The smell of rotting flesh and wet dirt permeated the entire hallway as Monster quickly scurried to his assigned dorm room. He looked in his hand at the crumpled paper and tightened his grip on the rolling suitcase he had acquired from Mother's spacious attic. Monster quickly turned the key in the lock and entered the dorm room, terrified of what the other students might say if they saw him and immediately related him to the stench.

The dorm room door quickly slammed behind Monster as he locked the deadbolt on the door and breathed a sigh of relief. But he was not finished running just yet. Swiftly, Monster threw the suitcase onto the first empty bed and opened it, revealing plentiful air fresheners in all forms; sprays, plug-ins, and candles. He pulled out a large spray bottle of Febreeze and sprayed it all around the room and himself, then proceeded to open the window to let the room air out. The seemingly-young boy sat on the bed and sighed, wishing that Mother had just home-schooled him like she did with the rest of his "family". He looked at the door worriedly, afraid of the voices that were soon to howl in disgust over his natural scent.