Me; Here is Chapter 3 of A Writer's Tale
Mayhemb; And we hope this one also goes "whale"
Me; So join Maya in her daring escape
Mayhemb; Along with Fetch and Eugene, escaping the scrape
The chaos in the back of the truck was situated when they all came to their senses. For some reason Hank was no longer inside and they were laying on inner roof of the vehicle.
Geez, what a time to blackout for a few seconds huh?
Just as Maya began to stir back into full consciousness a familiar scent arose around her.
Fire
In an instant the Ink conduit got onto her feet, saw the opened truck door, ran outside, and absconded into the woods. Right now in her mind the Blake woman only focused on getting away from the flames.
It should have been obvious really, for a fire to occur after a car/truck crash, but the thought still surprised her greatly.
Thus she ran, not noticing the two birds that followed behind her.
After about fifteen minutes of a pure sprint Maya finally calmed down, and hid in the tree that she had been resting in.
If the D.U.P. came by to hunt her down the advantage point would be great.
Yet now it had been about ten minutes and nothing was happening…
Then 20….
It wasn't until about 22 minutes did a noice register in her ear.
Dissolving into her liquid state Maya curled herself tightly around one of the lower, yet larger, branches to see who it was that approached.
Much to her surprise it was the two other prisoners of the D.U.P..
"We lost her..!" The girl with pink hair stomped her foot in anger, just as the male with glasses leaned against the tree Maya was hiding in.
"Maybe she hid somewhere…."
The Ink Conduit debated for a second on whether or not she should help them….Before cursing her conscience, and slithering off the branch down the trunk, and into the grass. Slowly she reformed herself into her human stature and stretched her fleshy limbs. The two prisoners had stepped back a bit and were now staring at her... "It's impolite to stare, you know."
The other female shook her head, before nudging her hand container in front Maya. " OKay, I'm sorry, now can you unlock me? I got some business I need to take care of."
"Alright, alright, hold thy horde of broncos…" Just as she had done with Hank's she surrounded the circular device with ink.
The ink seeped through all the cracks and the openings, before becoming hard inside and turning a bit. More often than not one of the holes was the keyhole, which unlocked after her slight persuasion.
The female grinned as she took her hands out of the ball of ink, which absorbed the device's colors happily. "Thanks kid, now I gotta go."
"Pause for a moment dear, perhaps we can air each other and-" Maya found herself talking to an empty space in a few second though when the woman started running somewhere. "-Ooooor not…."
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"Uh…" Oh! Yeah, the White Rabbit was still here.
"Would you like some assistance White Rabbit?" She enjoyed the nickname she dubbed him as a bit, he faintly reminded her of the cherished Alice in Wonderland character.
'"Yeah, if you could just...Ya know."
"May I get something in return if I help?"
The male seemed a bit perplexed, what could he give her right after they escaped? He had nothing and he didn't have any of his powers back..."...Depends, I guess…"
"Your name would suffice."
"M-My name's uh….Eugene..Eugene Sims…"
"Eugene….Eee-ooooh-jah-eeee-nah…." Maya softly pronounced, trying to get the feel of the name. She never really met a person with this name, and it had been almost seven years since she last needed to learn a new name really…..Yet Hank's was fairly simple, so there wasn't anything to test over. "Huh...Very well then Eugene, a helping hand to freedom comes your way."
Just like their two once-captured acquaintances Eugene was then free of his restraint, and the Ink Conduit got her hunger even more subsided.
"Thanks uh…"
"Maya, I'm Maya, and I know that my last name starts with a 'B' and an 'L'...But that's about it...It's a pleasure to make our acquaintance!" The years of torture and experiments drained her of her younger memories, and none of the scientists or doctors called her by last name. It was either her first name, or the 'wonderful' ones the staff gave Conduits….The only thing she really remembered was a few scarce moments of precious childhood whimsy, and her books.
Her books and poems were her real freedom…..
Her family though? If she thought of them too much then the D.U.P. may go after them, so Maya tried her best not to think of them too much.
The less they appeared in her mind and emotions the less they'd be in trouble.
"Okay thanks...Maya…" Eugene shuffled his feet awkwardly then. "So…"
"Come on." She grabbed his wrist and began walking after the pink haired girl. The Ink Conduit could faintly see her in the distance.
"Wait-what?!"
"Come on! She looks like she knows where she's going…"
"But-wait-"
"Wouldn't it be better if we stayed together? Besides, you don't have your powers and I do. It would be in your best interest if you stayed with me."
Plus, well...She was sort of afraid of...Being alone…
True she was alone a bit at the Conduit Prison, but at least the Doctors and Scientists were there for SOME form of company..
When she didn't hear any protesting argument from the man behind her, Maya felt a smile work it's way onto her face.
After what seemed to be several hours of running after the Pink Haired girl, the two escaped Conduits finally made it to a large city.
Maya's eyes were bright with excitement at all the dazzling lights and colors. "Oh wow…!"
Eugene gave a small hum of understanding. It was good to finally be free of their prison.
"Come on, we should find a residence to stay at and have a nice respite. Maybe even fill you up on your powers an-" The woman gasped a bit in shock. "Oh crap I almost forgot!"
"What did you forget?" The Sims male question a bit anxiously, a sense of dread forming inside of him. If she had forgotten something important then they could be in trou-
"We can't go in there in our C.C. clothes…." Her fingers pinched Eugene's white shirt that was beneath his orange jacket. "Well you could wear that I guess...But the abundance of orange will get people's attentions far too easily."
"So what do you wanna do about it…?"
"...Here." The female conduit picked up a stick and held it out to her companion. "Draw what you want on your shirt in the ground, explain what colors go where, and leave the rest to me."
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Slowly the blondish boy took the stick and began etching a pattern of three large vertical slashes, with two horizontal lines going through them at different sections.
"The uh….The logo is white, the rest is red…" Sims then took off his jacket, glancing up at the Conduit girl who nodded her head. "Will this hurt…?"
"Unless you're allergic to ink, it should not harm you." After a final look over of the pattern the Blake woman bounced lightly on the balls of her feet, striding over to the space in front of her friend with hands raised up. "Even if you were though, it won't be injected into your skin or anything. I'll just dye the fibers of cloth."
"Okay…So do I need to raise my arms or something…?"
"Yes please, unless you want the underarm of your shirt to keep being an odd white color."
Thankfully the process didn't take too long, and only consisted of Maya lightly running her fingertips over the top seams. From there the ink would cascade through the shirt and moved to her accord.
In about ten minutes Eugene was free to walk away from her a bit, his red shirt ready, along with a re-colored pair of black pants now. The ink in those had actually contracted a bit and hardened slightly to give the fabric a new texture and appearance, so no problem.
"Okay, give me about six minutes to re-dye myself and we'll be good..!" She flashed him a grin before turning on her heel and running off for a few seconds. "Be right back!"
It seemed that the glasses wearing male didn't have any say in this….."I'll just...Wait here then…"
Eight minutes passed since the Ink user has left, only to reappear from behind a tree. "I have returned White Rabbit!"
The Sims boy stood from the his seat on the ground with a relieved look. "I can see that…."
Maya stepped out of the shadows to show her new look.
She had ripped off the sleeves to the jacket and made it a nice denim blue with a stiffer texture. Peaking out of the torn fabric was black sleeves that stopped halfway on her upper arm. As for the pants she dyed them a dark navy blue color with odd splashes of the rainbow's hues every so often.
The only other noticeable changes was that on her arms was tattoo sleeves. She had also somehow dyed her hair black and caused it to go curly. The ink was a very good all-natural hair gel for the Conduit.
"Well? What do you think?" She twirled around in front of him a bit. "Do I look like me?"
"Uh no, no you don't…"
"Good! Then come ooooo-Oops! Almost forgot again. Sorry." Taking Eugene's old jacket in her hand she gave it a quick dye with black ink. Once it was good and dry she handed it back to him. "Here, this should suffice until I can get a more proper jacket for you."
"Thanks...A-again…"
"Not a problem dear~ Now let's get a movie on, we're burning sunlight standing here!"
Her hand held a firm hold on his wrist as she started walking, not realizing that Eugene only had one arm in his jacket.
"H-Hold on, give me a sec…!" He struggled to get his other arm in the empty sleeve. Dear lord what had he gotten himself into?
The process in getting their small apartment room was actually rather simplistic
Maya had taken a few pieces of paper and literally made some money. So they got a nice little place in the Lantern District of their new city, Seattle.
"Oh wow, just look at that view..!" The Ink Conduit exclaimed as she rushed to the window, having made enough money to get them a room that faintly resembled a penthouse. It was fairly nice with white walls, a light brown wooden floor, black leather furniture, a nice sized TV, a small kitchen, laundry room, a bathroom, and two bedrooms.
"Yeah..." Eugene slowly walked towards the window, but stopped about five feet away from her. "It's really...Cool."
"I know right! Oh man, it's beautiful! Look at all those hues and rays of light reflecting off the colors. Gaze at the textures that arise from their solitary state of 2D to become 3D in our visions" A sigh of joy and pure ecstasy escaped the Conduit's lips. This was all she needed to feel happy, to finally feel free.
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"So." Maya turned to her companion, leaning against the window as the black color drained from her red locks. "What do you need to fuel up on Dear?"
"I'll...Figure something out."
"You sure?"
"Mmhm."
"Well...Alright…" Her hand rubbed the back of her neck uncomfortably. Everything up to that point had been basically caused by her sort of high-induced state, so she was left with….Well, her 'regular' self.
Which hadn't seen the light of day since she was trapped in Augustine's City…
So it was kinda new for her to be like this again.
"Sooo…..What do you wanna do?"
Eugene gave a shrug, putting his hands in his pockets. "I don't know…"
"M'kay…" Awkward silence is Awkward. Oh shut up voice in my head….
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"Well uh….I'm gonna go look at the rooms…"
"I'll wait here then.."
Maya nodded her head before going into the hallways, going to one of the rooms. This one had a few good-sized bookshelves, a nice queen-sized (or maybe it was a king-sized….) bed with black and white sheets, and two lamps were on the wall on both sides of the bed. The room also had blue walls. and a black wooden floor. There was also a nice window with a seating area in front of it made of dark brown wood and aqua cushions.
The only other things she noticed was a nice wooden desk, a walk-in closet, a good sized TV, and a trashcan.
With a hum the Ink User turned and walked into the other room with a curious eye. This one had black walls and dark brown carpet it seemed with it's bed laying it's side against one of the walls. This one had a desk, a slightly bigger TV than in the other room, a smaller closet, and several electronic outlets. The only bookshelf in here was right beside the door also, making this room seem a bit….Well, smaller than the other one…
Softly the woman walked back into the living room where her companion was looking out the window deep in thought…..
"Uh...Mr White Rabbit?" Eugene whipped around quickly, only to feel embarrassed about being jumpy around her.
"S-Sorry.."
"Not a problem dear, now, would you like to pick your room for the night? I mean...You don't have to stay here if you don't wish to, but I'd feel better if you left after a good night's sleep and with some food in you….And with you also."
If need be she would even repress him and made sure he slept a bit. Call it a sisterly instinct to make sure a person who she just broke out with is rested and healthy.
Eugene watched her for a bit before going into the small hallway that held both bedrooms and the bathroom….Before entering the one with black walls and the brown carpet. "I'll take this one...I-If that's alright."
"Sure thing love, I'll take the other one." Maya walked past him a bit to reach her door. "I'm gonna go take my respite dear, I'll see you in the morning."
"'Kay…."
Maya softly closed the door behind her and crawled underneath the soft sheets on the bed, curling up happily. One may even say that she purred in pleasure. With a pleased sigh the Ink Conduit stretched a bit before finally nestling against a pillow, and went to a dream-less sleep like she was so used to.
She could only hope that her White Rabbit could fall into the slumber Wonderland just as easily as her.
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