Faraday was sleeping on the floor last night, her head was in her arm that was resting in the floor along her body.
I couldn't sleep peacefully for obvious reasons, most of the time I was resting my head in the chair of the control room just looking at her, guarding her in case she was having a nightmare, and watching just in case.... she... could come. Fortunately for everyone she didn't, my guess is that she really did sleep and she wasn't planning anything.
Unfortunately for... anyone... she is still here, her existence wasn't just a collective nightmare everyone had at the same time, we'll need to see her time and time again.
I guess I can't do anything but just try and ignore everything she says to me, and hope that nothing bad happens with faraday, I know I can... deal with her now but I really hope I don't get to start arguing with her again.
What happened yesterday was... I... I can't take my mind out of it, I don't even think she means what she says, clearly she is just messing with me, I know her, she only enjoys messing with people's heads. What she said was just to mess around with my head and to scare me out... but... if it was true... not even I feel safe around her anymore. Even though we have history, even though I've been her right arm for a long time I don't.... I don't feel alright with that. I HOPE it was just a joke.
Also I... damnit she has my phone...
I'm not going to talk to her, if anything I hope she comes here and.... no, I hope we only talk in a public space, I don't want to be alone with her ever again.
I guess what remains is waiting until the morning comes. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.
I was finally asleep, I didn't have a dream or anything, just suddenly hours passed without me noticing.
Suddenly I'm awakened by a continuous rhythmic knock on the glass, my eyes burn for a couple of seconds while I try to get rid of it with my hands.
my mind comes to the realization that the only way that could happen is if faraday was put of the cage or someone else was inside with her, my heart almost stops as I turn to the window as fast as I can, my head filled with the fear to find Gustave holding Faraday hostage.
My fear was thankfully wrong, as I turned around I saw Faraday sitting in her cage, and I could barely see her arm being pulled to her back, along with her guilty face I can tell she was throwing something, but what?.
I approach the microphone of the window.
-Faraday, you were throwing something?.
-Eeeh....
She is looking desperately away from my eyes, an hiding even more her hands.
-I'm no-*yawn* not mad with you if you did, don't worry about it.
-I...did...
she lets her hand go and when it reaches the ground a couple of pebbles fall to the ground.
Where did she...get them?...
-I'm sorry!, I was talking to you but you wouldn't wake up so I wondered if throwing stuff to the window would make you turn around...
-But were did you get those pebbles?
-Oh... these.... I just zapped the floor a couple of times and they all came off.
-You shouldn't throw stuff to the glass Faraday, it could break and we'll need to replace it.
-I'm soooorry.
-It's ok don't worry about it, now grab all the pebbles, I need to dispose of them so Gustave doesn't get mad at both of us.
-Got it!.
She says while holding her hand in her forehead like a soldier... I don't remember teaching her about that. Did we made her watch a movie by accident one day?.
I enter the room and start collecting the pebbles near the window since Faraday can reach those without going out of the cage.
A Shine caches my attention, i immediately think it's one little shard of crystal that has fallen from the window, I grabbed it and hold it in front of the light that is illuminating the room, to my surprise, no light come out, instead, I see the pebble shine itself in a silver white.
It has a beautif-WHAT?!.
There is no way, the floor is made of stone, just like the council demanded it. There is no metal in this room but the cage faraday is in!.
(We didn't know it was going to be electricity ok?)
And this isn't... I hold in in my hands, I place both of them so I get a careful look at the pebble, it's not just shinning in silver.
it's silver.
-Faraday are you sure you just zapped the floor?.
-Uh?, well yes I only used like 3 lightnings on some spots right here.
She points a place in the ground near her with her finger while still crouching looking for more pebbles.
I approach the cage to get a good look around the spot Faraday is pointing, I clearly just see more stone underneath the layer of stone she pulverized.
this is....
-Faraday.
-Huh?.
-Do you see what this is?.
I show her my hand with the stone in it.
-Oh, it's shiny!.
-Yes, but where did you get this?.
-Oh, well, I dunno, every pebble is like that, look.
She shows me her hand, she is right, every little stone that is in her hand it's made of pure silver.
-Where did you....
-We'll I don't know, they just came out like that, is that a bad thing?.
-I... no.... in fact, dear, can you zap this one for me once more?.
A question mark appears on top of her. She looks confused as to why I even asked her that.
-I don't think I should do it in your hand, it could hurt you.
She says worried, and she is right, I forgot about that.
-Oh, you're right, here.
I put the pebble on the ground right next to the cage. Faraday lays on the ground, her legs are pointing upwards and she is moving them slowly like if she was playing a game. She gets her eyes really close to the pebble and points at it with her finger.
-Do you want me to destroy it?.
-Not necessarily, just zapp it like you did to the ground first.
-Well I think that would destroy it.
-Then I guess something more...light?.
-Uuuuuuh....
-No need to think about it that hard, just make a lightning that is not that powerful, is it hard?.
-A little bit, specially with something this size, but I can try it, let me see.
A tinny spark appears on the tip of her finger. Nothing else happens.
-Wait that was too little.
She says, she then pulls her tongue out of the corner of her mouth, looks like the expression someone makes when putting the thread in a needle.
Her finger tip lights up again, but this time a little lightning appears from it, it lasted about half a second hitting the pebble, it didn't magically explode, fortunately.
-I think it's done now.
-I try to pick up the rock, I hear a sizzle coming from my fingers as pain rushes to my body. I realize, late, that a rock struck by a lightning usually is hot.
I let it cool down for a bit an then I pick it up.
The side that was struck by Faraday is dark as a charcoal. My first thought is that it was just burned down by the lightning.
As I try to clean up the dark part I realize suddenly that said part is not burned down.
It is charcoal.
One side of the rock remains solid silver, the other is a relatively soft charcoal piece, they're both stuck together, only separated by the line created by the lightning.
My theory was correct, Faraday can transmute elements.