✿༺ 𝐋𝐎𝐓𝐔𝐒 ༻✿ [𝐕𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒]

👊♠ в𝕆σҜ １, 𝐜Ĥ𝓪ρтε𝕣 ２ ♥💣

"I'd recognize that collar anywhere. It's the same one that psycho stuck on me at orientation!
What'd you do to get shackled with that?" Grim exclaimed slightly shocked

" I ate a tart." Ace spoke tiredly with no explanation

"You... ate a tart?" Y/n questioned unsurely.

"Yeah, that's it! That's all I did!
I was a little hungry, see, so I went down to the dorm kitchen and found some tarts in the fridge.
Three whole tarts! Big ones, too!" Ace started to rant, angry with what had happened

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In the heartslabyul dorm kitchen.

"Man, I'm still tired from our little adventure. I missed dinner, too, and now I'm starving!
Got anything for me, fridge? ...Whoa, score! Tarts! Those look amazing! And plenty to go around, too!" He spoke to himself, looking around for people and then turning back to the tart

"No one would notice if I snagged one teeeeensy little slice, right? Right. Of course not." Ace then quickly helped himself to a slice of the tart

*munch* "Mmph... SO good! I'm in pastry paradise right now!" Ace spoke, taking more bites out of the delicious tart

"Of course they're good. Trey made them. His tarts are always exceptional." Someone spoke from behind him

"Yeah, but I mean... These are CRAZY good! Like, he could sell these at- wait, Housewarden?!" Ace exclaimed having not noticed Roseheart's behind him

"That you would think to touch something of MINE... Well, I'm impressed with your audacity, at least." Riddle spoke angrily

"But the Queen of Hearts's rule 89 is quite clear. "Never eat a tart without the Queen's permission."
The theft of tarts is a serious crime!" He yelled at ace who had started backing away

"Off With Your Head!"

" Bwaaaaaah!" Ace yelled

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Now back at the ramshackle dorm, ace sighed pitifully ,  "And... here I am."

"....."
"......"

"So... The point is you're both terrible?" Grim finally spoke with a deadpanned expression

"You don't think that it's insane for my magic to get sealed away for eating ONE slice of tart?!
For a mage, that's like having your arms and legs bound and shackled!" Ace exclaimed, annoyed that the two didn't see his point

"And there were three whole tarts! THREE! It's not like he could eat 'em all himself!
C'mon, you KNOW this is messed up!" Ace complained

"I guess...?" Y/n questioned

"It's sort of like mothers punishments.." but no one heard that sentence because Ace started yelling again

"What kinda wishy-washy answer is that?!"

"Yeah, but...
I mean, if there were three of 'em, they were probably for a party.
Maybe it was someone's birthday or somethin'? Lookit that! I'm, like, a master detective too!" Grim chided in, thinking of a reason and then boosting his own ego

"A birthday party, huh...?" Ace asked

"Did you apologise...?" Y/n asked Ace with a tilt of her head, her hair falling out of the bun she had it in, at the action.