MikkishtheLeprechaun

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"Alright, sure, Nice detective work kid." Matt said before walking off "You sure got me."

All the while, Matt wondered how Joe could come up with such an idea to begin with. Maniacles didn't need magic in order to beat out other mercenary companies. It was the other companies that would attempt magic to win against Maniacles, and probably still fail.

Everywhere a person looked in the United States and many developed countries, there was some Maniacles product. They got a very high profit selling guns for cheap to the average person, receiving government funding, and of course, selling mercenaries to quell high-infestation scenarios. That wasn't all they had, though. They even sold their own brand of energy drinks, tobacco products, and hell, even had their own shops throughout cities dedicated to selling various merchandise. Maniacles was everywhere. You saw more Maniacles ads than even Coca-Cola ads.

In fact, Mikkish was just taking a sip from a can of Power Bolt (the energy drink brand owned by Maniacles) when he walked back into the dorm room to find another dude sitting on the bed. Before answering, he walked in a bit to make sure his bag was untouched and still there, then answered.

"Hey, whats up? Ever been to a place without pests?"

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"Yeah man, Maniacles is gonna let us bring our guns, walk around with our guns, but then "force" us to join a cult. That makes sense." Mikkish said sarcastically to Joe and Charlie.

"Oh yeah. That's our plan." Matt said, clearly amused, but with no facial expressive hints "But of course, you are not truly initiated until the after the blood orgy, which you must attend each time you rank up."

Mikkish looked at Joe and Charlie briefly, to see their reactions to Matt's comment, then turned back to Matt.

"So I hope this cult doesn't let its new recruits sleep on the sidewalk." He said, snickering at Joe and Charlie and their paranoia about being indoctrinated.

"Right." Matt said in realization "The dorm rooms are big, but cramped due to the amount of bunk beds pushed together. All you men in this group are in room 223, and all the ladies are in room 123. Its in the same one dorm building, but we separate genders by what floor they are in." Matt began walking off "Right this way."

Matt lead them all out into a courtyard in the middle of the lecture buildings and the dorms. They dorms looked like some sort of Inn from the early 1800s from the outside. In fact, some of the buildings they saw when they walked through the city looked pretty old. It begged the question of how long ago this school was built.

They were lead inside, where it seemed much bigger and more modern. Mikkish felt relieved when a rush of cold air from the AC hit them. In front of the entrance was a small sitting area with a couple couches and a fireplace that looked like it had never been used. Right next to it on the left was a stair case, and further off was a hallway to some dorm rooms. Off to the right was an open doorway that read "Dining Hall." Some commotion could be heard from there, either putting things away, or cooking.

"Alright, so this is where I will leave you guys. If you have any questions you can go back to the front desk. Most of what you need to know is on that sheet I gave you. I need to get back to my office." Matt said, and with that, walked off casually.

Holy shit.

Mikkish couldn't believe it.

He was being left to explore not only an academy, but a magic academy, in the middle of a city, on an island with beaches. But first thing was first.

"Guess its time to take a look at our room." He said to the other guys, and made his way upstairs...to room 223, which included six bunk beds crammed into a barely-large-enough room without even its own bathroom. No. The one bathroom in the hall was out in the hallway. There wasn't even a trunk to prevent anything from being stolen.

"Home sweet home..." Mikkish said 'I hope none of these dudes are gay.' He thought.

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Also working on life along with a novel but will post at least once a day

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Matt, of course, ignored Joe as he lead the new students into the campus.

Mikkish smirked. 'I wonder who hasn't figured out hes screwing with us.'

"Its a fight, happens all the time who cares?" Mikkish asked Joe, but then turned his attention to the school...and the ladies who walked past. "Hey whats up?" He said to one girl as he extended a fist for a fist bump. The girl smiled excitedly and fist bumped him with a "Heyy, whats up?" of her own. Her friend called her, though, and she said "I gotta go." But walked off with a smile.

'At long last: college chicks.' Mikkish thought.

Matt lead them all into the halls of one building and up to a desk.

"We got the new kiddos" Matt said to the lady at the desk, who did a little computer magic before a printing machine began dispensing multiple forms.

"Alright, take one and pass it on." Matt said, handing it to the student closest to him. The forms revealed themselves to be their schedules and the start date, which would be the day after tomorrow. The actual class schedules read like this:

New "Student" Class Schedule
8am Physical Conditioning, Mon-Sat
9:30 Science of Magic, Mon,Wed
10:30 Application of Mathematics, Mon, Wed, Thr
11:30 Philosophy and Mental Conditioning, Mon
1pm Magic Demonstration and Evaluation, Mon-Fri
2pm Sparring, Fri (A single unexcused absence may result in expulsion from the program)

Mikkish' excitement about the school faded a bit. He loved a good work out, but hated waking up early...and now he had to wake up before 8am six days a week?

"Hey man, we gotta show up at 8am every day but Sunday?" Mikkish asked, a tiny bit pissed.

But Matt turned to him, his expression not fully visible due to the sunglasses he still wore, but his mouth was cirved into an amused smirk.

"Thats what you all signed up for." He announced happily.

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But Matt ignored Joe as he lead the students on.

"Damn dude, are we there yet?" Mikkish said, annoyed by the heat and humidity.

"Oh no, we got about another hour of walking ahead of us." Matt said, a hint of insincerity in his voice.

Ahead was a couple of buildings on a hill. The lawn was freshly and neatly mowed. The sidewalks swerved in an intentional, organized pattern. Young adults stood or sat, chatting or studying about the lawn.

"Hey wait...an hour? You're telling me this ain't the school?" Mikkish asked intuitively.

Matt, of course, ignored as he continued into the school grounds.

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"Catch up!" Shouted Matt, giddily, as he walked down a flight of stairs into the building.

He lead everyone down through the Maniacles building and out into the city streets. As soon as they got out...they came to find a city much like any other. For Mikkish, and perhaps a few others, this didn't dull the excitement of being in a city. But cars whizzed by occasionally, the city was very pedestrian friendly though. Occasionally, a person would by seen wearing a witch or wizard hat along with normal clothes. Some could be seen lighting cigarettes with flames on the tips of their fingers, or blasting themselves with cold air right from their hands to cool themselves in the heat of the day.

"Like I said, these mages were here, having their own modern society when we got here. Not sure how." Matt said, he turned around to Charlie as he kept moving "We are trying to keep our operations with these mages as discrete as possible. The only cell reception is for cell phone companies found on the island."

They passed two men who were throwing punches at each other lightning quick, seriously like something right out of DBZ. It was impossible, for a normal human being to move at these speeds. Matt moved around them casually. Mikkish did similar, but stared with great curiosity.

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If you couldn't guess, you won't see any pests when you get off.

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"Alright then. Just a few more details to go through, there is a chance of injury or even death if instructions are not followed strictly, and anyone who's GPA falls too low will be kicked out of the program and sent back home.

Another couple of agents began passing around papers, which asked for signatures. It included being paid while in the program, what benefits they had access to, the risk of injury and death, notification of what can get someone kicked out of the program including murder and too much damage to Maniacles property, and a GPA falling too low.

Mikkish, of course, signed without really looking. He just wanted the pay and the college girls he just figured out he would probably meet. He never could afford to go to university, now he was being paid to go experience something he didn't think he would get to.

Sooner than anyone thought, the helicopter started to land, and the doors opened, revealing they had landed on the roof top of a tall building, overlooking a city of high rises and sky scrapers. It looked more like a smaller NYC than anything out of Harry Potter.

"Welcome to Malficus City, found on Malficus Island. Somewhere West of Northern California. The academy is at the other end of the city. Hope you're all in the mood for some sight seeing." Said Matt.

It was late afternoon. The neon lights of the city would be visible soon. Mikkish grinned. He never lived in a big city like this, and wondered what transit was like. He especially couldn't wait to see what clubs he could get into.

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It would be a bit hard to get the trans surgery done in the apocalypse I bet XD

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Joseph was accepted