Into the World of Twisted Wonderland Pt 2

✨Side Story 30: The Clean-Up Crew ✨

"Aaaaaaand....Finished!" Grim exclaims as he lays on the ground, exhausted from dusting. "Finally finished with cleaning these dusty rooms!"

Angel swept the last of dust with the dustpan and emptied in the bag, tying it up with a knot and looked around the room, admiring their work. "Yeah, it took a while," she agrees, seeing that the room they cleaned looked better than before their impromptu cleaning at the beginning of the year. After months of off-and-on again cleaning, the rooms in Ramshackle Dorm were a personal project for Angel, more like a personal hazard placed by many other friends of hers, seeing how the dusty and drafty conditions were more of a harm to health and wellbeing instead, the place looked a little more hospitable. With the ghosts' help, they were able to at least recover the furniture in the rooms, which the duo still couldn't believe had perfectly conditioned beds and other items underneath the piles of dust and grime, and wash any curtains and blankets, they were able to progress a little more quickly. They couldn't do anything about the other drafty conditions, but with the trash and dust put away, they were able to explore more freely, finding things they didn't notice before. They discovered that each room had a bit of a personalized touch, ranging from the simple things as pillow coverings to slight designs on curtains and bedsheets, thinking its was from the students who presided here before, at least before the ghosts decided to make their stay here a 'living hell' as they described with a smile. They even figured out how many rooms there was, exactly about 36, included the room they're staying in, which did explain a lot, considering that the dorm was way smaller than the other dorms. "It took a few months, but we're actually finished cleaning the rooms."

"I don't know why we needed to do it. It's not like anyone else gonna stay here besides us," Grim says as he stands up, walking around the room, only to flinch when he felt quick whips of air around. "If anything, the junk made the rooms warmer and less problematic to deal with before."

"You don't know that! At least it's more breathable to live here," Angel states as she takes a deep breath, enjoying the fact that no dust entered her airways and breathed out without coughing. "Though we might need to handle the musty smell, but otherwise, it's way better than before."

"Sure it is," Grim grumbles, not really liking the idea but at least know it's a good idea. "Anyway, what are we gonna do about the bags?" He asks as he looks at the three black bags in front of him. "We put all that junk in here so what are we gonna do?"

"Oh, you can take them to the trash!" Casper says as he appears in front of the two, making them flinch a little at the sudden appearance. "But, you can just leave them on the other side of the gate. There's some ghosts that handle trash that'll take it off your hands. Not a big problem."

"Well...I guess that's not too bad of a problem," Grim says as he thinks about it. "If we ain't gotta deal with is, then that's fine with me!"

"But, you got to take it outside at least!" Adam joins in. "Ghosts don't really intrude on places without permission after all."

The statement makes Grim groan. "Why we gotta take it out when it's THEIR job to take out the trash?!"

"Heh heh heh," Benny chuckles. "Gotta put in work to get rid of trash! Just like we did with the students!"

"Heh heh heh," the three chuckle and disappear, leaving the two alone.

Grim crosses his paws. "Sheesh, those ghosts don't know how annoyin' they are. How are they gonna give us a suggestion and not help us out with it?"

"They help out enough with the cleaning and taking care of the dorm," Angel states. Her eyes head to the bags, seeing three in the middle of the room. "But, it's not a bad idea to take it to the trash. At least it won't look as out of place as it does now," she says, seeing the clean room around them, only to see the bags of trash in front of them.