There is a girl that I work with; she is beautiful, a quiet beautiful, mostly because she doesn't know it. Or won't except it rather. I know that she is depressed; I see the dark circles under her large, hazel eyes, the expressionless emotion, dancing over them. The way her lips turn downward slightly, the way she drags her shoes when she walks, always keeping her voice even and smooth. She ties her soft, wavy brown hair up messily and hides behind the pieces that fall out. She calls it dull and boring, but I think it's beautiful.
She draws a lot; small, delicately framed people with large eyes and heads, messy hair, dirty clothes and bones showing. I think she draws the demons in her head, in some way of getting rid of them, she imprisons them in paper and pen rather then her head. I guess that's one of the things I like about her; her creative mind hiding something darker.
This girl that I work with means a lot to me, and I'm not one hundred percent sure why, but I just can't get her out of my mind. I keep an eye on her whenever I can, but she doesn't care for herself let alone anyone else, so I don't know why I bother. I guess I just want her to be happy.
Tia is the girl who doesn't know how beautiful she is. And I want to be the one to show it to her.
Geoff and Naomi are dead, and they're depressed, but when Geoff's cat Bernie dies as well, they embark on a wild journey to find it in the underworld.
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When Geoff dies, alongside his girlfriend Naomi, they end up sharing an apartment in the Underworld as skeletons. But after a few years, Geoff starts suffering a mid-death crisis. What's the purpose of going through the motions as a skeleton if you can't really live? Then he gets word that his cat, Bernie, just died and he can collect him and bring him home! Geoff and Naomi hurry to get Bernie only to discover that, due to a clerical error, their cat has been lost. With the hunt for Bernie giving new purpose to Geoff's un-life, he and Naomi begin a quest to get back their cat. Battling skeleton pirates, climbing the sky ladder and facing off against the villain who took Bernie, Geoff is determined to find his purpose - or die a second time trying!
[[2018 Wattys Winner - The Originals]]
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