Kimiko-Skylines 1
It is quiet here. The leaves, they are lovely. My eyes trail up to the green above me, light shines through, dancing with the wind. This is where I sleep,it is comfortable here. Away from the perfect ones. The teachers stopped coming out to bring me back to class after my first few months here. No one comes here. This is my spot.I lift my hand to my face to adjust my fringe before rolling over onto my side and bringing my knees to my chest. The grass is so soft, it is still summer, still warm. Though here it is not as warm as home.
School with the humans is so different from home. They do not fight each other here, it is seen as "bad" behavior to have spars. Though girls and boys both learn their academics together. I am glad the humans are similar to us in this way. Other than equality among gender, there are rare similarities. It makes me relieved and lonely at the same time.
The humans wear a lot of clothing. I like this. The humans wear their hair differently, even girls wear their hair short and boys wear longer styles occasionally. I like this too. They have war paint to fix flaws and shamans who cure impurities of the ugly. I like this a lot. Humans don't have to do much to gain energy. They keep their food in pens and kill then as needed.They don't have to hunt. I am envious of this.
I shut my eyes. I am tired. I will dream about many things, good things, bad things, combinations of horrors and great success. I do not have a choice, in this matter. Do others have a choice? Can humans force a dream? What about witches, or nymphs...I am sure..they can....They have a choice....
"Excuse me....."
Please leave me alone, I am tired.
"Are you dead?"
I feel a touch to my neck, without hesitation I sit up and shove the hand away. Who would wake a sleeping person? My vision is cloudy, readjusting to the light. Too bright. I give myself a moment to access the person. They were squatting in front of me. His all black attire gave him the look of a criminal. What looked like tattoos revealed themselves on his forearms while he alters his position to a full stance.
"I am looking for the front office, could you tell me how to get there?" He said smoothly. I peeked through my bangs at the person who woke me. His blue hair looked so out of place, but seemed to match him. This stranger touched me, and he wants directions.
"Waking a sleeping person is rude." I looked to the side to keep my grimace out of his view. He stood there in silence, in the corner of my eye I see a shift in his position. He is leaning to one side, lacking interest in basic manners.
He clears his throat before speaking again, "You weren't moving, I was checking for a sign of life." There is a hidden tone of humor in his voice, "Or would you have prefered me to leave a possible dead girl alone in the courtyard?"
"Through the large wooden doors on the front building you will see a path of three. Take the first one on your right, walk 154 steps and take a left. The first door on your left will be the admissions office. They will ask you to sign in and show an I.D., after that the secr-" I turned my gaze back towards the male and he was just staring at me.
"What is your name?" His voice seemed so smooth, his tone warm yet demanding. He held out a hand to me, "I am Nero."
-Skylines-
