Snippet #2490033

Morris started his day as he would any other day. He yawned, reflexively covering his mouth as he has incidentally had bugs fly into his mouth before. Morning! A host of little voices all bid him a good morning. "Morning guys." He replied to them, casually glancing over to his clock. His eyes widened as it dawned on him. "I'm expected in the main hall and my alarm didn't go off! I've only got 5 minutes to get dressed and go!" He exclaimed, jumping out of bed. He went straight over to his dresser, insects scattering out of his path. He threw open his dresser drawers and quickly changed out of his pajamas and threw on whatever he grabbed first.

He wore a grey t-shirt and cargo pants with plain white socks. He went straight into the bathroom and brushed his teeth with due haste, spilling some toothpaste on his shirt already. Hello! A bunch of insects greeted him. Many of them were the flies children and there were a few cockroaches as well as a spider up in the corner resting pretty on her web.

After brushing the race was on. He darted out back to the living room and over to his shoes which were basically old grey sneakers with holes worn through the big toe of each. They were a size too small and he found them in a dumpster but he couldn't afford better shoes. He quickly picked his shoes up and held them upside down to make sure there were no insects inside. A few mites and a beetle came tumbling out, landing safely on the shoe mat. Whoa! You in a hurry or somethin'? One of the mites complained. He's probably... Late for... Somethin'. The beetle slowly replied to the mite, all while Morris struggles to fit his feet into his shoes. After a bit of fighting the pair, he finally managed to fit his feet inside his shoes.

With his shoes on he quickly made his way back to the bedroom. "Sorry guys, before I forget..." He said, pausing a moment. He reached up into his hair and grabbed a small clump. With a short ripping motion he tore out a bit of his hair, about a lock or two coming loose. "Ow! Here, enjoy." He dropped the small clump of hair on his bed, the insects all cheering happily. Thanks giant friend! They all thanked him as he swiftly departed from his room.


He ran through the halls, out into the outdoors and towards the main building when he suddenly heard a sharp high pitched scream right where he was about to step. Before he stepped on the insect he simply retracted his leg despite the fact that his foot was the only thing that was going to negate his momentum downwards. Rather than step on the bug beneath his foot he took a dive and landed straight on the side of his face and hands upon the concrete. The pain was sharp and it was great. "Agh! My face!" He cried out as he tried to push himself back up on his aching hands. Tank 'ou mistah! The little centipede was very thankful as it thought that it was a goner for sure. "No problem just -Ow- watch out for people crossing
the big flat rock, okay?" He informed the little centipede as he finally picked himself back up. Okay!
The little centipede simply walked on it's merry little way, disappearing into the grass line.

As Morris dashed up to the main building he took a second to look at himself. He had skinned the sides of his hand's opposite to the thumbs. Worse, he had this big dark bruise developing on his right cheek. "Ugh. Great way to start of the day dude."
He told himself, commenting on his own appearance in a third person perspective. He lingered on his own reflection no longer as he proceeded into the building and down the halls towards the auditorium where the head master had told them all to show up at. He stepped in and was instantly relieved to see the head master still hadn't shown up yet. There were plenty of other people who had shown up before him but at least he wasn't late.


He walked on over to his seat and plopped himself down, exhausted from running so hard to make it here. He was breathing quite heavily for he had not caught his breath yet. He suddenly felt something crawl down the back of his neck. He knew what it was so he didn't jump or act startled or anything. It was just the spider that hung around the ventilation shafts here. It had snuck down from a vent right above by lowering itself on a silk thread. "Hey, you better not be getting any funny ideas
back there." He warned the spider as he felt it's legs about to crawl down the back of his collar.
I'm not, I'm not! I'm just grabbing a quick bite to eat then I'll be on my way. The spider picked up some pieces of dandruff, quickly eating the small pile of loose flakes of skin. He felt the general mass of the spider just increase behind him, the specifics currently unknown to him.

"Everyone, meet your newest sister, Artemis!" He heard the head master enter, introducing a new student to their excellent academy. Ares was already out introducing himself to Artemis. He always gave him a few chills, the way he'd inspect his weapons all the time. Hope that's just for show He dwelled on the matter of Ares, remaining silent in the corner while he spoke to her. When Ares was done talking Morris simply waved to Artemis. "Welcome to Saiken." He welcomed her, his voice somewhat quiet as he was feeling quite shy with this many people around. He wanted to make her feel welcome but at the same time he loathed the idea of trying to compete for attention with the other members who surely would want to befriend her and take her about the grounds while he'd be passed over, stuck alone in the background.

Of course, he wasn't alone. He had his own friends. Not normal friends or even dogs, man's best friend. They were insects but they were his friends all the same. He'd look out for them as much as he would any human that would even consider calling him a friend.