A Crumbling Society

Part 1-8

Once I touched it, I got a vision; I could see a black-haired female sitting at what I think was a university because of the books around her but also the people with book bags. I could see the name of it, and I grabbed Liza quickly because I could also sense danger, the magic kind. We blipped and the both of us were in some sort of closet, but I wasn't sure how a closest had anything to do with it. It was cramped and we were stuck looking at each other, really closely, it was awkward. We had no room, but we still managed to suit down while stuck basically hitting each other. My outfit just morphs into my normal clothes, and I have to brush them into place fixing my sleeves and then the trims of my shorts. Of course, she gets all flashy with the lights so now I'm blinded partially from being so close and without warning. "So sorry", comes from her with upset behind it, I told her it was fine and asked for her ready before our exit. We opened the door, and I realized it was a closet in the background of the vision I saw of Phanta. While coming out of my realization I noticed a group of twenty-something's staring right at us, I thought nothing of it but then I understood. One of them looked super judgmental and some of the others had expressions indicating they all had the same thought. A guy amongst the crowd was nodding his head with a freakish grin, I think they think we had sex in the closet.

"Um, this is awkward", Liza said as she was turning her head from person to person.

I snarled at the guy and told her, "Yeah it is". Hoping she wouldn't see him I told her we should walk around.

Too late, "Is that guy smiling? Why is he- Oh my god he thinks we did it", she said out loud causing more people to turn our way. A lot of shushing started, and we ducked our heads and walked off, yanking Liza with me to avoid more awkwardness.

We looked around to see if we could see her, turning around bookshelves and making a few circles. This library was a maze, and it wasn't helping at all as we kept passing each other while searching. Each time we would shake our heads at one another so that we didn't go in that direction, yet I feel we still did. The second level wasn't any different, just more tables to use for studying. They were all filled too as the students stared back, like a warning to not approach them. I looked around and saw Liza on the other side, she looked my way and gave me the same signal that she hadn't found anything. She pulled up her arm and drew her index finger down towards her elbow. This was to remind me of the three dots she has; it slipped my mind from the fighting and then the situation when we arrived. Honestly, her arm is probably covered anyway and then it'll be even more of a chore to find her. I took a very deep breath to think, closing my eyes I went back through the visions. The back of her head didn't really help but show off her hair, I'm not sure if her shirt was an actual shirt or a sweatshirt. Nothing indicated her sleeves were up as I could only see right before the shoulders and up. She was sitting by herself from what I could tell and there was no sound around her. This was frustrating.

A hand grabbed my shoulder pulling me out of the vision and back to reality. Liza stood beside me now asking if I found anything, or if my vision helped. I told her nothing had changed, and we were still in the dark about where she could be. We were checking the library aimlessly and it was beginning to get exhausting. The both of us headed to a window to sit down and take a break. Adjusting her chair Liza asked me what we were going to do now, and I told her I wasn't sure. Looking around blankly during the small talk I tried to sense if she was there, nothing. I tried again and the same results were making me question how reliable magic really was. Rolling my eyes in frustration I glanced for a split second upward. There was no indication there was another floor above us, but a girl's back was up against the glass overlook. She was in the process of pulling her sleeve down and there it was, the forearm with three dots on it. Almost yelling "look" my finger went up to point instantly and Liza followed, we got up immediately and started scanning for stairs. "There", she said and to the right side there was a set behind a shelf, it was hidden very well. I followed behind as Liza headed up first, turning to the left to come around the top we were on the top level. It was sort of small compared to the others but big enough to host more groups of students.