Snippet #2637773

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Koba S. Graesson

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After a long day of one failure after another Koba and his lady companion made their way back to Utopias gates. He wasn't surprised that they hadn't found anything, he had never thought they would have such luck. But he could feel the disappointment lingering in the air anyway, like clouds over their heads. Silence had struck once again. And not only them this time, as others who had been given the same assignment appeared around them, slowly entering the empty street from dark doorways or the dull paths between the building. Everyone seemed down, heads hanging downwards, slumping figures, silence. None spoke a word, probably dreading the moment they had to tell their leader that they hadn't found anything this first day. That they had failed. But not entirely since they had many more days to devote to the search. But not even a clue.

Or that was just what Koba thought inside his head as he watched the others, waiting for everyone to gather so that the guards who controlled the gates would open them from the inside. And they did, declaring that this work day was over. Now all that was left was what most felt was the worst part - meeting Bjorn and explaining what had happened. Koba didn't dread that moment at all, at least not as much as the heat outside. He was just ecstatic about the cool breeze that the inside provided. Making the stingy feeling coming from his burnt cheek feel a little less. Another guess of his was that he would need to get something to smear on the burn so that the skin wouldn't crack like it did on some of the workers.

He had the time to guess many things while the whole group walked downwards in what once were bright white corridors, now they were dirty gray. No one felt like dealing with it. But who blamed them? They probably had better things to do. Like saving the world or something like that. Once deeper down underground they entered the same room they had left hours earlier, being greeted by the always so cheerful Bjorn. Not really, he was wearing the same wrinkle between his eyebrows and mouth that always pointed downwards like every other day.

On the table in front of him was a map of the outside, as people started to describe what they had seen and where they had been he started to cross over the places. Showing everyone where there was nothing to be found. After everyone was done it was pretty obvious which places were left. Making a small glimpse of hope shine in everyone’s eyes, the belief that they were almost done had emerged from the hopelessness. But Bjorn didn't show the same excitement as all the others, neither did Gaia or Koba. All three of them doubted that it could be that easy.