?Euphoria?

Crack.

The bones of this body cracked into place. Leaving a feeling of sensation. Finally in the right place. It felt like they were odd before yet you couldn't find out what was wrong.

The person on the ground had stretched just like a cat did. A long hood hid their figure. Nothing was certain. Was it a boy? A girl? Both or nothing? How old was the figure? How did it look like? The hood covered it all.

The person on the ground groaned. The stench of blood filled the whole room. Disgusting disgusting disgusting, echoed in their mind. Wobbly the figure started to stand up. Looking around one saw a few others sleeping on some blankets as well. They weren't dressed in good clothes and there were only a few who tried to hide themselves as well.

The hooded figure went to man that had been sleeping on the ground. He laid there peaceful with small little snores. Nothing from the past turbulences to be seen. It was as if he had finally found paradise. The hooded person smiled a little.

The only logical reaction now was to kick that person in the guts. "WAKEY WAKEY RISE AND SHINE", the hooded one screamed with a smile and then rammed their foot into the other ones stomach. Ahh how wonderful it was to wake someone up!

The person who had now received this 'kind' waking up procedure crumbled and coughed. A logical reaction from getting kicked with full force in the stomach. Especially when the person in front of you wasn't weak.

"That's why I try to wake up before you do!", the man complained still lying in pain on the ground. He groaned a little as the pain only slowly faded. Very slowly.

"Wimp!", The other person laughed not caring about the others sleeping on the ground. No common sense? Check. Egoistic and eccentric behavior? Check. Then with a flawless turn the person turned around: "Yesterday's mission might be a success but we can't just keep at it! Keep going dudes and dudettes!"

"You know what else could turn my life into a success? SLEEP!"

"Pff sleep is for the weak!", The person scolded and laughed "I haven't slept enough for weeks and look at me: I'm perfect as I am!"

"Perfectly annoying…", the man mumbled. After all this persons mood shifts were unpredictable. One day waking up early and being the most euphoric person on T347 to find. The other day you better not go near them or you would be shattered into pieces within seconds. Strong yet unpredictable.

"This world is a cruel one you young and pure soul!", the hooded figure squished the other ones cheeks together, "You either fight or become a slave! You are not you but another figure on the chess piece of life! You cannot escape the endless cycle unless you either fight or die!"

"You do realize that I'm older than you?", the man sighed through his still squished cheeks.

The hooded figure let go took a few steps backwards and then – dramatically – raised their finger: "You call yourself older yet you do not care for those who are younger! You ignore those in need! Is that what it means to be an adult?"

"So you're hungry?".

"Yep".

The man sighed and stood up: "Fine I will make you something. How come you still can't cook even though you're the leader?". They went over to some boxes. There was also a camping stove as replacement of a normal stove. All in all it was more of an improvised kitchen. Especially since there were only a few boxes to work on. Not the best but the most convenient for their situation.

The hooded figure started taking out pans and cans of food. While placing them they were already categorized and neatly lined up. With a smile the person looked up. Completely beaming for the food that was about to be cooked.

"Sometimes I do wonder: Are you a cat or are you human", The man laughed and shook his head. It was a usual sight he had.

"Who knows? Maybe I'm a cat human like from this one old film", a shrug followed these words. And then a small meow followed as a joke.

"You mean the one from earth? That's… let's not talk about that. The past mistakes should remain in the past…", The man sighed with a pained expression. He wished he could wipe that film from his memory… It was not- not to his liking let's say it like that.

"If we just forget the past we can't learn! Plus it's funny!", the hooded figure chuckled and smiled.

It took a about half an hour until everything was ready. He had cooked some for the others as well. After all that person had made enough noise to wake all of them up. It would be more surprising if one was still asleep…

"Why do you think we are still here", the man looked at the hooded figure who just started to talk again. "Are we here just to suffer? Is there meaning to our existence. Sometimes I feel like all my happiness is fake. Sometimes I feel like the world is suffocating me and I'm not even a part of it…".

"That's-"

"Well whatevs! Let's just try to burn it down and maybe later we will see our purpose!", the figure jumped up and grabbed a piece of serving "Food please".

The man sighed and gave in to the demand. Yet he still felt uneasy. This person always joked around and everything against the rules. Still there was some kind of loneliness and uneasiness that this person felt. Something they all felt.

They all wished for a purpose. For a place to live. Yet there was nothing. They felt empty that could not be filled with the little they had. The only one who could move their hearts was the she. The man chuckled as he handed more servings to those who were already awake. What was he thinking. After all the Truth was nothing comfortable as well.