THE REIMAGINED / draft one
MAVEN :
I sighed ; throwing myself onto the bed and reached for my Ipod hidden under my pillow . “ What’s wrong ? “ asked a gentle , deep and quiet voice from the bed above me ; a voice that was lifeless and absent but warm in a way . " You sound alive for the first time . " I scoffed sarcastically , connecting my headphone's cable to the USB port of the Ipod . " And you sound the exact opposite. " the voice calmy snarled back , making me want keep this going . He peeped from where he was down , below at me ; it was Evan---Although we liked to call him 'Eve' .
His narrowed ebony black eyes focused on me and his black curtain hair with dark navy tips hung in the air upside down and his pale left cheek had a bandage with messy stars etched on it by him. I smirked at him ; "Did you get a paper cut on your face again?" he narrowed his eyes even more and disappeared back to his side above me . " I scratched myself . . . " he muttered in reply ; I heard two flicks of a firelighter and a page being gently turned after that .
Eve was the most quiet out of all of us ; he never spoke that much , always was in his world of books , poems and spilt ink , writing whatever came to mind , etching stars all over his shelf / walls / ceiling / even the library's shelves and living many other different lives in many different stories . He was the eldest and he looked out for us --mostly Quinn ;they were always close since forever , communicating in sign language , always playing pranks on us when we were younge--
"What are you thinking about? You're quiet but your thoughts are so loud even I can 'hear' them ." he suddenly mumbled , in a low voice that sounded busy with something else ( yeah , he was definitely reading a really good book again . ) " YOU , obviously . " I said sounding strangled and annoyed . It was a lie of course -- why would I? (eww)
"What reason?"
"I was JOKING , you twerp . "
"No , what reason for what you're actually thinking? "
I started to fidget with my Ipod nervously ; somehow he always knew the feelings , thoughts or behaviour of people , he could read books and people . "Don't you ever wonder what's behind these walls , over the ceiling or beneath our feet on the floor ? For a moment , I thought I felt the ground shaking when I was in the herbal room yesterday . I asked slowly , starting to scratch my tangled , messy black short-ish hair rapidly ; regretting every word I said inside . "Yes I do . I also felt it too when I was ---"
"In the library stealing more books ? " I interrupted with a small chuckle . I heard the bed above me creak as Eve moved to peak down at me again with a blank stare . "It feels like a tiny , but roaring earthquake . Don't you think? " I said , staring above at the wooden board above me where Quinn and I once painted a night sky with lots of stars and constellations . I heard Eve sigh gently ; he was still there peeking under his bed at me but his eyes slowly moved away . " Eve , you ok ? " I asked , sitting up as I watched his expression go half-alive ( i didn't know if it was the blood rushing to his head too fast or something else . )
" What if . . . There is another world outside this place ? " he asked , I barely heard his voice because now he was lost in thought . But his question , "What If?" , made me wonder as well .
What if it was that Earth we had always dreamed and read about ? The people , animals , fish , the sky , the sun , the solar system , the actual real stars and fresh air ? What if the surface had Nepal's himalayan mountains , the seven seas , egyptian pyramids , chinese grand ancient palaces , New York's modern cities , the amazon's huge forests , the swiss' snowy woods and the african deserts and mountain ranges of beauty? Maybe all of that existed above us ; calling to us to come and live and explore all of it .
still writing short drafts for story as i'm still busy with the worldbuilding process ( trying to keep my writing spirit fresh :3 ) whaddya think? i really appreciate tips :D
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