THWAM
“GYYYRAAAAHHH-!!” came a wheezing yell.
A crash followed sooner after along with a spritz of laughter. Mark crashed onto his side while Elise sat comfortably across from him. A stone table lay before them with Elise’s left elbow on top, her hand down palm side on top of another hand which she held. The hand was none other than Mark’s, he who now lay on the ground.
Standing around was Zoey, Scott, Drake, Samantha, Thomas, and Destiny. Elise laughed herself as she pulled her hand away, “S-sorry about that,” she coughed, “I went overboard Mark.”
“Heck, she tossed you like a piece of paper Markie,” Scott laughed.
“Schooled the hell out of you,” Drake followed up.
“Yeah yeah, she really got you. She does have monster strength, doesn’t she?” Zoey laughed, “Guess that’s what happens when you’re worked to death, right?”
“I thought she was going to break my arm,” Mark coughed sitting back up, “God dang. That nearly, oh yeah I can feel that. Hell and I’m a big ol muscular guy.”
“What, do you think women are all weak?” Destiny muttered, questioningly with a glare at Mark.
Mark looked at her, eyes big, shaking his head quickly, “No no no, not at all Desti.”
“Oh, alright,” she chirped back.
Elise laughed, as did Scott and Drake. Samantha grinned for a moment; though quickly her energy left her. A deep sigh left her all at once, “I wish Elen were still here among us.”
The mood died, everyone drawing quiet. Eyes shifted towards the ground, heads tilting and turning. Both of Elise’s eyes closed as she brushed her lengthy hair out of her face. Once opened she looked up, “Yeah.”
“Ya know what,” Zoey began, looking around, “She may no longer be among us; but she is still with us.”
“That’s a rather stupi-” Thomas began, until a hand was placed upon him, “-stupi-stupendous way to think about it!”
His head slowly turned to meet the gaze of Destiny, whose glare turned to a smirk at the word stupendous. Her head in turn nodded while her hand pulled away from Thomas. Both Scott and Drake raised their right fists, nodding along, followed by Samantha who just grinned. Finally Elise turned and nodded with a smile.
“Cheers then, in her memory,” Mark said standing back up tall.
“Definitely,” Elise replied, looking over to him, “She will never be forgotten.”
Elise stood following that comment, looking over the group, “Alright, not to break this session up but by my count you guys have work to go and do.”
“Fair,” Mark said looking around, “Don’t need Vulper yelling at us again.”
“Right, see ya Elise,” Zoey stated.
“Bye Elise,” Destiny chimed.
“Later non-sis sis,” Drake laughed.
“What he said,” Scott added.
All of them departed leaving Elise alone at that moment; though with the passing time she went on her own way down a different tunnel back towards her room. As per usual it was nothing but a couple of twists and turns as she went on her way down the tunnels, a left here and a right there. Down another corridor and onward to another turn.
As she turned down another way she halted for a moment, staring ahead down the tunnel. That halt was short as she moved onward towards another person. In the middle of the tunnel was Britt, standing at ease, staring at her, waiting. She strolled down the tunnel, right by him. In return, he turned and followed.
Both walked in near unison down the hall; though Elise moved further on ahead by a few paces. Britt opened his mouth, first to speak, “So.”
“So?”
“It’s been awhile since we had a conversation Elise.”
“Ah, right, sorry about that brother, I’ve just had a lot on my mind lately,” Elise replied moving forward, eyes glancing back for a moment.
He chuckled at the response, eyes shut, head shaking, and head lowered, “I guess I can get that. For awhile I thought you were mad at me or something.”
“Mad at you? Oh I could never be mad at you Britt. At least I don’t think I could,” she replied as they moved down another hallway, “You’ve always been so good to me, unlike Rusty.”
“Our brother isn’t always… all there, so to speak. At any rate, I’m glad we can at least talk again for a bit. How are you holding up?”
“Better than I was a week ago, I can tell you that; though I can’t tell you why just yet.”
“Ah, alright alright. We’re all entitled to our secrets. Anyways, so long as you’re alright. Sorry to cut this short. I’m supposed to be out on a mission right now but I wanted to do a quick check in.”
“That’s totally fine, I understand.”
“Right, take care, we’ll catch up for real later on,” he said stopping in place.
With a turn and a dash he was gone in no time. Elise’s eyes remained behind her for a moment before switching back ahead as she curved round another tunnel. Her mind flickered, visualizing the novel and then the sword. A smile spread forth on her face, “{You’ll find out soon enough why I’m doing good brother.}”496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡku3HlfhJBC
