太陽の光

    ❝ Oi, watch where you’re goin–mphph! ❞

   She had, without a shred of doubt, never heard an accent such as this man’s while living in the Hive. The stranger’s words were lilted and softened, particularly pretty in comparison to most she had come across. Was there a specific word for it? She figured it was so. Regardless, Alice decided to act on her whim and approach him, slightly perturbed by an uncanny feeling building in her gut. Their worlds must have been.. similar, in some way, for her to feel like this. The girl would never know just how utterly true a thought it was. 

   ❝ Er -- mister, ❞ she began, remembering the ‘manners’ her surrogate mother had taught her. ❝ Are you looking for something? ❞ Alice paused and allowed a simper to cross her expression, the ever haughty air in her personality surfacing. ❝ If you ask nicely, maybe I’ll help you--! ❞ She was trying -- that had to count for something!

  ❝ You’re really tall, ❞ she commented, blinking sleepily up towards the young man. He was built very roughly with shoulders broad -- huh, did he come from a world where someone as young as he need to be? Strangely enough, that wasn’t all of the vibe Alice was receiving from this stranger. Her intuition was frighteningly accurate when it came to beasts from other worlds, something she had long since developed in her own time. It was probably a quality that came from being a beast herself -- a transforming one, that is.

  The brunette narrowed her pupils before asking him the dreaded question, the one thing that would change their meeting from such a normal occurrence to a bigger magnitude. A life-changing event that would shape her entire weekend. Alice breathed in and finally asked, ❝ oi, can you reach the box on the top shelf? I’m trying to bake something at home. ❞

   While children themselves were definitely present in the Hive, meeting once as young as this one wasn’t as prevalent. How old could she have been-- five, six? It was unfortunate that Alice didn’t have a motherly bone in her body. She was still a child too. Nonetheless, her cheeks swelled as she looked down at the other, hands on her hips in superiority. (Part of her felt smug -- since when did someone as small as she get the opportunity to actually look down on someone? Not once!)

  ❝ If you ask nicely, I might help you, ❞ she bargained, lips curled into a smirk. It was all a play; the brunette was not nearly as heartless as she tried to be. It was all in good fun, really! Alice continued in her haughty voice, ❝ alright, little girl? ❞

   ❝ What was that? ❞ 

  It had all happened very fast, Alice thought to herself, having seen the car speeding down the road and the sudden flicker of streetlamps moments before. While she had been prepared to push the blonde girl out of harm’s way -- instinct, really -- the other had simply flinched and every light in the vicinity went out. The car itself had halted abruptly from surprise. Was it magic? Alice had learned of its uses here in the city and of the many powers someone could be born with -- although, this person didn’t seem to be dressed like a mage.

  She called out to the driver for him to go around upon walking out into the darkened street, slightly put-off by how his headlights had disappeared aswell. It couldn't have been a coincidence. The sound of tires rolled as she unceremoniously pulled the other woman towards her. Alice asked again, brows furrowed, ❝ what was that, girl? ❞ Her arms then crossed. ❝ You’re lucky I didn’t have to stop the car myself. ❞

come and meet my lil girl. she'll kick your ass. 

   While she had been in the Hive for quite some time and saw strange entities on the daily, it still came as a surprise to run into a person wearing.. who-knows-what on their face. Crossing her arms and scrutinizing the stranger, she tilted her head a smidgen to the right before grumbling, ❝ are you blind? Why are you wearing glasses you can’t even see through, boy? ❞ It was quite possible he were mad; anything could happen in this forsaken city. Her hopes weren't very high.

   The brunette huffed noisily, waiting impatiently for other’s explanation. Hopefully he wasn’t stupid -- children here were either extremely educated or as clueless as a wheel of cheese.