Chapter 10

Sarah, Sam, Tony, Lyndda, and LynorTony stared at the couple in shock and asked "How did you get here? I thought we were the only ones that got stuck here...BUT by logic, If the three us can get stuck here, then other people can too.." As his mind was blown, Sarah walked up to them and asked "How long have you been here? Why haven't you found a way out yet? How did you survive?" Lyndda smiled and said "I would appreciate it if we could have this conversation inside...some of the civilians aren't very fond of humans. Also you need a mask when you go outside. The black smoke is very harmful when you inhale it. How long have you been without a mask?" Sam reluctantly replied "We've been here for at least an hour without a mask. Where did this smoke come from?" Lynor snorted and said "lets have this conversation at the house." He began walking away from the group and Lyndda ushered the group to follow him. Tony started to look around the town and see that they were surrounded by black smoke. After what seemed like an eternity, they came to stop in front of what seemed like a square shape dome. Lynor turned to the group and said "Welcome to my home! It is not much but it is enough for the daily necessities." As the group walked in, the first smell is a foul stench. It smelled like burnt tires. The first room had one couch and a small square wooden table. The room was made of dark brown wood. It felt hot and damp at the same time. Lyndda turned on what looks like a ball of light. She said "It is a Blac Bu, the light automatically comes on through touch. It is powered by the the black smoke. The Blac Bu absorbs the black smoke particles and forms a small light for 4 hours. It needs to be recharged every 4 hours. This doesn't light up the whole room, but it does give me enough light. BUT let's get down to the smokey smok...How did you get here? Or more like where did you come in to get to this world?" Sarah gave the group a questionable look and asked "what is smokey smok"? Tony interrupted her and said "we came in through a forest, it looked mystical like it could be made of magic". Lyndda interrupted him and quickly said "the Blue Forest, it must be it. That is the only place before Apullu Town. What else?" Tony gave her the side eye and muttered "we saw signs of towns to go to so we walked here and...." Lyndda excitedly said "that's when you went to the bar and met us afterwards. Well keep going." Tony glowered at Lyndda and sarcastically asked "I'll just let you tell my story to the group". Sarah nudged him and kindly said "don't mind my friend here, he is just kidding...well keep going Tony!" Tony took a deep breath and said "we have told you all of our information but got nothing in return..What is this place? Is it another world or dimension? Are the people here ...HUMANS?" Lynor gave a serious look at him and said "This is Clashings. It's similar, but different to our earth. We have humans as our main species on earth but on Clashings, we have different species as well as different races within those species. The rulers and the founding families are at the top of the hierarchy, while the humans are at the absolute bottom. The middle of the hierarchy is mostly small nameless families from the different towns. Don't get on The Rulers bad side, they will terrorize and dehumanize you to the point that you feel like killing yourself. Don't ever get near The Rulers or the top families. They will automatically know that you are human. You are as good as dead once that happens." Lyndda interrupted him and brightly said "Hun lets not scare the kids.. Everything is not all bad. Some of them actually don't hate us.." Sam hesitantly asked "wait what are you two talking about? Why would the people..species.. Whatever you want to call them.. Why would they want to kill us? What did we do?" Lynor huffed and said "It's not what you did specifically, it's what humankind did.. But that is for a later time. Now let's figure out where you three will sleep tonight.." Sam looked at him questionably and asked "how do you know the difference between night and day here?" Lyndda looked at the group and seriously replied "the clashings order comes out at night or at at least that's what I heard.. Also the Blac Bu's comes out at night time to light the paths. We just have a bed and couch so let's separate into boys sleeping on the couch and girls sharing the bed." The group nodded all at once and expressed their gratitude to the couple. A couple hours later on the couch, Lynor and Tony couldn't sleep. Lynor looked at Tony and asked "Can't sleep?" Tony sighed and sat up. He looked at Tony and asked "Did this ever scare you?" Lynor questionably responded with "you mean "this" as in this world?" Tony whispered "yeah, I mean being around people in general sucks. Don't get me wrong, being around humans wasn't all good either, but at least we were all the same species. I kinda have an idea of what each person was thinking about. Now, I'm surrounded by multiple species that I haven't even heard of... I thought I knew everything but, it turns out I know nothing." Lynor started to laugh and happily said "Isn't that what every human being thinks in the beginning. Look nobody is expecting you to know everything but this is a good lesson to learn that just because you can't see it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. A lot of the "incidents" happen behind closed doors in this world. You can be alive one day then the next "missing".. So always be careful! Now go to sleep, you will have a long day ahead of you tomorrow!" The next morning, the group woke up to a frosty smell. Sarah scrunches up her nose and asked "Lyndda what are you cooking?" Lyndda happily hummed and said "It's my favorite meal to make.. Blac Egs! It is similar to earth version of eggs but, it comes from a Blunrky. It's a animal from Clashings that poops out little black balls. I know it sounds disgusting but, it tastes sooo juicy." Sam started to make blarghing noises and Lynor gave her a small bucket. Tony ran outside and started to barf on the side of the house. Sarah tried to swallow she but ended up running outside to throw up. Lynor laughed and happily said "I've been waiting to see how long it will take you to throw up. This reminds me of our first day here...whewww GOOD TIMEES AHAHAH." Lyndda placed their plates on the table and told them that the food will help their stomachs  acclimate. Everyone slowly makes their way to the table. Sam, Sarah, and Tony look at each other to see who will eat it first. Sarah picked up a small piece of Blac Egs and tasted it. Everyone looked at her with anticipation and she muttered "this taste nothing like eggs." Lyndda and Lynor started laughing their heads off! Lyndda smilef and laughingly said "I said it's similar to eggs not that it tastes like eggs. Don't worry, you will get used to it with time. Eat up because Lynor and I have to work." Sarah looked up in shock and asked "So people still working is still a thing huh...THAT SUCKS!" Tony snorted and laughingly said "where do you work? Is it similar to a job on earth? How long do you work a day? How is the system set up?" Lynor glared at him and slowly said "one question at a time. We work in the herdsman breed. We hunt and take care of animals." Tony eyes lit up and asked "what kind of animals? Can we come with you to work?" Lynor and Lyndda looked at each other and slightly nodded their heads . Lyndda looked at the group and said "first let's change your clothes ." An hour later, everyone started to walk out the door until Lynor gave Tony, Sarah, and Sam each a wet piece of cloth. Lynor smiled and said "right now, we don't have any extra air purifying masks to give you so the wet piece of cloth will have to make do." Everyone started walking outside and noticed dim lit figures walking through the smoke. Tony asked "Does everyone goes to work at the same time here?" Lyndda chuckled and said "yes and I kinda like it that way because we start at the same time and end at the same time everyday. There is no working late or coming in early. We have assign tasks to get done during the day. Everyone is mostly treated the same." Lynor sniffled and replied "MOST meaning not everyone. We have some that thinks they are better than everyone... just because the founding families treat them a little better. If you ask me.. We are all dogs just trying to lick a bone." Lyndda shushed him and whispered "Now you know we can't talk about the founding families, someone might be listening." Sarah tapped Lyndda on the shoulder and asked "Who are the founding families? Is it taboo to speak of them? Are you breaking the laws by speaking of them?" Lyndda shushed her and told her that she will explain later. The group walked up to this green door that said service. Sarah looked up and saw a tall black soot-cover building. She squinted her eyes and said "I thought this would look different since this is a new world or something. This just looks like one of those old colonial buildings that needs to be torn down." Sam shushed her and mentioned "this is not what we were expecting but, we are in a new world so the system and structure should be different from ours in most cases.." Lyndda laughed and said "In this world you need to figure out what is real and what is not...It will help you immensely. Train your eyes to decipher the truth because the information being put out may not be the truth...that goes for our world also." Lynor interrupted her and said "It's time!"Since you came this far then please like, follow and commentItalics-Internal Dialogue