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Jessa had heard the commotion of the new arrivals from her own cage, but stayed out of site. From the sounds of things, there had been around 6 of them, which meant a lot more guards coming in and out than she wanted to see. She had been sitting quietly in the corner of her small cage since she'd been admitted early that very morning. The entire ordeal had become a bit fuzzy for her, she remembered saying goodbye to her aunt and uncle with a look of resolve and surrender. She remembered the guards roughly escorting her to this small cage. She refused to think about the horrible tests they had done, the needles and the questioning and the images. She squeezed her eyes shut quickly as the memory of the darkness invaded her thoughts. At the sudden movement, she flinched in slight pain and gently brought her fingers up to delicately poke the small crystal-like stone they had planted just below her left eye.
"I'm supposed to believe this tiny piece of face jewelry is going to stop me from seeing them?" She muttered bitterly as she heard more guards entering with a recently-tested child. She felt for them briefly, wondering if they were in as much pain as she had been. There was nothing she could do for them. She had seem some other kids, known that there were others like herself with strange powers. But those kids had useful talents, talents that could move things or control elements. All she did was see the dead, and she had no control over when or where. She poked the small stud under her eye again, secretly hoping that maybe it would stop the visions and make her better. It was with those thoughts that she dozed off.
She awoke with a start sometime later when an alarm went off, followed by a message about lunch. She stood up quickly, looking as submissive as possible as the guards came to fetch her. She followed them silently, keeping pace and behaving all the way to the double doors as they pushed her into the cafeteria. She kept her head up and face forward, looking no where and everywhere at the same time. There were more children now, all different ages and sizes and all looking equally haunted. She got in line and took her food obediently, and quickly made her way to a window seat where she would blend in with the light and not attract so much attention with her oddly luminous complexion. Pushing her food around on the plate, she watched as a boy and girl disappeared behind another set of double doors. She let her eyes glide around the room, wondering if any of the guards had seen but they weren't paying attention. Moments passed, and she watched them come back out from the doors. The girl looked slightly more frightened than when she had gone in, and there were equal parts anger and worry on the boy's face. She hadn't noticed they had caught her staring until it was too late, and though she felt the slight heat crawl to her cheeks she raised her eyebrow in what she hoped looked like disinterest and let her gaze fall to the rest of the occupants in the room.
[ Long post is long, sorry! I just figured since it had already escalated to lunch I had to play catch up in one post! ]
"I'm supposed to believe this tiny piece of face jewelry is going to stop me from seeing them?" She muttered bitterly as she heard more guards entering with a recently-tested child. She felt for them briefly, wondering if they were in as much pain as she had been. There was nothing she could do for them. She had seem some other kids, known that there were others like herself with strange powers. But those kids had useful talents, talents that could move things or control elements. All she did was see the dead, and she had no control over when or where. She poked the small stud under her eye again, secretly hoping that maybe it would stop the visions and make her better. It was with those thoughts that she dozed off.
She awoke with a start sometime later when an alarm went off, followed by a message about lunch. She stood up quickly, looking as submissive as possible as the guards came to fetch her. She followed them silently, keeping pace and behaving all the way to the double doors as they pushed her into the cafeteria. She kept her head up and face forward, looking no where and everywhere at the same time. There were more children now, all different ages and sizes and all looking equally haunted. She got in line and took her food obediently, and quickly made her way to a window seat where she would blend in with the light and not attract so much attention with her oddly luminous complexion. Pushing her food around on the plate, she watched as a boy and girl disappeared behind another set of double doors. She let her eyes glide around the room, wondering if any of the guards had seen but they weren't paying attention. Moments passed, and she watched them come back out from the doors. The girl looked slightly more frightened than when she had gone in, and there were equal parts anger and worry on the boy's face. She hadn't noticed they had caught her staring until it was too late, and though she felt the slight heat crawl to her cheeks she raised her eyebrow in what she hoped looked like disinterest and let her gaze fall to the rest of the occupants in the room.
[ Long post is long, sorry! I just figured since it had already escalated to lunch I had to play catch up in one post! ]