"Ok now everyone please be nice. This is no way to behave." Flower could see the nice teacher glaring at the bully teacher near the last part. She turns back to the girls and says "Let's welcome her properly"
"I am Cindy"-The nice teacher says pointing at herself-"and this is Reina"she says pointing at the other teacher. Then they all look waiting at her and she realizes they want her to introduce herself. She didn't know what to say since she didn't want to be made fun of. So she simply says "Hi I'm Flower. I hope we can get along" And just like that she can hear a couple of girls snicker. Of course we are not going to get along. Cindy smiles at her and shows her to the group. "Ok everyone let's start moving" The group of girls walk slowly out of the hallway talking and laughing within each other with Cindy and Reina leading them. Some girls give her dirty looks so she sticks to the front since she knows no one there. Flower takes this time to check on her schedule. Apparently they have lunch time in the middle and they also go through all parts of this palace. Flower gave up on calling it anything else. They were to meet different workers in this building to learn. For only about an hour or an hour and a half do they actually sit down on their golden desks and learn ordinary subjects like Math and Science. It is quite a strange schedule that is horrifyingly disorganized but it seems to be a fun and wonderful experience. God this might be the coolest thing I will ever see or experience in my whole entire life. Then she hears a girl quietly laugh at her and she remembers she'll still have to deal with them. Whatever. She puts her schedule back into her bag and checks the time on her phone. 9:49. Why is time moving by so slowly? Flower looks around and sees that they have walked past the mall and are now walking past her apartment complex. She looks up to see her apartment room all the way at the top and smiles. She pulls up the map to see where she is going. If she's to memorize the routes of this place then she'd better start as early as possible. Flower carefully opens the map so as to not rip it and her mind spins. This map is so large and complicated, she can't tell where she is now. She focuses and finally sees her apartment building on the left corner of this map. The location is a tiny dot barely visible and though the map shows her she is by the edge of the building she knows there is much more that comes before the wall closes on them from that side. Unfortunately for her there are so many dots on the map near them that she doesn't know where they will be going. Guess she will have to wait and find out which she didn't like. She puts her map back inside her bag and stares amazingly at the building they are passing by. It is a short building with towers spiraling up the top of it. Smooth square windows peek from the top of the spiral to reveal a couple of guards standing at each hole. Towers like these are all over the place . They are like checkpoints and police centers. If you have a complaint or worry you tell these officers. They keep watch of their given areas. Only these buildings are never used. They are called RS's standing for rest and safety. Nobody uses these RS's since most people living in this rich mase are able to afford guards or spies. Having personal guards to protect you became a sign of wealth amongst the residents of The Sheero and using RS's is like announcing to everyone that you have no money. People avoid RS's and that eventually became their downfall. They have no money to continue and have no use anymore. But according to the online websites Flower found yesterday while trying to learn about The Sheero, the famous family of Kasteel had paid the company to stay alive and continue to work. No one really knows why they spend money on a losing brand but many rumors have come up, and like Flower promised herself before, she wouldn't believe rumors until they are proven to be true. However, the donation did nothing to encourage people to use them again which results in low pay to the workers who come here for an easy job since they know that no one uses RS's at all and all they have to do is lounge and eat and pretend to keep watch every time the supervisor comes by. All that aside, Flower finds these extremely cool. You can come in at any time you want and stay there comfortably without question. You can eat and be protected for free. Flower just couldn't stop staring. The building itself is also an art. The base is a pasty brown with blue spirals racing up the towers like a snake slithering silently behind its prey. Looking at the right side to the left, Flower's mouth stands agape. To the far side of the hall between several buffets and restaurants stands the business center of Doofa. Doofa is a wealthy business that has been around for about 60 years.
MY. GOD. This is literally famous. Anyone in my class back home would kill to see this. This is literally so cool. Flower looks around her with sparkling eyes ready to devour anything The Sheero has to give. Without the young girl's knowledge, Cindy turns around and looks at the gaping Flower then chuckles.
"Ok everyone let us make a stop here to look around."
"But we have barely been walking"
"Why couldn't we stop at the mall"
"No one wants to be next to an RS" The girl draws the syllables like they are a curse.
"No complaining. If you want to get high up in this world, you must first see the worst of it." With Cindy leading the group, they enter the RS. Officers immediately stand to attention, their backs straight and hands saluting the girls. If Flower wasn't busy exploring the place she might have realized they were saluting to someone in particular.
"Good Morning Miss Cindy. Do you need something from us?"
"Good morning to you too"Cindy says softly "don't worry I just want the girls to see an RS and explore something they haven't before"
"Yes Miss. What would you like to see?"
"Oh we'll take everything you have. Won't we girls?" Cindy says looking behind her to which several girls groan. "Reina and I will stay here while you girls go explore and have fun." One of the men at the front stands up and introduces himself.
"Hello everyone, I'm Xavier and I'll be your tour guide today. Shall we start?" The man's question is not answered since all the girls are staring at him in surprise.
"Xavier Mensu,"a girl says, eyes fixed on the man. Recognition flashes on Xavier's face and he smiles lightly.
"Aly Baha. Daughter of Thomas Baha. Nice to see you again."
"Sir what are you doing here in an RS. You should be in a business center or in a meeting. You are too good for this" Xavier chuckles.
"If you want to control something, you must look at it from all aspects" Flower furrows her eyebrows.
"What in the world does that mean '' Flower blurts out. Xavier's eyes travel to Flower and linger with a hint of a smile on his lips.
"You want to find out Miss Flower. Let me show you around. Pay close attention to this tour. Trust me"
How did he know my name? And I still don't get what he means.