Chapter 3: Roomates
I had woken the next morning to the sound of my communicator.
I groaned and drowsily picked it up. Claire. I jumped out of bed and pressed accept.
My darling's face appeared in front of me. It is night in system 20.
"My darling! It is wonderful to hear from you so soon. How are you?" I asked.
"Oh, I am... fine. I miss you." She said wistfully.
"Today is the first day of gathering information. I hope to be done soon." I told her.
She nodded.
"Love, please-"
I took off my mask. I know that's what she was about to ask.
She smiled wearily. I smiled back.
"Good luck my love." She said.
I bowed.
"Rest well my queen."
She giggled and turned off the communication.
I put my mask back on, put the rose in my hair, and dressed in human clothing.
I went out into the hallway. With Lilith I saw a new human.
She had jet black hair and caramel skin. She wore a green sweater vest over a white button shirt, a black tie, black skirt, leggings, knee socks, and black shoes.
She held books in her hand as Lilith begged her not to leave.
"I'll be back at six. Like always." She said.
She looked straight at me. She seemed afraid.
"lil...lil what is that?" She asked.
"She's our new roommate!" Lilith exclaimed. "Eve, meet Deia!"
I waved hello. She waved back and went to school.
Lilith sighed.
"I should get going to. Trevor and I have a lot of work today. I'll drop you off at the library."
I nodded and as she said she drove me to the library.
I went to their history section. A lot of the Information I'd need will be in here.
After hours of reading I came to find they've had an extensive history of wars. Every book I picked up it was war after war after war.
It is very concerning.
I knew System eighteen had problems but this... oh my.
I typed everything into a hard drive and uploaded it to my mask. Now I can summon this information when needed.
It was my darling's idea to have this. It is quite helpful to me.
Lilith came back around three o'clock to help me.
I was just reading about the eighteen hundreds. They made a musical of a Mr. Alexander Hamilton. How peculiar.
This is how they show appreciation?
On my planet we show appreciation with statues and offerings.
All statues are located in the great hall. The offerings always preserved and taken care of.
Lilith looked tired but was still smiling wide and her eyes were still bright with excitement. She is an odd one. And yet I find her to be a good human.
She sat next to me.
"So, anything interesting?" She asked.
"Oh, I've read your war history, slave history, and about your country's 'founding'. Tomorrow I think I'll explore history outside of 'America' as your people have named it." I answered.
"Cool. Cool. Cmon. Deia usually gets worried if I'm not home before her." She said.
I took a few of the books. Some things still confuse me but, I'm determined to make sense of everything.
She took me back to the house and I called Claire.
"My love, it is four thirty in the morning." She moaned, clearly just woken up.
"I apologize darling, but I found something interesting." I said.
She rubbed her eyes and smiled at me.
"What did you find?" She asked.
"System eighteen has a lot of wars. Just in the American land I've counted five wars." I answered, flipping through the pages of one of the books.
"Five? My, that is a lot. Are they having one now?" She asked.
"No. If they start I promise to return home my darling." I assured her.
She sighed. Partially disappointed.
I told her I loved her and turned off the communicator.
Lilith called me downstairs. I walked through the hall and to the downstairs area. She gave me two discs in cases.
"What are these?" I asked.
"Documentaries! These ones tell you about the world wars." She answered.
Deia came home about two hours later. Lilith was in her workspace so I decided to talk to her. Deia sat by me.
I learned more about her 'law school'. It was boring but it seemed necessary to her aspirations.
"Now why in the sand hell are you here?" She asked.
"Gathering information. In approximately five billion years your planet will die. I came to keep its memory." I explained.
"...why this soon?" She asked.
"My people's lives are much longer than yours. It is but a short amount of years to us." I told her. "Only your planets earlier years matter to us."
She just went to her room.
"Lovely talking to you to." I mumbled.
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