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Fallen Catalyst and Fiera
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Mar 10, 2016 07:52PM
"Nope. Not yet." Ari replied. She kept looking around them.
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"Good. Maybe it was only one." Zia didn't let herself believe it, though.
"I doubt it.." Ari mumbled. She continued to keep watching, nervous.
"Well I don't know about you," Zia said, "But I can't even think about sleeping now."
Ari nodded. "Yeah same here. Thank you for letting me get those couple hours of sleep." She said quietly, finally lowering her gun.
Ari put her gun safely back into her bag. She bit her lip Lightly.
"You okay?" Zia asked. She thought the other girl didn't look too good.
"Yeah..." Ari nodded, looking at Zia. She may have been a good shot but she didn't like shooting or harming people. Even to protect herself.
"You don't look too good." Never say Zia wasn't honest.
Ari shrugged. "Okay.." She felt okay. Nothing seemed wrong to her.
Zia shrugged. "Never mind." She said. She leaned against her moped, pulling her hair down from its pile so the dreadlocks hung around her shoulders.
Ari kept looking around, expecting more figures. She picked up her backpack and slung it over her shoulder.
"I just feel better having my bag on my back." Ari replied. She shrugged, looking over at Zia.
Zia shrugged. "To each their own." she said. She started fiddling with the necklace she wore, a nervous habit of hers.
Ari shrugged. She stayed nearby, walking around some. She was trying to make sure they're weren't more waiting to ambush them.
Zia knew she should rest, but she couldn't, not now. She didn't want to be like her mother.
Ari also knew that Zia needed rest too. So whenever Zia felt like she could actually slept, Ari would keep watch for her.
Zia sighed, dropping her hand and sinking to sit on the ground, staring out at the desert around them. "I hate this place at night." She said suddenly.
Ari walked back over, nodding. "Yeah. Me too.." She agreed.
"It's too open." Zia was mostly talking to herself, she tended to do that, but if Ari was going to respond, Zia would take it.
Ari nodded in agreement. She sat a few feet away, facing her.
Zia shook her head, looking down and fiddling with the necklace again. "I probably sound crazy."
"No. You don't. All of this around us is open space. People can see us pretty easily...It's dangerous." Ari replied softly
Zia nodded. "It's too open, too..." She shook her head. "There are a lot of things that could go wrong."
"Yeah. I know." Ari nodded in agreement. "We'll get out of here soon." She told Zia.
Zia huffed. "It's only about midnight," she said, changing the subject.
Ari nodded. She looked up at the sky, wondering if there were many stars visible.
Now that the adrenaline was wearing off, Zia was getting tired, but she knew she wasn't about to go to sleep. She pulled up her knees and crossed her arms over them, resting her chin on her arms.
Ari saw all the stars and smiled faintly. She looked around, mainly for familiar constellations.
Zia didn't want to fall asleep. She didn't. But she would if she didn't do something. Huffing almost angrily, she pushed herself off the ground and began to walk around their tiny campsite.
Ari frowned some, noting how upset Zia sounded. She stayed where she was, Giving Zia space.
Zia just needed to keep herself awake. ((Sorry this is incredibly short))
Ari focused on the stars in the sky. Each time she found a constellation she knew, she drew a tally on the ground. It kept herself busy. ((It's okay..)
"What are you doing?" Zia asked after a minute.
"Finding constellations." Ari answered, glancing over at Zia. After a moment, she Looked at the sky again.
"Oh." Zia didn't know what to say after that.
"Did you ever learn about them?" Ari asked curiously. She kept her eyes on the sky.
"Not really. A little, from my mom, but she was more interested in plants." Zia dropped down to sit next to Ari.
Ari nodded. "Makes sense. Knowing about the stars isn't exactly that much of a useful skill.
Ari pointed one out to her, explaining what the constellation was and the stars that made it. She wasn't sure if Zia would even be interested or care.
Zia was interested; it would keep her awake. And it was interesting.
Ari explained a few different ones as well. She smiled faintly, pointing them out.
Zia was soon laying on her back, staring up at the sky.
Ari stayed sitting. She looked around for ones that she knew the story of so she could tell Zia the story.
If there was one thing Zia liked, it was stories. Her mom used to make up stories to get her to fall asleep at night.
Ari pointed a constellation out. She began to tell the story behind it. When Ari wasn't nervous about speaking, she actually was a pretty good story teller.
Zia found Ari's stories soothing. She felt comfortable.
