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The next time I awoke, I awoke with a start. As if I had fallen from a great mountain. My soul retuning to my body with a starling jerk. I would have gasped in surprise, but my body was weary and my mind too tired to act. So I just laid there and contemplated what it is that I remembered. If these were my 'real' memories, than what about the other ones? Why was I floating in that tank? Did my parents know Scarlet? So many questions with no answers.
These were the same thoughts that went through my head as I went through the now daily routine of going through what I dubbed the 'shower door' and 'closet door'. So when I went through the third new door, I wasn't too surprised.
In fact my mind was still off in space. So it surprised me indeed when something collided with me. And guess who it was. It was the red head, Lavi Bookman. Upon his face was a shit eating grin and I with a tormented mind, couldn't but to return it. Thoughts temporarily replaced. "Long time no see, Moyashi." Lavi said with a fake french accent and a wide grin. "It's Allen, Lavi. Not Moyashi. Say it with me, AL-LEN." I snarkly answered back, smile still in place. He just laughed and shook his head. Lavi dragged me to a corner of the room. There I saw Lenalee kneeling, her legs folded elegantly under her. Beautiful white teeth smile shining, reflecting those of the children surrounding her. Leaning against the wall a couple feet away was Kanda. A scowl framing his handsome face. I felt my cheeks slightly heat when our eyes meet. I saw surprise, pleasure, and something else flash in his eyes before they turned indifferent. A slight glare was then sent my way. My cheeks further heating in slight embarrassment of getting caught starring, I looked down.
The ground was not the white tile I expected, instead it was... plastic grass. I stopped walking, forcing James to stop and nearly trip as well.
My head lifted and I looked around in wonder. This room was quit spacious. Almost the size of a small park or playground. Most of the walls, as well as the ceiling, depicted the sky. I then noticed that the clouds seem to fly from wall to ceiling and disappear into what seemed to be this room's horizon. "Cool huh." Lavi said looking at me with a huge grin, arms behind his head. "Most of the things in this room are holograms, some are just wood or plastic imitations like the trees of the forest." Lavi continued, nodding his head to the far end, past Lenalee and the kids. "How big is this room exactly?" I asked. There seemed to be no end to the trees at the far end. Lavi shook his head and shrugged, walking towards Lenalee, patting some of the kids on the head.
I walked toward them, but I didn't stop there. "Allen!" Lenalee called, "where are you going?" she asked. I looked over my shoulder and said, "I'm going to see if there's an ending to the forest." She tilted her head and said no more. Lavi didn't seem to have heard anything. Too busy swinging the kids from his arms and some even clung to his legs like leeches. That brought a small smile to my face and heavy sadness to my heart. 'These children probably get experimented on too.' I thought, still looking over my shoulder frozen in place, 'Yet they are brave enough to smile so brightly. It's so painfully sad and encouraging.' My eyes failed to see the little child who observed from Lenalee's shadow, shy to strangers, as I turned back to the task at hand.
I passed Kanda, whose stare was questioning and curious but face indifferent, and I was almost tempted to stop again. But for the sake of my curious mind, I focused on the tress and the racing of my heart due to Kanda, I continued walking.
It wasn't long before I reached the edge of the trees. And I was surprised to see that they gave the same impression of real forest trees. Including the smell of leafs. I looked around both ways to see if the tree line ended. It did, right where the fake horizon was. I took a deep breath and took a step, then another. Walking steadily forward and observing everything around me. After a while I stopped once again. Squinting my eyes and looking toward the other side in hope of seeing my friends and the playing children.
"Friends, huh." I said, a smile forming on my face, "that sounds nice." I turned around again.
Walking with purpose.
Mission: does this forest have an end?
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