'Yeah, that's right, move aside grounder!'
I tried to joke inside my head as I walked to a lecture that I might find interesting. I initially thought I might be able to bring my spirits up by making light of the people avoiding me on the pathway, that it was all because I was better. But, this lie, laced with irony as it may have been, did nothing to help. After all, I had no one to share the joke with.
The people around me, on the other hand, had plenty to share their jokes with and it was like I was walking through a field of glass. Each step shattering the delicate blades which made sounds of cruel laughter rather than the usual smash and crack. I couldn't even go to a less used path, guards wouldn't let me. So I was only able to be herded down the path of most resistance.
"Maybe I should leave soon... No, I have to wait for someone to let me out..." I began to mutter before going quiet when I realised I could not make such plans. Well, I might have been able to, but, I would need to find Rose as she let me out today. Find her, get some more details about how it all worked and maybe see if she can get me out first thing before going back to sleep if she wants? But, she hadn't seemed herself.
She seems to be getting a little distant for some reason? Maybe she was just getting stressed out and needed some time on her own? That would probably be fine, so it might be best to leave her be for a little bit. Let her get used to it all and hold out until then.
I've been through worse. Yeah, none of this compares to the hive! I can make it through it all and I will! And I will hold myself proudly when I do.
"Excuse me! Here, have a copy of the student newstablet!" some girl said to me with a smile before she went off to another student. A brow rising as I looked at what I had been given before it settled back down. My curiosity being gone in but a moment when I saw what was on the front of it. I could not read it, but the message was clear.
A picture of me and a bunch of symbols that seemed to imply how the people who make this want me gone...
A small, half-hearted smile formed, "Hey, I'm famous..." I sarcastically mumbled before hiding the item behind my map. I'd have Rose or something look through it later. Maybe there was actually something useful in it. But, before I did so, I turned a few... Pages?
All in order to look inside it.
"I wonder what this is?" I commented while looking at what seemed to be a menu page. Was it the food that was on offer today for meals? Frihdeicalkbr did say free meals were provided at set times.