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(cont.) @speciosusmortem

Faith frowned, her eyes darting from his...

...she tightened her jaw. It had taken a lot for her just to ask that much of him. “Yeah well not all of us are gonna live forever,” was that really the issue here? Was that why she’d pulled so far away from him? “You know what? you’re right, I shouldn’t even fuckin’ be here, it was fuckin’ stupid.” 

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It had been exactly 1-week since she’d moved into her new flat here in the brand new (to her) city. Melody was still getting used to Earth, and what it really was like to be on the planet (it was friggin’ huge!). Everything was bigger and grander than she’d expected, was greener than she’d expected but also greyer than she’d expected. The roads were black (or a faded black/grey), pavements light grey or white, a lot of buildings were greys, or silvers, or another ‘neutral’ colour. But there was seemingly trees everywhere! The more you walked around the city the more you saw! And, it seemed like, you could walk around for the whole day and still not see everything!

The days on Earth weren’t exactly what she was used to either, and so, it became an almost common thing for the ex-Time Agent to still be ‘out and about’, walking around, not getting back to her new little home until well past midnight.

Today, however, the sun was still out. Based on what she’d learned so far, and the position of the sun above, she’d say it was mid-afternoon. Possibly late-afternoon. Sometimes the difference between late-afternoon and early-evening were hard to differentiate. But nonetheless, as the woman walked, she seemingly walked more away from the ‘heart’ of the city she’d gone towards the previous day on her little exploring adventures. Eventually, she started to walk past a cemetery.

The sight of the place seemingly confused her, mainly because, from what she could remember, Mel never knew of someone who buried their dead. Even relatives. She’d seen a lot of cremation, and a lot of other ways, but not a lot of burials. It made her stop and just look at all of the graves there. The place (just like most things on Earth, really) was fucking huge! What terrible event had happened in this city for so many people to have died?

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With a stretch and a yawn, Amelia sat up in her bed. She grumbled her way out of her bedroom and towards her kitchen, her hearts set on making herself a nice big cup of coffee to wake herself up. Most of the time she didn’t need to sleep every night, and when she did need rest, it usually wasn’t for too many hours. But, with that mentality, sometimes she went a little too long between sleeps or naps. It was totally all on her and completely her fault, but when you’re doing various things, sometimes you just don’t want to leave to go to bed.

Last night had been one of those nights. So, she’d slept a bit longer than usual, had been quite a bit more tired before going to bed than usual, and was still tired when she woke up. But she had things to do, people to meet and help, new places to explore. And most importantly, coffee to drink so that she could do all of that!

Opening her cupboard, the Time Lady grabbed the bag of ground coffee out, but it seemed way too light in her hands. Actually opening it up and looking inside, she saw why.

“No coffee then. Shit.”

Throwing the bag in the bin, Amelia knew she’d need at least some sort of caffeine to help wake her up. Otherwise, she may very well fall back to sleep!

“Tea! Always have tea!”

Nope. That was empty too and went straight into the bin.

“Right then, to the shops, I guess.”