ATTENTION PASSENGERS, WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY REACHED OUTER SPACE. YOU MAY NOW LEAVE YOUR SEAT AND WALK AROUND, PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE REQUIRED TO EAT THE SPECIAL DINNER BY 8 P.M. POSITIVELY.
Well even without the announcement, it was pretty clear that the uncomfortable journey from earth's surface to space is complete. Some of the passengers were vomitting, some of them stopped vomiting. And those who were not vomitting, gave a sigh of relief, surely gravity loves people too much!
Most of the passengers left towards the Grand Dining Hall. Well for simple reason, most of them aren't teens. It was like they are being tortured to have the journey, those mid 30 people just wanted to change their life for good, well of course they didn't want to change themselves. Job was their only goal to go to Mars.
And as they are quite boring to see, let's return to our main characters (This many main characters? that's why this novel sucks).
Among them, Rick was the only extroverted one. He was quite restless, because he had nobody to talk with. Well not like everyone beside him was introvert, they just didn't want to open the pandora's box. If it opens, who knows if he'll ever stop talking.
Currently his eyes are on Emma and Alex, although quite mesmerized by Emma's beauty, he knew she would be hard to talk to. And Emma is currently too busy with her constant urge to die because of the previous statement on 'odds' (chapter 2).
However Ravi was the only one who's calm at the moment, he's again lost in his dream world without sleeping. And he was silently becoming the crush of many girls scattered around the beds near him.
Rick's focus is fixed to Alex now. Alex seemed happy, may be because he's finally made a friend, though they are not talking. Rick was thinking about approaching him, he only hesitated because he thought previously Alex mocked him when he said he hated window seat, while Rick just boasted about getting one.
(Ah here I go, I can't just sit silent for this long)..."Hey, if I'm not mistaken, you're Alex right?"
"Yeah I'm, I think I saw you somewhere"
"Well, may be last year's sports competition?" Rick said loudly, so that everyone around him can listen.
"Ah! yes yes, Rick right?" Alex said with a smile, though he had to burn quite a lot of calorie for it, and of course Rick didn't get it. Alex already noticed him, after a few moments of riding the ship, he too didn't want to open Pandora's box.
Rick was known to be the chattering muscle in International School. Though he was really good in sports and not so bad in studies, he is too bad at reading the room. Plus he has a hero complex too, so most of the students didn't like him, some were jealous, and some found him annoying.
"You got it right buddy! So where are you headed to?"
"Well I got nothing to do...and my legs are sore too"
"Ah, so a tour to the dining hall, why not we go together?"
Of course it was a statement...more like oppression. They headed towards dining hall. Ravi just silently noticed them going. ("So why do I feel like I'll be making friends...well maybe there is a chance, new place is full of surprises. Where are others from IS anyway...lucky I didn't meet them...") he kept thinking.
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The dining hall has become a place of get together, many students from International School met their friends. There were some interesting people from outside IS too, and they were main attraction. It takes a lot of brain to get there without being from IS. As after dinner they will hibernate for a month, they are all trying to do the last excercise before that. Most of them were into martial art practice, it became 'open for all' dojo, a red hair girl called Lucy and a white haired guy called Shaun was taking everyone down very quickly, well it wasn't violent because most of them retreated before getting hurt badly. Lucy and Shaun suddenly became the sensation, Lucy was getting most of the fame because it was revealed that she's not from IS.
"Wow, this place is full of energy! should have come here long before"
"Yes, so many energetic people!"Alex tried to cheer up...("shit so many people...what if someone I know shows up, my social battery is already over")
"Well I'm gonna go fight there" saying that Rick left Alex.
"Hey wait wait..." and he just when tried to stop Rick, they both ended up in fight. Rick started throwing hands randomly and knocking people down with raw strength, while Alex couldn't comprehend what suddenly happened so he kept getting jabbed here and there. As he knew basics of martial art and only focusing on defence he didn't get knocked easily.
A few moments later, it was a wonderful view. Alex and Lucy were leading the battle, it was weird. Although Lucy was winning simply because of her martial arts, Alex didn't really seem to be fighting better than others, still he's still standing in the crowd without a bit of injury. The crowd near Lucy was almost faded because everyone near her withdrew. She noticed Alex wasn't really fighting, he was surviving, reading everyone's attack and dodging, while everyone was busy fighting. So normally the crowd near him was also thinning leaving him behind. It was only matter of time when Lucy and Alex would face off.
On the other side, calm Shaun and high of energy Rick was already into a showdown. Adrenaline rush became the main source of energy to both of them. Shaun still managed to keep his calm, and that was the only reason he was still up against Rick, who was almost invincible with his raw strength and some knowledge of martial arts. He couldn't focus enough to hit a final blow to Shaun, he was panting with excitement. Both were taking blow constantly which became concerning to others, it wasn't a serious fight. Anybody with that kind of injury would have withdrawn. But they were showing no sign of finishing.
"Aren't you tired? Big man?" Shaun finally talked.
"Why don't you (pant) stop talking and dodging, and finally attack (pant) you coward?"