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Yugi wished he was in a nightmare.
Just after everything that has happened, seeing his friends leave to make their dreams and futures come true, he just wanted some peace.
Nothing related to the King of Games title.
Nothing related to being Atem’s mortal host.
He just wanted to return to the comfort of the Game Shop.
But a black carriage that blocked his path wasn’t going to take no for an answer.
As if in trance, Yugi found himself boarding the carriage and experienced nothing but darkness until someone was helping him out of a coffin of all things! Not to mention his clothes had been replaced with the fanciest silk robes he had ever seen. Thankful the hood had been pulled up hiding his trademark hair.
Now he was just surrounded by others dressed in the same robes all gathering around a mirror.
Did he get kidnapped by a cult? Because this was giving major cult vibes. The man dressed in fancy clothes and bird themed mask was not helping.
“Welcome students, to Night Raven College! Consider it an honor to be selected by the Black Carriage and be brought to this prestigious academy.”
Okay not a cult but a school, though Yugi was sure Jounochi would swear they were the same thing.
“One by one, please approach the Dark Mirror so that you may be assigned to the houses that you will live in while you attend Night Raven College.”
Yugi realized that the bird man was referring to the group he was standing in. Most of the other people were standing on the far side of the room behind the central mirror, no doubt upperclassmen ready to receive their freshman. As the line brought him closer and closer to the mirror, Yugi wished he would just wake up already.
But the stern face that he saw staring at him from inside the mirror seemed to be telling him no.
“State thy name.”
Yugi coughed back his dry throat and whispered loud enough hoping that only the mirror would hear him and no one else, “Yugi Muto”
“The shape of the soul is…” The face seemed to ponder for a bit, “Pomefiore”
Now if only Yugi knew what on earth that meant.
Thankfully he was saved from potential embarrassment when a rather tall individual whose face was somehow visible under his hood waved him over. Yugi had a feeling that this person was a model of some sort, he did have a resemblance to the models in the magazines Anzu would read from time to time.
“Not too bad…” The tall individual said, giving Yugi a glance over, “You’re slouching though.”
“Wha-” Yugi couldn’t say anything further as the other person immediately started fussing over his clothes.
“Not to mention that your nervous fidgeting has terribly wrinkled your robes. You even hiked your belt up. It should rest just on top of your hips to make your torso appear longer…”
Yugi was trying very hard not to turn red as a tomato from embarrassment, completely missing two names of students he would have recognized being sorted by the Dark Mirror, he would give anything not to be the center of this man’s attention…
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…………and that wish was granted in a way Yugi was not expecting.
“Did that just happen?” Yugi asked the student next to him.
“Ya mean how a person with no magic somehow ended up at our school and couldn’t be sorted and then the monsta cat set half of the place on fire?” The boy answered with a country accent, “I’m sure that was real…”
“Just making sure I wasn’t seeing things…” Yugi sighed. Now he was feeling second hand embarrassment of how a room full of magic users forgot that they could have used magic to put the fires out.
Oh yeah…there was the fact that he just found out he was at a school of magic. Yay.
Could magic just leave him alone already?
The tall individual who had fussed over Yugi’s clothing cleared his throat to bring attention back to him. In the chaos from earlier, Yugi had learned that this was actually the Dorm Head of the dorm he was sent to, Vil Schoenheit.
“Now that…incident has been resolved.” Vil said keeping his calm composure, “We will now return to the Pomefiroe dorms for our evening meal.”
“Can’t take all this prissy stuff…I wanted to go to Savanaclaw…” The country boy mumbled under his breath.
Yugi could only feel a pang of sympathy for the boy even if he was missing a ton of context.
The group followed Vil down the hallway, many of them ditching their hoods and fixing their hair that had become tangled. Yugi would keep his on for as long as possible, thank you very much.
After walking through a mirror of all things, Yugi felt like he had just walked into a fairytale.
This wasn’t a dorm building he was standing in front of, it was a white castle straight out of European history. Beautiful gardens and statues decorated the lawns and Yugi was pretty sure he saw a few peacocks doing their thing in one garden square.
“Where did they get the money for all of this?” A random student in the back of the group wondered out loud.
“Just wait till you see Scarabia’s dorm…” An upperclassman responded, “The dorm leader is a member of the Al-Asim family and they paid for a complete renovation of that dorm, a several million madol renovation.”
Again, Yugi wasn’t sure if should be shocked or impressed due to missing context as they entered the castle and found several long tables with elaborate dish settings and food that he had only seen Kaiba eat spread out.
His stomach growled in anticipation.
“Monsieur…are you going to take your hood off? Orientation ended already. You don’t need to keep it on.”
Yugi turned around to see another tall student, this one with a blond bob cut, approach him with a weird expression on his face.
“There’s no need to be shy…we are all students here…” Faster than Yugi could react, the other student tugged his hood off.
The entire lobby went silent.
“How much gel did that take?”
“There’s no way that is natural…wonder what dye he uses…”
The bob cut student didn’t seem to mind the gossip, “Marvelous! Roi de Posion you must see this!!”
“What are you talking about Rook?” Vil approached the duo then paused upon seeing Yugi’s hair, “Now that is different…is all of that natural?”
“Yes…” Yugi tugged on one of his bangs, “My grandfather always keeps a photo album to prove to my teachers that my hair was always like this. There was always one teacher each school year who wanted to suspend me for violating dress code.”
“Well such nonsense rules do not exist here so you may relax about that…but I will insist that you keep it a tidier manner…” Vil said.
Yugi couldn’t help but chuckle, “You won’t believe how many times I’ve tried.”
Vil answered by pulling a hair brush and hair products from somewhere, “Not with that attitude…”
Rook pulled a chair from the table and shoved Yugi into it then clapped to call everyone’s attention.
“I’ll take this opportunity to give advice to all of you potatoes. As members of Pomefiore, we have standards to uphold, especially in our appearance. I will accept no excuses but I will be kind to assist you where needed such as right now.”
Yugi felt the hairbrush pulling his hair downward and various products behind applied as Vil continued.
“When styling your hair, it is important to know your hair texture and where it naturally parts on your head. You must work with natural hair, not fight it. And to make your styling look neater, apply oils to keep the hair hydrated so that loose ends don’t fly away.” With a quick flourish, Vill secured a hair tie on Yugi’s hair and helpfully provided a mirror.
Yugi was rather impressed. Vil had managed to pull his hair into a low pony tail but left his bangs free but neatly combed to the sides with the part favoring the left side.
The other students applauded at the demonstration as Vil spoke again.
“Now let us eat. Today’s menu consists of...”
Yugi tuned everything out by this point. He still had tons of questions such as why he ended up here, what’s going on, and if he could get home. But for now dinner was calling.
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Meanwhile…at the other dorms
“Is that freshie sleeping standing up?”
“He did that during orientation…..”
“And how did Riddle not catch him?”
“Who knows…”
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“How did the kid get on top of the dorm?!”
“He’s not even a monkey beastman!”
“Human’s got guts…”
“Oh crap he’s jumping!”
“KATTOBINGU!!!!”
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“The new kid just fixed all of the ovens…”
“And the refrigerator…”
“At least we’re saving Madol on repairs and replacements…”
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“Gentlemen if you please…”
“Man that kid’s got so much energy! I’m going to join him!”
“Kalim, please no!”
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“Did he just hack the entire dorm?”
“It’s better not to question it…”
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“WAKA-SAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!”
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“Grim, please do not burn down the dorm!”