A dark haired boy with gray eyes and wearing a emotionless face sat near a fireplace looking at the dancing fire with a calm look as if his whole life wasn't about to change for better or for worse even though he was standing near a fire he felt a chilling coldness grasping at his heart.
As the boy sat near the fire he could hear a feint sound of footsteps growing by the second.
The boy heard an angelic voice say ' you must be thorne my name is Alecia ' when thorne heard her voice he turned around with the same dead eyes he always had ever since he was a child. he found himself unable to express emotions as well as others could which made him the target of constant bullying. in the outside being tough is a necessity if not your just pray to something unimaginably powerfull so kids in the outside had to grow up quickly or die.
When thorne looked at the source of that angelic voice he saw the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. she had long blond hair flowing down down her back like a waterfall and her eyes were light blue when he looked at her she could feel a calming feeling wash over him.
She spoke with the same angelic voice ' are you ready to go' hearing this thorne felt amusement since it didn't matter if he was ready or not he didn't have a choice. He didn't voice his feelings out loud because it wasnt alecia's fault. he slowly nodded his head with the same lifeless eyes not showing a hint of emotion.
After seeing his reaction Alecia didn't say anything and gestured for thorne to follow her.
Soon the two of them left the room with the fireplace. When walking behind Alecia he could see everyone stopping what they were doing and look at her. After all they had never seen a priest from the church of pheobell the god of light and beauty
It was rare to see adults in the outside of the wall since most don't live that long. In the end outsiders are just food for some gruesome creature.but this building is filled with adults because this was the only building to have communication to the inside of the wall. They were all staring at the beauty of Alecia because she was a follower of pheobell.
That's the reason she looked so beautiful she probably had the blessing of pheobell. when pondering about this thorne's mood darkened ' I hope I don't become a slave to some unknown deity '.
after exiting the building the two of them got into a an armoured car. This was the first time thorne had seen a personnel transport even though he had the same uncaring expression on the outside thorne felt a surge of excitement when getting into the transport after all how could an outsider like him ever dream of getting into such a luxurious transport a personnel one at that.
Soon after he sat down Alecia ordered the driver to take them to the church. The feeling of being in a transport was ecstatic the feeling of moving without you doing anything it was unlike anything he had ever experienced before. after a short drive the transport arrived near a towering gate. the transport stopped and a man dressed in a military uniform came from a small door located near near the main gate.
As soon as the military man came to the transport window the driver handed him a small card when seeing this card the military man backed off and went back to the small door.
Not long after the military man left the main gate opened allowing the transport to go past the wall.
Inside the wall was completely different from the outside it had a clear sky with a yellow sun hovering above the white soft looking clouds completely contrasting the red sky and bright scarlet sun of the outside world
Of course this was artificial most people inside the wall don't even know what the outside world looks like. Mostly they don't care who would care about the outside when you've got everything you need inside.
He was broken out of his trance by an angelic voice telling him ' don't look so down everyone gets the same treatment at the church of pheobell even if your an outsider ' these words didn't make thorne's mood change. He's not stupid enough to believe such obvious lies. Outsiders are specially treated bad in the church.
After the long drive the transport stopped at a large cathedral. 'This is the church of pheobell ' said Alecia she got out of the transport and gestured for thorne to follow her. Thorne reluctantly got off the transport and followed Alecia to the cathedral building
The inside of the cathedral was bright. Brighter than any building outside the wall
There were people walking around wearing clean white robes.
Moving past the robed men and going deeper into the cathedral until they arrived near an engraved wooden door. Alecia stopped without going inside then she quietly said ' this is as far as I will take you the rest is on you. Once you go through that door there's no going back hearing this thorne couldn't help but be amused by this woman's naivety ' if I go back I'll just be hunted down by a wendigo or something worse' said the boy without a hint of doubt in his eyes ,not just doubt but without any feeling in his eyes.
Alecia chuckled and turned around to leave saying ' if you want to survive don't trust the gods '