Kal
Madam Stabby-Stab
"A great amount of free time we've been given," Cy spoke to her reflection upon the standing body-length mirror. Here, in her room, Cy had finished scouring every corner. Her heels, removed and neatly arranged by the foot of the bed. On top of training, she reflected, they should have trained us in use of these. Her pale blue eyes ran over the dress on her person. "Is the purpose to impede woman's motion?" Her reflection gave her no response. Cy moved away from the mirror, her bare feet making no sound upon the carpeted stone floor. The fibers against the hardened skin of her soles felt impossibly lush.
She heard a number of sounds. A rageful scream. The distant sound of a piano, perhaps two, and maybe singing? The clip-clops of heels against stone floor as fellow candidates passed the closed room of her door. The shattering of something glass. Still, lengthy periods of silence settled between the sounds. In comparison, the confines of the building she was now housed in was much calmer than the chaotic bustling of the city of Kranx.
The shoes would in no way make her next task an easy one, perhaps not even doable. Decision: Do without them. Her ragged, worn shoes she'd come to Essex with were no where to be seen. Cy decided her bare feet could carry her swiftly and efficiently. Full knowledge of your surroundings cannot be enough stressed, the lesson recalled echoed internally. First, the surrounding grounds. Then, the lowest floor, and she'd make her way from there.
Objective secured, Cy eased open the door leading out the room. A once-over of the hall showed two girls disappearing into one of the rooms, leaving the corridor empty. Cy silently slipped out of her room and padded down the hall in the direction of the stairs.
She heard a number of sounds. A rageful scream. The distant sound of a piano, perhaps two, and maybe singing? The clip-clops of heels against stone floor as fellow candidates passed the closed room of her door. The shattering of something glass. Still, lengthy periods of silence settled between the sounds. In comparison, the confines of the building she was now housed in was much calmer than the chaotic bustling of the city of Kranx.
The shoes would in no way make her next task an easy one, perhaps not even doable. Decision: Do without them. Her ragged, worn shoes she'd come to Essex with were no where to be seen. Cy decided her bare feet could carry her swiftly and efficiently. Full knowledge of your surroundings cannot be enough stressed, the lesson recalled echoed internally. First, the surrounding grounds. Then, the lowest floor, and she'd make her way from there.
Objective secured, Cy eased open the door leading out the room. A once-over of the hall showed two girls disappearing into one of the rooms, leaving the corridor empty. Cy silently slipped out of her room and padded down the hall in the direction of the stairs.