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Half-Past Dead
Freak. Zombie. Weirdo. Just die already. No one wants you here.
Kalixi shook his head and opened his locker to put his things away so he could go home. I thought there wouldn’t be any bullies here. Guess every school just has them.
He started making his way through the hallway, hanging his head low so as to ignore all the stares from his classmates. He still didn’t get why it was such a big deal, or whatever he said even meant. But for some reason, he is now the school’s new pariah. The new freak show for everyone to gawk at.
Of course the new kid’s something strange when the school is full of demis. There was even a girl who was half spider in my history class and everyone liked her! So how am I the weirdo?
He made it outside where everyone is divided into their usual cliques. They all had plans and friends to hang out with. Kalixi continued on, ignoring all the staring and whispering behind his back.
“Hey! Look at me! I’m a zombie freakshow!” Calixi turned and saw his more popular peers mocking him, having painted their skin to look like his pale, grayish hue, laughing at each other. He let out a small sigh and shook his head at them before turning back to start walking home. Just ignore them. Already ruined my reputation enough.
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When he got back to his drab apartment, he jumped into bed and laid there with Eva, his little rescue cat, on his chest. He leaves her there, and takes the opportunity to think back on what he could have done wrong. He was working on a group project with some of his classmates, an arctic fox demi and a rose nymph. They were supposed to be making a presentation on the cardiovascular system in humans.
“Kalixi, right?” the fox asked, holding out his hand to shake.
“Uh, yea. Nice to meet you..”
“Chauncey. And this is my boyfriend, Ren.” Ren gave him a small wave while Chauncey shook his gloved hand. Calixi tried to take a glance at his wrists but couldn’t find anything. Maybe it’s different for demis.
“So, you must know a lot about this stuff, right? You know, the human heart and all that?”
“Uh, I’ve never really paid all that much attention in biology.” Were they hoping he’d do all the work himself? Of course a fox demi would ask that, but a nymph would never date that kind of a person.
“Well, you must at least know how to check your pulse, right? ‘Cause Mr Santoro wants your pulse, seeing as you're the only full human in the class.”
“Uhm, well, you see–”
Eva interrupted his thoughts by meowing at him, hungry for dinner. He apologized to her and goes to heat up some cat food for her. I should make something for myself. But I’m not that hungry. Maybe tomorrow instead.
He started thinking back on the conversation, but he was interrupted once again when the microwave beeps. He got Eva’s food and gave it to her on a small saucer and went to the bathroom to try something.
“You see…” Kalixi looks in the mirror, and leans over the counter to look at his pale reflection. He slipped his gloves off and glanced at the numbers before holding a thumb to his wrist. 00:00:00
“I don’t exactly…” He thought back on what the numbers mean to a person. I don’t exactly remember meeting my soul mate or my twin flame or anything. But I can’t possibly…
“Have a pulse.” He tried his best to find something, anything. Nothing. But, that was supposed to be normal, right? There has to be other people who don’t have pulses or heartbeats or anything.
He sighed and shook his head, giving up. He didn’t want to deal with this, not after his day at school. He just wanted to sleep. But that night, only one thing would haunt his dreams…
Glythean Biology 101, pg 27
The Lifeline
Each human in Glythean has a timer on their wrist. For each of these people, this timer means one of two things, whichever comes first.
The first, more hopeful of the two is that when that timer reaches zero, they will have met their soulmate, their one true love. The second, however, is much less desirable, for instead of finding their second half when the timer reaches zero, they will have met their end and faced death.
There are few recorded cases of humans reaching oo:oo:oo without ever meeting their soulmate. These humans are considered Half-Past Dead, and should be exterminated at all costs, for they defy life’s balance and can lead to the kingdom’s downfall...
Just wanted to get some writing practice with one of my minor OC's, Kalixi. I know it's bad writing, so shhh.
I think maybe I should just stick to poetry lol. But I do kinda wanna post stuff about my main OC's or the universe they all live in (Glythaen)
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