dye

a warm welcome

Date: 12-09
Location: the woods
POV: 3th person

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"May. Is she in?" The boss asks. "Ofcourse sir. Red and Jake are going to explain her role. She will be in dances and paint new drawings. Her first one will be a dragon, somewhere close to the centre of the village maybe?"
"The side wall of the local supermarket. The one towards the Darlington square. Everyone can see it there. I want it to be with her animal, and the quote: 'dance makes me want to do this until I dye'. It's their first hint."

"Are you sure? It's quite a risky place and the quote.."
"I'll make sure no one will be there. Put some of my man on the lookout."
"Fine. Does she need any help?"
"Jake can come. He knew the old painter and was there when he painted most of the paintings. He knows the techniques that get used and has paint. She basically needs him. At some point Michelle will make them herself trough. We need as little people as possible knowing this stuff."

Alright. I'll go and inform her."
"Good."
The boss clicks the phone call off and Michelle turns towards the stairs.

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Once they all sit down, Red starts talking. "I'll just do the talking. I'm Red Flames -yes that's my actual name- and I'm in the inner gang of the Spirit Animals, in the gang world known as SA. That title is often put togheter with one of Hitlers defence groups, so people get kinda scared. We're not a part of that trough, and we don't support the idea. It's just that SA sounds more scary and intimidating than the Spirit Animals.

As you may know, every single one of us has their unique animal, and I noticed that yours is a dragon. Looking at the colours it probably is a water species. As almost all inner gang members have a mythical animal as spirit animal, I assume you will be one of us soon."

"And do I have a specific role until then?" Michelle asks.
"I'm not sure, I can ask May trough-"
As if on cue, she walks in. "Red, Michelle and Jake. I have to inform you all about something." She says. Red nods to an empty stool next to him. May sits down and starts talking.

"I was just talking to the boss. Michelle, you immediately get a role in the inner gang, as messager to the people. Meaning, you get to paint all the artworks like we did before."

"You mean the ones like on the outside of the house?" Michelle asks.

"Yes. They're coded messages to the public, and apparently the leader knows you well enough to trust you with the information that needs to be hidden inside those paintings. We already have a job for you, tonight. Red, can you check on the others. I'm not sure you're supposed to hear this and Jake needs to participate too."

"Ofcourse. I'll see you later May."
"Bye." Red walks out the room and slams the door. Jake and Michelle look at May. "Michelle. Jake. I need you two to paint something, tonight." She points to a spot on the plan. The supermarket. "Here. On the wall of the supermarket, next to Darlington Square. Everyone will see it there. You won't get caught, we will put some men out there to protect -probably Red-. We need you, Michelle, to paint your dragon and the quote: 'dance makes me want to do this until I dye'. I hope you can fix this?"

"Why do I need to go?" Jake asks, the first thing he said since coming in here. "Because you have paint and techniques. Michelle doesn't really have either of those. In the future, Michelle will do it on her own, maybe Red with her for protection, but no one else."

"Okay, fine. Tonight then?" Jake says.
"Yeah, I guess. What time?" Michelle says. "I was thinking, 1 am?" May answers.
"Okay, sure. See you tonight." Jake says, leaving the room.

"Michelle. Please let me get Red and we'll explain the inner gang." May says.
"Yeah, I really have a choice, do I?" Michelle laughs carefully.
"No, not really I think." May leaves the room, leaving Michelle alone there.

Michelle looks around the room some more, finding it interesting how simple it is designed, with the big black block in the middle to fill it up.

"Michelle."
She looks up and sees Red and May in the doorway. They sit down in front of her. "Welcome to the inner gang." Red says, "Don't expect privileges because we don't get them. We just get a fancy title." he continues, taking of his hood so you can see his bright red hair and pale face. May does the same, revealing her light brown eyes.

May walks towards the table and slides her finger over a blue stroke under the explanation. The walls seem to turn and suddenly the entire room is covered in pictures and posters, but most importantly, a drawer pops out of the side of the black block.

May reaches inside to reveal an old notebook. "In this notebook are all the plans the starters of the SA had for us. But the most important are the tellings. They are the reason you immediately earned a position in the inner gang, because they go like this:

This is how our story goes:

Altrough our gang is as small as this,
We might save a country with bliss.

A girl from gold and magical blue,
Will save the gang in with something true.

Her spirit animal will be a beautiful blue,
With golden eyes.
That's all true

There will be a guy with raven hair,
Always smiling and saving her.
He will bring her to our home,
And they save everything,
Or just some.

One that has fire in their heart,
Will fight for the gang,
He will help and save, once again.

A girl as dark as the night,
Will have know everything,
She might.
She will have a tree at her side,
And a little guy that will always hide."

"Most of them have become true over the past few years. We're small for a gang, with just about 50 people. Your animal is royal blue with golden eyes, and you have golden skin and hair with blue eyes. You got in here trough Jake, who'd smiling most of the time and has raven hair. And my last name is Flames, referring to a guy with fire in their heart." Red says.

"I have a dark skin and am married to Mike, who's last name is Evergreen, and honestly, he does sort of fit the description of a tree as a person. The only thing we miss if we have you trained enough, is the little guy hiding."

"Let's get to training then." Michelle says.

"Are you sure?" Red asks.

"Hundred percent."

"Alright. We have to exchange phone numbers so we can talk about this." May says.

"Sure."

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