Back in the lecture cave, hopeful herd scroll-swarm six-post. Eyeball-real? Gap-yawn between them and win-dog sink-in hard.
Willem Blaze? Thirty-nail half-incense tick. Prime? Mile-off.
"Thirty full that fast... Brother Blaze wit-monster real," sigh-admire drop.
"Ah!" Dude dome-slap groan, Willem-scroll front. "'Rice' brain-tease! Duh—'Coarse'! Kid-stuff! Why brain-fart? Top-six one-miss!"
"Saw it scroll-pop," lament-other. Crowd? Crickets. No win-sheet back? Hot air puff.
"Just riddle-toy, Fisk float," consol-self hopeful. "Scholar-real? Trials turf. Talent-true there."
Few buy. Gov-sanction stamp? Game-plus.
Prime Jameson Morrow? Mute-mug. Quiet-turn dip, melanch-thick settle.
County-cut champ? Spotlight-junkie. Shadow-taste first bitter-bite.
***
Whatever herd yap, Elias-Willem zip-care. First-ghost dip. Elias? Zero-stake. Not-them club, opinion-dust. Solo-worry: shoulder-sack heavy.
Lug-itch claw-gut, but wait-force, restless rat-a-tat.
Dash-quick, wind-wing fly. Willem crime-scene bolt; Elias fortune-hug crave.
Twenty-k-plus silver stack! Life-max coin-peek. Buzz-head high.
Hall-far? Instinc-sweep. Tail-no. Eye-meet lock. Sync-wide con-grin flash.
Tick-snap, smile-vapor. Guilt-gut.
"Brother Blaze," Elias break-hush, "lug-apols. Lazy-no, but snatch-sus max." Remind real-owner tag.
"Bag first just say-swing... Confidence god-tier!" Willem excite-pipe throb. "Brother Blackwood, day-post? Debt-deep yours!"
"Zip-spill," Elias. "Mutual boost. You shine, me stack."
"Shine overkill," Willem hold. "Rep-lock? Coin-tail sure. Solo-fear now... Brother Blackwood, hush-lock forever. Gov-dupe? Head-chop crime."
Elias chuckle. *Good—scare-stick.* No later-threat grind. "Over-fret. Spill-why? Co-con mine. You sink? Me tandem. Forget-flip total."
Willem lock-need all.
Dorm-flash re-up. Midge greet-dip ignore, Willem-room duck. Midge stun-tail, sack-floor thud-spot. "M'lord, this haul?"
Willem mute. Reveal-flask Elias-pass instant.
*Mine.* Elias fox-hen grin blaze. Flask-peep tick, tunic-tuck safe, beam-burst.
Willem floor-kick sack. "Up-lug assist no-need?"
Elias smile-dip. Pre-plot lock. "Stack that? Room-sus bomb. Trust you, Brother Blaze. Temp-stash here."
Midge duo-swap confu-mug.
Willem nod-logic. Grain-bag gift? Fine. Fortune-freak? Q-bomb. "Cool. Safe-vault. But, Brother Blackwood, bash-time! You treat. Midge cook-night?"
Vial-chest tuck, fresh-rich Elias gen-flood. "All-eat green light!"
"Tonight lock!" Willem hype.
"Sync," Elias shoulder-clap. "Gov bash soon. Prep-jump. You... handle this." Table-draft jab.
Willem mug-grave. Near-forget. Nod-get.
Elias bail, last-peep grain-sack.
Room-own lock, Reveal-flask yank, bed-flump roll. Cool-steel hug, self-laugh cackle. Peck-kiss few, flush-kid glee.
Ten-k silver snap! Life-max coin-haul.
"Trip? Worth every blister!"
***
Tick-later, laundry-hang Midge clock Elias sack-sword out. Next-door pad snag, "Arthur Blackwood" door-nail, in-dip. Move-in mode.
Dash-tell master.
Willem peep-confirm. Elias off-line: neighbor-vibe watch-bud. Real? Grain-sep no-bear. Plus, Midge now mug-mem deep, hide-pointless. Bonus: laundry-outsource.
Bash-tick near, Elias last-drop. "Midge, room-vig. Food-back haul."
"House-guard, Midge," Willem tag.
Kid nod-bewilder, grain-forbid Q-ban still-myst.
Repose Hall, Elias Willem-dist quick. Post-contest "Crosshill Willem Blaze"? Academy buzz-bomb. Tail-flock max. Spot-risk.
Feast-pad, Willem honor-slot Gov-near, Morrow across-direct.
Bash-wrap, Lucius-crew dip.
Elias? Move-regret creep. Willem once-hush pad? Visitor-vortex now. Laugh-chatter lute-pluck wall-leak, peace-pipe bust.
Bed-flump, leaf-shadow window-dance peep, fam-voice out-leak.
"Peep, Arthur Blackwood!"
"Blaze-next crash."
"Tight-buds sure."
Door-rap. "Brother Blackwood?"
Elias sigh-drag. Knew the pack. Crack-open: last-room bully-quad, Sullivan Thorne lead.
*These clowns again?* Irk-spike. Re-move push?
Perf-greet swap, Elias door-block. "Need-drop?"
Sullivan laugh. "Brother Blackwood, reason-no visit?" Brush-past grace-gift, in-strut like favor-bomb.