Caleb~
I punched my 8 digit number code into the keypad next to the door marked CAFETERIA(bitches). A freakin' annoying beep came out of the thing and the door slid open. Yay, food time.
I stepped through the doors, nearly running over that white-haired chick in the wheelchair. What's her name... Reika? No, that's the bad luck one... Oh, yeah. Rena...
"'Scuse me." I muttered, jumping to avoid the little speed-demon. She just looked up and smiled, and continued on. Wierd.. Definitely.
I'd spent the day at the Daeva headquarters library, my favorite place next to my room. I read old reports from the first group of elements, the ones that preceded us about 12,000 years or so. The majority are written by the reincarnation of Celiane, Silvia i think? after the whole war in Atlandia. Pretty good stuff. I stuck my hand in my pocket, finding the foldeed piece of paper right where I'd stuck it. It was apparently a poem written by her older brother, something about elephants and dancing?
Anyway, the stories that chick wrote are really interesting. I dunno, old things are cool. Like my dorm room, for instance. It apparently belonged to the older brother, and it's got swords and armor and shit everywhere.
I stepped in line behind a bunch of people, mainly new recruits. There are only 2 or 3 who have been here as long as I have, one is even suspected of being Appolonius. Me? I'm somehow linked to him. I have flashbacks every so often, and they ain't pretty. but, back to thestory... I recognize one recruit as the one I trained last month. Annoying little bastard. Don't notice me.... Dont notioce me... Don't-
"Caleb!" Frick!
"What?" I snapped. Damn children.
"Oh my gosh, hi! What are you doing here?" Obviously, he didn't hear the COMPLETE AND UTTER CONTEMPT in my voice. I felt the pissed-ness growing. I had another recruit to train later today. Joy.
"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm tapdancing on the ceiling, of course."
"Oh my god yoiu're so funny!" The kid was literally in hysterics, almost rolling on the floor. "That's what I like about you."
"Gee, thanks. I don't know how I'd live without your approval." I bowed mockingly, "I'm honored."
"No, the pleasure is aaaaaall mine!" What the hell is this kid?! How can anyone be this dense??
"Sure, sure. Now move it along kid, I want my damn chicken nuggets."
"Oh, sorry Cal!" NICKNAMES?! "Go ahead in front of me!" Hmm.... Maybe he's not so bad after all...
"Thanks kid, you're not so bad." Before he could rape me, I grabbed a tray and filled it with as much food as I could. Daeva definitely made up for sucky people with stew-worthy food. YES!
I finally got to a table, one near the windows in the back. The headquarters overlooked a forest-y thing. Nice.
"Hhhh.. I don't wanna train these bitches." I sighed, talking to myself. "Why do we need to?"
"HUMAN WEAKNESS!" Came a loud reply behind me. The hell?
I turned to fin Commander Fudo racing towards me. Ah, shit.
"You must look inside yourself and be like a frog! Take your shoes off!" And with that, he shoved his finger into the ketchup on my tray and drew a "hito" on my forehead. God, sometimes I love life.
"Commander... GO AWAY."
"EVEN THREE ARROWS WILL BREAK! FLOW LIKE AN UNDISCOVERED SPRING!" He was chasing some new recruits around now. I'd never been here for one of his freak outs. Mostly, he's recluse and serious, but occaisionally, he'll go running around yelling messed up proverbs and life lessons. I recognize some from Silvia's writing. What a whack job.
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A little later, after washing the ketchup off of my forehead bastard, i wandered Daeva grounds, repeating that strange poem..
The Elephant dances an elegant tango....
Eh, maybe he was a drunk.
I was about to wander into the woods when I was stopped by... Oh, Rena again.
"Don't you have to be somewhere?" She smiled strangely again, flashing a little fang. Oh, uhh... Fang?
"Fine! It's not enough to be attacked by that nutso Fudo, now I have to train some stupid newbies?" I threw my arms in the air. Damn!
"Mhmm." She nodded matter-of-factly and rode away. I walked into the schoolroom. Our Teacher/Attendent/everything was standing in front of them room with abunch of new people. Ugh.
"Caleb.. Nice of you to join us." She sneered a little. Silvia was lucky, that Sophia sounded nice, compared to this bitch. "I'll read off the names of recruits and mentors now."
She droned through the list. I listlessly played with the things hanging off of my hat. They're fun.
"Caleb!" She screeched from the front.
"AUGH! What now?!"
"Here's your recruit. Izumi Marx, meet Caleb." I looked over the chick in front of me. Hmm.. Not bad looking..
"You can stop sizing me up now, thanks." She snapped out. Damn... I think we'll get along fine.
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DONE!
Oh, you'll see that I don't post a lot of dialougue. I'll try though ^^ :)
