Ferdinand smiled back and stroked his frill, trying to look his best. "I never could resist one of your smiles. Here am I, trying to set up the supplies, and now you want an inventory. Ah, you win." He set the items down for the moment. "We are running low on cleaning supplies. If I had to guess, we have enough to clean up this mess plus a month's worth of regular cleaning after that. Been a while since Serapis purchased more."

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"Yeah, we'd better head back down. Got some cleaning to do." Laura sighed. "It was just one prank."

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"Ohmygods! They're coming down!" Aurelian whispered to the other males.

"You didn't have a plan for when this would happen?" Jorn whispered back. "You knew they would have to come down eventually. So, what's the plan?"

"Run!" Aurelian started to do just that but then he tripped and fell flat on his stomach.