An Emotional Connection

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Amity POV

Amity rubbed her cheek as she sat down at her desk. She felt horrible lying to Luz and knew she didnt believe her, she didnt know why but she also had a sense of worry for her safety in the back of her mind. As she looked around her room to distract herself her eyes landed on one of the few things she aquired from the Owl Lady. It was an ornate box the size you would put jewelry in. The strange thing was that it would not open normally, but the reliefs on the side could spin and made clicks. This object was one of the few things that Amity could not solve no matter how hard she tried.

Deciding to try and cheer up Luz she took a picture and text her asking what the box might be and contain. And who knows Luz may have some ideas on how to open it too. Amity being ever the perfectionist took a good ten minutes to get a photo of the box with perfect lighting and shadows. It took ten minutes also due to the fact that the feeling of worry for herself amping up every so often.

Amity: Hey Luz! do you know what this is?

Amity: Box.Img

Amity: The swirls on the sides spin for some reason.

Luz: Gimmie a sec

Luz: That looks like a puzzle box from the human realm. Although Im guessing you dont know what that is do you?

Amity: No, thats why I asked.

Luz: Alright, I'll explain

Luz: A puzzle box is a type of human puzzle, the box usually has locks and puzzles built into the sides that you have to solve before you can open it. does that make sense?

Amity: Not really but ok.

Amity: So all I have to do is turn each ring a certain amout and the box will open?

Luz: Yeah. it sounds like it is a four diget code so it could be a year so good luck

Amity: That does not sound too hard. I will message you if I cant figure it out.  

Luz: Dont be afraid to ask for help.

Two hours. It was two hours untill Amity's ego caved enough to text luz again. On the plus side the red mark on her cheek began to fade along with the concern in her head. As Amity opened her scroll her finger hovered between the text and call button. Wanting to hear Luz's voice she pressed the call button. Her scroll rang twice before the brunette answered.

"Whats up Ami-" Luz started before getting cut off by amity

"Argggggggggghhhh!!!" Amity yelled as she let out her frustration

"I'd ask if you were ok but that seems stupid" Luz said in response there was obvious concern in her voice.

"I'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR TWO HOURS STRAIGHT!" Amity yelled into her scroll. Strangely enough her right ear twitched in pain and her hand instinctvley covered it.

An "ow" was heard from both girls. "hey amity focus on my voice. cálmate por favor." The dominican girl said before breaking into that weird human language of hers.

"Fine i'll calm down, but only cause you said please" Amity said before realizing what she had responded two. The stunned silence could be heard on the other end of the call before both girls suddenly started speaking at once.

"How did you know what that meant?!"

"How did I understand that?!"

After taking a few minutes to calm down the two girls reconviened and begain to debate what just happened. Amity had taken the time to put the box back onto the shelf deciding to leave it for now. Luz had decided to go to the bathroom to look at her cheek in the mirror. She saw that the mark was starting to fade and she quickly moved back to her room to talk with Amity.