Eiffel hugged Grate out of tolerance. Masquerade members or 'Ques' shortly, were greeting them.

Masquerade consists of President Richard Hemisphere, Vice President Jack Sabbath, Adam Noor, Brothers Duncan and Bumcan, Busquets, and Marlin.

Grate ran away to have drinks. Marlin approached Eiffel.

"Hey, champ! ...I know you are mad, but I had to do what I had to do.", said Marlin.

"I don't blame you. I left it to my destiny to see where it takes me. Don't worry about it. I won't feel bad so you won't feel guilty so Jack ends up feeling regret. That's my equation for a plus b whole square for now.", Eiffel implied.

"Nice going in that AWC! It's a tradition, but I hate it.", said Marlin.

"You did it once, too, right?", Eiffel asked.

"Yeah, last year. See that guy over there with his nympho girlfriend? *points to a shirtless guy dancing with his girlfriend* That's Busquets. He and I were noob brothers.", said Marlin.

"Oh, him. Funny... He reminds me of Grate.", said Eiffel.

"Ah, your noob brother. Yeah, I can see that. You kind of remind me of myself.", Marlin implied.

"How?", Eiffel was confused.

"Like you almost quit college... AWC, It's not my proudest moment, heh. That and a lot of other bullshit almost made me quit before I started.", said Marlin.

"Was it worth it?", Eiffel asked.

"This stuff we do... it's crazy as *beep*. But yeah, it's worth every single second, when I think about it. Also, looking around us now...Man, I Love this mansion. There've been so many great parties here. Such great times... How 'bout you? Are you excited or what?", Marlin asked for Eiffel's opinion after giving his.

"Nope. I think I'm just how you were, before becoming a Masquerade... I don't really want to do all of this crazy stuff. But I have to admit that this house is great.", Eiffel shared his opinion.

"Just push on, Brother... Oh, I'm not supposed to call you that, yet. Push on, Noob. When this is over, I'm sure you'll have a different outlook on the experience. You know... Only Que is real.", Marlin encouraged him and then walked away.

Eiffel was walking by Busquets and his girlfriend who were having drinks.

"Welcome to the mansion, noob.", said Busquets to Eiffel.

"Hey, congrats on winning the AWC, Rooster.", said his girlfriend, Sulci, who was a member of Queendom. Other members of Queendom consisted of President Maria Ephemeral, Vice President Quinn Belladonna, Alizee, Cherry, Nebula, Velvet, and Diana.

Eiffel smiled at the two, walked passed them, and approached Richard and Adam who were talking to each other.

"Yeah, I saw him last week. He's doing fine...sort of...", said Adam.

"Tell him I miss him next time.", said Richard. Both of them turned to Eiffel.

"Hey! The new noob! I don't believe we've been introduced yet. The name's Adam Noor.", said Adam.

"Adam is one of the first batch of noobs. He's been with us for the three years we've been at it.", said Richard.

"Noor the Noob, huh?", said Eiffel.

"Ain't that the obvious joke there is, Rooster?", Adam asked back in laughter.

"Did you have a look around the place yet?", Richard asked Eiffel.

"I'm planning to.", Eiffel replied.

"Some rooms are off limits tonight, but make sure you take a look around.", said Richard.

"will do.", said Eiffel as he walked away from them.

"and go get yourself a drink, noob. You've earned it.", said Adam.

Eiffel found Grate who was having drinks.

"Hey, man! This place rocks! Look at all the booze! And the girls! I'm ready for round *beep* number two! Come, my noob brother! Have a drink with me! *Grate offered a drink to Eiffel who accepted* Cheers, Booty-boi!", Grate cheered up Eiffel and then they both drank.

"*beep*! *Sniffles* that hit the spot!", Grate sobbed.

"Dude, are you crying?", Eiffel worried.

"I'm just so...happy!", Grate cried.

"Haha, I'm happy for you, Grate.", Eiffel laughed.

"Party like it's the weekend!", Grate cheered up. Cherry and Nebula of Queendom approached them in a flirty manner.

"Hey, you two.", said Nebula.

"Hey, babes!", Grate flirted.

"Hi.", said Eiffel.

"You were great in the AWC! Your friend...not so much.", Cherry said to Eiffel.

"Hey, I just had an off night. And that Latina (Nebula) really knew how to whip.", Grate was annoyed.

"What!?", Nebula startled.

"Oh, just relax, Nebula. He's just a noob.", said Cherry.

"What are you trying to imply?", Grate asked.

"That a noob should always stay beneath a Queen, therefore it doesn't suit her to get in an argument with you.", Cherry burned him in an instant with those words.

"Where's Quinn?", Eiffel asked.

"She had some pledge stuff to prepare. A vice president after all.", said Nebula.

"Why look for Quinn when you can have me?", Cherry got close to Eiffel, "You're maybe a noob, but you are something else. You are a hotshot. You melt me.", then she kissed his cheek, "Spend the rest of the night with me.", Cherry made an offer to Eiffel.

"Cherry, do you always have to do this when you find a new cute guy in college?", Nebula was irritated.

"Oh, Nebula. Don't ruin it. He's different. I can smell his sweet scent from a mile away.", Cherry said to Nebula, "You can't escape me, Iron", then said to Eiffel after doing a finger slide on his cheek and then walked away.

"Dude!", Grate was jealous of Eiffel, "It should have been me!"

"What?", Eiffel was confused.

"And it's not fair!", Grate startled and walked away to have more drinks.

Eiffel was roaming around inside the house, looking at the rooms, and found an underground basement with more rooms.

"Wow. This mansion is huge. There are so many rooms! There's no one here right now... I should rejoin the party...but, man, what an awesome place to live.", Eiffel thought. Then he overheard two guys arguing about something.

-"*enraged* Oh hell no! There's no way I'm gonna have Sulci as my partner this year again!"

-"Why not, Duncan?"

-"I don't trust you at all in this anymore, Bumcan! Last year I said I was gonna have Nebula or Cherry as my partner. You said ok. The next thing you know, Nebula was with you. I had to go find Cherry, but someone else took her. So I had to end up with Sulci." *Eiffel peeked to see there were two Ques arguing.*

-"What's wrong with Sulci? You and Sulci made a great bonding last year."

-"She drinks water from all around the campus."

-"She never had mine."

-"Perfect for you. Then why don't you go with Sulci to the ballet?"

-"I'm not saying I don't wanna go-"

-"You sound like you are saying you would go only if Nebula agrees to become your partner again. Come on, Man. Ques before hoes, remember?"

-"Come on, Bro. I didn't say you can't take her. Even though there are other girls like Cherry or Alizee or fresh new daughters from this year. Who knows any of the new daughters could be hotter than Nebula?"

-"I should have known your tactics from that night at our Blood Games. You left me unconscious in the crematorium and ran. Also, I almost got caught by the HP officers thanks to you."

-"Come on. That has nothing to do with it. Let's just go. Party will be started."

-"Remember Nebula's mine tonight. You take Cherry this year or Sulci."

-"Ok Ok."

"I wonder what they were talking about at the end. Blood and HP?", Eiffel thought, then came out of the door to the party and bumped into Jack.

"Rooster! There you are! I forgot to tell you...I'm your father.", said Jack.

"Did you adopt me?", Eiffel was confused.

"Shut up! This is not a joke. Rich got Grate and I'm stuck with you.", Jack was enraged.

"That's one way to look at it. So, you're responsible for me now?", Eiffel asked.

"*Beep* no! I'm no responsible for *beep*! This just means that I'm in control of you...and get to punish you when you disobey. *puts his hand on Eiffel's cheek* You better *beep* behave.", Jack stated and then walked away.

"Ok, boys! Now the party can start for real!", Quinn suddenly arrived, started an announcement, and got everyone's attention as the rest of the Queens joined her, "Listen up you manly Masquerade and floppy noobs! You Masquerade have your nasty tradition to keep, and us Queendom have ours. May I present to you, the fresh batch of Queendom pledges!"

Then six pledges for Queendom appeared and they were Maki, Arumi, Tasha, Lotus, Irene, and Twinkle. The Ques whistled and cheered up. Eiffel was surprised to see both Irene and Twinkle in there.

"They look good, don't they? Now as you all know, we usually do our ritual with the Muscleverse...", said Quinn.

"*Booh!* *BEEP* MUSCLEVERSE!", Ques booed.

"Yes, *beep* Muscleverse.", Jack was joyed with laughter.

"But your always-so-nice vice president Jack, here...made us an offer we couldn't refuse.", said Quinn.

"That's right, Baby! Woooo!!!", Jack cheered up as he drank.

"So, tonight we're making our ritual into a QUEENDOM-MASQUERADE tradition!", Quinn hyped up the party.

"*Beep* Muscleverse! *Cheers!*", Ques cheered up.

"Let's not wait any longer and get ready for Queendom's special Late Night Ballet!", Quinn announced as everyone gave a massive cheer.

"You've been told what the ritual implies... Go find yourself the cutest Masquerade guy at the party and be his ballet partner.", Maria said to the fresh pledgers of Queendom.

Eiffel was like "What?!" with a gasp.

Twinkle and Irene approached Eiffel.

"Hey, listen. I need your favor.", said Twinkle.

"First tell me what the hell were you two thinking pledging Queendom!?", Eiffel was enraged.

"You don't understand. Joining the sorority will help us a lot.", said Irene.

"There will be a lot of facilities.", said Twinkle.

"Facilities!?", Eiffel asked in anger.

"Like discounts, scholarships, lifetime free food at the cafeteria, lifetime access to the library, and many more.", said Twinkle.

"We had no other options, Eiffel. This is the only sorority in college.", Irene said being upset.

"You are going to ruin yourself in the name of these facilities and college enjoyment! Can't you see? Look at her (Quinn)... Sometimes it's not their activities, but their faces that tells you a lot about people's personalities. That vice president. She could be very dangerous and harmful for you two. There's still time. Just leave!", Eiffel suggested.

"It's too late, Eiffel. There's no turning back now.", Irene said.

"We paid a lot of Vowel (Money) to get here.", Twinkle stated.

"You what!?", Eiffel startled and then with a facepalm, said, "Now tell me how can I help."

"Be my ballet partner.", said Twinkle.

"What!?", Eiffel was startled.

"Yes. I don't wanna be a partner of someone that I don't know at all.", Twinkle stated.

"And I'll be Grate's partner. Speaking of, where is he?", Irene was wondering. Grate was drinking in the corner like there was no tomorrow. "Oh *beep*!", Irene was enraged.

Quinn approached them, grabbed Twinkle's shoulder, and said,

"Stop it, you two. You *beep* suck at following directions. Didn't you hear what Maria just said?"

"Yes, to go find the cutest Que to be his ballet partner.", said Twinkle.

"So, you can listen! I guess you're just stupid, then.", Quinn insulted her. Eiffel grabbed Quinn's shoulder and told her, "Back the *beep* off, Quinn!"

"Stay out of this, Rooster! This is a Queendom problem.", said Quinn.

"Oh, I'd like to interfere and put all these in moratorium.", Eiffel urged.

"I'd like to see you try. You're so angry, noob! You've got a soft spot for barbie here, huh? Wanna be her ken doll?", Quinn got on his nerves.

"Screw you!", Eiffel was enraged.

"Good to know.", said to Eiffel then turned back to Twinkle and Irene, "Either way... This noob here isn't a Que, yet. So, go find yourself a pretty masquerade boy and make his night, ok?", Quinn ordered them.

"I... uh...", Irene became anxious.

And then all of a sudden, there were sounds of crashes and glass shatters. Gold corns were thrown off through the window from the outside. The girls started panicking as Ques looked on at the crash.

"What the hell?!", Richard was in disbelief.

"MUSCLEVERSE!", Ques shouted in anger and they were going outside as Eiffel followed them. Jack stopped him.

"You stay here, Rooster. This is between Ques and Verses.", Jack ordered Eiffel to stay.

"B-but-", Eiffel was about to say something.

"Shut up and do as I say!", Jack cut him off and then left. Masquerade met Muscleverse outside the mansion.

"WHAT THE *BEEP* ARE YOU DOING?!", Jack shouted at them.

"We know that Queendom is in there with you! MARIA!!!", said Rocky and called for his girlfriend.

"So what? Are you jealous because they'd rather party with us than watch you bench at the gym on a Thursday night?", said Jack.

Dew from Muscleverse threw a gold corn at Jack's face. The Ques became furious and attacked the Verses. A fight broke out. Rocky vs Jack. Ques vs Verses. Masquerade vs Muscleverse. They fought and fought as the sun rose.

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