Tall buildings towered up to the sky around me, blocking my previously amazing view of the light-blue sky...and the smell was horrid.
It wasn't even the smell of the humans around me...there was trash everywhere.
Sighing, I shook my head and soldiered on.
To be fair, I was now in the "slums" part of the capital, where homeless encampments were placed, so it was to be expected.
Looking around, I observed the people in suits around me, but they seemed...immune to the smell as they speed-walked forward without a care.
Not wanting to walk around a block of buildings to get north, I halted as a thin alleyway came into sight.
Exiting the crowd of people on the streets, I walked into the alleyway, which was filled with abandoned furniture and large dumpsters.
However, just as I stepped in, I felt a chill run down my spine.
...what was I thinking?
I was a teenager with a rich white collared shirt and red blazer walking into an alleyway in the middle of the slums.
