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ONE 「the catalyst」 ＊*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚
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THOSE FIRST WEEKS in the Glade were rough. They were dark times that none of the Gladers liked to think about. They had all been so young when they first came up, but it felt as if they were a million years older now, more than a year and a half later. Their youth drained from their very souls.
They had just as much information on the Maze as they did three months ago. There was nothing else to be found. No clues as to why they were there or where they could be. No exit.
Absolutely nothing.
Sylvia was a Runner. She had been since those first days in the Glade, being one of the few people willing to keep exploring it with all the dangers evident. Same routine every day. Wake up early, eat breakfast, run the Maze, return to the Glade, visit the Map Room, shower, have dinner, go to bed, repeat.
When they had first established the job they made two branches of the system. They did this because herself and a certain Asian boy had been the first to take on exploring the Maze. They both had different methods of traversing the expansive Maze, which led to a lot of arguing about how it should be done. Eventually, the boy who the Gladers had begun to look up to as the leader of the Glade forced them to come to an agreement. Making two branches of the system was how they did that.
There were the Scouters and the Mappers. Minho took charge of the Scouters. Their jobs were to scout ahead in the Maze, looking for any clues or signs of danger. Sylvia took charge of the Mappers. Their jobs were to stay behind the Scouters and draw the passage. They would note any important details and draw out a map of the Maze. The two branches had to work together, two people assigned to each section. A Scouter and a Mapper. Over time their system sort of merged together, Runners being both Scouters and Mappers. Each Runner had to draw their own map and take notes of any changes. They figured it was more efficient that way.
