Elemental

35. Playing Catch Up

Tai

Fai and I were changing into the comfy ass muumuus that were on the bed when we came in. Hers was green, mine a silver glow.

"They must be psychic to know which room we was gonn be in." Fai scoffed, facing her back for me to zip her up.

"Well when it was foretold decades back you have all the time in the world to set shit up." I faced mine to her after I zipped hers up.

She pulled it up, smoothing out the back wrinkles. The dresses were simple but brought out our best features. Fais went down smooth with her curves, while mine had slits on the sides so my long ass legs would go impossible not to notice.

She settled for braiding her hair into a crown, I was too damn lazy to do anything besides part the front middle and let my long inches hang loose.

We met up with the maids who all had on short dresses compared to our long ones. They looked exhausted to be honest. I felt bad as fuck for having dragged them into this fucking mess. They didn't deserve this shit. They needed jobs to support themselves, they didn't need to deal with the Supernatural and getting transported to somewhere they should only be when they're dead.

"Everyone ready?" Lila walked out in a blue cold shoulder muumuu, her smooth bare shoulders hugged by her long curls in a half up half down hairdo.

"Girl, Fanua sure knows our charms." Rita came out from behind her in a dark purple muumuu that dipped down her bare back, her hair in a simple bun with loose strands supporting her framed face.

"She sure did."

That voice. It was too fucking familiar for me not to recognize.

Rita stepped to the side, giving us a clear view of someone who looked like the ghost of Ariah. She had the same face, same bouncy curls. Her blood red muumuu was strapless, her hair covering her arms. But the tone in her voice was different. Her body language wasn't the same either. She was always upright, where Ariah low key slouched. And she had an accent that sound like it originated in New Zealand or some shit.

"What the fuck is going on?" Lila gaped in horror.

Ariah, or whoever the fuck it was, smiled using that same accent. "Pardon, don't meant to disturb you. Would it comfort you more if I changed a few features to my other reincarnations?"

We didn't even get to answer. Her hair shifted to blonde, one blink and her eyes were a jungle green. "There. Better?"

The maids gasped in awe. The rest of us were just outright uncomfortable.

She sighed, sympathetic. "I do apologize, I cannot change my entire physical feature. Ariah is one of my many reincarnations. My name is Leinati, but those who know me call me Nati." She gestured to the door politely. "I was sent by Fanua to escort you ladies to the Hall for dinner."

Lila cleared her throat, I could tell she was holding back tears. "Right, let's go ladies."

We followed Nati out back up to the Yellow vegetable road, slowly making our way up the hill.

Lila was the first to speak up. "How many do you have?"

Nati smiled, breaking my heart just a little. I missed my sister. "150 over the centuries since I was first created. Ariah is the 150th one. One that I am most proud of."