She had been walking for what seemed like an age.
There was a blanket draped over her, a leather jacket under than, and a ragged hospital gown beneath that. The coat was heavy, sinking into her bare shoulders as though it were made of stone, covering her but making her feel like she had been dragging a stone. The blanket was to keep the rain out. It didn't rain often on Coruscant, but at times they had to make it do so in order for the air to clear.
Tonight had been one of those nights.
Her hair was already soaked, her gown was ragged and torn, and her feet were bleeding from the glass and jagged metal she had stepped on. The pain didn't come to her, it had been nothing compared to what she had experienced the last few weeks, what that plague had done to her.
For a second she stopped, inching against a wall with a tiny windowsill hanging over it. For a brief moment she tilted her head back and rested. Her body still ached, a dull throbbing ache. With every breath she could feel her skin stretch across her bones. She caught her reflection in the wall to the right of her. She was skin and bones, almost skeletal, yet her hair was still a bright vibrant red.
A small smile crept upon her face. "At least I still have that."
She had always liked her hair, it reminded her of her mother. For a few seconds Rose shook her head, then she stepped out into the rain again. Music came to her ears, the loud obnoxious throbbing of electronic instruments. Her eyes wandered, finding a massive neon sign.
"Nightside." She read it outloud, her head still rather cloudy.
The name seemed familiar, painfully so.
Her face scrunched for a second, and then a realization came to her. She remembered a card, a small business card tucked into the coat of her sisters jacket. It was a nightclub that Lily had gone to. Her lips thinned and determination fell on her face. Perhaps her sister had done business there, or even owned part of the club.
She could find a way home.
Her shoulders straightened, and quickly the gaunt little girl wandered into the nightclub, parting the crowd with an almost ghost like air around her.
There was a blanket draped over her, a leather jacket under than, and a ragged hospital gown beneath that. The coat was heavy, sinking into her bare shoulders as though it were made of stone, covering her but making her feel like she had been dragging a stone. The blanket was to keep the rain out. It didn't rain often on Coruscant, but at times they had to make it do so in order for the air to clear.
Tonight had been one of those nights.
Her hair was already soaked, her gown was ragged and torn, and her feet were bleeding from the glass and jagged metal she had stepped on. The pain didn't come to her, it had been nothing compared to what she had experienced the last few weeks, what that plague had done to her.
For a second she stopped, inching against a wall with a tiny windowsill hanging over it. For a brief moment she tilted her head back and rested. Her body still ached, a dull throbbing ache. With every breath she could feel her skin stretch across her bones. She caught her reflection in the wall to the right of her. She was skin and bones, almost skeletal, yet her hair was still a bright vibrant red.
A small smile crept upon her face. "At least I still have that."
She had always liked her hair, it reminded her of her mother. For a few seconds Rose shook her head, then she stepped out into the rain again. Music came to her ears, the loud obnoxious throbbing of electronic instruments. Her eyes wandered, finding a massive neon sign.
"Nightside." She read it outloud, her head still rather cloudy.
The name seemed familiar, painfully so.
Her face scrunched for a second, and then a realization came to her. She remembered a card, a small business card tucked into the coat of her sisters jacket. It was a nightclub that Lily had gone to. Her lips thinned and determination fell on her face. Perhaps her sister had done business there, or even owned part of the club.
She could find a way home.
Her shoulders straightened, and quickly the gaunt little girl wandered into the nightclub, parting the crowd with an almost ghost like air around her.