The day passed by in the same dull manner it always did, like the hadn’t even had a break from the dull monotony of high school life. It was the first day so teachers merely went over their years syllabus' leaving the students to drown in boredom until finally, the mid day bell of lunch sounded to free them from the repetition! Soon as the classroom began to stir with excited chatter Rei stood from her desk and headed out to the hall, the girl couldn’t wait for a chance to get out of the class and stretch her legs. Really she could never pass up the chance to get away from the stagnant class environment.
However, with that first step outside a strange feeling overtook her. Standing just outside the frame of the door, her senses felt heightened, yet at the same time muddied by a thick haze over her mind. She turned back towards the class room looking over the students. They all seemed dazed, even as they moved like they were continuing to interact with each other they seemed to stare right through one another, motions sluggish and uncanny like they had been put into slow motion.
Turning away from the scene Rei took a step away from the door, the sound seemed to echo softly through her ears. Her eyes were drawn downward by the sound, widening slightly at the sight that greeted her. A massive, flawless pane of glass holding a distinctly warped reflection. Recognizable but ever so slightly off, an unsettling feeling came over her in greater intensity. Shadowy figures made their ways about in the world below, like inky darkened reflections showing in a blackened lake at night. She could only stare in a mix of astonishment and confusion. Her fingers twitched, feeling an urge to kneel down and run them over the mirrored ground, but her subconscious resisted, a primal dread raising in the back of her mind.
As she lingered there her own reflection began to move. The mirrored body, dark and blurred, almost impossible to make out kneeled down with elbows set on its knees. Its chin tilted, face staring upwards, surely looking down from its own perspective. Rei felt her heart skip a beat as she looked upon that featureless face. Slowly it raised a hand, beginning to wave casually towards its reflection.
In that moment a strangely familiar voice sounded in her head "This... Is the Hour of Reflection." The interruption caused her to blink a few times and when her eyes opened, the floor had returned to its ordinary tacky school house tiling. A couple of girls were stepping out of the classroom, whispering between each other as they slipped passed Rei. ”Whats she just standing there for...? Creepy...”
Rei's gaze rose to meet the girls backs as they walked off down the hall, her head still foggy from the experience. ”What the hell... its only been half a day and I'm already spacing out this bad...” She sighed, shaking her head and trying to brush the strange experience off. Turning around she headed off towards the stairs, down to the first floor. ”I need an aspirin...” She muttered to herself, heading down the hall towards the faculty lounge.
