Gotcha." Rapunzel quickly understood and Pascal nods.
"Yup. I almost forgot about that."
"Future what?" Iman ask still confused, but Eugene pats the poor boy's head.
"You'll know eventually, buddy." He casually reassures with Pascal nodding at him.
"What's going on here?"
Soon they all spun their heads to see Jamil folding his arms with a stoic look.
You!
Cassandra thought scowling at him.
"Vice dorm, Jamil Viper!" The Scarabia shrieks,
"It's not what it looks like, we got a misunderstanding. That's all! These three are friends with Cassandra and the prefect of the Ramshackle dorm!" The second Scarabia informs.
"Is that so?" Jamil ask as he glance at the trio where Eugene leans his face to Vivien and points his finger at him.
"He's the viper Dude that you've warned us about?" He whispers to Vivien.
"Indeed, Fitzherbert." She casually answers.
"That's Jamil Viper?" Rapunzel shrills with a shock look along with Pascal. Jamil grins warmly at the trio and bows his head.
"Pleasure to meet you, Your Highness, her husband, and-?"
"Vivien. Pleasure to meet you, Snake child." Vivien greets him with a light curtsey and smiled at him.
"The pleasures all mine, ma'am. It's almost late so would you mind staying here?" Jamil politely suggests with Cassandra, who is standing beside him, immensely panics and flails her hands and shakes her head at them. However, it's already too late because the trio are immediately in Jamil's control as the queen and her friends nod at him.
"Yes." They firmly answered making Cassandra face palm they complied in unison while holding back her groan. Jamil smiles back and nods.
"Then follow me than. There's plenty of food in the lounge that I made recently so feel free to relax and enjoy our stay for tonight." Jamil reassures and as soon as he and the Scarabia residents left, all of them snapped out of his hypnosis leaving them baffled.
"Ughhh my head...." Rapunzel mumbles.
"What just happened?" Eugene groans.
"Grrr...We all got hypnotized by Snake child. Just like I predicted." Vivien grumbles laying her hand on her temple.
"Hypnotized?!" Rapunzel and Eugene shrieked with Pascal croaking in shock. Cassandra sighs and pinch her forehead as she shakes her head at them.
"Whatever, it's already too late to take back so let's get going." Cassandra assures and the queen sighs.
"I know, come on you guys." Rapunzel insists.
"Right." Vivien nods her head.
"Yup. Right back at cha." Eugene nonchalantly replies as she and her group saunter inside the dorm. Then Cassandra turns back to her pet owl.
"Come on, Owl. Let's follow them." She orders and he nods. As she follows after the group, their plans to tarnished Jamil's plan is gonna get more difficult.
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