Post by Milicondras on Feb 8, 2021 17:59:38 GMT -7
 Athena Necowl Athena slowly sat up shivering as a cold breeze blew over her. Her breath was visible as she let out a shuddering exhale as she sat up from her laying position on her back pack and grabbed at her top shirt and held it closer together with her hand. She wished it’d get warmer already. She slowly got up buttoning up her top a bit. It didn't have many buttons left but enough to make a slight difference. She did need some more books since she finished the last two and needed to get warmer. She could probably linger in the public library again and ride her skateboard there to get moving and warm herself up a bit. She touched her stomach before reaching into her backpack and pulled out some of her remaining bread she got recently.* and started to eat a bit of it. She would have to get something else soon too but bread could only get you so far. She walked over to the roof's edge as she ate the bread. She had positioned herself up on the roof after some of the local muggers were starting to go out looking for targets. She needed to rest finally which she knew would likely be, at least an 8 hour rest so she climbed up to the roof to avoid a run in with them. She looked down to the people walking the early morning streets all bundled up for the day. Some off shopping others to work. There were even some teens in the mix given it was a week end. Seeing a boy run up to meet a girl presenting her with flowers and getting a hug in return making Athena smile a bit before sighing a little closing her eyes as she turned and walked away from the ledge of the building grabbing her skateboard laying where she had once been finishing off the slice of bread. The worst part about getting older besides the obvious sorta felt like was the need to have romantic stuff with someone else. She wasn’t certain if it was for age or the fact this was just year 2 of being totally alone and she was getting lonely by now. What she did know was lately with each new year seeing others getting more valentines stuff for each other just sorta make her feel lonier each time she saw it. This year and last year it was on the weekend so couples got to be all mooshy to each other all day in public. Hopefully no one would want to be at the library so she could just chill there for a few hours in peace and read and change out books. Slipping on her back pack and slipping the skateboard between its straps and her back she made her way down from the roof carefully climbing down into the alley below. Once on the ground again she pulled her skateboard back out and made her way to the sidewalk before hoppin on and riding down the sidewalk sleeping her hands in her pockets of her shorts letting her thumbs hang out as she weaved around the public walking along the streets. She avoided eye contact with those giving her odd looks for how little she wore in the cold weather and just the dirt and grime on her in general. It was hard to ignore despite how used to it she got by now but she at least knew how to avoid eye contact now making it easier given how uncomfortable it usually was when she used to make direct eye contact in the past. She slowed to a stop after some riding once she got to the library and stepped down from the board hitting one of the curves at its end to bounce the other side up for her to grab. Grabbing it and splitting it into the arm holes again she made her way into the library trying not to draw attention to herself as she rubbed her arm a bit now that she was in the warmth once more. Now science was a clear topic but science fiction or maybe some technology based science topics today? She smirked at the second option and nodded oh yeah definitely research today and some fiction later! When each aisle was clear she would make her way into each and slowly slot back in the books she had finished where they belonged and then made her way to the science technology section she knew all too well. She read many of the basic books in the past when looking into the study of technology with space travel and how electronic systems worked so maybe some more board studies in general technology and circuitry. Or how some things for common objects were made? Grabbing one book and doing a quick flip through she nodded with a smirk. “Oh for sure this was the pick of the day. She made her way to a far corner where she knew no one ever really came and sat down pulling out her head up notebook to take notes as she read. Resting her head back on the wall behind her she smiled softly as she began to read. |
