[color=6ecff6]“You’re welcome.”[/color] I returned the warm smile Ally gave. [color=f49ac2]Being thanked was always nice, even if it was just empty platitudes and what not. I sure as hell gave fake ones during my shift in retail. Being a mindless NPC was not fun. How did game characters do it, being stuck with the same dialogue options over and over again?[/color] I shook my head. [color=f49ac2]They’re game characters, not people.[/color] I put the remaining tissue napkins back to my bag as well after Tori plucked one out and used it. [color=f49ac2]She looked better now, at least, without the blood caking her face.[/color]

I watched as the older man climbed out of the bus, Tori immediately following. Of course, I followed her, too, [color=f49ac2]like a moth to a flame.[/color] She shouldered past the boy and, while I didn’t agree with that point of action, I climbed out of the bus after her since it took a while for the boy to compose himself. I did say, [color=6ecff6]“Excuse me,”[/color] though. [color=f49ac2]It was always good to be polite. If high school ever taught me one thing, it was that if there’s an open spot, you immediately take it. And I was referring to getting quickly from one class to the other in the usually busy hallways of school.[/color] 

Upon noticing Tori getting cut by the glass, I slowed my pace so I wouldn’t be injured in any way. [color=f49ac2]It was a good thing I wore a long sleeve shirt today. No doubt I would’ve gotten more cuts if I didn’t.[/color] I did look away when her shirt rode up. It would be impolite not to do so. Her words of [color=f7941d]‘whoa’[/color] immediately took my notice as she managed to get out of the bus. Once I was standing, I looked around and felt that I understood what it was she meant. 

[color=f49ac2]It was quiet. For a country that boasted quick emergency response, there sure aren’t any people here. That’s worrying.[/color] Disbelief overriding my emotions, the words I wanted to keep to myself escaped my lips without my notice. [color=6ecff6]“What the hell just happened here? Where’s the police and rescuers? Shouldn’t there be more people?”[/color]

[@Lemons][@1Hawkeyes]

[color=fff79a]P.S: Used the random color for other people's dialogue just to differentiate it. [/color]