Mau5in' Around

Chapter 5

“RAVEN, WHY DON’T YOU TAKE SOME TIME TO LOOK AROUND? THIS IS GOING TO BE YOUR NEW HOME… IT WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO LEARN WHERE EVERYTHING IS.”

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Raven frowned, thinking back on Thomas’s words. She didn’t want to think of this as her new home.  She sat in the single chair that was in their so-called ‘kitchen’. Thomas had shooed Mau5 out and said they had business to attend to with Guy.

Sure… okay, Raven thought.  She very much appreciated the hospitality that Thomas provided her, but she felt uncomfortable about this whole situation.

How could they expect her to just be okay with the fact that she had no choice but to give up her life and live in isolation, just because this stupid Mau5 had to tell her he is not human. That he is a… Raven sighed. She didn’t know what he is.

Leaning forward in the chair, Raven took her hands and rubbed her face slowly. “I really… didn’t ask for this…” She grumbled.

She looked back up and out the door to the hallway. She stared at the blue lights illuminating the darkness. 

Taking her hand into a fist and placing it under her chin, she grinned a little, “I’ll admit. This place is beautiful.” Being a raver at heart, she couldn’t resist the bright glowing colors of such lights.

Alright, why not, let’s take a look around and see what other amazing things these robot have built here.

Raven stood up and headed out the hall. Instead of going back the way Thomas had guided her, she turned to the right and walked on. The walls were pretty much blank, except for the random collection of paintings, each of a pyramid. Raven observed them as she continued to walk on. Each painting seemed to be the same pyramid, but painted differently. She remembered the large pedestal that she had found Thomas on. It looked like a black pyramid shape. What was it with all these pyramids?

She continued to go down the hall until it turned to the left. At the end was a door. Raven was caught by surprise to see a glowing red light illuminating this part of the hallway just above the door. The contrast of it with the blue was striking… and worked well together. She came up to the door, hesitating. She knocked and waited. Nothing. She knocked again. Still nothing. Raven then tried the handle. It turned with ease and the door opened.

Should I….? My mischief has already gotten me in a lot of trouble as it is…

She went in.

Once she opened the door, a series of several lights flickered on. These lights appeared to be fluorescent; filling the room with a bright, white light that had a hint of blue. It made it much clearer to see everything compared to the lights in the hall. 

Raven scanned the room’s content. There was long, single bed up against the left side of the room, a black entertainment center on the opposite wall, a giant, wooden wardrobe across the room from her, and several lights and speakers hooked up to the ceiling that were turned off. Raven walked over to the entertainment center. On the shelves was a stereo system, a view brief cases that were closed shut, some test tubes set up with wires, a Bunsen burner, eye droppers, spoons and beakers. There were jars of different colored powers and liquids that were labeled randomly set next to all the equipment. 

“Wot the hell is all this..?” Raven whispered. 

She picked up one of the jars that had a white powder in it. It’s label read ‘Benzoylmethyl’ and in parentheses, ‘Cocaine.’ 

“Oh shit…” Raven whispered putting it down, and picking up another jar to look. This one read ‘Lysergic Acid Diethylamide’.

“LSD…” Raven said. Her hand shook a bit as she placed that jar down too. “Are these all drugs?”