Ward E is a strange place.
An inside town.It's isolated,it's infamous and incredibly feared.
They burn these history books in your brain from grade 1.
Years ago,a military program(because it's always military programs) had been funded to create superhumans in hopes of gaining an advantage over opposing forces.
However,these tests were cut short due to how inhumane they were.The operation got shut down and the labs shut down.Ward E rested atop these labs,wich had been re-converted into more practical facilities by the government.
The subjects?they lived like everyday people.They lived,loved and died just like anyone of you.
The difference only truly showed years later,descendants were shown to inherit inhuman abilities and traits comparable to fairy tales or cryptids.
The public wasn't too keen on living with freaks,though.So,all of the kids were brought out of their families and gathered in Ward E.easily recognized by bar codes branded on their skin
Apparently,if scanned,these bars would lead to unravelling one's entire profile.
Wich is why one of the rules of Ward E is to hide these marks.Because Ward E doesn't want us to be monsters,or freaks.They want us to feel human,as much as anyone else.So,no one knows anything about each other.
Fake names,fake identities to cross over our old lives.
Me?i can't tell you anything more than the next.My new given name is Ami,and i'm about 17 years old.I like reading and uselessly spending my hours at the starbucks near my dorm building.I was sent in Ward E at age 3,Or at least that's what my file says.
There's a bunch of things to do in Ward E,don't get me wrong.i guess i'm not a very good example of an active and model young adult i guess.I either use the free wifi to complain about stuff on social media,roleplay or...
Take pictures of everyone i see walk in and out.Yeah,creepy.But it entertains me,it makes my brain go into overdrive.
When i look at these photos,i imagine who they are.Who they really are,i mean.Because who i met today would be a completely different person if i had met them outside,right?i wonder.Maybe this one has telepathy?or maybe laser vision.
Some people had specific traits that indicated it.usually they hid it,or some's would only show under specific conditions.Maybe they had none.the possibilities are so wide,i often find myself gawking at some girl's unnatural long hair or a guy's horn trying to slip out of a hood.
I averted my eyes away from the back of my hand,were i had been idly scratching at my bar code before i quickly slipped up my glove before any employee could notice it.I sipped from my latte as i watched the fresh subject that had just walked through the front door
It was pretty empty,most students were studying at the library for upcoming exams,so there was little to no one including me.
I narrowed my eyes in light disappointment as i shook my head with a scowl.
Boring.i had seen that guy before.Way too many times.
The tall blonde was Eugene.I heard he was somewhat of a weirdo.Some people found him scary,some thought he was insane,others said he was just a really nice guy.I never spoke to him before so i had no personal opinion on the guy.His hair reflected light as if he had a golden halo,his red eyes betrayed the look of normalcy of his casual outfit consisting of a white hoodie and black sweatpants with bright red sneakers
Beside him was a guy that was much shorter.I recognized him as Alan-but his real name was Shou Kato.Like a dumbass,when he introduced himself at the beginning of the year,he said his birth name instead of his Ward E name.So now everyone knew him.Alot of people had bugged him about it-and he'd just try to avoid everyone for the year.
The only one that really ever remained persistent was Eugene.Persistent dude,since Shou had never answered him.some people said he might be mute,some people said that maybe he had some sort of death power.that rumor had scared everyone off beside Eugene.
I froze as Shou glanced over at me from behind a curtain of short and messy deep blue locks,covering his eyes,as only a slit of his iris was visible.White.That alone would send some alarms ringing.His black hoodie was pulled up to push his hair down into his face even more.
"..that's creepy.Please stop"i scowled,sitting nearby the counter,close enough to properly hold a conversation with him while Eugene ordered in front of him.
He stuck his hands in his pockets and shrugged at me.I don't know why i expected an answer.
But-when he removed his hands,he was holding a notebook and a black ink pen.
"Oh.okay so are you just gonna..."he sat across me,i crossed my arms and leaned over the table to try and read upside down as he wrote in a clean handwriting familiar symbols i associated with Japan.
Ah.Ward E had many people from around the globe.But with the whole project being Japanese,and Ward E being built in japan,most attendants were japanese.Altough everything was mainly english,so everyone could understand.
«you were the one staring at me.That's creepy.»
My cheeks heated up at that comment,i sighed,frustrated at being caught
"So??people stare at you all the time,no?i mean,you're infamously known for being unusually transparent." I smugly replied,satisfied with my excuse as i smiled innocently
Litteraly and figuratively.Shou seemed to have nothing to hide.And not a lot of people really even noticed him.He was like an invisible fly on the wall.
Or,As people started to call him;The ice mirror.
Why?well,simply put,he was cold.People even assumed he had some sort of ice power because of how emotionally frozen he was.his mouth(sine it was the only facial feature visible) never curled up in a smile or a sad frown.Always blank and neutral.
Mirror?it's because Shou was shallow.He's an empty person.So,he copies
«i guess so» he offered me a fake smile
I internally groaned.That's why.He was SO boring.there was nothing for me to guess about him,because EVERYONE KNEW EVERYTHING about this guy!
"Shou,here"i turned to see Eugene slip the quiet male a frappuccino.
"..."i quietly watched as Eugene sat beside me and glanced at me with a happy expression
"Hi!you're..Ami??am i right?"
I nodded"spot on"i hummed as i grabbed Shou's drink before he could reach for it.Taking a large gulp.I wanted to rile him up so he'd stop looking at the table like a rejected puppy-but instead,my blood ran cold as i earned the most deadly stare from behind his curtain of hair.
"..."Eugene also went silent,glancing at his friend in silent shock at the sheer anger that emerged from the male
"Give it back."
My mouth opened like a fish out of the water at the soothing sound of a soft,yet assertive voice.It didn't come from Eugene-he had his mouth wired shut,and he spoke like a bumbling idiot
"...Shou..i-"i stared at Shou as if in a trance,his voice echoing in my brain
I quietly slipped the drink back to him.He lowered his head to look at the a quarter-empty drink.
"Um...are you-"
"Are you happy?"he cut me off while grabbing the cup
I silently nodded whitout realizing it
His lips curled up in a rare smile and he brushed his hair our of his face to reveal the most gorgeous pair of eyes i had ever laid mine on.
They were outer worldly.The black of his eye was a glowing white,a white ring circling it.They were a inconsistent shade.Switching from a light aqua blue to a rich light violet
"A hypnotist."was all i muttered out-irritated i had been brainwashed whitout realizing it
"Siren"he corrected and i blinked
"Huh?"
"My code.It's siren."he paused
"It's nice to meet you Ami"
