Lolana Tekin

Kalani shrugged. He’d heard rumors of people disappearing here, and suggestions of who could have disposed of those people. But that was all they were, rumors. It did seem possible, people here had the means to murder someone. “Maybe. Maybe not,” he told her, being honest in his uncertainty. “It’s not worth the risk. Even if you aren’t killed, you might end up wishing you were,” he added. Kalani remember nearly drowning, with Tiffany watching on. There were other examples, but the last thing he wanted to do was worry Lana. Kalani wasn’t sure who James was. As he told her, it was best to keep to one’s self. “I do now know him. There is really only one mistress I would say you could trust. And even thin, things happen. People can control others. People can sell each other out. It’s just, not safe here,” he tried to explain. She couldn’t truly understand it though, he knew that. He was her, three years ago when he first arrived. The idea of hurting someone else wasn’t really a concept back home, but if anyone could understand it, it was be Lana, considering everything she had gone through. “Even slaves are not safe. Amabella, stay away from her,” he warned.

“Who? Who can I trust?” she signed, her eyes practically pleading with him. Maybe this place wasn’t how she thought it was going to be. If there was no one she could trust, that would make her alone, and she had not felt that way. And if this place was so bad then why had he stayed? Why hadn’t he returned to the island? “Amabella,” she repeated taking a mental note of the name. How was she supposed to keep herself safe? She couldn’t even do that back home. “I’ll try to stay away from her. She glanced down at her timer quickly looking back up at Kalani, “How much longer do you have before you have to head back to the cells?”

Orion looked up at the female voice he had not heard before and guessed that it was the new roommate. At least it was a female he got along better with women then other guys then again he had massive trust issues. “Yeah i am usually a light sleeper. i was just hoping to sleep in a little. Haven’t had the chance to in a while.” he got up stretching a little not even occurring to him that he might cover up in front of his roommate. “I’m Orion  I guess I should say nice to meet you but then again we are here.”

Lana’s eyes looked down his body for a brief moment before she tore them away, forcing herself to look anywhere except at him, but she couldn’t help peeking over at his scars, “Lana,” she signed, mouthing the name, “I’ll let you get some more sleep if you want to try falling back asleep. I haven’t been able to sleep since coming here...too cold up here, and the noises,” she shivered, “How long have you been here?”

sex bomb: are you a virgin?

sexy peel: when do you feel the sexiest? (i.e-an article of clothing, after shaving, etc.)

passion fruit: have you had your first kiss?

ocean salt: do you like going to the beach? why or why not?

cup o’ coffee: coffee or tea?

angels on bare skin: are you religious?

blackberry: what’s your favorite fruit?

turkish delight: what is your favorite book/book series?

31 states: What state do you live in? (Or country)

razzle dazzle: describe your music taste

d'fluff: how many pillows do you sleep with?

93,000 miles: have you ever ran a 5k? A marathon?

dreamwash: describe your pajamas

marilyn: who do you look up to?

damaged: have you ever dyed/bleached your hair?

emotional brilliance: are you an emotional person?

lullaby: do you want kids?

rose jam: what’s your favorite flower?

“No. It’s not like that,” he said. This wasn’t really the time or place for him to go over how his opinion had changed, how his desire to go back to Kekahi had faded. “You will see. There is more to life than staying back home,” he told her. Part of Kalani didn’t want her to come to that realization on her own. He was afraid for her safety, knowing how kind and caring she was. “It will change you. Life here is very different. There are no rules, no laws for people like us,” he added. Lana was beautiful, her smile beamed and left little doubt how sweet she was. “Of course you can trust me. But no one else. Promise me you will keep to yourself. Even if someone is kind to you, they might be trying to gain your confidence and trust,” he told her. It was the same advice he would give one of his own sisters. 

Did she want more to life than Kekahi? She wasn’t entirely sure, but she couldn’t deny the curiosity that was growing inside of her. There was so much that she hadn’t done before, and the culture was so much different than that of the one she grew up in. “So we could die and no one would bat an eye?” she asked, the question leaving her feeling a uneasy. Maybe this place was worse than her brother. “Lani,” she started, “it’s hard to keep to myself...and I sort of already caught someone’s attention...James? Is he a bad person? What about the other slaves?” He hadn’t seemed like it at the beach.

Orion had been busy with finals and working. It kept his mind busy and from being a target in the cells. unfortunately now that the semester was over and he preferred to work during the day into the evening he had yet to meet the new cell mate. he was enjoying his sleep for once but was startled awake by one of the guards smacking at the bars. “God damn it.” orion grumbled awake guessing he must have looked too peaceful for their liking. He kicked off his covers sitting up only in his boxers revealing some of his tattoos and scars over his torso and back. “i’d kill for another hour.” he said glancing at the bars the guard must have gone off to annoy someone else.

@lolahna

The smacking at the bars didn’t wake Lolana as she hadn’t been able to fall asleep yet. The girl rolled on her side to peer over the edge of the bed at one of her cellmates, who obviously did not enjoy being woken up. Her eyes scanned over his bare torso, he was riddled with scars that made the girl grimace at the sight of them. A soft blush crept across her chest as she noticed he was just in his boxers, embarrassed she forced her eyes to look only at his face. “Light sleeper?” she signed, “Maybe you can fall back asleep?”