According to the Dean's peculiar moral compass, neither Melody nor Pepper had received sufficient discipline for their respective misdeeds, so the bare-breasted pair were relegated to ropework that left them sitting next to each other, their backs to the wall. Professor and student mumbled through their tape-gags and reached a truce based on their common misfortune, but after strenuous contortions, the knotted ropes still wound tightly around their limbs while Pepper and Melody rolled about in frustration, legs entangled, until they huddled together in submission to their restraint.