Artland Series: MINORITY TALENT
Seventh Day

"I feel like I'm starting to miss the outside world" said Esther Maria, wiping the sweat on her forehead with the back of her hand.

Luciana Adam and Ika Apriani, looking at him from the front of their respective lockers.

It has been an even week they live in the MINORITY CENTER building. And during that time the activities they do are just exercising, yoga and practicing martial arts.

The first two days, Ika Apriani had already started whining about asking to go home. The next day, the girl barely stopped crying day and night.

Esther Maria opened her locker and pulled out a towel and black dorm uniform. "Don't you feel like we're treated like soldiers in this place?" Esther asked.

"Gue loves military training programs!" The comment of Elijah who knew was already in the midst of them.

The three girls screamed together, "this is locker chick!"

Elijah groaned, "girl's queer!"

The three girls glared at Elijah from top to bottom.

It is difficult to distinguish Elijah after they all get a uniform that is more similar to SWAT uniforms in hollywood movies. Elijah's height reaches 170, besides Elijah also has shoulders that are quite wide, his body is thin and his chest flat, his haircut is no shorter than a boy's haircut.

The three girls in front of Elijah were torn between regret and disbelief. "I'm sorry," he said at the same time.

Elijah muttered softly while tucking a cigarette at the corner of his lips.

Is he allowed to smoke here? Where did he get his cigarettes? Esther wondered in her heart. As Ester remembers, Luciana is also a cigarette addict. But ever since they were in this place, Esther had never seen him smoke again.

Elijah opened the locker and pulled out a towel. After shutting back the locker door, he glanced at the three girls, before finally passing away from them.

The three girls were still frozen observing Elijah until he disappeared from the room.

"I guess he was eliminated from society because of sexual deviation, right?" Ika Apriani asked so innocently. Makes Luciana smother her mouth. Esther burst into laughter.

"I'm still wondering, why would Athena bring you here when you have a job?" Luciana asked. "She said MINORITY CENTER only accommodates people who are outcast in the community?!" Luciana asked as they walked down the corridor connecting the locker room with the princess bathroom.

Esther observed Luciana for a while before replying, "actually... That night was my last day working at the Coffee Shop." Undoubtedly.

Luciana looked back at him, "so, that night Athena did intend to pick you up?" Luciana asked again.

"Not really" replied Esther. "I mean, I don't know. I did not know Athena that night either. Remember?!" Esther asked back.

"That's right, too" Luciana commented. Secretly the girl felt her hair begin to bristle. Everything that concerns the figure of Athena is always filled with mysteries that are difficult to explain with reason. At times, Athena was not a human being.

Suddenly a shrill scream from inside the princess bathroom. Make the three girls scream at the same time, then scatter looking for the origin of the sound.

"Who's inside?" Luciana banged on the bathroom door that was locked.

The scream came back. Then in a short time there were sounds galloping from the corridor.

Paravisi must be on his way here, Luciana thought.

And sure enough, Athena and Last Dusk were at the very front of the line to the princess's bathroom. Some girls and some men.

Athena pointed one hand at everyone behind her, making all the people simultaneously stop the steps. He walked quickly over to the locked bathroom, while Last Dusk stood guard at the entrance. Elijah stood beside Dusk with a flat face. The other child was behind them.

Esther Mary and Luciana walked away from the door as Athena approached the door. While Ika just stood trembling near the entrance with tears in her eyes.

Making Esther and Luciana swallow and exchange glances.

Nimble, Athena barges into the bathroom and says, "it's okay, Sweetheart!"

Esther and Luciana were still staring when she heard the scream stop and then continued sobbing.

From the way Athena spoke, Dusk already knew immediately who the girl who was in the bathroom was.

"Ladies, please bring a towel and new clothes!" Athena's orders, yelling.

Several girls outside the bathroom were heard running towards the princess locker room.

Dusk and Elijah were still standing guard at the door when they heard Ika also beginning to sob loudly. "Are you ok?" Dusk asked the girl. But answered the increasingly violent whimper. Making Dusk and Elijah exchange a glance.

Esther and Luciana finally approached and calmed Ika down. "It's ok," said Esther. Imitates Athena's style of speech. "It's just a whiny kid like you!"

Elijah sighed as he twirled his eyeballs in response to Esther's comments.

Dusk smiled wryly. The girl in the bathroom was her recommendation talent, the Ocean Goddess. An introverted girl with a history of trauma. The girl phobias in narrow spaces and enclosed spaces as well as metal objects like herself. Especially the iron lock and chain. On the day that he and Ryan Gunawan closed the iron door, Athena kept raising her hand to strengthen Dusk. Only when he was with Athena could he overcome all the fear in him. At the same time, he also saw the Ocean Goddess trembling in fear on the participant bench when he heard the metallic clashing. But that day everyone was unaware of his existence. The girl chose the back seat in the corner of the room.

That day Athena put all her energy and attention into fortifying everyone with a history of phobias. And it becomes even more difficult when he also has to conquer the mental of the rebels at one time at a time. Not to mention the mental burden she had to bear when everyone was having an inner conflict, Athena was also forced to have to endure the entire mental blow that her sixth sense caught through the emotional vibrations of others around her. Such things usually drain quite a lot of energy from Athena's body. Physically Athena was almost never involved in heavy work. But his energy was drained almost all the time without being able to avoid it and not infrequently also Athena suddenly slumped for no apparent reason.

Dusk could not imagine how the girls would react if they knew the truth about Athena. Do they still dare to scorn like that?

Moments later the girls had returned from the princess locker room. One of them thrusts a new towel and uniform at Esther. Esther accepted it and took it to Athens. As soon as he reached the mouth of the door, Esther was stunned and motionless.

Athena picked up the clothes and towel in Esther's hand quickly. Then hurriedly closed the bathroom door.

Esther was still stunned staring at the door without blinking. His hands were still outstretched like when his towel and clothes were still in his hands.

Luciana was also stunned looking at him. "Ester," Luciana tried to reprimand him.

But Esther did not react.

"Ester?!" Luciana rebuked him once more, this time half-screaming.

The girl turned her head, but looked pale and confused. Like being unconscious. Both of his hands were still not moving.

Soon Athena opened the door and stepped out to lead the Ocean Goddess.

Esther squealed stifledly staring at the two figures half in disbelief. Shortly thereafter his body collapsed and eventually fell unconscious.

As soon as she opened her eyes, Luciana and Ika charged at her with many questions.

"Tell me what exactly happened?" Luciana urged him impatiently.

"I'm..." Esther hung up her words and thought for some time before she could continue her story. "I was fired" he said.

"Yailaaahhh...." Ika groaned as she dropped her face onto the pillow, right on the side of Esther's bed.

Luciana smothered her mouth with her palm holding back a laugh.

Esther just shut up. Still confused by the questions of his two friends. He doesn't even know what's going on. The first memory that flashed in his head as he opened his eyes was the incident at the Coffee Shop the day he was fired. It's strange, her mind.