Trip in a desert

[Elvinos2003]

Day three

It was early when the Corsair woke up. It was probably 5am. The sound of rain and thunder woke her up. The sound was so loud as if the sky would crack upon her head. She thanked the tent for being waterproof so far. The weather was not the best to go outside. It will be a day confined in the tent with so little space to do anything interesting. She took the sitting position rubbing her eyes, trying to wake up properly. It was difficult. With her right hand, she was blindly seeking her personal communication PDA. The light of the screen blinded her for some long seconds. She began to get used to the screen with her sleepy eyes. There was no notification. Disappointment was the only feeling. As a lonely wolve such as herself, at some point, socializing was, in fact, essential. When they saw each other in Sigma-13 for a ‘last time’, Traudel let her private frequency open for Nina whenever she feels the need to contact her. It’s been some time now and she did not make the first step at all. Only negative thoughts came. As always, her thoughts came out of her mouth. ’’Traudel, why do you not contact me? Was I just good to be someone to talk to when you needed and then being a trash after consumption? Tell me… Did you fake everything between us?’’ Then, uncertainties. She was having doubts about Traudel and about herself as well.

With the hours passing, the weather calmed down, letting place to a light rain. Nina was outside having her face up to the sky. Her clothes were humid, her hair and face. All suggested she was there for a good moment. Solitude was now the feeling felt. The rain was cold but refreshing. The Corsair was splitted in two. A side of her inner self wanted to leave the corsair empire and then living as she wants with this person who was dear to her. The other side, it was all the negative thoughts and energy gathered together making slowly but surely an equilibrate Nina to an aggressive Nina thirsty for blood and violence. This side wanted to explode. She was tired. She felt heavy due of the negativity gathered over the months and due of the lose of what she gained.

The day was long. It was now 6pm and the rain was still falling. Nina Rodriguez was freezing and she got inside of the tent. Her clothes were completely wet. In those conditions, to not catch a cold, the only thing to do would be to remove all she was wearing and being covered in the sleeping bag. That’s what she did. There was nothing much to do. She grabbed a ration bag, opened it and began to eat. It was the same thing. Dried meat.

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