Relaxation

This is Engineer Kipo's entry of the Summer Writing Contest

Relaxation
Ah.

That’s a nice breeze.

In case you’re wondering what I’m doing, I’m enjoying this breeze.

You see, back home, in my village, on my island, inside the Great Spirit Mata Nui (yeah, I used to live inside a giant robot. I just found this out myself), all I did was work. Sure, there was time inbetween, but I didn’t do much. I didn’t have any real friends, and I didn’t really play any games because other matoran laughed at me. I’m good at puzzles and math, but I’m getting off topic.

Now it was time to relax.

I was laying down on a beach in a large basin filled with water at the bottom. There was a large overhang above my head.

It felt good to be doing nothing for once. Not moving, not working. All I was doing now was feeling. Feeling the wind on my armor and my mask. I could finally take a nap in peace. Not because I was tired from a long day’s work, but because I could. There was nothing stopping me from doing what I wanted to now. This once-desolate planet had been restored to the glorious state I was relaxing in, and apparently that was Mata Nui’s purpose. The Makuta had been killed and his reign of shadows had ended. It had been a few days since then. I hadn’t found a new home yet, but that’s because I wasn’t looking. I was busy doing nothing, and I was loving every sec- wait.

How long had I been here? At least a couple of hours. Oh, well. I guess that can’t be helped. I must have dozed off several times in the past few hours. I could tell at least some time had passed, because the sun was in a different spot in the sky above me than before, despite that I hadn’t moved. I guess I’ll look for a new home the next time I get hungry and have to look for food.

Yeah, that sounds good. For now, I think I’ll just… drift off again… all need to do is just lay here and... enjoy the nice weather... and think of nothing...