As the boy shot up, blinking surrounded but darkness. The feeling of cool glass against his skin. as he tried to adjust his eyes to the darkness. Studently the room halted to a stop launching him upwards before he fell on his head.
Jasper
a female voice rang though his head. With a sudden rumbling noise, a bright light shone into Jasper's eyes blinding him, voices flooded his ears.
"Hey theirs only one,"
"Look at the newbie,"
"All by himself, that's new"
"How sad,"
"Welcome to Dome newbie,"
When his vision cleared it all, he could see a sea of dirty sweaty teenagers, some all-different age, races and size and all of them were all in different raggedy old clothes all looking at him like an animal in a zoo.
Panic flooded him, feeling all eyes on him, watching him as Jasper's fight or flight kicking, and started to push through the crowd sprinting as fast as he could. The hot sun blasted down on him unlike the cool glass cage he was in. Jasper franticly looked around until his eyes found a thick forest on his right, he made a sharp turn to the forest. As the sound of yelling fades in the distance. His brown hair flew into his emerald-green eyes, cold sweat running down his face, adrenaline filled his veins.
Finally, he was on the outskirts of the forest, suddenly the boy felt a grip on his arm and then something pulled down taking him down.
In shock he saw two teenagers, a girl and a boy, both with leather hostelers with different things hanging from them. Both had their own weapons. Fear overtook him frozen he just looked at the two. Questioning who the hell though it was a clever idea to give teenagers weapons until he heard one speak.
"Hey newbie the names River," the girl spoke up with a smile giving him a hand up. She was rather attractive, at least in the Jaspers' opinion. She was leaning with muscle. with her dark skin glowing in the sunlight, her long black hair tied into braids leading to a ponytail, but what stood out to him was her eyes. They were a bright blue like the ocean filled with kindness and hope. She was wearing a normal outfit: A T-shirt and dirty sage green pants. Her holster has a dagger with detail carving into the wooden handle.
"Jasper," Jasper stammered out in a raspy voice like he'd just coughed out his lungs. Surprised not expect his voice to sound so bad.
"And this is Forest," she said snapping out of his thought's jasper looking over her shoulder to see and tall, muscly Asian boy. He had overgrown messy black hair that suck out in various places like he just woke up even though under his dull deep brown eyes he had dark bags like he hadn't slept properly in years. He wore an old grey hoodie with his right sleeve rolled up just below his elbow. Under his hoodie he had a baggy navy-blue shirt with a sliver necklace. army green cargo pants and black fingerless gloves. His leather holster had random daggers like river, but he also had an assortment of herbs and pockets hanging from it.
"The one and only," he said with a smirk taking a little bow.
"Where am I? why can't I remember shit?" Jasper said realization final setting in hand shaking with fear.
"Calm down, deep breaths it all normal we all go through the same thing," River said calmly crouching in front of Jasper looking in his eyes with a hand on his shoulder and I bright white smile. Slowly Jasper listened to him taking shaky slow deep breaths.
"Ew, get a room. Anyways, he's your problem now I'm going to find Ivy and Kai, meet up at the heart after the tour?" Forest asked confusing jasper. What's the heart? and who's kai and ivy?
"Yep, you tell Kai and Ivy he's in good hands," replied River. Jasper turned to see Forest running into the distance River grabbing Jasper's hand started to walk dragging him. "So, to answer your questions your we are in the season section of the dome and for your memory, well that a question is one that none of us can answer but sometimes you get a few memories back usually over time," said river. Causing jasper to think more making more questions
"Like what?" jasper asked looking around at the trees and grass they passed. Seeing some of the people before walking away
"Age, birthdays, friends and family before being sent down, lovers and just other random small stuff," she replied.
"What have you remembered," he continued to ask
"Woah there I'll answer. But a tip here doesn't ask everyone" she said. why? Was all jasper could think as she continued "that's, kind of and unspoken rule some of its stuff is private plus it's kind of hurts,", "I'm 15 and my last name is coves,"
"That's it?" jasper said shocked the flood gate of questions starting to spill
"And that is not how you respond when someone tells you what they remember, that's like in top ten thing to say to be the domes outcast in one sentence," river replied seriously.
"Sorry, but What do you mean it hurt?" jasper ask now the questions came out it was like a flood gate.
"Well because some of the memories can be painful like some knowing their life outside here was just as bad or even worse than living here or them finding out they don't have anything to go back to and even if they have something to go back to imagining they have that to go home to but not being able to. not being able to go back to your loved one. It hurts from what I've heard lucky for me I only got my age and last name nothing special for me.
"Oh," that was the only thing Jasper could say as they continued to walk in silence.
"Okay so any you question you want answer ask do it now?" river asked like they didn't just have such a sad conversation
"Where are we exactly" jasper asked
"The seasonal section of the dome," river replied seasonal so the rest of the place just stay the same
"And I heard you mention earlier. The heart? What is it" jasper asked
"The heart is a small kind of island in the middle of the dome it's the only place where the males and females meet on a regular basis. in it we only four building one we have the meeting hall where we have meetings with all the leaders" river replied
"what's the other three" jasper asked
"The med hut, food hall and the cook room." River asked
"Who are the leaders" jasper replied
"Oh, yea so the meeting hall is for the commanders and heads so in the dome. We have nine heads one for each job. You have seven job options. The heads job is to pretty much to make sure people aren't slacking off and they give instructions on what to do whatever." River explains
"So, what do the commander do" jasper asked
"Well, the first in commands walk around making sure everything going well fixing problems giving out punishments and the second in commands are just back up a second option and if something happened to the first, they fill In, but their more glorified heads" river explain making jasper head spin with more questions
"So, when do I get a job," jasper asked
"Well, we just explain the basses of each job then you choose with one sounds the most appealing then you try out for the day if you suck at it then you repick get to try out again, usually on sticks" river said
"What are the options" jasper ask
"Well, you have the lumber jacks hard work mostly the big guys intimating but brainless, I think Orion is the male lead and the girl's is poppy" river replied. "Then we got the builder the same as the lumberjack but smarter the leads are blaze and aroura" river continued. "Then the gardener lovely people boring job. With willow and Leo leading." "Thiers also the cook nice people as long as you keep away from their kitchen. Lead by Luna and a tip if your nice to her she might give you extra." "Then the medics the smart ones nice but don't get one their bad side or the next time you get a booboo they won't be so gentle. Lead by forest" "Then we have the cleaners usually the people who can't do anything else. it mostly the younger kids' easier job for them" river continued "then they're the jobs you have to earn the guards and the hunter usually the best we got here. Smart, fast, strong, you know. The hunters are led by me, and forest is my back up and Cave is head of the guards." river said
"Forest help leads two jobs and is a second in command?" jasper asked interrupting river
"Yep, he also helps Cave from time to time he's what you call hard worker and when you stay here long enough you need to keep busy before you go insane" river said
"So how much longer until we get to the heart" jasper asked
"Soon so imma rap this up before we get to the heart" river said
"So, now the rules pull your weight their other people here that have to do work if you slack off and trust me, they already have enough to do. Second, we keep or hands to ourselves so not touching the girls unless its consensual then do whatever and this rule applies to fights yell all you want, but as soon as a finger is laid on the other person, they have all rights to kick your ass. finally, and this is our most important rule so don't interrupt me while I explain every once and a while, we have an option to leave." As jasper was about to interrupt river hushed him giving him a look 'don't you dare' "I don't know much on why but from what I've heard it comes price is heavy and definitely not worth it," river finished
"Trial?" jasper asked confused
"Yep, and now were back to the meeting hall Cya"