Lovely Serenity [[open]]

[stickeen]

There is no way to explain it.

The feeling of relief; of happiness; of belonging... No, there is no way to describe accurately the feeling of coming home. It is a sensation that surges through the body, stronger than electricity. It makes one want to release all the sudden energy; to scream, to shout to the heavens their incandescent felicity. It is extraordinary.

And this is the feeling that embraced Miss Maci Lason that night as she searched the dark waters of the lake. She stood there, drinking in the lovely serenity emanating from the calm waters, her mind intentionally blank. For she did not want to suffer the damage of her own thoughts tonight. Her only priority now was to feel; to heal her wounds with exultation.

And so she stood, her feet bare in the cool, damp sand; blue orbs focused on the water, creating a memory to be treasured for the rest of her days on this fickle planet. She only wore an old black camisole and her favorite pair of worn jeans. Nothing special, but clothes with character... With memories clinging to the seams; memories of happier days...

She sighed and, as well trained as she was in the art of meditation, a lonely thought crawled its way into her mind from the deepness of subconsciousness: If there is a heaven, then I do believe it looks and feels like this.

For in that moment she was in complete contentment. She needn't worry about petty problems such as family when she was surrounded by such a feeling. It hung like a thick, beautiful fog in the air, filling her lungs and pumping through her veins. It was never-ending.

It was perfection.

[Ankoku Akuma]

Yawn, Ankoku had been sitting around all day, this had gotten him into a sleepy mood. Last thing he knew he ended up on a tree in walker lake. It had been quite sometime since he had moved, he had dozed off and woken up about 17minutes ago. He rubbed his eyes and began to look around for signs that his location had remained the same, it had so he had no worries. Other than the girl near him, she was doing something in the water. But this wasn't very important to Ankoku at the time, he was tired and had no meaning to get up and speak to her. The leaves rustled together a little as Ankoku changed positions so he was more comfortable. How late had it been? He had been sleeping for a while, the moon was fully out, it was a beautiful full moon. Waking up around now felt like a good thing now, he could lay there under the gleaming moon.

It touched his skin lightly making it glow a pale white, he looked almost ghostly in the light. His eyes finally returned to the purple-red color it was before. He remained in the same pair of clothes he wore that afternoon, a black and red striped shirt, baggy black pants and black sneakers. It was simple but good in his thoughts. He turned his head a little to see what the girl had been doing now but she was the same, though in the water the moons reflection glowed bright as the other. Such a sweet night this was, he had some thoughts that could make it better but none of them would happen in his present state.

His fantasies were oddly close to real life, so they weren't to special. Ankoku let out a yawn and returned to his normal position wondering what he could do now.

[stickeen]

[[Ooc-I'm sorry I didn't reply sooner. I've been very busy.]]

And then the silence was broken

A feeble, yet very real, sound reached the girl's ears. A yawn? Perhaps... It may have been nothing, after all. Some small animal scurrying around at midnight... But something about it seemed so... human...

She considered, for a moment the idea of turning around, and something inside her dropped. Turning around would mean turning her back to the most marvelous sight she had ever laid eyes on. Maci could not let herself turn down such an extraordinary landscape... Such magnificent happiness...

And yet an angry needle began to prick inside her. It was ordering her to turn away from the lake. What if, the needle insisted, it's a teacher... or someone who is trying to sneak up on you... What if they want to hurt you? Pessimism was, at times, of the highest annoyance.

But, undoubtedly, her uneasiness grew until she, rather reluctantly, turned around.

At first Maci thought there nothing to be seen. It was quite dark, after all, and, with only the pale moonlight for illumination, seeing was something not easily done. However, at a second glance toward a tree on her left, the girl spotted a figure, just barely revealed by the moon... The person, she thought it looked like a boy but she couldn't be sure, was looking at her...

And so, what could she do?

She approached him.