Five Leaves Left
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Five Leaves Left
Nicholas sets the bug lantern down in a clearing and rests against a tree trunk, sighing contently. It had been a long first day attending classes. He had already set a clear negative impression it would seem on his peers due to his terse silence and monosyllabic replies to their questions. Group work was mandatory; he didn't like that too much. He could very much manage the load by himself. Nicholas arranges a small circle of stones with dead leaves and twigs, lighting them with a pocket flip lighter and a small amount of lighter fluid. Having the fire starting up, he sits in the flickering light with his only company and most faithful and favored company, his treasured vintage 60's Gibson Hummingbird acoustic. He tunes it and begins to delicately pick the strings, letting a breath escape his lips, followed by lyrical musings that from a time long before his own but still held true.
Fame is but a fruit tree
So very unsound
It can never flourish
'till its stalk is in the ground
So men of fame
Can never find a way
'til time has flown
Far from their dying day
Forgotten while you're here
Remembered for a while
A much updated ruin
From a much outdated style
Life is but a memory
Happened long ago
Theatre full of sadness
For a long forgotten show
Seems so easy
Just to let it go on by
'til you stop and wonder
Why you never wondered why
Safe in the womb
Of an everlasting night
You find that darkness can
Give the brightest light
Safe in your place deep in the earth
That's when they'll know what you were really worth
Forgotten while you're here
Remembered for a while
A much updated ruin
From a much outdated style
Fame is but a fruit tree
So very unsound
It can never flourish
'til its stalk is in the ground
So men of fame
Can never find a way
'til time has flown
Far from their dying day
Fruit tree, Fruit tree
No one knows you but the rain and the air
Don't you worry
They'll stand and stare when you're gone
Fruit tree, Fruit tree
Open your eyes to another year
They'll all know
That you were here when you're gone
Fame is but a fruit tree
So very unsound
It can never flourish
'till its stalk is in the ground
So men of fame
Can never find a way
'til time has flown
Far from their dying day
Forgotten while you're here
Remembered for a while
A much updated ruin
From a much outdated style
Life is but a memory
Happened long ago
Theatre full of sadness
For a long forgotten show
Seems so easy
Just to let it go on by
'til you stop and wonder
Why you never wondered why
Safe in the womb
Of an everlasting night
You find that darkness can
Give the brightest light
Safe in your place deep in the earth
That's when they'll know what you were really worth
Forgotten while you're here
Remembered for a while
A much updated ruin
From a much outdated style
Fame is but a fruit tree
So very unsound
It can never flourish
'til its stalk is in the ground
So men of fame
Can never find a way
'til time has flown
Far from their dying day
Fruit tree, Fruit tree
No one knows you but the rain and the air
Don't you worry
They'll stand and stare when you're gone
Fruit tree, Fruit tree
Open your eyes to another year
They'll all know
That you were here when you're gone
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The sound of a twig snaps close by, the leaves crackling as they are stepped on. A shadow or a person shows just next to the tree, it stays quiet for a few moments as the wind howls.
Did I escape in time? She thinks to herself, the cloak she wears cover her face but still peeks her head out to see if the person was alerted.
Did I escape in time? She thinks to herself, the cloak she wears cover her face but still peeks her head out to see if the person was alerted.
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Throughout Nickolas's set up, faint whistle-like noises can be heard.
He has wandered to an area nearby my own. The one I designated for Christopher and I to let off steam or just relax.
*whistle-tap*
I do not notice a presence until I see fire.
Taking the few kunai I threw and putting them in their respective sheaths, I silently make my way over to the boarder of the fire's light. Afterward I begin to move tree trunk-to tree trunk in order not to be spotted. Making sure I keep as low of a visual profile as well as noise profile as I can.
From behind the tree closest to the person-whom I've now determined to be a male young adult all alone-I can see he has a guitar out-
Hot DAMN this guy's got nice taste in guitars!
-and has just finished tuning.
Music starts being played and he starts to sing.
The vocal pattern is what tips me off to it being that 'Nick' kid related to Chika.
Not half bad of a voice...
The music is being played and I can't help myself but to start leg drumming even if I don't recognize the song.
The song ends and I'm about to applaud when suddenly that Nakagawa girl shows up rather noisily.
This puts me naturally back behind the tree.
I've never been able to officially meet her on good terms...tonight is not a good night either...
In my own ambition to speak with her at a good time, I've found myself avoiding her more than ever. No time seemed right to me so I just have been eternally waiting so far.
I am pinned down at my current position with there now being an entity on the other side of Nick's clearing.
If I move I would be spotted so I just stay quiet and hidden in the shadow.
He has wandered to an area nearby my own. The one I designated for Christopher and I to let off steam or just relax.
*whistle-tap*
I do not notice a presence until I see fire.
Taking the few kunai I threw and putting them in their respective sheaths, I silently make my way over to the boarder of the fire's light. Afterward I begin to move tree trunk-to tree trunk in order not to be spotted. Making sure I keep as low of a visual profile as well as noise profile as I can.
From behind the tree closest to the person-whom I've now determined to be a male young adult all alone-I can see he has a guitar out-
Hot DAMN this guy's got nice taste in guitars!
-and has just finished tuning.
Music starts being played and he starts to sing.
The vocal pattern is what tips me off to it being that 'Nick' kid related to Chika.
Not half bad of a voice...
The music is being played and I can't help myself but to start leg drumming even if I don't recognize the song.
The song ends and I'm about to applaud when suddenly that Nakagawa girl shows up rather noisily.
This puts me naturally back behind the tree.
I've never been able to officially meet her on good terms...tonight is not a good night either...
In my own ambition to speak with her at a good time, I've found myself avoiding her more than ever. No time seemed right to me so I just have been eternally waiting so far.
I am pinned down at my current position with there now being an entity on the other side of Nick's clearing.
If I move I would be spotted so I just stay quiet and hidden in the shadow.
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Nicholas' ear perks up and his eyes open, surveying the area. He could feel a presence in the trees and was sure he was being watched. By whom, he did not know.
"..."
All is silent save for the whistle of the wind. He calmly and patiently waits for someone to show.
"Is anyone there? I already know you are. Please reveal yourselves."
"..."
All is silent save for the whistle of the wind. He calmly and patiently waits for someone to show.
"Is anyone there? I already know you are. Please reveal yourselves."
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So he did see me She sighs and revels herself from the trees, slowly walking toward the fire.
"H-Hi..."
"H-Hi..."
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Novice.
When you have a mind like mine, t'is paramount that you learn movements like that of an American navy SEAL.
Allows you to scare the crap out of anyone.
I steady my breath. Keeping as low of an amount of tracable signatures as possible.
When you have a mind like mine, t'is paramount that you learn movements like that of an American navy SEAL.
Allows you to scare the crap out of anyone.
I steady my breath. Keeping as low of an amount of tracable signatures as possible.
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Nicholas looks up at her from his seated position and inclines his head in greeting.
I don't know what to say... Was she just in the forest already and heard me or did she follow me...? Why.....
He starts to fiddle with his hands and look at his guitar.
"...."
He takes a deep breath and exhales to calm himself.
"Were you eavesdropping or were you already...."
His voice trails off and an awkward tense silence ensues. A variety of expressions and subtle movements pass and flicker across his face as he struggles to select his words carefully to address Sumiko.
I don't know what to say... Was she just in the forest already and heard me or did she follow me...? Why.....
He starts to fiddle with his hands and look at his guitar.
"...."
He takes a deep breath and exhales to calm himself.
"Were you eavesdropping or were you already...."
His voice trails off and an awkward tense silence ensues. A variety of expressions and subtle movements pass and flicker across his face as he struggles to select his words carefully to address Sumiko.
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She shakes her head.
"N-No... I h-heard some music from this direction. I-I had no clue it was you."
She looks at the guitar
"Y-you play pretty well..."
"N-No... I h-heard some music from this direction. I-I had no clue it was you."
She looks at the guitar
"Y-you play pretty well..."
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Nicholas grimaces but he looks up in slight surprise. Compliments never really came his way. Mostly to Chika, his sister. The person everyone noticed. If she was Reed, he was Cale. He scratches his head and mutters a small sullen "thank you", shooting a glance at her then back at his guitar. He starts picking again, though his perfectionist and self-defeating mindset screams at 'flaws' in his performance, to distract his mind, bringing him back to his neutral and stoic demeanor but in the edge of his peripheral she still lurked.
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"W-would you mind playing i-it again?"
She slowly gets closer taking a seat across from him.
She slowly gets closer taking a seat across from him.
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Nicholas' eyes stick to the crackling fire and then he closes his eyes after a long pause, nodding.
"Yeah. Sure. Okay."
He stretches his fingers and sighs. His fingers intricately pick the strings on their own and he lets the autumnal, elegiac lyrics softly breeze from his lips.
"Yeah. Sure. Okay."
He stretches his fingers and sighs. His fingers intricately pick the strings on their own and he lets the autumnal, elegiac lyrics softly breeze from his lips.
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Aaaaand-I'm asleep.
My narcolepsy kicks in from being so calm due to the soft cover. Like a lullaby.
*scratch..scratch scratch.*
A light sound of my body scraping down the trunk's bark eminates from my position.
My narcolepsy kicks in from being so calm due to the soft cover. Like a lullaby.
*scratch..scratch scratch.*
A light sound of my body scraping down the trunk's bark eminates from my position.
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The song ends she feel more relaxed then before like her soul has been touched indirectly, but the light sound of scratching breaks the mold.
"D-did you hear that?"
"D-did you hear that?"
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Nicholas' eyes dart in the direction of the sound and his eyes narrow, seeing an arm inch out from the tree. He gets up with guitar in hand and simply starts walking toward where he first entered the clearing, disappearing into the trees.
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*Plop.*
And now I'm laying on the ground out cold.
And now I'm laying on the ground out cold.
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She watches as he disappears into the forest
"Don't le..."
She cuts herself off and waits patiently to see if he comes back.
"Don't le..."
She cuts herself off and waits patiently to see if he comes back.
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Nicholas stops and drives his free fist into a tree repeatedly until his knuckles are bleeding though his face remains unchanged and apathetic. He comes back into the clearing and walks over to the tree, standing over Satoshi. He jabs him with the but of the guitar in the side.
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*thump*
I am noticeably effected but I don't wake.
Still fast asleep.
I am noticeably effected but I don't wake.
Still fast asleep.
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Nicholas is, by now, noticeably irritated. He sighs and shoots a glance back at Sumiko. He takes out a small pocket pen and a scrap of paper, writing down his name, dorm number and cell phone number, placing it in her hand.
"If you want."
He bows, turns and walks off into the trees, opting to head back to his dorm.
"If you want."
He bows, turns and walks off into the trees, opting to head back to his dorm.
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She reluctantly takes the paper and places it in her back pocket. She kneels down poking the sleeping boy multiple times.
what was this boys name again....
She ponders for a moment and finally remembers
"V-Veach-san, w-wake up..."
what was this boys name again....
She ponders for a moment and finally remembers
"V-Veach-san, w-wake up..."
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My name directly spoken to me unlocks my consciousness.
A light inhale moves through my nostrils as I crack open my eyes and when they do:
"Yeh!"
I perform a half role-half somersault movement and get a small amount of distance between me and Sumiko.
Not really frightened of her but really surprised that she even got that close to me.
A light inhale moves through my nostrils as I crack open my eyes and when they do:
"Yeh!"
I perform a half role-half somersault movement and get a small amount of distance between me and Sumiko.
Not really frightened of her but really surprised that she even got that close to me.
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She looks at Veach more confused then she was before
"H-Hi...Umm are y-you okay?"
"H-Hi...Umm are y-you okay?"
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The force of my movement causes a delayed fall backward on my tush.
"Whoa!"
*Thud.*
"Iye...I'm fine.."
I push back on my hair before looking back at the girl.
She seems less intimidated by me than before.
Hell-I seem more intimidated than she is.
I can actually for the first time see a scar running across her face.
That ain't fresh. Perhaps she hides her face for that reason?
I try to look in her eyes up close for the first time as well but I simply cannot due to the darkness.
It takes me a little to realize that she cared enough to wake me and keep me from staying asleep in the woods for the night.
"Eh...sorry."
My gaze now avoids her face intirely.
God, I'm such a dunce.
"Whoa!"
*Thud.*
"Iye...I'm fine.."
I push back on my hair before looking back at the girl.
She seems less intimidated by me than before.
Hell-I seem more intimidated than she is.
I can actually for the first time see a scar running across her face.
That ain't fresh. Perhaps she hides her face for that reason?
I try to look in her eyes up close for the first time as well but I simply cannot due to the darkness.
It takes me a little to realize that she cared enough to wake me and keep me from staying asleep in the woods for the night.
"Eh...sorry."
My gaze now avoids her face intirely.
God, I'm such a dunce.
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"H-how long have you been h-here?"
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"I don't know. Cook and I come out here from time to time and I was where we go. Then I saw a fire and decided to investigate."
"I heard russling in the woods and then you were there so~..."
"..I-I decided against revealing myself."
I look down a little, using my bangs to block some of my face.
I'd rather not tell her why. Too embarrassing.
"I heard russling in the woods and then you were there so~..."
"..I-I decided against revealing myself."
I look down a little, using my bangs to block some of my face.
I'd rather not tell her why. Too embarrassing.
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