The walk back to the dorms was.. chaotic to say the least.
Most kids were ecstatic at art or the talent show, and Tori was no exception it seems.
Well.. given her abilities specific nature that requires near photographic memory it's quite normal for her.
But she blabbered her mouth off like she was stating her will on her death bed!
Nora covered her ears in defiance as soon as Tori started talking about what size brush she planned on using for the competition in a couple months.
The guard led them to their room in a hurry, probably to escape Tori's yap session about brushes and how many animals she could draw in a minute.
The guard clad in black tactical gear swinged the door open practically pushing us in.
He sighed as he gazed at our still messy shared dorm.
"You two girls shouldn't be living in a rat hole,clean this up immediately. Your room is a reflection of your mindset."
He snapped the door closed leaving us standing in darkness.
Tori's cheeks turned red as a strawberry's as she scrambled for the lights.
"Nora! I told you to clean this up already!" She looked at the mess and gripped at her hair at the thought of others thinking she was dirty.
In reality her room was incredibly clean, not even a speck of dust!
Nora feigned guilt
"I'm sorry, I just got so tired last night.."
Tori ignored her as she obsessively started picking up trash.
Nora got a black trash bag from the kitchen and started helping Tori out.
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They were both stretched out on the L-shared couch catching their breath.
The floor was freshly mopped and the shelves were dusted to pristine perfection.
"I'm haggh gonna- go sleep now.." Nora crawled from off the couch with wobbly legs.
"Hehe HI dust bunny i'll dust you to death! Haha.." Tori held her duster in the air as she giggled.
"..." Nora begrudgingly walked over to Tori and lifted her up by her arms.
"Let's go to bed-" she was met with a duster to the face as Tori laughed maniacally.
"Why was there mold in a water bottle? How was there mold in a water bottle!"
She spoke with renewed vigor describing the horrors under the common wrappers and boxes.
Nora dragged her inside her room and plopped her onto her bed she didn't bother even taking the duster leaving Tori a giggly mess.
Nora shut the door slowly and tiptoed to her room.
Tori wanted to crack down on her room while they were already cleaning but it wasn't really dirty just a bunch of hollow boxes and miscellaneous items.
She shut her door and slapped her cheeks to wake herself up a bit. She lifted her skirt and picked up the beautiful white Mythalin flower, it's stem was a little bent but that was fine!
She placed it on her bedside table and went searching through a box near her closet; labelled:dream snatcher dust CR
She picked up a clear container and placed it next to the Mythalin flower.
"Alright! Now it's time to get out of this sweaty uniform.."
She made a quick trip to the bathroom to shower and change into her pajamas.
She threw her uniform down a laundry chute near the kitchen with a glass of water in hand before lightly treading towards her room.
Tori was snoring peacefully mermuring about something unintelligible.
She didn't waste a second and instantly slipped into her bed.
She poured a handful of dream snatcher dust into her hand and picked a leaf of the flower. She dumped it into her mouth before downing her glass of water.
"Eugh! Disgusting.." the flower tasted like a mix of salty dirt and iron.
She relaxed herself into her bed and closed her eyes tight.
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She opened her eyes to a familiar landscape of lush grass and clear baby blue skies.
She sat up from the grass and looked around a bit more.
"There should've been a change? I know that mushroom is famous for it's healing properties.." she stood up and felt the wind knock her down into her sitting position.
"Wha-" another strong gust of wind smacked her in the face, flinging her jet black hair behind her.
She stood up but this time pushed the incoming wind with her own, it was nothing like the last time she was asleep.
She tredged on toward the line of wilt and decay when she saw a tree to the far right of her with lush green leaves swaying with the wind, not seeming bothered at all at the rapid thrashing wind.
She looked to the decay and sighed hopelessly before changing direction to the tall tree.
The wind picked up as she approached.
As she got closer and closer she even had to resort to using all fours to crawl towards the tree. The closer she got the clearer she could see white flowers at the bottom of the tree.
At that moment a leaf fell from the tree but hurriedly swirled with the wind heading toward Nora in a circular motion similar to a boomerang.
She reached out for the leaf with skeptical and rightfully fearful eyes
the leaf didn't decrease in speed but accelerated and left a thin gash on the corner of her hand near her thumb.
"Agh!" Nora curled in on herself while her head throbbed that felt like more than just a paper cut it felt like losing a hand.
The leaf rotated and cut a long thin line onto Nora's back making beads of blood color her white dress red.
The leaf flowed with elegance before straightening as sharp as a needle aiming for Nora's eyes.
Her yellow eyes dilated as she rolled to the side to dodge one hand was flat on the ground as she stared at the leaf with laser focus.
It moved to her like an arrow now targeting her right ankle.
She exclaimed in her mind
'what the hell!'