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Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:38 am
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Click. Click. Click. Click.
The sound of the shoes on the marble floor echoed in the gigantic atrium. Beams of sunlight cut through the air, cast from the stained glass windows. This coloured the marble floor in an eerie rainbow. Somewhere in the distance there was a scream. Kayato opened his eyes. The cool of the marble felt good and so he lay there for a minute, before another scream echoed through the hall. The scream danced off the walls several times before settling down. Kayato yawned and sat up. Climbing to his feet, he looked for the source of the screaming, but to no avail.
Click. Click. Click. Click. The footsteps began again, behind Kayato. He turned around and looked, but saw no one. Then, there was another sound. Different than the clicking, different than the screaming, different than the slow inhale and exhale of the swordsman's breath. This sound was a tiny one at first, but began to build in intensity with each passing second.
As soon as the cracking noise began, all sunlight streaming through the windows ceased. It was as if some unforseen force had just simply flicked the switch and turned it off. The atrium wasn't coated in darkness, though. Half-melted candles hanging from the chandelier high above cast a flickering glow through the room. The screaming had ceased, as had the footsteps. But still the cracking grew louder. Kayato squinted into the dim light, trying to find the sound's location. And then, it happened. All at once, all the mighty stained glass windows shattered, virtually exploding into a billion pieces. The pressure of the water outside was overwhelming, and caused them to crack. The pillars of water shot through the now open holes, pouring into the atrium. One of the charging rhinos struck one of the marble pillars holding the roof up and it too shattered like glass.
The water, hundreds of gallons by the second, crashed into the marble floor, and nearly swept Kayato off his feet. The boy, who could do nothing more than watch, was shocked by the sight. Torrents of water flowed in, destroying the remaining pillars, and the atrium began to fill with water. Violent waves hit the walls, making a roaring noise unlike any Kayato had ever heard. The water level rose unbelievably fast, and in less than a minute Kayato was submerged under water. He tried to fight towards the surface, but to no avail. The raging currents held him under. His brain gasping for oxygen, the boy's vision grew blurrier with each passing second. Now screaming for oxygen, Kayato's lungs were slowly filling with water. Was this how he would die? Trapped in this atrium and drowning?
And then Kayato woke up.
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 4:28 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:10 pm
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Kayato sat up, sweating heavily. It had to be real... he thought to himself, even though it wasn't what he wanted to think. It was too real...
A drip of sweat fell off his chin, flattening onto the sheet an inch below. As a small circle of the sheet darkened, Kayato tried to regulate his breathing. The water... I could feel it on my body... I couldn't breathe... He shook his head violently, as if to fling the dream from his mind. All that came from this move was a bout of dizzyness and a small flurry of sweat drops soaring off in random directions. Confused, Kayato climbed out of bed and shuffled to the bathroom. He grabbed a towel and wiped the sweat off his face. The swordsman threw a sidelong glance at the shower and frowned. He closed his eyes and turned away from it, instead exiting the bathroom and walking to the window.
His dormatory overlooked the courtyard, where students were milling about and doing their various activites. What was that dream? Kayato wondered as he got dressed. Once he was clothed he looked out the window at the clouds for a few minutes before turning towards his dormatory door. Deep in thought, Kayato left his dorm, intending to head to the Dining Hall for something to eat.
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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 5:02 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 5:22 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 5:39 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 5:51 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 6:10 pm
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Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 8:36 am
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Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:27 am
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 3:53 pm
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Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:06 pm
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Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:09 pm
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