Lost
The Night and the FaeDahyun was lost. She’d spent ten minutes looking for the library, but had no luck. The signs directed her to the third floor, but the building was so huge she couldn’t regain her bearings. Being inside confused her. It had already been difficult when the humans had started with their sprawling cities, even worse when they built their castles, but now they had turned mazes into concrete and plaster.
She’d tried finding where people were feeling most peaceful or most stressed, but that usually led her to the odd classroom or alcove-type location in the school. A part of her wanted to give up and go to lunch, but she couldn’t bring herself to do it. She’d eaten her food too quickly just so that she could spend her free time exploring this monstrosity. At least the bloated feeling in her stomach had lessened.
She rounded a corner, hoping that this time she would see a sign that said “Library”. Maybe she should have gone to orientation. She quickly dismissed that thought. It was better that she'd arrived as suddenly as she did. Talk would have spread through the student helpers and maybe even the teachers. Humans were shockingly social creatures. That meant they spread information between themselves very quickly and easily. Was it called gossip?
Regardless, she doubted she would’ve been able to make the journey here safely when the school year started. Besides, the route to the library was a puzzle she wanted to figure out.
Dahyun stopped at a windowsill and leant against it. She made sure to take out her phone so that people wouldn’t think she was staring off into space. She had hardly used the device unless it was to research an unfamiliar term or custom.
After making sure she'd opened some set of text, she made the emotional world push away the physical world. When she was younger, the vibrancy of emotions had overwhelmed her. It was like looking up at the night sky and being taken aback by the scale. She still hadn’t gotten used to the sight of something that spread out before her. Infinitely.
She looked for calm within the school. It was a blue cloud. Unlike sadness, however, it was pale and warm, not cool and dark. This library didn’t seem to have people who were relaxed. There were remnants of a calm that had accumulated over the years, but only a few people had been in there and truly enjoyed it.
What a shame, she thought. When she'd last been in this world, as well as on her way here, human libraries had always been places of absolute tranquility. She'd thought it was fitting that her favourite place in the human world was composed of the same elements that made up a forest.
She let herself be drawn in and allowed her own calm to seep into the cloud. Maybe if she was there more often, it could become a place of rest from the bustle of school. Maybe all of these stressed students would realise that you can learn without losing yourself to stress.
A golden glow was forming to her immediate right. It was directed at her. Deep within it was dark blue, but that was surrounded by a playful combination of emotions. It was an immortal.
The halls of the school came back full force as she wrenched herself out of the emotional world. She blinked a few times and found that she had not been staring at her phone as she’d wanted to. The screen had gone dark too.
“Hey.” Someone touched her arm.
She jumped. The person was Sana. She had a gentle smile, but Dahyun wasn’t sure what to make of her. All of the gossip in the school seemed
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