Baklava

Four Winds

_{(@lydyn & @Zero Hex)}

"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

The sound shrouded the cicada's chattering for a moment as Rhian ran. What the hell was THAT? Rhian didn't want to find out. The girl was running too slow. The cicada-- or whatever that was-- was going to catch them. What was she doing? Was she distracted by something or--

"Ey why you runnin'?! Ain't gonna do nuthin' to ya, was just chillin' up the trees!"

Suddenly realizing the buzzing had stopped, Rhian slowed down and turned, still holding Rose's hand in a vice-grip. She stared for a moment-- piecing together what had just happened. She looked at the ground. She looked up at the trees. She looked at her hand.

"Tch-!" she withdrew her hand sharply, wiping it off on her shorts.

This guy... he was....

"You were sitting up there this whole time?!" she grilled, "What are you? Some kind of creep?" She squeezed her coat shut over her chest and crossed her arms angrily.

Holy fuck! I haven't even reached the school yet and I'm already having to put up with shit like this. Rhian stared at the boy-- awaiting an answer. Her face slightly flushed as her mind ran away with all the different reasons he could have been sitting up in that tree above her.

Watching her.

Yuck.

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@lydyn@Zero Hex Lydyn, I was thinking we could have the girls run into Rey while running from Cicada-kun.

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_{(Interacting with: @lydyn)}

"Um.. hi.."

Rhian turned and and stared at the pink haired girl. She raised her eyebrows impatiently, immediately glancing the girl over from top to bottom. If she wasn't in such a foul mood, she might have complimented the girl's shirt, but, as it were, she wanted nothing to do with any of the freaks attending Four Winds.

"I guess.. you're here for the school too?" the girl finally continued, her eyes on Rhian's shoes. Shit-- she almost forgot! Some of the insects were starting to creep a little too close to the lip of her boots. As the girl continued talking, Rhian turned away and shook them off, stomping them into the ground while looking off in the distance and biting her lip.

Don't lose your cool, she cautioned herself. You're not a freak. You're not one of them. Keep. Your. Composure.

"We could walk together?"

Rhian stopped and faced the girl. She didn't want to walk anywhere with her. She didn't want to walk anywhere with one of them. But if she didn't, who knew how long she'd be lost out here. If she missed orientation, the school might call her parents. Then it would be bye-bye America and bye-bye Harvard.

She opened her mouth to say something, but was cut off by what sounded like a chainsaw. It was getting closer. Rhian's face went pale. Why couldn't it have been a chainsaw?

She let out a breath, a slightly hysteric laugh accompanying it. Her mind was made up for her, it seemed.

"Ok, fine. Which direction?" her Scottish accent made itself known.

She ran up, bugs flying off her heels, grabbed Rosaleen's hand and pulled, "Hurry! Come on! We need to leave. NOW! We-we're, uh, gonna miss orientation! Let's go!"

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@Scio Ahhh NO! Okay haha. If it's to be a surprise, a surprise I would rather it stay.

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kissu kissu

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Some optional ambience.

A thin, expensively glitter-encased smart phone went sailing through the trees and softly crunched into the forest's underbrush, accompanied by the sneering, frustrated squeal of Rhian as she stood there, half facing the phone she just threw.

Nothing works! she inwardly growled.

She had read online that her phone and other pieces of technology wouldn't work at Four Winds, but she'd assumed that meant they'd be confiscated or something-- not die at 49% and refuse to turn back on. So much for Google Maps... not that it would've helped her. Right before the screen went blank and she searched her location, the map of Mount Fuji seemed to be blanketed in shadow. It was more than just a dead zone-- it was creepy.

She released a defeated sigh as she went to pick up her phone. Were these "powers" her parents had hoped for so diligently destined to cause her nothing but trouble? The whole reason she was in this mess was because of them. Well, because of them and one of Japan's most cherished insects: a big, loud, loathsome cicada.

There she was, cheerfully-- that is to say, grimly-- dragging her feet towards the Magic School of Freaks not but 15 minutes ago when a cicada decided she wanted to get close and personal with Rhian's face. With so many creepy crawlies residing in the woods, she had already amassed a tiny, disgusting army-- which slithered and skittered at her heels. All she had to do was not look down or back. Despite her sky-high discomfort, she felt she was managing quite well. It also had helped that none of her unwanted fan club members could fly before then.

"Go away-- GO AWAY!" she'd tried commanding the cicada; she would not be deterred. All it took was one bump-- one revolting "kcht!" of the nasty little creature's wings and tiny body crashing against her cheek to send her off the edge. It was all she could do to swallow a scream (not wanting to draw attention to herself) as the cicada started growing. It's giant red eyes bore into her-- as if expecting something.

And so, Rhian did what any normal human being would probably do in the face of a dog-sized cicada.

She ran.

And in running, she managed to lose the beast-- but also the trail.

So here she was. Brushing dirt and twigs off her phone while a tiny pile of worms and beetles pooled at her feet.

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@Scio Cool beans! I'm almost caught up with the IC so I'll start writing then. :D

Edit: Oh-- and would I be right in assuming the late arrivals might be put to a similar test once they arrive?

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@Scio Okay. :) Sounds good. Would it be alright to start posting then? Maybe at the point where us "lost ones" are sort of running into each other in the woods?

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@Scio Ahhh, well in that case it would be hard for them to just appear there.... Alright, well I'm down for whatever you guys decide then. I don't mind having Rhian bond with lydyn, Menhir, or Zero's characters, but I would like to have the opportunity to interact with all the others relatively soonish. That's my only concern with having us start off lost in the woods and not on campus.

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@Nanashi Ninanai Aw, someone said it... now I gotta write 'bugs and arachnids' every time. Haha

And she will probably give you the death death glare if you ask for some of her weed... lol