My Carnation - Dr.Stone FanFiction - 1215

c e n t a u r e a

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She told me her name was Kohaku, and first took me to a lake where I could wash my face. She gave me a cloth to wipe my nose and then grabbed my hand again and walked slowly with me up a small hill to a clearing where a large sanctuary was. A shed was beside it, along with a few other large things that looked kind of like ovens.
I clung onto her hand suddenly, my heart was racing. Maybe I didn't want them to even consider me. Maybe the fear of them turning on me later really had become so great that I didn't even want to meet them at all.
She called them out and I hunched over slightly, trying to make myself look smaller. My grip on her hand never loosened, and she suddenly gripped back in some kind of comfort. Three boys came out, one with weird spiked up white hair, one with half white and half black hair, and one other boy that was obviously from the village.
"This girl came from Tsukasa's empire. She says she was revived by mistake."
I didn't look, but it seemed to shock them, "I heard about that. It was a big topic of discussion over there. I'm surprised. You left?"
I nodded, and he hummed lightly in reply.
"Well, sounds good to me! Did she come to join the kingdom of science?"
"Actually, I think she left to die."
My eyes widened and my head shot up to look at her before I could even think. How did she?
"Some people in the village before have done the same. They left for a long time, and when we sent out search parties, we found them dead. It's a rare sickness here." She exclaimed, "But by chance she found the village, so I think it means something!"
"Sure." Senku shrugged, "I need all the hands I can get over here. Good at anything in particular?"
He's talking to me... I frowned, shaking my head.
"Well that's dumb." I took a deep breath, trying not to get over whelmed. If I broke down here then they definitely wouldn't want me, "Everyone's good at something. So what if you ain't a powerhouse like Tsukasa or a scientific genius like I am? What can you do best?"
"Uh... I... I guess I'm an artist." I said shakily, luckily he heard me.
"That's fantastic!" He suddenly yelled, "What kind?"
I stiffened as he came closer to me, "Well, I mostly just use pencil and paper-"
"Can you paint?"
I nodded hastily and he sighed in content, "Perfect. This place looks ugly as hell. I haven't gotten around to it, but one day we'll need that particular expertise that only artists have. For now, you can help with prepping stuff for my other projects. Artists have careful hands and keen eyes, so I've got high hopes for you!"
I just stared at him, flabbergasted. My grip loosened on Kohaku's hand and the other boy ran up to me, "We don't really have any real artists in the village! What's it like? What can you do?"
"Um-"
"Hey, Senku, if we make a bunch of paints- she could make something cool for the village!"
"Yeah, probably. But you can't force an artist to paint, dumbass."
"Oh, right. Anyways, what's your name?"
"Rina."
"Cool! What else can you do?"
"Not much."
I jumped as a child popped up out of nowhere with a melon on her head, "Are you good with animals?"
"Oh, yeah, I like animals..."
"Do you know any stories?"
"Well, I-I guess I could tell you about some stories from the modern world."
"Cool! That's so cool!"
Is it, really? I may have a good memory with stories, but it's not like I'm good at remembering other things...
"Rina? My name is Gen. Tsukasa sent me just a few days ago to find the kingdom of science."
My blood ran cold and he chuckled, "Relax, I won't tell him I saw you. I'm still contemplating... whether I'm going to join the kingdom of science or not."
In this moment, was the world revolving around me?
"Well, just now Senku was pretty convincing for me, even though it was either the kingdom of science or nothing at all." I shrugged, glancing at Melon head as she told me she'd go get her pet dog for me.
It seemed then that I wouldn't find the day that the sun abandoned me anytime soon.