The Colored side and the Gray side never really got along.

The one time the leaders actually tried to unite the sides...

Let's just say it didn't end well.

So naturally they chose to remain separate for the most part.

Those who left the Gray Side for the Colored rarely went back to their roots. Mostly because their personality adapted to the Colored at an incredible speed.

But no native Colored person had ever traveled to the Gray Side of their own free will.

And our new friends were no different.

But that's another story for another time.

For now, let's just see how they get on in their new home.

*Imitating a foghorn

*Imitating a foghorn

Whisk!

Hyuh?

Auggggggghhhhh!

Get me outta here!

Wait...

Where's Benjiro?

I'll save you, Ben!

Whatever that evil witch is doing to you now won't even compare to what I'm going to do to her when I find-

Oh.

Go get changed into your maid's uniform. Breakfast will be ready in ten.

Under the Storyjumper account Octoberopal, the main user, Quince Quiller, presents an original work...

The Dark  Side of Things

Book 2

So wait, if you are being kind to my brother and fixing him breakfast, then why'd you throw an axe at my head this morning?

Do you just have a personal vendetta against me or something?

That's a pretty bold thing to assume; that I actually care enough to have a personal vendetta against you.

But to answer your question, my darling Clementine, axe yeeting has proved to be an effective way of waking up children throughout the years.

Er, well, could you maybe not do that, like ever again?

Again? I didn't throw the axe at your head this morning. Someone probably beat me to it; rats.

This of course makes it extremely likely that we have an intruder in my parents' manor. Or it could be a guest. They're basically the same, anyways.

Clem, you good? You just got a shade whiter. You're so pasty as it is, so I didn't think that was possible.

Killer

Axe-throwing

Creepy woman

Child labor

Mm-hmm.

Okay, then for your first task as a housekeeper, you will find this imposter and...

Apprehend them.

Any questions?

Right. Then I'm off to work.

And so, off Myrtle went to teach at the local school, leaving poor, bewildered Clementine at the manor to try to sort out her thoughts.

Oh, don't look at me like that.

Look, out of all the people in the Gray Side, she seems the nicest so far. She's letting us stay here, after all.

...

So what if she's practically forcing me into child labor?

A girl can get a little desperate when one of her main motives is to survive.

Though I didn't think hunting for a killer would be part of this job...

Which I probably need to started on about now.

Well, I'm off to find the intruder, Ben. You just sit tight until Myrtle gets back.

Now, if the intruder, really is a murderer, he or she would most likely have a weapon. Which means I probably need a weapon for myself, as well.

Oh, here's the weapon's room.

Wait, what does that sign say?