88 This is so surprising that I must go for a swim! (1/2)

Breta jumped through the rooftops of the buildings in the inner circle, as she did she could not help but cuss at herself.

Terrick ran next to her, a confused expression on his face. She had just helped him escape, for no reason that he could fathom. He had kidnapped her! And she was helping him run from her own people!

'What is going on…?' Terrick thought to himself as he remembered the time he had gotten recruited.

Breta on the other hand, 'What am I doing? I knew I had too much to drink! God damnit Breta stop doing stupid shit! Fuuuuuck!!' a hamster that resembled her mind cycled quickly and repeatedly through these thoughts.

and yet, she still ran.

Somewhere deep within her a spark of curiosity had been lit, a spark of curiosity towards this strange man. She had heard tales of the outside world from her mother. While other children of the island heard of the glory of the fragrant temple, her mother had told her of an open ocean, a tall mountain that touched the very skies and a plethora of interesting and new concepts that she had never again heard of.

”Oi! Where are you taking meeee?” Terrick said, being dragged down off the tiled roof halfway through his question.

”To the outer circle! You won't be troubled too much there!” She called over her back, still running.

”You know we don't have to run right? No one is following us.” Terrick said, sneaking a few looks behind his shoulder just to be sure.

”The inner circle is too dangerous for someone dressed as weird as you are!” She snapped back relishing the sense of control she felt dragging the poor guy behind her.

”How long to get to the outer circle?”

”Do you want to swim there? if not wait for it..”

And so he waited.

They ran in relative silence after that. They avoided most people on the streets below by running onto the roofs, getting down only in places where the fog thinned.

Terrick looked around him. He had not seen this part of the island yet. After he had gotten on he had assumed that the entire island was populated with the same monotonous buildings. Only now did he start to see a certain level of variation.

The thin cobblestone path had expanded, changing from a matt black to a more demure blue. At the corners of the streets stood tall lampposts. On these lampposts was a small bag like structure from which a glimmer of light could be seen.

The road no longer was just a simple straight line, instead it curved on itself nicely, the houses dotting its sides stood empty.

”Why are there no lights inside the houses?” Terrick asked as he looked carefully at his surroundings. The lack of people tingling his sense of suspicion.

Of all the places you picked to sneak into, you chose the most populated place on the island. ” She replied lazily as she made her way over to a small house.

With a look around she began to climb its walls, the weird jagged design of the walls making it an easy target. She motioned for him to follow with her hands before trudging onto the fag end of the wide maroon roof.

”The east sector belongs to the scholars.” She motioned towards the place that they ran from. ”The west is for the soldiers. At the end of that turn there we shall come to the separation gate. It looks much like the island gate that exists on the outside of both circles. After we cross that we can go onto the outside circle.” She finished as she looked over at him.