Eiria: Mod

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There she was again.
Ria stopped in her tracks on her way home from school, following the well worn path that skirted around the park as she approached their apartment. She had a bruise on her chin where a bully’s fist had clipped her, but not without retaliating with a few solid punches to their gut as well. It was satisfaction in several hits, but she knew what awaited her at home when Mayako sees was far from fun. 
Now the blonde girl was before her once more, standing a few meters at the end of the lane where it split into sidewalk and forest, staring her down in her usual silent, ghostly way. Skin pale and ceramic, eyes golden with pupils that were simply too big for her to be human, yellow hair that shimmered almost unrealistically in the golden hour light. 
Ria’s skin crawled as usual whenever the girl appeared in front of her. Fuck. Not again.
She steeled herself to walk past the apparition, ignoring her as she always did. Big, sturdy steps that kicked up small clouds of dust beneath the soles of her sneakers, and swinging arms that drove her momentum to slip by as quickly as she could. 
She had almost completely left her behind, and Ria could finally breathe again, when the girl did something she had never done before.
She spoke.
Or at least she tried to. Ria visibly jumped when the sound came, whirling around at the behaviour that deviated from the norm. The girl’s mouth was open and moving, but the words that came out were practically indecipherable, save for a few.
Un st a ble.
C orru pt ed.
F igh t.
The wind howled at that moment, flinging dirt into her eyes. Ria closed them in reaction, and when she opened them she was alone again.