[Tragedy]
Act 1
Scene 3
Voices? He could hear voices?
Rion lay on his back on what felt like a cot or bed of some kind. He lay still and didn’t open his eyes, simple listened to whoever it was.
Two men, he guessed from their voices. One’s voice was deeper than the other’s though the softer one spoke a bit louder. He also guessed, from the sound of his voice, that the louder one was also younger.
“You don’t even know who that is!” The older boy hissed, apparently trying to keep his voice low. The tone in his voice showed that he was a little angry.
“So what? He got attacked by one of those big red things! Like I was just gonna let the thing eat him!” The younger one shot back.
Big red thing? The Arabesque? So the loud boy had been the one who’d helped him?
“We don’t know who he is,” The older boy sounded calmer this time, “If…”
“Who cares?!” he was interrupted by the loud boy, “A person’s a person, right? It doesn’t matter… Would you have liked it better if I did nothing and let that stupid thing munch on the guy’s head?!”
“I didn’t say…”
“Look, Chien, I don’t really care, kay? If I get yelled at later, I’ll just get yelled at.”
Chien? Wasn’t that one of the names on the list?
“Do what you want, just don’t try and whine to me if you get in trouble. I won’t bale you out this time.”
“No problem! I won’t get in trouble. You don’t think I’ll get in trouble ‘er anything, do ya? Fleur?”
There was a period of silence.
“Yeah. You agree with me, don’t ya?”
Fleur… Another name from the list. He knew then that there was a chance they would side with him since one of them had helped him while he was a complete stranger. However, he was still a little confused…
“I’ll check on you later, alright?”
Footsteps, the sound of a door opening and then closing softly.
Rion heard someone sigh loudly and walk around the room, mumbling things he couldn’t really understand very clearly.
“Hey, mister?”
Rion heard the footsteps come towards him, “I know you’re awake.”
Rion hesitated a moment then opened his eyes and looked in the direction of the voice.
It was the louder boy he’d heard earlier. He looked about Rion’s age, maybe a little older. He reminded Rion a little of Birdman—one of his eyes was a yellow or gold-ish color. His hair was just above his shoulders and looked as if it had been dyed red once and then forgotten, leaving the top part of his hair a brownish color while the bottom half was still a bright red.
He also had some kind of metallic looking collar around his neck and wrists. He tugged at one around his wrist as he smiled a little and asked, “You okay? I mean, it looked like that thing hit ya kinda hard.”
“I’m…fine…” Rion said quietly, looking around the room.
There was a girl sitting in a chair a few feet away from them. She was looking at them, expressionless, her eyes void of any possible feeling. Rion guessed she was Fleur, leaving the boy who’d already left as Chien.
“That’s great! I’m glad yer all right now. You got a name?” The boy asked, stuffing his hands into the pockets of his hooded shirt.
Rion looked back at him, remaining silent for a moment, “Rion…I’m Rion Steiner.”
“Cool name,” The boy smiled, “I’m Night and that’s Fleur,” He gestured towards the girl in the chair, “She doesn’t like to talk much but she’s a good listener. She’s cool. If ya need help, just ask her.” Night smiled again, “So, what’re ya doing out here anyway? It’s kinda dangerous, y’know…”
Rion nodded slowly but didn’t say anything.
“Yer not lost, are ya? Are ya looking for something? I mean everything out here it like rundown, but hey,” Night began to rock back and forth on his heels, “ Cept for maybe that one building…But I’m not really sure…”
Rion nodded again.
“You don’t talk much, do you?” Night asked, standing still for a moment.
Rion didn’t answer.
“Whatever,” Night sighed, “Look…I’ve got stuff I’ve gotta do. I’ll get hell if I don’t get it all done by the time Needles gets back!” He looked back at the girl and smiled, “Fleur, do ya think you can watch Rion for me? Help him out if he needs anything?”
Fleur looked over at him, still basically expressionless, but somehow the expression in her eyes seemed to change.
“That means yes,” Night said, smiling as he looked back at Rion, “So, you can just ask Fleur if ya want something. We don’t have much though…This isn’t a hotel, y’know.”
Night shrugged and headed towards a door to his left in the back of the room, “So, I guess I’ll see y’all later!” He smiled back at them before disappearing through the doorway. The clicking sound the door made as it shut echoed through the now silent area.
[End of Scene 3 ]
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