By Krissie Gault
Chapter 8: The
Café
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Carmen found herself standing on a small bridge in the koi pond. She
leaned down to look at the fish swimming away.
“Hey, do you guys know of a water deity?”
She asked the fish. Several of the koi jumped up and pointed with their heads
in a direction. Another group wrote out café with their bodies. She nodded,
“Thanks for your help.”
Carmen skipped down the road.
The koi fish began talking amongst
themselves.
A rose deity! A rose deity!
Such a weird sight indeed.
Wonder what she wants?
Wish I could watch.
Shush...
Maybe they’ll come by here.
The café was filled to the brim with people. Carmen walked into the
busy café and paused at the sign that said, “Please wait to be seated.”
“Just one,” a young girl asked. Her raven
hair was curly and pinned up into two round balls at the sides of her head. Two
long ponytails looped underneath her hair. Her dress was long and ruffled out
at the ends. The top of the dress was just below her collarbone and was adorn
with golden circles. Her sleeves reminded Carmen of seashells. She also wore a
pear bracelet on her left wrist.
Carmen thought she was absolutely
adorable. She responded with a warm and excited yes.
The girl carefully lifted her skirt to
walk without tripping. Her white heels had a crescent moon on them. She
politely pulled out a chair for Carmen. She placed the menu in front of her.
“Is there anything I can get you to drink while you decide what you’d like?”
Her voice was a soft tenor. Her eyes were an icey blue that would send shivers
down people’s spine. But she just appeared to warm and to Carmen, her eyes
reminded her of pool water.
“Just water for now, please.” Carmen
stated as she opened the menu. She looked up from the menu around the café. The
water deity was here somewhere. All Carmen had to do was find him. She glanced
at the menu before scanning over the café. She couldn’t see anything that
looked like water powers.
An hour later and she still hadn’t seen
anything that looked like the water deity. She had drank at least 3 glasses of
water as she tried to figure out where the deity would be. A few trips to the
bathroom later and she still had nothing.
“Emi can you clean that table off?” A
girl dressed in a Japanese school girl uniform pointed at a table that had
recently been sitting a family of six. It was a total mess, but Emi simply
nodded.
“I’ve got it!” Emi replied as he placed
another glass in front of Carmen.
“Such a
kind young lady,” Carmen thought as she took a sip of
her fourth glass.
Emi picked up a half full glass of soda
and Carmen’s eyes widened. The soda inside froze on contact. The crackling
sound of the sudden freeze drew Emi’s attention to it. His eyes widen as he
grimace. He began moving quickly, hopefully no noticed.
“She’s the deity!” Carmen cheered aloud
as she stood up abruptly.
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