The rest of that night stretched on, and I thought I'd loose my mind at the silence. Man, how did the other guys do it?! I came from a land where no one was alone for very long at all. Modesty was not an issue among my people, the 'barbarians' who defeated their enemies by using the shock they created by fighting nearly in the nude. Here, no one spoke at all, or when they did, it was long speeches that went on at nauseating lengths, saying the same things over and over. Clothing was a matter of importance, to these people, a thing that could speak volumes about rank and wealth, importance, family and any number of things more.
Sometime just after dark, a girl with shoulder length brown hair walked slowly down the aisle dispensing bowls of some sort of soup. With a cheery smile she greeted each of the other men, even those who heckled her about 'other duties'. She passed Keith's cell without glancing in, let alone the greeting or conversation she gave the others.
Reaching my cell, she handed the bowl and a small pot of something through the bars. "Hello! You'd be the new one, right? The jar is a salve our overseer makes for injuries once they've been tended to the first time. It's your responsibility to take care of yourself or things'll get a sight messy. But on with lighter things, I'm Tea', and you are Jou? Well met! I hope we can be great friends."
"I-uh, yeah. Thanks, I guess." I guess I was overwhelmed. The girl was a slave, and by the sounds of things, not a high ranking one. How could she possibly be so cheery?!
Nodding, she moved on. "Hello Yugi! How did your afternoon training go? You didn't have to fight any friends, did you?" The person next to me gave a muffled response, and she moved on after a couple more questions. "Tristan, you didn't get sold! I'm so glad! I'll try to come down later." The voice that responded sounded like the voice from the ride earlier, and I made it a point to remember the name and location of the other Celts' cell.
Sometime later, after the cells had become quiet and most of the slaves had fallen asleep, Jou drifted off slowly, luckily never waking up to find out if Tea' had gotten the chance to come down and 'visit' Tristan.
Ok, I know this one's really short, but any thing added to it would be out of place.
Thanks for all of your positive reviews, I really appreciate them. I would like the anonymous reviewer who told me this was almost just like a book hay had read to please review again and tell me if it'still going along those lines? Luckily my storyline is fairly flexible, since I don't want to infringe on any copyrights. Thanks again to everyone,
FB