Maybe if I can update with one chapter a day… I'll get caught up faster! I'll probably burn myself out somewhere along the road.
R&R, plz. I want to know what you guys think of the new Cursed! Not like its any different… I'd just say my writing is different, and Selene. Maybe, I don't know. Maybe, it's a maybe, but I'm not sure.
I just want you all to know that I rarely proof read my work because I'm a really LAZY hobo. So if you find mistakes, feel free to yell at me.
Anyways I got bored and tried looking on Photobucket for pictures of females that look like Selene. This is what I found:
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I like the hairstyle. I wish Selene had some fashion sense in her to pull that off. Kind of reminds me of Klaud Nine though…
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Okay, this really wasn't funny now. How were they going to send a newbie off into this maze like place without any directions? They should have given me a map, or something! For Gods sake does anyone have a compass I can borrow? I walked around what I thought was the third floor, trying to figure out where the staircase was. It wasn't until an aroma of cooking drifted past my nostrils that I figured the hallway I was near lead to a staircase, hopefully. I took one step forward and felt someone's presence behind me.
"You better not go that way." I heard a male voice say with a chuckle, "You're new here, I presume?"
I turned around and caught sight of a red haired teenager who looked almost near my age. He was clad in the exorcist issued uniform jacket of the Black Order and he wrote white pants with belted boots. His visible right eye was green, a really pretty color… but his other eye was covered by a black eye patch. I stared at his grinning face and looked away. "I can't find the kitchen." I said, trying not to act stubborn and find the kitchen on my own. That would just be stupid.
"Oh." The red head said, taking a few long strides before towering over me. He glanced down at the elbow blades strapped at the side to my hip and looked back up at me. "So are you a new exorcist or something? I never saw you around before."
"No." I replied flatly, taking a step back. I didn't like to be too close to people. I never trusted anyone. No exorcist could really trust a person. "I'm from the American Branch. I just arrived here a few hours ago…"
"I see!" The teen replied enthusiastically, "Finally we got some more girls! You know, its rather hard working here in the Order. We never have females to- Hey! Where are you going?!"
I had started walking away the moment he mentioned 'more girls'. So that's how it was, eh? I was just seen as another pretty addition to the Order? Not like I was pretty. I was a plain tomboy. The only extraordinary thing about me was my eyes which were hazel, nothing fancy. I could feel pressure on my arm as a hand wrapped around it, and I was very tempted of ripping my arm away from his grip.
"Sorry, I was pretty rude. I haven't even introduced myself yet!"
Oh god, he must be pretty stupid. That's not why he offended me!
"My names Lavi and I'm sorry about the whole girl comment…" He trailed off and continued to grin, "Here, I'll make it up to you and give you a tour of the Order!"
"No, that's okay. Just take me to the kitchen, Lavi." I said, scratching my cheek, "And my names Selene."
"Selene?" Lavi echoed, smiling playfully, "Like the Greek moon goddess?"
"Shutup."
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Lavi led me to another hallway that had the stair case that led down to the lower floors. I took it all in so I wouldn't need his help again, and before I knew it we were in the dining hall. It was packed, and very noisy. There was the sound of china clattering against the table, laughter, and different languages intermingling in the eating area. I never knew the Order had this many people, but after looking again I saw that a good percent of the people dining in here were wearing beige coats. That was the uniform for Finders. There were also white coats for the Science Department workers, and different colored uniforms for the other departments. Only one table had a few people wearing black coats. So this place had a bunch of finders and department workers… but a small percentage of exorcists? This war looked more in the Earls favor then ever now.
Lavi tugged me over to an open window where someone had just left with an order. He looked inside and smiled at a tall Indian man working behind the scenes. "Hey, Jerry!" He said, looking back at me. "Selene this is where you order your food. You can order anything you want."
"Oooh" A singsong like tone emitted from the kitchen and a head popped out, turning towards my direction. "It's a new exorcist!"
"She's from the American Branch." Lavi commented, smiling at me.
I blushed, not liking all of this new found attention. "Um, hello." I replied, trying to think of what I wanted. Thankfully Lavi went first and ordered so I could have more time to think. Jerry looked at me through his sunglasses, hands cupping his face as he smiled pleasantly at me. "What do you want, sweetie?"
"I don't know." I said honestly, pursuing my lips. "I guess I'll just stick with a simple order and have a baked potato with a side of peas and corn."
Jerry stared at me and smiled more. Didn't he know he was going to get wrinkles from smiling that much? "Okay, sweetie! What about a drink?"
"Oh, I'll have some water."
"Alright!" Jerry said before disappearing back into the kitchen.
I looked over at Lavi and back over at the small number of exorcists. "There's not a lot of exorcists here." I commented.
Lavi blinked and scratched his chin, "Yea I guess so, but there's more. They're just out in the field right now." He said, squinting over at the table. "Yea. Allen isn't here, nor is Lenalee. They're out doing a mission now, but I'm sure you'll meet them later."
I didn't know who those two were but I merely nodded my head out of courtesy. From what I could see there was only three exorcists now at the table. My vision must be getting bad… I could've sworn there were more earlier. I turned around as Jerry came back with all of our orders, a steak for Lavi and a potato for me. He handed us two cups and a pitcher of water and disappeared back inside as a loud banging sound emitted from the kitchen. It sounded like someone just dropped a pile of pots on the ground.
I carried my plate and the pitcher while Lavi carried his plate and the two cups. He led me again and took me over towards the table of exorcists, sitting next to a raven haired male. I sat across from the two and set my stuff down in silence.
"Hey, Yuu!" Lavi said to the Japanese teen.
The Asian exorcist twitched, hands balling up into fists. The chopsticks he held snapped in half as he opened his mouth and started yelling at Lavi. "DON'T CALL ME THAT!"
Lavi smiled weakly and patted the Japanese boy on the shoulder, "Aw, Yuu-kun don't be like that! We have a guest!"
"I COULD CARE LESS!" He yelled, dropping the broken chopsticks in his empty plate before he grabbed the handle of a sword strapped to his back. "I'll slice your face in half if you call me that again!"
"Geez, Kanda calm down!" The red head boy said, not frightened at all by the daggers beaming out of Kanda's eyes. "Selene, this is Kanda. He's always on his period so-"
"Lavi!" Kanda said vehemently through gritted teeth, hand twitching as it gripped the handle of his anti-akuma weapon. Kanda looked at me and shot me a dirty look which I returned with an equal glare. He growled low under his breath and stood up quickly, leaving the table while stomping out of the kitchen.
"Wow. He has serious anger management issues." I said coolly, smashing the middle of the baked potato with a fork. After a made a crater I started putting the peas inside. Okay so I'm weird with my food, leave me alone.
"Yea. Kanda hates it when I call him Yuu. That's his first name." Lavi commented, cutting up his steak.
"Ah... Kanda's always angry about something. Don't mind him if he says something rude." A male exorcist commented. He reminded me of a jester from King Arthur's court, and next to him sat a tall man with things covering his ears. Must be his innocence…
"Selene that's Daisya Barry and Noise Marie. They're Kanda's team mates." Lavi said before stuffing a piece of sliced steak in his mouth.
"Pleasure." I said, stuffing my mouth with food so I wouldn't have to talk anymore.
"Anyways it was nice meeting you. We gotta go now; we have to head out for a mission." Daisya said before he stood with Marie following silently behind as they departed from the dining hall.
I looked back at Lavi and picked up the pitcher, pouring water in my cup along with his. "It's nice to meet other exorcists." I commented before picking up my glass to drink some water.
Lavi finished chewing his food and swallowed it, "Yea. How many exorcists do you guys have over at the American Branch?"
I blinked and looked up, trying to think. "I think there are only eight of us, I'm not sure." I said before setting my glass back down on the table, "Two of them are Generals. Unfortunately innocence compatible people are hard to find. The two of them have four disciples and they're currently looking for more."
"Wow that must be tough. You have to cover all of the States?" He asked, eye wide.
"Yes, even Canada sometimes." I said, starting on more food, "But they don't have a lot of problems there so missions there are rare."
"I see." Lavi sipped his own cup of water and held out a pinky, pointing it at me, "You must be a tough one then."
I glanced at him, left eyebrow raised, "I guess so." I replied.
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After dinner I took a nice long shower and even washed my hair which definitely needed to be cleaned. It was kind of oily and it looked gross. I brushed it out and dressed in my night gown which was about the only kind of dress I would wear. Before leaving the woman's bathroom I put my toothbrush in the assigned medical cabinet I was given. It was big so I could fit pretty much all of my hygienic stuff in there. I brushed my teeth; towel dried my hair before brushing it out, and braided it so that it wouldn't be all crazy in the morning. I placed the towels in the dirty laundry basket and left the steam filled room before heading to my own bedroom.
They assigned me a room that was on the same floor as the bathrooms and it made me happy because in the morning I became more direction disoriented. I opened the door to room 403 which had my name labeled on it on a metal plate. I walked inside, shivering at the same time. It was cold while I walked across the concrete floor but my feet got warmer as I stepped on the rug in the middle of the room. It wasn't big or small. It looked about 90 square feet at least. There was a bed pushed up in the corner and a desk that sat under a circular window. I walked further in and was happy to see that someone had put my luggage on the bed, how thoughtful. I threw the suitcases off and pulled back the covers. Soon after I fell onto the hard mattress and laid the covers over me before I drifted off into a heavy slumber. I guess I was pretty worn out and didn't even know.
I felt like I had only slept five minutes before someone started pounding on my bedroom door. I rolled over and groaned, sitting up in my bed before scratching my head. My hair was still damp, and the pillow I slept on was in the same state. I slid out of the bed and shuffled toward the door, yawning as I opened it. "What?"
An old man with a white moustache stood outside of my door, wearing a Finder uniform. His hands were clamped around the phone box straps and he had an annoyed look on his face. "Miss Selene, do you know what time it is?"
"No." I said, rubbing my eyes.
"Its 3 AM. Don't you have an alarm clock?"
My eyes widened, "Oh shit!" I said before slamming the door shut on the Finders face. I quickly changed clothes and opened it again, pulling my hair out of the braid it was in. "I'm sorry!" I apologized, stumbling out of the doorway.
"Where are you going, Miss Selene?" The old man asked as I shuffled to the bathroom.
"I have to brush my teeth!" I said stubbornly before disappearing inside. I didn't come out for ten minutes and when I did the Finder looked even more peeved. We rushed to the Science Department and when we got there I was shocked to see that people were even up at this hour. The workers looked more so like ghosts, what with their pale faces and baggy eyes. I walked over to Komui who was leaning up against Reever and trying to get in a few minutes of sleep.
Reever looked up at me and pushed Komui off of his shoulder, "Supervisor, Selene is here." He said, exhaustion dripping in his tone.
"Huh?" Komui mumbled, looking at me while his beret slipped down the side of his head. "Oh… hello Selene." He mumbled with a yawn, "We have a new uniform for you…" He turned around slowly and looked around. "Someone get the new uniform I made for Selene!"
A curly haired male came shuffling towards Komui with a uniform folded in his hands. He had thick glasses on that seemed to make his eyes look like swirls to me. He held up the uniform, arms shaking. "Here you go… chief…"
Komui took the uniform and shoved it into my hands. "Here, go change over there in the curtain area and let me see how it looks on you." He said before stumbling over to a chemistry set where he picked up a pitcher labeled 'coffee'. I obeyed and rushed to the curtain area, changing without even thinking twice about whether someone would peek or not. The guys here were moving slower than snails so they probably wouldn't even bother to peek. I pulled out the first layer of the uniform that looked like a body suit. It was completely white with black decorating the sides and it looked like it had no straps. I slipped into it and pulled it up before pulling the zipper that was at the bottom of my stomach up. This white and black body suit was strapless and it looked a little girly for my taste but it was rather comfortable. I picked up the black jacket I had dropped on the floor and put my arms through the sleeves, taking a glance over at the mirror that I failed to notice before.
The new exorcist uniform I was given looked totally different from the ones I saw people wear earlier. The one I was wearing now looked like a tailcoat. Now that I had that on, the body suit I was wearing underneath didn't make me look too feminine. I buttoned up the front of the tail coat which only covered my chest area and after I strapped on a specially made belt that held my elbow blades for me. I picked up my previous clothes and didn't bother folding them before I pulled the curtain aside. I nearly pulled the curtain back over me as a group of scientists were huddled together, waiting for me to present myself.
"Oh, the new uniforms look so good!" Someone commented.
"I know!" Komui said, now pepped up from coffee, "They're more durable and flexible now!" He said proudly, looking me up and down. "Oh I forgot your shoes" Komui held out his hand and someone gave him a pair of heeled boots with straps. I blinked and wasn't exactly sure if I wanted to put those on. He handed them to me and I reluctantly put them on. They made me look taller now, but surprisingly they were comfortable. The boots only went up to the back of my leg and as I studied them Komui stood proudly as he examined his work.
"Yes, yes. These will do just fine! They look good, but I need you to test them for me Selene on the battlefield!"
I sighed heavily. So I was just the guinea pig? "Alright." I said as someone took my old clothes from me and disappeared. "I better get going now."
"Wait, one more thing!" Komui said, rummaging in his pocket. He pulled out a black device that was in the shape of an octagon and handed it to me.
"What is th-" my question was answered as the device in my hand flared to life. Its eye opened and it outstretched its black wings, fluttering them as it flew up and hovered around my face.
"That's a golem, Selene. Now introduce yourself!"
"Er… hello. My name is Selene Lok."
The black golem's eye glowed red and it fluttered around my head. "Voice recognized." It said monotonously.
Komui smiled happily, "That's your golem now! It will only work with you! You can use it to communicate on the battle field with your finder and even use it to call us!" He said, patting me on the shoulder. "You better go now! Its 3:35!"
"Crap!" I said, running out of the department. The Finder followed me and the golem merely sat on my shoulder while I ran out of the room.
"Good luck!" I heard Komui call out to me. I thanked him under my breath, because I was going to need some luck.
