enigmatic

chapter eleven ;; what?

Miss Meanora and Sir Smoke lead the way. Ang tagal nila maglakad, jusme. It's obviously awkward, considering teachers mga kasama ko, tas dugo-dugo pa 'tong PE ko. Everyone started to come out as the bell rang. As the students see me, they gasp.

'Bakit puro dugo damit niya?'

'Bakit niya kasama si Miss Meanora at Sir Smokes?Did she do something wrong?'

'Kyaa, ang gwapo ni Sir Smoke talaga!'

'Hey, nag-iba mga mata niya! 'Yung buhok din! It fits her.'

ayan ang iba't ibang naririnig ko galing sa mga student. Jusmeyo, mas ginawa niyo pang awkward 'to. Finally, nakarating na rin kami sa room. As the door opened, Sir Smoke pulled a lever and bowed to Miss Meanora. "Thank you for your hard work." Miss Meanora bowed back.

An opening appeared, and Miss Meanora smiled and taunted me to get inside as well. Pumasok na 'din ako and the door was closed shut. Nakakatakot, nako. Parang horror house.

Miss Mea sighed out of relief and said, "Finally, wala ng tao." She looked exhausted. She poofs and turns into a mini-size of her. Her fairy form, I'm guessing. "If you please, light this up can you?" sinabi niya.

I focuse my energy to the surroundings and after a while, this place lit up.

Woah. Andaming swords and stuff. Weapons and costumes ang nandito. Amazing. "Welcome! This is where you pick your weapons! Of course, hindi mo naman pwede gamitin 'yung magic mo alot, 'diba? You might lose some of your mana a lot pag mahina 'yang katawan mo. So here's our alternatives." She presented all these pretty looking weapons.

A lot of cool stuff. But two really called me. A stick-holder-handle thing and an umbrella for some reason. Ang weird kase. "Ma'am Mea, bakit may payong dito?" tanong ko.

"It's a sword. Payong sword. Payowrd? Swordbrella? Basta 'yun." she laughed at her corny joke. "Mais slight, ma'am." I said to her, starting to gain confidence. Pinuntahan ko 'yung parang handle. "Ma'am bakit ito handle lang?" tinanong ko si Ma'am Mea.

"Dedepende kasi 'yung whip, kung light element ka, light whip lalabas." she explained. cOOL WOAH. Tinuro ko 'yung supposed whip, "Ito ma'am tas 'yung payong."

She nodded, "Alrighty. Adjust nalang namin 'yan for you. Wait for a week." she replied as I nodded. Binuksan na ang pintuan at lumabas na kami. kinuha ko na din ang aking bag. Bumalik ako ng maaga sa dorms, para magpahinga.

Ang boring ng buhay. Wala pa naman 'yung ibang royalties. Pumasok ako sa kwarto ko and naligo.

I turn on the faucet para mapuno ang bathtub. Habang naghihintay, tiningnan ko ang sarili ko. If I control light, I can bend light and stuff.

So I can be invisible? Cool. Kaso makikita pa damit ko. I should think of tactics right? Pwede. Lumabas muna ako sa cr at kinuha ang selpon ko. Inoff ko ang faucet at tinangal ko na ang damit ko. Of course, like everyone else, nagselpon lang ako sa cr.

Nagsko-scroll ako sa twitter ko, until I was notified to get a dm. Mukhang scam pages nanaman. It said; "Hello. Are you perhaps interested in taking an adventure to a distant land?"

For some reason, wala siyang username and pfp. I just left it on read and never touched it—ever.

Tinapos ko na na maligo, and changed my clothes. Nagsuot ako ng comfy tights at isang oversized na tshirt. I grabbed my bag and searched for the notebook.

Technically, pwede ka mag-combo? Woah, cool. Ang cool. Gusto ko itry. Kaso 'yung mga kaibigan ko.. Not so compatible. And apparently, I can heal. Wow.

I'm so BORED! Parang quarantine lang 'to, back in twenty-twenty. ang boring!

Sa sobrang bored, umalis ako ng kwarto ko at pumunta ng sala. Naghanap-hanap ako ng mga.. stuff dito sa sala. So far, nahanap ko lang is wallet. Linagay ko muna 'yon sa kwarto, baka mamaya makita nila namumuslit ako.

I searched every single corner! Walang interesting thing.

Honestly, namimiss ko na maging bitter. Dati, bitter na bitter ako. Lahat mumurahin ko. Pati nga crush ko minamaliit ko dati. Si Geishu, or Graham. Palaban kasi ako dati. Hindi ako papayag na magpapatalo ako. Pati sa pagibig 'di ako nagpapatalo.

Kung liligawan ko si Geishu, liligawan ko si Geishu. But.. Nawala 'yung nagiisang personality ko. Ever since a pandemic happen. Hindi ko man nasabi na—paalam. Gusto ko sana na sabihin;

Paalam, mate. Aalis na ako this school year dito sa school. Masyado akong nasasakal dito. Hindi ko makaya kasi, tol. Nung una, sabi mo, 'wag ako malungkot, 'di ba? Ayaw mo na ako maging malungkot, hindi ba? Sorry tol, nang tumuloy 'tong pagkagrade seven natin, mas naging mag-isa ako maski lahat sa klase kaibigan ko. Ang hirap magisa, dude. Kaya ayon, nagpapaalam ako para sa isang reset sa buhay na 'to. Paalam, Geishu.

Gustong gusto ko sabihin sakaniya—pero 'di ko nasabi. Epal kasi 'yung virus na 'yon! Hanggang ngayon, nareregret ko padin 'yon. Atleast isang goodbye kay Geishu sana. Dahil sa virus, nawalan ako ng personality, per se.

But ayon. Umupo ako sa couch at nanood nalang ng cartoons. Gusto ko pang mangalikot pero nakalock mga kwarto nila! Card keys, ugh. Mga ID nila. Ayoko na dito. Ayokong mag-isa. I don't want to feel the chronic sadness ulit-ulit.

Pumunta ako sa kitchen para maghahap ng makakain. Umupo ako sa counter and sat there all by my..self..

Tumili ako, at bigla akong nagulat sa tunog na parang inoopen ang pintuan. Shxt. I grabbed the hardest thing next to me. Isang malaki at mahabang tinapay na kakainin ko. I sprint towards the door, and open the pintuan, bago pa man nila tangalin sapatos nila, hinampas ko sakanila 'yung french bread.

Oh. 'Yung malamig lang palang lalaki. Frost, I think. Nakita ko 'yung the rest ng elementals. "Oops, sorry." I just muttered. I placed my shaky hand into his face—kung saan ko siya hinampas—and I mumbled a few words. My hand and Frost's head started glowing, meaning nagheheal, I hope. After a second or two, I let go and knocked his head a bit. "Buhay ka na boss?"

Natatawa-tawa nalang sila Phan, shook mga kaibigan ko.

Frost just did a small thumbs up.

Biglaang naghit ang notifications namin, but 'yung phone ko nasa kitchen pa.

Sabay sabay nila tiningnan ang phone nila and, they looked.. weird.