Beyond the North

The last encounter

The day arrived, it was one of those rare sunny days, the birds were singing, and soon, people began to leave their homes, as it was Saturday, it was the day for people to enjoy themselves. It had been a year since Rejto and Tel invaded that place, and it was also the week when the train would arrive. Some things had changed since then, Zone 1, where they invaded, had been completely isolated, now no one could even set foot there, the revolutionaries, however, were strangely quiet, which made the military attentive.

Rejto heard knocking sounds on his door, so he opened it and on the other side he found Tel and Cynna waiting for him. Tel's hair was longer, tied in a ponytail, and Cynna now had shoulder-length hair.

—"Wow... you changed apartments out of nowhere, huh?"

—"Ah, come in, I have a good reason for that."

—"Hm, it seems like you've changed a bit too."

—"Huh? How?"

—"I don't know..., but there's something different."

The two then entered, and soon, they saw that the place was a bit empty, there was only the essentials, fridge, table, a bed, etc... not even his computer was there anymore, the albino and the black-haired girl were surprised, but Rejto led them to the kitchen and poured a cup of coffee for each of them, then, he brought the dictionary and another letter.

—"Well, you finally got something," Tel asked.

—"Well, even though Finnish is a bit difficult, I managed to get something."

Rejto showed the new letter, it had written on it: "This place is not what it seems. Overcoming the world secretly" and on the back; "Unlike the south, conquered by the North". Obviously, it still didn't make any sense, Cynna and Tel looked as if everything they had done had been in vain.

—"So...?" The girl asked.

—"Well, I knew that would be your reaction."

—"But wait, 'overcoming the world secretly'? What would that be?"

—"This phrase actually has two translations; this one and another: 'Turn the world upside down.'"

"It's making less and less sense."

—"I have a guess, but I'll check a few more things just to confirm." He finished his cup of coffee, then concluded: "But for now... how about we just enjoy the time?"

Tel and Cynna looked at each other, as if that wasn't a common behavior for Rejto, but they went along with it, the young Asian strangely went to the bathroom and when he came back he no longer had the book in his hands, but they put that aside for now. They went out and started walking the streets, strangely it wasn't a day like any other where people were being beaten up everywhere or fights, not even an unusual noise was heard. Even though they usually had ice cream in the cold, sunny days were even better for that, and as they walked across a bridge, the albino then asked:

—"Rejto, now that I think about it... how are you working now? You don't have your computer anymore, do you?"

—"Ah, I quit my job."

The blue-eyed girl and the albino opened their mouths in surprise; but before they could say anything, Rejto continued:

—"Now I'm working part-time jobs."

—"Forget what I said, you've changed too much!" Tel teased.

—"Haha! I went through some rough times, but now I'm here. But what about you guys? How are you doing? How about you go first?" The Asian pointed to Cynna; "You're almost always quiet and only speak at specific moments!"