"If I am?" Danny asked, dodging the question.

"I respect you," he said, bowing to him again. "And I shall leave you with your choices. No matter how bad they are," he added under his breath. He left the room, looking back with slight fear.

Sarah and Percy both jumped onto Danny, grabbing his clothes, sobbing.

"Thank you so much," Percy cried, tears flowing like a river.

Danny pushed him back, repeating, "It's alright, it's alright."

After Percy had calmed down, he pulled Sarah away from his clothes.

"Anyway," Danny spoke after Sarah calmed down. "What was that all about?"

"He was an Exploration Club member. They've been hounding on us to move out of this building, even before the official announcement," Percy explained. His face turned sour as he spoke about the Exploration Club. "Anyway, welcome to the clubhouse. Sorry it's in such a state."

"It's alright. You got anything to clean with?" Percy answered Danny's question with a nod, moving over to a closet. He opened it, showing cleaning supplies.

Danny picked up a broom, and started sweeping the debris.

It took until the bell tolled for them to stop cleaning. They weren't done, of course, and the three agreed they would leave it to tomorrow.

"Remember to bring back the note," Percy reminded. Danny nodded, walking towards the Faculty Office.

He pulled out the note, reading and signing whatever parts he could. He filled out all of the important bits, the ones that weren't optional, and knocked on the front door of the building.

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The man who greeted him was a pudgy, greasy man who was rolling with fat. He was also in the middle of balding, and smiled so widely Danny could see what he last ate.

'A revolting man,' Danny thought to himself.

"What can I do for you?" he asked, his breath stinking up the air around him. Before Danny could even speak, he continued, "Oh, a Club application! Have you heard about the Exploration Club? We get to travel to many different places, seeing-"

Danny tuned his voice out after that, keeping the application out of his hands. They looked like they would soak it. Plus, everything he was saying about the Exploration Club was a complete lie. At least until this man was kicked out of the Academy over an 'incident' with a female cadet.

Since it didn't seem like the man would shut up soon, Danny interrupted him. "Where is Hector Greal?"

"Ah, come to gloat about the disintegration of his Club, right? Haha, come with me," he said. He seemed to have misunderstood Danny's intentions, but Danny had no reason to explain it to him.

He led him to a room with the nameplate 'Hector Greal', engraved in bold.

"Alright, sir," Danny said, gaining the man's attention. "I can do the rest myself."

"Confident, are we?" The question was rhetorical, as he held his belly laughing. "Alright, go on ahead. I'll be waiting."

Danny ignored the man, instead going to knock on the door. He heard a faint, 'Come in,' so he pushed the door open.

What greeted him was an ecstatic man who seemed to be jumping on his heels. He was nearly the opposite of the previous man: Tall, not greasy, a good face.

"There's only two reasons for a student to be in a teacher's office," he stated, jumping from one foot to the other. "One is, they need to give something to the teacher. The other is to insult the teacher, or their Club's. Now, you don't look like the type to insult. So, what is it?"

He spoke quickly, leaving no openings for Danny to intercept. Thankfully, he left a gap at the end.

"I'm here to hand in a Club Application Form," Danny answered, holding out the form. Hector grabbed it quickly, skimming through it in an instant.

He finished reading it, putting it through a photocopier. "Alright, it looks good. Oh, I can't wait for a Noble to be in our Club. You know, we haven't had one for more than a decade."

There was a 'Ding' sound that came from the computer. Hector's head snapped towards it, and a smile lit up his face. "One moment, please." He dashed out the door.

Soon after, a loud, 'Hah, suck it, Noy!' could be heard throughout the entire building.