The clock struck twelve, the sound ringing in her ears. She was waiting for someone to enter the clock, to untie her, but no one came. The clock struck twelve again, the girl wincing at the sound. How long had she been in here? In reality it could have only been a few second, but in this room twelve hours had already passed. Reyna was growing frustrated with this whole thing and wiggled a bit, freeing one hand. She reached towards the back of the restraints and loosened them enough so that she could fall to the floor.
It only took a bit of walking to realize she was inside the castle. There were noises coming from down the hall, worried whispers echoing down the white walls. Reyna phased through two doctors and looked inside the room they were wildly gesturing to. These walls were a Robin's egg blue and in the corner was a bed with gray sheets where a a bundled figure with long pink hair and eyes that matched lay, playing some hand game with the wall. She was wearing a pair of white pajamas, mittens covering her hands so that the girl could not scratch herself or anyone else. It took Reyna a second to realize that the figure huddled on the bed was herself, muttering a child's nursery rhyme about clocks and mice.
"Why did you want me to see this!" Reyna yelled to no one in particular, in one of these little episodes, the Keeper was invisible so it was fine to yell or mess up whatever she wanted because it would have no affect on the timelines.
Reyna had realized she was slowly going crazy, knowing exactly how you died and that there was nothing you could do about it was maddening in itself, but automatically knowing how every child, adult, friend, and crush died just by looking at them was worse. The future was always changing, but every time Reyna checked her fate was always the same. However, Reyna had never seen this branch. Maybe she was now slated to die in a mental institution somewhere deep in the capitol.
The Keeper's body shuddered as it came back, there was no way Reyna was going to let this happen. "Thanks," though worried, Reyna smiled at Alex, apologizing for her sudden blackout. She was glad he had held her up, otherwise Reyna surely would have drowned. It dawned on her that someone else was in there with them and Reyna turned to see the Fire Keeper Emarosa in the tub. "Em!" Reyna called and waved, "come join us!" She turned back to Alex, "I have a feeling this year's festival is going to be the most interesting one yet."
"U-um... My name is Rymol... K-keeper of Earth." Well yes, Elias had realized that because of the fact that he had never really seen the boy and no one besides a Keeper would be allowed in the bath at this time. "Well Rymol it's nice to meet'chya, shall we go into the bath?" Elias turned when the Keeper spoke up once more. "I don't really know how to talk to people..." Elias had been like that at first as well, he was quiet and never knew what to say to anyone. It had been awkward at first, but after training Elias had small talk down pat, he forced a smile and what he hoped was a reassuring wink.
"Well then don't talk, no one's forcing you to." He heard the smack of flesh and turned towards the door, "probably Em beating someone up for bringing her the wrong colored soap or something." He mumbled and opened the door only to find Reyna passed out in Alex's arms. Well wasn't this an interesting development? It seems Reyna's little crush on Alex was finally getting somewhere. Elias was really having a hard time trying not to burst out laughing as he dropped his towel and slid into the tub, then grabbing some shampoo and began scrubbing. "Hey Em, if you need to pass out I'm right here." He joked, soaking in the water and letting out a relaxed sigh.
"Rymol are you coming in! Or do we need to drag you!" The Keeper of Water called towards the closed door, unintentionally making ripples on the surface of the tub. He had found a nice hot spot and wasn't about to give it up to go get the shy Keeper of Earth to join them.