47 : The First Year II Pt. 13 (1/2)

Nick followed the directions Darius told him. He arrived in front of a small white brick building. There were two small windows each on the side of the pure white door. A small pigeon statue was on the edge of the window sill, and outside there were two students standing guard.

Nick walked over to them.

The two were males, with a blue colored badge on their color signifying they were seniors. The expressions on their faces made them seem lifeless.

Countless students passed by them but they did not even look at them, their eyes stayed focused on one point. It was not until Nick came up to them did they both turn their head.

”Name?”

They asked him in unison.

”Nick Wilson.”

They both nodded their head, and the student on the left opened the door for Nick.

Both males were briefed earlier and they already had a list of names. One of the males remembered the names of all the students on the list, while the other remembered faces. It would be difficult for someone to lie to them about who they really were.

Nick entered the building, but there was nothing inside but a flight of stairs leading downward. He started to descend the stairs at his own pace. The further down he went to darker it became.

When he finally made it down, his feet touched the rocky floor. The place looked like a cave. There were dark rocks scattered across the floor, and above his head, he saw various helicities of dark brown color. A greenish colored glow emitted from them, causing one to be attracted to them.

In front of Nick was a straight path, which led deeper into the cave.

He heard the splashing of water and various voices.

Nick arrived at the end of the path, where there was a more spacious area. It was still a rocky ground under his feet, but there was a large pool of green colored watered.

Some students were inside the water splashing around for fun, while others were seated in a meditative position absorbing the essence.

The essence in this area was more concentrated than outside. It allowed a person to absorb the essence at a faster rate. While a person could go inside the pool to meditate, there would not be much of a difference if you were in it or not. As long as you were near the pool, you would be able to tell the difference in the rate you absorbed essence.

Nick did not bring with him a change of clothes, so he was not going planning on going into the pool. He found himself a ways away from the others and sat down close to the edge of the pool.

He closed his eyes and was about to meditate.

”Yo, I see you finally made it.”

Yes, he was about to meditate but then he heard a familiar voice. He opened his eyes and greeted Matthew, who was in the pool.

”I just arrived.”

Matthew hopped out of the pool and stood next to Nick. Matthew was wearing some black swim trunks, and his black hair stuck to his head.

”You should have brought something to get wet in, you're missing all the action.”

Matthew told Nick as he pointed to the females in their swimwear. They were giggling and splashing water on each other as well as the other males that were around them.

With teenage hormones raging about Nick was sure something more was bound to happen besides splashing water all over. With the students showing off their well-developed bodies and the atmosphere they were creating it was likely a few would hook up after.

Nick thought it was a waste to just have fun when they should use this time to increase their essence pool. He was not interested in picking up females that he would not hold dear.

”Nah, some other time.”

”C'mon man, girls are not scary.”

Seeing how Nick declined, Matthew thought Nick was afraid of talking to girls. Freya was a different story as Matthew did not picture her as much of a girl. From his perspective, Nick has only talked to a handful of female students, so it would not be a bad thing for him to increase it. The more connections he had with them the more likely something was bound to happen.