colours of the world
art is to console by those who are broken by life...
chapter 6
They all got off the airship. Sinea walked straight towards the strange crack, though the centre of the mountain. It was strange not something you see every day. Instantly as she stood on the edge, she took out for sketch book – this was defiantly something to paint, she was thinking acrylic's maybe even oils. She could see many images being made from this environment.
The chairman walked up beside her as Menchi readied herself, "your sinea correct?"
"That I am" she nodded not looking up for the drawing.
"Due to you passing the latest task, you don't have to take part in this challenged"
She glanced at the old man from the correct of her eye. He was giving her a curious look, he looked like a curious old man but she could tell that their where other things going on behind his mask. She could tell by his eyes, they spoke a tale or two.
"Sure..." she muttered, choosing to sit with her legs dangling off the edge of the cliff. The chairman went off to explain the task to everyone else, as the wind from the crack blew up at her hair.
After he felt, she turned the page making the chairman a little profile – she concentrated on his eyes, of all the things she saw in them.
Her head snapped up as Leorio, kurapika, gon and killua yelled jumping into the crack dropping into it depths. She froze, hand unmoving as she watched more and more people jump in; some missing the webs all together, some not waiting for the wind before letting go. All falling to their deaths. She held her breath, completely froze, not wanting to draw their deaths.
A sign of refile racked her frame, when the group flew up on the air current up. Her hand finally moving freezing the image in place on another page. She paused, in thinking. It was strange her not wanting to draw the deaths of her artworks, in death they showed their true colours. Showed true beauty, true passion, unless…..
Unless she had gotten attached to these people as well as a certain red head. That wasn't good. If anything happened to them – she could lose it.
"Want a taste~" Hisoka voice purred from behind her, she jumped slightly before glancing over her shoulder. Spotting his hand holding half a boiled egg.
She nodded, putting the book away. Just to stand beside the red headed magician, she looked curiosity at it before taking a bit, the flavour entering her mouth. "Nice, not like normal eggs…" she stated, head cocked as she watched the smiling man.
"Good to know, little kitten" he smirked, at her expression.
"Sinea!" Gon yelled waving at her to come over. A smile across his face.
Hisoka stepped away, allowing her to move over to the group, the smirk never leaving his face.
"We all passed the second phase!" the boy laughed, dragging her back towards the airship.
"I know Gon" she nodded, looking at the excited kid.
"I can believe I survive jumping down there! Gon your awesome you know that!" laughed Leorio who still couldn't get over the fact and would continue to state the fact till killua told him to shut up on a later date.
"I have to agree with Leorio, Gon, that nose of yours out of this world" kurapika pitched in.
"You really are like a dog aren't you" killua sniggered teasing the spiky haired boy.
"Hey! Killua, I'm not a dog!"
"To be honest I think you smell better than of a dog's nose" sinea added with a nod.
"Nee, nee" Gon laughed grinning.
It was a contagious grin, sinea could feel the edges of her lips turning upwards, and maybe it wouldn't be so bad to get attach to these artworks. What do normal people call it? As friends?
The participants who passed the second phase, were brought into the one of the many rooms on the ship; were the chairman and the strange green man who had given Sinea her badge at the start of the exam stood. She glanced about with her unfocused stare as they talked, only taking in the main facts. The chairman name was Netero. There are only 42 people left. They would be arrive at the next trail 8am tomorrow morning.
"Ahhh, I'm going to take a good long nap" Leorio yawned.
"Me too, today had been rather long…" kurapika added, after the pair watched the Gon and Killua running out of the room still full of energy.
"I think I may join you on that" Sinea stated, following the pair out. Or was about to.
"Sinea" the chairman called out.
She stopped turning, "I will catch you two up, go on ahead"
Leorio and kurapika nodded leaving the room behind.
"Yes?" she asked, unsure what to say.
"I believe Menchi requested you tell her how you were able to get seawater fish in a landlocked area"
Sinea nodded, head tilted, "that is true. She did ask while gripping my shoulder pretty hard"
"Oh good, head to the examiners room, so you can explain it to her" he gave her the directions before leaving her to find the room for herself.
She knocked on the door, before opening it. "Applicant 65! I was waiting do come in, do come in!" Mechi called.
All of three examiners sat around a table ladled with food. All staring at her, she shifted on her feet, uncomfortable with the situation she was now in.
"Now," Menchi started, setting the cutlery down, "tell me how you did it"
"Erm…" sinea started, "it was my Nen…"
"AH I KNEW IT!" Menchi giggled, a grin across her face.
"Explain my dear" Satotoz asked.
She took out her sketch book, turning to the page with the fishes, pointing to the missing fish. "I brought it into reality"
"oh, interesting, you mind showing us. Just to confirm the truth" Satotoz continued.
"Erm, well…sure" she flicked to another page, this time of a lone samurai, walking with his back to the viewer. A long nodachi, strapped along his spine, clothes swinging in the non-existing wind.
She put her hand into the painting, drawing the long sword from the pages. She passed the sword to Satotoz, allowing him to examine the blade.
"Excellent make, I'm surprised there so much detail after being made from nen and artwork" he commented, handing the long sword back. She held it in her left hand – her book in her right.
She gave it a quick swing around, testing its weight. It was lighter than she remembered. Before replacing the sword, the blade returning to the pages. "It doesn't matter how little detail I put into the artwork, I can always make something" she gave a small smile, closing the book and returning it to her leg.
"Interesting, you have a teacher?"
She shook her head.
"Well, I think that answered your question Menchi?" the male turned towards the other female in the room.
She nodded, unable to speak due to the food in her mouth. "I will bid you farewell then," sinea nodded before leaving the room.
As the door shut behind her, she signed, looking towards the ceiling. "I need some sleep" she muttered.
The only space available to sleep, was next to someone she was trying not to get attached to.
Sines popped her head into the doorway, glancing about looking for somewhere to sleep. There was a large circle around Hisoka- full of empty space. Said man was chuckling creepily to himself as he pushed over a pyramid of cards.
She signed, not caring if she slept next to the man, she just wanted sleep.
Behind the door frame, hidden from view, she quickly took out a small pillow and blanket from her book before slipping and closing the door softly behind her. As to not wake anyone.
She walked over to Hisoka, his golden eyes watching her gleamed with mischievous. "This space taken?" she asked, stopping in front of him being extra careful as not to step on his cards.
"Of course not, little kitten~" the man purred gesture to his right, before gathering up his cards.
She moved, laying down with her back to the wall blanket covering her and pillow by her head before closing her eyes, drifting to sleep.
Hisoka watched the sleeping figure. Watching as her chest raise and fall in time. After a few moments he confirmed she was asleep before he moved- aiming for the girl's sketchbook. His hand was inches away, when suddenly a small hand grabbed his wrist.
Sinea glared at him, both eyes visible giving her a scary look as the red flashed at him, "Hisoka," she spoke coldly no hint of anything her voice. "I want to sleep"
She let go of his wrist pushing it away from herself, before settling back down. Hisoka smirked, "okay, princess~ I let you have your beauty sleep, but at some point I want to play~"
He sat back against the wall, shuttling his cards, not noticing the slight blush across sinea checks.
to be continued...