It was April, the worst nightmare of the Mail-Hunters.

Lloyd gulped when he watched the calendar in his office, he was anticipating for this day to arrive so badly. He knew that it will come someday, but today is the worst possible day that could happen for him. Today is April huh... he thought, knowing that the time has come for them.

He stared at the calendar with a frown on his face as he remembered what happened last year during this month, several Mail-Hunters were pranked by none other than Senja himself...

... his own subordinate and Coordinator-General, Senja was known for his mischievous and free-spirited attitude--his favorite month is April and his prank on other people was always his favorite. His subordinates always get scared whenever he shows up at their work place, knowing that it will be a terrible day. "How could that idiot do this to us again?" he murmured, recalling last week's pranks that happens in everyday that made the Mail-Hunters got scared to see Senja and his mischiefs.

Yup, there he goes.

Lloyd remembered the first victim of his subordinate's mischief, it was Sonata. He recalled that she was doing a clock-in to the Headquarters, she accidentally slipped by a peeled banana on the floor of the lobby of the building--it caused her to slip and fall down on her bottom, at first Sonata was okay because she was used to falling... until she felt a bucket of water splashed and drenched her from above... she was crying and embarrassed because of this accident. Well… Solvine got angry afterwards but he might be more than angry for that...

He also remembered the second and third victims are Claire and Gabriel, this one is the worst--Claire received a present from Senja and she find out the present was actually an underwear. Claire fumed in anger, it was filled with mustard and ketchup while Senja gave another presents such as shoes of her's but it was covered in mud, a used tissue with snot--those disgusting presents were shown to Claire. He was wondering why Senja gifted her underwear... which made her slap Senja on his cheek for this prank.

Gabriel, on the other hand--he found a present in the lobby so he began to pick it up. His eyes widened that it was a bomb, Alastair and Solvine shouted for him to drop it in panic as it exploded. It caught up to him, a loud explosion appeared and a black dust on his entire appearance while he was knocked off his ass--that made Gabriel so furious, he grabbed Senja by the collar and he punched the Coordinator-General on the face.

After that, Gilbert and Cordelia are the fourth and fifth victims; they were the next ones to receive a prank from him, they found out that Senja dyed their hair with COLORFUL HAIR DYE.

Gilbert's hair was dyed pink, while his half part of his hair was being dyed in the color of bright orange. Cordelia was a soft pink color on the top of her hair as the rest was the color of pale red--and the color is so bright and it makes them look like clowns--it was so embarrassing and they were angry with him.

Lloyd wanted to laugh but he feel bad about it, the sixth victim was Alastair--the Vice Postmaster-General and his friend, this one is super embarrassing because Senja put a fake cockroach in Alastair's office and made him believe that it's real. Since Alastair is afraid of bugs, he jumped up in panic and he kicked the door until it broke and he started to scream loudly. He was thrown back on the chair and screaming--his loud, feminine-like screams, will never be unheard and not even Oswald wanted to pester him about it. Of course, this made him look like he has a weakness and he was so fueled up with anger towards Senja.

"CURSE YOU, SENJAYA CHRISTIADJIE!"

Mathilda was the seventh victim, she was so angry that the sweater that she received from Senja was so itchy and uncomfortable for her to wear since she can't scratch her torso due to the material and so she got out from her office with the bright yellow sweater to show him that the sweater he gifted her was making her itch. And the eighth victim was Claude, he vomited his food after Senja put a laxative inside it--and that was so disgusting which made Sylvette worried about him.

All these incidents happened because of Senja's prank, he made everyone suffered from embarrassment and humiliation. They're all his friends, so why did he play such horrible tricks on them?

The ninth victim is Dr. Chamberlain, when he was in the infirmary to check his patients until he received a vase filled with beautiful flowers that caught his attention in his table--he began to smell the lovely scent of the roses from the vase... and suddenly a snake appeared out of nowhere. Dr. Chamberlain fell backwards with a shout, turns out it was a fake toy snake but still--his face is frozen out of fear.

"I swear to God that if you ever do this again, I'll make sure you pay a high price!"

The tenth victim is Solvine, this one is super dangerous because Senja did his work well to make him angry because of his pranks--he covered his spectacles' lenses with spices and made his eyes water, so Solvine will remove his specs and Senja placed a very spicy, red pepper mortar on Solvine's table, which made him so shocked and his eyes feeling watery but also burning from the spices. Since Solvine needed to remove his glasses to clean his eyes out, he rubbed it and the peppers entered his eyes. Solvine ended up roaring and screaming because of that and made him threatened Senja for what he did. His rage is much like a wolf's anger--burning with fury, he even transformed into his true form and Sonata had to calm him down from that prank.

The eleventh victim is Vincent, his beloved vintage motorbike was painted with pink color which made him cursing out loud in public--Senja swapped the dye paint and replaced his with a new color, the same pink colored motorbike. Vincent is known for being overprotective and taking good care for his vehicle and somehow, he didn't blame Senja's shenanigans for this incident--but how can he hold back his anger from that?

The twelfth victim is Xinglan, he absolutely did not enjoy pranks obviously but his case is the worst--he hates number 4 and basically he almost made it 'come true' to him. In Huaxian superstition, number 4 is a cursed number that bring bad luck and he believed that just like Suona and Suiren.

Senja wrote in a mysterious sloppy manner on the elevator button to make him believe that this number is actually 2--so he wouldn't get the hint that it was actually number four, making Xinglan yelled when he find out about the number--running away in fear that made the employees confused by his sudden outbursts. And when Mathilda asked him what's wrong, he said: "Don't ever use that number in the elevator, please..."

The thirteenth victim is Amaris, Senja know how to piss her off because when he switch her food with a fish and let it stink her mouth, she was so pissed that she smacked him out of sudden and kicked him in the balls afterwards. The fourteenth victim is Oswald, when he was talking with his subordinates--Senja using a fart spray behind him and quickly got himself hidden. It made them smelled something weird and they said if Oswald farted and he said no--even Konami becoming the fifteenth victim because she got sprayed as well, before Konami pointed out it came from Senja and that alone causing the HR Director yelled at him who ran away. "GET BACK HERE YOU ASS!"

The sixteenth victim is Chase, he was busy fixing Vincent's motorbike and Senja handed him some oil before he thanked him--when Chase was about to check the oil... turns out it was a black ink spray that made his hand painted black and he was shocked. It made the mechanic stand up and shouting at him, who was running while laughing by his discovery on his prank. "YOU BASTARD! HOW DARE YOU GIVING ME THIS INK SPRAY!"

And lastly... Lloyd, he was pranked Senja when he got back home from work and he saw his clothes in a bucket, his prized painting of Canaria's beach, two books and toilet on the floor were soaking wet. He immediately searched Senja in his mansion, hunting him down with a mop all over the place. "Yeah... you deserve this at the same time!"

Senja stated with a smile, honking his airhorn which made Lloyd sat up and growled at him like a kid.

"Grrr... SENJAYA CHRISTIADJIE! I KNEW IT WAS YOU!"

Lloyd shouted his heart out, Senja was just whistling while working at his desk like nothing happened. Damn it, why is he so shameless about this month?

That was embarrassing enough for Lloyd that he can't even say a word about it... it made him felt humiliated, that's why he wants this April Fool's prank to be avenged. But even Lloyd can't help himself from being the subject of a prank by Senja... it's just pure embarrassment, not only that--this month is marathon of pranks and they have to pay him back.

They wanted payback, so does Lloyd who already planned this from the start-he called all victims into a meeting room inside the Headquarters where they meet their worst fear. Oh wait, Lloyd's the last victim right?

NO.

HE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE.

The seventeenth victim is Suona, poor girl that she had to face an actual hissing cockroach inside of a box that sent to the employee's lounge, the whole scene is so horrifying that the entire Mail-Hunters felt sorry and shocked to see her running around from shock--before blasting a torrent of water inside the building.

The eighteenth victim is Suiren--Suona's father, he couldn't believe Senja pulled a prank against Suiren who is known for his tranquil and stern personality, it happens when Senja was putting something in his green tea during lunch time--it doesn't bother him, until he took his first sip and became too strong of a tea. Oh no, it was actually three drops of vinegar mixed with cold and bitter teas and only mixed his with honey without bothering him, making him puking out the liquid from the taste and he roared out loud. "YOU LITTLE RASCAL, YOU ACTUALLY DID THIS TO ME?!"

That's it, he had enough and he will summon everyone to the Hall of Maestro and he was having a terrible mood--the prank is too much and they didn't even get the chance to avenge his pranks.

"Today we will do some pranks!"

Lloyd announced, seeing everyone looking at each other nervously while wondering if they're gonna do this--more importantly is they want to do this prank or not. Mathilda listened about Lloyd's plan, she can tell that he looks like he want to do payback to Senja so badly.

"Huh? You're going to prank Senja?"

Alastair looked like he's about to do this just for the sake of humor, but he has a cold stare which scares Sonata. No matter how angry he looks, his sense of humor will be revealed by pulling pranks on others. "It's been a long time since last year, right?"

Sonata and Suona were ambitious enough to prank their own superior, they felt confident that they can accomplish their achievements and payback him afterwards--suiting their personalities, while Gabriel and Claire smacked their own face--knowing that they wanted to join despite not being prepared. Amaris was ready to beat his ass while Xinglan... he just shrug at her and back to eat his food.

"So you mean, you plan to prank him back... right?"

Dr. Chamberlain smiled before looking at Solvine and Claude, while Vincent crossed his arms. "I think this idea will be done well, we don't often play trick on anyone because that involves bullying..." Claude nodded. "We can come up with a prank plan for him--pranking him back will certainly boost our morale. We can't just let him dominating the prank on us, let's beat him with an innovative and creative prank," Solvine smirked, even though it's annoying that they have to payback for all the pranks he did to them--they felt inspired to make him eat his words.

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"Senja is not here, don't worry--I purposely sent him to Canon city so he will be busy with his work," Lloyd added with a chuckle, before he frowned. "But... you should all remember what happened last week, it was nightmare and each days he always do different pranks--it makes his entire victim's month become the most embarrassing, horrifying and angering days for them... including myself."

Everyone remembered, they had grimace on their faces in recalling Senja's pranks. It's impossible to accept the pranks that were caused by Senja, especially when he's in one of the departments... it's basically a daily life. "We will have our revenge for last year and you will be proud of yourselves once you see what we have prepared for you all. I understand all of you are worried, but I know that you will love it."

All of them nodded in agreement, feeling relieved and relaxed now that Lloyd told them that everything is going to be fine. "So, what's the plan? Are we going to call back-up team for this one?" Sonata asked curiously. "All we need is patience, let's not get too close to him or else he will know."

Xinglan sighed, his face still pale from the experience. "Me too, and I never thought he will do the number 4 thing to me... I was traumatized," he murmured quietly. "When I got out from the infirmary during my break, I saw the signboard 'die' on the door... and I fainted again from that."

"Alastair is scared when he was staring at the toy roach on the sofa," Cordelia spoke, making Gilbert face palmed. "My hair is ugly and very bright yellow, plus I get lectured by Master Alastair because of this..."

Sonata frowned, seeing her father Solvine still terrified of snake even though it was fake. "My daughter, I truly don't want you to experience this hell. I will not let you suffer from his pranks, not today," Solvine spoke with his warning and protective tone. They suddenly went silent, then looking at each other. Suddenly, there was an awkward tension between them--after witnessing Senja's scary pranks, the atmosphere seemed completely unfamiliar and abnormal.

"So, let's start today's plan! First off... today the Coordinator-General is gonna do a delivery express mission at Hessen territory where the local National Mail Service branch will send him his delivery schedules. We must make sure that he doesn't catch us. If he figures it out, run back here immediately."

Lloyd gave his subordinates commands which they obeyed. Xinglan watched them discussing to each other, his task is simple; he just had to make sure Senja won't notice that he's the victim. After several minutes, everything was almost ready for the ambush.

He prayed silently before getting himself together and into position, there were plenty of other members prepared for this war--ready to pounce on the incoming enemies, soldiers and other national forces; all were waiting for the prey to appear before them...

But, Xinglan had no choice but to become the 'sacrifice' for the pranks--the day to avenge all the Emissaries' life from Senja's actions. There was no turning back, his body stiffened when he saw the Coordinator-General shows up the door with a smile, he entered and made himself comfortable at his workplace and began to take care of his work.

While he was typing in his typewriter, Xinglan slowly entered into the room with the intention of not being noticed by the busy Coordinator-General. 'Urgh, thank you for being the spectators... all of you!' Xinglan cursed inside his head as he walked towards Senja's desk with his eyes staring at the documents on the desk.

"Curious?"

Senja asked Xinglan teasingly in his native tongue, since Xinglan knew Senja can speak Huaxian. Xinglan took a deep breath, just calm down-this is just a payback prank that the Coordinator-General deserves. "Xinglan, wanna take a peek? Sorry, I'm not a workaholic person to ask you as a friend and co-worker... so I would prefer someone responsible to help me," Senja put the documents in the drawer, but keep the key inside his pocket.

Xinglan crossed his arms and scoffed. "Why did you bring me here, if you're going to work instead?" Senja chuckled. "Well, do you hate me?"

Oh my God, stop testing me! I don't hate you... but still--argh!

He internally frowned, since Xinglan has always been distant and quiet to him since he returned from his two-week vacation, this occasion is really bad timing to happen on April Fool's... Xinglan smirked--he finally able to prank him. Now he got an idea.

"Well then, what is it for me to help you?"

He asked, watching him thinking before Senja spoke to him. "Like what I said, I'm a lazy person to help the others. I just don't feel like working today, because I had an exhausting two weeks over there... yeah, I became the leader."

Xinglan hummed, before he shrugged. "So, first things first; I have a quill that should help you work faster. If you use this quill then it will be easier to write letters on the paper."

The next moment, he gave him the quill--the quill will instantly shot a black ink all over Senja's face if he pressed the tip onto the paper. Xinglan learned in the class, so that's what he thinks--his parents and grandparents are writers and businessmen, so he learned the trick!

Senja accepted it, thanking him and put it beside his typewriter. But, when Senja grabbed the quill and pressed the tip on the paper--the black ink spurted from the back and stained his face with black ink... staining it all over, Senja's facial expression was blank. Xinglan could hear the others laughed as he whispered to Senja, smirking at him when he added. "April Fool's, Coordinator-General. Have fun cleaning that," he left Senja confused, Senja saw everyone laughed at him.

"Today, you're the loser, Senjaya Christiadjie. And, the prank was nice and unique."

Senja was confused, how come he got a payback prank on him? He checked his spectacles' lenses, noticing no stains. How...? Everyone was happy and relieved that their revenge prank was successful, but Senja didn't seem affected by his defeat from last year. But, he just got the revenge prank--this time it's the worst.

When he checked his locker, he screamed to see a spider toy inside. Not only there is a plastic spider in the locker, there's also a bucket of water is hanging from a string and when he opened the locker, he got a big splash and his hair is wet. How dare everyone humiliate him on the 1st of April?! This is shameful!

Everyone laughed hard, well their prank and revenge is much better than before. They even gave an applause to each others after a successful plan. The last one is Mathilda, she couldn't believe she had to pretend she want to go on a date with Senja (even though they're JUST friends). This is embarrassing. "Okay, now we shall proceed to our payback prank on the 1st of April, Mathilda!"

Lloyd announced. Everyone was very excited that their friend Senja's prank history will end soon. "Why do I have to pretend I had a crush on him...?" she grumbled, before speaking out loud.

"WHAT AM I SAYING?! HE'S A BABY, I DO NOT HAVE FEELINGS!"

Mathilda shrieked loudly, embarrassing herself after realising what she said.

Oh well, let's just getting started.

Mathilda was waiting for Senja to be done with his work, while she was pretending to admire him for his good looks and his performance at work. Everyone snickered and giggled seeing Mathilda blushing just because of Senja's handsome looks.

"Here I am," Senja spoke as he placed down his bag and put on the apron over his clothes, he looked even more handsome in white apron because his skin is white. Everyone gasped and gasped for the moment of the truth, they want to see how funny the reaction Senja is going to do.

Mathilda stared at Cordelia, gesturing her quietly to get the bottle of water and hand it over to her. "Hey, Coordinator-General..." she shyly approached him, blushing--which caused Senja to turn around at her. She pulled out a box from the pocket, then gave it to Senja to open it. Senja suddenly got surprised with her present which was an origami tiger, his favorite origami.

He wasn't shy, he smiled and accepted the gift, opening his box and seeing a beautiful, paper tiger inside. When he was about to grab the origami tiger, he accidentally pressed the button hidden under the origami paper and made a boxing glove with a spring appeared and hit his face, it made him wide-eyed and fell down with his face on the floor with embarrassment.

He fell for their prank and got beaten.

"I'm never letting anyone do a prank to me ever again, I lost twice!"

Senja shouted to the others before pouting as they laughed. That was a success plan that he'll never be able to forget...

"April fools, Senjaya Christiadjie!"

Well... they thought it was over, but apparently no one took out the ice. So, somehow he woke up after about 3 minutes of lying on the floor like a mime, Senja was confused and curious what happened before passed out again after coughing water out of his lungs.

It was fun because they were having fun even Senja went along with it and he couldn't help himself from laughing. But when he noticed that the prankster himself is Lloyd, he grew suspicious and he knitted his eyebrows together. "What are you trying to do now?" he growled, seeing Lloyd smirking at him. "Jokes on you, I know your plan this time... you want to make me go insane from the stress of work, right?"

Lloyd laughed with a chuckle. "I guess I'm right, aren't I?"

Senja was confused, how could he think that way? And plus, he's not stupid to realize that.

It was a fun experience.

Few days later...

"Huh..."

Sonata was getting restless that she has dark circles under her eyes, today supposed to be the last week of the event in Welkin City--but the Mail-Hunters were sleepless that night. "Hmm... why am I feeling sleepy? I forgot that this event hasn't ended yet..." she said, sitting on the lobby that she tried to keep her eyes opened but failed. Claire also gotten dark circles under her eyes from the lack of sleep which is why she always late to respond to the parcels, Gabriel got one as well because his eyes were red from fatigue and lack of sleep.

"These people of Welkin enjoyed their fun in the festival, but we suffered from lack of sleep..." he murmured, Claude nodded as he leaned on the wall trying to fight off the sleepiness but he couldn't--due to his eyes were red from fatigue. "Yeah... I can't even focus on my work like this... I think I need to grab some coffee or something..."

Suona was sleeping on the couch of the lobby as she can't even open her eyes, yawning while trying to sleep but couldn't due to her red eyes. Xinglan was having a headache that he had to go to the infirmary and tell Dr. Chamberlain that he need to rest, not even Amaris forcing herself to train until she ended up sleeping on the floor--making them shocked.

Lloyd was in his office, he also got dark circles and bags under his eyes and his glasses--he couldn't get enough sleep due to these circumstances. "Why aren't these people going back to their country? This should have been done already," he muttered to himself angrily, he didn't get the chance to sleep properly even though he wanted to because of this. Alastair is sitting on the chair of his own desk across Lloyd's desk facing the bookshelf, he also gotten lack of sleep with dark circles and fatigue on his eyes and his glasses--being the strongest figure who can defeat Husk creatures easily--Alastair can't even handle this kind of problem because he doesn't have power to do anything. Solvine was rubbing his eyes after he removed his spectacles, he looks like he didn't even know what is sleep.

"I know... I thought the people of Welkin City where we are right now supposed to be done... but there's still more people coming in, I think we need to finish them first," Lloyd sighed tiredly, knowing that there is nothing they can do except waiting for these people to leave. He didn't want to lose anyone in battle against Husk--but he knows they're gonna have to fight eventually if they ever faced with the powerful Husks in the future. Solvine can't even focus on typing on his typewriter due to his drowsiness, it makes him irritated because of how hard it was to stay awake.

Mathilda also gotten insomnia like the rest of the Mail-Hunters, she really need coffee so bad but it made her even more sleepy in her own office. Senja on the other hand, he can't keep his eyes open due to his dark circles under his eyes, his glasses were sliding down from his nose because of how heavy his head was from lack of sleep. He is trying hard to focus on his work as well, but he can't even write anything properly. "Let's hope this festival is over..." Senja said to Mathilda, he can't even type on his typewriter anymore because of his exhaustion. "I'm really... tired, I thought this is worse than the Festival of Lights and the Darkness one..."

"Like drinking alcohol and partying all night long..." Mathilda whispered with a sigh, she knew what will happen if people will drink too much alcohol and party all night without sleep--they will act crazy and reckless. Senja nodded in agreement--he was worried about that as well. "Alastair... do you want to drink coffee?" Lloyd asked as he stretched his arms, seeing him grumbled while still burying his head on his arms on his own desk. "I would like one... but I don't think I can handle it, Lloyd..." Alastair replied weakly, he knew that he needs to stay awake and alert at least until the party is over. "I'll bring you one... I don't think I have the energy to go out of my office at this moment, I'm really tired... really..." Solvine whined.

Oswald was also sleepless ever since they stayed up not only on the event, but also during the aftermath of pranks they were doing and realized that they didn't even sleep last night. He growled when he heard his candlestick telephone ringing, before he grabbed the telephone and answered in hoarse voice. "Hello?" he replied with a yawn, he found out that it was his subordinate who called him and he take off his spectacles--before he rubbed his eyes. "What is it, Sullivan? I'm currently busy right now..."

"Sir, we received a call from the Taiyou Embassy saying that a large number of people are coming here..." his subordinate told him, he felt his blood boiling in his body. Claude also almost dozing in the lounge, while Chase got absent in the event and Vincent didn't seems... sleepy for some reason. "Uhm... sir?" his subordinate tried to call him, but Oswald was in no mood to talk to someone right now.

"I said I'm busy! Can I say that?!"

Oswald yelled angrily on the phone, making his subordinate Sullivan startled in the background. "O-Okay sir... I'll report them further away..." he reported with a scared tone, ending the call. Konami was sleeping due to the lack of sleep, she already finished her work on the desk and no matter how many times Oswald calling out for her--she only grunts and replied with a nod.

Thankfully, the event went smooth and they were able to sleep after their hard work.