Chapter 2: Old And New Faces

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She was speechless. The young man was more of a boy of the age of fifteen. He reminded her of Ignis, except he had dark brown hair with dark green tips. The green seemed natural in his hair. His bangs were also longer on his left side; the color of his hair made you notice how dark his eyes were. They weren’t like any other brown, but extremely dark brown. A brown you wouldn’t have for an eye color.

He looked like Flos in a way. He had a darker tan than she did. Another noticeable feature on his face was a scar across his nose. He was five foot, ten inches, to be exact. It was bringing him five inches taller than she was. He had olive green cargo pants, wore a thin long-sleeve shirt that was light brown, and the vest he wore was called a pro-survive-safety vest.

The vest was gray and light green but not lime green. It wasn’t bulky. It was lightweight and durable. The vest themselves weighed one pound and were bulletproof. It could carry three magazines and two double-bladed hunting knives. 

He turned to get a better look at her and took a step closer to where she stood, “ What’s your name?” he asked in a commanding tone. “ My name is Flos Lilium Clavis. May I ask for your name?” She wondered, also staring at him with curiosity burning in her eyes.

He felt great joy in seeing her. “ My name is Lignum Clavis. Rank Colonel, also the highest-ranking officer in this building.” he responded to her question earlier. It took a few seconds, but it soon dawned on Flos that it was her little brother. She couldn’t believe it, meeting both in one day. It scared her, her luck wasn’t the greatest, but it shouldn’t be this lucky. Something was going to come back and bite her in her rear. She wasn’t looking forward to that. 

Things must have gotten awkward because Lignum decided to lighten the mood. He didn't know why his big sister was here, but he knew Ignis needed to know. “ You’ve gone quiet. Have you heard of me? Maybe you’ve heard of my older brother?”
“ No, I haven’t heard of you. Sorry. I just went quiet because you reminded me of this scary guy I ran into early.” Flos replied.
“ Oh… am I scary looking then?” Lignum asked.
“ Sure, if you want to be.”  Flo's replied.
"So I'm scary looking then? It must be the scar that makes me look scary." He teased.
"No. You're not. The person ran into was scary looking." She responded.

"Can I ask you something?" Flos asked Lignum.
"Sure." he was curious about what she wanted to ask him.
"Well, I'm having trouble locating my team. And should I grab my gear first or meet them beforehand?"
"Oh yeah, I can help with that. And to the second question, I would grab your gear first. Do you know the team color area?"
"My ID card showed a dark forest green on it. Is that how I know each team I'm joining?"-F
"Yes, it is. Where's that stupid map at?" Lignum asked; he started to glance around, looking for it.

"Oh, there it is!" He replied excitedly. He motioned her to follow him to the map.  Once they were there, it didn't take him long to find where she needed to go. "You're team is right here." He replied while pointing to it. "Oh, okay Thanks for the help." Flos said. "No problem... Teammate." He smiled and ran off before she could say anything else.

"I guess the new thing to do is ditch and dash, but only after you've succeeded at confusing the other person." Flos said quietly to herself.  She turned around and headed back out of the building to go on another walk to the building with all the gear. This annoyed her greatly—more walking.

She didn't realize it, but there was a tiny smile on her face. She was trying to lie to herself, but she was pleased to have seen both of her brothers.

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