Keenan woke up and looked around, he was laying in the grass, there were trees around him and he smelled a faint metallic scent of blood. Is this a dream? It feels too real to be a dream? He sat up and became aware of the talking nearby. He got up head pounding and walking towards the voices.
Kim whistled. "Sounds like a fascinating place. The only species we have are high up in the hierarchy or not," she admitted bitterly.
Kim's head whipped around at the sound of footsteps, and she jumped to her feet. A teen boy walked into the clearing with a befuddled expression. "Just great. Another one." She crossed her arms.
Victoria looks over and waves with her stump of a hand.
“Welcome to hell bud.”
"What the hell?.." He said confused "Um…hi?"
Victoria points towards all the trees.
“Just don’t make them angry and you won’t end up like me.”
"…the trees?" He asked
"Long story I don't quite understand either." Kim beckoned to him and patted the moss at her feet, telling him to sit. "What would your name be?"
Victoria again showed off her eye socket and stump of a hand.
"…..that seems unfun…I'm Keenan" He said walking away from the trees farther into the clearing
Kim lay back down in the grass. "Unfun is not a word, Keenan."
Victoria nods.
"Grammer nazi's? I just woke up in some place and your telling me the trees will kill me I'm not nessesarily thinking about grammar"
Kim rolled her eyes. "Typical teenage boy."
“Typical for your plain of existence.”
"Oy!" Kim nudged Victoria's rib. "I'm sure teen dragons are twice as bad."
Victoria rubs her side.
“Not if you decapitate them first. Oh gods I am starting to sound like Axion and andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer).”
"Dragons?" He asked confused, ignoring the insult
"Who are Axion and andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer)?" Kim asked Victoria curiously. "And, yes, dragons. Keep up," she told Keenan briefly.
"Sorry I'm trying" He apologized mentally trying to put things together
“Axion is my girlfriend and andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer) is an up and coming General within a country that is so far away from my own. andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer) is a dwarf.”
"What a fascinating backstory!" Kim exclaimed. "What's yours, Keenan? Nothing can top that, but I'm curious nonetheless.
"Boring stuff, I mostly just help my grandpa with things" He explained
Layla yawned, "I don't know still kinda boring."
Victoria looks up at Layla.
“What’s your story? You seem. Interesting.”