The Start of a Journey... and a First Disaster

"Everything alright?"

Dean jerked slightly, quickly shoving the papers and photo back inside the envelope and stuffing it in his back pocket. He felt a slight chill, almost 100% positive that the girl in the photo, was in fact Selia...killing a guy. He felt like the whole 'adventure' of theirs was some sort of lie or something. Part of him regretted even looking into that stupid envelope, but his curiosity had gotten to the best of him. And now his mind was swarming with mixed feelings towards someone he truly cared about, and how she might possibly kill him. She already lied to him once, who knows how many other times she's lied to him?

"Um...yeah. No, every thing's fine," Dean said, trying hard to keep his cool, especially after finding out that Selia was a killer. Of course he could be getting this all wrong, but until Selia could clear it all up for him, he had to believe the 'evidence'. But, should Dean confront her immediately, or wait? No, he had to talk about it with her right away.

Dean pulled himself up and made his way over to Selia's room. She was standing by the window, looking out as if she saw something. He stood by the doorway, one hand clutching the envelope in his back pocket, while he leaned against the other one. "Hey, Selia...I need to -" Dean was cut short by a sudden knock on Selia's door. He grunted, slightly annoyed by the interruption, but also slightly relieved so that he wouldn't have to confront her about it just yet. Opening the door, Dean was surprised to find John on the other side, smiling his creepy smile, though it quickly vanished when he realized the Dean had opened the door, instead of Selia.

"Oh, Dean. I could have sworn this was Selia's room," John said, peeking inside, his smile instantly returning once he spotted Selia.

Dean looked puzzled and asked, "What are you doing here, John?"

"Well, obviously you have forgotten about the local tour we agreed on. Selia, are you ready?"

"Yeah, I'm ready."

John smiled, and before Dean could say anything, John said with a big smile, [yellow=yellow]"Excellent! Now follow me, Selia...and Dean."[/color] Dean grimaced, annoyed for more than one reason. Not only was his opinion towards being ready to take the tour completely ignored (not that he even got a chance to say it), but John, for some reason, always acted as though Dean was never there or surprised that he was.

Dean shoved his hands deep in his pockets and followed behind John, 'annoyed' clearly written all over his face.

"So, Selia, I was thinking we start with the Smithy Center, that way we can not only meet a few of the locals, we can always have a bite to eat at Steel, I am quite starving. Aren't you? You must be after you're long tough journey here. Swimming through the ocean can really give you an appetite." Dean had almost completely tuned out what John was saying, reviewing everything that was going on within his own mind, which was already as jumbled up as a 2000 piece puzzle.

"I like that idea. It seems forever since I've last eaten. So I suppose we can go there first, unless Dean wants to see the mayor first?"

Dean knew what Selia was doing. She was trying to include him. It didn't really matter in the end, since John always tried to make sure Dean was left out. "Oh, good. Food is very important. Don't worry about him. I'm sure Dean's need to see the mayor can wait until after lunch. After all, who wants to see Mayor Smith on an empty stomach? Right, Dean?" Dean looked at John, he could tell there was something more sinister behind his creepy frozen smile. He knew John wasn't who he said he was, the only problem was actually figuring it out and being 100% certain.

"Yeah, right. Whatever." Dean muttered, adding a few curse words under his breath, barely audible. Out of the corner of his eye, Dean watched as Selia's hand slid towards her knives. The sight of them instantly brought back the photo of what could possibly be Selia murdering an innocent man. He didn't want to believe the picture, the documents. But everything in there pointed to Selia. He knew he needed to confront her, he just couldn't do it now. Definitely not in front of or even near John.

But john would never leave them to alone...ever again.

"What exactly is in the Smithy Center?"

John turned his head to glance at Selia for a moment, smiling his typical eerie smile, before looking up ahead once again. Boy did she ask a lot of questions, and John was getting quite annoyed with her, but of course he didn't show a single sign of annoyance. He couldn't possibly blow his cover. Not yet. "Well my dear Selia, the Smithy Center is where all of our more popular stores reside. In the Smithy Center you will find such stores as J.S. Fashion, TrueB Candies, our infamous Steel Diner, along with several other stores. Of course, if there is time, we shall visit all of them if you would like, Selia."

Dean remained silent, not at the least bit interested in what the Smithy Center was. Part of him just wanted to leave, to teleport himself out of the strange village, away form everyone. Just to think things over. But he couldn't. He made a promise to Selia, and no matter what doubts he had about them, he wasn't going to break his promise.

"John, are you related to the mayor?"

The was a long silence after Selia had asked her question. He knew she would eventually ask it, so he said, "Well he is - oh! Here we are!" John picked up his pace a bit and stood in front of a large wooden door with the name STEEL written across it with huge red blocky letters. John pushed the door open and ushered Selia and Dean inside.

The place wasn't large, but it wasn't that small either. There were very few people eating inside, and the waiters were simply wandering around as if they were doing something, when in fact they were doing absolutely nothing. A young female walked up to them, using the same strange smile as John. She was holding three menus in her arms, and spoke in a slow, almost slight robotic voice. "Hello, my name is Jane. I will be your waitress this afternoon. Please, follow me." Jane led the three to a small square table in the center of the restaurant. Jane handed the three of them the menus and walked away.

"So, decided what you want to eat yet, Dean?" John asked.
"I just got the menu. I've barely even looked at what they have to serve yet, John," Dean growled. How was he supposed to know if Jane had just handed them out? And since when did John ask him something before asking Selia? He rolled his eyes and began to read the menu. There was a grand total of five things to choose from. Smithy Burger, Pork Rice, Steel Salad, Cheesy Sandwich and Fishy Potatoes.What a selection.